Pediatrics at University of Minnesota

Leads a grant in this department

47 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. Bruce R Blazar

   Leads 4 awards · $11,899,447

   • 5UM1TR004405-04Department: NIH department code

     University of Minnesota Clinical and Translational Science Institute (UMN CTSI)

     Principal investigators: Bruce R Blazar (contact PI), Damien A Fair, Daniel J Weisdorf

     $7,652,142

     award amount
   • 5P01CA065493-29Department: NIH department code

     Off-the-Shelf Immune Effector Cells for Hematological Malignancies

     Principal investigators: Bruce R Blazar (contact PI), Jeffrey S. Miller (contact PI), John E. Wagner (contact PI), J Sunil Rao (contact PI), Mark J Osborn (contact PI), Martin Felices (contact PI)

     $2,080,518

     award amount
   • 1R01HL182812-01Department: NIH department code

     Using State-of-the-Art Technologies and Murine Models for Novel cGVHD Therapies
     $1,577,069

     award amount
   • 5R37AI034495-34Department: NIH department code

     In Vivo Prevention of Murine GVHD
     $589,718

     award amount

2. Jenny N. Poynter

   Leads 1 award · $3,098,808

   • 5UH3CA265791-06Department: NIH department code

     The 10,000 Families Cohort: a new study to understand the environmental causes of cancer

     Principal investigators: Jenny N. Poynter (contact PI), Heather Hammond Nelson, Lisa A Peterson

     $3,098,808

     award amount

3. Melena D. Bellin

   Leads 5 awards · $2,153,854

   • 5R01DK138809-04Department: NIH department code

     Protein biomarkers to predict pain outcomes after total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplant

     Principal investigators: Melena D. Bellin (contact PI), Hanno Steen

     $726,035

     award amount
   • 5U01DK126300-07Department: NIH department code

     University of Minnesota Clinical Center for the Study of Pancreatic Disease

     Principal investigators: Melena D. Bellin (contact PI), Gregory J Beilman, Guru V Trikudanathan

     $603,379

     award amount
   • 5U01DK127367-07Department: NIH department code

     University of Minnesota Clinical Center for the Study of Acute Pancreatitis and Diabetes

     Principal investigators: Melena D. Bellin (contact PI), Guru V Trikudanathan

     $492,800

     award amount
   • 1R01DK146358-01Department: NIH department code

     SGLT2 inhibitor therapy in islet transplantation
     $308,000

     award amount
   • 1R13DK149552-01Department: NIH department code

     PancreasFest 2026
     $23,640

     award amount

4. J Sunil Rao

   Leads 1 award · $2,080,518

   • 5P01CA065493-29Department: NIH department code

     Off-the-Shelf Immune Effector Cells for Hematological Malignancies

     Principal investigators: Bruce R Blazar (contact PI), Jeffrey S. Miller (contact PI), John E. Wagner (contact PI), J Sunil Rao (contact PI), Mark J Osborn (contact PI), Martin Felices (contact PI)

     $2,080,518

     award amount

5. Jeffrey S. Miller

   Leads 1 award · $2,080,518

   • 5P01CA065493-29Department: NIH department code

     Off-the-Shelf Immune Effector Cells for Hematological Malignancies

     Principal investigators: Bruce R Blazar (contact PI), Jeffrey S. Miller (contact PI), John E. Wagner (contact PI), J Sunil Rao (contact PI), Mark J Osborn (contact PI), Martin Felices (contact PI)

     $2,080,518

     award amount

6. John E. Wagner

   Leads 1 award · $2,080,518

   • 5P01CA065493-29Department: NIH department code

     Off-the-Shelf Immune Effector Cells for Hematological Malignancies

     Principal investigators: Bruce R Blazar (contact PI), Jeffrey S. Miller (contact PI), John E. Wagner (contact PI), J Sunil Rao (contact PI), Mark J Osborn (contact PI), Martin Felices (contact PI)

     $2,080,518

     award amount

7. Mark J Osborn

   Leads 1 award · $2,080,518

   • 5P01CA065493-29Department: NIH department code

     Off-the-Shelf Immune Effector Cells for Hematological Malignancies

     Principal investigators: Bruce R Blazar (contact PI), Jeffrey S. Miller (contact PI), John E. Wagner (contact PI), J Sunil Rao (contact PI), Mark J Osborn (contact PI), Martin Felices (contact PI)

     $2,080,518

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 5R01AR063070-12, led by Jakub Tolar.

