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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biomedical Engineering at University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Funding
$11.2M
$11,208,014
Awards
27
FY2026 NIH awards in Biomedical Engineering
Principal investigators
31
20 lead a grant here, 11 co-investigators
Department rank
#11
of 80 · 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 Biomedical Engineering row of the University of Florida 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. Edward Phelps

    Leads 2 awards · $1,490,651

    • 1R01DK147991-01Department: NIH department code
      Beta Cell Impairment in T1D: Insights from Glucose Metabolism in Human Pancreas Slices

      Principal investigators: Edward Phelps (contact PI), Clayton E Mathews

      $754,682
      award amount
    • 1R01DK149715-01Department: NIH department code
      Microgels for localized immune control in beta cell replacement

      Principal investigators: Edward Phelps (contact PI), Holger A. Russ

      $735,969
      award amount

  2. Jamal S Lewis

    Leads 3 awards · $1,402,523

    • 1R56AI194570-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Development of a hybrid biomaterial system for immunotherapy of rheumatoid arthritis
      $607,599
      award amount
    • 5R35GM125012-08Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging Engineering Approaches to understand Cryptococcal Vomocytosis from Immune Cells
      $402,782
      award amount
    • 1R21AI196729-01Department: NIH department code
      Commensal bacteria-derived nanoparticles for correcting gut inflammation
      $392,142
      award amount

  3. Kuang Gong

    Leads 3 awards · $1,202,894

    • 5R01EB034692-03Department: NIH department code
      Deep Learning Methods for Improving Gallium 68-Based PET Imaging
      $413,510
      award amount
    • 3R01EB034692-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Deep Learning Methods for Improving Gallium 68-Based PET Imaging
      $399,045
      award amount
    • 5R01AG078250-06Department: NIH department code
      Optimization of Tau PET Imaging for Alzheimer's Disease through Deep Learning-Based Image Reconstruction
      $390,339
      award amount

  4. Kyle D Allen

    Leads 2 awards · $956,079

    • 5R01AR079874-05Department: NIH department code
      Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis via Intra-articular Delivery of an Immunosuppressive Enzyme
      $578,489
      award amount
    • 3UC2AR082196-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Administrative Supplement for UF-Pitt REJOIN Team

      Principal investigators: Kyle D Allen (contact PI), Alejandro Jose Almarza, Robert M Caudle, Yenisel Cruz-Almeida

      $377,590
      award amount

  5. Jennifer A. Nichols

    Leads 2 awards · $757,740

    • 5R01AR078817-05Department: NIH department code
      Carpometacarpal Osteoarthritis: Understanding the Intersection of Muscle Mechanics, Joint Instability, and Pain
      $417,287
      award amount
    • 5R01AR084273-03Department: NIH department code
      Biomechanics Contributions to Symptoms and Joint Health in Individuals with Rotator Cuff Tears

      Principal investigators: Jennifer A. Nichols (contact PI), Federico Pozzi

      $340,453
      award amount

  6. Benjamin George Keselowsky

    Leads 1 award · $752,222

    • 5R01AI171045-04Department: NIH department code
      Tissue-Anchored vs. Circulating Engineered Enzyme Constructs for Immunometabolic Resolution of Psoriasis

      Principal investigators: Benjamin George Keselowsky (contact PI), Dorina Avram

      $752,222
      award amount

  7. Gregory Hudalla

    Leads 1 award · $716,031

    • 5R01AI175334-03Department: NIH department code
      Synthetic Multivalent Galectin Assemblies as Anti-Inflammatory Therapies
      $716,031
      award amount

  8. Mingzhou Ding

    Leads 1 award · $697,156

    • 2R01MH112558-06A1Department: NIH department code
      MyAPS: Development and Validation of an AI Platform for Generating Emotional Pictures

      Principal investigators: Mingzhou Ding (contact PI), Andreas Keil, Ruogu Fang

      $697,156
      award amount

  9. Aysegul Gunduz

    Leads 1 award · $612,815

    • 1UG3NS150069-01Department: NIH department code
      Chronologic Pallidal Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease

      Principal investigators: Aysegul Gunduz (contact PI), Kelly D Foote, Michael S Okun

      $612,815
      award amount

  10. Daniel P Ferris

    Leads 1 award · $559,717

    • 5R01NS104772-08Department: NIH department code
      "Intermittent Visual Perturbations to Enhance Balance Training"
      $559,717
      award amount

  11. Ivana Parker

    Leads 1 award · $533,750

    • 5DP1HD115449-03Department: NIH department code
      The Role of the Macrophage in Bacterial Vaginosis Mediated HIV Risk
      $533,750
      award amount

  12. Meghan Ferrall-Fairbanks

    Leads 1 award · $387,845

    • 1R35GM165655-01Department: NIH department code
      Personalized sepsis-risk engine using explainable AI and in vitro validation
      $387,845
      award amount

  13. Ana Maria Porras

    Leads 1 award · $360,208

    • 5R35GM155229-03Department: NIH department code
      Microbiota and Extracellular Matrix Interactions that Drive Host Tissue Remodeling
      $360,208
      award amount

  14. Cherie L Stabler

    Leads 1 award · $294,998

    • 1R56DK144181-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Interrogating the role of environmental and cellular factors in human T1D pathophysiology using a physiological, isogenic 3D platform

      Principal investigators: Cherie L Stabler (contact PI), Holger A. Russ

      $294,998
      award amount

  15. Lakiesha Nicole Williams

    Leads 1 award · $264,793

    • 5R01NS122939-05Department: NIH department code
      In vitro and in vivo assessments of xenogeneic cranial dura mater and naturally derived commercial dural grafts
      $264,793
      award amount

  16. Jessica Eileen Molina

    Leads 1 award · $45,588

    • 5F30AR085997-02Department: NIH department code
      Identifying Phenotypes in Carpometacarpal Osteoarthritis through Pain, Biomechanics, and Machine Learning Analyses
      $45,588
      award amount

  17. Wyatt Smither

    Leads 1 award · $45,588

    • 5F31CA294904-02Department: NIH department code
      Quantifying medical exposures to radiation in children with congenital heart defects using advanced Monte Carlo methods and patient-inspired anatomical models
      $45,588
      award amount

  18. Robert Joseph Dawson

    Leads 1 award · $45,042

    • 5F31CA288051-03Department: NIH department code
      Development and application of whole-body patient-specific computational mesh phantoms for organ dosimetry and second primary cancer risk quantification following external beam radiotherapy
      $45,042
      award amount

  19. Walter L Murfee

    Leads 1 award · $41,600

    • 5R25EB032763-05Department: NIH department code
      Team-Based Design for Clinical Translation
      $41,600
      award amount

  20. Chloe Baratta

    Leads 1 award · $40,774

    • 5F31AR083286-03Department: NIH department code
      Integrating Musculoskeletal and Data-Driven Modeling to Understand the Biomechanical Sequelae of Syndesmotic Repair
      $40,774
      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.