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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Anatomy & Cell Biology at University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

Worcester, MA

Funding
$34.6M
$34,570,509
Awards
65
FY2025 NIH awards in Anatomy & Cell Biology
Principal investigators
64
47 lead a grant here, 17 co-investigators
Department rank
#1
of 82 · 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

47 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. Jessica Brooke Spinelli

    Leads 1 award · $2,638,760

    • 1R01DK144534-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating novel mitochondrial mechanisms of obesity pathogenesis
      $2,638,760
      award amount

  2. Michael Allen Brehm

    Leads 2 awards · $2,055,568

  3. Richard I. Gregory

    Leads 2 awards · $1,927,755

    • 5R35CA232115-08Department: NIH department code
      Role of the Epitranscriptome in Cancer
      $1,005,000
      award amount
    • 1U01CA305187-01Department: NIH department code
      tRNA modification reprogramming and translational remodeling in cancer

      Principal investigators: Richard I. Gregory (contact PI), Elena Piskounova, Juan D Alfonzo, Sergej Djuranovic

      $922,755
      award amount

  4. Nathan D Lawson

    Leads 2 awards · $1,748,464

    • 5R35HL171534-02Department: NIH department code
      Developmental origins of pericyte heterogeneity
      $1,172,500
      award amount
    • 5R01HD114312-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of Rasa1 in embryonic development
      $575,964
      award amount

  5. Thomas G Fazzio

    Leads 3 awards · $1,668,022

    • 4UH3NS132136-03Department: 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
    • 5R01HD104971-04Department: 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
    • 5R01HD072122-14Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic control of developmental gene regulation
      $482,124
      award amount

  6. Silvia Corvera

    Leads 2 awards · $1,517,130

    • 2R01DK123028-05A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of human adipose tissue development and impact of diabetes
      $791,721
      award amount
    • 5R01DK137403-03Department: NIH department code
      Human adipose tissue in control of sympathetic tone and metabolic rate
      $725,409
      award amount

  7. Raffi V Aroian

    Leads 2 awards · $1,484,538

    • 1R01AI182355-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Combining B. thuringiensis crystal proteins with small molecule anthelmintics to combat parasitic nematode resistance
      $769,201
      award amount
    • 5R01AI056189-21Department: NIH department code
      B. thuringiensis crystal proteins as powerful next-generation anthelmintics
      $715,337
      award amount

  8. Brian C Lewis

    Leads 4 awards · $1,397,105

    • 5R01CA258712-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeting MTOR signaling in pancreatic cancer
      $585,758
      award amount
    • 5R25GM121220-08Department: 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
    • 2T32GM135751-06Department: NIH department code
      IMSD at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

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

      $238,884
      award amount
    • 5R25HL092610-17Department: NIH department code
      UMass Chan Medical School Summer Undergraduate Research Program

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

      $165,302
      award amount

  9. Jason K Kim

    Leads 2 awards · $1,215,609

    • 5R01AG085308-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of Peripheral Insulin Resistance and Inflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease
      $738,843
      award amount
    • 5R01DK133772-03Department: NIH department code
      Role of Interferon-Gamma / Interleukin-12 Axis in Metabolic Liver Disease
      $476,766
      award amount

  10. Joel D Richter

    Leads 2 awards · $1,133,091

    • 5R35GM149216-03Department: NIH department code
      RNA Control of Neural Function
      $714,341
      award amount
    • 5R01NS132935-03Department: NIH department code
      Therapeutic Potential of Rescued FMR1 Mis-Splicing in Fragile X Syndrome
      $418,750
      award amount

  11. Eric H Baehrecke

    Leads 2 awards · $1,095,185

    • 5R35GM131689-07Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of autophagy during animal development
      $684,810
      award amount
    • 5R01AG082740-03Department: NIH department code
      VPS13D, organelle contact, and cellular stress in models of disease
      $410,375
      award amount

  12. Merav Socolovsky

    Leads 2 awards · $1,044,857

    • 5R01DK130498-05Department: NIH department code
      The DNA damage response of fast-cycling erythroblasts

