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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Surgery at University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

Funding
$17M
$16,969,308
Awards
25
FY2026 NIH awards in Surgery
Principal investigators
38
21 lead a grant here, 17 co-investigators
Department rank
#13
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 Minnesota page.

Leads a grant in this department

21 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. Andrew B Adams

    Leads 2 awards · $5,176,611

  2. Bernhard Josef Hering

    Leads 1 award · $3,635,295

  3. Mandy L Ford

    Leads 1 award · $3,635,295

  4. Sabarinathan Ramachandran

    Leads 1 award · $3,635,295

  5. Steve Ruggles

    Leads 2 awards · $2,173,693

  6. John C Bischof

    Leads 2 awards · $1,485,198

    • 5R24OD034063-04Department: NIH department code
      Resources for Drosophila embryo cryopreservation at lab and stock center scale

      Principal investigators: John C Bischof (contact PI), Thomas S Hays

      $753,606
      award amount
    • 1R24OD039899-01Department: NIH department code
      Cryopreserved Zebrafish Embryos as a Resource: Dissemination for Global Research Impact

      Principal investigators: John C Bischof (contact PI), Joseph R Kangas

      $731,592
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DK132211-04, led by Erik Brian Finger; 5R01DK117425-08, led by Erik Brian Finger.

  7. Rui Zhang

    Leads 2 awards · $1,380,877

    • 5R01AG078154-05Department: NIH department code
      Detecting synergistic effects of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for AD/ADRD

      Principal investigators: Rui Zhang (contact PI), Hua Xu

      $762,665
      award amount
    • 5R01AT009457-08Department: NIH department code
      A Translational Informatics Framework to Mine Efficacy and Safety of Dietary Supplements
      $618,212
      award amount
  8. Erik Brian Finger

    Leads 2 awards · $1,316,951

    • 5R01DK132211-04Department: NIH department code
      Cryopreservation and nanowarming enables whole liver banking for transplantation, cell therapy and biomedical research

      Principal investigators: Erik Brian Finger (contact PI), John C Bischof

      $662,830
      award amount
    • 5R01DK117425-08Department: NIH department code
      Organ banking for transplant--kidney cryopreservation by vitrification and novel nanowarming technology

      Principal investigators: Erik Brian Finger (contact PI), John C Bischof

      $654,121
      award amount
  9. Mingquan Lin

    Leads 1 award · $764,310

    • 1R01EY037701-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Developing Robust Multimodal AI for Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Prognosis
      $764,310
      award amount
  10. Arthur J Matas

    Leads 2 awards · $717,502

    • 2R01DK125431-06Department: NIH department code
      Outcomes in living kidney donors over 50 years compared to a healthy matched contemporaneous non-donor cohort from the same geographical region

      Principal investigators: Arthur J Matas (contact PI), Andrew David Rule

      $364,536
      award amount
    • 5U34DK141987-02Department: NIH department code
      Cardiovascular and Renal Protection with SGLT2 Inhibition in Kidney Transplant Recipients (RENAISSANCE)

      Principal investigators: Arthur J Matas (contact PI), Amy Mottl, David M. Vock, Deirdre Sawinski, Erika S. Helgeson

      $352,966
      award amount
  11. Subbaya Subramanian

    Leads 1 award · $625,415

    • 1R01CA288410-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Preventing Malignant Transformation of Colorectal Adenomas
      $625,415
      award amount
  12. Christopher T Banek

    Leads 1 award · $588,976

    • 5R01DK135573-03Department: NIH department code
      Renal Denervation to Treat Polycystic Kidney Disease: Mechanisms and Mediators
      $588,976
      award amount
  13. Masato Yamamoto

    Leads 2 awards · $520,683

    • 5R01CA276480-04Department: NIH department code
      Advanced Oncolytic Adenovirus Enabling Systemic Therapy of PDAC
      $354,563
      award amount
    • 5T32DK108733-08Department: NIH department code
      Training the Next Generation of Surgeon-Scientists in Pancreatology

      Principal investigators: Masato Yamamoto (contact PI), Srinath Chinnakotla

      $166,120
      award amount
  14. Julia Davydova

    Leads 1 award · $510,382

    • 5R01CA276179-04Department: NIH department code
      Advancing Systematic Delivery of Oncolytic Adenovirus for Pancreatic Cancer
      $510,382
      award amount
  15. Genevieve B Melton-Meaux

    Leads 1 award · $499,999

  16. Todd W Costantini

    Leads 1 award · $385,000

    • 5R35GM149345-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism of action of uniquely human genes in the injury response
      $385,000
      award amount
  17. Christopher J Larocca

    Leads 1 award · $209,717

    • 1K08CA301026-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Oncolytic Adenovirus Targeted to Colorectal Cancer
      $209,717
      award amount
  18. Piper Ranallo

    Leads 1 award · $185,789

    • 5K01MH137458-02Department: NIH department code
      Enhancing Clinical Terminology to Enable Precision Mental Healthcare
      $185,789
      award amount
  19. Eric Stephen Wise

    Leads 1 award · $172,937

    • 5K08HL171885-03Department: NIH department code
      The Physiology and Biochemistry of Sepsis-induced Vasoplegia
      $172,937
      award amount
  20. Sayeed Ikramuddin

    Leads 1 award · $166,320

  21. Zonghu Han

    Leads 1 award · $88,948

    • 1K99HL185895-01Department: NIH department code
      Engineering Lung Cryopreservation: From Precision-Cut Slices to Whole-Organ Transplantation
      $88,948
      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.

  • Christian P. Larsen

    Co-investigator on 5U19AI174966-04, led by Andrew B Adams and Bernhard Josef Hering and Mandy L Ford and Sabarinathan Ramachandran

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

  • John Robert Warren

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG057679-08, led by Steve Ruggles; 5R01AG075334-05, led by Steve Ruggles

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • A Joseph Tector

    Co-investigator on 5U01AI126322-12, led by Andrew B Adams

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

  • Julia Ar Drew

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG057679-08, led by Steve Ruggles

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Hua Xu

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG078154-05, led by Rui Zhang

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Thomas S Hays

    Co-investigator on 5R24OD034063-04, led by John C Bischof

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

  • Joseph R Kangas

    Co-investigator on 1R24OD039899-01, led by John C Bischof

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

  • Catherine A Fitch

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG075334-05, led by Steve Ruggles

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Elizabeth C Wick

    Co-investigator on 5R18HS029616-04, led by Genevieve B Melton-Meaux

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Jenna Louise Marquard

    Co-investigator on 5R18HS029616-04, led by Genevieve B Melton-Meaux

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

  • Andrew David Rule

    Co-investigator on 2R01DK125431-06, led by Arthur J Matas

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Amy Mottl

    Co-investigator on 5U34DK141987-02, led by Arthur J Matas

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • David M. Vock

    Co-investigator on 5U34DK141987-02, led by Arthur J Matas

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

  • Deirdre Sawinski

    Co-investigator on 5U34DK141987-02, led by Arthur J Matas

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

  • Erika S. Helgeson

    Co-investigator on 5U34DK141987-02, led by Arthur J Matas

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • David R Jacobs

    Co-investigator on 5R25HL173964-03, led by Sayeed Ikramuddin

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

  • Srinath Chinnakotla

    Co-investigator on 5T32DK108733-08, led by Masato Yamamoto

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