Internal Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

Leads a grant in this department

38 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. Diogo Magnani

   Leads 2 awards · $2,202,336

   • 2U24AI126683-11Department: NIH department code

     Nonhuman Primate Reagent Resource
     $1,300,000

     award amount
   • 5P40OD028116-07Department: NIH department code

     Nonhuman Primate Antibody Resource for Immune Cell Depletion
     $902,336

     award amount

2. Stuart Michael Levitz

   Leads 2 awards · $1,866,692

   • 5R24AI192252-02Department: NIH department code

     Fungal Antigen Resources for Development of Vaccines and Diagnostics
     $1,246,853

     award amount
   • 5R01AI172154-05Department: NIH department code

     A subunit Cryptococcus vaccine
     $619,839

     award amount

3. Fiachra Humphries

   Leads 3 awards · $1,753,278

   • 1R01AI199543-01Department: NIH department code

     Regulation of cell death by protein succination
     $773,706

     award amount
   • 1R01AI201773-01Department: NIH department code

     Defining the role of MARCO in cytosolic surveillance.
     $728,322

     award amount
   • 1R21AI193655-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Defining MARCO as an innate checkpoint in SLE
     $251,250

     award amount

4. Apurv Soni

   Leads 1 award · $1,732,375

   • 5U54HL143541-09Department: NIH department code

     The Center for Advancing Point of Care in Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep Diseases

     Principal investigators: Apurv Soni (contact PI), Nathaniel Scott Hafer (contact PI), Bryan O Buchholz

     $1,732,375

     award amount

5. Nathaniel Scott Hafer

   Leads 1 award · $1,732,375

   • 5U54HL143541-09Department: NIH department code

     The Center for Advancing Point of Care in Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep Diseases

     Principal investigators: Apurv Soni (contact PI), Nathaniel Scott Hafer (contact PI), Bryan O Buchholz

     $1,732,375

     award amount

6. Read Pukkila-Worley

   Leads 2 awards · $1,620,586

   • 5T32GM159591-02Department: NIH department code

     Medical Scientist Training at UMCMS
     $1,014,704

     award amount
   • 2R01AI159159-06A1Department: NIH department code

     Sensing bacterial patterns of pathogenesis by an enzymatic TIR protein
     $605,882

     award amount

7. Jeffrey J Rade

   Leads 1 award · $1,281,208

   • 1R01HL185859-01Department: NIH department code

     Thromboxane Generation and Heart Failure Risk

     Principal investigators: Jeffrey J Rade (contact PI), Matthew G. Nayor

     $1,281,208

     award amount

8. Katherine A. Fitzgerald

   Leads 3 awards · $1,279,223

   • 5R01HL165787-04Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of STING-driven autoinflammation

     Principal investigators: Katherine A. Fitzgerald (contact PI), Ann Marshak-Rothstein

     $820,495

     award amount
   • 1R21AI199828-01Department: NIH department code

     A Novel Mitochondrial-Targeted Inhibitor of NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation
     $251,250

     award amount
   • 5T32AI132152-09Department: NIH department code

     Training in the Molecular Basis of Autoimmunity and Autoinflammation

     Principal investigators: Katherine A. Fitzgerald (contact PI), Ann Marshak-Rothstein

     $207,478

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 5R01AI181309-03, led by Egil Lien; 5R01AI159182-05, led by Lisa A Cavacini.

9. Ann M Moormann

   Leads 2 awards · $987,656

   • 5U01AI165524-05Department: NIH department code

     A systems immunology approach to evaluate malaria vaccine performance in endemic regions of Kenya
     $890,974

     award amount
   • 3U01AI165524-05S1Department: NIH department code

     A systems immunology approach to evaluate malaria vaccine performance in endemic regions of Kenya
     $96,682

     award amount

10. Khanh-Van Thi Tran

    Leads 2 awards · $898,212

    • 5R01HL180833-02Department: NIH department code

      The Role of Perivascular Adipose Tissue in Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (PVAT-ASCVD)
      $736,212

