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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Anatomy & Cell Biology at University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

Worcester, MA

Funding
$36.4M
$36,380,238
Awards
66
FY2026 NIH awards in Anatomy & Cell Biology
Principal investigators
65
46 lead a grant here, 19 co-investigators
Department rank
#1
of 95 · 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 Anatomy & Cell Biology row of the University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester page.

Leads a grant in this department

46 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. Michael Anthony Lodato

    Leads 3 awards · $2,241,602

    • 4DP2AG086139-02Department: NIH department code
      Spatial single-cell analysis of somatic mutation in human brain during aging and neurodegeneration
      $1,005,000
      award amount
    • 1R01AG097675-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Causes and Effects of Somatic Mutation in Parkinson’s disease

      Principal investigators: Michael Anthony Lodato (contact PI), Zhiping Weng

      $693,825
      award amount
    • 1R01NS151040-01Department: NIH department code
      Discovery and functional analysis of new ALS genetic drivers
      $542,777
      award amount

  2. Michael Allen Brehm

    Leads 2 awards · $1,998,685

  3. Nathan D Lawson

    Leads 2 awards · $1,725,013

    • 5R35HL171534-03Department: NIH department code
      Developmental origins of pericyte heterogeneity
      $1,149,049
      award amount
    • 5R01HD114312-03Department: NIH department code
      Role of Rasa1 in embryonic development
      $575,964
      award amount

  4. Thomas G Fazzio

    Leads 3 awards · $1,668,022

    • 5UH3NS132136-04Department: NIH department code
      varCUT&Tag: A Method for Simultaneous Identification and Characterization of Sequence Variants in Regulatory Elements and Genes

      Principal investigators: Thomas G Fazzio (contact PI), Manuel Garber

      $670,000
      award amount
    • 5R01HD104971-05Department: NIH department code
      Characterization of the gene regulatory network governing the first cell fate decision in mammalian embryonic development

      Principal investigators: Thomas G Fazzio (contact PI), Juan Ignacio Fuxman Bass

      $515,898
      award amount
    • 5R01HD072122-15Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic control of developmental gene regulation
      $482,124
      award amount

  5. Leslie M Shaw

    Leads 1 award · $1,594,466

    • 4R01CA290778-03Department: NIH department code
      IRS2 and mitotic regulation in breast cancer
      $1,594,466
      award amount

  6. Brian C Lewis

    Leads 4 awards · $1,588,136

    • 5R01CA258712-05Department: NIH department code
      Targeting MTOR signaling in pancreatic cancer
      $532,928
      award amount
    • 5T32GM135751-07Department: NIH department code
      IMSD at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

      Principal investigators: Brian C Lewis (contact PI), Kate L Lapane

      $482,745
      award amount
    • 5R25GM121220-09Department: NIH department code
      Pathway to graduate study post-baccalaureate training program

      Principal investigators: Brian C Lewis (contact PI), Kate L Lapane

      $407,161
      award amount
    • 5R25HL092610-18Department: NIH department code
      UMass Chan Medical School Summer Undergraduate Research Program

      Principal investigators: Brian C Lewis (contact PI), Pranoti Mandrekar

      $165,302
      award amount

  7. Silvia Corvera

    Leads 2 awards · $1,517,130

    • 5R01DK123028-06Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of human adipose tissue development and impact of diabetes
      $791,721
      award amount
    • 5R01DK137403-04Department: NIH department code
      Human adipose tissue in control of sympathetic tone and metabolic rate
      $725,409
      award amount

  8. Shinya Watanabe

    Leads 2 awards · $1,507,500

    • 1R01GM166611-01Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of nucleosome remodeling by the BAF chromatin remodeling complexes
      $1,340,000
      award amount
    • 1R03NS151257-01Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Functions of DPF1, DPF3, and PHF10 in BAF-Mediated Chromatin Remodeling
      $167,500
      award amount

  9. Raffi V Aroian

    Leads 2 awards · $1,463,277

    • 5R01AI056189-22Department: NIH department code
      B. thuringiensis crystal proteins as powerful next-generation anthelmintics
      $740,147
      award amount
    • 5R01AI182355-02Department: NIH department code
      Combining B. thuringiensis crystal proteins with small molecule anthelmintics to combat parasitic nematode resistance
      $723,130
      award amount

