Public Health at University of Pittsburgh

Leads a grant in this department

46 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. Akira Sekikawa

   Leads 3 awards · $3,548,862

   • 5R01AG074971-04Department: NIH department code

     Arterial Stiffness, Cognition, and Equol (ACE)
     $2,591,586

     award amount
   • 5R01HL169332-02Department: NIH department code

     Integrative Model of Metabolomics, Equol and Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (IMMEA)

     Principal investigators: Akira Sekikawa (contact PI), Panagiotis V Benos

     $679,916

     award amount
   • 5T32HL083825-17Department: NIH department code

     Cardiovascular Epidemiology Training Program
     $277,360

     award amount

2. Julie Marie Donohue

   Leads 2 awards · $2,958,180

   • 5RM1DA059365-03Department: NIH department code

     Improving quality measurement for opioid use disorder treatment using a multi-state Medicaid research network

     Principal investigators: Julie Marie Donohue (contact PI), Andrew James Barnes

     $2,262,852

     award amount
   • 5R01DA055585-04Department: NIH department code

     Reducing variation in access to medications for opioid use disorder in Medicaid
     $695,328

     award amount

3. Elsa S. Strotmeyer

   Leads 3 awards · $2,233,039

   • 1R01AR086541-01Department: NIH department code

     Muscle Quantity, Quality, Function, and Biomarker Associations with Longitudinal Preservation of Bone Microarchitecture and Bone Strength in Older Adults

     Principal investigators: Elsa S. Strotmeyer (contact PI), Jane Ann Cauley

     $1,610,219

     award amount
   • 5R01AG061136-05Department: NIH department code

     Non-Fracture Fall Injuries and Long-Term Geriatric Consequences in Older Women and Men from a Cross-Cohort Study
     $454,922

     award amount
   • 5T32AG000181-35Department: NIH department code

     Training in the Epidemiology of Aging
     $167,898

     award amount

4. Tamara Dubowitz

   Leads 1 award · $2,229,803

   • 7R01AG072652-04Department: NIH department code

     Longitudinal Examination of Neighborhood Disadvantage, Cognitive Aging, and Alzheimer's Disease Risk in Disinvested, African American Neighborhoods

     Principal investigators: Tamara Dubowitz (contact PI), Andrea L Rosso, Wendy M Troxel

     $2,229,803

     award amount

5. Iliya Lefterov

   Leads 1 award · $1,437,361

   • 4RF1AG075992-02Department: NIH department code

     ncRNAs in plasma EVs of AD patients and their discriminatory power as biomarkers

     Principal investigators: Iliya Lefterov (contact PI), Radosveta Koldamova

     $1,437,361

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 5R01AG077636-04, led by Radosveta Koldamova.

6. Jian-Min Yuan

   Leads 2 awards · $1,236,465

   • 5R01CA255809-05Department: NIH department code

     Novel Determinants for Progression of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease to Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Other Health Outcomes

     Principal investigators: Jian-Min Yuan (contact PI), Jaideep Behari

     $897,025

     award amount
   • 2T32CA186873-11Department: NIH department code

     Translational Research Training in Cancer Prevention and Control

     Principal investigators: Jian-Min Yuan (contact PI), Kathryn H. Schmitz

     $339,440

     award amount

7. Steven H. Belle

   Leads 2 awards · $1,049,674

   • 5U24DK128125-05Department: NIH department code

     The Physiology of the Weight Reduced State Data Coordinating Center

     Principal investigators: Steven H. Belle (contact PI), Maria Mori Brooks

     $725,299

     award amount
   • 3U24DK128125-05S1Department: NIH department code

     The Physiology of the Weight Reduced State Data Coordinating Center

     Principal investigators: Steven H. Belle (contact PI), Samar R El Khoudary

     $324,375

     award amount

8. Joshua T. Mattila

   Leads 2 awards · $957,874

   • 5R01AI164970-04Department: NIH department code

     Elucidating the mechanisms and consequences of MDSC-regulated immunity in TB

     Principal investigators: Joshua T. Mattila (contact PI), Bryan David Bryson, Cory Michael Robinson

     $544,872

     award amount
   • 1R21AI193390-01Department: NIH department code

     Identifying a protective role for interferon lambda in tuberculosis

     Principal investigators: Joshua T. Mattila (contact PI), Lokesh Kumar Sharma

     $413,002

     award amount

9. Caterina Rosano

   Leads 2 awards · $950,554

   • 5R01AG075025-04Department: NIH department code

     Neural and Energetic Drivers of Performance and Perceived Fatigability in Older Adults
     $586,219

     award amount
   • 5T32AG055381-08Department: NIH department code

     Population Neuroscience of Aging and Alzheimer's Disease (PNA)

