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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Internal Medicine at University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Funding
$24.9M
$24,897,174
Awards
39
FY2026 NIH awards in Internal Medicine
Principal investigators
55
40 lead a grant here, 15 co-investigators
Department rank
#54
of 133 · Ranking
  • NIH names only the principal investigators on an award, so this page lists only them. The department is the award's: it is where ScienceDex counts the award, not a list of the department's members.
  • These are the awards in the Internal Medicine row of the University of Arizona page.

Leads a grant in this department

40 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.

  1. Dan Theodorescu

    Leads 2 awards · $4,660,317

  2. Steffan T Nawrocki

    Leads 2 awards · $4,217,441

  3. Rachna Shroff

    Leads 2 awards · $4,047,020

  4. Bonnie Lafleur

    Leads 1 award · $3,736,608

  5. Jacob C. Schwartz

    Leads 1 award · $3,736,608

  6. Jennifer Hatcher

    Leads 1 award · $3,736,608

  7. Jennifer Wright Bea

    Leads 1 award · $3,736,608

  8. Justin Ethan Wilson

    Leads 1 award · $3,736,608

  9. Justin M Snider

    Leads 1 award · $3,736,608

  10. Kellen Chen

    Leads 1 award · $3,736,608

  11. Koenraad Van Doorslaer

    Leads 1 award · $3,736,608

  12. Sara M. Centuori

    Leads 1 award · $3,736,608

  13. Teri L Bankhead

    Leads 1 award · $3,736,608

  14. Hesham Sadek

    Leads 2 awards · $2,903,524

    • 5P01HL160488-04Department: NIH department code
      Immune Response-Mediated Regulation of Cardiomyocyte Growth and Renewal

      Principal investigators: Eric N Olson (contact PI), Hesham Sadek (contact PI), Jeffery D Molkentin (contact PI), Joseph A Hill (contact PI), Zhijian J Chen (contact PI)

      $1,955,748
      award amount
    • 7R35HL166563-04Department: NIH department code
      Supply and Demand: Oxygen and Workload Regulate Cardiomyocyte Proliferation
      $947,776
      award amount

  15. Chris Glembotski

    Leads 2 awards · $2,247,144

    • 1R01HL178630-01A1Department: NIH department code
      ATF6 as a Regulator of Atrial Myocyte ER Proteostasis
      $1,567,290
      award amount
    • 5R01HL174576-03Department: NIH department code
      Roles for endoplasmic reticulum associated degradation (ERAD) in Myocardial Proteostasis
      $679,854
      award amount

  16. Yanqiao Zhang

    Leads 3 awards · $1,978,926

    • 5R01HL177566-02Department: NIH department code
      Hepatocyte TMEM141 in Lipoprotein Metabolism
      $731,721
      award amount
    • 5R01AA032555-02Department: NIH department code
      Hepatocyte FOXA3 in Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease
      $641,238
      award amount
    • 5R01DK102619-09Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms Underlying the Pathogenesis of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
      $605,967
      award amount

  17. Eric N Olson

    Leads 1 award · $1,955,748

  18. Jeffery D Molkentin

    Leads 1 award · $1,955,748

  19. Joseph A Hill

    Leads 1 award · $1,955,748

  20. Zhijian J Chen

    Leads 1 award · $1,955,748

  21. Hossein Ardehali

    Leads 3 awards · $1,955,572

    • 5R01HL175366-02Department: NIH department code
      Hexokinase 1 mitochondrial binding and its role in cardiac endothelial cell function and the development of HFpEF
      $725,502
      award amount
    • 5R01HL180711-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of hexokinase 3 in macrophage polarization and cardiac remodeling after myocardial infraction.
      $667,337
      award amount
    • 1R61HL179722-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Small molecule therapeutics for heart failure through a reduction in the activity of tristetraprolin and improving cardiac metabolism.

      Principal investigators: Hossein Ardehali (contact PI), Gary E Schiltz

      $562,733
      award amount

  22. Fredric E. Wondisford

    Leads 2 awards · $1,060,538

    • 5R01DK136661-05Department: NIH department code
      Hypothalamic regulation by thyroid hormone receptor phosphorylation

      Principal investigators: Fredric E. Wondisford (contact PI), Anthony N Hollenberg

      $604,846
      award amount
    • 5R01DK129919-05Department: NIH department code
      Glycerol Regulation of Gluconeogenesis and Fatty Acid Metabolism

      Principal investigators: Fredric E. Wondisford (contact PI), Ling He

      $455,692
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32DK138883-02, led by Lawrence J Mandarino.

