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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Genetics at University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Funding
$19.8M
$19,795,896
Awards
39
FY2026 NIH awards in Genetics
Principal investigators
48
33 lead a grant here, 15 co-investigators
Department rank
#14
of 59 · 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 Genetics row of the University of Chicago page.

Leads a grant in this department

33 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. Carole Ober

    Leads 2 awards · $3,027,864

    • 1U01AI190013-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Cross-Tissue Multi-Omic Predictors of Allergic Disease Development and Progression in Early Life

      Principal investigators: Carole Ober (contact PI), Yun Li

      $1,625,664
      award amount
    • 2U19AI162310-06Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging molecular and cellular phenotypes to identify and characterize novel asthma genes and pathways

      Principal investigators: Carole Ober (contact PI), Marcelo A. Nobrega (contact PI), Rebecca Anderson (contact PI), Xin He (contact PI)

      $1,402,200
      award amount

  2. Xin He

    Leads 2 awards · $2,180,593

    • 2U19AI162310-06Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging molecular and cellular phenotypes to identify and characterize novel asthma genes and pathways

      Principal investigators: Carole Ober (contact PI), Marcelo A. Nobrega (contact PI), Rebecca Anderson (contact PI), Xin He (contact PI)

      $1,402,200
      award amount
    • 5R01AI175554-03Department: NIH department code
      Genetic variation of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA modification in immune cells and its contribution to human diseases

      Principal investigators: Xin He (contact PI), Luis Bruno Barreiro

      $778,393
      award amount

  3. Marcelo A. Nobrega

    Leads 1 award · $1,402,200

    • 2U19AI162310-06Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging molecular and cellular phenotypes to identify and characterize novel asthma genes and pathways

      Principal investigators: Carole Ober (contact PI), Marcelo A. Nobrega (contact PI), Rebecca Anderson (contact PI), Xin He (contact PI)

      $1,402,200
      award amount

  4. Rebecca Anderson

    Leads 1 award · $1,402,200

    • 2U19AI162310-06Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging molecular and cellular phenotypes to identify and characterize novel asthma genes and pathways

      Principal investigators: Carole Ober (contact PI), Marcelo A. Nobrega (contact PI), Rebecca Anderson (contact PI), Xin He (contact PI)

      $1,402,200
      award amount

  5. David Pincus

    Leads 1 award · $1,358,408

  6. Xiaochang Zhang

    Leads 2 awards · $1,076,042

    • 5R01MH130594-04Department: NIH department code
      Rescuing SYNGAP1 haploinsufficiency by redirecting alternative splicing
      $609,214
      award amount
    • 5R35GM152177-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Cell-type-specific pre-mRNA Splicing
      $466,828
      award amount

  7. Stephen J. Kron

    Leads 2 awards · $897,817

    • 5R01CA282781-04Department: NIH department code
      PAIRS: Validating telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) as an intrinsic vulnerability toward sensitizing cancer to radiation

      Principal investigators: Stephen J. Kron (contact PI), Karl A Scheidt

      $476,132
      award amount
    • 1R21CA318172-01Department: NIH department code
      Targeting TET3 cytosine demethylase for immunogenic radiosensitizatioin
      $421,685
      award amount

  8. Sally Horne-Badovinac

    Leads 2 awards · $866,677

    • 5R35GM148285-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of epithelial migration and basement membrane assembly
      $593,761
      award amount
    • 5T32HD055164-18Department: NIH department code
      Training Program in Developmental Biology

      Principal investigators: Sally Horne-Badovinac (contact PI), Paschalis Kratsios, Victoria E. Prince

      $272,916
      award amount

  9. Joseph W Thornton

    Leads 1 award · $862,674

  10. Francesca Luca

    Leads 2 awards · $796,316

    • 5R01ES033634-06Department: NIH department code
      Functional genomics of GxE in cardiovascular disease: BPA, phthalates and their interactions with gene regulation

      Principal investigators: Francesca Luca (contact PI), Roger Pique-Regi, Xiaoquan Wen

      $456,223
      award amount
    • 5R01GM109215-10Department: NIH department code
      Functional Characterization of the Genetic and Environmental Determinants of Complex Traits

      Principal investigators: Francesca Luca (contact PI), Roger Pique-Regi

      $340,093
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2T32GM139782-06, led by Joseph W Thornton.

