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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Surgery at University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

Funding
$24.6M
$24,581,727
Awards
49
FY2026 NIH awards in Surgery
Principal investigators
58
42 lead a grant here, 16 co-investigators
Department rank
#8
of 79 · 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 Surgery row of the University of Michigan page.

Leads a grant in this department

42 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. Weiping Zou

    Leads 5 awards · $2,816,196

    • 5R01CA261985-05Department: NIH department code
      CTL-killing capacity and cancer stiffness in cancer immunity and therapy
      $647,370
      award amount
    • 1R01CA306801-01Department: NIH department code
      ADAR1 PTM in Cancer Immunity and Immunotherapy

      Principal investigators: Weiping Zou (contact PI), Ilona Ewa Kryczek

      $646,949
      award amount
    • 1R01CA315634-01Department: NIH department code
      SLC members in DC-mediated tumor immunity and immunotherapy

      Principal investigators: Weiping Zou (contact PI), Ilona Ewa Kryczek

      $646,285
      award amount
    • 5R01CA288526-03Department: NIH department code
      MS4A7 in tumor resistance to immunotherapy
      $624,176
      award amount
    • 5T32CA009672-35Department: NIH department code
      University of Michigan Surgical Oncology Research Training Program

      Principal investigators: Weiping Zou (contact PI), Jacqueline Sara Jeruss

      $251,416
      award amount

  2. Marina Pasca Di Magliano

    Leads 3 awards · $2,077,311

  3. Katherine Ann Gallagher

    Leads 2 awards · $1,613,843

    • 5R35HL167143-04Department: NIH department code
      The epigenetic regulation of inflammation in tissue repair and vascular disease
      $1,028,998
      award amount
    • 5R01AR079863-05Department: NIH department code
      Targeting jmjd3 mitigates heterotopic ossification

      Principal investigators: Katherine Ann Gallagher (contact PI), Benjamin Levi

      $584,845
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32HL166130-04, led by Peter K Henke.

  4. Donald S Likosky

    Leads 2 awards · $1,306,869

    • 5R01HL167816-03Department: NIH department code
      Advancing Evidence-Based Heart Failure Care and Outcomes: A Mixed Methods Provider Network Evaluation

      Principal investigators: Donald S Likosky (contact PI), Daphne Watkins, Russell Funk

      $667,126
      award amount
    • 5R01HL175879-03Department: NIH department code
      Surgeons as High-Performance Athletes: Applying Player Development Strategies from Professional Sport to Enhance Surgical Performance

      Principal investigators: Donald S Likosky (contact PI), Joseph A Dearani

      $639,743
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32HL166113-04, led by Yuqing Eugene Chen.

  5. Christina Vadala Angeles

    Leads 2 awards · $1,270,805

    • 1R37CA292078-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Durability of memory T cell responses in melanoma
      $660,808
      award amount
    • 1R01CA308965-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Preclinical mouse models of liposarcoma for immuno-oncology applications
      $609,997
      award amount

  6. Jeffrey F Horowitz

    Leads 1 award · $1,169,992

  7. Joyce Lee

    Leads 1 award · $1,169,992

  8. Kanakadurga Singer

    Leads 1 award · $1,169,992

  9. Karen Eileen Peterson

    Leads 1 award · $1,169,992

  10. Ormond A MacDougald

    Leads 1 award · $1,169,992

  11. Randy J Seeley

    Leads 1 award · $1,169,992

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32DK108740-09, led by Justin Brigham Dimick.

