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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Physiology at University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

Funding
$9.4M
$9,427,128
Awards
21
FY2026 NIH awards in Physiology
Principal investigators
23
17 lead a grant here, 6 co-investigators
Department rank
#27
of 89 · 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

17 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. Lance Allen Johnson

    Leads 2 awards · $1,355,145

    • 1R01AG103924-01Department: NIH department code
      Base Editing of APOE4 for Alzheimer's Disease

      Principal investigators: Lance Allen Johnson (contact PI), Stephen A Murray

      $712,881
      award amount
    • 5R01AG080589-04Department: NIH department code
      APOE Allele Switching as a Therapeutic Approach for Alzheimer's Disease
      $642,264
      award amount

  2. Scott M Gordon

    Leads 2 awards · $1,140,223

    • 5R01HL171111-03Department: NIH department code
      Functional Interactions Between Lipoproteins and Protease Inhibitors in Atherosclerosis
      $628,345
      award amount
    • 5R01DK133184-05Department: NIH department code
      The Role of DENND5B in Dietary Lipid Absorption
      $511,878
      award amount

  3. John Joseph McCarthy

    Leads 2 awards · $950,709

    • 5R01AR084850-02Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Myonuclear Turnover Dynamics in Multinucleated Muscle Cells

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

      $529,010
      award amount
    • 5R01AR084282-02Department: NIH department code
      Using the gut microbiome to treat skeletal muscle atrophy
      $421,699
      award amount

  4. Alan Daugherty

    Leads 1 award · $822,801

    • 5R35HL155649-06Department: NIH department code
      Determinants of Aorta Heterogeneity
      $822,801
      award amount

  5. Shannon L MacAuley-Rambach

    Leads 1 award · $747,968

    • 5R01AG093847-02Department: NIH department code
      Lactate as a regulator of Alzheimer's pathology
      $747,968
      award amount

  6. Xu Xiao

    Leads 1 award · $707,062

    • 1R01DK140312-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Intracellular Cholesterol Distribution: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies for Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)
      $707,062
      award amount

  7. Brian P Delisle

    Leads 1 award · $669,467

  8. Jonathan Satin

    Leads 1 award · $617,878

    • 5R01HL166280-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of L-type Calcium Channel Regulation in Heart Health and Disease
      $617,878
      award amount

  9. Yuan Wen

    Leads 1 award · $616,000

    • 1R21AG098189-01Department: NIH department code
      Decoding the Muscle Epitranscriptome: Deep Learning Detection of RNA Modifications in Aging Muscle
      $616,000
      award amount

  10. John C Gensel

    Leads 1 award · $540,941

    • 5R01NS126228-04Department: 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

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32NS077889-15, led by Kathryn E Saatman.

  11. Alejandra Catalina Velez Ortega

    Leads 2 awards · $496,859

    • 1R01DC023331-01Department: NIH department code
      COCHLEAR SIGNALING MEDIATED BY HENSEN’S CELLS
      $438,859
      award amount
    • 1R13DC024048-01Department: NIH department code
      Midwest Auditory Research Conference

      Principal investigators: Alejandra Catalina Velez Ortega (contact PI), Nicolas Grillet

      $58,000
      award amount

  12. Stefanka D Spassieva

    Leads 1 award · $377,030

    • 5R01NS138293-02Department: NIH department code
      Function of sphingoid bases in brain health and disease
      $377,030
      award amount

  13. Kathryn E Saatman

    Leads 1 award · $156,150

  14. Cheavar Blair

    Leads 1 award · $144,909

    • 5K01HL177045-02Department: NIH department code
      Circadian Regulation of Cardiomyocyte Size and Function
      $144,909
      award amount

  15. Benjamin Burke

    Leads 1 award · $45,071

    • 5F31AG087618-02Department: NIH department code
      Using the gut microbiome to treat disuse atrophy in aging.
      $45,071
      award amount

  16. Akhil V Pallerla

    Leads 1 award · $38,914

    • 1F30AG099336-01Department: NIH department code
      Selective Targeting of Myeloid-derived APOE to improve safety and efficacy of anti-amyloid antibody therapy in Alzheimer’s Disease
      $38,914
      award amount

  17. Timothy S McClintock

    Leads 1 award · $1

    • 5R13DC016831-09Department: 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.