  11. David R Kovar

    Leads 2 awards · $698,393

    • 5R35GM153234-03Department: NIH department code
      Actin Cytoskeleton Network Self-Organization
      $627,838
      award amount
    • 3R35GM153234-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Actin Cytoskeleton Network Self-Organization
      $70,555
      award amount

  12. Jonathan P Staley

    Leads 1 award · $683,345

    • 5R01HG011067-06Department: NIH department code
      Novel methods to detect and interpret splicing quantitative trait loci - Renewal

      Principal investigators: Jonathan P Staley (contact PI), Yang Li

      $683,345
      award amount

  13. Edwin Marshall Munro

    Leads 1 award · $673,303

  14. Noah Prentice Mitchell

    Leads 2 awards · $669,691

    • 1R35GM166532-01Department: NIH department code
      From genes to geometry: mechanical principles of 3D tissue morphogenesis
      $426,567
      award amount
    • 5R00HD110675-04Department: NIH department code
      Decoding the mechanical interactions between tissue layers sculpting organ shape
      $243,124
      award amount

  15. Benjamin S Glick

    Leads 1 award · $667,931

    • 5R35GM144050-05Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the logic circuit for Golgi membrane traffic
      $667,931
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32GM144292-05, led by Edwin Marshall Munro.

  16. Margaret Lise Gardel

    Leads 1 award · $650,725

    • 5R35GM156484-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanical Information Processing from Sub-cellular to Tissue Scales
      $650,725
      award amount

  17. John Novembre

    Leads 2 awards · $633,882

    • 5R35GM149521-04Department: NIH department code
      Theory, Methods, and Resources for Understanding and Leveraging Spatial Variation in Population Genetic Data
      $396,586
      award amount
    • 5R21HG014303-02Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the relation between genetic relatedness and phenotypic covariance
      $237,296
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2T32GM139782-06, led by Joseph W Thornton.

  18. Elizabeth (ellie) S Heckscher

    Leads 1 award · $603,293

  19. Matthew Stephens

    Leads 1 award · $498,901

    • 5R01HG002585-19Department: NIH department code
      Genome analysis: statistical methods and applications
      $498,901
      award amount

  20. Richard G Fehon

    Leads 1 award · $492,727

    • 5R01NS034783-26Department: NIH department code
      Function of NF2/Merlin in regulation of the Hippo/Salvador/Warts growth control pathway
      $492,727
      award amount

  21. Zhuzhu Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $492,000

    • 5DP1DA061008-03Department: NIH department code
      The Genetic and Epigenetic Interplay of Cocaine Addiction: A Cell-Type, Circuitry, and Functional Dissection
      $492,000
      award amount

  22. Francois Spitz

    Leads 1 award · $445,033

    • 5R35GM153238-03Department: NIH department code
      Genetic and Epigenetic Controls of Enhancer-Promoter Interactions
      $445,033
      award amount

  23. Heng-Chi Lee

    Leads 1 award · $444,788

    • 1R35GM164060-01Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering piRNA-based immunity in germ cells across space and time
      $444,788
      award amount

  24. Michael A. Glotzer

    Leads 1 award · $435,697

    • 5R35GM127091-09Department: NIH department code
      Spatial and temporal control of Rho family GTPases
      $435,697
      award amount

  25. Michael Rust

    Leads 1 award · $435,126

    • 5R35GM156429-02Department: NIH department code
      Connecting Circadian Clock Dynamics to Metabolism and Fitness
      $435,126
      award amount

  26. Sampriti Mukherjee

    Leads 1 award · $401,296

    • 5R35GM150803-04Department: NIH department code
      Probing the role of sensory cues in the regulation of bacterial biofilm development
      $401,296
      award amount

  27. Alexander Jackson Ruthenburg

    Leads 1 award · $397,627

    • 5R35GM145373-05Department: NIH department code
      Defining the mechanisms of epigenetic information flow
      $397,627
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2T32GM139782-06, led by Joseph W Thornton.

  28. Jeremy Jackson Berg

    Leads 1 award · $392,592

    • 5R35GM151257-04Department: NIH department code
      Population genetic modeling of genetic variation for complex traits and diseases
      $392,592
      award amount

  29. Peter Carbonetto

    Leads 1 award · $137,760

    • 1R50AG108276-01Department: NIH department code
      Statistical software for analyzing genomics data
      $137,760
      award amount

  30. Isabella Marie Salamone

    Leads 1 award · $127,253

    • 1K99HL188909-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating protein palmitoylation in the pathogenesis and treatment of asthma
      $127,253
      award amount

  31. Kathyann Lee

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31HD118803-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the function of Merlin and Kibra in promoting Hippo Pathway activation
      $50,114
      award amount

  32. Michael Zelko

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31GM157953-02Department: NIH department code
      Determining the role of the long non-coding RNA HOTTIP in regulation of the HOXA gene cluster
      $50,114
      award amount

  33. Ruiling Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31NS136004-03Department: NIH department code
      Uncovering DIP-α signaling pathways underlying circuit assembly
      $50,114
      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.