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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Internal Medicine at University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, IL

Funding
$35.3M
$35,310,914
Awards
50
FY2026 NIH awards in Internal Medicine
Principal investigators
57
42 lead a grant here, 15 co-investigators
Department rank
#48
of 133 · 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 Internal Medicine row of the University of Illinois at Chicago page.

Leads a grant in this department

42 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. Julie Bobitt

    Leads 3 awards · $8,469,447

    • 1R01AG105013-01Department: NIH department code
      Adapting an Evidence-Based Physical Activity Intervention to Prevent Frailty and Functional Decline in Older Women Living with HIV
      $3,781,063
      award amount
    • 1RF1AG105013-01Department: NIH department code
      Adapting an Evidence-Based Physical Activity Intervention to Prevent Frailty and Functional Decline in Older Women Living with HIV
      $3,781,063
      award amount
    • 1R01MD021005-01Department: NIH department code
      Adapting an evidence-based physical activity program to reduce pain and enhance quality of life for older women living with HIV
      $907,321
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1U01HG014627-01, led by Pamela Ganschow.

  2. Rachel Caskey

    Leads 2 awards · $3,839,851

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32HL134634-08, led by Jun Ma.

  3. Anne Elizabeth Glassgow

    Leads 1 award · $2,658,135

  4. Arden S Handler

    Leads 1 award · $2,658,135

  5. Tamara Hamlish

    Leads 1 award · $2,658,135

  6. Jun Ma

    Leads 3 awards · $1,901,262

    • 5R01AG084527-03Department: NIH department code
      digital InteGrated behavioral treatmeNt for comorbid obesITy and deprEssion among racial and ethnic adults age 50 and older (IGNITE)

      Principal investigators: Jun Ma (contact PI), Thomas George Kannampallil

      $797,949
      award amount
    • 5R01AG076541-05Department: NIH department code
      Project on EHR-Integrated Lifestyle Interventions for Adults Aged Fifty and Older (PIVOT)

      Principal investigators: Jun Ma (contact PI), Thomas George Kannampallil

      $648,575
      award amount
    • 5T32HL134634-08Department: NIH department code
      Precision Lifestyle Medicine and Translation Research (PREMIER)

      Principal investigators: Jun Ma (contact PI), Rachel Caskey

      $454,738
      award amount

  7. Jun Sun

    Leads 2 awards · $1,683,239

    • 4R01DK134343-04Department: NIH department code
      Vitamin D Receptor Regulation of Microbiota in Intestinal Epithelia
      $1,192,510
      award amount
    • 5R01DK114126-07Department: NIH department code
      How Vitamin D Receptor Influences Intestinal Barriers
      $490,729
      award amount

  8. Sybil Hosek

    Leads 1 award · $1,609,431

    • 5UH3AI169631-05Department: NIH department code
      Keeping it LITE 2: Exploring HIV Risk in Vulnerable Youth with Limited Interaction and Digital Health Intervention (LITE-2)

      Principal investigators: Sybil Hosek (contact PI), Audrey French, Lisa B Hightow-Weidman

      $1,609,431
      award amount

  9. Tanika Nicole Kelly

    Leads 2 awards · $1,446,387

    • 5U01HG013275-04Department: NIH department code
      Multi-Omics at the Intersections of Environment, Diabetes, and Kidney Disease: A Multi-Omics for Health and Disease Study Site

      Principal investigators: Tanika Nicole Kelly (contact PI), Ana Catherine Ricardo, Maria Argos

      $737,780
      award amount
    • 5R01AG077000-05Department: NIH department code
      Early Life Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors, Epigenetic Age Acceleration, and Alzheimer's Disease Related Brain Health

      Principal investigators: Tanika Nicole Kelly (contact PI), Lydia Bazzano, Owen T. Carmichael

      $708,607
      award amount

  10. Ashley D. Kendall

    Leads 2 awards · $1,218,385

    • 5R01DA061795-03Department: NIH department code
      Effectiveness and Implementation of a Meditation App addressing Substance Use, Sexual Health, and Emotion Regulation among Legal-Involved Youth
      $663,428
      award amount
    • 5R01AT012892-03Department: NIH department code
      Improving Psychological Wellbeing and Decreasing Psychological Distress among Youth in the Legal System: Multi-Site Feasibility Trial of a Mindfulness Meditation App
      $554,957
      award amount

