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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biomedical Engineering at University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

Funding
$10.3M
$10,349,161
Awards
26
FY2026 NIH awards in Biomedical Engineering
Principal investigators
31
21 lead a grant here, 10 co-investigators
Department rank
#14
of 80 · 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 Biomedical Engineering row of the University of Pittsburgh page.

Leads a grant in this department

21 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. Takashi Daniel Yoshida Kozai

    Leads 2 awards · $1,315,972

    • 5R01NS105691-07Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of localized neuronal excitation with diamond Wireless Axon and electrical microstimulation

      Principal investigators: Takashi Daniel Yoshida Kozai (contact PI), Wen Li

      $706,235
      award amount
    • 5R01NS129632-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Oligodendrocyte Activity on Chronic Brain Implants and Recording Performance

      Principal investigators: Takashi Daniel Yoshida Kozai (contact PI), Franca Cambi

      $609,737
      award amount

  2. David Alan Vorp

    Leads 3 awards · $1,270,039

    • 5U01EB034450-04Department: NIH department code
      Clickable Extracellular Vesicles to Silk-Based Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine

      Principal investigators: David Alan Vorp (contact PI), Phil Gordon Campbell

      $705,810
      award amount
    • 5R33HL177449-02Department: NIH department code
      Preclinical Optimization and Design for Manufacturability of Immunoregulatory TEVGs

      Principal investigators: David Alan Vorp (contact PI), Edith Tzeng

      $348,320
      award amount
    • 5T32EB034216-04Department: NIH department code
      Biomechanics in Regenerative Medicine (BiRM) Training Program
      $215,909
      award amount

  3. Helen N Schwerdt

    Leads 2 awards · $1,137,820

    • 1R01NS150348-01Department: NIH department code
      Scalable Interfaces for Synchronous Probing of Dopamine Signaling and Neuronal Activity
      $615,716
      award amount
    • 5R01NS133045-03Department: NIH department code
      Striatal Dopamine Signals Underlying Valence-Dependent Learning
      $522,104
      award amount

  4. Aaron Paul Batista

    Leads 2 awards · $1,084,896

  5. Gelsy Torres-Oviedo

    Leads 1 award · $1,032,912

    • 5R01AG089175-03Department: NIH department code
      Neural Mechanisms Underlying Cognitive Contributions to Walking as an Early Marker for Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
      $1,032,912
      award amount

  6. Bistra Iordanova

    Leads 1 award · $664,619

    • 1R01AG092661-01Department: NIH department code
      Multiscale Models of Age-Specific Neurometabolic Coupling

      Principal investigators: Bistra Iordanova (contact PI), Liang Zhan

      $664,619
      award amount

  7. Richard E Debski

    Leads 1 award · $575,193

    • 5R01AR069503-09Department: NIH department code
      Predicting the Outcome of Exercise Therapy for Treatment of Rotator Cuff Tears

      Principal investigators: Richard E Debski (contact PI), James John Irrgang

      $575,193
      award amount

  8. Kurt E Beschorner

    Leads 1 award · $536,807

    • 5R01OH010940-08Department: NIH department code
      Preventing Slips in Food Service: Development of Tools for Shoe Selection and Replacement

      Principal investigators: Kurt E Beschorner (contact PI), Carolyn M Sommerich

      $536,807
      award amount

  9. Xinyan Tracy Cui

    Leads 1 award · $534,508

    • 5R01NS136622-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of Cognitive and Affective Deficits Post TBI Using Multimodal Flexible Neural Probes

      Principal investigators: Xinyan Tracy Cui (contact PI), Amy K Wagner

      $534,508
      award amount

  10. Sanjeev G Shroff

    Leads 1 award · $416,841

    • 5T32HL076124-19Department: NIH department code
      Cardiovascular Bioengineering Training Program
      $416,841
      award amount

  11. Lance A. Davidson

    Leads 1 award · $406,615

    • 5R37HD044750-18Department: NIH department code
      Biomechanics of Morphogenesis
      $406,615
      award amount

  12. Ioannis Zervantonakis

    Leads 1 award · $389,240

    • 5R35GM150815-04Department: NIH department code
      Macrophage-Fibroblast Communication in Cell Migration and Extracellular Matrix Remodeling
      $389,240
      award amount

  13. Partha Roy

    Leads 1 award · $358,124

    • 5R01CA271095-04Department: NIH department code
      Transcriptional Regulation of Dormancy and Emergence in Breast Cancer
      $358,124
      award amount

  14. Amir Alavi

    Leads 1 award · $202,806

    • 5R21EB034457-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the effect of mechanical compliance of metamaterial interbody cages on spinal fusion progress in vivo
      $202,806
      award amount

  15. David R. Maestas

    Leads 1 award · $121,285

    • 1K99HL183755-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Immunomechanically Tuned Vascular Grafts to Mitigate Diabetic Inflammation
      $121,285
      award amount

  16. Sharada Narayanan

    Leads 1 award · $50,914

    • 5F31DE035400-02Department: NIH department code
      Multimodal Multi-Electrode Array (MEA) for Probing Tooth Root Organoid Maturation and Sensory Innervation
      $50,914
      award amount

  17. Adam Forrest

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31NS145596-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Role of Mechanosensitive Ion Channels in Ultrasound Stimulation Treatments for Neuroinflammatory Injury and Disease
      $50,114
      award amount

  18. Camila Garcia Padilla

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31NS147846-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Linking Stimulation Pattern-Driven and Cell-Specific Myelination to Cognitive Outcomes in Alzheimer’s Disease
      $50,114
      award amount

  19. Ian Eder

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31CA306130-02Department: NIH department code
      Pfn1’s Role in Genomic Stability and Immune Response in Breast Cancer
      $50,114
      award amount

  20. Katarina Martinet

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31HL176056-02Department: NIH department code
      Sex Specific Differences in the Remodeling of a Biopolymer Based Tissue Engineered Vascular Graft
      $50,114
      award amount

  21. Teresa Thai

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31NS147707-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating neuron-astrocyte mechanisms underlying ultrasound stimulation for Alzheimer's disease
      $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.