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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Physiology at University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

Funding
$17.4M
$17,383,366
Awards
47
FY2026 NIH awards in Physiology
Principal investigators
41
32 lead a grant here, 9 co-investigators
Department rank
#5
of 89 · 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 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.

  1. Scott Pletcher

    Leads 3 awards · $2,280,036

    • 4RF1AG030593-18Department: NIH department code
      Modulation of aging by Sensory Perception
      $1,272,365
      award amount
    • 5R33AG078428-05Department: NIH department code
      Systems and methods for molecular dissection of socio-environmental effects on aging
      $544,543
      award amount
    • 4R37AG051649-11Department: NIH department code
      Modulation of aging through mechanisms of nutrient demand and reward
      $463,128
      award amount
  2. William E Rainey

    Leads 2 awards · $1,317,883

    • 2R01DK106618-10A1Department: NIH department code
      Adrenal Origins of Aldosterone Excess

      Principal investigators: William E Rainey (contact PI), Aaron Mark Udager

      $770,317
      award amount
    • 5R01DK043140-27Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms Leading to Adrenal Zonation
      $547,566
      award amount
  3. Carol Fuzeti Elias

    Leads 3 awards · $1,316,422

    • 5U2CDK135066-04Department: NIH department code
      Metabolic 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)

      $692,295
      award amount
    • 5R01HD106962-04Department: NIH department code
      Sex-specific role of androgen signaling in neuroendocrine-behavior interface
      $416,515
      award amount
    • 2T32NS076401-26Department: NIH department code
      Early Stage Training in the Neurosciences

      Principal investigators: Carol Fuzeti Elias (contact PI), Leslie S. Satin

      $207,612
      award amount
  4. Ormond A MacDougald

    Leads 3 awards · $1,206,293

    • 5R01DK125513-06Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of adipocyte loss in laminopathy-induced lipodystrophy in mice and humans

      Principal investigators: Ormond A MacDougald (contact PI), Elif Arioglu Oral

      $643,228
      award amount
    • 5R01DK137798-03Department: NIH department code
      Metabolism and functions of bone marrow adipose tissue in the marrow niche
      $455,065
      award amount
    • 5R25DK141426-02Department: NIH department code
      Michigan Summer Undergraduate Research Experience: Diabetes & Metabolic Diseases

      Principal investigators: Ormond A MacDougald (contact PI), Lei Yin, Xin Tong

      $108,000
      award amount
  5. Costas Andreas Lyssiotis

    Leads 3 awards · $1,171,569

    • 1R21HD121197-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Defining the role of the malate-aspartate shuttle in development

      Principal investigators: Costas Andreas Lyssiotis (contact PI), Barry Alvin Allen

      $413,443
      award amount
    • 1R01CA313980-01Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Uridine Metabolism in Pancreatic Cancer
      $400,614
      award amount
    • 5R37CA237421-07Department: NIH department code
      Intratumoral Metabolic Crosstalk Promotes Therapeutic Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer
      $357,512
      award amount
  6. Liangyou Rui

    Leads 2 awards · $1,159,135

    • 5R01DK141559-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of hypothalamic SH2B1 neurocircuits and SH2B1 signal transduction pathways in obesity and metabolic disease
      $684,895
      award amount
    • 5R01DK130111-05Department: NIH department code
      Role of adipose mRNA modifications in metabolic disease
      $474,240
      award amount
  7. Suzanne M Moenter

    Leads 3 awards · $1,151,147

    • 5R37HD034860-30Department: NIH department code
      Cellular and molecular bases for rhythmic GnRH release
      $568,853
      award amount
    • 5R01HD041469-25Department: NIH department code
      Central Actions of Estrogens: Effects on GnRH Neurons
      $411,522
      award amount
    • 5T32HD079342-13Department: NIH department code
      Career Training in Reproductive Biology
      $170,772
      award amount
  8. Daniel A Beard

    Leads 3 awards · $893,065

    • 5T32GM150581-04Department: NIH department code
      Systems and Integrative Biology Training Program
      $313,135
      award amount
    • 5R01HL173346-03Department: NIH department code
      Multi-Scale Systems Analysis of Metabolic and Mechanical Determinants of Reserve Cardiac Power Output
      $290,652
      award amount
    • 3R01HL173346-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Multi-Scale Systems Analysis of Metabolic and Mechanical Determinants of Reserve Cardiac Power Output
      $289,278
      award amount
  9. Matthias Christof Truttmann

    Leads 2 awards · $884,581

    • 2R35GM142561-06Department: NIH department code
      Conserved regulation of proteostasis by post-translational protein AMPylation
      $466,141
      award amount
    • 1R21NS151155-01Department: NIH department code
      Targeting the ER-resident AMPylase FICD to Ameliorate Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3
      $418,440
      award amount
  10. Susan V Brooks

