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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Genetics at University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Funding
$21.2M
$21,164,463
Awards
31
FY2025 NIH awards in Genetics
Principal investigators
33
22 lead a grant here, 11 co-investigators
Department rank
#9
of 54 · 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

22 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 5 awards · $8,007,190

    • 2U01DK123594-06Department: 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

      $2,999,756
      award amount
    • 3U01DK123594-06S1Department: NIH department code
      Human Pancreas Analysis Program for Type 2 Diabetes (HPAP-T2D)

      Principal investigators: Klaus H Kaestner (contact PI), Ali Naji

      $1,998,001
      award amount
    • 1U01DK143477-01Department: NIH department code
      Beta cell death in early type 1 diabetes caused by innate immune response to inefficient RNA editing
      $1,786,925
      award amount
    • 5U01DK134995-04Department: NIH department code
      The role of senescent beta cells in T1D and T2D
      $680,519
      award amount
    • 5R01DK139049-02Department: NIH department code
      FOXL1 positive telocytes in intestinal development and homeostsis
      $541,989
      award amount

  2. Zhaolan Zhou

    Leads 2 awards · $1,348,231

    • 1R01MH138343-01Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic insights into stress vulnerability in mouse models
      $715,662
      award amount
    • 2R01NS081054-11A1Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the Pathogenic Mechanisms of Rett Syndrome
      $632,569
      award amount

  3. Douglas J Epstein

    Leads 2 awards · $1,192,743

    • 5R01DC021475-02Department: NIH department code
      Pathogenic mechanisms of adult hearing loss caused by Zfp719 mutations
      $658,293
      award amount
    • 1T32GM156697-01Department: NIH department code
      Predoctoral Training Program in Genetics

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

      $534,450
      award amount

  4. Hao Wu

    Leads 1 award · $1,185,799

    • 5U01HG012047-05Department: 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

      $1,185,799
      award amount

  5. Bogdan Pasaniuc

    Leads 1 award · $911,784

  6. John Isaac Murray

    Leads 2 awards · $877,597

    • 5R01HD105819-05Department: NIH department code
      Comparing cell types across mutants and species at single cell resolution
      $443,844
      award amount
    • 5R35GM153497-02Department: NIH department code
      Decoding lineage and fate specification in the C. elegans embryo
      $433,753
      award amount

  7. Jennifer Elizabeth Phillips-Cremins

    Leads 2 awards · $783,663

    • 5R37MH120269-07Department: NIH department code
      Connecting 3D genome misfolding to transcriptional silencing in fragile X syndrome
      $555,605
      award amount
    • 5DP1MH129957-05Department: NIH department code
      From 3D genomes to neural connectomes: Higher-order chromatin mechanisms encoding long-term memory
      $228,058
      award amount

  8. Golnaz Vahedi

    Leads 1 award · $772,175

    • 5R01AI168136-03Department: NIH department code
      3D genome organization of the Ets1-Fli1 locus controls allergic responses

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

      $772,175
      award amount

  9. Dokyoon Kim

    Leads 1 award · $769,981

    • 5R01HL169458-03Department: NIH department code
      Methods for Enhancing Polygenic Risk Prediction Models for Complex Disease

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

      $769,981
      award amount

  10. Michael P Hart

    Leads 2 awards · $762,923

    • 5R35GM146782-04Department: NIH department code
      Molecular coordination of adhesion molecules in foraging behaviors and circuits
      $406,250
      award amount
    • 5R01NS129736-03Department: NIH department code
      Genetic and molecular regulation of experience-dependent structural plasticity
      $356,673
      award amount

  11. Meera Sundaram

    Leads 1 award · $714,094

    • 2R35GM136315-06Department: NIH department code
      Building and shaping the apical extracellular matrix
      $714,094
      award amount

  12. Erica Megan Korb

    Leads 1 award · $560,510

    • 5R01NS134755-02Department: NIH department code
      The role of chromatin regulators in neurodevelopmental disorders
      $560,510
      award amount

  13. Thomas A Jongens

    Leads 1 award · $524,125

    • 5R01NS129903-03Department: NIH department code
      Mitochondrial dysfunction in Fragile X: Mechanisms and treatments
      $524,125
      award amount

  14. Yana G Kamberov

    Leads 1 award · $507,330

    • 5R01AR083938-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms underlying the formation and function of the sweat gland dermal niche
      $507,330
      award amount

  15. Eric F. Joyce

    Leads 1 award · $487,500

    • 5R35GM128903-08Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of chromatin folding in space and time
      $487,500
      award amount

  16. Iain Neil Mathieson

    Leads 1 award · $464,750

    • 2R35GM133708-06Department: NIH department code
      Polygenic prediction and evolution of complex traits
      $464,750
      award amount

  17. Ziyue Gao

    Leads 1 award · $406,250

    • 5R35GM146810-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms and consequences of sequence context-dependency of human mutation rate
      $406,250
      award amount

  18. Yoseph Barash

    Leads 1 award · $404,023

    • 5R01GM147739-04Department: NIH department code
      Identifying regulatory uORFs as a targetable axis for hereditary disease

      Principal investigators: Yoseph Barash (contact PI), Nicholas Joseph Hand

      $404,023
      award amount

  19. Glennis Amelia Logsdon

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00GM147352-03Department: NIH department code
      Human centromere variation and function
      $249,000
      award amount

  20. Eleonora Scorletti

    Leads 1 award · $89,725

    • 5K99DK137029-02Department: NIH department code
      The role of lipid droplet proteins in eicosanoid production and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
      $89,725
      award amount

  21. Jenna Rose Petronglo

    Leads 1 award · $75,520

    • 5F32MH138117-02Department: NIH department code
      Histone crotonylation as a novel regulator of learning and memory
      $75,520
      award amount

  22. Diane Xue

    Leads 1 award · $69,550

    • 4K00AG079792-03Department: NIH department code
      Integrating Polygenic Risk and Environmental Exposures to Uncover Biological Mechanisms Underlying Dementia in a Diverse Cohort
      $69,550
      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.