Surgery at University of Pittsburgh

Leads a grant in this department

30 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. Angus W Thomson

   Leads 3 awards · $4,221,554

   • 5P01AI181829-02Department: NIH department code

     Innovative approaches to enhance regulatory immune cell function and renal transplant survival in nonhuman primates

     Principal investigators: Angus W Thomson (contact PI), Anthony J Demetris (contact PI), Mohamed B Ezzelarab (contact PI), Reza Abdi (contact PI)

     $2,120,193

     award amount
   • 1U01AI192219-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Regulatory dendritic cell therapy and immunosuppressive drug withdrawal in live donor liver transplantation
     $1,867,549

     award amount
   • 5T32AI074490-19Department: NIH department code

     Interdisciplinary Training in Transplantation Biology
     $233,812

     award amount

2. Mohamed B Ezzelarab

   Leads 3 awards · $2,943,571

   • 5P01AI181829-02Department: NIH department code

     Innovative approaches to enhance regulatory immune cell function and renal transplant survival in nonhuman primates

     Principal investigators: Angus W Thomson (contact PI), Anthony J Demetris (contact PI), Mohamed B Ezzelarab (contact PI), Reza Abdi (contact PI)

     $2,120,193

     award amount
   • 5U01AI177308-03Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targeting of T cell Regulation in Heart Allograft Recipient Monkeys
     $739,903

     award amount
   • 3U01AI177308-03S1Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targeting of T cell Regulation in Heart Allograft Recipient Monkeys
     $83,475

     award amount

3. Anthony J Demetris

   Leads 1 award · $2,120,193

   • 5P01AI181829-02Department: NIH department code

     Innovative approaches to enhance regulatory immune cell function and renal transplant survival in nonhuman primates

     Principal investigators: Angus W Thomson (contact PI), Anthony J Demetris (contact PI), Mohamed B Ezzelarab (contact PI), Reza Abdi (contact PI)

     $2,120,193

     award amount

4. Reza Abdi

   Leads 1 award · $2,120,193

   • 5P01AI181829-02Department: NIH department code

     Innovative approaches to enhance regulatory immune cell function and renal transplant survival in nonhuman primates

     Principal investigators: Angus W Thomson (contact PI), Anthony J Demetris (contact PI), Mohamed B Ezzelarab (contact PI), Reza Abdi (contact PI)

     $2,120,193

     award amount

5. Matthew D Neal

   Leads 1 award · $2,050,867

   • 5R01HL166944-04Department: NIH department code

     Endothelial Dysfunction and Restoration in Trauma Induced Coagulopathy

     Principal investigators: Matthew D Neal (contact PI), Kalev Freeman, Michael B Yaffe, Mitchell Cohen

     $2,050,867

     award amount

6. Timothy R Billiar

   Leads 3 awards · $1,863,138

   • 5R35GM127027-09Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of Immune Dysfunction after Trauma and Surgical Sepsis
     $697,185

     award amount
   • 5T32GM008516-33Department: NIH department code

     Training in Trauma and Sepsis Research
     $605,143

     award amount
   • 5R01NS134651-03Department: NIH department code

     Efficacy and mechanisms of anti-IFN drugs in AGS treatment

     Principal investigators: Daniella Muallem Schwartz (contact PI), Timothy R Billiar (contact PI)

     $560,810

     award amount

7. Susan Marguerite Shea

   Leads 2 awards · $963,655

   • 1R01HL188033-01Department: NIH department code

     Von Willebrand Factor as a Driver and Target of Trauma-Induced Thromboinflammation
     $835,583

     award amount
   • 5K25HL161401-05Department: NIH department code

     Using Microfluidics to Identify Mechanisms of Platelet Dysfunction and Assess Therapeutic Efficacy in Traumatic Hemorrhage
     $128,072

     award amount

8. Geoffrey Camirand

   Leads 3 awards · $931,640

   • 1R21AI185660-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Reversing Graft Rejection by Targeting Innate Immune Memory with Novel Nanobiologics
     $452,835

