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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Surgery at University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

Funding
$24.1M
$24,094,117
Awards
34
FY2026 NIH awards in Surgery
Principal investigators
47
36 lead a grant here, 11 co-investigators
Department rank
#9
of 79 · 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 Surgery row of the University of California, San Francisco page.

Leads a grant in this department

36 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. Laura J Esserman

    Leads 3 awards · $5,714,892

  2. Allison Stover Fiscalini

    Leads 1 award · $3,329,619

  3. Arash Naeim

    Leads 1 award · $3,329,619

  4. Elad Ziv

    Leads 1 award · $3,329,619

  5. Jeffrey A Tice

    Leads 1 award · $3,329,619

  6. Mi-Ok Kim

    Leads 1 award · $3,329,619

  7. Vignesh A Arasu

    Leads 1 award · $3,329,619

  8. Yiwey Shieh

    Leads 1 award · $3,329,619

  9. Qizhi Tang

    Leads 3 awards · $2,468,186

    • 5U01DK137140-04Department: NIH department code
      iSTAR Tregs

      Principal investigators: Qizhi Tang (contact PI), Audrey Parent, Michael T McManus

      $968,575
      award amount
    • 1R01AI202121-01Department: NIH department code
      Cell signaling determinants of human Treg persistence
      $813,236
      award amount
    • 5R01DK133645-05Department: NIH department code
      Genome editing of human pancreatic islets to withstand ischemic injuries and promote immune evasion

      Principal investigators: Qizhi Tang (contact PI), Gregory Michael Ku, Michael T McManus

      $686,375
      award amount

  10. Adam Asare

    Leads 1 award · $2,372,773

  11. Angela Demichele

    Leads 1 award · $2,372,773

  12. Christina Yau

    Leads 1 award · $2,372,773

  13. Laura J Van't Veer

    Leads 1 award · $2,372,773

    Also a principal investigator on 5P01CA281826-03, led by Allison Stover Fiscalini and Arash Naeim and Elad Ziv and Jeffrey A Tice and Laura J Esserman and Mi-Ok Kim and Vignesh A Arasu and Yiwey Shieh.

  14. Nola M. Hylton-Watson

    Leads 1 award · $2,372,773

  15. Tippi MacKenzie

    Leads 3 awards · $2,134,721

    • 2R01HL161291-05Department: NIH department code
      Developing genome editing strategies to treat alpha thalassemia

      Principal investigators: Tippi MacKenzie (contact PI), Michael Kyle Cromer

      $819,998
      award amount
    • 5R01HD110270-05Department: NIH department code
      Phase 1 Study of In Utero Enzyme Replacement Therapy for the Treatment of Lysosomal Storage Diseases
      $665,123
      award amount
    • 1U01NS146166-01Department: NIH department code
      Prenatal AAV9 gene replacement therapy for patients with severe infantile GM1 gangliosidosis
      $649,600
      award amount

  16. Valerie Marie Weaver

    Leads 2 awards · $1,635,670

    • 5R35CA242447-07Department: NIH department code
      Tissue mechanics reprograms the tissue to malignancy and metastasis
      $955,470
      award amount
    • 5U01CA300847-02Department: NIH department code
      Antidepressant regulation of PDAC

      Principal investigators: Valerie Marie Weaver (contact PI), Sarah Monica Knox

      $680,200
      award amount

  17. Minnie M Sarwal

    Leads 2 awards · $1,534,371

    • 5R01AI180118-03Department: NIH department code
      Computational Drug Repositioning for Antibody Mediated Renal Allograft Rejection

      Principal investigators: Minnie M Sarwal (contact PI), Marina Sirota

      $797,862
      award amount
    • 1R01DK147150-01Department: NIH department code
      Driving Innovation in Renal Therapeutics by Harnessing Novel Molecular Pathways of Renal Injury in Nephropathic Cystinosis

      Principal investigators: Minnie M Sarwal (contact PI), Bridgeen Callan, Tia E Keyes

      $736,509
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2T32AI125222-11A1, led by Peter G Stock.

