Surgery at University of Pittsburgh

Leads a grant in this department

40 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. Thomson, Angus W

   Leads 6 awards · $2,621,538

   • 1P01AI081678-01Department: NIH department code

     Liver Antigen - Presenting Cells in Hepatic Injury and Transplantation
     $1,407,715

     award amount
   • 5U01AI051698-08Department: NIH department code

     Rhesus Monkey Dendritic Cells for Transplant Tolerance
     $524,318

     award amount
   • 5R01AI067541-03Department: NIH department code

     Dendritic Cells, Rapamycin and Transplant Tolerance
     $364,196

     award amount
   • 5T32AI074490-03Department: NIH department code

     Interdisciplinary Training in Transplantation Biology
     $150,126

     award amount
   • 3R01AI067541-03S1Department: NIH department code

     Dendritic Cells, Rapamycin and Transplant Tolerance
     $111,883

     award amount
   • 3U01AI051698-08S1Department: NIH department code

     Rhesus Monkey Dendritic Cells for Transplant Tolerance
     $63,300

     award amount

2. Billiar, Timothy R

   Leads 5 awards · $2,530,824

   • 2P50GM053789-13Department: NIH department code

     Molecular Biology of Hemorrhagic Shock
     $1,530,973

     award amount
   • 5R37GM044100-20Department: NIH department code

     Nitric Oxide and Hepatic Function in Sepsis and Trauma
     $303,000

     award amount
   • 2T32GM008516-16Department: NIH department code

     Training in Trauma and Sepsis Research
     $287,598

     award amount
   • 5R01GM050441-15Department: NIH department code

     Post-Traumatic Sepsis: Regulation of LPS Binding Protein
     $264,587

     award amount
   • 5D43TW007560-04Department: NIH department code

     Trauma and Injury Excellence in Education on Research (TralnEER) Program
     $144,666

     award amount

3. Lotze, Michael T

   Leads 2 awards · $1,799,991

   • 5P01CA101944-05Department: NIH department code

     Integrating NK and DC into Cancer Therapy
     $1,662,647

     award amount
   • 3P01CA101944-05S1Department: NIH department code

     Integrating NK and DC into Cancer Therapy
     $137,344

     award amount

4. Kalinski, Pawel

   Leads 2 awards · $1,359,775

   • 1P01CA132714-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Directing Tumor-specific T cells to Tumors
     $1,091,197

     award amount
   • 2R01CA095128-05A1Department: NIH department code

     Regulation of DC Activity by Memory and Effector CD8+ T Cells
     $268,578

     award amount

5. Rothstein, David M

   Leads 2 awards · $1,201,718

   • 5U01AI074676-04Department: NIH department code

     Induction of Renal Allograft Tolerance in Monkeys with Anti-CD45RB Based Therapy
     $911,015

     award amount
   • 7R01AR053242-05Department: NIH department code

     Immune Tolerence to Transplanted Myoblasts
     $290,703

     award amount

6. Courcoulas, Anita P

   Leads 2 awards · $1,136,129

   • 2U01DK066585-06Department: NIH department code

     Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Insulin Resistance & CVD
     $636,129

     award amount
   • 1RC1DK086037-01Department: NIH department code

     A Randomized Trial to Compare Surgical and Medical Treatments for Type 2 Diabetes
     $500,000

     award amount

7. Badylak, Stephen F.

   Leads 3 awards · $1,086,670

   • 5R01AR053603-04Department: NIH department code

     Cell Recruitment Induced by ECM Scaffold Degradation
     $413,570

     award amount
   • 1R01EB008051-01A2Department: NIH department code

     Mechanobiology and Regenerative Medicine
     $361,332

     award amount
   • 5R01AR054940-03Department: NIH department code

     Cellular Remodeling of ECM Scaffolds
     $311,768

     award amount

8. Vorp, David Alan

   Leads 3 awards · $692,895

   • 5R01HL079313-05Department: NIH department code

     Bioengineering & Biologic Studies of Aneurysm Weakening
     $341,328

     award amount
   • 5R01HL060670-08Department: NIH department code

     Biomechanical Evaluation of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
     $332,683