     award amount
   • 5U01AI170074-05Department: NIH department code

     Promoting and Visualizing Immune Regulation in Transplantation
     $394,733

     award amount
   • 3U01AI170074-05S1Department: NIH department code

     Promoting and Visualizing Immune Regulation in Transplantation
     $84,072

     award amount

9. Janet M Catov

   Leads 1 award · $828,979

   • 6UH3HL163116-05Department: NIH department code

     Expanding the Family Check-Up in Early Childhood to Promote Cardiovascular Health of Mothers and Young Children (ENRICH)

     Principal investigators: Janet M Catov (contact PI), Daniel S Shaw

     $828,979

     award amount

10. Andrea Gambotto

    Leads 1 award · $783,664

    • 5R01AI187223-02Department: NIH department code

      Microneedle patch delivery of replication-inducible monkeypox vaccine

      Principal investigators: Andrea Gambotto (contact PI), Cristian Apetrei

      $783,664

      award amount

11. Diana M Metes

    Leads 1 award · $750,787

    • 1R01AI192944-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Central memory stem-cell like cTFH contribution to durable DSA responses and chronic ABMR after kidney transplantation
      $750,787

      award amount

12. David M Rothstein

    Leads 1 award · $662,974

    • 5R01AI184980-03Department: NIH department code

      Proinflammatory B Cells Defined by TIM-4 in the Alloimmune Response
      $662,974

      award amount

13. Jennifer L. Steel

    Leads 1 award · $658,680

    • 5R01CA296402-02Department: NIH department code

      Hybrid Type I Cluster Randomized Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of CARES
      $658,680

      award amount

14. Martin H Oberbarnscheidt

    Leads 1 award · $616,759

    • 5R01AI181954-02Department: NIH department code

      Targeting monocyte allorecognition to achieve allograft acceptance
      $616,759

      award amount

15. Heth R Turnquist

    Leads 1 award · $594,615

    • 5R01HL122489-10Department: NIH department code

      Immunoregulatory Mechanisms of IL-33 in Heart Transplantation
      $594,615

      award amount

16. Kevin P Mollen

    Leads 1 award · $594,126

    • 5R01DK120986-07Department: NIH department code

      Mitonuclear Communication During the Pathogenesis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
      $594,126

      award amount

17. Marcus M. Malek

    Leads 1 award · $582,541

    • 5R01CA277664-04Department: NIH department code

      Intraoperative dual-labeled molecular tracer to improve surgery on neuroblastoma

      Principal investigators: Marcus M. Malek (contact PI), Gary Kohanbash

      $582,541

      award amount

18. Deepika Mohan

    Leads 1 award · $564,658

    • 5R01AG076499-04Department: NIH department code

      Using video games to increase the implementation of clinical practice guidelines in trauma triage
      $564,658

      award amount

19. Julie A Phillippi

    Leads 1 award · $564,118

    • 5R01HL162822-04Department: NIH department code

      Matrix biophysics and pericyte mechanobiology in (patho)physiological angiogenesis

      Principal investigators: Julie A Phillippi (contact PI), Amrinder Nain

      $564,118

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32HL160526-05, led by James D Luketich.

20. Daniella Muallem Schwartz

    Leads 1 award · $560,810

    • 5R01NS134651-03Department: NIH department code

      Efficacy and mechanisms of anti-IFN drugs in AGS treatment

      Principal investigators: Daniella Muallem Schwartz (contact PI), Timothy R Billiar (contact PI)

