FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Microbiology & Immunology at University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
- 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 Microbiology & Immunology row of the University of Michigan page.
Leads a grant in this department
32 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.
Alice Telesnitsky
Leads 1 award · $5,118,032
- 5U54AI170660-05Department: NIH department codeCenter for Structural Biology of HIV RNA$5,118,032award amount
Bethany B. Moore
Leads 2 awards · $1,548,417
- 5R35HL176572-02Department: NIH department codeImmune crosstalk in lung injury and fibrosis$1,039,966award amount
- 5T32AI007413-34Department: NIH department codeResearch Training in Experimental Immunology$508,451award amount
Philip D King
Leads 2 awards · $1,244,803
- 2R01HL120888-09A1Department: NIH department codeRas-MAPK Regulation of Lymphatic Vessel Valve Development$660,214award amount
- 5R01NS139796-02Department: NIH department codeA Novel Mechanism of Ras Regulation Necessary for Normal Vascular Development
Principal investigators: Philip D King (contact PI), Titus Jonathon Boggon
$584,589award amount
Akira Ono
Leads 1 award · $682,812
- 5R37AI071727-20Department: NIH department codeMechanisms that determine subcellular sites of HIV-1 assembly$682,812award amount
Eric C Martens
Leads 1 award · $675,872
- 5R01DK118024-08Department: NIH department codeDietary fiber and soy protein-based microbiome metabolites for IBD prevention
Principal investigators: Eric C Martens (contact PI), Grace Y. Chen
$675,872award amount
Vernon Bruce Carruthers
Leads 1 award · $616,867
- 5R01AI187178-02Department: NIH department codeCuring chronic Toxoplasma infection with novel and potent protease inhibitors
Principal investigators: Vernon Bruce Carruthers (contact PI), Cagri Besirli, Martin Christopher Clasby, Matthew J O'Meara
$616,867award amount
Mark T. Anderson
Leads 1 award · $611,029
- 5R01AI165582-05Department: NIH department codeE. coli virulence gene expression during clinical UTIs in women
Principal investigators: Mark T. Anderson (contact PI), Melanie M. Pearson
$611,029award amount
Evan Snitkin
Leads 1 award · $596,074
- 5R01AI175227-03Department: NIH department codeGenomic methods for studying microbial transmission in healthcare settings$596,074award amount
Malini Raghavan
Leads 1 award · $545,098
- 5R01AI044115-26Department: NIH department codeInfluences of HLA Class I Polymorphisms on immune responses$545,098award amount
Teresa R. Omeara
Leads 2 awards · $476,341
- 5R35GM147894-05Department: NIH department codeDiscovery of gene function and dissection of network re-wiring in non-model fungi$382,160award amount
- 3R35GM147894-05S1Department: NIH department codeDiscovery of gene function and dissection of network re-wiring in non-model fungi$94,181award amount
Also a principal investigator on 1R21AI197487-01, led by Marcy J Balunas.
Xiaofeng Zhou
Leads 1 award · $429,000
- 1R21NS147200-01A1Department: NIH department codeHerpesvirus Reactivation as a Cause of Chronic Fatigue Following Coronavirus Infection$429,000award amount
Yifan Wang
Leads 1 award · $411,780
- 1R21AI187670-01A1Department: NIH department codeDeciphering Virulence Determinants of Human-Pathogenic Atypical Toxoplasma gondii$411,780award amount
Marcy J Balunas
Leads 1 award · $411,078
- 1R21AI197487-01Department: NIH department codeExploiting symbiosis to identify novel antifungals to combat emerging drug-resistant pathogens
Principal investigators: Marcy J Balunas (contact PI), Teresa R. Omeara
$411,078award amount
Yasmina Laouar
Leads 1 award · $411,078
- 1R21AI196799-01Department: NIH department codeModeling Dirty Timestamp Mice to Assess the Impact of Perinatal Exposure to Diverse Pathogenic Microbes on the Functional Programming of Group 1 ILCs$411,078award amount
Patrick David Schloss
Leads 1 award · $378,252
- 1R25GM166785-01Department: NIH department codeCreating models and providing training in data visualization to enhance data reproducibility and replicability$378,252award amount
Katherine Camille Barnett
Leads 1 award · $243,748
- 5R00AI175479-04Department: NIH department codeRegulation of Pathologic Inflammasome Responses to SARS-CoV-2$243,748award amount
Melanie M. Pearson
Leads 1 award · $195,000
- 1R21AI201758-01Department: NIH department codeDevelopment of a urea-inducible Proteus mirabilis regulator library for urinary tract infection modeling$195,000award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5R01AI165582-05, led by Mark T. Anderson.