     Principal investigators: Caterina Rosano (contact PI), Andrea L Rosso

     $364,335

     award amount

10. Stephen R Wisniewski

    Leads 2 awards · $896,343

    • 5U24HL161360-04Department: NIH department code

      2/2 Percutaneous Intervention Versus Observational Trial of Arterial ductus management in Low-weight infants (PIVOTAL) Data Coordinating Center

      Principal investigators: Stephen R Wisniewski (contact PI), Wendy C King

      $455,895

      award amount
    • 5U24HL161359-03Department: NIH department code

      2/2 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trazodone Effects on Sleep and Blood Pressure in Insomnia Phenotypes Based on Objective Sleep Duration: A Sequential Cohort/Randomized Controlled Trial

      Principal investigators: Stephen R Wisniewski (contact PI), Wendy C King

      $440,448

      award amount

11. Mary Elizabeth Hawk

    Leads 2 awards · $843,205

    • 5R01DA054832-05Department: NIH department code

      Impact of harm reduction care in HIV clinical settings on stigma and health outcomes for PLWH who use drugs

      Principal investigators: Mary Elizabeth Hawk (contact PI), Emma Sophia Kay

      $610,732

      award amount
    • 5T32MH094174-15Department: NIH department code

      A Training Program to Develop HIV Biobehavioral Prevention Interventions

      Principal investigators: Mary Elizabeth Hawk (contact PI), James Erin Egan

      $232,473

      award amount

12. Dara Daneen Mendez

    Leads 1 award · $754,899

    • 5R01NR020670-04Department: NIH department code

      The Effects of Medicaid Policy Interventions on Severe Maternal Morbidity

      Principal investigators: Dara Daneen Mendez (contact PI), Marian Patricia Jarlenski

      $754,899

      award amount

13. Velpandi Ayyavoo

    Leads 1 award · $749,050

    • 5R01MH136952-02Department: NIH department code

      Understanding the mechanisms involved in HIV-1 CNS latency
      $749,050

      award amount

14. Alison P Sanders

    Leads 1 award · $710,018

    • 5R01ES033466-03Department: NIH department code

      Metal mixture effects on mitochondrial dysfunction in kidney development and maturation: Towards a whole mixture risk assessment
      $710,018

      award amount

15. Maria Mori Brooks

    Leads 1 award · $702,819

    • 5U24HL143217-07Department: NIH department code

      2/2 Sickle Cell Disease and CardiovAscular Risk - Red cell Exchange Trial (SCD-CARRE Trial)
      $702,819

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5U24DK128125-05, led by Steven H. Belle.

16. Valerian E Kagan

    Leads 1 award · $697,006

    • 5R01HL174611-02Department: NIH department code

      Selective inhibitors of MLCL/CytC Peroxidase in Barth Syndrome

      Principal investigators: Valerian E Kagan (contact PI), Hülya Bayir, Miriam L Greenberg

      $697,006

      award amount

17. Radosveta Koldamova

    Leads 1 award · $691,227

    • 5R01AG077636-04Department: NIH department code

      The interplay between Tau and ncRNAs – genomic and epigenomic clues to early AD pathogenesis

      Principal investigators: Radosveta Koldamova (contact PI), Iliya Lefterov

      $691,227

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 4RF1AG075992-02, led by Iliya Lefterov.

18. Robert W.s. Coulter

    Leads 1 award · $688,243

    • 5R01AA030017-03Department: NIH department code

      A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Game-Based Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Use among Youth

      Principal investigators: Robert W.s. Coulter (contact PI), James Erin Egan

      $688,243

      award amount

19. Lisa M Bodnar

    Leads 1 award · $674,989

    • 5R01HL174652-02Department: NIH department code

      Identifying optimal dietary patterns for postpartum cardiovascular disease prevention

      Principal investigators: Lisa M Bodnar (contact PI), Ashley Isaac Naimi

      $674,989

      award amount

20. Kar-Hai Chu

    Leads 1 award · $631,780

    • 5R01HD110428-02Department: NIH department code

      Modeling Adolescent Health Care Decision-Making
      $631,780

      award amount

21. Jaime Elizabeth Sidani

    Leads 1 award · $626,635

    • 5R01MD018543-04Department: NIH department code

      Nicotine and Tobacco Messaging on Youth-Oriented Social Media Platforms
      $626,635

      award amount

22. Berthony Deslouches

    Leads 1 award · $626,415

    • 5R01AI172861-03Department: NIH department code

      Structural determinants of activity and mechanism of cationic peptide antibiotic activity against colistin-resistant bacteria
      $626,415

      award amount

23. Marquis S Hawkins

    Leads 1 award · $616,864

    • 1R01HL176713-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Optimizing Maternal Health: Assessing Sleep-Based Strategy Enhancement of Diet, Physical Activity and Self-Regulation Interventions in Perinatal Health
      $616,864

      award amount

24. Jane Ann Cauley

    Leads 1 award · $545,758

    • 5R01AG071592-04Department: NIH department code

      Sleep, Falls and Fractures in men and women: Role of nocturnal hypoxia
      $545,758

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01AR086541-01, led by Elsa S. Strotmeyer.

