FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Anatomy & Cell Biology at University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, KS
- 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 Anatomy & Cell Biology row of the University of Kansas Medical Center page.
Leads a grant in this department
8 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.
Robert Tarran
Leads 1 award · $774,735
- 1R01HL179286-01A1Department: NIH department codeEthanol in e-liquids increases their abuse liability and toxicity$774,735award amount
Rodrigo Del Rio
Leads 1 award · $752,846
- 5R01HL176779-02Department: NIH department codeContribution of Medullary Pre-Sympathetic Neurons on the Progression of Breathing Disorders and Autonomic Dysfunction in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction$752,846award amount
Ning Wang
Leads 1 award · $555,501
- 5R01AG096039-02Department: NIH department codeMitochondria-Nuclear Communication via Lactylation in Alzheimer’s Disease
Principal investigators: Ning Wang (contact PI), Russell H. Swerdlow
$555,501award amount
Also a principal investigator on 1R21HD121805-01, led by Xiaoyu Zhang.
Lane K. Christenson
Leads 2 awards · $500,323
- 5R01AG083248-04Department: NIH department codeFertilization-induced maturation of cortical ER clusters in oocytes; impact of maternal age$469,821award amount
- 3R01AG083248-04S1Department: NIH department codeFertilization-induced maturation of cortical ER clusters in oocytes; impact of maternal age.$30,502award amount
Xiaoyu Zhang
Leads 1 award · $426,250
- 1R21HD121805-01Department: NIH department codeDefining the Role of Histone Lysine Lactylation in Meiosis
Principal investigators: Xiaoyu Zhang (contact PI), Ning Wang
$426,250award amount
Benjamin A Kugler
Leads 1 award · $123,894
- 1K99AG097912-01A1Department: NIH department codeA Novel Approach to Alzheimer's: TargetingCholesterol Metabolism in the Liver and Brain$123,894award amount
Jordan Trant
Leads 1 award · $58,114
- 5F30DK137438-03Department: NIH department codeMechanisms of cyst progression driven by Na,K-ATPase in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD).$58,114award amount
Ashley Lorraine Teate
Leads 1 award · $42,020
- 1F31HD123783-01Department: NIH department codeA window into fertilization: uncovering the mechanisms in which fenestrae of the cortical actin layer in oocytes are formed, maintained, and how smooth endoplasmic reticulum clusters localize beneath$42,020award 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.
Russell H. Swerdlow
Co-investigator on 5R01AG096039-02, led by Ning Wang
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Kansas Medical Center · Neurology (NIH department code, 1 award)