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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Dentistry at University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Funding
$10.2M
$10,249,533
Awards
37
FY2025 NIH awards in Dentistry
Principal investigators
38
30 lead a grant here, 8 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 Dentistry row of the University of Pennsylvania page.

Leads a grant in this department

30 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. Hyun Koo

    Leads 4 awards · $1,578,827

    • 5R01DE025848-09Department: NIH department code
      Biofilm Elimination and Caries Prevention using Multifunctional Nanocatalysts
      $730,978
      award amount
    • 1R01DE034383-01Department: NIH department code
      C. albicans interactions with S. mutans modulate cariogenic biofilm formation and virulence
      $460,885
      award amount
    • 5T90DE030854-05Department: NIH department code
      Advanced Training at the Interface of Engineering and Oral-Craniofacial Sciences

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

      $282,711
      award amount
    • 5R90DE031532-05Department: NIH department code
      Advanced Training at the Interface of Engineering and Oral-Craniofacial Sciences

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

      $104,253
      award amount
  2. Kelly L Jordan-Sciutto

    Leads 2 awards · $1,490,306

  3. Shuying Yang

    Leads 2 awards · $993,638

    • 5R01AR084491-02Department: NIH department code
      INPP5E Signaling and Treatment in Rheumatoid Arthritis
      $502,204
      award amount
    • 5R01AR080895-03Department: NIH department code
      Treatment and Mechanisms of Diabetic Fracture Healing

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

      $491,434
      award amount
  4. Dana T Graves

    Leads 2 awards · $823,933

    • 5R01DE017732-15Department: NIH department code
      Diabetes-enhanced Experimental Periodontitis
      $459,116
      award amount
    • 5R01AR082951-03Department: 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

      $364,817
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AR080895-03, led by Shuying Yang.

  5. Katherine Nicole Theken

    Leads 1 award · $690,510

    • 5R01DE033405-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Variability in the Analgesic Response to Ibuprofen Following Third Molar Extraction
      $690,510
      award amount
  6. Chi-Der Chen

    Leads 2 awards · $574,844

    • 5R01CA288366-02Department: NIH department code
      Stromal Effects in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
      $371,719
      award amount
    • 5R21DE033128-02Department: NIH department code
      Repurposing Ferumoxytol Nanoparticles to Promote Orofacial Stem Cell Function for Autotherapies
      $203,125
      award amount
  7. Geelsu Hwang

    Leads 1 award · $530,719

    • 5R01DE032343-03Department: NIH department code
      Translational Multimodal Strategy for Peri-Implant Disease Prevention

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

      $530,719
      award amount
  8. Yu Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $454,114

    • 5R01DE033545-03Department: 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

      $454,114
      award amount
  9. Hydar Ali

    Leads 1 award · $446,875

    • 1R21AI190597-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mast Cell G-protein Coupled Receptors in Immune Modulation of colitis
      $446,875
      award amount
  10. Anh D Le

    Leads 1 award · $413,522

    • 5R01DE031023-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeted inhibition of eIF5Ahpu suppresses tumor growth and M2-like TAM polarization in oral cancer
      $413,522
      award amount
  11. Kyle Holmberg Vining

    Leads 1 award · $406,250

    • 1R35GM157079-01Department: NIH department code
      Immuno-mechanical regulation of monocytes in fibrotic niches
      $406,250
      award amount
  12. Kang I Ko

    Leads 1 award · $385,938

    • 5R01DE030415-05Department: NIH department code
      Wound healing mechanisms by distinct oral fibroblast population
      $385,938
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AR082951-03, led by Dana T Graves.

