FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Surgery at University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
- 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 Surgery row of the University of Arizona page.
Leads a grant in this department
6 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.
Geoffrey C Gurtner
Leads 3 awards · $1,343,127
- 5U01DK119094-09Department: NIH department codeThe University of Arizona Wound Care Center Clinical Research Unit
Principal investigators: Geoffrey C Gurtner (contact PI), Wei Zhou
$731,851award amount - 5R01AG073815-05Department: NIH department codeTARGETING HIF-1α DYSFUNCTION TO TREAT PRESSURE ULCERS IN THE AGED$566,763award amount
- 3U01DK119094-09S1Department: NIH department codeThe University of Arizona Wound Care Center Clinical Research Unit
Principal investigators: Geoffrey C Gurtner (contact PI), Wei Zhou
$44,513award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5T35HL007479-42, led by Marlys Hearst Witte.
Craig C Weinkauf
Leads 1 award · $996,193
- 1R01AG094088-01Department: NIH department codeEvaluation of Interaction and Time Course of Small and Large Vessel Cerebrovascular Contributions to Alzheimer's Disease Risk$996,193award amount
Jason A Wertheim
Leads 1 award · $681,569
- 5R01DK132873-04Department: NIH department codeEx-vivo bioengineered technology to unravel dysfunction due to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
Principal investigators: Jason A Wertheim (contact PI), John Gerard Purdy, Richard M Green
$681,569award amount
Marlys Hearst Witte
Leads 2 awards · $341,883
- 5T35HL007479-42Department: NIH department codeShort-Term Institutional Research Training Grant
Principal investigators: Marlys Hearst Witte (contact PI), Geoffrey C Gurtner, James Kuang-Jan Liao
$206,978award amount - 5R25NS076437-13Department: NIH department codeHigh School Student NeuroResearch Program (HSNRP)
Principal investigators: Marlys Hearst Witte (contact PI), Frank Porreca, Russell S Witte
$134,905award amount
Jennifer A Erdrich
Leads 1 award · $271,631
- 5K08CA276137-04Department: NIH department codeA Nutrition and Exercise Prehabilitation Intervention on Inflammatory Biomarkers in American Indian Cancer Patients$271,631award amount
Mitchell Julian Bartlett
Leads 1 award · $102,368
- 1K99NS141888-01A1Department: NIH department codeUnlocking the Brain's Lymphatic System: A Novel Surgical and a Non-Invasive Approach to Treating Alzheimer’s Disease$102,368award 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.
Wei Zhou
Co-investigator on 5U01DK119094-09, led by Geoffrey C Gurtner; 3U01DK119094-09S1, led by Geoffrey C Gurtner
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
John Gerard Purdy
Co-investigator on 5R01DK132873-04, led by Jason A Wertheim
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- University of Arizona · Microbiology & Immunology (NIH department code, 2 awards)
Richard M Green
Co-investigator on 5R01DK132873-04, led by Jason A Wertheim
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Northwestern University · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 2 awards)
James Kuang-Jan Liao
Co-investigator on 5T35HL007479-42, led by Marlys Hearst Witte
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Frank Porreca
Co-investigator on 5R25NS076437-13, led by Marlys Hearst Witte
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Arizona · Pharmacology (NIH department code, 1 award)
Russell S Witte
Co-investigator on 5R25NS076437-13, led by Marlys Hearst Witte
From the FY2024 awards this person leads
- University of Arizona · Radiology (NIH department code, 1 award)