  23. Stefano Guerra

    Leads 6 awards · $754,380

    • 5R01AI135108-07Department: NIH department code
      CC16 in childhood and resilience to early airflow limitation in adult life
      $664,709
      award amount
    • 3R01AI135108-07S5Department: NIH department code
      CC16 in childhood and resilience to early airflow limitation in adult life
      $56,165
      award amount
    • 3R01AI135108-07S1Department: NIH department code
      CC16 in childhood and resilience to early airflow limitation in adult life
      $10,800
      award amount
    • 3R01AI135108-07S2Department: NIH department code
      CC16 in childhood and resilience to early airflow limitation in adult life
      $9,148
      award amount
    • 3R01AI135108-07S3Department: NIH department code
      CC16 in childhood and resilience to early airflow limitation in adult life
      $8,938
      award amount
    • 3R01AI135108-07S4Department: NIH department code
      CC16 in childhood and resilience to early airflow limitation in adult life
      $4,620
      award amount

  24. Michael B Fallon

    Leads 1 award · $736,127

    • 5R01HL169509-04Department: NIH department code
      Novel alveolar mechanisms of hypoxemia in hepatopulmonary syndrome

      Principal investigators: Michael B Fallon (contact PI), Zhiyu Dai

      $736,127
      award amount

  25. Shirin Doroudgar

    Leads 1 award · $731,920

    • 5R01HL170223-03Department: NIH department code
      Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Gene Expression by Ribosome-Binding Protein 1
      $731,920
      award amount

  26. Tobias Jakobi

    Leads 1 award · $662,358

    • 5R01HG013124-03Department: NIH department code
      Enabling comprehensive and user-friendly circular RNA analyses with circtools.cloud
      $662,358
      award amount

  27. Liya Yin

    Leads 1 award · $646,310

    • 5R01HL167196-04Department: NIH department code
      Disruption of the Cardiac-Coronary Axis as a Mechanism of HFpEF
      $646,310
      award amount

  28. C Kent Kwoh

    Leads 1 award · $634,700

    • 5R01AR080742-05Department: NIH department code
      Identifying determinants of rapid structural and/or clinical progression in knee osteoarthritis by quantitative assessment of structural features on radiographs

      Principal investigators: C Kent Kwoh (contact PI), Amanda E Nelson, Jeffrey W Duryea, Tuhina Neogi

      $634,700
      award amount

  29. Jennifer Helene Stern

    Leads 1 award · $603,657

    • 5R01AG079924-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Role of Hepatic Glucagon Receptor Signaling in Healthspan and Aging
      $603,657
      award amount

  30. Juanita L. Merchant

    Leads 1 award · $581,288

    • 1R01CA304024-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Enteric Glial Cell Reprogramming by Loss of MENIN in Duodenopancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
      $581,288
      award amount

  31. Iannis Elias Adamopoulos

    Leads 1 award · $567,663

    • 7R01AR084848-02Department: NIH department code
      Cellular and molecular mechanisms of IL-17A in the pathogenesis of psoriatic arthritis
      $567,663
      award amount

  32. Janet L Funk

    Leads 1 award · $545,195

    • 1R01CA299298-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Interrogating Niche-specific Nuclear and Extra-Nuclear Estrogen Receptor-alpha (ER) Signaling to Prevent ER+ Breast Cancer Progression in ER+ Bone
      $545,195
      award amount

  33. Nipavan Chiamvimonvat

    Leads 1 award · $530,945

  34. Gregory R. J Thatcher

    Leads 1 award · $524,565

    • 5R01CA275078-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeting the mutant promoter of Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase (TERT)

      Principal investigators: Gregory R. J Thatcher (contact PI), Michael Jackson

      $524,565
      award amount

  35. Inna P Gladysheva

    Leads 1 award · $455,253

    • 5R01HL171366-03Department: NIH department code
      Factor XIIa is the long-sought activator of circulating renin in heart failure.
      $455,253
      award amount

  36. Linda R Phillips

    Leads 1 award · $366,875

    • 5R25AG076387-05Department: NIH department code
      ACOA/MSTEM THRIVE Program for Undergraduates

      Principal investigators: Linda R Phillips (contact PI), Mindy J Fain

      $366,875
      award amount

  37. Sairam Parthasarathy

    Leads 1 award · $342,215

  38. Timothy A Marlowe

    Leads 1 award · $320,731

    • 5R37CA065910-29Department: NIH department code
      Focal Adhesion Kinase - Tumor Biology and Therapeutics
      $320,731
      award amount

  39. Lawrence J Mandarino

    Leads 1 award · $240,612

  40. Dilara Long

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30HD115314-03Department: NIH department code
      Imaging the Uterotubal Junction for Endometriosis Detection
      $55,114
      award amount

Co-investigators

Named as principal investigators on these awards, which someone else leads. They may belong to another department or institution: their own, below, comes from the awards they lead.