Dentistry at University of Pittsburgh

Leads a grant in this department

11 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. Alejandro Jose Almarza

   Leads 2 awards · $3,565,040

   • 5U54DE035413-02Department: NIH department code

     Collaborative for REsearch to AdvanceTMD Evidence (CREATE)

     Principal investigators: Alejandro Jose Almarza (contact PI), Michael S Gold (contact PI), Richard Ohrbach (contact PI), Yenisel Cruz-Almeida (contact PI), John K Neubert, Sonia Sharma

     $3,227,165

     award amount
   • 5R01DE034276-03Department: NIH department code

     TMJ Disc Regeneration
     $337,875

     award amount

2. Michael S Gold

   Leads 1 award · $3,227,165

   • 5U54DE035413-02Department: NIH department code

     Collaborative for REsearch to AdvanceTMD Evidence (CREATE)

     Principal investigators: Alejandro Jose Almarza (contact PI), Michael S Gold (contact PI), Richard Ohrbach (contact PI), Yenisel Cruz-Almeida (contact PI), John K Neubert, Sonia Sharma

     $3,227,165

     award amount

3. Richard Ohrbach

   Leads 1 award · $3,227,165

   • 5U54DE035413-02Department: NIH department code

     Collaborative for REsearch to AdvanceTMD Evidence (CREATE)

     Principal investigators: Alejandro Jose Almarza (contact PI), Michael S Gold (contact PI), Richard Ohrbach (contact PI), Yenisel Cruz-Almeida (contact PI), John K Neubert, Sonia Sharma

     $3,227,165

     award amount

4. Yenisel Cruz-Almeida

   Leads 1 award · $3,227,165

   • 5U54DE035413-02Department: NIH department code

     Collaborative for REsearch to AdvanceTMD Evidence (CREATE)

     Principal investigators: Alejandro Jose Almarza (contact PI), Michael S Gold (contact PI), Richard Ohrbach (contact PI), Yenisel Cruz-Almeida (contact PI), John K Neubert, Sonia Sharma

     $3,227,165

     award amount

5. Ariadne M Letra

   Leads 2 awards · $1,281,596

   • 1R01DE036071-01Department: NIH department code

     Unraveling the Molecular Basis of Tooth Agenesis

     Principal investigators: Ariadne M Letra (contact PI), Jennifer Below

     $683,474

     award amount
   • 5R01DE033908-02Department: NIH department code

     Leveraging whole genome sequencing and functional genomic characterization to improve NSCLP gene discovery

     Principal investigators: Ariadne M Letra (contact PI), Chad Daniel Huff, Jacqueline T Hecht

     $598,122

     award amount

6. Charles Sfeir

   Leads 3 awards · $1,085,489

   • 1R01DE034994-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Treatment for Peri-implantitis via Local Immunomodulation and Effect on the Microbiome
     $679,631

     award amount
   • 5T90DE030853-05Department: NIH department code

     Pittsburgh Craniofacial Sciences Training Program
     $292,570

     award amount
   • 5R90DE032625-05Department: NIH department code

     Pittsburgh Craniofacial Sciences Training Program
     $113,288

     award amount

7. Daniel R. Clark

   Leads 2 awards · $1,018,679

   • 1R01DE035449-01A1Department: NIH department code

     The role of TREM2 in the regulation of periodontal inflammation
     $706,992

     award amount
   • 1R03DE034716-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of age-related inflammatory dysregulation in the pathogenesis of periodontal disease
     $311,687

     award amount

8. Mary L. Marazita

   Leads 1 award · $694,945

   • 5R01DE032319-04Department: NIH department code

     Genomic Risk Variants in Orofacial Clefting: Discovery and Functional Validation

     Principal investigators: Mary L. Marazita (contact PI), Stephen A Murray

     $694,945

     award amount

9. Giuseppe Intini

   Leads 1 award · $576,040

   • 5R01DE032696-03Department: NIH department code

     Harnessing PRX1 expressing cells for endogenous periodontal regeneration
     $576,040

     award amount

10. Fatima Naz Syed

    Leads 1 award · $422,940

    • 5R01DE032690-03Department: NIH department code

      Uncovering mechanisms of complex tissue assembly using dental organoids
      $422,940

      award amount

11. Yejin Cho

    Leads 1 award · $55,914

    • 5F30DE033606-03Department: NIH department code

      Local Delivery of CCL2 to Reverse Peri-implant Bone Loss in Murine Peri-implantitis
      $55,914

      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.

• John K Neubert

  Co-investigator on 5U54DE035413-02, led by Alejandro Jose Almarza and Michael S Gold and Richard Ohrbach and Yenisel Cruz-Almeida

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of Florida · Dentistry (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Sonia Sharma

  Co-investigator on 5U54DE035413-02, led by Alejandro Jose Almarza and Michael S Gold and Richard Ohrbach and Yenisel Cruz-Almeida

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

• Stephen A Murray

  Co-investigator on 5R01DE032319-04, led by Mary L. Marazita

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Jackson Laboratory (no department on record, 4 awards)

• Jennifer Below

  Co-investigator on 1R01DE036071-01, led by Ariadne M Letra

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center (no department on record, 2 awards)

• Chad Daniel Huff

  Co-investigator on 5R01DE033908-02, led by Ariadne M Letra

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • UT MD Anderson Cancer Center · Public Health (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Jacqueline T Hecht

  Co-investigator on 5R01DE033908-02, led by Ariadne M Letra

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