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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Genetics at University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Funding
$19.1M
$19,080,747
Awards
26
FY2026 NIH awards in Genetics
Principal investigators
23
19 lead a grant here, 4 co-investigators
Department rank
#15
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 Florida page.

Leads a grant in this department

19 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. Susana T Valente

    Leads 5 awards · $6,551,467

    • 1R01AI200543-01Department: NIH department code
      ATPase Chromatin Remodeling Complexes as Modulators of HIV-1 Latency and Therapeutic Targets
      $3,389,992
      award amount
    • 5R01AI194820-02Department: NIH department code
      Therapeutic Disruption of HIV Transcription by HIV-1 Tat Protein-Degrading Molecules
      $962,137
      award amount
    • 5R01AI177327-04Department: NIH department code
      Exploration of novel block-and-lock agents alone and in combination for HIV remission in humanized mice

      Principal investigators: Susana T Valente (contact PI), J. Victor Garcia-Martinez

      $861,777
      award amount
    • 5R01AI167732-06Department: NIH department code
      Evaluation of didehydro-Cortistatin A as a block-and-lock agent for a functional HIV cure in a macaque model

      Principal investigators: Susana T Valente (contact PI), David T Evans

      $854,561
      award amount
    • 5R37AI165137-06Department: NIH department code
      Host factors regulating HIV latency and reactivation
      $483,000
      award amount

  2. Laura P.w Ranum

    Leads 3 awards · $2,842,604

    • 5P50NS132955-03Department: NIH department code
      Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research Center

      Principal investigators: Eric T Wang (contact PI), Johanna I Hamel (contact PI), Laura P.w Ranum (contact PI), Maurice Scott Swanson (contact PI)

      $1,453,425
      award amount
    • 5R01NS098819-08Department: NIH department code
      Molecular effects of metformin, PKR and TBI on C9orf72 ALS/FTD

      Principal investigators: Laura P.w Ranum (contact PI), Tao Zu

      $701,828
      award amount
    • 5R01NS126536-03Department: NIH department code
      Novel repeat associated non-AUG (RAN) proteins in sALS sFTD and SBMA: shared pathological features and unifying therapeutic opportunities

      Principal investigators: Laura P.w Ranum (contact PI), Lien Nguyen

      $687,351
      award amount

  3. Eric T Wang

    Leads 3 awards · $2,471,002

    • 5P50NS132955-03Department: NIH department code
      Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research Center

      Principal investigators: Eric T Wang (contact PI), Johanna I Hamel (contact PI), Laura P.w Ranum (contact PI), Maurice Scott Swanson (contact PI)

      $1,453,425
      award amount
    • 5R01NS132538-03Department: NIH department code
      Smarter gene therapies: alternative splicing cassettes for tissue-and self-regulated cargo expression
      $508,865
      award amount
    • 5R01AR084841-03Department: NIH department code
      Technologies to enable safe and effective gene editing in skeletal muscle
      $508,712
      award amount

  4. Rolf F Renne

    Leads 2 awards · $2,108,370

    • 5P01CA214091-10Department: NIH department code
      Noncoding RNAs in gamma-Herpesvirus Biology and AIDS Malignancies

      Principal investigators: Erik K Flemington (contact PI), Rolf F Renne (contact PI), Scott A. Tibbetts (contact PI)

      $1,501,823
      award amount
    • 1R01CA302581-01A1Department: NIH department code
      PROTAC-mediated Degradation of the Latency-Associated Nuclear Antigen (LANA) to Target KSHV Malignancies

      Principal investigators: Rolf F Renne (contact PI), Guangrong Zheng, Scott A. Tibbetts

      $606,547
      award amount

  5. Mauricio A Martins

    Leads 2 awards · $2,060,629

    • 5U01AI193791-02Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging prenatal tolerance to improve AAV/bNAb therapy outcomes in infancy
      $1,199,547
      award amount
    • 5R01AI175007-04Department: NIH department code
      Overcoming pre-existing immunity to AAV to enhance AAV-based HIV immunotherapies
      $861,082
      award amount