8. Martin Felices

   Leads 1 award · $2,080,518

   • 5P01CA065493-29Department: NIH department code

     Off-the-Shelf Immune Effector Cells for Hematological Malignancies

     Principal investigators: Bruce R Blazar (contact PI), Jeffrey S. Miller (contact PI), John E. Wagner (contact PI), J Sunil Rao (contact PI), Mark J Osborn (contact PI), Martin Felices (contact PI)

     $2,080,518

     award amount

9. Robert F Krueger

   Leads 2 awards · $1,905,610

   • 5R01AG053217-10Department: NIH department code

     The impact of adverse interpersonal experiences (AIE) on mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and risk for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) in ethnically diverse twins

     Principal investigators: Robert F Krueger (contact PI), Glenn I Roisman

     $1,130,636

     award amount
   • 5R01AG077742-05Department: NIH department code

     Antecedents of Adult Physical Health and Cognitive Risks for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) in Adolescent Family Experiences: A Prospective, Longitudinal Adoption Study

     Principal investigators: Robert F Krueger (contact PI), Glenn I Roisman

     $774,974

     award amount

10. Meghan Rae Swanson

    Leads 3 awards · $1,346,577

    • 5R01HD118989-02Department: NIH department code

      Neurodevelopmental Outcomes for CMV Infections Identified by Newborn Screening

      Principal investigators: Meghan Rae Swanson (contact PI), Mark R. Schleiss

      $662,594

      award amount
    • 5R01DC019660-05Department: NIH department code

      Caregiver Speech and Brain-Behavior Development in Infants At-Risk for ASD
      $651,583

      award amount
    • 3R01DC019660-05S1Department: NIH department code

      Caregiver Speech and Brain-Behavior Development in Infants At-Risk for ASD
      $32,400

      award amount

11. Craig John Bierle

    Leads 2 awards · $1,042,373

    • 5R01HD117756-02Department: NIH department code

      Immune regulation of arenavirus infections in the placenta

      Principal investigators: Craig John Bierle (contact PI), Hinh Ly, Yuying Liang

      $645,296

      award amount
    • 5R01HD109252-05Department: NIH department code

      Trophoblast development and placental susceptibility to cytomegalovirus infection
      $397,077

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2R01HD098866-06A1, led by Mark R. Schleiss.

12. Beau Richard Webber

    Leads 2 awards · $1,018,653

    • 5R37CA276345-04Department: NIH department code

      Deconvoluting the Ewing sarcoma genetic program using ancestry-informed human iPSC modeling
      $531,405

      award amount
    • 1R61NS149137-01Department: NIH department code

      Efficacy of Enzyme-T cells for long-term restoration of function in Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 1

      Principal investigators: Beau Richard Webber (contact PI), Yanling Wang

      $487,248

      award amount

13. Damien A Fair

    Leads 1 award · $937,392

    • 4R37MH125829-06Department: NIH department code

      Precision mapping of individualized executive networks in youth

      Principal investigators: Damien A Fair (contact PI), Theodore Satterthwaite

      $937,392

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5UM1TR004405-04, led by Bruce R Blazar; 1R01MH140801-01A1, led by Oscar Miranda-Dominguez.