  10. Jason K Kim

    Leads 2 awards · $1,213,771

    • 5R01AG085308-03Department: NIH department code
      Role of Peripheral Insulin Resistance and Inflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease
      $737,005
      award amount
    • 5R01DK133772-04Department: NIH department code
      Role of Interferon-Gamma / Interleukin-12 Axis in Metabolic Liver Disease
      $476,766
      award amount

  11. Joel D Richter

    Leads 2 awards · $1,133,091

    • 5R35GM149216-04Department: NIH department code
      RNA Control of Neural Function
      $714,341
      award amount
    • 5R01NS132935-04Department: NIH department code
      Therapeutic Potential of Rescued FMR1 Mis-Splicing in Fragile X Syndrome
      $418,750
      award amount

  12. Eric H Baehrecke

    Leads 2 awards · $1,103,560

    • 5R35GM131689-08Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of autophagy during animal development
      $684,810
      award amount
    • 5R01AG082740-04Department: NIH department code
      VPS13D, organelle contact, and cellular stress in models of disease
      $418,750
      award amount

  13. Scot A Wolfe

    Leads 2 awards · $1,083,236

    • 1R01CA311503-01Department: NIH department code
      Creating cancer-specific genotoxicity by targeting Cas9 nickase to focal gene amplifications
      $622,611
      award amount
    • 1R21HD118293-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Prime editing therapeutics for LGMD2i

      Principal investigators: Scot A Wolfe (contact PI), Charles P. Emerson

      $460,625
      award amount

  14. Craig L Peterson

    Leads 1 award · $972,930

    • 5R35GM122519-10Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of chromatin dynamics
      $972,930
      award amount

  15. Marcus A. Ruscetti

    Leads 2 awards · $967,015

    • 1R01CA303080-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Engineering a multi-targeted nanoparticle-based immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer

      Principal investigators: Marcus A. Ruscetti (contact PI), Prabhani Atukorale

      $530,050
      award amount
    • 5R37CA282805-03Department: NIH department code
      Uncovering the heterogenous role of senescence in prostate immune suppression and tumorigenesis
      $436,965
      award amount

  16. Yong-Xu Wang

    Leads 1 award · $938,470

    • 4R01DK140159-03Department: NIH department code
      Resolution of nonalcoholic fatty liver and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis by a novel adipokine
      $938,470
      award amount

  17. Arthur M Mercurio

    Leads 2 awards · $909,640

    • 5R01CA285607-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms and Therapy of Radiation Resistance in Breast Cancer
      $526,484
      award amount
    • 5R01CA276863-04Department: NIH department code
      Novel Therapeutic Approaches for Aggressive Prostate Cancer
      $383,156
      award amount

  18. Richard I. Gregory

    Leads 1 award · $871,685

  19. Michelle Alice Kelliher

    Leads 2 awards · $859,810

    • 5R01CA271613-04Department: NIH department code
      Role of EZH2 as a Driver and Therapeutic Target of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

      Principal investigators: Michelle Alice Kelliher (contact PI), Narendra Wajapeyee

      $461,997
      award amount
    • 5R01CA096899-20Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism(s) of TAL1- and NOTCH1-mediated Leukemogenesis
      $397,813
      award amount

  20. Victor Ambros

    Leads 1 award · $844,267

    • 5R35GM131741-07Department: NIH department code
      Genetic control of developmental timing
      $844,267
      award amount

  21. Jeremy Luban

    Leads 1 award · $837,467

    • 5R37AI147868-08Department: NIH department code
      The HUSH complex in HIV-1 latency
      $837,467
      award amount

  22. Michael P Czech

    Leads 1 award · $823,098

    • 2R01DK130852-05A1Department: NIH department code
      CRISPR-enhanced adipocyte browning to improve glucose tolerance in obesity and diabetes
      $823,098
      award amount

  23. Heinrich Gottlinger

    Leads 1 award · $736,427

    • 5R01AI184042-03Department: NIH department code
      Ectodomain shedding and HIV replication
      $736,427
      award amount

  24. Dohoon Kim

    Leads 2 awards · $725,977

    • 5R01CA269711-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeting the detoxification function of the enzyme KDSR for cancer therapy
      $382,602
      award amount
    • 5R01GM148832-04Department: NIH department code
      Selenoprotein-independent biological roles for selenium in selenium deficiency and excess
      $343,375
      award amount

  25. Jennifer A Benanti

    Leads 1 award · $703,540

    • 5R35GM136280-07Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Cycle Control
      $703,540
      award amount

  26. Amy Karol Walker

    Leads 1 award · $613,602

    • 5R01AG053355-09Department: NIH department code
      Role of methylation-dependent pathways in aging and stress
      $613,602
      award amount

