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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Internal Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

Worcester, MA

Funding
$30.7M
$30,665,435
Awards
51
FY2025 NIH awards in Internal Medicine
Principal investigators
47
38 lead a grant here, 9 co-investigators
Department rank
#41
of 115 · 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 Internal Medicine row of the University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester page.

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. Fernando J Martinez

    Leads 2 awards · $2,849,022

    • 5R33HL158540-05Department: NIH department code
      Phase 1 study of oral epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) in IPF patients

      Principal investigators: Fernando J Martinez (contact PI), Catherine A Spino, Harold A Chapman

      $1,763,207
      award amount
    • 5UH3HL145266-07Department: NIH department code
      1/2 Prospective tReatment EffiCacy in IPF uSlng genOtype for Nac Selection (PRECISIONS) trial and Molecular Endophenotyping in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Interstitial Lung Diseases study

      Principal investigators: Fernando J Martinez (contact PI), Imre Noth

      $1,085,815
      award amount

  2. Read Pukkila-Worley

    Leads 3 awards · $2,598,953

    • 4R01AI130289-09Department: NIH department code
      An Immune Surveillance Network in C. elegans
      $1,005,000
      award amount
    • 1T32GM159591-01Department: NIH department code
      Medical Scientist Training at UMCMS
      $1,003,507
      award amount
    • 5R01AI159159-05Department: NIH department code
      Detection of pathogen infection by monitoring host cell membrane dynamics
      $590,446
      award amount

  3. Jatin M Vyas

    Leads 3 awards · $2,553,714

    • 2R01AI150181-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Control of Type I Interferon Production in Response to Candida
      $859,490
      award amount
    • 1R01AI193212-01Department: NIH department code
      Fungal Melanin Modulation of Calcium-Mediated Responses in Lung Epithelium
      $853,537
      award amount
    • 1R01AI187259-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the Role of Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase in the Host Defense Against Aspergillus fumigatus
      $840,687
      award amount

  4. Diogo Magnani

    Leads 2 awards · $2,219,000

    • 5U24AI126683-10Department: NIH department code
      Nonhuman Primate Reagent Resource

      Principal investigators: Diogo Magnani (contact PI), Kathleen Engelman

      $1,555,000
      award amount
    • 3U24AI126683-10S1Department: NIH department code
      Nonhuman Primate Reagent Resource

      Principal investigators: Diogo Magnani (contact PI), Kathleen Engelman

      $664,000
      award amount

  5. Stuart Michael Levitz

    Leads 2 awards · $1,813,296

    • 1R24AI192252-01Department: NIH department code
      Fungal Antigen Resources for Development of Vaccines and Diagnostics
      $1,193,457
      award amount
    • 5R01AI172154-04Department: NIH department code
      A subunit Cryptococcus vaccine
      $619,839
      award amount

  6. Lee Quinton

    Leads 2 awards · $1,229,835

    • 5R01HL165718-03Department: NIH department code
      LOX-1 as a protective countermeasure in response to lung infection
      $757,625
      award amount
    • 1R21AI191650-01Department: NIH department code
      The anatomy of T-cell mediated neutrophil recruitment during lung infection

      Principal investigators: Lee Quinton (contact PI), Joseph P Mizgerd

      $472,210
      award amount

  7. Katherine A. Fitzgerald

    Leads 2 awards · $1,086,762

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AI181309-02, led by Egil Lien; 4R01AI159182-04, led by Lisa A Cavacini.

  8. Egil Lien

    Leads 2 awards · $1,038,579

    • 5R01AI181309-02Department: 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
    • 5R21AI182982-02Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Ninj1 oligomerization and cell membrane ruptures during cell death
      $203,094
      award amount

  9. Ann M Moormann

    Leads 1 award · $958,026

    • 5U01AI165524-04Department: NIH department code
      A systems immunology approach to evaluate malaria vaccine performance in endemic regions of Kenya
      $958,026
      award amount

  10. Sanjay Ram

    Leads 1 award · $935,587

    • 5R01AI160247-05Department: NIH department code
      Sialic acid analogs against multidrug-resistant gonorrhea

      Principal investigators: Sanjay Ram (contact PI), John A Moss

      $935,587
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AI164727-05, led by Douglas T Golenbock.

  11. Khanh-Van Thi Tran

    Leads 2 awards · $924,969

    • 1R01HL180833-01Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Perivascular Adipose Tissue in Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (PVAT-ASCVD)
      $762,969
      award amount
    • 5K23HL161432-04Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Highly inflamed Epicardial Adipose Tissue in the Development of Atrial Fibrillation
      $162,000
      award amount

  12. Neal Silverman

    Leads 2 awards · $853,878

    • 5R01AI060025-21Department: NIH department code
      From Drosophila Immunity to Anti-Inflammatories
      $592,836
      award amount
    • 5T32AI095213-15Department: NIH department code
      Innate Immunity Training Program
      $261,042
      award amount

  13. Teng-Ting Elaine Lim

    Leads 1 award · $820,743

    • 5R01AG083881-02Department: NIH department code
      Transcriptomics-based identification of cell type specific host genes and gene networks perturbed by HSV-1 in cerebral organoids.
      $820,743
      award amount

  14. J Kevin Donahue

    Leads 1 award · $809,256

    • 5R01HL167527-03Department: NIH department code
      Translating post-infarct ventricular tachycardia mechanisms into a therapy
      $809,256
      award amount

  15. Douglas T Golenbock

    Leads 1 award · $782,815

    • 5R01AI164727-05Department: NIH department code
      Neisseria gonorrhoeae exploits host interferon epsilon to establish infection in the female urogenital tract

