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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Dentistry at University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

Funding
$12.7M
$12,653,514
Awards
29
FY2026 NIH awards in Dentistry
Principal investigators
28
23 lead a grant here, 5 co-investigators
Department rank
Not ranked
Outside the 27 ranked departments
  • 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 Dentistry row of the University of Michigan page.

Leads a grant in this department

23 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. Margherita R Fontana

    Leads 1 award · $1,716,529

    • 5U01DE021412-15Department: NIH department code
      Predicting Caries Lesion Patterns and Trajectories in Underserved Children, from Infancy to Early Adolescence, in Primary Healthcare Settings
      $1,716,529
      award amount

  2. Isabelle M.a. Lombaert

    Leads 2 awards · $1,223,100

    • 5R01DE032345-04Department: NIH department code
      Defining the Targets and Function of Direct Trigeminal Sensory Innervation to Salivary Glands
      $621,158
      award amount
    • 5R01DE032014-05Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic Therapy to Treat Radiation-induced Xerostomia
      $601,942
      award amount

  3. Tian Liang

    Leads 3 awards · $1,154,876

    • 1R01DE035828-01Department: NIH department code
      The Molecular Mechanism and Targeted Reconstruction of Peritubular Dentin Mineralization
      $593,876
      award amount
    • 1R03DE034786-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Revealing the Trajectory and Critical Roles of Retinoic Acid in Ameloblast Differentiation

      Principal investigators: Tian Liang (contact PI), Weichen Zhou

      $312,000
      award amount
    • 5R00DE030858-05Department: NIH department code
      Ameloblast-specific mineral ribbon attachment/elongation complex in enamel formation
      $249,000
      award amount

  4. David H. Kohn

    Leads 2 awards · $1,124,580

    • 5R01AR082565-03Department: NIH department code
      Osteocytic mechanisms required for spatiotemporal control of bone quality
      $610,843
      award amount
    • 5T32DE007057-50Department: NIH department code
      Tissue Engineering and Regeneration
      $513,737
      award amount

  5. Junichi Iwata

    Leads 2 awards · $956,732

    • 1R01DE035456-01Department: NIH department code
      Role of tissue homeostasis in Sjogren's disease
      $527,732
      award amount
    • 1R56DE035086-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Role of Autophagy in Enamel Development
      $429,000
      award amount

  6. Jacques Eduardo Nor

    Leads 2 awards · $760,500

    • 5R37DE021410-12Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of dental pulp stem cell fate
      $390,000
      award amount
    • 5R01DE021139-15Department: NIH department code
      Salivary gland cancer stem cells
      $370,500
      award amount

  7. Joshua James Emrick

    Leads 1 award · $600,214

    • 1R01DE035109-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Defining the cells, circuits, and phenotypes of odontogenic pain
      $600,214
      award amount

  8. J Christopher Fenno

    Leads 1 award · $576,278

    • 5R01DE025225-10Department: NIH department code
      Treponema - Host Cell and Tissue Interactions

      Principal investigators: J Christopher Fenno (contact PI), Yvonne L Kapila

      $576,278
      award amount

  9. Marco C Bottino

    Leads 1 award · $534,474

    • 5R01DE031476-05Department: NIH department code
      Personalized Strategies for Periodontal Tissue Regeneration - A Converged Biofabrication Approach
      $534,474
      award amount

  10. Ann Marie Decker

    Leads 1 award · $479,095

    • 5R01DE034695-02Department: NIH department code
      Mertk-driven regeneration of alveolar bone
      $479,095
      award amount

  11. Jan Ching Chun Hu

    Leads 1 award · $442,870

    • 1R01DE035445-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Discovery, Validation, and Mitigation of Genetic Mutations Underlying Hereditary Enamel Defects
      $442,870
      award amount

  12. Antonio Morales-Hernandez

    Leads 1 award · $429,000

    • 1R21DE036033-01Department: NIH department code
      Effects of Recurrent Periodontitis in HSC Function
      $429,000
      award amount

  13. Lauren Elizabeth Surface

    Leads 1 award · $429,000

    • 1R35GM162436-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms that regulate cellular responses to phosphate
      $429,000
      award amount

  14. Tomer Stern

    Leads 1 award · $400,881

    • 1R35GM162152-01Department: NIH department code
      Uncovering Morphogenetic Modularity with Data Science
      $400,881
      award amount

  15. Livia Maria Andalo Tenuta

    Leads 1 award · $370,500

    • 5R01DE031236-05Department: NIH department code
      Enhancing the effect of fluoride for root caries control in high-risk older adults (Resub)
      $370,500
      award amount

  16. Peter X Ma

    Leads 1 award · $348,678

    • 5R01AR075770-06Department: NIH department code
      Regenerating Hyaline Cartilage Using Nanofibrous Hollow Microspheres and Synergizing TGF-β and HIF
      $348,678
      award amount

  17. Jae-Won Shin

    Leads 1 award · $303,766

    • 7R01HL171590-03Department: NIH department code
      Engineering extracellular vesicles for therapeutic receptor activation

      Principal investigators: Jae-Won Shin (contact PI), Kostandin Pajcini

      $303,766
      award amount

  18. Eri Takematsu

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00DE032773-03Department: NIH department code
      Skeletal Stem Cell-Neutrophil Dynamics in Surrogate BMP-2 Cleft Palate Repair
      $249,000
      award amount

  19. Yuji Mishina

    Leads 1 award · $244,620

  20. Renan Dal Fabbro

    Leads 1 award · $135,000

    • 5K99DE035132-02Department: NIH department code
      Bioinspired Synthetic High-Density Lipoprotein (sHDL) nanotherapeutics with immunomodulatory and regenerative potential in endodontics
      $135,000
      award amount

  21. Alexandre Dasilva

    Leads 1 award · $85,070

    • 5R01NS094413-10Department: NIH department code
      Investigation and Modulation of the Central Mu-Opioid Mechanism in Migraine (in vivo)
      $85,070
      award amount

  22. Hulya Taner

    Leads 1 award · $55,914

    • 5F31DE033922-03Department: NIH department code
      Intercepting the Evolution of Pro-Tumoral Myeloid Cells During the Initiation of Oral Cancer
      $55,914
      award amount

  23. Marsha-Kay Norissa Deanna Hutchinson

    Leads 1 award · $32,837

    • 5F30DE030686-05Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Molecular Mechanism of TRIP13-mediated Radiation Resistance in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
      $32,837
      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.