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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Physiology at University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

Funding
$11.9M
$11,913,742
Awards
22
FY2026 NIH awards in Physiology
Principal investigators
24
17 lead a grant here, 7 co-investigators
Department rank
#16
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 Iowa page.

Leads a grant in this department

17 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. Rainbo Hultman

    Leads 3 awards · $2,118,032

    • 5R01HD121993-02Department: NIH department code
      Networking the parental brain: Transformation of brain-wide electrical networks

      Principal investigators: Rainbo Hultman (contact PI), Hanna E Stevens

      $1,098,763
      award amount
    • 1R01MH137086-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Investigating single cell transcriptomics and epigenetic regulation to enable stress-resistant brain network activity
      $779,797
      award amount
    • 5R25NS130966-04Department: NIH department code
      Iowa-Diversifying Research And Mentorship (iDREAM)

      Principal investigators: Rainbo Hultman (contact PI), Daniel T. Tranel, Michelle Webb Voss

      $239,472
      award amount

  2. Katherine Dianne Mathews

    Leads 1 award · $1,515,472

  3. Kevin P. Campbell

    Leads 1 award · $1,515,472

  4. Steven A Moore

    Leads 1 award · $1,515,472

  5. Christopher A Ahern

    Leads 2 awards · $1,249,453

    • 5R01HL163979-04Department: NIH department code
      A Versatile Chemical-Genetic Approach to Determine Bases for Arrhythmogenesis and Sodium Channelopathies

      Principal investigators: Christopher A Ahern (contact PI), Barry London

      $635,228
      award amount
    • 5R35GM148239-04Department: NIH department code
      Chemical biology of voltage-gated cation channels
      $614,225
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R03TR005987-01, led by Robert C Piper.

  6. Alexandria Nuesa Miller

    Leads 2 awards · $1,165,445

    • 1R01AI198222-01Department: NIH department code
      Decoding the structure, function and pharmacology of TOK Channels from human-pathogenic fungi
      $740,595
      award amount
    • 1R35GM161440-01Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting the molecular basis of potassium homeostasis in yeast
      $424,850
      award amount

  7. W Scott Moye-Rowley

    Leads 2 awards · $865,550

    • 5R01AI143198-07Department: NIH department code
      Elevated gene transcription of the cyp51A gene is essential for azole drug resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus
      $668,130
      award amount
    • 5R21AI190747-02Department: NIH department code
      Nanobody-mediated proteolysis of Aspergillus fumigatus transcription factors in vitro and in vivo
      $197,420
      award amount

  8. Michael G Anderson

    Leads 2 awards · $812,745

    • 5R01EY035679-03Department: NIH department code
      Foundational Biology of Glaucoma GWAS Loci

      Principal investigators: Michael G Anderson (contact PI), John H Fingert, Todd E Scheetz

      $625,485
      award amount
    • 5R21EY036998-02Department: NIH department code
      Anticodon Engineered tRNA for the Treatment of Hereditary Eye Disease
      $187,260
      award amount

  9. Nikolai O Artemyev

    Leads 2 awards · $736,375

    • 5R01EY034455-04Department: NIH department code
      Molecular underpinnings of photoreceptor transcriptional regulation by CRX and NRL
      $388,750
      award amount
    • 5R01EY010843-32Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Retinal cGMP-Phosphodiesterases
      $347,625
      award amount

  10. Nathaniel D.m. Jenkins

    Leads 1 award · $673,456

    • 5R01HL167788-03Department: NIH department code
      Interactions of Adverse Childhood Experiences, Sleep Disruption, and Mechanistic Links to Vascular Dysfunction in Emerging Adults
      $673,456
      award amount

  11. Kara Marie Whitaker

    Leads 1 award · $623,719

    • 5R01HL164662-04Department: NIH department code
      Sedentary behavior, physical activity, and 24-hour behavior in pregnancy and offspring health: the Pregnancy 24/7 Offspring Study

      Principal investigators: Kara Marie Whitaker (contact PI), Bethany Barone Gibbs

      $623,719
      award amount

  12. Anna Stanhewicz

    Leads 1 award · $604,097

    • 5R01HL169201-04Department: NIH department code
      The role of oxidative stress in reduced microvascular function after gestational diabetes
      $604,097
      award amount

  13. Eric B Taylor

    Leads 1 award · $528,418

    • 5R01DK138664-03Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Hepatic Fuel Fluxes by the Mitochondrial Dicarboxylate Carrier
      $528,418
      award amount

  14. Stephanie C. Gantz

    Leads 1 award · $490,002

    • 5R37DA060149-03Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of monoamine neurons by delta glutamate receptors
      $490,002
      award amount

  15. Sandipan Chowdhury

    Leads 1 award · $336,539

    • 5R01GM145719-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of voltage regulation of membrane transport
      $336,539
      award amount

  16. Robert C Piper

    Leads 1 award · $155,500

    • 1R03TR005987-01Department: NIH department code
      Gating properties of specific voltage-gated sodium channel complexes involved in rare disease

      Principal investigators: Robert C Piper (contact PI), Christopher A Ahern

      $155,500
      award amount

  17. Grace Susan Maurer

    Leads 1 award · $38,939

    • 5F31HL177925-02Department: NIH department code
      Endothelin-1 signaling in microvascular responses to insulin and the role of physical activity and sedentary behavior in women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus
      $38,939
      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.