Surgery at University of Pennsylvania

Leads a grant in this department

13 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. Ali Naji

   Leads 3 awards · $14,904,893

   • 2U01DK112217-06Department: NIH department code

     Human Pancreas Analysis Program for Type 1 Diabetes - HPAP-T1D

     Principal investigators: Ali Naji (contact PI), Alvin C Powers, Klaus H Kaestner, Mark A. Atkinson

     $8,953,305

     award amount
   • 5U01AI163087-05Department: NIH department code

     Autologous chimeric antigen receptor engineered T cell immunotherapy for desensitization in patients awaiting kidney transplantation

     Principal investigators: Ali Naji (contact PI), Alfred L. Garfall, Carl H. June, James Francis Markmann, Michael C. Milone, Vijay Bhoj

     $4,303,502

     award amount
   • 1R01AI190177-01Department: NIH department code

     Immune repertoire remodeling following B cell-targeted CAR T cells for induction of renal allograft tolerance in non-human primates

     Principal investigators: Ali Naji (contact PI), Chenyang Liu, Drew Weissman, James Francis Markmann, Vijay Bhoj

     $1,648,086

     award amount

2. Hansell H Stedman

   Leads 1 award · $1,620,242

   • 5U01NS134672-02Department: NIH department code

     IND-enabling studies of non-immunogenic gene therapy for ultra-rare DMD patients excluded from dystrophin trials
     $1,620,242

     award amount

3. Scott Michael Damrauer

   Leads 2 awards · $1,389,060

   • 1R01HL181587-01Department: NIH department code

     Triglyceride-rich lipoproteins and abdominal aortic aneurysm growth and progression

     Principal investigators: Scott Michael Damrauer (contact PI), Hong Shen Lu, Ryan Eugene Temel

     $713,382

     award amount
   • 5R01HL166991-03Department: NIH department code

     Impact of PCSK9 inhibition on abdominal aortic aneurysm pathobiology and growth
     $675,678

     award amount

4. Abraham Na Shaked

   Leads 1 award · $1,273,991

   • 1U01AI191397-01Department: NIH department code

     Immunobiology and Physiology of Liver xenograft in the Decedent
     $1,273,991

     award amount

5. Matthew Howard Levine

   Leads 1 award · $703,985

   • 5R01DK139679-02Department: NIH department code

     Estrogen and Serms as Therapy for Renal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury

     Principal investigators: Matthew Howard Levine (contact PI), Wayne William Hancock

     $703,985

     award amount

6. Rachel Kelz

   Leads 1 award · $646,692

   • 5R01MD016088-04Department: NIH department code

     Personalized Provider Selection to Reduce Surgical Disparities
     $646,692

     award amount

7. John Patrick Fischer

   Leads 1 award · $607,960

   • 5R01DK131067-04Department: NIH department code

     Improving surgical outcomes through optimized hernia prediction
     $607,960

     award amount

8. James Francis Markmann

   Leads 1 award · $600,071

   • 5R01AI057851-19Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of action, optimization and application of Bregs
     $600,071

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 5U01AI163087-05, led by Ali Naji; 1R01AI190177-01, led by Ali Naji.

9. Nimesh D Desai

   Leads 1 award · $541,158

   • 5UM1HL088957-17Department: NIH department code

     Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network (CTSN) Linked Clinical Research Centers
     $541,158

     award amount

10. Ronald P. Dematteo

    Leads 1 award · $442,406

    • 5R01CA102613-19Department: NIH department code

      Molecular Mechanisms in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
      $442,406

      award amount

11. Luke Keele

    Leads 1 award · $424,733

    • 5R01LM013361-05Department: NIH department code

      Efficient nonparametric estimation of heterogeneous treatment effects in causal inference

      Principal investigators: Luke Keele (contact PI), Edward H. Kennedy

      $424,733

      award amount

12. Edward Cantu

    Leads 1 award · $223,515

    • 5R01HL155821-05Department: NIH department code

      Objective lung assessment tools for improved organ use in lung transplantation
      $223,515

      award amount

13. Heather Wachtel

    Leads 1 award · $193,371

    • 5K08CA270385-04Department: NIH department code

      A genotype-phenotype study of germline succinate dehydrogenase pathogenic variants
      $193,371

      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.

• Alvin C Powers

  Co-investigator on 2U01DK112217-06, led by Ali Naji

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center (no department on record, 4 awards)

• Klaus H Kaestner

  Co-investigator on 2U01DK112217-06, led by Ali Naji

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Pennsylvania · Genetics (NIH department code, 5 awards)
  • University of Pennsylvania (no department on record, 1 award)

• Mark A. Atkinson

  Co-investigator on 2U01DK112217-06, led by Ali Naji

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Florida · Pathology (NIH department code, 4 awards)
  • University of Florida (no department on record, 1 award)

• Vijay Bhoj

  Co-investigator on 5U01AI163087-05, led by Ali Naji; 1R01AI190177-01, led by Ali Naji

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Pennsylvania · Pathology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Alfred L. Garfall

  Co-investigator on 5U01AI163087-05, led by Ali Naji

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

• Carl H. June

  Co-investigator on 5U01AI163087-05, led by Ali Naji

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Pennsylvania (no department on record, 1 award)

• Michael C. Milone

  Co-investigator on 5U01AI163087-05, led by Ali Naji

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Pennsylvania (no department on record, 1 award)

• Chenyang Liu

  Co-investigator on 1R01AI190177-01, led by Ali Naji

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

• Drew Weissman

  Co-investigator on 1R01AI190177-01, led by Ali Naji

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

• Hong Shen Lu

  Co-investigator on 1R01HL181587-01, led by Scott Michael Damrauer

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

• Ryan Eugene Temel

  Co-investigator on 1R01HL181587-01, led by Scott Michael Damrauer

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

• Wayne William Hancock

  Co-investigator on 5R01DK139679-02, led by Matthew Howard Levine

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (no department on record, 1 award)

• Edward H. Kennedy

  Co-investigator on 5R01LM013361-05, led by Luke Keele

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