  12. Subramaniam Pennathur

    Leads 1 award · $1,169,992

  13. John C Magee

    Leads 1 award · $1,017,462

    • 5U24DK062456-25Department: NIH department code
      Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN) Scientific and Data Coordinating Center
      $1,017,462
      award amount

  14. George Boris Mychaliska

    Leads 1 award · $903,185

    • 1R01HL183614-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Preemie ECMO System
      $903,185
      award amount

  15. Lesly A Dossett

    Leads 2 awards · $804,198

    • 5R01CA288625-03Department: NIH department code
      Evaluation of the Implementation and Effectiveness of the American College of Surgeons Operative Standards Program

      Principal investigators: Lesly A Dossett (contact PI), Daniel J Boffa

      $429,892
      award amount
    • 5R01HS029306-04Department: NIH department code
      De-implementation of Low-Value Testing in Patients Undergoing Low-Risk Surgery

      Principal investigators: Hari Nathan (contact PI), Lesly A Dossett (contact PI)

      $374,306
      award amount

  16. Frank Michael Davis

    Leads 1 award · $785,185

    • 1R01HL187297-01Department: NIH department code
      MOF Regulates Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Expansion
      $785,185
      award amount

  17. Stephen William Peter Kemp

    Leads 1 award · $779,997

  18. Zhong Wang

    Leads 1 award · $759,670

    • 1R01HL182950-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Metabolite-driven epigenetic regulation in heart repair.
      $759,670
      award amount

  19. Andrew Mounir Ibrahim

    Leads 2 awards · $752,305

    • 5R01HS028606-05Department: NIH department code
      Fulfilling the Promise of Hospital Consolidation to Improve Clinical Quality and Costs

      Principal investigators: Andrew Mounir Ibrahim (contact PI), Hari Nathan

      $376,401
      award amount
    • 5R01DK137466-04Department: NIH department code
      Insurance Coverage and Workforce Incentives to Improve Access to Surgical Care

      Principal investigators: Andrew Mounir Ibrahim (contact PI), Jonathan William Scott

      $375,904
      award amount

  20. Dogukan Mizrak

    Leads 1 award · $718,770

    • 5R01HL176683-02Department: NIH department code
      Sexually Dimorphic Mechanisms in Human Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm.
      $718,770
      award amount

  21. Bo Yang

    Leads 1 award · $710,285

    • 2R01HL151776-06Department: NIH department code
      Therapeutic Insights into Loeys-Dietz Syndrome using Humanized Models
      $710,285
      award amount

  22. Yaqing Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $667,567

    • 5R01CA290780-03Department: NIH department code
      Metabolic regulation of immunosuppressive myeloid cells in the tumor microenvironment of pancreatic cancer.

      Principal investigators: Yaqing Zhang (contact PI), Bin Zheng

      $667,567
      award amount

  23. Joseph Allen Potkay

    Leads 1 award · $662,284

    • 5R01HL166186-04Department: NIH department code
      Smart, wearable artificial lung system
      $662,284
      award amount

  24. Kyle Hershey Sheetz

    Leads 1 award · $630,098

    • 2R01DK131584-05Department: NIH department code
      Rapid Adoption of Robotic Surgery: Risks, Benefits, and Unintended Consequences
      $630,098
      award amount

  25. Dana Alexa Telem

    Leads 1 award · $610,703

    • 5R01DK128179-05Department: NIH department code
      Combining Policy and Implementation Science to Optimize Clinical Practice
      $610,703
      award amount

  26. David M. Lubman

    Leads 2 awards · $596,194

    • 5R01CA258240-05Department: NIH department code
      Universal Internal Standard for Reproducible Accurate Quantification of Exosome Protein Markers

      Principal investigators: David M. Lubman (contact PI), Tujin Shi

      $433,021
      award amount
    • 5R01CA160254-15Department: NIH department code
      Serum Glyco-Markers of Early Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using a Mass Spec Approach
      $163,173
      award amount

  27. Andrea Tara Obi

    Leads 1 award · $589,215

    • 5R01HL171135-03Department: NIH department code
      Kmt2a/MLL1 regulation of endothelial activation
      $589,215
      award amount

  28. Heng Lin

    Leads 1 award · $544,868

    • 1R01CA299259-01A1Department: NIH department code
      SLC13A3 in tumor resistance to immunotherapy

      Principal investigators: Heng Lin (contact PI), Zhiqiang An

      $544,868
      award amount

  29. Timothy Louis Frankel

    Leads 1 award · $441,016

    • 5R01DK128102-05Department: NIH department code
      Epithelial-immune cell crosstalk during injury and recovery in acute pancreatitis
      $441,016
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5U01CA274154-05, led by Marina Pasca Di Magliano; 5R01CA268426-04, led by Marina Pasca Di Magliano.

  30. Yuqing Eugene Chen

    Leads 1 award · $394,020

  31. Hannah Noelle Bell

    Leads 2 awards · $388,967

    • 4R00CA299410-03Department: NIH department code
      Beyond Lysis: Deciphering the Role of Perforin-Mediated Ferroptosis in Anti-Tumor Immunity
      $248,999
      award amount
    • 5K99CA299410-02Department: NIH department code
      Beyond Lysis: Deciphering the Role of Perforin-Mediated Ferroptosis in Anti-Tumor Immunity
      $139,968
      award amount

  32. Hari Nathan

    Leads 1 award · $374,306

    • 5R01HS029306-04Department: NIH department code
      De-implementation of Low-Value Testing in Patients Undergoing Low-Risk Surgery

      Principal investigators: Hari Nathan (contact PI), Lesly A Dossett (contact PI)

      $374,306
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01HS028606-05, led by Andrew Mounir Ibrahim.

  33. Susan C Pitt

    Leads 1 award · $356,850

    • 5R37CA294177-03Department: NIH department code
      A Multi-level Intervention to Reduce Total Thyroidectomy Overuse for Low-Risk Cancer
      $356,850
      award amount

  34. Calista Harbaugh

    Leads 1 award · $293,430

    • 1K08CA300920-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging Health Systems to Optimize Regional Cancer Care Delivery
      $293,430
      award amount

  35. Justin Brigham Dimick

    Leads 1 award · $229,983

    • 5T32DK108740-09Department: NIH department code
      Obesity & Gastrointestinal Surgery Research Training Program

      Principal investigators: Justin Brigham Dimick (contact PI), Randy J Seeley

      $229,983
      award amount

  36. Peter K Henke

    Leads 2 awards · $217,826

    • 5T32HL166130-04Department: NIH department code
      Translational research training in cardiovascular science

      Principal investigators: Peter K Henke (contact PI), Katherine Ann Gallagher

      $197,826
      award amount
    • 1R13HL186575-01Department: NIH department code
      Vascular Discovery: From Genes to Medicine Conference 2026
      $20,000
      award amount

  37. Anne Pugel Ehlers

    Leads 1 award · $159,400

    • 5K08DK135919-03Department: NIH department code
      Sex as a Biologic Variable in Groin Hernia
      $159,400
      award amount

  38. Clare Jacobson

    Leads 1 award · $86,080

    • 5F32CA306369-02Department: NIH department code
      Receipt of Guideline Concordant Surveillance in Young Colorectal Cancer Patients.
      $86,080
      award amount

  39. Rashmi Janaki Kumar

    Leads 1 award · $84,148

    • 5F32CA301657-02Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing Cancer Associated Fibroblast Evolution, Programming, and Fibroblast-Epithelial Cell Crosstalk in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
      $84,148
      award amount

  40. Xinghao Wang

    Leads 1 award · $51,246

    • 5F30CA301805-02Department: NIH department code
      MS4A in anti-tumor immunity
      $51,246
      award amount

  41. Allison Bischoff

    Leads 1 award · $48,475

    • 5F31CA284505-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of mesothelial-derived cancer-associated fibroblasts in the pathogenesis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
      $48,475
      award amount

  42. Kole Tison

    Leads 1 award · $43,284

    • 5F31CA294738-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of protein-acyltransferase zDHHC5 in T cell antitumor immunity
      $43,284
      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.