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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Genetics at University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Funding
$22.6M
$22,620,538
Awards
35
FY2026 NIH awards in Genetics
Principal investigators
40
26 lead a grant here, 14 co-investigators
Department rank
#7
of 59 · 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 Genetics row of the University of Pennsylvania page.

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. Klaus H Kaestner

    Leads 3 awards · $6,206,981

    • 5U01DK123594-07Department: NIH department code
      Human Pancreas Analysis Program for Type 2 Diabetes (HPAP-T2D)

      Principal investigators: Klaus H Kaestner (contact PI), Ali Naji, Alvin C Powers, Doris A Stoffers, Robert Babak Faryabi

      $4,999,267
      award amount
    • 1R01DK145426-01Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Genetic Analysis of the Role of Senescence in Liver Disease
      $665,725
      award amount
    • 5R01DK139049-03Department: NIH department code
      FOXL1 positive telocytes in intestinal development and homeostsis
      $541,989
      award amount

  2. Sarah Anne Tishkoff

    Leads 3 awards · $2,257,571

    • 1RC2DK142620-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Multiomic analysis of Africans to identify novel markers of cardiometabolic risk in the US population

      Principal investigators: Sarah Anne Tishkoff (contact PI), Charles F Burant, Hongzhe Lee

      $1,000,650
      award amount
    • 1R35GM161902-01Department: NIH department code
      Integrative Genomic Analyses of Human Evolution and Complex Traits in Africa
      $688,506
      award amount
    • 1R01AR085585-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Genetic factors influencing skin and hair phenotypes in Africans
      $568,415
      award amount

  3. Zhaolan Zhou

    Leads 2 awards · $1,231,979

    • 5R01NS081054-12Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the Pathogenic Mechanisms of Rett Syndrome
      $623,667
      award amount
    • 5R01MH138343-02Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic insights into stress vulnerability in mouse models
      $608,312
      award amount

  4. Douglas J Epstein

    Leads 2 awards · $1,196,201

    • 5R01DC021475-03Department: NIH department code
      Pathogenic mechanisms of adult hearing loss caused by Zfp719 mutations
      $655,530
      award amount
    • 5T32GM156697-02Department: NIH department code
      Predoctoral Training Program in Genetics

      Principal investigators: Douglas J Epstein (contact PI), Montserrat C Anguera

      $540,671
      award amount

  5. Erica Megan Korb

    Leads 2 awards · $1,179,047

    • 1R01NS146712-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering emerging histone modifications in neuronal function though biochemical tool development

      Principal investigators: Erica Megan Korb (contact PI), George Burslem

      $635,431
      award amount
    • 5R01NS134755-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of chromatin regulators in neurodevelopmental disorders
      $543,616
      award amount

  6. Hao Wu

    Leads 1 award · $1,065,970

    • 3U01HG012047-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Defining causal roles of genomic variants on gene regulatory networks with spatiotemporally-resolved single-cell multiomics

      Principal investigators: Hao Wu (contact PI), Hongjun Song

      $1,065,970
      award amount

  7. Michael P Hart

    Leads 2 awards · $805,469

    • 5R35GM146782-05Department: NIH department code
      Molecular coordination of adhesion molecules in foraging behaviors and circuits
      $406,250
      award amount
    • 5R01NS129736-04Department: NIH department code
      Genetic and molecular regulation of experience-dependent structural plasticity
      $399,219
      award amount

  8. Arjun Raj

    Leads 1 award · $798,039

    • 1R01DK143455-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Systematic decomposition of self-organization in the intestinal epithelium

      Principal investigators: Arjun Raj (contact PI), Nancy R Zhang

      $798,039
      award amount

  9. Golnaz Vahedi

    Leads 1 award · $754,300

    • 5R01AI168136-04Department: NIH department code
      3D genome organization of the Ets1-Fli1 locus controls allergic responses