      Principal investigators: Merav Socolovsky (contact PI), Ralph Scully

      $581,167
      award amount
    • 5R01DK136321-03Department: NIH department code
      EpoR & Stat5 regulation of ribosome biogenesis and protein synthesis in erythropoiesis
      $463,690
      award amount

  13. Amy Karol Walker

    Leads 2 awards · $1,023,233

    • 5R01AG053355-08Department: NIH department code
      Role of methylation-dependent pathways in aging and stress
      $601,329
      award amount
    • 5R01AG068670-05Department: NIH department code
      Dual transcriptional programs coordinate lipogenic and membrane stress responsive programs in C. elegans
      $421,904
      award amount

  14. Craig L Peterson

    Leads 1 award · $972,930

    • 5R35GM122519-09Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of chromatin dynamics
      $972,930
      award amount

  15. Arthur M Mercurio

    Leads 2 awards · $909,640

    • 5R01CA285607-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms and Therapy of Radiation Resistance in Breast Cancer
      $526,484
      award amount
    • 5R01CA276863-03Department: NIH department code
      Novel Therapeutic Approaches for Aggressive Prostate Cancer
      $383,156
      award amount

  16. Michelle Alice Kelliher

    Leads 2 awards · $859,810

    • 5R01CA271613-03Department: 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
    • 5R01CA096899-19Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism(s) of TAL1- and NOTCH1-mediated Leukemogenesis
      $397,813
      award amount

  17. Victor Ambros

    Leads 1 award · $844,267

    • 2R35GM131741-06Department: NIH department code
      Genetic control of developmental timing
      $844,267
      award amount

  18. Jeremy Luban

    Leads 1 award · $837,467

    • 5R37AI147868-07Department: NIH department code
      The HUSH complex in HIV-1 latency
      $837,467
      award amount

  19. Dohoon Kim

    Leads 2 awards · $730,400

    • 5R01CA269711-03Department: NIH department code
      Targeting the detoxification function of the enzyme KDSR for cancer therapy
      $387,025
      award amount
    • 5R01GM148832-03Department: NIH department code
      Selenoprotein-independent biological roles for selenium in selenium deficiency and excess
      $343,375
      award amount

  20. Andreas Bergmann

    Leads 1 award · $721,156

    • 5R35GM118330-10Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms and consequences of programmed cell death (apoptosis) and compensatory proliferation in Drosophila
      $721,156
      award amount

  21. Heinrich Gottlinger

    Leads 1 award · $714,334

    • 5R01AI184042-02Department: NIH department code
      Ectodomain shedding and HIV replication
      $714,334
      award amount

  22. Jennifer A Benanti

    Leads 1 award · $703,540

    • 2R35GM136280-06Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Cycle Control
      $703,540
      award amount

  23. Roger J. Davis

    Leads 1 award · $581,225

    • 5R01DK112698-08Department: NIH department code
      Adipose Tissue Metabolic Stress Responses
      $581,225
      award amount

  24. Eduardo Martin Torres

    Leads 1 award · $554,527

    • 4R01HD107873-02Department: NIH department code
      Suppressing Aneuploidy-associated phenotypes in Down syndrome
      $554,527
      award amount

  25. David A Guertin

    Leads 1 award · $543,007

    • 5R01DK127175-05Department: NIH department code
      Quantitative and functional analysis of brown fat nutrient fluxes in vivo and its role in organ metabolite exchange
      $543,007
      award amount

  26. Leslie M Shaw

    Leads 1 award · $533,806

    • 5R01CA290778-02Department: NIH department code
      IRS2 and mitotic regulation in breast cancer
      $533,806
      award amount

  27. Cole M Haynes

    Leads 1 award · $504,927

    • 4R37AG047182-11Department: NIH department code
      Coordinated Repair and Regeneration of Defective Mitochondria
      $504,927
      award amount

  28. Lucio H. Castilla

    Leads 1 award · $485,790

    • 1U01CA296350-01Department: NIH department code
      Study of tyrosine kinase inhibitors as preventive therapy in RUNX1-FPD
      $485,790
      award amount

