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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Anesthesiology at University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

Funding
$13.7M
$13,711,522
Awards
21
FY2026 NIH awards in Anesthesiology
Principal investigators
19
13 lead a grant here, 6 co-investigators
Department rank
#7
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 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. Senthilkumar Sadhasivam

    Leads 2 awards · $4,370,022

    • 5U01HD116257-03Department: 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

      $3,293,523
      award amount
    • 5U01TR003719-04Department: NIH department code
      Perioperative Precision Medicine: Translating Science to Clinical Practice to Improve Safety and Efficacy of Opioids in Neonates, Children and Nursing Mothers
      $1,076,499
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AG085115-02, led by Aman Mahajan.

  2. Bradley K. Taylor

    Leads 4 awards · $2,011,016

    • 1R01DA066553-01Department: NIH department code
      Long-term activation of endogenous opioid analgesia in spinal cord and medulla
      $695,945
      award amount
    • 1R01NS146848-01Department: NIH department code
      A parabrachial hub for the prioritization of pain and other survival behaviors

      Principal investigators: Bradley K. Taylor (contact PI), John Nicholas Betley

      $620,504
      award amount
    • 5R01NS045954-21Department: NIH department code
      Neuropeptidergic Inhibition of Spinal Pain Transmission
      $497,347
      award amount
    • 5T32NS073548-14Department: NIH department code
      Training in Mechanisms and Clinical Presentation of Pain

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

      $197,220
      award amount

  3. Aman Mahajan

    Leads 2 awards · $1,434,268

    • 5R01AG085115-02Department: 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

      $786,489
      award amount
    • 5R01HL163691-04Department: NIH department code
      Smart Cuff: Multi-Parameter Hemodynamic Monitoring via a Single Convenient Device

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

      $647,779
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01HL180473-01A1, led by Kimberly Howard-Quijano.

  4. Sean P Farris

    Leads 2 awards · $1,170,821

    • 5U01AA020889-15Department: NIH department code
      3/11 Epigenetic Regulation of Neuroimmune Pathways

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

      $618,104
      award amount
    • 5R01AA030257-05Department: NIH department code
      LNCRNA REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION & BEHAVIOR
      $552,717
      award amount

  5. Keith Michael Vogt

    Leads 2 awards · $1,025,751

    • 5R01AT013058-02Department: 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
      $655,046
      award amount
    • 5R35GM146822-05Department: NIH department code
      Neuroimaging to identify the neural correlates of anesthetic and analgesic action in humans
      $370,705
      award amount

  6. Yan Xu

    Leads 2 awards · $1,013,366

    • 5R01NS122830-05Department: NIH department code
      Peripheral and Central Pathways of α3 Glycine Receptors as Non-Opioid Molecular Targets to Treat Pain
      $600,220
      award amount
    • 5T32GM075770-20Department: NIH department code
      Research Training in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
      $413,146
      award amount

  7. Kimberly Howard-Quijano

    Leads 1 award · $788,413

    • 1R01HL180473-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Spinal Modulation of Ventricular Excitability- Role of Oxytocin in Mechanisms and Therapeutics

      Principal investigators: Kimberly Howard-Quijano (contact PI), Aman Mahajan

      $788,413
      award amount

  8. Siamak Salavatian

    Leads 1 award · $782,341

    • 1R01HL185174-01Department: NIH department code
      Real-Time AI-Driven Closed-Loop Autonomic Modulation for Ventricular Arrhythmia Prevention After Myocardial Infarction

      Principal investigators: Siamak Salavatian (contact PI), Ali Bahrami Rad

      $782,341
      award amount

  9. Pei Tang

    Leads 1 award · $434,005

    • 1R21DA062076-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Countering xylazine damage with natural products targeting cholinergic receptors
      $434,005
      award amount

  10. Marsha Elizabeth Ritter Jones

    Leads 1 award · $397,500

    • 5R35GM150680-04Department: NIH department code
      Neuroimmune signaling in surgical wound healing and modulation by regional anesthesia
      $397,500
      award amount

  11. Benedict J Alter

    Leads 1 award · $183,791

    • 5K23NS123429-05Department: NIH department code
      Integrating brain and behavioral measures of central pain inhibition to personalize treatment in chronic pain management
      $183,791
      award amount

  12. Adam Joseph Brandner

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31AA031431-03Department: NIH department code
      Neural intersection of chronic alcohol exposure and pain
      $50,114
      award amount

  13. Daniela Victoria Gil

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31AA032172-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of lncRNA Malat1 in Alcohol Use Disorder
      $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.