  11. Steven M Dudek

    Leads 2 awards · $1,056,867

    • 5R01HL167518-04Department: NIH department code
      Pathobiology of MRSA-induced Endothelial Permeability and Acute Lung Injury
      $649,037
      award amount
    • 5T32HL176452-02Department: NIH department code
      Postdoctoral Research Training in Lung Injury and Inflammation

      Principal investigators: Steven M Dudek (contact PI), Irena Levitan

      $407,830
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2R38HL155729-05, led by Jeffrey R Jacobson.

  12. Pamela Ganschow

    Leads 1 award · $914,879

    • 1U01HG014627-01Department: NIH department code
      TestMiGenes2: Population Genomic Screening in Diverse Primary Care Settings

      Principal investigators: Pamela Ganschow (contact PI), Catharine Wang, Julie Bobitt

      $914,879
      award amount

  13. Santosh Saraf

    Leads 2 awards · $878,559

    • 5R01HL180499-02Department: NIH department code
      Targeting the Pathophysiology of Sickle Cell-Related Kidney Disease Using SGLT2 Inhibitors

      Principal investigators: Santosh Saraf (contact PI), Anand Srivastava

      $741,340
      award amount
    • 5K24HL177273-02Department: NIH department code
      Mentoring & Patient-Oriented Research in Sickle Cell-Related Kidney Disease
      $137,219
      award amount

  14. Katherine Gannett Merrill

    Leads 1 award · $801,644

    • 1R01HD122528-01Department: NIH department code
      Optimization trial of a sexual and reproductive health program for Latina teens and their female caregivers
      $801,644
      award amount

  15. Rhonda D Kineman

    Leads 1 award · $795,576

    • 5R01DK141752-02Department: NIH department code
      MASLD protection by STAT5-regulated transcription factors

      Principal investigators: Rhonda D Kineman (contact PI), David J Waxman

      $795,576
      award amount

  16. Lisa Tussing-Humphreys

    Leads 1 award · $785,807

    • 5R01CA257807-06Department: NIH department code
      Effects of Time-restricted Eating versus Daily Continuous Calorie Restriction on Body Weight and Colorectal Cancer Risk Markers among Adults with Obesity

      Principal investigators: Lisa Tussing-Humphreys (contact PI), Krista Amy Varady

      $785,807
      award amount

  17. James P. Lash

    Leads 2 awards · $759,214

    • 5U01DK133081-05Department: NIH department code
      University of Illinois at Chicago KPMP CKD Recruitment Site

      Principal investigators: James P. Lash (contact PI), Ana Catherine Ricardo

      $677,506
      award amount
    • 5T35DK131960-05Department: NIH department code
      Short-Term Research Training Program in NIDDK Mission Areas

      Principal investigators: James P. Lash (contact PI), Waddah A. Alrefai

      $81,708
      award amount

  18. Gye Young Park

    Leads 1 award · $730,764

    • 5R01HL173152-02Department: NIH department code
      Immunoregulatory Role of Conventional Dendritic Cell Type 2 in Allergic Lung Inflammation
      $730,764
      award amount

  19. Shiva Shahrara

    Leads 1 award · $714,758

    • 5R01AI167155-04Department: NIH department code
      Identifying a novel pathway that regulates RA immunometabolism
      $714,758
      award amount

  20. Olusola A. Ajilore

    Leads 1 award · $707,005

    • 5T32GM145767-03Department: NIH department code
      Medical Scientist Training Program
      $707,005
      award amount

  21. Abeer M Mohamed

    Leads 1 award · $694,666

    • 5R01HL161386-05Department: NIH department code
      Role of Adiposomes in Diabetes-Associated Endothelial Dysfunction and Restorative Effects of Exercise and Metabolic Surgery
      $694,666
      award amount

  22. Anand Srivastava

    Leads 1 award · $668,268

    • 5R01DK139321-02Department: NIH department code
      Functional MRI to Identify High-risk CKD Phenotypes
      $668,268
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01HL180499-02, led by Santosh Saraf.

