FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Physiology 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 Physiology 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.
Scott Pletcher
Leads 3 awards · $2,280,036
- 4RF1AG030593-18Department: NIH department codeModulation of aging by Sensory Perception$1,272,365award amount
- 5R33AG078428-05Department: NIH department codeSystems and methods for molecular dissection of socio-environmental effects on aging$544,543award amount
- 4R37AG051649-11Department: NIH department codeModulation of aging through mechanisms of nutrient demand and reward$463,128award amount
William E Rainey
Leads 2 awards · $1,317,883
- 2R01DK106618-10A1Department: NIH department codeAdrenal Origins of Aldosterone Excess
Principal investigators: William E Rainey (contact PI), Aaron Mark Udager
$770,317award amount - 5R01DK043140-27Department: NIH department codeMechanisms Leading to Adrenal Zonation$547,566award amount
Carol Fuzeti Elias
Leads 3 awards · $1,316,422
- 5U2CDK135066-04Department: NIH department codeMetabolic Phenotyping in Live Models of Obesity and Diabetes
Principal investigators: Carol Fuzeti Elias (contact PI), Lucy Hoffmann Kennedy (contact PI), Nathan R. Qi (contact PI)
$692,295award amount - 5R01HD106962-04Department: NIH department codeSex-specific role of androgen signaling in neuroendocrine-behavior interface$416,515award amount
- 2T32NS076401-26Department: NIH department codeEarly Stage Training in the Neurosciences
Principal investigators: Carol Fuzeti Elias (contact PI), Leslie S. Satin
$207,612award amount
Ormond A MacDougald
Leads 3 awards · $1,206,293
- 5R01DK125513-06Department: NIH department codeMechanisms of adipocyte loss in laminopathy-induced lipodystrophy in mice and humans
Principal investigators: Ormond A MacDougald (contact PI), Elif Arioglu Oral
$643,228award amount - 5R01DK137798-03Department: NIH department codeMetabolism and functions of bone marrow adipose tissue in the marrow niche$455,065award amount
- 5R25DK141426-02Department: NIH department codeMichigan Summer Undergraduate Research Experience: Diabetes & Metabolic Diseases
Principal investigators: Ormond A MacDougald (contact PI), Lei Yin, Xin Tong
$108,000award amount
Costas Andreas Lyssiotis
Leads 3 awards · $1,171,569
- 1R21HD121197-01A1Department: NIH department codeDefining the role of the malate-aspartate shuttle in development
Principal investigators: Costas Andreas Lyssiotis (contact PI), Barry Alvin Allen
$413,443award amount - 1R01CA313980-01Department: NIH department codeTargeting Uridine Metabolism in Pancreatic Cancer$400,614award amount
- 5R37CA237421-07Department: NIH department codeIntratumoral Metabolic Crosstalk Promotes Therapeutic Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer$357,512award amount
Liangyou Rui
Leads 2 awards · $1,159,135
- 5R01DK141559-02Department: NIH department codeRole of hypothalamic SH2B1 neurocircuits and SH2B1 signal transduction pathways in obesity and metabolic disease$684,895award amount
- 5R01DK130111-05Department: NIH department codeRole of adipose mRNA modifications in metabolic disease$474,240award amount
Suzanne M Moenter
Leads 3 awards · $1,151,147
- 5R37HD034860-30Department: NIH department codeCellular and molecular bases for rhythmic GnRH release$568,853award amount
- 5R01HD041469-25Department: NIH department codeCentral Actions of Estrogens: Effects on GnRH Neurons$411,522award amount
- 5T32HD079342-13Department: NIH department codeCareer Training in Reproductive Biology$170,772award amount
Daniel A Beard
Leads 3 awards · $893,065
- 5T32GM150581-04Department: NIH department codeSystems and Integrative Biology Training Program$313,135award amount
- 5R01HL173346-03Department: NIH department codeMulti-Scale Systems Analysis of Metabolic and Mechanical Determinants of Reserve Cardiac Power Output$290,652award amount
- 3R01HL173346-03S1Department: NIH department codeMulti-Scale Systems Analysis of Metabolic and Mechanical Determinants of Reserve Cardiac Power Output$289,278award amount
Matthias Christof Truttmann
Leads 2 awards · $884,581
- 2R35GM142561-06Department: NIH department codeConserved regulation of proteostasis by post-translational protein AMPylation$466,141award amount
- 1R21NS151155-01Department: NIH department codeTargeting the ER-resident AMPylase FICD to Ameliorate Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3$418,440award amount
Susan V Brooks
Leads 2 awards · $757,796
- 5R01AG086251-03Department: NIH department codePreservation of muscle function through Schwann cell regulation of motor unit expansion$569,854award amount
- 5R25HL108842-12Department: NIH department codeDeveloping Future Scientists$187,942award amount
Yatrik M Shah
Leads 1 award · $698,769
- 1R01DK142719-01A1Department: NIH department codeDefining the role of histidine metabolism in intestinal iron absorption$698,769award amount
Lucy Hoffmann Kennedy
Leads 1 award · $692,295
- 5U2CDK135066-04Department: NIH department codeMetabolic Phenotyping in Live Models of Obesity and Diabetes
Principal investigators: Carol Fuzeti Elias (contact PI), Lucy Hoffmann Kennedy (contact PI), Nathan R. Qi (contact PI)
$692,295award amount
Nathan R. Qi
Leads 1 award · $692,295
- 5U2CDK135066-04Department: NIH department codeMetabolic Phenotyping in Live Models of Obesity and Diabetes
Principal investigators: Carol Fuzeti Elias (contact PI), Lucy Hoffmann Kennedy (contact PI), Nathan R. Qi (contact PI)
