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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Physiology at University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

Funding
$10.8M
$10,757,669
Awards
23
FY2025 NIH awards in Physiology
Principal investigators
27
19 lead a grant here, 8 co-investigators
Department rank
#18
of 86 · 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 Kentucky page.

Leads a grant in this department

19 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. John C Gensel

    Leads 3 awards · $1,533,981

    • 5R01NS116068-05Department: NIH department code
      Macrophage Depletion Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury

      Principal investigators: John C Gensel (contact PI), Warren Joseph Alilain

      $555,534
      award amount
    • 5R01NS126228-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of macrophage metabolism and age in recovery from spinal cord injury

      Principal investigators: John C Gensel (contact PI), Samirkumar Patel

      $540,941
      award amount
    • 5R25NS130963-03Department: NIH department code
      UKNeu-PREP: University of Kentucky Neuroscience Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program

      Principal investigators: John C Gensel (contact PI), Luke H Bradley

      $437,506
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32NS077889-14, led by Kathryn E Saatman.

  2. Scott M Gordon

    Leads 2 awards · $1,166,768

    • 5R01HL171111-02Department: NIH department code
      Functional Interactions Between Lipoproteins and Protease Inhibitors in Atherosclerosis
      $654,890
      award amount
    • 5R01DK133184-04Department: NIH department code
      The Role of DENND5B in Dietary Lipid Absorption
      $511,878
      award amount
  3. Erhard Bieberich

    Leads 1 award · $1,033,249

    • 4RF1AG078338-02Department: NIH department code
      Function of ceramide in extracellular vesicle-mediated neurodegenerative disease
      $1,033,249
      award amount
  4. John Joseph McCarthy

    Leads 2 awards · $1,013,704

    • 1R01AR084850-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Myonuclear Turnover Dynamics in Multinucleated Muscle Cells

      Principal investigators: John Joseph McCarthy (contact PI), Tyler Kirby

      $554,797
      award amount
    • 1R01AR084282-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Using the gut microbiome to treat skeletal muscle atrophy
      $458,907
      award amount
  5. Alan Daugherty

    Leads 1 award · $839,592

    • 5R35HL155649-05Department: NIH department code
      Determinants of Aorta Heterogeneity
      $839,592
      award amount
  6. Shannon L MacAuley-Rambach

    Leads 1 award · $759,352

    • 1R01AG093847-01Department: NIH department code
      Lactate as a regulator of Alzheimer's pathology
      $759,352
      award amount
  7. Ming C Gong

    Leads 1 award · $695,237

    • 5R01HL164398-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeting GLP-1 receptor as a new chronotherapy against nondipping blood pressure in diabetes

      Principal investigators: Ming C Gong (contact PI), Zhenheng Guo

      $695,237
      award amount
  8. Brian P Delisle

    Leads 1 award · $683,130

  9. Jonathan Satin

    Leads 1 award · $630,488

    • 5R01HL166280-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of L-type Calcium Channel Regulation in Heart Health and Disease
      $630,488
      award amount
  10. Lance Allen Johnson

    Leads 1 award · $629,419

    • 5R01AG080589-03Department: NIH department code
      APOE Allele Switching as a Therapeutic Approach for Alzheimer's Disease
      $629,419
      award amount
  11. Kenneth S Campbell

    Leads 1 award · $566,007

  12. Xiang-An Li

    Leads 1 award · $382,500

    • 5R35GM141478-05Department: NIH department code
      Relative adrenal insufficiency as a risk factor and an endotype for sepsis
      $382,500
      award amount
  13. Stefanka D Spassieva

    Leads 1 award · $377,262

    • 1R01NS138293-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Function of sphingoid bases in brain health and disease
      $377,262
      award amount
  14. Kathryn E Saatman

    Leads 1 award · $213,662

  15. Cheavar Blair

    Leads 1 award · $143,829

    • 1K01HL177045-01Department: NIH department code
      Circadian Regulation of Cardiomyocyte Size and Function
      $143,829
      award amount
  16. Abigail Dragich

    Leads 1 award · $43,602

    • 5F31DC020639-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Tip Link Tensioning in Mammalian Auditory Hair Cells
      $43,602
      award amount
  17. Austin Wellette-Hunsucker

    Leads 1 award · $35,886

    • 5F31HL170558-02Department: NIH department code
      The myosin super-relaxed state and human dilated cardiomyopathy
      $35,886
      award amount
  18. Gregory A Graf

    Leads 1 award · $10,000

    • 1R13HL182218-01Department: NIH department code
      Don S. Fredrickson Lipid Research Conference
      $10,000
      award amount
  19. Timothy S McClintock

    Leads 1 award · $1

    • 5R13DC016831-08Department: NIH department code
      International Society for Neurogastronomy Symposium
      $1
      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.

  • Warren Joseph Alilain

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS116068-05, led by John C Gensel; 5T32NS077889-14, led by Kathryn E Saatman

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

  • Zhenheng Guo

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL164398-04, led by Ming C Gong

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Elizabeth A Schroder Stumpf

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL172813-02, led by Brian P Delisle

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

  • Jonathan F Wenk

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL163977-04, led by Kenneth S Campbell

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

  • Lik Chuan Lee

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL163977-04, led by Kenneth S Campbell

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

  • Tyler Kirby

    Co-investigator on 1R01AR084850-01A1, led by John Joseph McCarthy

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

  • Samirkumar Patel

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS126228-03, led by John C Gensel

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Luke H Bradley

    Co-investigator on 5R25NS130963-03, led by John C Gensel

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