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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Internal Medicine at University of Miami School of Medicine

Coral Gables, FL

Funding
$37M
$36,990,396
Awards
43
FY2026 NIH awards in Internal Medicine
Principal investigators
71
52 lead a grant here, 19 co-investigators
Department rank
#44
of 133 · 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 Miami School of Medicine page.

Leads a grant in this department

52 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. Maria Luisa Alcaide

    Leads 2 awards · $10,728,459

  2. Aadia Rana

    Leads 1 award · $7,597,055

  3. Deborah Lynne Jones

    Leads 1 award · $7,597,055

    Also a principal investigator on 2U01HL146203-08, led by Maria Luisa Alcaide; 5R25HL168793-04, led by Sonjia Kenya.

  4. Elizabeth Topper

    Leads 1 award · $7,597,055

  5. Olveen Carrasquillo

    Leads 2 awards · $6,818,619

    Also a principal investigator on 5R25HL168793-04, led by Sonjia Kenya.

  6. Nipun B. Merchant

    Leads 2 awards · $5,128,822

  7. Yan Guo

    Leads 2 awards · $5,128,822

  8. Mario Stevenson

    Leads 4 awards · $3,918,352

  9. Stephen D. Nimer

    Leads 2 awards · $3,284,415

  10. Carl Ola Landgren

    Leads 1 award · $2,827,619

  11. Daniel Bilbao

    Leads 1 award · $2,827,619

  12. David Benner Lombard

    Leads 1 award · $2,827,619

  13. Eric Wieder

    Leads 1 award · $2,827,619

  14. Erin N Kobetz

    Leads 1 award · $2,827,619

    Also a principal investigator on 5UM1TR004556-04, led by Olveen Carrasquillo.

  15. George S. Grills

    Leads 1 award · $2,827,619

  16. Jonathan C Trent

    Leads 1 award · $2,827,619

  17. Kerry L Burnstein

    Leads 1 award · $2,827,619

  18. Lauren Ashley Whitmore

    Leads 1 award · $2,827,619

  19. Priyamvada Rai

    Leads 1 award · $2,827,619

  20. Sion Llewelyn Williams

    Leads 1 award · $2,827,619

  21. Tracy E Crane

    Leads 1 award · $2,827,619

  22. Jeffrey J Goldberger

    Leads 2 awards · $2,340,264

  23. Anant Madabhushi

    Leads 1 award · $2,301,203

  24. Erin Nicole Kobetz

    Leads 1 award · $2,301,203

  25. Isabella Rosa-Cunha

    Leads 1 award · $2,301,203

  26. Sophia Hl George

    Leads 1 award · $2,301,203

  27. Vijayakumar Velu

    Leads 1 award · $2,301,203

  28. Dirk Homann

    Leads 1 award · $1,215,279

    • 7R01DK138369-03Department: NIH department code
      The KQ1 serum study: soluble biomarkers for T1D risk, development & progression

      Principal investigators: Dirk Homann (contact PI), Cate Speake

      $1,215,279
      award amount

  29. Alejandro Caicedo

    Leads 2 awards · $1,199,423

    • 5R01DK138471-03Department: NIH department code
      Loss of insulin signaling across functional pancreas compartments as a major pathogenic mechanism underlying diabetic exocrine pancreatopathy

      Principal investigators: Alejandro Caicedo (contact PI), Ernesto Bernal-Mizrachi, Joana Almaca

      $662,173
      award amount
    • 1R01DK146932-01Department: NIH department code
      The role of the neuronal entero-pancreatic circuit in glucose metabolism
      $537,250
      award amount

  30. Sonjia Kenya

    Leads 2 awards · $907,493

    • 5R01MD018187-05Department: NIH department code
      Integrated Navigation Services for Treatment Adherence, Counseling, and Research (INSTACARE)
      $741,190
      award amount
    • 5R25HL168793-04Department: NIH department code
      Cardiovascular Research Empowerment Workforce

      Principal investigators: Sonjia Kenya (contact PI), Deborah Lynne Jones, Olveen Carrasquillo

      $166,303
      award amount

  31. Tyler Scott Bartholomew

    Leads 2 awards · $807,353

    • 5R01DA060462-03Department: NIH department code
      Project ACCESS: Advancing Access to HIV/HCV Testing Through Transformation in Syringe Services Programs: A Cluster Randomized Trial

      Principal investigators: Tyler Scott Bartholomew (contact PI), Hansel Emory Tookes

      $653,862
      award amount
    • 3R01DA060462-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Project ACCESS: Advancing Access to HIV/HCV Testing Through Transformation in Syringe Services Programs: A Cluster Randomized Trial

      Principal investigators: Tyler Scott Bartholomew (contact PI), Hansel Emory Tookes

      $153,491
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DA058352-04, led by Hansel Emory Tookes; 3R01DA058352-04S1, led by Hansel Emory Tookes.

  32. Alan Pollack

    Leads 1 award · $764,063

    • 5K12CA226330-09Department: NIH department code
      UM Calabresi Clinical Oncology Research Career Development Award
      $764,063
      award amount

  33. Susanne Doblecki-Lewis

    Leads 1 award · $736,425

    • 5R01MH138190-03Department: NIH department code
      Test-to-PrEP: A Randomized Hybrid Implementation/Effectiveness Trial of a Social Network Strategy to Increase Reach of HIV Testing and PrEP Information
      $736,425
      award amount

  34. Hansel Emory Tookes

    Leads 2 awards · $707,950

    • 5R01DA058352-04Department: NIH department code
      In pursuit of a one-stop shop: a hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation trial of comprehensive tele-health concierge for people who inject drugs

      Principal investigators: Hansel Emory Tookes (contact PI), Joshua Adam Barocas, Tyler Scott Bartholomew

      $605,728
      award amount
    • 3R01DA058352-04S1Department: NIH department code
      In pursuit of a one-stop shop: a hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation trial of comprehensive tele-health concierge for people who inject drugs

      Principal investigators: Hansel Emory Tookes (contact PI), Tyler Scott Bartholomew

      $102,222
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DA060462-03, led by Tyler Scott Bartholomew; 5R01DA058437-04, led by Mario Stevenson; 3R01DA060462-03S1, led by Tyler Scott Bartholomew.