$692,295award amount
Linda C. Samuelson
Leads 1 award · $610,509
- 5R01DK142725-02Department: NIH department codeWnt-Retinoic Acid Regulation of Gastric Epithelial Cells$610,509award amount
Christian Richard Burgess
Leads 1 award · $532,242
- 1R01NS150237-01Department: NIH department codeIdentifying neural circuits regulating entrance into REM sleep$532,242award amount
Jun Hee Lee
Leads 1 award · $514,381
- 5R01AG079163-09Department: NIH department codeSestrins-mediated integration of leucine and exercise benefits for mitochondrial homeostasis
Principal investigators: Jun Hee Lee (contact PI), Myungjin Kim
$514,381award amount
Jayakrishnan Nandakumar
Leads 2 awards · $474,520
- 5R01HD108809-05Department: NIH department codeMechanisms of chromosome motility during mammalian meiosis$465,340award amount
- 3R01HD108809-05S1Department: NIH department codeMechanisms of chromosome motility during mammalian meiosis$9,180award amount
Michael Mark Alexander Sutton
Leads 1 award · $429,000
- 1R21MH144311-01Department: NIH department codeGene dosage, synaptic neotony, and neurodevelopmental disorders
Principal investigators: Michael Mark Alexander Sutton (contact PI), Louis Tuong Chinh Dang, Shigeki Iwase
$429,000award amount
Scott F Leiser
Leads 1 award · $390,347
- 5R01AG075061-05Department: NIH department codeFlavin-containing monooxygenases in endogenous metabolism and aging$390,347award amount
Anthony G Vecchiarelli
Leads 1 award · $381,935
- 5R35GM152128-03Department: NIH department codeCoordinated Spatial Organization in Bacteria$381,935award amount
Morgan Desantis
Leads 1 award · $375,088
- 5R35GM146739-05Department: NIH department codeMechanisms of dynein regulation$375,088award amount
Juilee Rege
Leads 1 award · $370,881
- 5R01HL174676-03Department: NIH department codeGenetic Causes of Endocrine Hypertension in Black Americans$370,881award amount
Michaela Katherine Quintero
Leads 1 award · $79,348
- 5F32DK142253-02Department: NIH department codeDefining the Notch niche for Intestinal Stem cells$79,348award amount
Angelo Anacleto
Leads 1 award · $44,666
- 5F31AG094300-02Department: NIH department codeIdentifying Global Rejuvenation Mechanisms in Tissues that Reverses Age-Related Phenotypes in Planarians$44,666award amount
Shannon McCollum
Leads 1 award · $44,666
- 5F31DK143736-02Department: NIH department codeDefine mechanisms by which host-microbe metabolite exchange regulates cellular and system iron homeostasis.$44,666award amount
Gillian Davidson
Leads 1 award · $44,159
- 1F31HD122367-01Department: NIH department codeDefining the role of the malate aspartate shuttle in embryonic development$44,159award amount
Aylin Zeynep Henstridge
Leads 1 award · $44,158
- 1F31CA317981-01Department: NIH department codeDefining the role of Neural Cancer Associated Fibroblasts on Chemoresponse and Perineural Invasion in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma$44,158award amount
Julia Mae Ugras
Leads 1 award · $44,158
- 1F31CA310311-01Department: NIH department codeDefining the Role of Uridine Metabolism in Pancreatic Tumorigenesis$44,158award amount
Kathryn Buscher
Leads 1 award · $44,158
- 1F31DK142349-01A1Department: NIH department codeMetabolic regulation of fibrosis through STAT3 signaling$44,158award amount
Alvin Chiu
Leads 1 award · $44,148
- 5F31DA062422-02Department: NIH department codeInvestigating the role of norepinephrine in learned cue-reward associations$44,148award amount
Brandon Anthony Toth
Leads 1 award · $39,275
- 5F31NS132434-03Department: NIH department codeMonoaminergic and limbic systems underlying narcolepsy-cataplexy$39,275award amount
Lisa Leung
Leads 1 award · $39,031
- 1F31HL184568-01Department: NIH department codeCharacterizing a novel pathway involving Plasminogen activator-inhibitor 1 and Sortilin-related receptor 1 as a key driver in pulmonary fibrosis$39,031award 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.
Aaron Mark Udager
Co-investigator on 2R01DK106618-10A1, led by William E Rainey
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Elif Arioglu Oral
Co-investigator on 5R01DK125513-06, led by Ormond A MacDougald
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Michigan · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)
Myungjin Kim
Co-investigator on 5R01AG079163-09, led by Jun Hee Lee
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Louis Tuong Chinh Dang
Co-investigator on 1R21MH144311-01, led by Michael Mark Alexander Sutton
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Michigan · Pediatrics (NIH department code, 1 award)
Shigeki Iwase
Co-investigator on 1R21MH144311-01, led by Michael Mark Alexander Sutton
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Michigan · Genetics (NIH department code, 3 awards)
Barry Alvin Allen
Co-investigator on 1R21HD121197-01A1, led by Costas Andreas Lyssiotis
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Leslie S. Satin
Co-investigator on 2T32NS076401-26, led by Carol Fuzeti Elias
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Lei Yin
Co-investigator on 5R25DK141426-02, led by Ormond A MacDougald
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- University of Michigan · Physiology (NIH department code, 1 award)
Xin Tong
Co-investigator on 5R25DK141426-02, led by Ormond A MacDougald
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.