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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Microbiology & Immunology at University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

Funding
$5.4M
$5,394,351
Awards
11
FY2026 NIH awards in Microbiology & Immunology
Principal investigators
10
8 lead a grant here, 2 co-investigators
Department rank
#68
of 119 · 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 Microbiology & Immunology row of the University of Louisville 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. Donghoon Chung

    Leads 3 awards · $1,359,074

    • 1R01AI195717-01Department: NIH department code
      Optimization of a novel and effective antiviral agent targeting Zika NS4B

      Principal investigators: Donghoon Chung (contact PI), Dahai Luo, Thomas D Bannister

      $627,625
      award amount
    • 5R01AI187483-02Department: NIH department code
      Development of novel antivirals for arthritogenic alphaviruses

      Principal investigators: Donghoon Chung (contact PI), Dahai Luo, Thomas D Bannister

      $597,529
      award amount
    • 3R01AI187483-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Development of novel antivirals for arthritogenic alphaviruses

      Principal investigators: Donghoon Chung (contact PI), Dahai Luo, Thomas D Bannister

      $133,920
      award amount

  2. Matthew B Lawrenz

    Leads 2 awards · $1,310,262

    • 5R01AI178106-04Department: NIH department code
      Impact of inflammatory lipids on Yersinia pestis infection
      $680,089
      award amount
    • 1R01AI195730-01Department: NIH department code
      Yersinia Pestis Modulation of Host Extracellular Vesicles
      $630,173
      award amount

  3. James Tristan Collins

    Leads 1 award · $649,186

    • 1R01AI198579-01Department: NIH department code
      Defining Microbial and Host Pathways Driving Asymptomatic C. difficile Colonization Associated with Aging and High-Sugar Diets
      $649,186
      award amount

  4. Huang-Ge Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $641,680

    • 5R01AT008617-10Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms underlying edible exosome-like nanoparticles for prevention of brain inflammation
      $641,680
      award amount

  5. Venkatakrishna Rao Jala

    Leads 1 award · $567,645

    • 5R01DK135603-03Department: NIH department code
      AHR-NLRP6 interactions in gut barrier dysfunction and colitis
      $567,645
      award amount

  6. Irina A. Kirpich

    Leads 1 award · $403,714

    • 5R01AA028905-05Department: NIH department code
      Role of Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase in Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease
      $403,714
      award amount

  7. Kathryn Mary Ramsey

    Leads 1 award · $386,490

    • 5R35GM150599-05Department: NIH department code
      Bacterial ribosome heterogeneity and gene expression
      $386,490
      award amount

  8. Kaitlyn Marie Whitefoot-Keliin

    Leads 1 award · $76,300

    • 1F32AI197574-01Department: NIH department code
      Defining the Impact of Prostaglandins on Yersinia pestis Infection
      $76,300
      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.

  • Dahai Luo

    Co-investigator on 1R01AI195717-01, led by Donghoon Chung; 5R01AI187483-02, led by Donghoon Chung; 3R01AI187483-02S1, led by Donghoon Chung

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

  • Thomas D Bannister

    Co-investigator on 1R01AI195717-01, led by Donghoon Chung; 5R01AI187483-02, led by Donghoon Chung; 3R01AI187483-02S1, led by Donghoon Chung

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads