Orthopedics at University of Pittsburgh

Leads a grant in this department

3 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. Hang Lin

   Leads 4 awards · $1,991,420

   • 5R01AR082386-03Department: NIH department code

     Defining the unique capacity of the miniature joint model for investigating the role of adipose tissue and its impacts on osteoarthritis

     Principal investigators: Hang Lin (contact PI), Bruce A. Bunnell, Stuart B Goodman

     $583,791

     award amount
   • 5R01AR084472-03Department: NIH department code

     Repurposing FDA-approved drugs for the treatment of osteoarthritis using high-throughput screening in microphysiological models

     Principal investigators: Hang Lin (contact PI), Bruce A. Bunnell, Stuart B Goodman

     $494,871

     award amount
   • 1R21AG102450-01Department: NIH department code

     In vitro aging of cartilage in a microphysiological knee joint system
     $484,635

     award amount
   • 1R21AG097876-01Department: NIH department code

     Suppressing aging-associated increase of GATA4 levels to rejuvenate old chondrocytes
     $428,123

     award amount

2. Nam V Vo

   Leads 2 awards · $789,332

   • 5R01AG081293-04Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of Cellular Senescence Driving Intervertebral Disc Aging through Local Cell Autonomous and Systemic Non-Cell Autonomous Processes
     $441,701

     award amount
   • 5R01AR081234-05Department: NIH department code

     Metabolic Symbiosis: Lactate as an Epigenetic Regulator and a Biofuel in Age-dependent Intervertebral Disc Degeneration

     Principal investigators: Nam V Vo (contact PI), Gwendolyn A Sowa

     $347,631

     award amount

3. Luke Thomas Mattar

   Leads 1 award · $79,348

   • 5F32AR084845-02Department: NIH department code

     Quantifying the Mechanical Effects of Knee Bracing and Predicting their Ability to Prevent Ligamentous Injury
     $79,348

     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.

• Bruce A. Bunnell

  Co-investigator on 5R01AR082386-03, led by Hang Lin; 5R01AR084472-03, led by Hang Lin

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (no department on record, 1 award)

• Stuart B Goodman

  Co-investigator on 5R01AR082386-03, led by Hang Lin; 5R01AR084472-03, led by Hang Lin

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

• Gwendolyn A Sowa

  Co-investigator on 5R01AR081234-05, led by Nam V Vo

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Pittsburgh · Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (NIH department code, 1 award)