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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biomedical Engineering at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

Funding
$9.7M
$9,721,657
Awards
17
FY2026 NIH awards in Biomedical Engineering
Principal investigators
18
11 lead a grant here, 7 co-investigators
Department rank
#17
of 80 · 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 Biomedical Engineering row of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill page.

Leads a grant in this department

11 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. Soumya Rahima Benhabbour

    Leads 3 awards · $3,732,827

    • 4R01CA286609-03Department: NIH department code
      Enhanced Delivery of Cytotoxic Neural Stem Cells for Treatment of Glioblastoma Multiforme Using an Innovative In-situ Thermogelling Hydrogel and Focused Ultrasound

      Principal investigators: Soumya Rahima Benhabbour (contact PI), Paul A Dayton, Shawn Hingtgen

      $1,918,927
      award amount
    • 1R61AI197035-01Department: NIH department code
      Ultra-long-acting in-situ forming implant (ISFI) as a subcutaneous injection for prevention of HIV and unplanned pregnancy
      $1,106,984
      award amount
    • 5R01AI176949-04Department: NIH department code
      Ultra-long-acting Biodegradable and Tunable Polymeric Solid Implant for HIV Treatment Maintenance

      Principal investigators: Soumya Rahima Benhabbour (contact PI), MacKenzie Cottrell

      $706,916
      award amount

  2. Caterina M Gallippi

    Leads 3 awards · $1,430,404

    • 5R01DK107740-08Department: NIH department code
      VisR Ultrasound for Monitoring Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Renal Transplant Patients
      $681,443
      award amount
    • 5R01CA281150-04Department: NIH department code
      VisR Ultrasound for Noninvasively Interrogating Stromal Collagen Organization in Women as a Breast Cancer Biomarker
      $580,057
      award amount
    • 5T32EB034214-04Department: NIH department code
      The Unified Medical Ultrasound Technology Development (UNMUTED) Predoctoral Training Program
      $168,904
      award amount

  3. Gianmarco Pinton

    Leads 3 awards · $1,141,855

    • 1R01EB037345-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Volumetric ultrasound for functional imaging and multi-targeted closed-loop circuit level neuromodulation

      Principal investigators: Gianmarco Pinton (contact PI), Charles F Caskey

      $570,612
      award amount
    • 5R01EB036295-03Department: NIH department code
      Ultra-high precision image-guided incisionless transcranial ultrasound surgery

      Principal investigators: Gianmarco Pinton (contact PI), Mikhail Shapiro, Paul A Dayton

      $293,000
      award amount
    • 3R01EB036295-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Ultra-high precision image-guided incisionless transcranial ultrasound surgery

      Principal investigators: Gianmarco Pinton (contact PI), Paul A Dayton

      $278,243
      award amount

  4. Amol P Yadav

    Leads 1 award · $877,602

    • 4DP2NS136872-03Department: NIH department code
      Sensory Augmentation, Restoration, and Modulation Using a Spinal Neuroprosthesis
      $877,602
      award amount

  5. Jason R Franz

    Leads 1 award · $642,030

    • 1R01AG090334-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Wearable ankle resistance with push-off biofeedback to improve walking function in older adults

      Principal investigators: Jason R Franz (contact PI), Zachary Forest Lerner

      $642,030
      award amount

  6. Brian O Diekman

    Leads 1 award · $622,962

    • 5R01AG081734-04Department: NIH department code
      Role of DNA damage and cellular senescence in osteoarthritis pathophysiology
      $622,962
      award amount

  7. Virginie Papadopoulou

    Leads 1 award · $536,061

    • 5R01AI167978-04Department: NIH department code
      A theranostic ultrasound approach to improve chronic wound treatment using phase-change contrast agents

      Principal investigators: Virginie Papadopoulou (contact PI), Sarah Elizabeth Rowe

      $536,061
      award amount

  8. William J Polacheck

    Leads 1 award · $374,998

    • 2R35GM142944-06Department: NIH department code
      Integrative Approaches for the Study of the Fluidic Cellular Microenvironment
      $374,998
      award amount

  9. Wesley R. Legant

    Leads 1 award · $207,802

    • 1R61CA309698-01Department: NIH department code
      Multiplexed multiscale imaging for cellular immunotherapies
      $207,802
      award amount

  10. Joseph R Burclaff

    Leads 1 award · $113,788

    • 5K01DK140610-02Department: NIH department code
      Transcriptional regulation of mitochondrial metabolism in human intestinal stem cells
      $113,788
      award amount

  11. Madelyn Vanblunk

    Leads 1 award · $41,328

    • 5F31CA290823-02Department: NIH department code
      Potent and Affordable GD2-Specific CAR T Cell Therapy for Glioblastoma Treatment Using Biomaterials
      $41,328
      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.