FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Orthopedics at University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Funding

$13.4M

$13,428,321

Awards

FY2026 NIH awards in Orthopedics

Principal investigators

16 lead a grant here, 7 co-investigators

Department rank

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 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.

Louis J Soslowsky
Leads 6 awards · $3,251,709
- 5P50AR080581-04Department: NIH department code
  Achilles Tendinopathy Center of Research Translation
  Principal investigators: Josh Baxter (contact PI), Louis J Soslowsky (contact PI), Nathaniel A. Dyment (contact PI), Su Chin Heo (contact PI)
  $1,496,358
  award amount
- 3P30AR069619-10S1Department: NIH department code
  Overall: Resource-based Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders Research
  $548,312
  award amount
- 1R01AR086121-01A1Department: NIH department code
  The Impact of In Situ Mechanical Loading on Focal Adhesion Kinase Mediated Tendon Cell Mechanotransduction
  $507,606
  award amount
- 5R01AR080029-05Department: 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
  $329,919
  award amount
- 5T32AR007132-50Department: NIH department code
  Training Program in Musculoskeletal Research
  Principal investigators: Louis J Soslowsky (contact PI), Robert L Mauck
  $289,367
  award amount
- 3P50AR080581-04S1Department: NIH department code
  Achilles Tendinopathy Center of Research Translation
  $80,147
  award amount
Nathaniel A. Dyment
Leads 3 awards · $2,375,889
- 5P50AR080581-04Department: NIH department code
  Achilles Tendinopathy Center of Research Translation
  Principal investigators: Josh Baxter (contact PI), Louis J Soslowsky (contact PI), Nathaniel A. Dyment (contact PI), Su Chin Heo (contact PI)
  $1,496,358
  award amount
- 5R01AR082810-03Department: 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
  $539,906
  award amount
- 5R01AR079486-05Department: NIH department code
  The function of mTORC1/Stat3 signaling in the regulation of fibrovascular scar formation during tendon healing
  $339,625
  award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5R01AR075418-08, led by Robert L Mauck; 5R01HD113596-03, led by Joel D Boerckel.
Xiaowei Sherry Liu
Leads 1 award · $2,298,757
- 1R01AR085631-01A1Department: NIH department code
  Osteocyte peri-lacunar/canalicular remodeling in maternal bone adaptation
  Principal investigators: Xiaowei Sherry Liu (contact PI), Liyun Wang
  $2,298,757
  award amount
Josh Baxter
Leads 3 awards · $2,004,836
- 5P50AR080581-04Department: NIH department code
  Achilles Tendinopathy Center of Research Translation
  Principal investigators: Josh Baxter (contact PI), Louis J Soslowsky (contact PI), Nathaniel A. Dyment (contact PI), Su Chin Heo (contact PI)
  $1,496,358
  award amount
- 5R01AR078898-05Department: NIH department code
  Tendon loading profiles that promote healing in Achilles tendinopathy
  $426,691
  award amount
- 3R01AR078898-05S1Department: NIH department code
  Tendon loading profiles that promote healing in Achilles tendinopathy
  $81,787
  award amount
Su Chin Heo
Leads 2 awards · $1,879,021
- 5P50AR080581-04Department: NIH department code
  Achilles Tendinopathy Center of Research Translation
  Principal investigators: Josh Baxter (contact PI), Louis J Soslowsky (contact PI), Nathaniel A. Dyment (contact PI), Su Chin Heo (contact PI)
  $1,496,358
  award amount
- 5R01AR079224-05Department: NIH department code
  Preserving chromatin nano-structure to enhance chondrocyte therapeutic potential for cartilage repair
  Principal investigators: Su Chin Heo (contact PI), Melike Lakadamyali
  $382,663
  award amount
Ling Qin
Leads 2 awards · $1,264,862
- 1R01AG099895-01Department: NIH department code
  Targeting Activin A signaling to enhance bone repair
  Principal investigators: Ling Qin (contact PI), Maurizio Pacifici
  $723,105
  award amount
- 5R01AR079875-04Department: 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
  $541,757
  award amount
Robert L Mauck
Leads 2 awards · $1,106,509
- 5R01AR075418-08Department: 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
