Dentistry at University of Pennsylvania

Leads a grant in this department

26 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. Dana T Graves

   Leads 4 awards · $1,842,639

   • 2R01DE019108-11A1Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms for Impaired Diabetic Wound Healing
     $522,955

     award amount
   • 1R01DE036259-01Department: NIH department code

     Diabetes Dysregulated Dendritic - T cell Activity in Periodontitis
     $521,273

     award amount
   • 5R01DE017732-16Department: NIH department code

     Diabetes-enhanced Experimental Periodontitis
     $417,125

     award amount
   • 5R01AR082951-04Department: NIH department code

     Fibroblast dysregulation promotes dermal eosinophilic/Th2 inflammation

     Principal investigators: Dana T Graves (contact PI), Daniel A Jacobson, John T. Seykora, Kang I Ko

     $381,286

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 5R01AR080895-04, led by Shuying Yang.

2. Kelly L Jordan-Sciutto

   Leads 2 awards · $1,455,181

   • 5R33DA059917-04Department: NIH department code

     Multimodal profiling of microglia during HIV infection and substance use disorder

     Principal investigators: Kelly L Jordan-Sciutto (contact PI), Cagla Akay Espinoza, Yijing Su

     $735,222

     award amount
   • 5R01MH136841-02Department: NIH department code

     Cell-specific roles for PERK in HIV-induced neuroinflammation

     Principal investigators: Kelly L Jordan-Sciutto (contact PI), Cagla Akay Espinoza

     $719,959

     award amount

3. Geelsu Hwang

   Leads 2 awards · $1,043,646

   • 5R01DE032343-04Department: NIH department code

     Translational Multimodal Strategy for Peri-Implant Disease Prevention

     Principal investigators: Geelsu Hwang (contact PI), Albert Kim, Thomas P Schaer

     $530,490

     award amount
   • 1R01DE035614-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Bioengineering Approaches for Targeting Cross-Kingdom Biofilm Formation and Development
     $513,156

     award amount

4. Shuying Yang

   Leads 2 awards · $1,003,106

   • 5R01AR084491-03Department: NIH department code

     INPP5E Signaling and Treatment in Rheumatoid Arthritis
     $528,302

     award amount
   • 5R01AR080895-04Department: NIH department code

     Treatment and Mechanisms of Diabetic Fracture Healing

     Principal investigators: Shuying Yang (contact PI), Dana T Graves

     $474,804

     award amount

5. Katherine Nicole Theken

   Leads 1 award · $690,599

   • 5R01DE033405-03Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of Variability in the Analgesic Response to Ibuprofen Following Third Molar Extraction
     $690,599

     award amount

6. Mildred Christine Embree

   Leads 1 award · $683,668

   • 1R01DE035744-01Department: NIH department code

     Leveraging TMJ Cartilage Progenitors and their regulatory niche to treat osteoarthritis
     $683,668

     award amount

7. Kathleen Boesze-Battaglia

   Leads 1 award · $674,423

   • 1R01EY037489-01A1Department: NIH department code

     The role of retinal microsomal triglyceride transfer protein in vision

     Principal investigators: Kathleen Boesze-Battaglia (contact PI), Janet Ruthe Sparrow

     $674,423

     award amount

8. Kyle Holmberg Vining

   Leads 2 awards · $643,247

   • 5R35GM157079-02Department: NIH department code

     Immuno-mechanical regulation of monocytes in fibrotic niches
     $406,250

     award amount
   • 1R61CA309704-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Engineering Cellular Neighborhood Models of Bone Marrow Malignancies
     $236,997

     award amount

9. Marco Tizzano

   Leads 1 award · $522,405

   • 1R01DE035102-01A1Department: NIH department code

     The role of taste receptor cells in periodontal homeostasis
     $522,405

     award amount

10. Kang I Ko

    Leads 1 award · $519,164

    • 1R01DE035592-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Gingival keratinocyte ferroptosis in periodontal disease pathogenesis
      $519,164

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AR082951-04, led by Dana T Graves.