      Principal investigators: Golnaz Vahedi (contact PI), Jorge Henao-Mejia

      $754,300
      award amount

  10. Dokyoon Kim

    Leads 1 award · $738,840

    • 5R01HL169458-04Department: NIH department code
      Methods for Enhancing Polygenic Risk Prediction Models for Complex Disease

      Principal investigators: Dokyoon Kim (contact PI), Marylyn D Ritchie

      $738,840
      award amount

  11. Yoseph Barash

    Leads 1 award · $716,515

    • 1R01LM015391-01Department: NIH department code
      Predicting, Interpreting, and Validating Noncoding Variants for Rare Disease Diagnosis
      $716,515
      award amount

  12. Meera Sundaram

    Leads 1 award · $714,094

    • 5R35GM136315-07Department: NIH department code
      Building and shaping the apical extracellular matrix
      $714,094
      award amount

  13. Qin Li

    Leads 2 awards · $609,375

    • 1R35GM162298-01Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Mechanisms and Roles of RNA Editing and Sensing
      $446,875
      award amount
    • 1R03DK147541-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of RNA editing in T1D in humans
      $162,500
      award amount

  14. Yana G Kamberov

    Leads 1 award · $530,439

    • 5R01AR083938-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms underlying the formation and function of the sweat gland dermal niche
      $530,439
      award amount

  15. Thomas A Jongens

    Leads 1 award · $524,125

    • 5R01NS129903-04Department: NIH department code
      Mitochondrial dysfunction in Fragile X: Mechanisms and treatments
      $524,125
      award amount

  16. Eric F. Joyce

    Leads 1 award · $487,500

    • 5R35GM128903-09Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of chromatin folding in space and time
      $487,500
      award amount

  17. Iain Neil Mathieson

    Leads 1 award · $464,750

    • 5R35GM133708-07Department: NIH department code
      Polygenic prediction and evolution of complex traits
      $464,750
      award amount

  18. Bogdan Pasaniuc

    Leads 1 award · $455,890

  19. Eleonora Scorletti

    Leads 1 award · $446,875

    • 1R21AG093405-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Role of Genetic Variants and Aging on Eicosanoid Metabolism in Adipose Tissue
      $446,875
      award amount

  20. John Isaac Murray

    Leads 1 award · $433,753

    • 5R35GM153497-03Department: NIH department code
      Decoding lineage and fate specification in the C. elegans embryo
      $433,753
      award amount

  21. Ziyue Gao

    Leads 1 award · $406,250

    • 5R35GM146810-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms and consequences of sequence context-dependency of human mutation rate
      $406,250
      award amount

  22. Glennis Amelia Logsdon

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00GM147352-04Department: NIH department code
      Human centromere variation and function
      $249,000
      award amount

  23. Christopher Large

    Leads 1 award · $125,000

    • 1K99GM166995-01Department: NIH department code
      Development across evolutionary time at a single cell resolution
      $125,000
      award amount

  24. Bailey Nicole Warder

    Leads 1 award · $76,780

    • 1F32GM167125-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic Dissection of Lamina Associated Domain Reorganization in Fibrosis
      $76,780
      award amount

  25. Clara Kim

    Leads 1 award · $76,780

    • 1F32GM163350-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Chromatin-Nuclear Speckle Association and Its Impact on Gene Expression
      $76,780
      award amount

  26. Diane Xue

    Leads 1 award · $69,015

    • 5K00AG079792-04Department: NIH department code
      Integrating Polygenic Risk and Environmental Exposures to Uncover Biological Mechanisms Underlying Dementia in a Diverse Cohort
      $69,015
      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.

Also counted toward University of Pennsylvania in the Genetics ranking

Department rankings count awards at these organizations toward University of Pennsylvania. With University of Pennsylvania's own 35 awards (R&D contracts left out), they make up its ranking row: #7, $38,517,837, 38 awards. Each organization's page lists its investigators.