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FY2024 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Orthopedics at University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Funding
$11M
$10,965,245
Awards
36
FY2024 NIH awards in Orthopedics
Principal investigators
24
16 lead a grant here, 8 co-investigators
Department rank
#1
of 52 · 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 Orthopedics row of the University of Pennsylvania page.

Leads a grant in this department

16 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. Robert L Mauck

    Leads 3 awards · $1,641,732

    • 2R01AR075418-06Department: NIH department code
      Mechanical Regulation of Cell Fate and Multi-Scale Function in the Developing Meniscus

      Principal investigators: Robert L Mauck (contact PI), Lin Han, Nathaniel A. Dyment

      $643,499
      award amount
    • 5R01AR056624-15Department: NIH department code
      Dynamic Fibrous Scaffolds for Repairing Dense Connective Tissues

      Principal investigators: Robert L Mauck (contact PI), Jason A Burdick

      $516,327
      award amount
    • 5R01AR077362-13Department: NIH department code
      Engineered Developmental Microenvironments: Cartilage Formation and Maturation

      Principal investigators: Robert L Mauck (contact PI), Jason A Burdick

      $481,906
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AR077435-04, led by Lachlan James Smith; 5R01AR079875-02, led by Ling Qin; 5T32AR007132-48, led by Louis J Soslowsky.

  2. Ling Qin

    Leads 3 awards · $1,365,716

    • 5R01AR079875-02Department: NIH department code
      Activation of endogenous progenitors via a nanoparticle-conjugated fibrous system to enhance meniscus repair

      Principal investigators: Ling Qin (contact PI), Robert L Mauck

      $466,547
      award amount
    • 5R01AG069401-04Department: NIH department code
      Control of bone physiology by a novel type of adipose cells
      $460,194
      award amount
    • 5R01AG067698-05Department: NIH department code
      EGFR signaling in osteoarthritis and treatment
      $438,975
      award amount
  3. Nathaniel A. Dyment

    Leads 3 awards · $1,084,279

    • 1R01AR082810-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Localized small molecule delivery to improve tendon-to-bone integration following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

      Principal investigators: Nathaniel A. Dyment (contact PI), Andrew Frederic Kuntz

      $549,437
      award amount
    • 5R01AR076381-05Department: NIH department code
      Functional role and therapeutic potential of hedgehog signaling in tendon-to-bone repair
      $333,968
      award amount
    • 5R21AR081564-02Department: NIH department code
      Coordinated resident macrophage-tenocyte signaling in tendon formation
      $200,874
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2R01AR075418-06, led by Robert L Mauck; 1R01HD113596-01A1, led by Joel D Boerckel; 5R01AR078790-04, led by Louis J Soslowsky.

  4. Louis J Soslowsky

    Leads 4 awards · $1,079,607

    • 5T32AR007132-48Department: NIH department code
      Training Program in Musculoskeletal Research

      Principal investigators: Louis J Soslowsky (contact PI), Robert L Mauck

      $372,511
      award amount
    • 5R01AR078790-04Department: NIH department code
      Critical role of collagen XII in cell- and matrix-mediated mechanisms regulating acquisition of tendon structure and function in development and the injury response

      Principal investigators: Louis J Soslowsky (contact PI), Nathaniel A. Dyment

      $337,736
      award amount
    • 5R01AR080029-03Department: NIH department code
      Collagen III differential roles in temporal regulation of tendon healing across ages

      Principal investigators: Louis J Soslowsky (contact PI), Susan W Volk

      $337,434
      award amount
    • 3P50AR080581-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Achilles Tendinopathy Center of Research Translation
      $31,926
      award amount
  5. Joel D Boerckel

    Leads 4 awards · $1,052,681

    • 1R01HD113596-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Effects of maternal exercise on fetal akinesia-impaired bone and joint development

      Principal investigators: Joel D Boerckel (contact PI), Nathaniel A. Dyment

      $523,064
      award amount
    • 5R01GM143400-03Department: NIH department code
      Single-component optogenetic tools to bidirectionally control RhoA in mechanotransduction
      $346,208
      award amount
    • 3R01GM143400-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Single-component optogenetic tools to bidirectionally control RhoA in mechanotransduction
      $137,556
      award amount
    • 3R01GM143400-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Single-component optogenetic tools to bidirectionally control RhoA in mechanotransduction
      $45,853
      award amount
  6. Ernestina Schipani

    Leads 3 awards · $981,640

    • 5R01AR074079-06Department: NIH department code
      Mitochondria and TFAM in Osteoblast Biology
      $376,777
      award amount
    • 5R01HD112003-02Department: NIH department code
      Hypoxia and mitochondria in spine development and congenital scoliosis
      $345,881
      award amount
    • 5R01AR075770-04Department: NIH department code
      Regenerating Hyaline Cartilage Using Nanofibrous Hollow Microspheres and Synergizing TGF-beta and HIF