  18. Hanmin Lee

    Leads 1 award · $1,483,334

    • 5P50FD007967-04Department: NIH department code
      UCSF-Stanford Pediatric Device Consortium
      $1,483,334
      award amount

  19. Sandy Feng

    Leads 1 award · $1,382,557

    • 5U01AI189341-02Department: NIH department code
      EARLY SIGNALS OF THE TRANSITION FROM IMMUNE QUIESCENCE TO ACTIVATION IN THE LIVER ALLOGRAFT MICROENVIRONMENT AND IN THE CIRCULATION
      $1,382,557
      award amount

  20. Elizabeth C Wick

    Leads 1 award · $1,303,991

    • 5UH3AG081663-04Department: NIH department code
      I CAN DO Surgical ACP (Improving Completion, Accuracy, and Dissemination Of Surgical Advanced Care Planning) Trial

      Principal investigators: Elizabeth C Wick (contact PI), Genevieve B Melton-Meaux, Rebecca L Sudore

      $1,303,991
      award amount

  21. Kimberly Saunders Kirkwood

    Leads 2 awards · $861,981

    • 5U01CA282269-03Department: NIH department code
      Using microvolumetric cyst fluid proteolysis for early detection of pancreatic cancer
      $501,766
      award amount
    • 5U01CA271250-04Department: NIH department code
      Advancing the Clinical Translation of Cyst Fluid Assays for Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer
      $360,215
      award amount

  22. Michael S Conte

    Leads 1 award · $780,048

    • 5U01DK119100-08Department: NIH department code
      UCSF Diabetic Foot Clinical Research Unit
      $780,048
      award amount

  23. James Koh

    Leads 1 award · $756,962

    • 4R01AG075742-02Department: NIH department code
      Vitamin D and beta-amyloid signaling in hyperparathyroidism

      Principal investigators: James Koh (contact PI), Wenhan Chang

      $756,962
      award amount

  24. James Morgan Gardner

    Leads 1 award · $677,249

    • 5R37CA304094-02Department: NIH department code
      Aire-expressing macrophages as novel mediators of tumor immune evasion
      $677,249
      award amount

  25. Holger Willenbring

    Leads 1 award · $626,188

    • 1R01DK147101-01Department: NIH department code
      Unlocking the potential of human hepatocyte plasticity for therapy of cholestatic liver diseases
      $626,188
      award amount

  26. Peter G Stock

    Leads 2 awards · $591,631

    • 5R01DK141970-02Department: NIH department code
      Parathyroid Allotransplant for Treatment of Hypoparathyroidism
      $312,000
      award amount
    • 2T32AI125222-11A1Department: NIH department code
      Filling a Void of Research (FAVOR) Training for Transplant Surgeons

      Principal investigators: Peter G Stock (contact PI), Minnie M Sarwal

      $279,631
      award amount

  27. Tammy T Chang

    Leads 1 award · $562,826

    • 1R01DK145640-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Irreversible electroporation (IRE)-mediated hepatocyte transplantation as a treatment for inborn errors of metabolism
      $562,826
      award amount

  28. Lucy Zumwinkle Kornblith

    Leads 1 award · $403,750

    • 5R35GM150656-04Department: NIH department code
      The Platelet Transcriptome and Organ Failure After Injury: Discovering Molecular Biomarkers and Preventative Targets through Interrogating Novel RNA Modifications
      $403,750
      award amount

  29. Amrita Basu Somani

    Leads 1 award · $369,431

    • 5R01CA283179-04Department: NIH department code
      Analyzing Patient-Level Data in a Breast Cancer Clinical Trial
      $369,431
      award amount

  30. Ajay V. Maker

    Leads 1 award · $346,461

    • 5R37CA238435-08Department: NIH department code
      Stimulating Lymphocyte Activation Combined with Inhibition of Immunosuppressive Signals in Colon Cancer Metastases
      $346,461
      award amount

  31. Chris Chuan Shu Hsiung

    Leads 1 award · $173,582

    • 5K01HG012789-05Department: NIH department code
      High-throughput engineering of combinatorial chromatin signals and epigenetic cellular memory
      $173,582
      award amount

  32. Alexander Murphy

    Leads 1 award · $86,080

    • 1F32HD118699-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Lipid Nanoparticle Vector for Prenatal Gene Therapy Treatment of Apert Syndrome
      $86,080
      award amount

  33. Alexandra Highet

    Leads 1 award · $85,783

    • 5F32DK143555-02Department: NIH department code
      Sociodemographic and geospatial disparities in outcomes for patients with biliary atresia: A comprehensive analysis using national and state datasets
      $85,783
      award amount

  34. Ernesto Javier Rojas

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31CA284719-04Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of apoptosis-resistance and the tumor environment on development and maintenance of sacrococcygeal teratomas
      $50,114
      award amount

  35. Matthew Arvedson

    Leads 1 award · $42,633

    • 5F31CA288017-03Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Role of AIRE and Tumor Associated Aire-expressing Cells in Tumor Growth and Immune Evasion
      $42,633
      award amount

  36. Rita Mukhtar

    Leads 1 award · $21,676

    • 1R13CA317942-01Department: NIH department code
      International Invasive Lobular Carcinoma Symposium
      $21,676
      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.