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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Surgery at University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Funding
$11.3M
$11,341,099
Awards
27
FY2026 NIH awards in Surgery
Principal investigators
31
19 lead a grant here, 12 co-investigators
Department rank
#20
of 79 · 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 Surgery 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. Philip A Efron

    Leads 3 awards · $2,536,344

    • 2RM1GM139690-06Department: NIH department code
      Renewal: Dysfunctional Myelopoiesis and Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells in Sepsis Pathobiology

      Principal investigators: Philip A Efron (contact PI), Clayton E Mathews, Michael Paul Kladde, Robert Maile

      $1,790,773
      award amount
    • 5R01NS128626-03Department: NIH department code
      Sepsis and the Systemic Cytokine Storm in Aging and Alzheimer Disease Models

      Principal investigators: Philip A Efron (contact PI), Paramita Chakrabarty, Stefan Prokop

      $392,024
      award amount
    • 5T32GM008721-28Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Biology in Burns and Trauma
      $353,547
      award amount

  2. Todd Manini

    Leads 3 awards · $1,747,925

    • 1R01AG094959-01Department: NIH department code
      Resistance exercise training for older adults with obesity using GLP- receptor agonists

      Principal investigators: Todd Manini (contact PI), Joseph Abiodun Ladapo

      $725,528
      award amount
    • 1R61AG094582-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Gerontology Centers united to Aid Remote Research in Elders (G-CAR²E)

      Principal investigators: Todd Manini (contact PI), Sanjay Ranka

      $665,690
      award amount
    • 5T32AG062728-07Department: NIH department code
      Translational Research Training on Aging and Mobility (TRAM)
      $356,707
      award amount

  3. Ramzi George Salloum

    Leads 3 awards · $1,131,788

    • 5R01CA279890-04Department: NIH department code
      Sustainability of Tobacco Cessation Programs at NCI-Designated Cancer Centers

      Principal investigators: Ramzi George Salloum (contact PI), Graham W. Warren

      $530,002
      award amount
    • 5R01CA262319-05Department: NIH department code
      Phone Enabled Implementation of Cessation Support (PHOENICS)

      Principal investigators: Ramzi George Salloum (contact PI), Rima Nakkash

      $399,717
      award amount
    • 3R01CA262319-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Phone Enabled Implementation of Cessation Support (PHOENICS)

      Principal investigators: Ramzi George Salloum (contact PI), Rima Nakkash

      $202,069
      award amount

  4. Gilbert Rivers Upchurch

    Leads 2 awards · $1,045,489

    • 5R01HL138931-08Department: NIH department code
      Renewal: Pannexin-1 signaling in abdominal aortic aneurysms

      Principal investigators: Gilbert Rivers Upchurch (contact PI), Ashish Kumar Sharma

      $694,879
      award amount
    • 5T32HL160491-05Department: NIH department code
      Interdisciplinary Training for Vascular Surgeon Scientists

      Principal investigators: Gilbert Rivers Upchurch (contact PI), Scott A Berceli

      $350,610
      award amount

  5. Yi Guo

    Leads 1 award · $749,314

    • 5R01AG080624-04Department: NIH department code
      Disparities of Alzheimer's disease progression in Sexual Minority Individuals

      Principal investigators: Yi Guo (contact PI), Fei Wang, Jiang Bian

      $749,314
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01CA284646-04, led by Dejana K Braithwaite.

  6. Megan E Gregory

    Leads 1 award · $738,258

    • 5R01HL176844-02Department: NIH department code
      AI-Enabled ComPLETE Model for Better Prediction of CLTIRevascularization Outcomes
      $738,258
      award amount

  7. Dejana K Braithwaite

    Leads 1 award · $538,891

    • 5R01CA284646-04Department: NIH department code
      Advancing Precision Lung Cancer Surveillance and Outcomes in Diverse Populations (PLuS2)

      Principal investigators: Dejana K Braithwaite (contact PI), Michael K Gould, Yi Guo

      $538,891
      award amount

  8. Alicia M Mohr

    Leads 1 award · $457,500

    • 5R35GM152216-03Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Brain-Bone Marrow-Gut Interaction following Major Trauma
      $457,500
      award amount

  9. Guoshuai Cai

    Leads 1 award · $422,125

    • 5R35GM160352-02Department: NIH department code
      Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells in Immunological Endotyping and Intervention of Chronic Critical Illness after Sepsis
      $422,125
      award amount

  10. Samir Kaushik Shah

    Leads 2 awards · $373,330

    • 1R03HL183012-01Department: NIH department code
      Pain phenotypes in advanced peripheral arterial disease
      $228,750
      award amount
    • 5K23HL161428-05Department: NIH department code
      Outcomes and perspectives on treatment for critical limb ischemia in patients with end-stage renal disease
      $144,580
      award amount

  11. Robert Maile

    Leads 1 award · $329,841

    • 2R01GM146134-06Department: NIH department code
      Multi-modal rescue of pulmonary NRF2-insufficiency after burn and burn + inhalation injury to regulate innate immune dysfunction
      $329,841
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2RM1GM139690-06, led by Philip A Efron; 5T35HL007489-43, led by Scott A Berceli.

  12. Tyler J Loftus

    Leads 1 award · $320,082

    • 5R01GM149657-04Department: NIH department code
      Aligning Patient Acuity with Resource Intensity after Major Surgery
      $320,082
      award amount

  13. Mei Liu

    Leads 1 award · $255,004

    • 5R01DK137881-03Department: NIH department code
      Personalized Machine Learning for Acute Kidney Injury Prediction and Prognosis
      $255,004
      award amount

  14. Carma L. Bylund

    Leads 1 award · $194,909

    • 1R25CA306811-01Department: NIH department code
      Preparing physician trainees to communicate with patients about clinical trials across the cancer continuum: The T-CAT (Trainees Communicating about Trials) Program
      $194,909
      award amount

  15. Ali Zarrinpar

    Leads 1 award · $125,596

    • 5K24AI187634-02Department: NIH department code
      Mentoring Patient-Oriented Research in Immune Response in Transplantation
      $125,596
      award amount

  16. Scott A Berceli

    Leads 1 award · $124,346

    • 5T35HL007489-43Department: NIH department code
      Renewal: Short-Term Training for Medical Students in Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research

      Principal investigators: Scott A Berceli (contact PI), Robert Maile

      $124,346
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32HL160491-05, led by Gilbert Rivers Upchurch.

  17. Stephanie A S Staras

    Leads 1 award · $99,930

    • 3R01CA268014-04S1Department: NIH department code
      ReMARk: A multi-level strategy to address disparities in rural HPV-related cancer prevention
      $99,930
      award amount

  18. Qianqian Song

    Leads 1 award · $95,313

    • 5R35GM151089-05Department: NIH department code
      Multi-modal insights of spatially distributed cells with associations of diseases and drug response
      $95,313
      award amount

  19. Miranda Reid

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30CA298514-02Department: NIH department code
      Evaluating an outreach strategy to improve the uptake of shared decision-making for lung cancer screening
      $55,114
      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.