     award amount
   • 3R01HL060670-08S1Department: NIH department code

     Biomechanical Evaluation of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
     $18,884

     award amount

9. Ferrone, Soldano

   Leads 2 awards · $637,614

   • 5R01CA110249-04Department: NIH department code

     Antigen processing and HLA-peptide complexes in head and neck cancer
     $320,085

     award amount
   • 5R01CA138188-02Department: NIH department code

     Combinatorial targeting of melanoma initiating cells
     $317,529

     award amount

10. Hackam, David J

    Leads 2 awards · $632,296

    • 5R01DK083752-02Department: NIH department code

      Modulation of TLR4 and TLR9 Signaling in NEC
      $340,875

      award amount
    • 7R01GM078238-04Department: NIH department code

      TLR4 signaling in the pathogenesis of surgical necrotizing enterocolitis
      $291,421

      award amount

11. Bauer, Philip M

    Leads 2 awards · $525,759

    • 5R01HL085134-03Department: NIH department code

      Role of Caveolin-1 and eNOS in Mediating the Therapeutic Effects of CO in PAH.
      $334,125

      award amount
    • 3R01HL085134-02S1Department: NIH department code

      Role of Caveolin-1 and eNOS in Mediating the Therapeutic Effects of CO in PAH.
      $191,634

      award amount

12. Vodovotz, Yoram

    Leads 1 award · $447,627

    • 5R33HL089082-02Department: NIH department code

      Mathematical Modeling of Inflammation in ARDS
      $447,627

      award amount

13. Buss, Leo William

    Leads 1 award · $417,098

    • 1R56AI079103-01Department: NIH department code

      A Model Organism to Study Allorecognition and Chimerism
      $417,098

      award amount

14. Fox, Ira J.

    Leads 2 awards · $402,272

    • 5R01DK048794-13Department: NIH department code

      Cellular Engineering of Hepatocyte Cell Lines
      $355,907

      award amount
    • 3R01AI049472-06S1Department: NIH department code

      Xenogeneic Hepatocyte Transplantation for Cirrhosis
      $46,365

      award amount

15. Steel, Jennifer L.

    Leads 3 awards · $400,887

    • 5R21CA127046-02Department: NIH department code

      Analysis of the Cytokine-Immunological Model of a Cancer-Related Symptom Cluster
      $170,438

      award amount
    • 5K07CA118576-04Department: NIH department code

      Comprehensive Electronic Support System for Treatment of Cancer-Related Symptoms
      $131,572

      award amount
    • 3K07CA118576-04S1Department: NIH department code

      Comprehensive Electronic Support System for Treatment of Cancer-Related Symptoms
      $98,877

      award amount

16. Sindhi, Rakesh K.

    Leads 1 award · $393,604

    • 7R01AI073895-04Department: NIH department code

      Predictors for drug selection and minimization in pediatric liver transplantation
      $393,604

      award amount

17. Cooper, Gregory M.

    Leads 1 award · $368,096

    • 5R01DE019430-02Department: NIH department code

      Tissue Engineering a Suture Replacement for Children with Craniosynostosis
      $368,096

      award amount

18. Gittes, George K.

    Leads 1 award · $363,600

    • 1R01DK083541-01Department: NIH department code

      Smad regulation of pancreatic islet formation
      $363,600

      award amount

19. Zenati, Marco A.

    Leads 1 award · $340,790

    • 5R01HL079940-04Department: NIH department code

      Articulated Robot for Epicardial Interventions
      $340,790

      award amount

20. Humar, Abhinav

    Leads 1 award · $334,023

    • 1U01DK085587-01Department: NIH department code

      A2ALL Cohort Study: Pyschosocial and Surgical Outcomes
      $334,023

      award amount

21. Lakkis, Fadi G.

    Leads 1 award · $332,971

    • 5R01AI049466-10Department: NIH department code

      T Cell Memory in Organ Transplantation
      $332,971

      award amount

22. Rosengart, Matthew Randall

    Leads 1 award · $315,987

    • 1R01GM082852-01A2Department: NIH department code

      CaMK: central regulators of the inflammatory response to surgical sepsis
      $315,987