25. Nicholas Francis Fitz

    Leads 1 award · $540,813

    • 5R01AG075069-05Department: NIH department code

      Neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative effects of environmental determinants: altering neural cellular populations impacting homeostatic functions and inflammatory response.
      $540,813

      award amount

26. Christina Furber Mair

    Leads 1 award · $494,044

    • 5R01AA029379-04Department: NIH department code

      Collaborator-designed agent-based models to inform alcohol-involved sexual violence prevention on college campuses.
      $494,044

      award amount

27. Aaron Barchowsky

    Leads 1 award · $493,958

    • 5R01ES033519-05Department: NIH department code

      Dysfunctional skeletal muscle communication in arsenic-promoted cardiometabolic disease
      $493,958

      award amount

28. Emily F Dauria

    Leads 1 award · $483,496

    • 5U24DA060618-02Department: NIH department code

      The INTERACT ( Using DesIgN jusTicE to impRove cArCeral health ouTcomes) Center

      Principal investigators: Emily F Dauria (contact PI), Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein

      $483,496

      award amount

29. Wan-Yee Tang

    Leads 1 award · $462,305

    • 5R01ES034760-03Department: NIH department code

      Impact of Maternal Arsenic Exposure on Offspring's Epigenetic Reprogramming of Allergic Airway Disease
      $462,305

      award amount

30. Coleman Drake

    Leads 1 award · $393,652

    • 5R01HS030083-02Department: NIH department code

      Reducing Uninsurance by Addressing Administrative Burdens in the Health Insurance Marketplaces
      $393,652

      award amount

31. Lee H Harrison

    Leads 2 awards · $342,207

    • 2D43TW011255-06A1Department: NIH department code

      Southern African-Pittsburgh Public Health Genomic Epidemiology Training Program (SAPPHGenE)

      Principal investigators: Lee H Harrison (contact PI), Anne Von Gottberg

      $284,193

      award amount
    • 5D43TW011827-04Department: NIH department code

      Pitt-Mozambique Training Program(Pitt-MozHRTP) in COVID-19, Cardiovascular Disease, and Diabetes in People with HIV

      Principal investigators: Lee H Harrison (contact PI), Edna Viegas, Jean Bisimwa Nachega

      $58,014

      award amount

32. Rachel Grace Miller

    Leads 1 award · $319,386

    • 5R01HL161879-04Department: NIH department code

      Examining Susceptibility and Resistance Phenotypes to Enhance Understanding of the Genetic Basis of Major Coronary Artery Disease in Type 1 Diabetes
      $319,386

      award amount

33. Danielle M Tufts

    Leads 1 award · $250,573

    • 1R21AI185273-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Host heterogeneity affects susceptibility of Babesia microti infection using vector-mediated transmission
      $250,573

      award amount

34. Natalie Riva Smith

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00CA277135-03Department: NIH department code

      Developing and evaluating a decision support tool to disseminate tobacco control research and inform policy implementation
      $249,000

      award amount

35. James P Fabisiak

    Leads 1 award · $187,863

    • 5R21ES036033-02Department: NIH department code

      Profiling the Post-accident Exposome in East Palestine

      Principal investigators: James P Fabisiak (contact PI), Peng Gao

      $187,863

      award amount

36. Sara Elizabeth Baumann

    Leads 1 award · $156,019

    • 5K01TW012424-03Department: NIH department code

      Improving Menstrual Health Among Women and Girls Using Community Engaged Intervention Development in Nepal
      $156,019

      award amount

37. Jacqueline Ellison

    Leads 1 award · $132,952

    • 5K01MD020010-02Department: NIH department code

      Evaluating Reproductive Health Policy in Medicaid Populations: Application of Novel Methods for Heterogenous Treatment Effect Estimation
      $132,952

      award amount

38. Alexander Sundermann

    Leads 1 award · $128,655

    • 1K01AI190052-01Department: NIH department code

      Enhancing Surveillance Methods for Genomic Epidemiology in Healthcare
      $128,655

      award amount

39. C. Elizabeth Shaaban

    Leads 1 award · $125,928

    • 5K01AG071849-04Department: NIH department code

      Population neuroscience of sex differences in the Alzheimer's disease biomarker cascade: The role of cerebral small vessel disease
      $125,928

