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FY2024 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biostatistics & Math Sciences at University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Funding
$31.6M
$31,562,554
Awards
103
FY2024 NIH awards in Biostatistics & Math Sciences
Principal investigators
113
87 lead a grant here, 26 co-investigators
Department rank
Not ranked
Outside the 27 ranked departments
  • 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 Biostatistics & Math Sciences row of the University of Pennsylvania page.

Leads a grant in this department

87 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. Aimin Chen

    Leads 4 awards · $2,909,328

    • 1U01AG088658-01Department: NIH department code
      Early mid-life environmental toxicant exposures and AD/ADRD risk in CARDIA

      Principal investigators: Aimin Chen (contact PI), Dean Paul Jones, Kristine Yaffe, Lifang Hou

      $2,175,074
      award amount
    • 5R01ES033054-04Department: NIH department code
      Impact of pre- and postnatal chemical mixture exposures on child neurobehavior and neuroimaging
      $619,410
      award amount
    • 3R01ES033054-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Impact of pre- and postnatal chemical mixture exposures on child neurobehavior and neuroimaging
      $88,479
      award amount
    • 3R01ES033054-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Impact of pre- and postnatal chemical mixture exposures on child neurobehavior and neuroimaging
      $26,365
      award amount

  2. Hongzhe Lee

    Leads 3 awards · $2,823,510

    • 1U01HG013841-01Department: NIH department code
      Penn-DISAM: Data Integration and Statistical Analysis Methods for dGTEx Data

      Principal investigators: Hongzhe Lee (contact PI), Ziyue Gao

      $1,921,885
      award amount
    • 5R01GM129781-06Department: NIH department code
      Methods for Integrative Genomic Data Analysis
      $452,629
      award amount
    • 5R01GM123056-07Department: NIH department code
      Statistical Methods for Microbiome and Metagenomics
      $448,996
      award amount

  3. Joost B Wagenaar

    Leads 2 awards · $2,405,628

    • 3OT3OD025347-02S5Department: NIH department code
      Pennsieve: A scalable and sustainable platform for scientific data integration and analysis
      $1,639,457
      award amount
    • 1U24NS134536-01Department: NIH department code
      Pennsieve: Impactful Multimodal Data Sharing for Epilepsy Research
      $766,171
      award amount

  4. Yong Chen

    Leads 3 awards · $2,282,122

    • 5U01TR003709-03Department: NIH department code
      PANDA-MSD: Predictive Analytics via Networked Distributed Algorithms for Multi-System Diseases

      Principal investigators: Yong Chen (contact PI), Jiang Bian, Peter A Merkel

      $1,160,870
      award amount
    • 5R01AG073435-04Department: NIH department code
      TRiPOD: Toward Reusable Phenotypes in Observational Data for AD/ADRD - managing definitions and correcting bias

      Principal investigators: Yong Chen (contact PI), Hua Xu

      $779,072
      award amount
    • 5R01LM013519-04Department: NIH department code
      PheBC: bias correction methods for EHR derived phenotype

      Principal investigators: Yong Chen (contact PI), Hua Xu

      $342,180
      award amount

  5. Russell Takeshi Shinohara

    Leads 3 awards · $2,100,500

    • 2R01MH123550-05A1Department: NIH department code
      Harmonization of Multi-Site Neuroimaging Data from Complex Study Designs
      $820,540
      award amount
    • 5R01MH112847-08Department: NIH department code
      Inter-modal Coupling Image Analytics

      Principal investigators: Russell Takeshi Shinohara (contact PI), Theodore Satterthwaite

      $730,192
      award amount
    • 5R01NS112274-05Department: NIH department code
      Advanced Statistical Analytics of MRI in MS
      $549,768
      award amount

  6. Douglas Earl Schaubel

    Leads 1 award · $1,514,838

  7. Sean Hennessy

    Leads 2 awards · $1,402,984

    • 5R01MH130435-03Department: NIH department code
      Drug Interactions Involving Second-generation Antipsychotic Agents Leading to Sudden Cardiac Arrest
      $739,117
      award amount
    • 5T32GM075766-19Department: NIH department code
      Clinical Pharmacoepidemiology Training Grant

      Principal investigators: Sean Hennessy (contact PI), Vincent Lo Re

      $663,867
      award amount

  8. Karen Glanz

    Leads 2 awards · $1,261,123

    • 5R01HL152430-05Department: NIH department code
      A Hybrid Type 1 Effectiveness-Implementation Study of Social Incentives Strategies to Increase Physical Activity

      Principal investigators: Karen Glanz (contact PI), Scott Ryan Greysen

      $712,361
      award amount
    • 5T32CA009679-32Department: NIH department code
      Cancer Clinical Epidemiology Training Grant

      Principal investigators: Karen Glanz (contact PI), Richard Aplenc

      $548,762
      award amount

  9. Kevin B. Johnson

    Leads 1 award · $1,137,500

    • 5DP1LM014558-02Department: NIH department code
      Helping Doctors Doctor: Using AI to Automate Documentation and "De-Autonomate" Health Care
      $1,137,500
      award amount

  10. Jinbo Chen

    Leads 2 awards · $1,002,310

    • 1R01LM014401-01Department: NIH department code
      Statistical Methods for Addressing Disease Under-diagnosis Using Electronic Health Record Data
      $619,057
      award amount
    • 5R01CA236468-06Department: NIH department code
      Data and Information Integration for Risk Prediction in the Era of Big Data
      $383,253
      award amount

  11. Elizabeth Nesoff

    Leads 2 awards · $922,297

    • 5R01DA059371-02Department: NIH department code
      The Impact of Community Infrastructure Reinvestment Programs on Opioid Misuse and Opioid Overdose
      $755,931
      award amount
    • 5K01DA049900-06Department: NIH department code
      Neighborhoods, Mental Health, and the Prevention of Opioid Overdose: A Mixed Methods Approach
      $166,366
      award amount

  12. Mingyao Li

    Leads 2 awards · $903,552

    • 5R01HG013185-02Department: NIH department code
      Integrative analysis of spatial transcriptomics with histology images and single cells
      $540,739
      award amount
    • 1R01LM014592-01Department: NIH department code
      Developing informatics tools to predict virtual spatial transcriptomics data with single-cell resolution in large-scale studies
      $362,813
      award amount

  13. Ricardo Castillo Neyra

    Leads 2 awards · $876,810

    • 5R01AI168291-03Department: NIH department code
      Spatially responsive mass vaccination strategies for urban rabies
      $633,891
      award amount
    • 1D43TW012741-01Department: NIH department code
      Research Training in Integration of Epidemiology and Implementation Science for Neglected Zoonotic Disease Control in Peru

      Principal investigators: Ricardo Castillo Neyra (contact PI), Javier A Bustos, Valerie Andrea Paz-Soldan

      $242,919
      award amount

  14. Sharath Chandra Guntuku

    Leads 1 award · $771,159

    • 5R01MD018340-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating and identifying the heterogeneity in COVID-19 misinformation exposure on social media among Black and Rural communities to inform precision public health messaging
      $771,159
      award amount

  15. Li Shen

    Leads 1 award · $745,370

    • 5R01AG071470-04Department: NIH department code
      Translational big data analytic approaches to advance drug repurposing for Alzheimer's disease

      Principal investigators: Li Shen (contact PI), Dokyoon Kim, Xia Ning

      $745,370
      award amount

  16. Michael Oscar Harhay

    Leads 1 award · $717,154

    • 5R01HL168202-02Department: NIH department code
      Advancing the design, analysis, and interpretation of acute respiratory distress syndrome trials using modern statistical tools

      Principal investigators: Michael Oscar Harhay (contact PI), Fan Li

      $717,154
      award amount

  17. Wensheng Guo

    Leads 1 award · $680,301

    • 5R01HL161303-03Department: NIH department code
      Dynamic Longitudinal Functional Models with Applications to the CRIC Study

      Principal investigators: Wensheng Guo (contact PI), Rajat Deo, Wei Yang

      $680,301
      award amount

  18. Kelly Diringer Getz

    Leads 1 award · $676,727

    • 5R01HL164925-03Department: NIH department code
      Treatment-Related Cardiotoxicity in Children with Relapsed Acute Myeloid Leukemia - Natural History, Occurrence and Implications
      $676,727
      award amount

  19. Charles Edward Leonard

    Leads 1 award · $501,688

    • 2R01AG060975-06Department: NIH department code
      Drug interactions involving psychoactive drugs
      $501,688
      award amount

  20. Ebbing Lautenbach

    Leads 1 award · $499,999

    • 1R01HS029879-01Department: NIH department code
      Optimizing antibiotic selection in hematologic malignancy patients with reported beta-lactam allergy

      Principal investigators: Ebbing Lautenbach (contact PI), Julia E. Szymczak

      $499,999
      award amount

  21. Eric Joel Tchetgen Tchetgen

    Leads 1 award · $472,195

    • 5R01AG065276-05Department: NIH department code
      Novel Designs and Methods to Remove Hidden Confounding Bias in Health Sciences
      $472,195
      award amount

  22. Jeffrey S Morris

    Leads 1 award · $420,286

  23. Nandita Mitra

    Leads 1 award · $412,411

    • 1R01DK136515-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Causal effect estimation of public policies on purchasing behaviors, consumption and health outcomes
      $412,411
      award amount

  24. Qi Long

    Leads 1 award · $376,980

    • 5U01CA274576-02Department: NIH department code
      Robust privacy preserving distributed analysis platform for cancer research: addressing data bias and disparities

      Principal investigators: Qi Long (contact PI), Xiaoqian Jiang

      $376,980
      award amount

  25. Insup Lee

    Leads 1 award · $300,001

    • 1R01EY037101-01Department: NIH department code
      SCH: Advancing Clinical Decision Support for Glaucoma Detection and Progression Using Multi-Modal AI

      Principal investigators: Insup Lee (contact PI), Lama A Al-Aswad, Oleg Sokolsky, Osbert Bastani

      $300,001
      award amount

  26. Angela Aherrera

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00ES034507-03Department: NIH department code
      Respiratory Effects, Metal and Aldehyde exposure from e-cigarette use in young adults (REMA)
      $249,000
      award amount

  27. Brielin Brown

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00HG012373-03Department: NIH department code
      Perturbation-response approaches to determining the regulatory networks underlying human complex traits
      $249,000
      award amount

  28. Jin Jin

    Leads 1 award · $242,203

    • 5R00HG012223-03Department: NIH department code
      Multi-ethnic risk prediction for complex human diseases integrating multi-source genetic and non-genetic information
      $242,203
      award amount

  29. Joseph Daniel Romano

    Leads 1 award · $160,643

    • 5R00LM013646-04Department: NIH department code
      Discovering clinical endpoints of toxicity via graph machine learning and semantic data analysis
      $160,643
      award amount

  30. Todd Anthony Miano

    Leads 1 award · $157,956

    • 5K08DK124658-04Department: NIH department code
      Drug-drug interactions and kidney disease in hospitalized patients
      $157,956
      award amount

  31. Haedi Thelen

    Leads 1 award · $83,884

    • 1F32DK141217-01Department: NIH department code
      Acute Kidney Injury with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and Beta-Lactam Antibiotics
      $83,884
      award amount

  32. Ethan Fein

    Leads 1 award · $53,974

    • 1F30DK138742-01Department: NIH department code
      Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Development of Brown Adipose Tissue
      $53,974
      award amount

  33. Chelsea Thorsheim

    Leads 1 award · $51,974

    • 5F31DK135277-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating folliculin as a regulator of VLDL-TG secretion in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and steatohepatitis
      $51,974
      award amount

  34. Lindsay Ejoh

    Leads 1 award · $49,974

    • 1F99NS135765-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Thalamocortical dynamics during nociception and endogenous analgesia
      $49,974
      award amount

  35. Adriana Naomi Santiago-Ruiz

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 5F31AG080962-02Department: NIH department code
      Super-Resolution Imaging of Alzheimer's Disease Hyperphosphorylated Tau Aggregates
      $48,974
      award amount

  36. Amber Abbott

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 1F31AI181460-01Department: NIH department code
      Adenoviral manipulation of arginine methylation
      $48,974
      award amount

  37. Eliana Vera Von Krusenstiern

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 5F31MH134723-02Department: NIH department code
      Stress Granule Formation in the Antiretroviral-Mediated Dysregulation of Oligodendrocyte Maturation in HIV-HAND
      $48,974
      award amount

  38. Grace Suneuy Lee

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 1F31HD114433-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Determining the role of sperm microRNAs in early development and non-genetic inheritance
      $48,974
      award amount

  39. Julia Renee Ferrante

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 5F31DA059211-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of acute and long-term neuroimmune changes induced by early-life opioid exposure and withdrawal
      $48,974
      award amount

  40. Kaeli Marie Mathias

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 5F31CA284714-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of pathogenic gene activation by aberrant transcriptional hubs formed by mutant ENL
      $48,974
      award amount

  41. Katherine Doerig

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 5F31CA281076-02Department: NIH department code
      Paradoxical Effects of SETD2 Inactivation in EGFR- and KRAS-driven Lung Adenocarcinoma
      $48,974
      award amount

  42. Kay Katada

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 1F31DK141082-01Department: NIH department code
      Paneth cell plasticity and regeneration
      $48,974
      award amount

  43. Kevin Stanton Mears

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 1F31DK138546-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of interferon lambda in protection against severe Clostridioides difficile infection
      $48,974
      award amount

  44. Leon Palao

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 5F31GM147945-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Molecular Mechanism of Divergent Transcription
      $48,974
      award amount

