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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Microbiology & Immunology at University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Funding
$18.9M
$18,850,028
Awards
25
FY2026 NIH awards in Microbiology & Immunology
Principal investigators
31
23 lead a grant here, 8 co-investigators
Department rank
#14
of 119 · 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 Microbiology & Immunology row of the University of Pennsylvania page.

Leads a grant in this department

23 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. Michael R Betts

    Leads 4 awards · $5,267,778

    • 5P01AI191610-02Department: NIH department code
      Immunoengineering Durable Control of HIV Replication

      Principal investigators: E. John Wherry (contact PI), Frederic D Bushman (contact PI), James L. Riley (contact PI), Michael R Betts (contact PI), Saar Gill (contact PI)

      $3,729,469
      award amount
    • 5R01AI176597-04Department: NIH department code
      Multiomic strategies to assess HIV reservoir persistence
      $844,008
      award amount
    • 5R01AI184285-03Department: NIH department code
      Early interventions at ART initiation to reduce the HIV-1 reservoir and enhance adaptive immune responses

      Principal investigators: Michael R Betts (contact PI), Brad R Jones, Ole Schmeltz Søgaard

      $545,816
      award amount
    • 3R01AI184285-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Early interventions at ART initiation to reduce the HIV-1 reservoir and enhance adaptive immune responses

      Principal investigators: Michael R Betts (contact PI), Brad R Jones, Ole Schmeltz Søgaard

      $148,485
      award amount

  2. Frederic D Bushman

    Leads 2 awards · $5,259,423

    Also a principal investigator on 2T32AI007632-26, led by James L. Riley.

  3. James L. Riley

    Leads 3 awards · $4,977,237

    • 5P01AI191610-02Department: NIH department code
      Immunoengineering Durable Control of HIV Replication

      Principal investigators: E. John Wherry (contact PI), Frederic D Bushman (contact PI), James L. Riley (contact PI), Michael R Betts (contact PI), Saar Gill (contact PI)

      $3,729,469
      award amount
    • 5R01AI167061-04Department: NIH department code
      Eliminating the latent reservoir by targeted in vivo delivery of HIV-specific CARs

      Principal investigators: James L. Riley (contact PI), Hamideh Parhiz

      $745,743
      award amount
    • 2T32AI007632-26Department: NIH department code
      HIV Pathogenesis, Vaccination and Cure

      Principal investigators: James L. Riley (contact PI), Frederic D Bushman

      $502,025
      award amount

  4. E. John Wherry

    Leads 1 award · $3,729,469

  5. Saar Gill

    Leads 1 award · $3,729,469

  6. Scott Eric Hensley

    Leads 1 award · $3,160,180

    • 1R01AI201475-01Department: NIH department code
      Immune imprinting and immune responses to influenza viruses with pandemic potential
      $3,160,180
      award amount

  7. Drew Weissman

    Leads 1 award · $1,529,954

  8. Joseph Paul Zackular

    Leads 1 award · $1,529,954

  9. Michael C. Abt

    Leads 1 award · $1,529,954

  10. Susan R Weiss

    Leads 2 awards · $1,281,841

    • 5R01AI169537-05Department: NIH department code
      Human coronavirus infection of the nasal epithelium

      Principal investigators: Susan R Weiss (contact PI), Noam A Cohen

      $730,372
      award amount
    • 5R01AI140442-09Department: NIH department code
      Betacoronaviruses: activation and antagonism of host innate immune responses
      $551,469
      award amount

  11. Kellie Ann Jurado

    Leads 2 awards · $1,021,872

    • 5R01AI180138-03Department: NIH department code
      IL-27 is a protective cytokine during congenital infection
      $556,002
      award amount
    • 1R01HD120540-01Department: NIH department code
      Postpartum immunity and viral disease outcomes
      $465,870
      award amount

  12. Modupe Coker

    Leads 1 award · $917,237

    • 5R01DE032216-05Department: NIH department code
      HPV, HIV and Oral Microbiota Interplay in Nigerian Youth (HOMINY)

      Principal investigators: Modupe Coker (contact PI), Nosayaba Osazuwa-Peters

      $917,237
      award amount

  13. Norbert Pardi

    Leads 1 award · $804,269

    • 5R01AI153064-06Department: NIH department code
      Lipid nanoparticle adjuvants for mRNA vaccines: composition-function relation and mechanism of action

      Principal investigators: Norbert Pardi (contact PI), Michela Locci

      $804,269
      award amount

  14. Jianxin You

    Leads 2 awards · $751,046

    • 5R01CA187718-10Department: NIH department code
      Merkel cell polyomavirus infection, host response, and viral oncogenic mechanism
      $379,327
      award amount
    • 5R01CA284690-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeting MCPyV oncogene transcription to suppress tumorigenesis
      $371,719
      award amount

  15. Jun Zhu

    Leads 1 award · $741,908

    • 5R01AI178908-04Department: NIH department code
      The role of a bifunctional mucinase in modulating personalized gut microbiota-Vibrio cholerae interactions during infection

      Principal investigators: Jun Zhu (contact PI), Ansel Hsiao

      $741,908
      award amount

  16. Michela Locci

    Leads 1 award · $639,372

    • 5R01AI168312-05Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of germinal center responses by SARS-CoV-2 messenger RNA vaccines
      $639,372
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AI153064-06, led by Norbert Pardi.

  17. Flavia Rocha Teles

    Leads 1 award · $574,390

    • 5R01DE033033-03Department: NIH department code
      Defining Dysbiosis and Mechanisms of Periodontitis Progression and Stability

      Principal investigators: Flavia Rocha Teles (contact PI), Kyle Bittinger

      $574,390
      award amount

  18. Georgios Hajishengallis

    Leads 1 award · $373,750

    • 5R01DE031206-05Department: NIH department code
      Trained innate immunity and periodontitis-associated comorbidities
      $373,750
      award amount

  19. Paul Bates

    Leads 1 award · $297,139

    • 2T32AI007324-31Department: NIH department code
      Training in Virology

      Principal investigators: Paul Bates (contact PI), Matthew D. Weitzman

      $297,139
      award amount

  20. Mikel David Haggadone

    Leads 1 award · $81,580

    • 5F32HL178024-02Department: NIH department code
      Dietary regulation of inflammasome-mediated host defense by branched-chain amino acid metabolism
      $81,580
      award amount

  21. Suhas Bobba

    Leads 1 award · $59,716

    • 5F32AI186538-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of Intestinal Epithelial Cells in Controlling Local and Systemic Yersinia Infection through IL-1 Signaling
      $59,716
      award amount

  22. Austin Kriews

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31AI194926-02Department: NIH department code
      Tracking B cell:Antigen Interactions for HIV-1 Vaccine Development
      $50,114
      award amount

  23. Emily Frances Daley

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31AI191656-02Department: NIH department code
      Enhancing responses to mRNA-lipid nanoparticle vaccines via utilization of endogenous lipid function
      $50,114
      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.

  • Nosayaba Osazuwa-Peters

    Co-investigator on 5R01DE032216-05, led by Modupe Coker

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Hamideh Parhiz

    Co-investigator on 5R01AI167061-04, led by James L. Riley

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Ansel Hsiao

    Co-investigator on 5R01AI178908-04, led by Jun Zhu

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Noam A Cohen

    Co-investigator on 5R01AI169537-05, led by Susan R Weiss

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

  • Brad R Jones

    Co-investigator on 5R01AI184285-03, led by Michael R Betts; 3R01AI184285-03S1, led by Michael R Betts

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

  • Ole Schmeltz Søgaard

    Co-investigator on 5R01AI184285-03, led by Michael R Betts; 3R01AI184285-03S1, led by Michael R Betts

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

  • Kyle Bittinger

    Co-investigator on 5R01DE033033-03, led by Flavia Rocha Teles

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

  • Matthew D. Weitzman

    Co-investigator on 2T32AI007324-31, led by Paul Bates

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

Also counted toward University of Pennsylvania in the Microbiology & Immunology ranking

Department rankings count awards at these organizations toward University of Pennsylvania. With University of Pennsylvania's own 25 awards (R&D contracts left out), they make up its ranking row: #14, $19,874,427, 28 awards. Each organization's page lists its investigators.