  29. Yong-Xu Wang

    Leads 1 award · $469,235

    • 5R01DK140159-02Department: NIH department code
      Resolution of nonalcoholic fatty liver and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis by a novel adipokine
      $469,235
      award amount

  30. Gregory J Pazour

    Leads 1 award · $453,484

    • 5R01GM060992-24Department: NIH department code
      Intraflagellar Transport Proteins in Mice
      $453,484
      award amount

  31. Marcus A. Ruscetti

    Leads 1 award · $436,965

    • 5R37CA282805-02Department: NIH department code
      Uncovering the heterogenous role of senescence in prostate immune suppression and tumorigenesis
      $436,965
      award amount

  32. Ingolf M Bach

    Leads 1 award · $418,750

    • 5R35GM145263-04Department: NIH department code
      Transgenerational epigenetic regulation by Rlim
      $418,750
      award amount

  33. Kuang Shen

    Leads 1 award · $418,750

    • 5R35GM146824-04Department: NIH department code
      Spatial and temporal regulation of nutrient sensing
      $418,750
      award amount

  34. Paul D. Kaufman

    Leads 1 award · $418,750

    • 5R35GM152201-02Department: NIH department code
      Cell Biology of Mammalian Nuclei
      $418,750
      award amount

  35. Craig Joseph Ceol

    Leads 1 award · $418,399

    • 5R01AR081355-03Department: NIH department code
      Cellular and molecular regulators of melanocyte regeneration
      $418,399
      award amount

  36. Sharon B Cantor

    Leads 1 award · $401,524

    • 5R01CA254037-05Department: NIH department code
      Defining BRCA replication dysfunction in therapy response
      $401,524
      award amount

  37. Katherine F. Luzuriaga

    Leads 1 award · $251,250

    • 1R34AI195134-01Department: NIH department code
      AAV-delivery of broadly neutralizing antibodies to augment ART-free control of HIV-1 in children
      $251,250
      award amount

  38. Jenna Whalen

    Leads 1 award · $80,224

    • 5F32CA268524-03Department: NIH department code
      Mapping the BRCA2 replication gap suppression domain to uncover themolecular mechanism of chemotherapy response
      $80,224
      award amount

  39. Lara Kovell

    Leads 1 award · $75,593

    • 3K23HL163450-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Development of a Mobile Health Intervention for Blood Pressure Management in Pregnancy
      $75,593
      award amount

  40. Sookyung Kim

    Leads 1 award · $54,908

    • 5F30AG077833-04Department: NIH department code
      Modulation of mitochondrial biogenesis by the Integrated Stress Response (ISR)
      $54,908
      award amount

  41. Alexandra Jerrett

    Leads 1 award · $37,023

    • 1F31DK143730-01Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the role of rhodoquinone in adipocyte differentiation and obesity
      $37,023
      award amount

  42. Abigail Jean Hiller

    Leads 1 award · $36,824

    • 5F31NS134324-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Role of MS4As in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
      $36,824
      award amount

  43. Bradley Class

    Leads 1 award · $34,454

    • 1F31NS143369-01Department: NIH department code
      Single-Cell Analysis of Somatic Mutation Rates, Mechanisms, and Impacts in Human Ataxia Telangiectasia Cerebellum
      $34,454
      award amount

  44. Katherine C. Murphy

    Leads 1 award · $34,454

    • 1F31CA290716-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Identifying and targeting the genetic determinants of immune suppression and immunotherapy failure in prostate cancer.
      $34,454
      award amount

  45. Nathan MacGilvary

    Leads 1 award · $34,348

    • 1F31CA288119-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Investigating replication gap suppression in distinct modelsof chemoresistant BRCA mutant cancers
      $34,348
      award amount

  46. Ayush Kumar

    Leads 1 award · $34,322

    • 5F30CA275327-03Department: NIH department code
      VEGF/Neuropilin-2 Signaling and Radioresistance in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
      $34,322
      award amount

  47. Lucas John Restrepo

    Leads 1 award · $15,109

    • 5F31NS134242-02Department: NIH department code
      Identification of a Putative Mitochondrial Solute Carrier that Regulates Mitophagy
      $15,109
      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.