Microbiology & Immunology at University of Kentucky

Leads a grant in this department

12 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. Brett Spear

   Leads 1 award · $1,164,382

   • 5U24GM146576-05Department: NIH department code

     University of Kentucky SuRE Resource Center

     Principal investigators: Brett Spear (contact PI), Michael Paul Murphy

     $1,164,382

     award amount

2. Saurabh Chattopadhyay

   Leads 3 awards · $1,067,890

   • 5R01AI155545-05Department: NIH department code

     Anti-inflammatory functions for non-transcriptional IRF3
     $420,465

     award amount
   • 5R01AI165521-05Department: NIH department code

     Novel antiviral mechanisms of the interferon system
     $416,425

     award amount
   • 1R21AI194592-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Novel regulation of IRF7 functions by an inducible protein phosphatase
     $231,000

     award amount

3. Ilhem Messaoudi

   Leads 1 award · $989,264

   • 4R01DA059152-02Department: NIH department code

     POPI: Placenta, Opioids and Perinatal Implications

     Principal investigators: Ilhem Messaoudi (contact PI), John M O'Brien

     $989,264

     award amount

4. William Marciel De Souza

   Leads 1 award · $802,421

   • 1R01AI200941-01Department: NIH department code

     Mechanism of cross-reaction and cross-protection for Mayaro virus elicited by chikungunya vaccine
     $802,421

     award amount

5. Sarah E. F. D'orazio

   Leads 3 awards · $745,431

   • 5R01AI167953-04Department: NIH department code

     Invasion of the enteric nervous system by neurotropic Listeria monocytogenes
     $591,606

     award amount
   • 1T32AI192234-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Transdisciplinary Training in Microbiology & Immunology

     Principal investigators: Sarah E. F. D'orazio (contact PI), Lyse A Norian

     $144,825

     award amount
   • 5R13AI129382-08Department: NIH department code

     Autumn Immunology Conference
     $9,000

     award amount

6. Jennifer Simkin

   Leads 1 award · $657,560

   • 5R01HD116735-02Department: NIH department code

     Harnessing the inflammatory response to promote regeneration in mammals
     $657,560

     award amount

7. Kenneth A Fields

   Leads 1 award · $560,781

   • 5R01AI175220-04Department: NIH department code

     Chlamydia type III effectors affecting the host actin-based cytoskeleton
     $560,781

     award amount

8. Lyse A Norian

   Leads 1 award · $532,498

   • 7R01CA269568-04Department: NIH department code

     Overcoming obesity-associated immunotherapy resistance in renal cancer
     $532,498

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 1T32AI192234-01A1, led by Sarah E. F. D'orazio.

9. Brian Stevenson

   Leads 1 award · $420,063

   • 1R21AI197062-01Department: NIH department code

     Switches controlling bacteriophage lysis of the Lyme disease spirochete
     $420,063

     award amount

10. Christopher David Radka

    Leads 1 award · $417,452

    • 5R35GM159612-02Department: NIH department code

      Targeting Membrane Environments: The Role of Oleate Hydratase (OhyA) in Lipid-Protein Interactions Across Microbial Communities
      $417,452

      award amount

11. Brittany Jo Belin

    Leads 1 award · $385,000

    • 7R35GM147015-05Department: NIH department code

      Lipid functions in bacterial cell organization
      $385,000

      award amount

12. Eric S Ubil

    Leads 1 award · $329,306

    • 5R01CA262241-05Department: NIH department code

      PTP1b Inhibition Restores the Innate Anti-tumor Response During Chemotherapy
      $329,306

      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.

• Michael Paul Murphy

  Co-investigator on 5U24GM146576-05, led by Brett Spear

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Kentucky · Biochemistry (NIH department code, 1 award)

• John M O'Brien

  Co-investigator on 4R01DA059152-02, led by Ilhem Messaoudi

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.