14. Peter M Gordon

    Leads 2 awards · $925,537

    • 1R01CA308970-01Department: NIH department code

      Development of autologous humanized leukemia models for immunotherapy testing

      Principal investigators: Peter M Gordon (contact PI), Craig Alan Byersdorfer

      $573,262

      award amount
    • 5R37CA240846-07Department: NIH department code

      Overcoming Leukemia Chemoresistance in the Central Nervous System
      $352,275

      award amount

15. Logan G. Spector

    Leads 4 awards · $868,535

    • 5R01CA266253-05Department: NIH department code

      Genomics of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the Childhood Cancer and Leukemia International Consortium

      Principal investigators: Logan G. Spector (contact PI), Saonli Basu

      $365,809

      award amount
    • 5T32CA099936-22Department: NIH department code

      Translational and genomic pediatric cancer epidemiology training program
      $294,858

      award amount
    • 3R01CA266253-05S1Department: NIH department code

      Genomics of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the Childhood Cancer and Leukemia International Consortium

      Principal investigators: Logan G. Spector (contact PI), Saonli Basu

      $104,772

      award amount
    • 3R01CA266253-05S2Department: NIH department code

      Genomics of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the Childhood Cancer and Leukemia International Consortium

      Principal investigators: Logan G. Spector (contact PI), Saonli Basu

      $103,096

      award amount

16. Oscar Miranda-Dominguez

    Leads 1 award · $761,091

    • 1R01MH140801-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Brain Wide Associations-Polyneuro Risk Scores to characterize heterogeneity in ADHD

      Principal investigators: Oscar Miranda-Dominguez (contact PI), Damien A Fair

      $761,091

      award amount

17. Aaron S Kelly

    Leads 1 award · $759,944

    • 1R01DK142604-01A1Department: NIH department code

      A Biologically Based Approach to Prevent Obesity in Older Adolescents and Young Adults
      $759,944

      award amount

18. Cindy Im

    Leads 1 award · $755,277

    • 7R01CA283333-03Department: NIH department code

      Genetic pleiotropy across pediatric cancers, and cancer-related outcomes
      $755,277

      award amount

19. Mark R. Schleiss

    Leads 1 award · $677,303

    • 2R01HD098866-06A1Department: NIH department code

      Optimizing immunity and maternal host defense against congenital cytomegalovirus

      Principal investigators: Mark R. Schleiss (contact PI), Craig John Bierle, Michael A McVoy

      $677,303

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01HD118989-02, led by Meghan Rae Swanson.

20. Thomas W. Bastian

    Leads 1 award · $659,035

    • 5R01HD117850-02Department: NIH department code

      Thyroid Hormone as a Key Regulator of Neurodevelopment during Early Life Iron Deficiency
      $659,035

      award amount

21. Lucie Marie Turcotte

    Leads 1 award · $625,734

    • 5R01CA298935-02Department: NIH department code

      Socioeconomic and adversity-associated immunobiologic influences on pediatric hematopoietic cell transplant outcomes

      Principal investigators: Lucie Marie Turcotte (contact PI), Jennifer Mary Knight

      $625,734

      award amount

22. Elizabeth A Carlson

    Leads 1 award · $586,288

    • 5R01AG070138-05Department: NIH department code

      Adult Cognitive and Neurobiological Indicators of Aging: Impact of Adversity and Social Support

      Principal investigators: Elizabeth A Carlson (contact PI), Kathleen M Thomas

      $586,288

      award amount

23. Michael K. Georgieff

    Leads 1 award · $570,468

    • 5R01HD094809-08Department: NIH department code

      Newborn Iron Deficiency
      $570,468

      award amount

24. Antoinette M. Moran

    Leads 2 awards · $563,349

    • 5R01DK126726-05Department: NIH department code

      Diabetes in African Youth: Improving Glucose Time-In-Range
      $291,410

      award amount
    • 3R01DK126726-05S1Department: NIH department code

      Diabetes in African Youth: Improving Glucose Time-In-Range
      $271,939

      award amount

25. Michael Kyba

    Leads 1 award · $492,199

    • 5R01AR055685-17Department: NIH department code

      Probing the activity of DUX4 in FSHD
      $492,199

      award amount

26. Frank J Symons

    Leads 1 award · $485,025

    • 5R01HD102552-05Department: NIH department code

      Sensory Function and Chronic Pain in Cerebral Palsy
      $485,025

      award amount

27. Casim Sarkar

    Leads 1 award · $416,591

    • 2R35GM136309-06Department: NIH department code

      Analysis and Engineering of Cell Signaling
      $416,591

      award amount

28. Amy C. Gross

    Leads 1 award · $374,627

    • 5R01DK131029-05Department: NIH department code

      Predictors of Weight Loss and Weight Loss Maintenance to Lifestyle Modification Therapy and Pharmacotherapy for Adolescents with Obesity
      $374,627

      award amount

29. Sylia Wilson

    Leads 1 award · $339,626

    • 5R01DA056499-05Department: NIH department code

      Neurobehavioral mechanisms linking childhood social disadvantage with substance use trajectories in adolescence and adulthood
      $339,626

      award amount

30. Darko Bosnakovski

    Leads 1 award · $323,950

    • 5R01AR081228-05Department: NIH department code

      To explore the molecular and cellular effects of transient DUX4 expression in skeletal muscle
      $323,950

      award amount

31. Alicia S Kunin-Batson

    Leads 2 awards · $317,093

    • 1R34CA301428-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Adapting a caregiver-directed mHealth intervention to support positive health behaviors in children treated for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

      Principal investigators: Alicia S Kunin-Batson (contact PI), Rachel Nicole Webster

      $298,864

      award amount
    • 3R34CA301428-01A1S1Department: NIH department code

      Adapting a caregiver-directed mHealth intervention to support positive health behaviors in children treated for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

      Principal investigators: Alicia S Kunin-Batson (contact PI), Rachel Nicole Webster

      $18,229

      award amount

32. Jakub Tolar

    Leads 1 award · $312,906

    • 5R01AR063070-12Department: NIH department code

      Skin-targeted Cell Therapy for Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa

      Principal investigators: Jakub Tolar (contact PI), Mark J Osborn

      $312,906

      award amount

33. Megan R Gunnar

    Leads 1 award · $305,396

    • 5T32MH015755-47Department: NIH department code

      Developmental Psychopathology
      $305,396

      award amount

34. Emily M Nagel

    Leads 1 award · $247,393

    • 5R00HD108276-05Department: NIH department code

      Maternal Stress, Human Milk Composition, and Neurodevelopmental and Feeding Outcomes
      $247,393

      award amount

35. Ryan William Nelson

    Leads 1 award · $194,935

    • 5K08AI171176-04Department: NIH department code

      Lung resident Treg suppression of Th2 resident memory T cells in allergicasthma
      $194,935

      award amount

36. Bryce Binstadt

    Leads 1 award · $192,500

    • 5R21AI187243-02Department: NIH department code

      Stromal-immune cell crosstalk promotes autoimmune valvular carditis
      $192,500

      award amount

37. Elizabeth Irene Pierpont

    Leads 1 award · $158,820

    • 5K23NS123258-05Department: NIH department code

      Neurocognitive and neuroimaging markers of emerging cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy
      $158,820

      award amount

38. Marie E Steiner

    Leads 1 award · $155,000

    • 3RL1HD107782-05S1Department: NIH department code

      Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network - Clinical Site
      $155,000

      award amount

39. Carina Heller

    Leads 1 award · $118,589

    • 1K99MH146385-01Department: NIH department code

      Mapping neuroendocrine risk for depression across adolescence
      $118,589

      award amount

40. Caitlin A Sisk

    Leads 1 award · $110,934

    • 1K99HD121817-01Department: NIH department code

      Neural Mechanisms of Statistically-Guided Attention in Infancy: Awake Functional Developmental Neuroimaging
      $110,934

      award amount

41. Christina Rose Hartigan

    Leads 1 award · $79,348

    • 1F32HL186726-01Department: NIH department code

      Novel therapeutic and spatial proteomics approaches to determine macrophage-fibroblast cross-talk during chronic GVHD
      $79,348

      award amount

42. Catherine Ann Burrows

    Leads 1 award · $78,939

    • 5K23HD112507-04Department: NIH department code

      Towards equitable early identification of autism spectrum disorders in females
      $78,939

      award amount

43. Bart Larsen

    Leads 1 award · $73,738

    • 3R00MH127293-05S1Department: NIH department code

      Brain iron as a neurodevelopmental mechanism for transdianostic executive dysfunction
      $73,738

      award amount

44. Kacey Linnea Guenther Bui

    Leads 1 award · $36,856

    • 5F31CA281039-04Department: NIH department code

      HMGB1 in EB-Associated Squamous Cell Carcinoma
      $36,856

      award amount

45. Chloe Puglisi

    Leads 1 award · $36,222

    • 5F31HD118664-02Department: NIH department code

      Determining the role of maternal gut associated metabolites in thalamocortical circuit development and adolescent somatosensory behavior
      $36,222

      award amount

46. Emily R Padrutt

    Leads 1 award · $26,464

    • 5F31MH138042-02Department: NIH department code

      Perinatal depressive symptoms and infant self-regulation: Pathways through infant autonomic regulation and postnatal maternal sensitivity

      Principal investigators: Emily R Padrutt (contact PI), Emily R Padrutt (contact PI)

      $26,464

      award amount

47. Emily R Padrutt

    Leads 1 award · $26,464

    • 5F31MH138042-02Department: NIH department code

      Perinatal depressive symptoms and infant self-regulation: Pathways through infant autonomic regulation and postnatal maternal sensitivity

      Principal investigators: Emily R Padrutt (contact PI), Emily R Padrutt (contact PI)

      $26,464

      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.

• Daniel J Weisdorf

  Co-investigator on 5UM1TR004405-04, led by Bruce R Blazar

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of Minnesota (no department on record, 1 award)

• Heather Hammond Nelson

  Co-investigator on 5UH3CA265791-06, led by Jenny N. Poynter

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Minnesota · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Lisa A Peterson

  Co-investigator on 5UH3CA265791-06, led by Jenny N. Poynter

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Minnesota · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Glenn I Roisman

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG053217-10, led by Robert F Krueger; 5R01AG077742-05, led by Robert F Krueger

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of Minnesota · Pediatrics (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Guru V Trikudanathan

  Co-investigator on 5U01DK126300-07, led by Melena D. Bellin; 5U01DK127367-07, led by Melena D. Bellin

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Theodore Satterthwaite

  Co-investigator on 4R37MH125829-06, led by Damien A Fair

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Pennsylvania · Psychiatry (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Hanno Steen

  Co-investigator on 5R01DK138809-04, led by Melena D. Bellin

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Boston Children's Hospital · Pathology (investigator's affiliation, 1 award)

• Michael A McVoy

  Co-investigator on 2R01HD098866-06A1, led by Mark R. Schleiss

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Virginia Commonwealth University · Pediatrics (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Hinh Ly

  Co-investigator on 5R01HD117756-02, led by Craig John Bierle

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Yuying Liang

  Co-investigator on 5R01HD117756-02, led by Craig John Bierle

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Minnesota · Veterinary Sciences (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Jennifer Mary Knight

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA298935-02, led by Lucie Marie Turcotte

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Gregory J Beilman

  Co-investigator on 5U01DK126300-07, led by Melena D. Bellin

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Kathleen M Thomas

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG070138-05, led by Elizabeth A Carlson

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Saonli Basu

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA266253-05, led by Logan G. Spector; 3R01CA266253-05S1, led by Logan G. Spector; 3R01CA266253-05S2, led by Logan G. Spector

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of Minnesota · Biostatistics & Math Sciences (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Craig Alan Byersdorfer

  Co-investigator on 1R01CA308970-01, led by Peter M Gordon

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Yanling Wang

  Co-investigator on 1R61NS149137-01, led by Beau Richard Webber

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Rachel Nicole Webster

  Co-investigator on 1R34CA301428-01A1, led by Alicia S Kunin-Batson; 3R34CA301428-01A1S1, led by Alicia S Kunin-Batson

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.