  6. Erik K Flemington

    Leads 1 award · $1,501,823

    • 5P01CA214091-10Department: NIH department code
      Noncoding RNAs in gamma-Herpesvirus Biology and AIDS Malignancies

      Principal investigators: Erik K Flemington (contact PI), Rolf F Renne (contact PI), Scott A. Tibbetts (contact PI)

      $1,501,823
      award amount

  7. Scott A. Tibbetts

    Leads 1 award · $1,501,823

    • 5P01CA214091-10Department: NIH department code
      Noncoding RNAs in gamma-Herpesvirus Biology and AIDS Malignancies

      Principal investigators: Erik K Flemington (contact PI), Rolf F Renne (contact PI), Scott A. Tibbetts (contact PI)

      $1,501,823
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01CA302581-01A1, led by Rolf F Renne.

  8. Johanna I Hamel

    Leads 1 award · $1,453,425

  9. Maurice Scott Swanson

    Leads 1 award · $1,453,425

  10. Lien Nguyen

    Leads 2 awards · $1,251,251

    • 1R01AG104188-01Department: NIH department code
      Studying contribution of repeat variants of SVA retrotransposons in Alzheimer's disease
      $743,880
      award amount
    • 5R01AG093746-02Department: NIH department code
      Studying roles of CASP8 SVA GGGAGA repeat expansions in Alzheimer's disease
      $507,371
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS126536-03, led by Laura P.w Ranum.

  11. Lizi Wu

    Leads 2 awards · $870,806

    • 1R01CA304148-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Modulation of Therapeutic Response in Lung Cancer by Tumor Suppressor LKB1
      $487,056
      award amount
    • 2R01DE023641-09Department: NIH department code
      Signaling and Targeting of CRTC1-MAML2 Fusion Oncoprotein in Salivary Gland Tumor
      $383,750
      award amount

  12. Steeve Boulant

    Leads 1 award · $646,188

    • 5R01AI185510-02Department: NIH department code
      Influence of hypoxia on the antiviral functions of human intestinal epithelial cells
      $646,188
      award amount

  13. Megan L Stanifer

    Leads 1 award · $537,683

    • 5R01AI189780-02Department: NIH department code
      STING induced IFNL2/3 protects human intestinal epithelial cells from rotavirus infection
      $537,683
      award amount

  14. Emmanuelle Genoyer

    Leads 1 award · $454,738

    • 1DP2AI200970-01Department: NIH department code
      Cytoplasmic Sensing of Membrane-Replicating RNA Viruses
      $454,738
      award amount

  15. Stephanie M Karst

    Leads 1 award · $231,561

    • 2T32AI007110-41Department: NIH department code
      Basic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
      $231,561
      award amount

  16. Rui Yin

    Leads 1 award · $230,250

    • 1R21AI199362-01Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering Human-KSHV Protein Interactions Driving Kaposi Sarcoma with AI Models

      Principal investigators: Rui Yin (contact PI), Zhe Ma

      $230,250
      award amount

  17. Zhe Ma

    Leads 1 award · $219,532

    • 1R21AI202368-01Department: NIH department code
      A noncanonical STING-dependent IFN-I independent pathway against KSHV reactivation
      $219,532
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R21AI199362-01, led by Rui Yin.

  18. Haley Michelle Wilt

    Leads 1 award · $44,303

    • 1F30HD122467-01Department: NIH department code
      Maternal Microbiota and Breastmilk Bile Acids as Early Determinants of Infant Metabolic Health
      $44,303
      award amount

  19. Amy Marie Peiper

    Leads 1 award · $13,788

    • 5F30AI172364-04Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Norovirus Interactions with the Epithelial Barrier in Acute Gastroenteritis
      $13,788
      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.