      award amount
    • 5K23HL161432-05Department: NIH department code

      The Role of Highly inflamed Epicardial Adipose Tissue in the Development of Atrial Fibrillation
      $162,000

      award amount

11. Teng-Ting Elaine Lim

    Leads 1 award · $849,117

    • 5R01AG083881-03Department: NIH department code

      Transcriptomics-based identification of cell type specific host genes and gene networks perturbed by HSV-1 in cerebral organoids.
      $849,117

      award amount

12. Douglas T Golenbock

    Leads 1 award · $845,263

    • 2R56AI164727-06Department: NIH department code

      Chlamydia enhances gonococcal infection through host interferons

      Principal investigators: Douglas T Golenbock (contact PI), Sanjay Ram

      $845,263

      award amount

13. Egil Lien

    Leads 1 award · $835,485

    • 5R01AI181309-03Department: NIH department code

      RNA splicing factor Raver1 controls cell death, inflammation, and innateimmunity

      Principal investigators: Egil Lien (contact PI), Katherine A. Fitzgerald

      $835,485

      award amount

14. J Kevin Donahue

    Leads 1 award · $780,600

    • 5R01HL167527-04Department: NIH department code

      Translating post-infarct ventricular tachycardia mechanisms into a therapy
      $780,600

      award amount

15. Chinmay M Trivedi

    Leads 1 award · $744,613

    • 1R34HL188688-01Department: NIH department code

      Trial Readiness for Metformin in Aortic Valve Stenosis
      $744,613

      award amount

16. Lee Quinton

    Leads 1 award · $742,474

    • 5R01HL165718-04Department: NIH department code

      LOX-1 as a protective countermeasure in response to lung infection
      $742,474

      award amount

17. David A Smelson

    Leads 1 award · $722,403

    • 5R01DA064494-02Department: NIH department code

      Supporting Treatment Access and Recovery in Re-entry (STAR-R)

      Principal investigators: David A Smelson (contact PI), Paige Meredith Shaffer

      $722,403

      award amount

18. Kimberly Fisher

    Leads 1 award · $709,286

    • 5R01MD018611-03Department: NIH department code

      Motivational Interviewing Training to Promote COVID-19 and Influenza Vaccination (MI-VAX): What Providers Need and Patients Want
      $709,286

      award amount

19. Allan J. Walkey

    Leads 1 award · $673,677

    • 5R01HL169521-05Department: NIH department code

      Informing best practices for evaluation and treatment of myocardial injury during sepsis
      $673,677

      award amount

20. Megan Horn Orzalli

    Leads 1 award · $671,097

    • 5R01AI182052-02Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of the NLRP1 inflammasome by HSV-1
      $671,097

      award amount

21. Lisa A Cavacini

    Leads 1 award · $641,344

    • 5R01AI159182-05Department: NIH department code

      Structure-guided and epitope-based design of potent and broadly neutralizing nanobodies for COVID-19 mucosal immunotherapy

      Principal investigators: Lisa A Cavacini (contact PI), Celia A. Schiffer, Katherine A. Fitzgerald

      $641,344

      award amount

22. Neal Silverman

    Leads 1 award · $611,172

    • 5R01AI060025-22Department: NIH department code

      From Drosophila Immunity to Anti-Inflammatories
      $611,172

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R21AI193666-01A1, led by Ravi Bharadwaj.

23. Ann Marshak-Rothstein

    Leads 1 award · $608,703

    • 4R37AI155901-06Department: NIH department code

      The role of TLRs, Type II IFN and Type III IFN in a Murine Model of Autoinflammation
      $608,703

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01HL165787-04, led by Katherine A. Fitzgerald; 5T32AI132152-09, led by Katherine A. Fitzgerald.

