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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Physiology at University of Kansas Medical Center

Kansas City, KS

Funding
$5M
$4,996,171
Awards
13
FY2026 NIH awards in Physiology
Principal investigators
17
13 lead a grant here, 4 co-investigators
Department rank
#43
of 88 · 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 Kansas Medical Center page.

Leads a grant in this department

13 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. 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

  2. Warren B Nothnick

    Leads 1 award · $662,769

    • 1R01HD122901-01Department: NIH department code
      Defining the role of RPLP1 in endometriosis and adenomyosis pathophysiology.
      $662,769
      award amount

  3. Irfan Saadi

    Leads 1 award · $604,187

    • 5R01DE032825-04Department: NIH department code
      Role of SPECC1L cytoskeletal protein in palate elevation dynamics
      $604,187
      award amount

  4. 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.

  5. Vargheese Mani Chennathukuzhi

    Leads 1 award · $524,565

    • 5R01HD113717-03Department: NIH department code
      REST-MED12 Pathways in the Regulation of Estrogen - Progesterone Sensitivity in Uterine Leiomyoma

      Principal investigators: Vargheese Mani Chennathukuzhi (contact PI), Aleksandar Rajkovic

      $524,565
      award amount

  6. Lane K. Christenson

    Leads 1 award · $469,821

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

  7. Lisa M Harlan-Williams

    Leads 1 award · $431,577

    • 1R25CA314971-01Department: NIH department code
      Pathways to Cancer Careers: Empowering Students, Teachers and Communities

      Principal investigators: Lisa M Harlan-Williams (contact PI), Simon J. Craddock Lee

      $431,577
      award amount

  8. 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

  9. V Gustavo Blanco

    Leads 1 award · $334,627

    • 1R01DK144183-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Novel approach to target Na,K-ATPase to slow renal cystogenesis

      Principal investigators: V Gustavo Blanco (contact PI), Gunda I. Georg

      $334,627
      award amount

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. Katherine F Roby

    Leads 1 award · $10,000

    • 5R13HD083029-10Department: NIH department code
      Gilbert S Greenwald Symposium on Reproduction and Perinatal Research
      $10,000
      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.