      award amount

40. Megan Michelle Marron

    Leads 1 award · $125,928

    • 5K01AG075143-04Department: NIH department code

      Application of plasma lipidomics to identify novel biomarkers of muscle and hepatic adiposity in population-based cohorts of older Black Caribbeans, Black Americans, and White Americans
      $125,928

      award amount

41. Samaneh Farsijani

    Leads 1 award · $125,928

    • 5K01AG071855-04Department: NIH department code

      The relationship between protein intake, gut microbiome, inflammaging and loss of mobility in older adults
      $125,928

      award amount

42. Mariarosaria De Rosa

    Leads 1 award · $110,568

    • 5K99ES035871-02Department: NIH department code

      Investigating roles for oxidative guanine damage in transcription regulation
      $110,568

      award amount

43. Samantha Sanford

    Leads 1 award · $80,224

    • 5F32CA275287-03Department: NIH department code

      Investigating how chemotherapeutic thiopurines inhibit telomerase elongation of telomeres
      $80,224

      award amount

44. Kailyn Faye Witonsky

    Leads 1 award · $54,884

    • 5F30AG085921-02Department: NIH department code

      High physical activity in older adults with pain: behavioral and neural drivers of pain resilience
      $54,884

      award amount

45. Donald Spencer Bourne

    Leads 1 award · $54,538

    • 5F30MD019191-02Department: NIH department code

      Impacts of the Pennsylvania Rural Health Model on Health Care Access and Utilization
      $54,538

      award amount

46. Nathalie Chen

    Leads 1 award · $53,507

    • 1F30HL178011-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Complement resistance and acute lung injury during Klebsiella pneumoniae infection
      $53,507

      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.

• Andrea L Rosso

  Co-investigator on 7R01AG072652-04, led by Tamara Dubowitz; 5T32AG055381-08, led by Caterina Rosano

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

• Andrew James Barnes

  Co-investigator on 5RM1DA059365-03, led by Julie Marie Donohue

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

• Wendy M Troxel

  Co-investigator on 7R01AG072652-04, led by Tamara Dubowitz

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

• James Erin Egan

  Co-investigator on 5R01AA030017-03, led by Robert W.s. Coulter; 5T32MH094174-15, led by Mary Elizabeth Hawk

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

• Jaideep Behari

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA255809-05, led by Jian-Min Yuan

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

• Wendy C King

  Co-investigator on 5U24HL161360-04, led by Stephen R Wisniewski; 5U24HL161359-03, led by Stephen R Wisniewski

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

• Marian Patricia Jarlenski

  Co-investigator on 5R01NR020670-04, led by Dara Daneen Mendez

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

• Hülya Bayir

  Co-investigator on 5R01HL174611-02, led by Valerian E Kagan

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Columbia University · Pediatrics (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Miriam L Greenberg

  Co-investigator on 5R01HL174611-02, led by Valerian E Kagan

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Wayne State University · Biology (NIH department code, 1 award)
  • Gordon Research Conferences (no department on record, 1 award)

• Panagiotis V Benos

  Co-investigator on 5R01HL169332-02, led by Akira Sekikawa

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

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

• Ashley Isaac Naimi

  Co-investigator on 5R01HL174652-02, led by Lisa M Bodnar

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

• Emma Sophia Kay

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA054832-05, led by Mary Elizabeth Hawk

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

• Bryan David Bryson

  Co-investigator on 5R01AI164970-04, led by Joshua T. Mattila

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Massachusetts General Hospital (no department on record, 1 award)

• Cory Michael Robinson

  Co-investigator on 5R01AI164970-04, led by Joshua T. Mattila

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • West Virginia University · Microbiology & Immunology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein

  Co-investigator on 5U24DA060618-02, led by Emily F Dauria

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Duke University · Public Health (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Lokesh Kumar Sharma

  Co-investigator on 1R21AI193390-01, led by Joshua T. Mattila

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

• Kathryn H. Schmitz

  Co-investigator on 2T32CA186873-11, led by Jian-Min Yuan

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Pittsburgh · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 4 awards)
  • University of Pittsburgh (no department on record, 1 award)

• Samar R El Khoudary

  Co-investigator on 3U24DK128125-05S1, led by Steven H. Belle

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

• Anne Von Gottberg

  Co-investigator on 2D43TW011255-06A1, led by Lee H Harrison

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

• Peng Gao

  Co-investigator on 5R21ES036033-02, led by James P Fabisiak

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

• Edna Viegas

  Co-investigator on 5D43TW011827-04, led by Lee H Harrison

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

• Jean Bisimwa Nachega

  Co-investigator on 5D43TW011827-04, led by Lee H Harrison

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