24. Kathleen Engelman

    Leads 1 award · $587,934

    • 5R24OD028257-07Department: NIH department code

      Neotropical Primate Reagent Resource
      $587,934

      award amount

25. Pranoti Mandrekar

    Leads 1 award · $587,239

    • 5R01AA017986-15Department: NIH department code

      Heat shock protein 90 in alcoholic liver disease: targeting macrophage Function
      $587,239

      award amount

26. Elena Byhoff

    Leads 1 award · $554,012

    • 5R01NR021522-03Department: NIH department code

      A clinical-community partnership to understand health impacts of a food insecurity intervention
      $554,012

      award amount

27. David D. McManus

    Leads 1 award · $308,756

    • 5T32HL171799-03Department: NIH department code

      CardiOvascular Digital hEalth Research (CODER) Training Program

      Principal investigators: David D. McManus (contact PI), Ben Steven Gerber

      $308,756

      award amount

28. Mayuko Ito Fukunaga

    Leads 2 awards · $304,805

    • 5K08CA283304-04Department: NIH department code

      Facilitation of Information Exchange for Shared Decision Making for Lung Cancer Screening
      $229,988

      award amount
    • 3K08CA283304-03S1Department: NIH department code

      Facilitation of Information Exchange for Shared Decision Making for Lung Cancer Screening
      $74,817

      award amount

29. Ravi Bharadwaj

    Leads 1 award · $251,250

    • 1R21AI193666-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Role of SLC46A3 in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease

      Principal investigators: Ravi Bharadwaj (contact PI), Neal Silverman

      $251,250

      award amount

30. Lorissa Joy Smulan

    Leads 1 award · $209,375

    • 1R21AI196535-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Defining the mechanisms linking sirtuin (SIRT) 3 depletion with mitochondrial dysfunction in TB
      $209,375

      award amount

31. Meng-Ju Wu

    Leads 1 award · $196,029

    • 5K22CA288784-02Department: NIH department code

      Deciphering the Immune Evasion Mechanisms in Mutant IDH1 Cancer
      $196,029

      award amount

32. Lindsey E Bazzone

    Leads 1 award · $190,058

    • 5K08AI180429-02Department: NIH department code

      The Role of ADAM9 in the Innate Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2 Infection
      $190,058

      award amount

33. Lara Kovell

    Leads 1 award · $189,050

    • 5K23HL163450-03Department: NIH department code

      Development of a Mobile Health Intervention for Blood Pressure Management in Pregnancy
      $189,050

      award amount

34. Jennifer Lynn Powers

    Leads 1 award · $40,599

    • 5F30AI188981-02Department: NIH department code

      The role of caspase-3 mediated cleavage of VPS4A in restricting HSV-1
      $40,599

      award amount

35. Kristy Chiang

    Leads 1 award · $38,153

    • 5F31HL180004-02Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the role of endothelial and fibroblastic reticular cells in lung inflammation caused by STING gain-of-function autoinflammation
      $38,153

      award amount

36. Marta Glorianiris Perez Vazquez

    Leads 1 award · $38,153

    • 1F31HL178206-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Leukemia Inhibitory Factor-dependent Modulation of Lung Endothelial Cells During Pneumonia
      $38,153

      award amount

37. Noah M Sciambra

    Leads 1 award · $36,153

    • 1F30AI197371-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Innate Immune Sensing of Bacterial Phenazine Toxins
      $36,153

      award amount

38. Jafira Marie Johnson

    Leads 1 award · $35,446

    • 1F31AI189083-01A1Department: NIH department code

      The role of constitutive interferon-kappa production in antiviral defense in human skin
      $35,446

      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.

• Bryan O Buchholz

  Co-investigator on 5U54HL143541-09, led by Apurv Soni and Nathaniel Scott Hafer

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Massachusetts Lowell · Engineering (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Matthew G. Nayor

  Co-investigator on 1R01HL185859-01, led by Jeffrey J Rade

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Boston University · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Sanjay Ram

  Co-investigator on 2R56AI164727-06, led by Douglas T Golenbock

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Paige Meredith Shaffer

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA064494-02, led by David A Smelson

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

• Celia A. Schiffer

  Co-investigator on 5R01AI159182-05, led by Lisa A Cavacini

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester · Biochemistry (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Ben Steven Gerber

  Co-investigator on 5T32HL171799-03, led by David D. McManus

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester · Biostatistics & Math Sciences (NIH department code, 1 award)