      award amount

23. Murase, Noriko

    Leads 1 award · $291,060

    • 5R01DK071753-03Department: NIH department code

      Protective Role of Carbon Monoxide in Hepatic I/R Injury
      $291,060

      award amount

24. Luketich, James D

    Leads 1 award · $271,168

    • 5R01CA090665-09Department: NIH department code

      Use of Quantitative RT-PCR for Staging Esophageal Cancer
      $271,168

      award amount

25. Chen, Alex F

    Leads 1 award · $269,573

    • 5R01GM077352-05Department: NIH department code

      Redox regulation of endothelial function and wound healing
      $269,573

      award amount

26. Rubin, J Peter

    Leads 1 award · $268,949

    • 5R01CA114246-04Department: NIH department code

      Injectable Engineered Tissue for Cancer Reconstruction
      $268,949

      award amount

27. Fan, Jie

    Leads 1 award · $235,225

    • 5R01HL079669-05Department: NIH department code

      Cell Priming, Receptor Cross-Talk, and Acute Lung Injury
      $235,225

      award amount

28. Ochoa, Juan B.

    Leads 1 award · $234,432

    • 5R01GM065914-05Department: NIH department code

      Immature Myeloid Cells and T Cell Suppression in Trauma
      $234,432

      award amount

29. Gilbert, Thomas W.

    Leads 2 awards · $217,824

    • 1R03DC009655-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Tissue Specific ECM Scaffold for the Functional Repair of the Vocal Fold Lamina P
      $145,079

      award amount
    • 1R03EB009237-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Cardiac Remodeling with Organ Specific Extracellular Matrix Scaffolds
      $72,745

      award amount

30. Jobe, Blair Anderson

    Leads 1 award · $152,250

    • 5R21DK081161-02Department: NIH department code

      Clinical Risk Factors for Barretts Esophagus in a Primary Care Setting
      $152,250

      award amount

31. Schuchert, Matthew J.

    Leads 1 award · $124,929

    • 1K08HL097078-01Department: NIH department code

      Enhancement of Hematopietic Stem Cell Engraftment with CD+ Marrow Progenitors
      $124,929

      award amount

32. Turnquist, Heth R

    Leads 1 award · $86,886

    • 1K99HL097155-01Department: NIH department code

      Influence of ST2 and IL-33 on cardiac allograft vasculopathy and outcome
      $86,886

      award amount

33. Urban, Julie Anne

    Leads 1 award · $50,054

    • 5F32AI077244-02Department: NIH department code

      Helper and suppressor roles of CD8+ T cells
      $50,054

      award amount

34. Afrazi, Amin

    Leads 1 award · $46,176

    • 1F30DK085930-01Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of TLR4 Signaling in Enterocytes in Necrotizing Enterocolitis
      $46,176

      award amount

35. Divito, Sherrie Jill

    Leads 1 award · $46,176

    • 5F30DK082131-02Department: NIH department code

      The role of tolerogenic dendritic cells in islet-cell allograft transplantation
      $46,176

      award amount

36. Thompson, Michael D

    Leads 1 award · $46,176

    • 5F30DK083235-02Department: NIH department code

      Targeting the WntBeta-catenin Pathway in Liver Cancer
      $46,176

      award amount

37. Soto-Gutierrez, Alejandro

    Leads 1 award · $39,694

    • 7K99DK083556-02Department: NIH department code

      Engineering of hepatic grafts with decellularized native matrices
      $39,694

      award amount

38. Brown, Bryan Nicklaus

    Leads 1 award · $34,776

    • 1F31EB007914-01A2Department: NIH department code

      ECM Scaffolds and Macrophage Polarization-Induced Tissue Remodeling
      $34,776

      award amount

39. Brennan, Ellen

    Leads 1 award · $9,089

    • 5F31EB007918-02Department: NIH department code

      Antibactrial degradation products of extracellular matrix bioscaffolds
      $9,089

      award amount

40. Bartlett, David L

    Leads 1 award · $4,336

    • 5T32CA113263-04Department: NIH department code

      Postdoctoral Research Training in Biotherapy of Cancer
      $4,336

      award amount