  $581,944
  award amount
- 5R01AR056624-17Department: NIH department code
  Dynamic Acellular Materials for Repairing Dense Connective Tissues
  Principal investigators: Robert L Mauck (contact PI), Jason A Burdick
  $524,565
  award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5R01AR079875-04, led by Ling Qin; 5T32AR007132-50, led by Louis J Soslowsky.
Foteini Mourkioti
Leads 2 awards · $1,023,754
- 1R01AR087128-01Department: NIH department code
  Molecular mechanisms of telomere function in muscle cells
  $546,145
  award amount
- 1R01AR085961-01A1Department: NIH department code
  Mechanotransducive role of muscle progenitors and bone formation in fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
  $477,609
  award amount
Ernestina Schipani
Leads 2 awards · $768,756
- 5R01AR084536-02Department: NIH department code
  Mitochondrial Respiration and The Biology of Growth Plate Chondrocytes
  $419,381
  award amount
- 5R01HD112003-04Department: NIH department code
  Hypoxia and mitochondria in spine development and congenital scoliosis
  $349,375
  award amount
Harvey E. Smith
Leads 1 award · $547,963
- 5R01AR085626-02Department: NIH department code
  Accelerating AF repair with a multi-factor mechanoactive patch
  Principal investigators: Harvey E. Smith (contact PI), Sarah E Gullbrand
  $547,963
  award amount
Sarah E Gullbrand
Leads 1 award · $542,597
- 5R01AR083007-03Department: NIH department code
  Disc-Facet Crosstalk During Spinal Degeneration and Repair
  $542,597
  award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5R01AR085626-02, led by Harvey E. Smith.
Joel D Boerckel
Leads 1 award · $511,776
- 5R01HD113596-03Department: 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
  $511,776
  award amount
Ke Song
Leads 1 award · $128,924
- 1K99AR086337-01A1Department: NIH department code
  The roles of real-world shoulder biomechanics in rotator cuff tendinopathy rehabilitation
  $128,924
  award amount
Jonathon Blank
Leads 1 award · $82,580
- 5F32AR082671-03Department: NIH department code
  Glycosaminoglycan-mediated fibril sliding and its role in fatigue-induced microdamage and rupture in aged and healing Achilles tendons
  $82,580
  award amount
Meghan Elizabeth Kupratis
Leads 1 award · $79,348
- 5F32AR084906-03Department: NIH department code
  Multiscale mechano-metabolic regulation of fibrous tissue homeostasis
  $79,348
  award amount
Jacob Casimir Nixon
Leads 1 award · $50,114
- 5F31AG091964-02Department: NIH department code
  Defining the Role of Collagen XII in Regulating Skeletal Muscle and Tendon during Aging
  $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.

Liyun Wang
Co-investigator on 1R01AR085631-01A1, led by Xiaowei Sherry Liu
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Delaware · Biomedical Engineering (NIH department code, 1 award)
Maurizio Pacifici
Co-investigator on 1R01AG099895-01, led by Ling Qin
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · Surgery (investigator's affiliation, 3 awards)
Lin Han
Co-investigator on 5R01AR075418-08, led by Robert L Mauck
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Drexel University · Engineering (NIH department code, 1 award)
- Drexel University (no department on record, 1 award)
Andrew Frederic Kuntz
Co-investigator on 5R01AR082810-03, led by Nathaniel A. Dyment
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Jason A Burdick
Co-investigator on 5R01AR056624-17, led by Robert L Mauck
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- University of Colorado · Miscellaneous (NIH department code, 2 awards)
Melike Lakadamyali
Co-investigator on 5R01AR079224-05, led by Su Chin Heo
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Pennsylvania · Physiology (NIH department code, 1 award)
Susan W Volk
Co-investigator on 5R01AR080029-05, led by Louis J Soslowsky
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

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 27 awards (R&D contracts left out), they make up its ranking row: #1, $14,638,309, 30 awards. Each organization's page lists its investigators.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$1,209,9883 awards