  23. Medha Priyadarshini

    Leads 1 award · $665,163

    • 1R01HD121742-01Department: NIH department code
      Gut microbiota-aryl hydrocarbon receptor cross talk in pregnancy
      $665,163
      award amount

  24. Pingwen Xu

    Leads 1 award · $550,450

    • 5R01AA030880-03Department: NIH department code
      Doral raphe 5-HT neurons mediating estrogenic regulation of binge drinking
      $550,450
      award amount

  25. Liang Hong

    Leads 1 award · $512,338

    • 5R01HL174544-02Department: NIH department code
      Hv1 in Pulmonary Hypertension
      $512,338
      award amount

  26. Cemal Yazici

    Leads 1 award · $477,509

    • 5U01DK127378-07Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of diabetes from acute pancreatitis

      Principal investigators: Cemal Yazici (contact PI), Brian Thomas Layden

      $477,509
      award amount

  27. Patrick Belvitch

    Leads 1 award · $444,112

    • 5R01HL170118-03Department: NIH department code
      CARMIL1 and Endothelial Barrier Function Regulation
      $444,112
      award amount

  28. Andrei L Gartel

    Leads 1 award · $422,649

    • 1R21CA303745-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Disparities in AML treatment
      $422,649
      award amount

  29. Jose Cordoba-Chacon

    Leads 1 award · $411,157

    • 5R01DK131038-05Department: NIH department code
      PPARgamma-regulated mechanisms in hepatocytes that promote NAFLD
      $411,157
      award amount

  30. Jeffrey R Jacobson

    Leads 1 award · $381,990

  31. Yang Pan

    Leads 1 award · $248,999

    • 5R00AG083214-04Department: NIH department code
      Associations of Mitochondrial DNA Alterations with Alzheimer's Disease Related Brain Health
      $248,999
      award amount

  32. Hagar Hallihan

    Leads 1 award · $242,941

    • 5R00AA030665-04Department: NIH department code
      StuDy AimED at Increasing AlCohol AbsTinEnce (DEDICATE)
      $242,941
      award amount

  33. Sarah Messmer

    Leads 1 award · $201,960

    • 5K23DA060314-03Department: NIH department code
      Implementation of Contingency Management in a Mobile Low-Threshold Buprenorphine Clinic
      $201,960
      award amount

  34. Andrea Pappalardo Wlochowicz

    Leads 1 award · $178,783

    • 5K23HL163253-03Department: NIH department code
      Policy to Practice: An Implementation Science-Based Approach to Stock Inhalers in Schools
      $178,783
      award amount

  35. Christian Ascoli

    Leads 1 award · $174,560

    • 1K08HL179451-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms Underlying the Immune Paradox in Sarcoidosis
      $174,560
      award amount

  36. Christen Vagts

    Leads 1 award · $173,480

    • 5K08HL177337-02Department: NIH department code
      Uncovering the Inflammatory-Fibrotic Axis in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
      $173,480
      award amount

  37. Marcos David Munoz

    Leads 1 award · $162,011

    • 5K01DK143197-02Department: NIH department code
      Effects of Fructooligosacharides on western diet-induced hypothalamic inflammation
      $162,011
      award amount

  38. Le Thao Trinh Huynh

    Leads 1 award · $139,113

    • 1K99HD120630-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Physical Activity Behavior Change Intervention in Persons Newly Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis - ActivNMS Trial
      $139,113
      award amount

  39. Alison W Ha

    Leads 1 award · $82,348

    • 5F32HL182249-02Department: NIH department code
      The Role of S1PR2 in MRSA-induced Barrier Dysfunction and Lung Injury
      $82,348
      award amount

  40. Adith Srivatsa

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 1F30HD122382-01Department: NIH department code
      Action Likelihood to Evaluate Weakness, Abnormal Motor Synergies, and Spasticity in Stroke Survivors
      $55,114
      award amount

  41. Brenna Kirkpatrick

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30DK143702-02Department: NIH department code
      Associations of Mitochondrial Genomic Characteristics with Kidney Function and Histopathologic Features
      $55,114
      award amount

  42. Luyu Wang

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30ES036896-02Department: NIH department code
      Lipid-Based Interventions to Mitigate the Impact of Arsenic on Microglial Function and Neurobehavior
      $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.