Guolei Zhao
Leads 1 award · $194,400
- 1K99AI201933-01Department: NIH department codeDefining the Fungal and Host Determinants of Candida auris Skin Colonization$194,400award amount
Michael James McFadden
Leads 1 award · $194,400
- 1K99AI184677-01A1Department: NIH department codeThe role of organelle contact sites in macrophage antifungal responses$194,400award amount
Mary O'Riordan
Leads 1 award · $186,758
- 1R21AI190141-01A1Department: NIH department codeInfection-induced cell cycle diversion promotes macrophage inflammatory biogenesis$186,758award amount
Christiane Wobus
Leads 1 award · $186,600
- 1R21AI184493-01A1Department: NIH department codeHuman astrovirus interactions with the intestinal epithelial barrier$186,600award amount
Elliott Daniel Sorelle
Leads 1 award · $178,777
- 5K22CA288946-02Department: NIH department codeResolving viral oncoprotein control of terminal cell fates to limit Epstein-Barr virus-driven lymphoproliferation$178,777award amount
Ricardo De Souza Cardoso
Leads 1 award · $132,300
- 5K99AI194970-02Department: NIH department codeThe multifaceted roles of PI(4,5)P2 on HIV-1 assembly$132,300award amount
Ajay John Larkin
Leads 1 award · $79,000
- 1F32AI202697-01Department: NIH department codeEstablishing gene essentiality and incorporation in Candida auris$79,000award amount
Chris Joel Nieves
Leads 1 award · $50,114
- 1F31AI203399-01Department: NIH department codeInvestigating the antiviral effects of CD43 and PSGL-1 on HIV-1 in cell-free infection and cell-to-cell transmission$50,114award amount
Emma Catherine Milligan
Leads 1 award · $50,114
- 1F31AI203625-01Department: NIH department codeThe speed-fidelity trade-off in influenza A virus evolution$50,114award amount
Francina Elcira Gonzalez De Los Santos
Leads 1 award · $50,114
- 1F31HL179788-01A1Department: NIH department codeThe role of Toll-Like Receptor-9 in type II epithelial cells and fibroblasts during influenza and S. aureus coinfection$50,114award amount
Jackson Robert Rapala
Leads 1 award · $50,114
- 1F31AI200208-01Department: NIH department codeGenome-wide prediction of gene function in Candida auris through transcriptomic and structural analysis$50,114award amount
Olivia S Harlow
Leads 1 award · $50,114
- 1F31HL184360-01Department: NIH department codeDefining mechanisms for induction of antibacterial lung-resident CD4 T cells$50,114award amount
Sheridan Mikhail
Leads 1 award · $50,114
- 5F31HL181994-02Department: NIH department codeThermoneutral Housing Protects from Fibrosis in IL-10 dependent manner$50,114award amount
Sophia Maxfield
Leads 1 award · $50,114
- 1F31AI200160-01Department: NIH department codeDefining microbe-induced immune alterations precluding allergic airway eosinophilia$50,114award amount
Tiffany Wan
Leads 1 award · $50,114
- 1F31AI202778-01Department: NIH department codeGenomic drivers and clinical impact of colistin heteroresistance in carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae$50,114award 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.
Grace Y. Chen
Co-investigator on 5R01DK118024-08, led by Eric C Martens
From the FY2024 awards this person leads
- University of Michigan · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)
Cagri Besirli
Co-investigator on 5R01AI187178-02, led by Vernon Bruce Carruthers
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Martin Christopher Clasby
Co-investigator on 5R01AI187178-02, led by Vernon Bruce Carruthers
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Matthew J O'Meara
Co-investigator on 5R01AI187178-02, led by Vernon Bruce Carruthers
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Michigan · Biostatistics & Math Sciences (NIH department code, 1 award)
Titus Jonathon Boggon
Co-investigator on 5R01NS139796-02, led by Philip D King
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Yale University · Pharmacology (NIH department code, 1 award)