  45. Lisa Wooldridge

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 5F31DA057795-02Department: NIH department code
      Impact of fentanyl dependence on a parabrachio-amygdalar opioid circuit
      $48,974
      award amount

  46. Maeve Louise Coughlan

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 5F31NS132453-02Department: NIH department code
      Defining the Role of Astrocytic Lysosome trafficking and Exocytosis in Regulating Synapse Maturation
      $48,974
      award amount

  47. Marcos J Sanchez-Navarro

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 1F31DK139757-01Department: NIH department code
      The role of LDTg to VTA calcitonin receptor signaling in the control of food reward
      $48,974
      award amount

  48. Maria Fernanda Carrera Rodriguez

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 5F31CA281117-02Department: NIH department code
      Differentiation-focused CRISPR Screen identifies LSD1 and Menin as combination therapy targets that induce terminal differentiation in AML
      $48,974
      award amount

  49. May Wai

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 1F31HD114273-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Investigating SMARCE1 in Regulating Cohesin Activity, Chromatin Folding, and Gene Expression
      $48,974
      award amount

  50. Melissa Kim

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 5F31DK134073-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of telomere failure on intestinal stem cell niche function
      $48,974
      award amount

  51. Nicolas Philip Holcomb

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 1F31HL175909-01Department: NIH department code
      Identifying Inflammatory Signals Facilitating Ectopic Krt5+ Cell Migration and their Function in the Alveoli
      $48,974
      award amount

  52. Omer Zeliger

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 1F31DC022507-01Department: NIH department code
      Cortical mechanisms for contrast gain control in auditory perception in noise.
      $48,974
      award amount

  53. Priyanka Chatterjee

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 1F31AI181536-01Department: NIH department code
      Cell-cell signaling in archaea: How Haloferax volcanii talk to each other
      $48,974
      award amount

  54. Rachel Jaschik Herman

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 5F31DA058451-02Department: NIH department code
      A Novel Role of Interpeduncular Nucleus GLP-1Rs in Fentanyl Reinstatement
      $48,974
      award amount

  55. Roderick Dion Brathwaite

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 5F31CA271768-02Department: NIH department code
      Influence of Caffeine on Melanoma
      $48,974
      award amount

  56. Sarah Applebey

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 5F31DK137443-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of glucagon-like peptide-1 signaling in mediating sensory-specific satiety
      $48,974
      award amount

  57. Sarah Ferrigno

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 5F31NS130989-02Department: NIH department code
      Exploring corticostriatal dynamics associated with action control deficits in Neurexin1 alpha mutant mice
      $48,974
      award amount

  58. Sierra Foshe

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 5F31EY035141-02Department: NIH department code
      The role of iron in retinal degeneration during bacterial infection
      $48,974
      award amount

  59. William Molina

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 1F31HL170590-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Uncovering the function of EdnrB in perivascular macrophages
      $48,974
      award amount

  60. Zachary R Lanzar

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 1F31AI179240-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Impact of Toxoplasma gondii on Treg homeostasis
      $48,974
      award amount

  61. Brianna Disanza

    Leads 1 award · $48,112

    • 1F31NS132448-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Investigating branched-chain amino acid transaminase-1 (BCAT1) as a novel metabolic etiology and therapeutic target in neurodegenerative disease
      $48,112
      award amount

  62. Christian Ethan Loo

    Leads 1 award · $47,694

    • 5F31HG012892-02Department: NIH department code
      Advancing Epigenetic Sequencing Through Solid-Phase Enzymatic Approaches
      $47,694
      award amount

  63. Nicholas Aboreden

    Leads 1 award · $46,944

    • 1F31DK136200-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of Ldb1 in chromatin architecture and transcription during erythroid cell state transitions
      $46,944
      award amount

  64. Matthew Robert Gazzara

    Leads 1 award · $39,416

    • 5F31HL162546-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms and consequences of 3'UTR isoform diversity in erythropoiesis
      $39,416
      award amount

  65. Stephen David Carro

    Leads 1 award · $36,803

    • 1F31AI183694-01Department: NIH department code
      Uncovering the molecular underpinnings of C15, a potent orthopoxvirus virulence factor
      $36,803
      award amount

  66. Catriana Nations

    Leads 1 award · $36,736

    • 5F31HL165833-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating thrombocytopenia absent radius syndrome during primitive and definitive hematopoiesis using an induced pluripotent stem cell model
      $36,736
      award amount

  67. Jennifer Londregan

    Leads 1 award · $36,662

    • 1F31AI179166-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Notch2 Amplification of B Cell Division and Differentiation Fates
      $36,662
      award amount