  35. Claudia Martinez

    Leads 1 award · $686,555

    • 5R01HL167658-04Department: NIH department code
      The study of Eicosanoids as Novel Inflammatory Mediators of CVD in Men and Women with HIV

      Principal investigators: Claudia Martinez (contact PI), Inga Peter

      $686,555
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2U01HL146203-08, led by Maria Luisa Alcaide.

  36. Alessia Fornoni

    Leads 3 awards · $596,142

    • 5R01DK136679-04Department: NIH department code
      APOM deficiency contributes to renal failure in glomerular diseases
      $445,471
      award amount
    • 5U01DK116101-09Department: NIH department code
      1-13 ApoL1 Genotypes in Kidney Donors and Long-Term Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients Clinical Center

      Principal investigators: Alessia Fornoni (contact PI), Mariella Cecilia Ortigosa-Goggins

      $129,373
      award amount
    • 5T35DK121678-07Department: NIH department code
      University of Miami kidney Innovative & Interdisciplinary Medical Education in Research Activities (UM-KIIMERA)
      $21,298
      award amount

  37. Joao Pedro Saar Werneck De Castro

    Leads 1 award · $534,988

    • 1R01DK142999-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Physical exercise to preserve beta-cell function and mass.
      $534,988
      award amount

  38. Estefania Quesada Masachs

    Leads 1 award · $460,500

    • 5R01AI092453-13Department: NIH department code
      Specificity, Phenotype and Function of Pancreatic CD8 T Cells in Human Type 1 Diabetes
      $460,500
      award amount

  39. Patricia Denise Jones

    Leads 2 awards · $401,888

    • 5K08CA255413-05Department: NIH department code
      The Impact of Genetic Ancestry on Racial Disparities in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Risk and Mortality
      $237,065
      award amount
    • 5U01CA288421-04Department: NIH department code
      Genetic and Environmental risk of NAFLD-related HCC In All Latinos: the GENIAL Study

      Principal investigators: Patricia Denise Jones (contact PI), Yvonne Nicole Flores

      $164,823
      award amount

  40. David Seth Goldberg

    Leads 1 award · $400,730

    • 5R01AA030968-04Department: NIH department code
      3/4-The INTEGRATE Study: Evaluating INTEGRATEd Care to Improve Biopsychosocial Outcomes of Early Liver Transplantation for Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease

      Principal investigators: David Seth Goldberg (contact PI), Natasha Schaefer Solle

      $400,730
      award amount

  41. Justin Taylor

    Leads 1 award · $383,751

    • 5R35GM151109-04Department: NIH department code
      The role of XPO1 in nuclear export of RNA
      $383,751
      award amount

  42. Chunming Dong

    Leads 1 award · $383,750

  43. Joana Almaca

    Leads 1 award · $383,750

    • 5R01DK133483-05Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the link between pericyte dysfunction and loss of glucose homeostasis in COVID-19
      $383,750
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DK138471-03, led by Alejandro Caicedo.

  44. Manuel Blandino-Rosano

    Leads 1 award · $383,750

    • 5R01DK132095-04Department: NIH department code
      Dynorphin, a novel paracrine factor that regulates insulin secretion
      $383,750
      award amount

  45. Ernesto Bernal-Mizrachi

    Leads 1 award · $363,118

    • 5R01DK133183-05Department: NIH department code
      Amino acid sensing mechanisms in beta and alpha cells
      $363,118
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DK138471-03, led by Alejandro Caicedo.

  46. Girardin Jean-Louis

    Leads 1 award · $336,898

    • 5R25HL105444-17Department: NIH department code
      Promoting Academic Workforce Development in Behavioral Medicine and Sleep Disorders Research

      Principal investigators: Girardin Jean-Louis (contact PI), Tatjana Rundek

      $336,898
      award amount

  47. Oriana Mazorra Damas

    Leads 1 award · $333,863

    • 5R01DK140964-03Department: NIH department code
      Targeting gut inflammation through diet: a tailored American diet for patients with ulcerative colitis
      $333,863
      award amount

  48. Naresh M Punjabi

    Leads 1 award · $285,684

    • 5T32HL167121-04Department: NIH department code
      PRiSM (Pulmonary, Respiratory, and Sleep Medicine) Training Program
      $285,684
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R21HL178402-02, led by Phabiola MacArena Herrera Aldana.

  49. Dionysios C Watson

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00CA277242-05Department: NIH department code
      Mitochondrial transfer from astrocytes to glioblastoma cells drives tumor growth
      $249,000
      award amount

  50. Phabiola MacArena Herrera Aldana

    Leads 1 award · $115,125

  51. Noah Joseph Levi

    Leads 1 award · $46,714

    • 5F30DK139715-02Department: NIH department code
      The impact of the neuronal Kv7.2 current on cholinergic control of pancreas secretion
      $46,714
      award amount

  52. Matthew Robert Tolerico

    Leads 1 award · $43,714

    • 5F31DK137425-03Department: NIH department code
      The contribution of the APOM/S1P signaling axis to podocyte injury
      $43,714
      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.