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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Anesthesiology at University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

Funding
$17.2M
$17,234,079
Awards
20
FY2025 NIH awards in Anesthesiology
Principal investigators
20
13 lead a grant here, 7 co-investigators
Department rank
#5
of 49 · 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 Anesthesiology row of the University of Pittsburgh page.

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. Benedict J Alter

    Leads 2 awards · $5,084,956

    • 1R01AR086796-01Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging inter-individual differences in walking pain and impairment to elucidate whole-person mechanisms of knee osteoarthritis
      $4,899,748
      award amount
    • 5K23NS123429-04Department: NIH department code
      Integrating brain and behavioral measures of central pain inhibition to personalize treatment in chronic pain management
      $185,208
      award amount

  2. Senthilkumar Sadhasivam

    Leads 1 award · $3,315,439

    • 5U01HD116257-02Department: NIH department code
      Implementing and Personalizing Best-In-Class Opioid-sparing Pain Management for Major Inpatient Surgeries in Children

      Principal investigators: Senthilkumar Sadhasivam (contact PI), Vidya Chidambaran

      $3,315,439
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01AG085115-01A1, led by Aman Mahajan; 5R01DA054513-04, led by Jacques E. Chelly.

  3. Ajay D Wasan

    Leads 1 award · $1,528,391

    • 4R33AT012282-02Department: NIH department code
      Development and Validation of a Multimodal Ultrasound- Based Biomarker for Myofascial Pain

      Principal investigators: Ajay D Wasan (contact PI), Jiantao Pu, Kang Kim

      $1,528,391
      award amount

  4. Aman Mahajan

    Leads 2 awards · $1,464,254

    • 1R01AG085115-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Real-world and Innovative Multimodal Prediction and Prevention of Postoperative Mortality and Multi-morbidity

      Principal investigators: Aman Mahajan (contact PI), Senthilkumar Sadhasivam

      $801,268
      award amount
    • 5R01HL163691-03Department: NIH department code
      Smart Cuff: Multi-Parameter Hemodynamic Monitoring via a Single Convenient Device

      Principal investigators: Aman Mahajan (contact PI), Ramakrishna Mukkamala

      $662,986
      award amount

  5. Sean P Farris

    Leads 2 awards · $1,167,473

    • 5U01AA020889-14Department: NIH department code
      3/11 Epigenetic Regulation of Neuroimmune Pathways

      Principal investigators: Sean P Farris (contact PI), Gregg E. Homanics

      $614,756
      award amount
    • 5R01AA030257-04Department: NIH department code
      LNCRNA REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION & BEHAVIOR
      $552,717
      award amount

  6. Keith Michael Vogt

    Leads 2 awards · $1,092,148

    • 1R01AT013058-01Department: NIH department code
      A mechanistic neuroimaging study to determine brain changes with auricular stimulation and auriculotherapy in healthy volunteers and chronic low back pain patients
      $721,428
      award amount
    • 5R35GM146822-04Department: NIH department code
      Neuroimaging to identify the neural correlates of anesthetic and analgesic action in humans
      $370,720
      award amount

  7. Yan Xu

    Leads 2 awards · $1,024,304

    • 5R01NS122830-04Department: NIH department code
      Peripheral and Central Pathways of α3 Glycine Receptors as Non-Opioid Molecular Targets to Treat Pain
      $600,220
      award amount
    • 5T32GM075770-19Department: NIH department code
      Research Training in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
      $424,084
      award amount

  8. Bradley K. Taylor

    Leads 2 awards · $798,843

    • 5R01NS045954-20Department: NIH department code
      Neuropeptidergic Inhibition of Spinal Pain Transmission
      $497,347
      award amount
    • 5T32NS073548-13Department: NIH department code
      Training in Mechanisms and Clinical Presentation of Pain

      Principal investigators: Bradley K. Taylor (contact PI), Jami Lynn Saloman

      $301,496
      award amount

  9. Jacques E. Chelly

    Leads 2 awards · $723,310

    • 5R01DA054513-04Department: NIH department code
      Reduction of opioid requirement associated with Auriculo-nerve stimulation following open surgery

      Principal investigators: Jacques E. Chelly (contact PI), Senthilkumar Sadhasivam

      $524,560
      award amount
    • 5R21DA061414-02Department: NIH department code
      Telemedicine-delivered digital cognitive behavioral intervention to decrease post-operative opioid use among patients undergoing total knee and hip arthroplasty

      Principal investigators: Jacques E. Chelly (contact PI), A. Murat Kaynar

      $198,750
      award amount

  10. Grace Lim

    Leads 1 award · $538,385

    • 5R01MH134538-03Department: NIH department code
      Ketamine to reduce postpartum depression and pain after cesarean delivery
      $538,385
      award amount

  11. Marsha Elizabeth Ritter Jones

    Leads 1 award · $397,500

    • 5R35GM150680-03Department: NIH department code
      Neuroimmune signaling in surgical wound healing and modulation by regional anesthesia
      $397,500
      award amount

  12. Adam Joseph Brandner

    Leads 1 award · $49,538

    • 5F31AA031431-02Department: NIH department code
      Neural intersection of chronic alcohol exposure and pain
      $49,538
      award amount

  13. Rachel Rice

    Leads 1 award · $49,538

    • 5F31AA031168-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of lncRNA Gas5 in Glucocorticoid-Mediated Ethanol Dependence Phenotypes
      $49,538
      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.

  • Vidya Chidambaran

    Co-investigator on 5U01HD116257-02, led by Senthilkumar Sadhasivam

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

  • Jiantao Pu

    Co-investigator on 4R33AT012282-02, led by Ajay D Wasan

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Kang Kim

    Co-investigator on 4R33AT012282-02, led by Ajay D Wasan

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Ramakrishna Mukkamala

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL163691-03, led by Aman Mahajan

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

  • Gregg E. Homanics

    Co-investigator on 5U01AA020889-14, led by Sean P Farris

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Jami Lynn Saloman

    Co-investigator on 5T32NS073548-13, led by Bradley K. Taylor

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • A. Murat Kaynar

    Co-investigator on 5R21DA061414-02, led by Jacques E. Chelly

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