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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Physiology at University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, IL

Funding
$10M
$10,020,195
Awards
15
FY2026 NIH awards in Physiology
Principal investigators
12
10 lead a grant here, 2 co-investigators
Department rank
#24
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 Illinois at Chicago 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. Robin J. Mermelstein

    Leads 1 award · $3,771,919

  2. Yuwei Jiang

    Leads 3 awards · $2,082,969

    • 1R01DK146958-01Department: NIH department code
      Gut Microbiota-Derived 3-PPA as a Metabolic Modulator of Beige Adipogenesis and Energy Homeostasis
      $786,728
      award amount
    • 1R01DK144044-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the Function of the CCL22-CCR4 Axis in Adipose Beiging and Obesity
      $777,090
      award amount
    • 5R01DK132398-05Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of beige adipocyte maintenance and its impact on metabolic outcomes
      $519,151
      award amount

  3. Jonathan L. Coloff

    Leads 2 awards · $836,673

    • 5R01CA200669-10Department: NIH department code
      Estrogen Receptor and NFkB Crosstalk in Breast Cancer
      $476,984
      award amount
    • 4R37CA251216-06Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Serine Auxotrophy in Luminal Breast Cancer
      $359,689
      award amount

  4. Jian-Ping Jin

    Leads 2 awards · $800,575

    • 5R01HL138007-06Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Troponin T Regulation to Sustain Cardiac Function in Heart Failure
      $400,825
      award amount
    • 5R01HL127691-09Department: NIH department code
      C-terminal Peptide of Cardiac Troponin I for the Treatment of Diastolic Hear Failure
      $399,750
      award amount

  5. Monica Y Lee

    Leads 1 award · $641,251

    • 5R01HL164406-02Department: NIH department code
      Identifying the role of nuclear pore components in vascular function.
      $641,251
      award amount

  6. Jan K. Kitajewski

    Leads 1 award · $588,442

    • 5R01HL112626-13Department: NIH department code
      Notch in Angiogenesis and Vascular Biology
      $588,442
      award amount

  7. Chong Wee Liew

    Leads 1 award · $547,873

    • 5R01DK135542-03Department: NIH department code
      Brown adipose tissue fructose metabolism
      $547,873
      award amount

  8. Ekrem Emrah Er

    Leads 2 awards · $382,422

    • 5R37CA269370-05Department: NIH department code
      MECHANOSURVEILLANCE IN BREAST CANCER METASTASIS
      $362,132
      award amount
    • 3R37CA269370-04S1Department: NIH department code
      MECHANOSURVEILLANCE IN BREAST CANCER METASTASIS
      $20,290
      award amount

  9. Alexandra Naba

    Leads 1 award · $312,957

    • 5R01GM148423-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms guiding the fibrillar assembly of SNED1 in the extracellular matrix
      $312,957
      award amount

  10. Emily Taylor Hayes

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30HD115294-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Mechanisms of Fertility Regulation by Salt-Inducible Kinase 3 in OvarianGranulosa Cells
      $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.