  13. Sunday O Akintoye

    Leads 1 award · $371,719

    • 5R01CA259307-04Department: NIH department code
      Biological Indicators of Racial Disparity in Ameloblastoma Recurrence
      $371,719
      award amount
  14. Georgios Hajishengallis

    Leads 1 award · $345,313

    • 5R01DE033643-02Department: NIH department code
      Clonal hematopoiesis and periodontal disease
      $345,313
      award amount
  15. Wenjing Yu

    Leads 1 award · $136,711

    • 1K08DE035170-01Department: NIH department code
      The Interplay of Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Neutrophils During Rapid Maxillary Expansion
      $136,711
      award amount
  16. Zhi Ren

    Leads 1 award · $127,062

    • 5K99DE033428-02Department: NIH department code
      Probing the role of Selenomonas sputigena in supragingival biofilm spatial structuring and virulence
      $127,062
      award amount
  17. David Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $54,538

    • 5F30HL172382-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating ancestry-specific genetic variation associated with HLBS phenotypes in diverse patient biobanks
      $54,538
      award amount
  18. Kenneth Pham

    Leads 1 award · $54,538

    • 5F30HD114405-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the spatially coordinated mechanisms of transcriptional silencing in fragile X syndrome
      $54,538
      award amount
  19. Emily Elizabeth Lubin

    Leads 1 award · $37,348

    • 5F30HD112125-02Department: NIH department code
      De novo mutations in replication-independent histone genes and an unexplored class of rare pediatric mendelian syndromes
      $37,348
      award amount
  20. Kaitlyn Marie Shen

    Leads 1 award · $37,348

    • 5F31HL168922-02Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the role of cytoskeletal-nuclear interactions in peripheral chromatin organization
      $37,348
      award amount
  21. Rohan Palanki

    Leads 1 award · $37,245

    • 5F30HL162465-04Department: NIH department code
      Ionizable Lipid Nanoparticles for Fetal Lung Targeting
      $37,245
      award amount
  22. Benjamin Michael Kahn

    Leads 1 award · $37,226

    • 1F30CA281080-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Lymphatic Metastasis in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
      $37,226
      award amount
  23. Claudia Darnell Lovell

    Leads 1 award · $37,076

    • 5F30AI174437-03Department: NIH department code
      Defining the Role of Dynamic X Chromosome Inactivation in Age-Associated B Cells for Female-Biased Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
      $37,076
      award amount
  24. Matthew Ambrose Sullivan

    Leads 1 award · $37,076

    • 5F30AI174776-03Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Mechanisms of TOX-mediated Programming of CD8 T Cell Exhaustion
      $37,076
      award amount
  25. Timothy Cox

    Leads 1 award · $37,076

    • 5F30AG081097-03Department: NIH department code
      Microbiome Contributions to Age-Associated Cognitive Decline
      $37,076
      award amount
  26. Sophie Rose Liebergall

    Leads 1 award · $27,806

    • 5F31NS132519-03Department: NIH department code
      Cellular and circuit function of Ndnf-expressing interneurons in a mouse model of a neurodevelopmental disorder
      $27,806
      award amount
  27. Noa Erlitzki

    Leads 1 award · $25,375

    • 5F30CA281040-02Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering and modulating CAR T cell persistence with controllable epigenome editors
      $25,375
      award amount
  28. Margaret Kathryn Tamburro

    Leads 1 award · $24,976

    • 5F31AR082282-03Department: NIH department code
      Defining the Role of Type III Collagen in Neonatal Tendon Development and Healing
      $24,976
      award amount
  29. David Dai

    Leads 1 award · $17,809

    • 5F30AG077858-03Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing Vulnerable Cell Types in C9orf72-FTD
      $17,809
      award amount
  30. Prateek Sharma

    Leads 1 award · $13,815

    • 5F30CA284848-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Role of Diet and ACSS2 in Metabolic and Epigenetic Regulation of Colorectal Cancer
      $13,815
      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 1R01MH136841-01A1, led by Kelly L Jordan-Sciutto; 4R33DA059917-03, led by Kelly L Jordan-Sciutto

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

  • Yijing Su

    Co-investigator on 4R33DA059917-03, led by Kelly L Jordan-Sciutto

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

  • Albert Kim

    Co-investigator on 5R01DE032343-03, 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 5R01DE032343-03, 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 5R01DE033545-03, led by Yu Zhang

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

  • Kathleen J Stebe

    Co-investigator on 5T90DE030854-05, led by Hyun Koo; 5R90DE031532-05, led by Hyun Koo

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

  • Daniel A Jacobson

    Co-investigator on 5R01AR082951-03, led by Dana T Graves

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • John T. Seykora

    Co-investigator on 5R01AR082951-03, led by Dana T Graves

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads