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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Anatomy & Cell Biology at University of Kansas Medical Center

Kansas City, KS

Funding
$3.2M
$3,233,683
Awards
9
FY2026 NIH awards in Anatomy & Cell Biology
Principal investigators
9
8 lead a grant here, 1 co-investigator
Department rank
#52
of 95 · 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 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.

  1. Robert Tarran

    Leads 1 award · $774,735

    • 1R01HL179286-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Ethanol in e-liquids increases their abuse liability and toxicity
      $774,735
      award amount
  2. Rodrigo Del Rio

    Leads 1 award · $752,846

    • 5R01HL176779-02Department: NIH department code
      Contribution of Medullary Pre-Sympathetic Neurons on the Progression of Breathing Disorders and Autonomic Dysfunction in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
      $752,846
      award amount
  3. Ning Wang

    Leads 1 award · $555,501

    • 5R01AG096039-02Department: NIH department code
      Mitochondria-Nuclear Communication via Lactylation in Alzheimer’s Disease

      Principal investigators: Ning Wang (contact PI), Russell H. Swerdlow

      $555,501
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R21HD121805-01, led by Xiaoyu Zhang.

  4. Lane K. Christenson

    Leads 2 awards · $500,323

    • 5R01AG083248-04Department: NIH department code
      Fertilization-induced maturation of cortical ER clusters in oocytes; impact of maternal age
      $469,821
      award amount
    • 3R01AG083248-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Fertilization-induced maturation of cortical ER clusters in oocytes; impact of maternal age.
      $30,502
      award amount
  5. Xiaoyu Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $426,250

    • 1R21HD121805-01Department: NIH department code
      Defining the Role of Histone Lysine Lactylation in Meiosis

      Principal investigators: Xiaoyu Zhang (contact PI), Ning Wang

      $426,250
      award amount
  6. Benjamin A Kugler

    Leads 1 award · $123,894

    • 1K99AG097912-01A1Department: NIH department code
      A Novel Approach to Alzheimer's: TargetingCholesterol Metabolism in the Liver and Brain
      $123,894
      award amount
  7. Jordan Trant

    Leads 1 award · $58,114

    • 5F30DK137438-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of cyst progression driven by Na,K-ATPase in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD).
      $58,114
      award amount
  8. Ashley Lorraine Teate

    Leads 1 award · $42,020

    • 1F31HD123783-01Department: NIH department code
      A 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
      $42,020
      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.