11. Hyun Koo

    Leads 2 awards · $486,462

    • 5R01DE034383-02Department: NIH department code

      C. albicans interactions with S. mutans modulate cariogenic biofilm formation and virulence
      $445,260

      award amount
    • 5T90DE030854-06Department: NIH department code

      Advanced Training at the Interface of Engineering and Oral-Craniofacial Sciences

      Principal investigators: Hyun Koo (contact PI), Kathleen J Stebe

      $41,202

      award amount

12. Yu Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $450,763

    • 5R01DE033545-04Department: NIH department code

      Ultrafast sintering of dental zirconia: composition-processing-property relationships with high-throughput fail-fast screening

      Principal investigators: Yu Zhang (contact PI), Liangbing Hu

      $450,763

      award amount

13. Anh D Le

    Leads 1 award · $413,522

    • 5R01DE031023-05Department: NIH department code

      Targeted inhibition of eIF5Ahpu suppresses tumor growth and M2-like TAM polarization in oral cancer
      $413,522

      award amount

14. Chi-Der Chen

    Leads 1 award · $371,719

    • 5R01CA288366-03Department: NIH department code

      Stromal Effects in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
      $371,719

      award amount

15. Sunday O Akintoye

    Leads 1 award · $371,719

    • 5R01CA259307-05Department: NIH department code

      Biological Indicators of Racial Disparity in Ameloblastoma Recurrence
      $371,719

      award amount

16. Georgios Hajishengallis

    Leads 1 award · $345,313

    • 5R01DE033643-03Department: NIH department code

      Clonal hematopoiesis and periodontal disease
      $345,313

      award amount

17. Zhi Ren

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00DE033428-03Department: NIH department code

      Probing the role of Selenomonas sputigena in supragingival biofilm spatial structuring and virulence
      $249,000

      award amount

18. Hydar Ali

    Leads 1 award · $243,750

    • 1R21AI201990-01Department: NIH department code

      Gain-of-function MRGPRX2 mutations in drug induced hypersensitivity reactions
      $243,750

      award amount

19. Yingci Liu-Swetz

    Leads 1 award · $168,610

    • 7K08DE034852-02Department: NIH department code

      Data science approaches to classify aggressive tissue phenotypes and predict disease-free survival in HPV-negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC)
      $168,610

      award amount

20. Wenjing Yu

    Leads 1 award · $136,711

    • 5K08DE035170-02Department: NIH department code

      The Interplay of Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Neutrophils During Rapid Maxillary Expansion
      $136,711

      award amount

21. David Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $38,052

    • 5F30HL172382-03Department: NIH department code

      Investigating ancestry-specific genetic variation associated with HLBS phenotypes in patient biobanks
      $38,052

      award amount

22. Kenneth Pham

    Leads 1 award · $38,052

    • 5F30HD114405-03Department: NIH department code

      Elucidating the spatially coordinated mechanisms of transcriptional silencing in fragile X syndrome
      $38,052

      award amount

23. Kaitlyn Marie Shen

    Leads 1 award · $37,924

    • 5F31HL168922-03Department: NIH department code

      Deciphering the role of cytoskeletal-nuclear interactions in peripheral chromatin organization
      $37,924

      award amount

24. Matthew Ambrose Sullivan

    Leads 1 award · $37,652

    • 5F30AI174776-04Department: NIH department code

      Molecular Mechanisms of TOX-mediated Programming of CD8 T Cell Exhaustion
      $37,652

      award amount

25. Emily Elizabeth Lubin

    Leads 1 award · $10,228

    • 5F30HD112125-03Department: NIH department code

      De novo mutations in replication-independent histone genes and an unexplored class of rare pediatric mendelian syndromes
      $10,228

      award amount

26. Benjamin Michael Kahn

    Leads 1 award · $7,883

    • 5F30CA281080-02Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of Lymphatic Metastasis in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
      $7,883

      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.

• Cagla Akay Espinoza

  Co-investigator on 5R33DA059917-04, led by Kelly L Jordan-Sciutto; 5R01MH136841-02, led by Kelly L Jordan-Sciutto

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

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

• Yijing Su

  Co-investigator on 5R33DA059917-04, led by Kelly L Jordan-Sciutto

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

• Janet Ruthe Sparrow

  Co-investigator on 1R01EY037489-01A1, led by Kathleen Boesze-Battaglia

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Columbia University · Ophthalmology (NIH department code, 1 award)
  • Columbia University (no department on record, 1 award)

• Albert Kim

  Co-investigator on 5R01DE032343-04, led by Geelsu Hwang

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

• Thomas P Schaer

  Co-investigator on 5R01DE032343-04, led by Geelsu Hwang

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

• Liangbing Hu

  Co-investigator on 5R01DE033545-04, led by Yu Zhang

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

• Daniel A Jacobson

  Co-investigator on 5R01AR082951-04, led by Dana T Graves

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Research Triangle Institute (no department on record, 1 award)

• John T. Seykora

  Co-investigator on 5R01AR082951-04, led by Dana T Graves

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

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

• Kathleen J Stebe

  Co-investigator on 5T90DE030854-06, led by Hyun Koo

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