    Leads 2 awards · $757,796

    • 5R01AG086251-03Department: NIH department code
      Preservation of muscle function through Schwann cell regulation of motor unit expansion
      $569,854
      award amount
    • 5R25HL108842-12Department: NIH department code
      Developing Future Scientists
      $187,942
      award amount
  11. Yatrik M Shah

    Leads 1 award · $698,769

    • 1R01DK142719-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Defining the role of histidine metabolism in intestinal iron absorption
      $698,769
      award amount
  12. Lucy Hoffmann Kennedy

    Leads 1 award · $692,295

  13. Nathan R. Qi

    Leads 1 award · $692,295

  14. Linda C. Samuelson

    Leads 1 award · $610,509

    • 5R01DK142725-02Department: NIH department code
      Wnt-Retinoic Acid Regulation of Gastric Epithelial Cells
      $610,509
      award amount
  15. Christian Richard Burgess

    Leads 1 award · $532,242

    • 1R01NS150237-01Department: NIH department code
      Identifying neural circuits regulating entrance into REM sleep
      $532,242
      award amount
  16. Jun Hee Lee

    Leads 1 award · $514,381

    • 5R01AG079163-09Department: NIH department code
      Sestrins-mediated integration of leucine and exercise benefits for mitochondrial homeostasis

      Principal investigators: Jun Hee Lee (contact PI), Myungjin Kim

      $514,381
      award amount
  17. Jayakrishnan Nandakumar

    Leads 2 awards · $474,520

    • 5R01HD108809-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of chromosome motility during mammalian meiosis
      $465,340
      award amount
    • 3R01HD108809-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of chromosome motility during mammalian meiosis
      $9,180
      award amount
  18. Michael Mark Alexander Sutton

    Leads 1 award · $429,000

  19. Scott F Leiser

    Leads 1 award · $390,347

    • 5R01AG075061-05Department: NIH department code
      Flavin-containing monooxygenases in endogenous metabolism and aging
      $390,347
      award amount
  20. Anthony G Vecchiarelli

    Leads 1 award · $381,935

    • 5R35GM152128-03Department: NIH department code
      Coordinated Spatial Organization in Bacteria
      $381,935
      award amount
  21. Morgan Desantis

    Leads 1 award · $375,088

    • 5R35GM146739-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of dynein regulation
      $375,088
      award amount
  22. Juilee Rege

    Leads 1 award · $370,881

    • 5R01HL174676-03Department: NIH department code
      Genetic Causes of Endocrine Hypertension in Black Americans
      $370,881
      award amount
  23. Michaela Katherine Quintero

    Leads 1 award · $79,348

    • 5F32DK142253-02Department: NIH department code
      Defining the Notch niche for Intestinal Stem cells
      $79,348
      award amount
  24. Angelo Anacleto

    Leads 1 award · $44,666

    • 5F31AG094300-02Department: NIH department code
      Identifying Global Rejuvenation Mechanisms in Tissues that Reverses Age-Related Phenotypes in Planarians
      $44,666
      award amount
  25. Shannon McCollum

    Leads 1 award · $44,666

    • 5F31DK143736-02Department: NIH department code
      Define mechanisms by which host-microbe metabolite exchange regulates cellular and system iron homeostasis.
      $44,666
      award amount
  26. Gillian Davidson

    Leads 1 award · $44,159

    • 1F31HD122367-01Department: NIH department code
      Defining the role of the malate aspartate shuttle in embryonic development
      $44,159
      award amount
  27. Aylin Zeynep Henstridge

    Leads 1 award · $44,158

    • 1F31CA317981-01Department: NIH department code
      Defining the role of Neural Cancer Associated Fibroblasts on Chemoresponse and Perineural Invasion in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
      $44,158
      award amount
  28. Julia Mae Ugras

    Leads 1 award · $44,158

    • 1F31CA310311-01Department: NIH department code
      Defining the Role of Uridine Metabolism in Pancreatic Tumorigenesis
      $44,158
      award amount
  29. Kathryn Buscher

    Leads 1 award · $44,158

    • 1F31DK142349-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Metabolic regulation of fibrosis through STAT3 signaling
      $44,158
      award amount
  30. Alvin Chiu

    Leads 1 award · $44,148

    • 5F31DA062422-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of norepinephrine in learned cue-reward associations
      $44,148
      award amount
  31. Brandon Anthony Toth

    Leads 1 award · $39,275

    • 5F31NS132434-03Department: NIH department code
      Monoaminergic and limbic systems underlying narcolepsy-cataplexy
      $39,275
      award amount
  32. Lisa Leung

    Leads 1 award · $39,031

    • 1F31HL184568-01Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing a novel pathway involving Plasminogen activator-inhibitor 1 and Sortilin-related receptor 1 as a key driver in pulmonary fibrosis
      $39,031
      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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • Shigeki Iwase

    Co-investigator on 1R21MH144311-01, led by Michael Mark Alexander Sutton

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • 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

  • 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.