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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Internal Medicine at University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Farmington, CT

Funding
$9.8M
$9,817,212
Awards
17
FY2026 NIH awards in Internal Medicine
Principal investigators
22
20 lead a grant here, 2 co-investigators
Department rank
#79
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 Connecticut School of Medicine page.

Leads a grant in this department

20 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. Charles Lee

    Leads 1 award · $1,742,633

    • 7U24HG007497-12Department: NIH department code
      Identifying and Characterizing the Full Spectrum of Haplotype-resolved Structural Variation in Human Genomes

      Principal investigators: Charles Lee (contact PI), Evan Eichler

      $1,742,633
      award amount

  2. David C. Steffens

    Leads 1 award · $1,315,994

  3. George A Kuchel

    Leads 1 award · $1,315,994

  4. Julie Thompson Robison

    Leads 1 award · $1,315,994

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AG083100-04, led by Ellis C Dillon.

  5. Laura Haynes

    Leads 1 award · $1,315,994

  6. Lisa C Barry

    Leads 1 award · $1,315,994

  7. Richard H Fortinsky

    Leads 1 award · $1,315,994

  8. Kristyn Zajac

    Leads 2 awards · $1,243,385

    • 5R01DA051671-05Department: NIH department code
      Enhancing Substance Use Treatment Services to Decrease Dropout and Improve Outpatient Treatment Utilization in Emerging Adults
      $677,178
      award amount
    • 5R24DA057632-03Department: NIH department code
      Collaborative Hub for Emerging Adult Recovery Research (CHEARR)
      $566,207
      award amount

  9. John Travis Hinson

    Leads 2 awards · $1,196,110

    • 5R61HL181756-02Department: NIH department code
      AAV therapies for TNNT2-associated cardiac disorders
      $599,774
      award amount
    • 5R01HL177653-02Department: NIH department code
      Pathogenicity and pathophysiology assessments of sarcomere gene variants identified in the clinic
      $596,336
      award amount

  10. Melissa J Caimano

    Leads 1 award · $744,771

    • 5R01AI192838-02Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering Borrelia burgdorferi RpoS regulatory networks in ticks and mammals

      Principal investigators: Melissa J Caimano (contact PI), Justin D Radolf

      $744,771
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R21AI196752-01, led by Andre Alex Grassmann.

  11. Ellis C Dillon

    Leads 1 award · $696,430

    • 5R01AG083100-04Department: NIH department code
      Increasing successful returns to community living from nursing facilities through the Money Follows the Person program: Mechanisms for improving outcomes for older adults with dementia

      Principal investigators: Ellis C Dillon (contact PI), Julie Thompson Robison

      $696,430
      award amount

  12. Yanlin Wang

    Leads 1 award · $523,599

    • 5R01DK134475-04Department: NIH department code
      Novel mechanisms of kidney inflammation and fibrosis
      $523,599
      award amount

  13. Dong Zhou

    Leads 1 award · $493,382

    • 5R01DK132059-04Department: NIH department code
      Importance of cell-matrix interactions in kidney repair after acute kidney injury
      $493,382
      award amount

  14. Andre Alex Grassmann

    Leads 1 award · $457,875

    • 1R21AI196752-01Department: NIH department code
      RpoS-independent gene regulation by the Borrelia burgdorferi Fur ortholog BosR

      Principal investigators: Andre Alex Grassmann (contact PI), Melissa J Caimano

      $457,875
      award amount

  15. Jenna Bartley

    Leads 1 award · $416,250

    • 5R01AI173305-04Department: NIH department code
      Impact of Senolytics on Aged Vaccine Responses
      $416,250
      award amount

  16. Francesco S Celi

    Leads 1 award · $333,000

    • 5R01DK140455-03Department: NIH department code
      New Approaches for the treatment of Hypothyroidism
      $333,000
      award amount

  17. Jessica N. Flori

    Leads 1 award · $191,700

    • 1K99DA062786-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Action of Peer Recovery Support for People Receiving Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
      $191,700
      award amount

  18. Sheila Marie Alessi

    Leads 1 award · $180,878

    • 5T32AA007290-43Department: NIH department code
      Postdoctoral Training Program in Alcohol Studies
      $180,878
      award amount

  19. Samantha Fortin

    Leads 1 award · $150,930

    • 7K01DK133627-04Department: NIH department code
      Examining the role of locus coeruleus glucagon-like peptide-1 receptors infeeding behavior.
      $150,930
      award amount

  20. Pengyu Zong

    Leads 1 award · $130,275

    • 1K99HL179383-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Role of TRPM7-Mediated Signaling in Vascular Remodeling in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
      $130,275
      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.

  • Evan Eichler

    Co-investigator on 7U24HG007497-12, led by Charles Lee

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Justin D Radolf

    Co-investigator on 5R01AI192838-02, led by Melissa J Caimano

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