  27. Eduardo Martin Torres

    Leads 1 award · $554,527

    • 5R01HD107873-03Department: NIH department code
      Suppressing Aneuploidy-associated phenotypes in Down syndrome
      $554,527
      award amount

  28. Cole M Haynes

    Leads 1 award · $515,232

    • 5R37AG047182-12Department: NIH department code
      Coordinated Repair and Regeneration of Defective Mitochondria
      $515,232
      award amount

  29. Merav Socolovsky

    Leads 1 award · $515,212

    • 5R01DK136321-04Department: NIH department code
      EpoR & Stat5 regulation of ribosome biogenesis and protein synthesis in erythropoiesis
      $515,212
      award amount

  30. Lucio H. Castilla

    Leads 1 award · $485,790

    • 5U01CA296350-02Department: NIH department code
      Study of tyrosine kinase inhibitors as preventive therapy in RUNX1-FPD
      $485,790
      award amount

  31. Sharon B Cantor

    Leads 1 award · $469,628

    • 1R01CA311692-01Department: NIH department code
      Reframing BRCA1 Function: A Coordinator of Lagging Strand Synthesis
      $469,628
      award amount

  32. Gregory J Pazour

    Leads 1 award · $453,484

    • 5R01GM060992-25Department: NIH department code
      Intraflagellar Transport Proteins in Mice
      $453,484
      award amount

  33. Paul Lieberman Greer

    Leads 1 award · $445,130

    • 1R01AG089801-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Elucidation of the mechanisms by which Ms4a genes regulate neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's Disease and related disorders
      $445,130
      award amount

  34. Ingolf M Bach

    Leads 1 award · $418,750

    • 5R35GM145263-05Department: NIH department code
      Transgenerational epigenetic regulation by Rlim
      $418,750
      award amount

  35. Kuang Shen

    Leads 1 award · $418,750

    • 5R35GM146824-05Department: NIH department code
      Spatial and temporal regulation of nutrient sensing
      $418,750
      award amount

  36. Paul D. Kaufman

    Leads 1 award · $418,750

    • 5R35GM152201-03Department: NIH department code
      Cell Biology of Mammalian Nuclei
      $418,750
      award amount

  37. Craig Joseph Ceol

    Leads 1 award · $409,770

    • 5R01AR081355-04Department: NIH department code
      Cellular and molecular regulators of melanocyte regeneration
      $409,770
      award amount

  38. David A Guertin

    Leads 1 award · $206,000

    • 2R56DK127175-06Department: NIH department code
      Reprogramming metabolism to support alternative modes of adipocyte thermogenesis
      $206,000
      award amount

  39. Xin Yang

    Leads 1 award · $167,500

    • 1R03CA308537-01Department: NIH department code
      Mapping the m3C epitranscriptome in cancer
      $167,500
      award amount

  40. Ayush Kumar

    Leads 1 award · $45,133

    • 5F30CA275327-04Department: NIH department code
      VEGF/Neuropilin-2 Signaling and Radioresistance in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
      $45,133
      award amount

  41. Alexandra Jerrett

    Leads 1 award · $37,599

    • 5F31DK143730-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the role of rhodoquinone in adipocyte differentiation and obesity
      $37,599
      award amount

  42. Sookyung Kim

    Leads 1 award · $37,114

    • 5F30AG077833-05Department: NIH department code
      Modulation of mitochondrial biogenesis by the Integrated Stress Response (ISR)
      $37,114
      award amount

  43. Boris Dimitrov

    Leads 1 award · $35,468

    • 1F30CA306256-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Ferroptosis Resistance in Metastasis
      $35,468
      award amount

  44. Bradley Class

    Leads 1 award · $35,030

    • 5F31NS143369-02Department: NIH department code
      Single-Cell Analysis of Somatic Mutation Rates, Mechanisms, and Impacts in Human Ataxia Telangiectasia Cerebellum
      $35,030
      award amount

  45. Katherine C. Murphy

    Leads 1 award · $35,030

    • 5F31CA290716-02Department: NIH department code
      Identifying and targeting the genetic determinants of immune suppression and immunotherapy failure in prostate cancer.
      $35,030
      award amount

  46. Nathan MacGilvary

    Leads 1 award · $34,924

    • 5F31CA288119-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating replication gap suppression in distinct modelsof chemoresistant BRCA mutant cancers
      $34,924
      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.