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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Microbiology & Immunology at University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Funding
$12.5M
$12,507,289
Awards
19
FY2026 NIH awards in Microbiology & Immunology
Principal investigators
15
13 lead a grant here, 2 co-investigators
Department rank
#37
of 119 · 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 Microbiology & Immunology row of the University of Arizona page.

Leads a grant in this department

13 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. Janko Z. Nikolich

    Leads 4 awards · $4,630,009

    • 5P01AG052359-09Department: NIH department code
      Thymic and Peripheral Aspects of T Cell Aging and Rejuvenation

      Principal investigators: Bonnie Lafleur (contact PI), Janko Z. Nikolich (contact PI), Jarrod Dudakov (contact PI), Jennifer L. Uhrlaub (contact PI), Laura P. Hale (contact PI), Lauren Ilyse Richie Ehrlich (contact PI)

      $2,596,721
      award amount
    • 4R01AG082541-04Department: NIH department code
      The role of CMV in HIV-associated accentuated aging

      Principal investigators: Janko Z. Nikolich (contact PI), Nima Toosizadeh

      $1,278,790
      award amount
    • 5R37AG020719-19Department: NIH department code
      T Cell Homeostasis and Function in Immune Senescence
      $466,791
      award amount
    • 5T32AG058503-08Department: NIH department code
      Infection and Inflammation as Drivers of Aging (IIDA) Predoctoral Training Program

      Principal investigators: Janko Z. Nikolich (contact PI), Kristian Paul Doyle

      $287,707
      award amount
  2. Michael S Kuhns

    Leads 2 awards · $3,866,809

    • 1R01AI199138-01Department: NIH department code
      Integrating novel cellular and molecular technologies to advance deep profiling of T cells

      Principal investigators: Michael S Kuhns (contact PI), Evan Newell

      $3,195,716
      award amount
    • 5R01AI179713-03Department: NIH department code
      Evolution-guided analysis of extracellular and intracellular mechanisms driving T cell activation

      Principal investigators: Michael S Kuhns (contact PI), Koenraad Van Doorslaer

      $671,093
      award amount
  3. Bonnie Lafleur

    Leads 1 award · $2,596,721

  4. Jarrod Dudakov

    Leads 1 award · $2,596,721

  5. Jennifer L. Uhrlaub

    Leads 1 award · $2,596,721

  6. Laura P. Hale

    Leads 1 award · $2,596,721

  7. Lauren Ilyse Richie Ehrlich

    Leads 1 award · $2,596,721

  8. Deepta Bhattacharya

    Leads 3 awards · $1,252,823

    • 5R01AI129945-09Department: NIH department code
      Glucose and Amino Acid Catabolism in Plasma Cell Biology
      $583,461
      award amount
    • 5R01AI099108-14Department: NIH department code
      Transcriptional Regulation of Antibody Responses and Immunity
      $513,883
      award amount
    • 1R03AI196408-01Department: NIH department code
      Immune evasive mouse models for transplantation research
      $155,479
      award amount
  9. Michael David Leslie Johnson

    Leads 4 awards · $1,020,119

    • 5R35GM128653-08Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Orchestrated Bacterial Response to Copper Toxicity
      $382,090
      award amount
    • 1R25AI189409-01Department: NIH department code
      The National Summer Undergraduate Research Project: Virtual Programming and Mentoring in Biomedical Microbiology and Immunology
      $368,681
      award amount
    • 3R35GM128653-08S1Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Orchestrated Bacterial Response to Copper Toxicity
      $179,758
      award amount
    • 3R35GM128653-07S1Department: NIH department code
      Admin Supplement for Elucidating the Orchestrated Bacterial Response to Copper and Zinc Toxicity
      $89,590
      award amount
  10. Koenraad Van Doorslaer

    Leads 3 awards · $742,509

    • 5R01AI165638-04Department: NIH department code
      The role of asymmetric protein dimethylation during the human papillomavirus lifecycle
      $380,212
      award amount
    • 1R03DE036395-01Department: NIH department code
      Unveiling Therapeutic Targets for Precision Intervention in HPV-Associated Oral Cancers through Genomic Analysis
      $284,714
      award amount
    • 5R03AI187892-02Department: NIH department code
      Developing tools to study HPV16 in oropharyngeal tissues
      $77,583
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AI179713-03, led by Michael S Kuhns.

  11. Kristian Paul Doyle

    Leads 1 award · $680,190

    • 4R01NS131110-02Department: NIH department code
      Inflammation and delayed cognitive dysfunction after stroke
      $680,190
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32AG058503-08, led by Janko Z. Nikolich.

  12. Prabhu S Arunachalam

    Leads 1 award · $233,250

    • 1R21AI198872-01Department: NIH department code
      Trained immunity induced by repeated vaccination
      $233,250
      award amount
  13. Zoe Lyski

    Leads 1 award · $81,580

    • 5F32AI194439-02Department: NIH department code
      What does it really mean to be broad? Uncovering underlying biology behind broadly neutralizing antibodies
      $81,580
      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.