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

      $782,815
      award amount

  16. David A Smelson

    Leads 1 award · $731,275

    • 1R01DA064494-01Department: NIH department code
      Supporting Treatment Access and Recovery in Re-entry (STAR-R)

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

      $731,275
      award amount

  17. Kimberly Fisher

    Leads 1 award · $712,013

    • 5R01MD018611-02Department: NIH department code
      Motivational Interviewing Training to Promote COVID-19 and Influenza Vaccination (MI-VAX): What Providers Need and Patients Want
      $712,013
      award amount

  18. Allan J. Walkey

    Leads 1 award · $691,782

    • 5R01HL169521-04Department: NIH department code
      Informing best practices for evaluation and treatment of myocardial injury during sepsis
      $691,782
      award amount

  19. Lisa A Cavacini

    Leads 1 award · $677,986

    • 4R01AI159182-04Department: 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

      $677,986
      award amount

  20. Megan Horn Orzalli

    Leads 1 award · $658,273

    • 1R01AI182052-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of the NLRP1 inflammasome by HSV-1
      $658,273
      award amount

  21. Alok Kapoor

    Leads 2 awards · $645,135

    • 5R01HL155343-05Department: NIH department code
      SUPPORT-AF IV
      $419,713
      award amount
    • 3R01HL155343-05S1Department: NIH department code
      SUPPORT-AF IV

      Principal investigators: Alok Kapoor (contact PI), David D. McManus

      $225,422
      award amount

  22. Chinmay M Trivedi

    Leads 1 award · $609,668

    • 5R01HL141377-08Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic regulation of lymphatic development
      $609,668
      award amount

  23. Pranoti Mandrekar

    Leads 1 award · $593,939

    • 5R01AA017986-14Department: NIH department code
      Heat shock protein 90 in alcoholic liver disease: targeting macrophage Function
      $593,939
      award amount

  24. Kathleen Engelman

    Leads 1 award · $587,934

    • 5R24OD028257-06Department: NIH department code
      Neotropical Primate Reagent Resource
      $587,934
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5U24AI126683-10, led by Diogo Magnani; 3U24AI126683-10S1, led by Diogo Magnani.

  25. Elena Byhoff

    Leads 1 award · $556,541

    • 5R01NR021522-02Department: NIH department code
      A clinical-community partnership to understand health impacts of a food insecurity intervention
      $556,541
      award amount

  26. Ann Marshak-Rothstein

    Leads 1 award · $494,929

    • 5R37AI155901-05Department: NIH department code
      The role of TLRs, Type II IFN and Type III IFN in a Murine Model of Autoinflammation
      $494,929
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01HL165787-03, led by Katherine A. Fitzgerald; 5T32AI132152-08, led by Katherine A. Fitzgerald.

  27. Milka Koupenova

    Leads 1 award · $460,625

    • 1R21AG093333-01Department: NIH department code
      Platelet-MLKL role in S100 Release with Age and Infection
      $460,625
      award amount

  28. David D. McManus

    Leads 1 award · $301,705

    • 5T32HL171799-02Department: NIH department code
      CardiOvascular Digital hEalth Research (CODER) Training Program

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

      $301,705
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 3R01HL155343-05S1, led by Alok Kapoor.

  29. Mayuko Ito Fukunaga

    Leads 1 award · $229,988

    • 5K08CA283304-03Department: NIH department code
      Facilitation of Information Exchange for Shared Decision Making for Lung Cancer Screening
      $229,988
      award amount

  30. Stefania Gallucci

    Leads 1 award · $200,475

    • 5R21AI180971-02Department: NIH department code
      Reprogramming of the innate immunometabolism by bacterial biofilms
      $200,475
      award amount

  31. Hardy Kornfeld

    Leads 1 award · $197,475

    • 5R21AI185410-02Department: NIH department code
      Unleashing CD8+ T Cells for TB Defense
      $197,475
      award amount

  32. Meng-Ju Wu

    Leads 1 award · $196,029

    • 1K22CA288784-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the Immune Evasion Mechanisms in Mutant IDH1 Cancer
      $196,029
      award amount

  33. Lara Kovell

    Leads 1 award · $190,058

    • 5K23HL163450-02Department: NIH department code
      Development of a Mobile Health Intervention for Blood Pressure Management in Pregnancy
      $190,058
      award amount

  34. Lindsey E Bazzone

    Leads 1 award · $190,058

    • 1K08AI180429-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The Role of ADAM9 in the Innate Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2 Infection
      $190,058
      award amount

  35. Tadatoshi Sato

    Leads 1 award · $165,825

    • 5R21AR084644-02Department: NIH department code
      Precision Gene Editing on Osteogenesis Imperfecta

      Principal investigators: Tadatoshi Sato (contact PI), Jae-Hyuck Shim

      $165,825
      award amount

  36. Kristy Chiang

    Leads 1 award · $37,577

    • 1F31HL180004-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of endothelial and fibroblastic reticular cells in lung inflammation caused by STING gain-of-function autoinflammation
      $37,577
      award amount

  37. Jennifer Lynn Powers

    Leads 1 award · $37,023

    • 1F30AI188981-01Department: NIH department code
      The role of caspase-3 mediated cleavage of VPS4A in restricting HSV-1
      $37,023
      award amount

  38. Samantha Tse

    Leads 1 award · $24,687

    • 5F30DK127690-05Department: NIH department code
      Detection of intestinal pathogens through host surveillance of bacterial toxins
      $24,687
      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.