  68. Catherine Leona-Grace Wingrove

    Leads 1 award · $36,651

    • 5F31CA284708-02Department: NIH department code
      Defining the mechanisms of B7-H3 overexpression and role in neuroblastoma metastasis and immune evasion
      $36,651
      award amount

  69. Marissa Maroni

    Leads 1 award · $36,651

    • 5F31NS129242-02Department: NIH department code
      The Role of H3K79 Methylation and Dot1L in Neuronal Function and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
      $36,651
      award amount

  70. Vanessa Breanne Sanchez

    Leads 1 award · $36,651

    • 5F31NS130941-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating SNX13 in Cerebellar Function and Disease
      $36,651
      award amount

  71. Caitlin Rosemary Hopkins

    Leads 1 award · $36,530

    • 5F31CA274961-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of TET2-dependent control of CAR T cell fate determination and antitumor function
      $36,530
      award amount

  72. Felicia Peng

    Leads 1 award · $36,530

    • 5F31HD107858-02Department: NIH department code
      The Role of mRNA Degradation in Embryonic Cell Fate Specification
      $36,530
      award amount

  73. Bailey Nance

    Leads 1 award · $36,512

    • 5F31CA275157-02Department: NIH department code
      The Role of the Fructose-1,6-Bisphoshatase 2 and c-Myc Interaction in Sarcoma Progression
      $36,512
      award amount

  74. Alyssa N Wiest

    Leads 1 award · $36,413

    • 5F31HL160451-03Department: NIH department code
      Neuronal and homeostatic regulation of sleep and wake by corticotropin-releasing hormone neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus
      $36,413
      award amount

  75. Daniel Aldridge

    Leads 1 award · $36,413

    • 5F31AI161962-03Department: NIH department code
      Impact of IL-27 on monocyte responses to Toxoplasma gondii infection
      $36,413
      award amount

  76. Michael Noji

    Leads 1 award · $36,413

    • 5F31CA261041-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of branched-chain amino acid metabolism and hyperinsulinemia in pancreatic cancer
      $36,413
      award amount

  77. Julie Priya Merchant

    Leads 1 award · $36,330

    • 5F31NS129377-03Department: NIH department code
      Models and mechanisms of SCN3A neurodevelopmental disorder
      $36,330
      award amount

  78. Carter Merenstein

    Leads 1 award · $36,294

    • 5F31HL170550-02Department: NIH department code
      The Respiratory Microbiome in COVID-19: Associations with Severity, Risk Factors, and Host Pathways
      $36,294
      award amount

  79. Fred Erick Fregoso

    Leads 1 award · $29,351

    • 5F31GM148048-02Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Actin Polymerization Through Inhibition of Arp2/3 Complex by Arpin and Coronin
      $29,351
      award amount

  80. Katie Elizabeth Copley

    Leads 1 award · $28,612

    • 5F31NS129101-03Department: NIH department code
      Developing RNA therapeutics for TDP-43 proteinopathy in ALS/FTD
      $28,612
      award amount

  81. Joanna Wong

    Leads 1 award · $27,122

    • 5F31HL165636-03Department: NIH department code
      Pulmonary Vascular Regeneration via Venous Endothelial Progenitors
      $27,122
      award amount

  82. Elizabeth Raye Gallagher

    Leads 1 award · $25,739

    • 5F31NS125954-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating mechanisms activating the selective autophagy of lysosomes
      $25,739
      award amount

  83. Emily Kate Acton

    Leads 1 award · $23,314

    • 5F31NS130952-02Department: NIH department code
      Interactions of Enzyme-Inducing Antiepileptic Drugs with Direct-Acting Oral Anticoagulants: Risk of Thromboembolic Events
      $23,314
      award amount

  84. David Kader Sidibe

    Leads 1 award · $17,812

    • 5F31NS132431-02Department: NIH department code
      Defining cell type-specific functions for the selective autophagy receptor p62 in neurons and astrocytes
      $17,812
      award amount

  85. Kara Nelson

    Leads 1 award · $10,998

    • 5F31HD111208-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism of niche formation, and impact of niche position on tissue function
      $10,998
      award amount

  86. Ronit Schwartz Wertman

    Leads 1 award · $9,665

    • 5F31AI172200-03Department: NIH department code
      Defining mechanisms of heterogeneity in cell fate decisions during Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection
      $9,665
      award amount

  87. Alexandra Indeglia

    Leads 1 award · $7,481

    • 5F31CA277953-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of PADI4 as a key epigenetic regulator of the p53 pathway and tumor suppression
      $7,481
      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.