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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Physiology at University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Funding
$13.9M
$13,934,932
Awards
33
FY2026 NIH awards in Physiology
Principal investigators
39
28 lead a grant here, 11 co-investigators
Department rank
#11
of 89 · 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 Physiology row of the University of Florida page.

Leads a grant in this department

28 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. Christiaan Leeuwenburgh

    Leads 3 awards · $2,833,912

  2. Terence E Ryan

    Leads 4 awards · $2,600,572

    • 2R01HL149704-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms regulating peripheral arterial disease pathobiology in chronic kidney disease
      $767,195
      award amount
    • 1R01HL187555-01Department: NIH department code
      Enhancing OxPhos efficiency to promote muscle function and regeneration in peripheral artery disease

      Principal investigators: Terence E Ryan (contact PI), Feng Yue

      $688,383
      award amount
    • 5R01HL171050-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of fatty fibrosis in chronic limb threatening ischemia pathobiology

      Principal investigators: Terence E Ryan (contact PI), Daniel Kopinke

      $672,642
      award amount
    • 5R01AG076490-05Department: NIH department code
      Linking kynurenine accumulation and the AHR pathway to exacerbated aging

      Principal investigators: Terence E Ryan (contact PI), Russell T Hepple

      $472,352
      award amount

  3. Marco Pahor

    Leads 1 award · $1,300,000

  4. Peihua Qiu

    Leads 1 award · $1,300,000

  5. Stephen D Anton

    Leads 1 award · $1,300,000

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AG075136-05, led by Christiaan Leeuwenburgh.

  6. Todd Manini

    Leads 1 award · $1,300,000

  7. Yenisel Cruz-Almeida

    Leads 1 award · $1,300,000

  8. Helen N Jones

    Leads 2 awards · $965,213

    • 5R01HD113327-04Department: NIH department code
      Efficacy and safety of nanoparticle mediated placental gene therapy in nonhuman primates

      Principal investigators: Helen N Jones (contact PI), Jenna Ann Schmidt

      $646,404
      award amount
    • 5R01HD090657-09Department: NIH department code
      Placental-specific therapy for fetal growth restriction
      $318,809
      award amount

  9. Rachael D Seidler

    Leads 1 award · $801,426

    • 5R01AG089050-03Department: NIH department code
      Neural Correlates of Cognitive-Motor Interactions in ADRD Gait
      $801,426
      award amount

  10. David E Vaillancourt

    Leads 2 awards · $776,901

    • 1R01AG100181-01Department: NIH department code
      Automated Neurodegeneration Index in At-Risk Cohorts for Lewy Body Disease

      Principal investigators: David E Vaillancourt (contact PI), Michael S. Jaffee

      $597,264
      award amount
    • 5T32NS082168-12Department: NIH department code
      Interdisciplinary Training in Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration

      Principal investigators: David E Vaillancourt (contact PI), Melissa Jo Armstrong

      $179,637
      award amount

  11. Christopher D Vulpe

    Leads 2 awards · $693,706

    • 5R01ES033625-05Department: NIH department code
      CRISPR screens of population relevant genes governing toxicant resilience
      $667,789
      award amount
    • 3R01ES033625-05S1Department: NIH department code
      CRISPR screens of population relevant genes governing toxicant resilience
      $25,917
      award amount

  12. Zheng Wang

    Leads 1 award · $681,095

    • 5R01AG086493-03Department: NIH department code
      Quantification of the neurocognitive, brain, and blood markers of dementia in middle-aged autistic adults
      $681,095
      award amount

  13. Michelle L Gumz

    Leads 2 awards · $678,104

    • 1R01DK146454-01Department: NIH department code
      Renal and adrenal actions of the clock protein PER1 in salt-sensitive hypertension
      $663,104
      award amount
    • 1R13DK149495-01Department: NIH department code
      Control of Renal Function in Health and Disease 2026

      Principal investigators: Michelle L Gumz (contact PI), Clintoria Richards Williams

      $15,000
      award amount

  14. Erica Arden Dale

    Leads 1 award · $605,411

    • 1R01NS147347-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Cervical Epidural Stimulation and Respiratory Recovery from Spinal Injury
      $605,411
      award amount

  15. Andrew C. Liu

    Leads 2 awards · $493,699

    • 5R01NS117457-04Department: NIH department code
      Role of mTOR in Circadian and Sleep Deregulation in Smith-Kingsmore Syndrome (SKS)
      $468,699
      award amount
    • 1R13NS149704-01Department: NIH department code
      Society for Research on Biological Rhythms (SRBR) 2026 Biennial Conference
      $25,000
      award amount

  16. Lan Wei-Lapierre

    Leads 1 award · $463,513

    • 5R01NS127858-04Department: NIH department code
      Using Mitochondrial Ca2+ Uptake as a Therapeutic Target for ALS
      $463,513
      award amount

  17. Jose Ignacio Aguirre

    Leads 1 award · $428,188

    • 1R21DE035645-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Treatment for Medication-related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw in Rice Rats via In Situ Delivery of an Anti-Inflammatory Enzyme with Spatial Metabolome/Glycome Profiling of Disease Progression and Therapy
      $428,188
      award amount

  18. Sung Min Han

    Leads 1 award · $375,740

    • 5R01AG081270-04Department: NIH department code
      The role and regulation of mitochondrial localization in mature neurons.
      $375,740
      award amount

  19. Evangelos A Christou

    Leads 1 award · $356,766

    • 5R01NS131342-03Department: NIH department code
      ADVANCING THALAMIC NEUROSTIMULATION FOR SUPPRESING ESSENTIAL VOICE TREMOR

      Principal investigators: Evangelos A Christou (contact PI), Michael S Okun

      $356,766
      award amount

  20. Agostina Casamento Moran

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00NS133961-04Department: NIH department code
      Neurobiological Mechanisms of Fatigue in Health and after COVID-19
      $249,000
      award amount

  21. Rebecca L Wilson

    Leads 1 award · $243,795

    • 5R00HD109458-04Department: NIH department code
      In utero intervention to prevent adverse metabolic health
      $243,795
      award amount

  22. Kylie Kristen Harrall

    Leads 1 award · $153,991

    • 1K01DK149804-01Department: NIH department code
      Maternal and fetal genetic contributions to the development of maternal gestational diabetes.
      $153,991
      award amount

  23. Gene Ryan Crislip

    Leads 1 award · $137,752

    • 5K01DK135929-03Department: NIH department code
      Renal Circadian Clock Protein Regulation of Immune Activation
      $137,752
      award amount

  24. Sumire Dorothy Sato

    Leads 1 award · $110,651

    • 1K99AG095278-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Cortical mechanisms of cognitive-motor interactions in mild cognitive impairment
      $110,651
      award amount

  25. Mark Robert Viggars

    Leads 1 award · $103,969

    • 1K99AG092932-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Circadian epigenetic regulation of aging skeletal muscle & the impact of exercise
      $103,969
      award amount

  26. Francielly Morena Clark

    Leads 1 award · $76,300

    • 5F32AR085458-02Department: NIH department code
      Muscle Circadian Clock Disruption as a Cancer Cachexia Modifier
      $76,300
      award amount

  27. Aditya Devidas Mahadevan

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30HL172988-03Department: NIH department code
      Clinical, Histological, and Transcriptional Associations Between the Diabetic Placenta and Fetal Congenital Heart Defects
      $55,114
      award amount

  28. Caroline G Pass

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31HL184621-01Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the Role of Metabolic Changes on Epigenetic Regulation in Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia and Surgical Revascularization
      $50,114
      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.