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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Internal Medicine at University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, OH

Funding
$11.4M
$11,392,930
Awards
25
FY2026 NIH awards in Internal Medicine
Principal investigators
29
25 lead a grant here, 4 co-investigators
Department rank
#65
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 Cincinnati page.

Leads a grant in this department

25 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. Francis Xavier McCormack

    Leads 2 awards · $2,358,943

  2. Bruce C Trapnell

    Leads 1 award · $1,757,695

  3. Christine Kim Garcia

    Leads 1 award · $1,757,695

  4. Jonathan Andrew Kropski

    Leads 1 award · $1,757,695

  5. Lisa R. Young

    Leads 1 award · $1,757,695

  6. Alan George Smulian

    Leads 3 awards · $1,181,797

    • 5R01HL176858-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Sexual Cycle of HIV/AIDS-Related Pneumocystis Pneumonia

      Principal investigators: Alan George Smulian (contact PI), Alexey Porollo, Melanie T Cushion

      $468,042
      award amount
    • 5R61AI187097-02Department: NIH department code
      Development of a Molecular Toolbox for Pneumocystis
      $398,810
      award amount
    • 5R61AI187113-02Department: NIH department code
      Alveolar organoids and metabolomic-driven cultivation of Pneumocystis species

      Principal investigators: Alan George Smulian (contact PI), Alexey Porollo, Robert Molestina

      $314,945
      award amount

  7. Odayme Quesada

    Leads 1 award · $734,266

    • 1R01HL183368-01A1Department: NIH department code
      EMbArK: Empagliflozin Treatment of Ischemic with Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries (INOCA)
      $734,266
      award amount

  8. Albert Phillip Owens Iii

    Leads 1 award · $703,198

    • 5R01HL179626-02Department: NIH department code
      The role of protease activated receptor 2 in the initiation and progression of abdominal aortic aneurysm
      $703,198
      award amount

  9. Kristin Mara Hudock

    Leads 1 award · $702,125

    • 5R01HL170156-02Department: NIH department code
      The NET Impact on Lung Epithelia in Cystic Fibrosis and Mucoobstruction
      $702,125
      award amount

  10. Satish K Madala

    Leads 1 award · $696,625

    • 1R01HL185075-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Smooth Muscle Cell Contraction in Asthma
      $696,625
      award amount

  11. George S. Deepe

    Leads 1 award · $659,274

    • 5R01AI178010-03Department: NIH department code
      Metallothionein-Zinc Axis and Macrophage Memory to Fungi
      $659,274
      award amount

  12. Jason T Blackard

    Leads 2 awards · $625,177

    • 5R01DA063296-02Department: NIH department code
      Single cell opioid (fentanyl) responses in the context of HIV
      $549,599
      award amount
    • 5T35DK060444-23Department: NIH department code
      Short-Term Institutional Research Training Grant
      $75,578
      award amount

  13. Jason Winnick

    Leads 1 award · $605,994

    • 5R01DK106364-10Department: NIH department code
      On the regulation of hepatic glucose metabolism during insulin-induced hypoglycemia
      $605,994
      award amount

  14. Michael Borchers

    Leads 1 award · $530,966

    • 5R01HL162662-04Department: NIH department code
      Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
      $530,966
      award amount

  15. Pier Paolo Scaglioni

    Leads 1 award · $402,035

    • 5R01CA259845-05Department: NIH department code
      Fatty acid metabolism regulates ferroptosis in mutant KRAS lung cancer
      $402,035
      award amount

  16. Jason Gardner

    Leads 1 award · $393,572

    • 5R01HL155579-05Department: NIH department code
      Inflammatory Mechanisms in Post Burn Anemia of Critical Illness
      $393,572
      award amount

  17. Trisha M Wise-Draper

    Leads 1 award · $369,511

    • 5U01CA267985-05Department: NIH department code
      Optimization of peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) processing for robust downstream functional immune cell analysis and correlation with therapeutic efficacy

      Principal investigators: Trisha M Wise-Draper (contact PI), Kelsey Dillehay McKillip

      $369,511
      award amount

  18. Atsuo Sasaki

    Leads 1 award · $352,268

    • 5R01GM144426-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic role of phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate 4-kinase beta in GTP-dependent lysosomal acidification for stress-resilient cell growth and metabolism
      $352,268
      award amount

  19. Jack Rubinstein

    Leads 1 award · $237,124

    • 5R38HL155775-06Department: NIH department code
      Stimulating Access to Research in the University of Cincinnati Internal Medicine Residency Program
      $237,124
      award amount

  20. Simin Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $207,995

    • 1K08AI187712-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Consequences of mast cell activation and complement dysregulation in eosinophilic esophagitis
      $207,995
      award amount

  21. Arun Jose

    Leads 1 award · $203,526

    • 5K23HL164971-04Department: NIH department code
      Biomarker Discovery in Portopulmonary Hypertension
      $203,526
      award amount

  22. Kristine Karkoska

    Leads 1 award · $186,613

    • 1K23HL183818-01Department: NIH department code
      Mapping Activated Microglia and Their Effect on Cognitive Deficits in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease
      $186,613
      award amount

  23. Tyler Wendorf Benson

    Leads 1 award · $156,276

    • 5K99HL181189-02Department: NIH department code
      Hematopoietic cells and chemokine regulation in abdominal aortic aneurysm associated thrombosis
      $156,276
      award amount

  24. Ann Maria Mathew

    Leads 1 award · $50,112

    • 1F31AI200192-01Department: NIH department code
      Role of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor induced NETosis in regulating CDI severity
      $50,112
      award amount

  25. Tiffany Shi

    Leads 1 award · $35,533

    • 5F30AI167482-05Department: NIH department code
      Single Cell Analysis of Alloreactive CD8+ T Cells in Kidney Transplant Rejection
      $35,533
      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.

  • Alexey Porollo

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL176858-02, led by Alan George Smulian; 5R61AI187113-02, led by Alan George Smulian

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Melanie T Cushion

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL176858-02, led by Alan George Smulian

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Kelsey Dillehay McKillip

    Co-investigator on 5U01CA267985-05, led by Trisha M Wise-Draper

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Robert Molestina

    Co-investigator on 5R61AI187113-02, led by Alan George Smulian

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

Also counted toward University of Cincinnati in the Internal Medicine ranking

Department rankings count awards at these organizations toward University of Cincinnati. With University of Cincinnati's own 25 awards (R&D contracts left out), they make up its ranking row: #65, $13,771,231, 30 awards. Each organization's page lists its investigators.