      $560,810

      award amount

21. Brian Scott Zuckerbraun

    Leads 1 award · $522,761

    • 1R01AG104350-01Department: NIH department code

      Immunometabolism and Aging in Sepsis and Sepsis Survivors

      Principal investigators: Brian Scott Zuckerbraun (contact PI), Greg M. Delgoffe

      $522,761

      award amount

22. Melanie J. Scott

    Leads 1 award · $482,609

    • 5R01AA030007-04Department: NIH department code

      The role of matrix-bound microvesicles in alcohol-related liver disease

      Principal investigators: Melanie J. Scott (contact PI), Gavin E Arteel

      $482,609

      award amount

23. Edith Tzeng

    Leads 2 awards · $470,540

    • 5T32HL098036-17Department: NIH department code

      Vascular Surgery Research Training (VascTrain)
      $465,879

      award amount
    • 5T35HL155018-05Department: NIH department code

      Summer Research in Vascular Surgery (SRVS)
      $4,661

      award amount

24. David A Geller

    Leads 1 award · $463,978

    • 5R24DK139775-03Department: NIH department code

      Human Liver Tissue & Hepatocytes Research Resource (HLTHRR)

      Principal investigators: David A Geller (contact PI), Alejandro Soto-Gutierrez, Satdarshan Singh Monga

      $463,978

      award amount

25. James D Luketich

    Leads 1 award · $294,312

    • 5T32HL160526-05Department: NIH department code

      Cardiothoracic Surgery Research Training Program

      Principal investigators: James D Luketich (contact PI), David Alan Vorp, Julie A Phillippi

      $294,312

      award amount

26. Udai S Kammula

    Leads 1 award · $239,475

    • 5T32CA113263-18Department: NIH department code

      Postdoctoral Research Training in Biotherapy of Cancer
      $239,475

      award amount

27. Aravind Cherukuri

    Leads 1 award · $168,730

    • 5K08AI166021-05Department: NIH department code

      Epigenetic Regulation of Regulatory B Cell Cytokine Expression and Allograft Rejection
      $168,730

      award amount

28. Mohamed Saleh

    Leads 1 award · $163,188

    • 5K08DK129834-05Department: NIH department code

      Loss of the Exocrine Pancreas Improves Glucose Tolerance and Insulin Secretion
      $163,188

      award amount

29. Mona Chatrizeh

    Leads 1 award · $58,114

    • 5F30HL170777-04Department: NIH department code

      Microbiome targeted nutrition to improve immune function during critical illness
      $58,114

      award amount

30. Elissa Bardhi

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 1F30AI197375-01Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms by which extracellular vesicles released by allografts promote anti-donor immunity
      $55,114

      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.

• Kalev Freeman

  Co-investigator on 5R01HL166944-04, led by Matthew D Neal

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

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

• Michael B Yaffe

  Co-investigator on 5R01HL166944-04, led by Matthew D Neal

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Biology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Mitchell Cohen

  Co-investigator on 5R01HL166944-04, led by Matthew D Neal

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

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

• Daniel S Shaw

  Co-investigator on 6UH3HL163116-05, led by Janet M Catov

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

• Cristian Apetrei

  Co-investigator on 5R01AI187223-02, led by Andrea Gambotto

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

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

• Gary Kohanbash

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA277664-04, led by Marcus M. Malek

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of Pittsburgh · Neurosurgery (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Amrinder Nain

  Co-investigator on 5R01HL162822-04, led by Julie A Phillippi

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

• Greg M. Delgoffe

  Co-investigator on 1R01AG104350-01, led by Brian Scott Zuckerbraun

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Pittsburgh · Otolaryngology (NIH department code, 1 award)
  • University of Pittsburgh · Microbiology & Immunology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Gavin E Arteel

  Co-investigator on 5R01AA030007-04, led by Melanie J. Scott

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Pittsburgh · Pharmacology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Alejandro Soto-Gutierrez

  Co-investigator on 5R24DK139775-03, led by David A Geller

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

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

• Satdarshan Singh Monga

  Co-investigator on 5R24DK139775-03, led by David A Geller

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Pittsburgh · Pharmacology (NIH department code, 3 awards)

• David Alan Vorp

  Co-investigator on 5T32HL160526-05, led by James D Luketich

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Pittsburgh · Biomedical Engineering (NIH department code, 3 awards)