      Principal investigators: Ernestina Schipani (contact PI), Peter X Ma

      $258,982
      award amount
  7. Josh Baxter

    Leads 4 awards · $906,054

    • 5R01AR078898-03Department: NIH department code
      Tendon loading profiles that promote healing in Achilles tendinopathy
      $435,674
      award amount
    • 5R01AR081062-03Department: NIH department code
      Defining neuromechanical mechanisms of Achilles tendinopathy

      Principal investigators: Josh Baxter (contact PI), Flavia Vitale

      $341,894
      award amount
    • 5K01AR075877-05Department: NIH department code
      Modifying muscle remodeling following Achilles tendon ruptures
      $103,814
      award amount
    • 3R01AR078898-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Tendon loading profiles that promote healing in Achilles tendinopathy
      $24,672
      award amount
  8. Xiaowei Sherry Liu

    Leads 2 awards · $640,079

    • 5R01AR077598-04Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging modeling-based bone formation for osteoporosis treatment
      $411,954
      award amount
    • 2R56AR071718-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Osteocyte peri-lacunar/canalicular remodeling in maternal bone adaptation

      Principal investigators: Xiaowei Sherry Liu (contact PI), Liyun Wang

      $228,125
      award amount
  9. Sarah E Gullbrand

    Leads 1 award · $605,253

    • 1R01AR083007-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Disc-Facet Crosstalk During Spinal Degeneration and Repair
      $605,253
      award amount
  10. Lachlan James Smith

    Leads 2 awards · $558,519

    • 5R01AR077435-04Department: NIH department code
      Neutralizing the degenerate disc microenvironment to enhance the efficacy of therapeutic stem cells

      Principal investigators: Lachlan James Smith (contact PI), Neil Malhotra, Robert L Mauck

      $546,109
      award amount
    • 5R13AR082272-02Department: NIH department code
      ORS Spine Section Symposia: Enhancing Spine Research throughMentoring, Diversity and Collaboration
      $12,410
      award amount
  11. Foteini Mourkioti

    Leads 2 awards · $411,775

    • 5R01AR075914-05Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of telomere function in muscle stem cells
      $346,775
      award amount
    • 3R01AR075914-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of telomere function in muscle stem cells
      $65,000
      award amount
  12. Kyu Sang Joeng

    Leads 1 award · $346,775

    • 5R01AR079486-03Department: NIH department code
      The function of mTORC1/Stat3 signaling in the regulation of fibrovascular scar formation during tendon healing
      $346,775
      award amount
  13. Su Chin Heo

    Leads 1 award · $126,495

    • 5K01AR077087-05Department: NIH department code
      Biophysical regulation of genome architecture in meniscus cells
      $126,495
      award amount
  14. Jonathon Blank

    Leads 1 award · $74,828

    • 1F32AR082671-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Glycosaminoglycan-mediated fibril sliding and its role in fatigue-induced microdamage and rupture in aged and healing Achilles tendons
      $74,828
      award amount
  15. Meghan Elizabeth Kupratis

    Leads 1 award · $73,828

    • 1F32AR084906-01Department: NIH department code
      Multiscale mechano-metabolic regulation of fibrous tissue homeostasis
      $73,828
      award amount
  16. Michael William Hast

    Leads 1 award · $15,984

    • 5K25AR078383-04Department: NIH department code
      Modifying fragility fracture healing using a gradient-based mechanotransduction fixation approach
      $15,984
      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.

  • Jason A Burdick

    Co-investigator on 5R01AR056624-15, led by Robert L Mauck; 5R01AR077362-13, led by Robert L Mauck

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Lin Han

    Co-investigator on 2R01AR075418-06, led by Robert L Mauck

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Andrew Frederic Kuntz

    Co-investigator on 1R01AR082810-01A1, led by Nathaniel A. Dyment

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

  • Neil Malhotra

    Co-investigator on 5R01AR077435-04, led by Lachlan James Smith

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

  • Flavia Vitale

    Co-investigator on 5R01AR081062-03, led by Josh Baxter

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Susan W Volk

    Co-investigator on 5R01AR080029-03, led by Louis J Soslowsky

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

  • Peter X Ma

    Co-investigator on 5R01AR075770-04, led by Ernestina Schipani

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

  • Liyun Wang

    Co-investigator on 2R56AR071718-06A1, led by Xiaowei Sherry Liu

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

Also counted toward University of Pennsylvania in the Orthopedics ranking

Department rankings count awards at these organizations toward University of Pennsylvania. With University of Pennsylvania's own 36 awards (R&D contracts left out), they make up its ranking row: #1, $13,393,631, 41 awards. Each organization's page lists its investigators.