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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Microbiology & Immunology at University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

Funding
$8.5M
$8,537,208
Awards
21
FY2026 NIH awards in Microbiology & Immunology
Principal investigators
19
13 lead a grant here, 6 co-investigators
Department rank
#53
of 119 · Ranking
  • NIH names only the principal investigators on an award, so this page lists only them. The department is the award's: it is where ScienceDex counts the award, not a list of the department's members.
  • These are the awards in the Microbiology & Immunology row of the University of Rochester page.

Leads a grant in this department

13 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. Minsoo Kim

    Leads 3 awards · $1,585,268

    • 5R01AI187088-02Department: NIH department code
      Monocyte-derived galectin-1 promotes tissue-resident memory T cell response
      $709,458
      award amount
    • 5R01AI147362-07Department: NIH department code
      T cell migration and cardiovascular toxicity in immunotherapy

      Principal investigators: Minsoo Kim (contact PI), Richard E Waugh

      $683,310
      award amount
    • 5R21AI184402-02Department: NIH department code
      Microbiomes regulate neutrophil responses in sepsis
      $192,500
      award amount

  2. Felix Yarovinsky

    Leads 2 awards · $1,259,633

    • 5R01AI184464-03Department: NIH department code
      Understanding Innate Immune Recognition and IFN-g-Mediated Immunity in Cryptosporidiosis
      $707,782
      award amount
    • 5R01AI136538-08Department: NIH department code
      Mucosal immunity to Toxoplasma gondii
      $551,851
      award amount

  3. Andrew Varble

    Leads 3 awards · $1,077,461

    • 5DP2AI184732-03Department: NIH department code
      Harnessing Broad-Specificity Phage Recombinases for Universal Bacterial Editing platforms
      $462,000
      award amount
    • 1R01GM164573-01Department: NIH department code
      Molecular biology of bacterial RNA plasmids: obelisks
      $323,503
      award amount
    • 1R03DE036202-01Department: NIH department code
      Discovery of Prokaryotic RNA Virus-Host Pairs Through a Scalable Reverse-Genetics Platform
      $291,958
      award amount

  4. Paul M. Dunman

    Leads 2 awards · $954,944

    • 5R01AI175024-04Department: NIH department code
      Inhibitors of adaptive efflux mediated resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii

      Principal investigators: Paul M. Dunman (contact PI), Daniel Patrick Flaherty

      $709,700
      award amount
    • 5T32AI118689-10Department: NIH department code
      Infection and Immunity: The Pathogenesis of Host-Microbe Interactions

      Principal investigators: Paul M. Dunman (contact PI), Brian M Ward

      $245,244
      award amount

  5. Juilee Thakar

    Leads 2 awards · $699,169

    • 5R01HL160229-05Department: NIH department code
      Role of platelet- monocyte interaction in promoting pro-atherogenic state in HIV-infected individuals

      Principal investigators: Juilee Thakar (contact PI), Meera Vir Singh

      $473,317
      award amount
    • 5T32TR005439-02Department: NIH department code
      CTSA Predoctoral T32 Program at University of Rochester
      $225,852
      award amount

  6. Jacques Robert

    Leads 2 awards · $672,122

    • 5R24AI059830-23Department: NIH department code
      A Xenopus Laevis Research Resource for Immunobiology
      $432,270
      award amount
    • 5T32AI007285-39Department: NIH department code
      The T32 Predoctoral Training Program in Immunology (PTPI)

      Principal investigators: Jacques Robert (contact PI), Scott Andrew Gerber

      $239,852
      award amount

  7. Yiping Zhu

    Leads 1 award · $601,307

    • 5R01NS143478-02Department: NIH department code
      Ribosomal Frameshifting in HIV-1 Infection, Inflammation and Neurotoxicity
      $601,307
      award amount

  8. Steven R. Gill

    Leads 1 award · $495,201

    • 5R01MH125103-05Department: NIH department code
      Neurobiological and neurocognitive consequences of diverse microbiome functional trajectories

      Principal investigators: Steven R. Gill (contact PI), Kristin Scheible, Thomas G O'Connor

      $495,201
      award amount

  9. Ruth Serra Moreno

    Leads 1 award · $407,091

    • 1R21AI200940-01Department: NIH department code
      Beyond blocking virus entry: Role of SERINC5 as a shield of genomic integrity
      $407,091
      award amount

  10. Brian M Ward

    Leads 1 award · $385,000

    • 5R01AI168023-04Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the Function of F13 as a Matrix Protein for Poxvirus Intracellular Envelopment
      $385,000
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32AI118689-10, led by Paul M. Dunman.

  11. Jessica Lynne Stern

    Leads 1 award · $187,898

    • 5K23HL179456-02Department: NIH department code
      Using Implementation Science to Design a Community Health Worker Model for Asthma Care
      $187,898
      award amount

  12. Nicholas M Adams

    Leads 1 award · $162,000

    • 1K22AI184752-01Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the role of genome organization in cDC1 development
      $162,000
      award amount

  13. Haley Aull

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31AI191669-02Department: NIH department code
      Uncovering the mechanisms and implications of BST2 antagonism by SARS-CoV-2
      $50,114
      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.