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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Dermatology at University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Funding
$8.3M
$8,260,507
Awards
16
FY2026 NIH awards in Dermatology
Principal investigators
15
10 lead a grant here, 5 co-investigators
Department rank
#2
of 35 · 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 Dermatology row of the University of Pennsylvania page.

Leads a grant in this department

10 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. Christoph Thomas Ellebrecht

    Leads 3 awards · $2,683,881

    • 1R01AR086989-01Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the role of protein translation efficiency in T cell adaptation to human skin
      $2,063,666
      award amount
    • 5R35GM159930-02Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering novel cell death mechanisms and metabolic reprogramming in response to microenvironmental stress.
      $446,875
      award amount
    • 5K08AR080266-05Department: NIH department code
      Asymmetric cell division for fate commitment of human T cells
      $173,340
      award amount

  2. Panteleimon Rompolas

    Leads 2 awards · $1,781,644

    • 5U01EY034681-05Department: NIH department code
      Underpinnings of corneal innervation: anatomical, molecular, and functional studies of corneal sensory afferents in physiologic and pathologic states

      Principal investigators: Panteleimon Rompolas (contact PI), Hao Wu, Vivian Lee, Wenqin Luo

      $1,078,331
      award amount
    • 5R01EY036440-03Department: NIH department code
      Unlocking Corneal Endothelial Regeneration: Novel Therapeutic Strategies for Fuchs' Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy

      Principal investigators: Panteleimon Rompolas (contact PI), Sara Michelle Thomasy

      $703,313
      award amount

  3. Elizabeth Anne Grice

    Leads 3 awards · $1,449,208

    • 3P30AR069589-10S1Department: NIH department code
      Penn Skin Biology and Diseases Resource-based Center
      $548,312
      award amount
    • 5R01AR079856-05Department: NIH department code
      Microbial regulation of the keratinocyte AHR

      Principal investigators: Elizabeth Anne Grice (contact PI), Thomas R Sutter

      $486,064
      award amount
    • 5T32AR007465-43Department: NIH department code
      Penn Dermatology Research Training Program

      Principal investigators: Elizabeth Anne Grice (contact PI), David Joel Margolis

      $414,832
      award amount

  4. Junko Takeshita

    Leads 1 award · $611,733

    • 5R01AR080039-05Department: NIH department code
      Atopic dermatitis in an urban adult population: identifying the role of social and environmental factors
      $611,733
      award amount

  5. David Joel Margolis

    Leads 1 award · $545,765

    • 5U01AR079752-05Department: NIH department code
      A randomized, double-blind, multi-center comparative effectiveness study of spironolactone versus doxycycline hyclate for the treatment of acne in women
      $545,765
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32AR007465-43, led by Elizabeth Anne Grice.

  6. Leo Le Wang

    Leads 1 award · $406,250

    • 5DP5OD039379-02Department: NIH department code
      Multicomponent hydrogels activating wound-induced hair neogenesis for scarless wound healing.
      $406,250
      award amount

  7. Todd W Ridky

    Leads 1 award · $379,844

    • 1R21AR087045-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Impact of Y Chromosome Loss in Epidermis
      $379,844
      award amount

  8. Zelma Charlotte Chiesa Fuxench

    Leads 2 awards · $173,840

    • 5K23AR081984-04Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of Filaggrin Gene Mutations among Latino patients with Atopic Dermatitis
      $172,709
      award amount
    • 3K23AR081984-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of Filaggrin Gene Mutations among Latino patients with Atopic Dermatitis
      $1,131
      award amount

  9. Emily Baumrin

    Leads 1 award · $173,228

    • 5K23AR085191-02Department: NIH department code
      Development and validation of a patient-reported outcome measure to improve quality of life related to cutaneous chronic GVHD
      $173,228
      award amount

  10. Jack You

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 1F30AG099347-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Mechanisms of Hair Progenitor Cell Activation and Aging Resistance Through SOX5
      $55,114
      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.