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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurosurgery at University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Funding
$20.4M
$20,427,665
Awards
20
FY2026 NIH awards in Neurosurgery
Principal investigators
21
10 lead a grant here, 11 co-investigators
Department rank
#3
of 58 · 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 Neurosurgery row of the University of Florida page.

Leads a grant in this department

10 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. Duane A. Mitchell

    Leads 3 awards · $7,424,212

    • 5UM1TR005128-02Department: NIH department code
      INSiGHTS - Innovative Next Steps in Gaining Health Improvements Through Translational Science

      Principal investigators: Duane A. Mitchell (contact PI), Elizabeth A. Shenkman, Sylvie Naar

      $5,350,604
      award amount
    • 4R01CA293376-03Department: NIH department code
      Addressing tumor heterogeneity in pediatric gliomas with precision adoptive T cell therapy
      $1,731,786
      award amount
    • 1S15OD042560-01Department: NIH department code
      Automated Cell Processing Platform for Early Research and Development of Cell Therapies
      $341,822
      award amount

  2. Brian Lim Hoh

    Leads 4 awards · $4,224,594

    • 5U01NS117450-05Department: NIH department code
      Comparison of Anti-coagulation and anti-Platelet Therapies for Intracranial Vascular Atherostenosis

      Principal investigators: Brian Lim Hoh (contact PI), Marc Ivor Chimowitz

      $3,070,376
      award amount
    • 1R01NS144324-01A1Department: NIH department code
      START (Subarachnoid hemorrhage Translational Advanced Research pre-Trial) Network for Promising Novel Drug Testing

      Principal investigators: Brian Lim Hoh (contact PI), George C Wellman, Gregory J Zipfel

      $611,097
      award amount
    • 5R01NS124620-05Department: NIH department code
      Neurovascular protection by adropin in acute neural injury from subarachnoid hemorrhage
      $374,407
      award amount
    • 1UE5NS141390-01Department: NIH department code
      University of Florida UE5 Early Research Program for Neurology and Neurosurgery Residents

      Principal investigators: Brian Lim Hoh (contact PI), Michael S Okun

      $168,714
      award amount

  3. Elias Sayour

    Leads 3 awards · $2,515,558

    • 5R01FD007268-04Department: NIH department code
      A phase I study of RNA-lipid particle vaccines for newly-diagnosed glioblastoma, IND19304 08/21/2020
      $1,245,669
      award amount
    • 4R37CA251978-06Department: NIH department code
      Overcoming the blood-brain barrier with nanoparticle vaccines against gliomas
      $767,498
      award amount
    • 1R01CA314365-01Department: NIH department code
      RNA Loaded Nanoparticle Aggregates for Glioblastoma

      Principal investigators: Elias Sayour (contact PI), Juan Guan

      $502,391
      award amount

  4. Courtney A Miller

    Leads 2 awards · $2,126,479

    • 5U01MH136567-03Department: NIH department code
      Preclinical development of a precision therapy for a monogenic mental health disorder

      Principal investigators: Courtney A Miller (contact PI), Gavin R Rumbaugh, Theodore M Kamenecka

      $1,781,729
      award amount
    • 1R61NS150124-01Department: NIH department code
      Determining the potential of a novel non-muscle myosin II therapeutic in pediatric brain tumors

      Principal investigators: Courtney A Miller (contact PI), Oren Josh Becher

      $344,750
      award amount

  5. Matthew D Disney

    Leads 2 awards · $2,123,511

    • 5R35NS116846-08Department: NIH department code
      Design of Precision Small Molecules Targeting RNA Repeating Transcripts to Manipulate and Study Disease Biology
      $1,387,500
      award amount
    • 5R01CA249180-07Department: NIH department code
      Targeted degradation of RNAs by using small molecules
      $736,011
      award amount

  6. Baoji Xu

    Leads 2 awards · $1,155,144

    • 5R01DK134650-04Department: NIH department code
      Astrocytic regulation of energy balance on high-fat diet

      Principal investigators: Baoji Xu (contact PI), Yunlei Yang

      $731,394
      award amount
    • 1R01NS141790-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Identification of approved drugs for BDNF insufficiency
      $423,750
      award amount

  7. Vinata Vedam-Mai

    Leads 1 award · $527,750

    • 1R56NS146706-01Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Guided T Cells to target neurodegeneration
      $527,750
      award amount

  8. Daryl Fields

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00GM159353-03Department: NIH department code
      CSF 5-HIAA detects secondary hypoxic insults in humans with traumatic spinal cord injuries
      $249,000
      award amount

  9. John W Figg

    Leads 1 award · $44,303

    • 5F30CA298656-02Department: NIH department code
      The role of adoptive cellular therapy on myeloid-derived suppressor cell depletion in glioma
      $44,303
      award amount

  10. Hannah Violet Masterson

    Leads 1 award · $37,114

    • 5F31NS143305-02Department: NIH department code
      The role of neurotrophins in the maintenance and function of MF-CA3 synapses
      $37,114
      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.