Surgery at University of Pittsburgh

Leads a grant in this department

35 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 4 awards · $3,145,514

   • 5U19AI131453-02Department: NIH department code

     Regulatory immune cell therapy, promotion of tolerance and underlying mechanisms in NHP renal transplantation
     $1,468,504

     award amount
   • 1U01AI136779-01Department: NIH department code

     Regulatory Dendritic Cell Therapy in Live Donor Renal Transplant Recipients
     $1,000,075

     award amount
   • 5R01AI118777-02Department: NIH department code

     Regulation of Liver DC Function and Transplant Tolerance
     $458,602

     award amount
   • 2T32AI074490-11A1Department: NIH department code

     Interdisciplinary Training in Transplantation Biology
     $218,333

     award amount

2. Rothstein, David M

   Leads 3 awards · $2,519,693

   • 1P01AI129880-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Role of TIM Molecules in Regulatory and Inflammatory B cells in Allo andAutoimmunity
     $1,913,055

     award amount
   • 5R01AI114587-04Department: NIH department code

     In Vivo Detection And Mechanisms Of Regulatory B Cell Function In Transplantation
     $377,440

     award amount
   • 1R34AI136782-01Department: NIH department code

     Randomized Controlled Trial of Anti-TNF to Preserve Allograft Function in High-Risk Renal Transplant Patients Based on a B Cell Biomarker
     $229,198

     award amount

3. Fox, Ira J.

   Leads 2 awards · $1,969,958

   • 5R01AI122369-03Department: NIH department code

     Hepatocyte xenografts for treatment of acute liver failure
     $1,004,804

     award amount
   • 1R01DK117916-01Department: NIH department code

     Hepatocyte Transplantation for Liver Based Metabolic Disease
     $965,154

     award amount

4. Gittes, George K.

   Leads 3 awards · $1,156,101

   • 1R01DK120377-01Department: NIH department code

     Alpha cells conversion to beta cells in non-human primates
     $391,250

     award amount
   • 5R01DK111460-03Department: NIH department code

     EGF and TGF-β signaling synergy in β-cell proliferation
     $391,250

     award amount
   • 5R01DK112836-02Department: NIH department code

     Endogenous alpha-to-beta cell transdifferentiation in diabetes
     $373,601

     award amount

5. Billiar, Timothy R

   Leads 3 awards · $1,005,329

   • 1R35GM127027-01Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of Immune Dysfunction after Trauma and Surgical Sepsis
     $375,946

     award amount
   • 5R01GM050441-23Department: NIH department code

     Regulation and Function of Endotoxin Signaling in Surgical Sepsis
     $343,383

     award amount
   • 5T32GM008516-25Department: NIH department code

     Training in Trauma and Sepsis Research
     $286,000

     award amount

6. Badylak, Stephen F.

   Leads 3 awards · $959,409

   • 1R01AR073527-01Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of functional skeletal muscle repair: critical role of matrix associated IL-33
     $543,891

     award amount
   • 1R01HL136494-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Matricellular Signaling in Engineered Tracheal Transplantation
     $405,518

     award amount
   • 1R13EB025704-01Department: NIH department code

     10th Symposium on Biologic Scaffolds for Regenerative Medicine
     $10,000

     award amount

7. Tzeng, Edith

   Leads 2 awards · $898,145

   • 1R56HL142743-01Department: NIH department code

     Engineering Biologic Topography into Vascular Grafts
     $454,539

     award amount
   • 5T32HL098036-09Department: NIH department code

     Vascular Surgery Research Training (VascTrain) Program
     $443,606

     award amount

8. Lakkis, Fadi G.

   Leads 2 awards · $869,460

   • 2R01AI099465-06A1Department: NIH department code

     Innate Recognition of Allogeneic Non-Self
     $486,080

     award amount
   • 5R01AI049466-16Department: NIH department code

     T Cell Memory in Organ Transplantation
     $383,380

     award amount

9. Fan, Jie

   Leads 2 awards · $776,250

   • 1R01HL139547-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Macrophage Pyroptosis Mechanism of Post-Trauma Acute Lung Injury
     $391,250

     award amount
   • 5R01HL079669-12Department: NIH department code

     Cell Priming, Receptor Cross-Talk, and Acute Lung Injury
     $385,000

     award amount

10. Metes, Diana M

    Leads 1 award · $687,036

    • 5R01AI130010-02Department: NIH department code

      Diversity of TFH cells and DSA generation after kidney transplantation
      $687,036

      award amount

11. Ofori-Acquah, Solomon Fiifi

    Leads 1 award · $668,614

    • 5R01GM113816-04Department: NIH department code

      Role of erythroid DAMP molecules in the pathogenesis of vascular injury in sepsis
      $668,614

      award amount

12. Shin, Donghun

    Leads 1 award · $636,062

    • 5R01DK109365-02Department: NIH department code

      Mapping Disease Pathways for Biliary Atresia
      $636,062

      award amount

13. Rosengart, Matthew Randall

    Leads 2 awards · $632,363

    • 5R01GM082852-09Department: NIH department code

      CaMK: Central Regulators of the response to Surgical Sepsis
      $331,100

      award amount
    • 5R01GM116929-03Department: NIH department code

      Blue light protects against ischemia induced organ injury
      $301,263

      award amount

14. Steel, Jennifer L.

    Leads 1 award · $619,011

    • 5R01CA196953-03Department: NIH department code

      Palliative care intervention for socioeconomically disadvantaged cancer patients
      $619,011

      award amount

15. Tsung, Allan

    Leads 2 awards · $523,516

    • 1R01CA214865-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Surgery triggered immune response and liver metastases
      $354,288

      award amount
    • 5R01GM095566-08Department: NIH department code

      Endogenous regulators of inflammation in liver ischemia/reperfusion
      $169,228

      award amount

16. Neal, Matthew D

    Leads 2 awards · $404,963

    • 5R35GM119526-03Department: NIH department code

      Mechanistic Elucidation and Targeted Therapy of Platelet Dysfunction After Trauma
      $365,705

      award amount
    • 3R35GM119526-03S1Department: NIH department code

      Administrative Supplement to Mechanistic Elucidation and Targeted Therapy of Platelet Dysfunction After Trauma
      $39,258

      award amount

17. Bauer, Eileen Maria

    Leads 1 award · $390,626

    • 5R01HL130268-02Department: NIH department code

      Dual role of HMGB1 in pathogenic platelet biology in pulmonary hypertension
      $390,626

      award amount

18. Camirand, Geoffrey

    Leads 1 award · $383,098

    • 5U01AI132758-02Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms and promotion of immune regulation by CD4+ regulatory T cells within allografts
      $383,098

      award amount

19. Phillippi, Julie A

    Leads 1 award · $381,836

    • 5R01HL131632-02Department: NIH department code

      Matrix mediated vasa vasorum dysfunction in thoracic aortic disease
      $381,836

      award amount

20. Turnquist, Heth R

    Leads 1 award · $379,060

    • 5R01HL122489-04Department: NIH department code

      Immunoregulatory mechanisms of IL-33 in heart transplantation
      $379,060

      award amount

21. Morelli, Adrian E.

    Leads 1 award · $378,520

    • 5R01HL130191-03Department: NIH department code

      HL Exosomes as paracrine signal mediators in cardiac allograft rejection
      $378,520

      award amount

22. Scott, Melanie J.

    Leads 2 awards · $344,074

    • 2R01GM102146-06Department: NIH department code

      Inflammasome activation in trauma-hemorrhagic shock
      $304,816

      award amount
    • 3R01GM102146-06S1Department: NIH department code

      Administrative Supplement to Inflammasome activation in trauma-hemorrhagic shock
      $39,258

      award amount

23. Esni, Farzad

    Leads 1 award · $343,314

    • 5R01DK101413-04Department: NIH department code

      Evaluation of signals mediating beta-cell regeneration
      $343,314

      award amount

24. Tang, Daolin

    Leads 1 award · $339,031

    • 2R01CA160417-06Department: NIH department code

      Mitophagy in Tumor Microenvironment
      $339,031

      award amount

25. Chun, Young Jae

    Leads 1 award · $326,018

    • 5R01EB022591-02Department: NIH department code

      An Organ Perfusion Stent as an Alternative to Surgery in Donor Organ Recovery
      $326,018

      award amount

26. Lotze, Michael T

    Leads 1 award · $319,550

    • 5R01CA181450-05Department: NIH department code

      Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma is a disease of constitutive autophagy
      $319,550

      award amount

27. Rubin, J Peter

    Leads 1 award · $292,600

    • 5R01CA114246-11Department: NIH department code

      Injectable Engineered Tissue for Cancer Reconstruction
      $292,600

      award amount

28. Mollen, Kevin P

    Leads 2 awards · $239,820

    • 5K08DK101753-05Department: NIH department code

      Mitochondrial Failure in the Pathogenesis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
      $161,694

      award amount
    • 1R03DK114464-01A1Department: NIH department code

      PGC1a Downregulation Contributes to the Pathogenesis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
      $78,126

      award amount

29. Gambotto, Andrea

    Leads 1 award · $232,490

    • 5R21AI130180-02Department: NIH department code

      Pre-clinical evaluation of a Zika virus vaccine
      $232,490

      award amount

30. Sperry, Jason Lee

    Leads 1 award · $197,759

    • 5R34HL135224-02Department: NIH department code

      Pragmatic, Prehospital Group O Whole Blood Early Resuscitation Pilot Trial
      $197,759

      award amount

31. Bartlett, David L

    Leads 1 award · $193,203

    • 2T32CA113263-11Department: NIH department code

      Postdoctoral Research Training in Biotherapy of Cancer
      $193,203

      award amount

32. Puyana, Juan Carlos

    Leads 1 award · $163,539

    • 1R21TW011151-01Department: NIH department code

      INJURY SUPPORT INITIATIVE FOR GUATEMALA TRAUMA (INSIGHT)
      $163,539

      award amount

33. Lee, Yong J

    Leads 2 awards · $156,209

    • 5R03CA212125-02Department: NIH department code

      Targeted hyperthermia in combination with chimeric TRAIL and chemotherapeutic agent treatment for colorectal liver metastasis
      $78,250

      award amount
    • 5R03CA205267-02Department: NIH department code

      Assessing the effect of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 agents on tumoricidal efficacy of secretory TRAIL-armed NK cells
      $77,959

      award amount

34. Kang, Rui

    Leads 1 award · $34,721

    • 5R01CA211070-02Department: NIH department code

      The Pancreatic Cancer Microenvironment
      $34,721

      award amount

35. Billiar, Timothy R

    Leads 1 award · $2,979

    • 5R01GM115366-04Department: NIH department code

      Immunometabolism in Sepsis
      $2,979

      award amount