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FY2021 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Internal Medicine at University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Funding
$48.3M
$48,267,152
Awards
109
FY2021 NIH awards in Internal Medicine
Principal investigators
84
84 lead a grant here, 0 co-investigators
Department rank
#32
of 124 · 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 Internal Medicine row of the University of Utah page.

Leads a grant in this department

84 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. Dere, Willard H.

    Leads 2 awards · $4,924,483

    • 5UL1TR002538-04Department: NIH department code
      Utah Center for Clinical and Translational Science
      $3,693,346
      award amount
    • 3UL1TR002538-04S2Department: NIH department code
      Utah Center for Clinical and Translational Science
      $1,231,137
      award amount
  2. Ulrich, Cornelia M

    Leads 6 awards · $4,912,287

    • 5P30CA042014-32Department: NIH department code
      Cancer Center Support Grant
      $4,199,958
      award amount
    • 3P30CA042014-32S3Department: NIH department code
      Cancer Center Support Grant
      $249,999
      award amount
    • 3P30CA042014-32S5Department: NIH department code
      Research Practice Partnership: Supporting Nevada's Cancer Coalitions Priorities
      $149,999
      award amount
    • 3P30CA042014-32S2Department: NIH department code
      Cancer Center Support Grant
      $137,331
      award amount
    • 3P30CA042014-32S4Department: NIH department code
      Cancer Center Support Grant
      $115,000
      award amount
    • 3P30CA042014-32S1Department: NIH department code
      Cancer Center Support Grant
      $60,000
      award amount
  3. Beddhu, Srinivasan

    Leads 3 awards · $1,702,776

    • 1R01AG074592-01Department: NIH department code
      Objectively Measured Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity in PREVENTABLE Study
      $740,106
      award amount
    • 1R01DK128640-01Department: NIH department code
      Sit Less, Interact and Move More (SLIMM) 2 Study
      $685,127
      award amount
    • 5R01DK118219-04Department: NIH department code
      Long-term metabolic effects of kidney events with intensive SBP control
      $277,543
      award amount
  4. Hess, Rachel

    Leads 1 award · $1,484,774

    • 3UL1TR002538-04S3Department: NIH department code
      Down Syndrome: A UPDB Discovery Cohort for Translating Genes, Brain and Behaviors to Treatment
      $1,484,774
      award amount
  5. Leung, Daniel Ted

    Leads 3 awards · $1,412,856

    • 5R01AI135115-04Department: NIH department code
      Estimating Cholera Burden with Cross-sectional Immunologic Data
      $663,407
      award amount
    • 5R01AI135114-04Department: NIH department code
      Development of clinical decision tools for management of diarrhea of children in high and low resource settings
      $390,449
      award amount
    • 5R01AI130378-05Department: NIH department code
      Mucosal associated invariant T (MAIT) cells in Vibrio cholerae infection and vaccination
      $359,000
      award amount
  6. Lewis, Michael T.

    Leads 2 awards · $1,360,505

    • 5U54CA224076-04Department: NIH department code
      PDX Trial Center for Breast Cancer Therapy
      $1,240,619
      award amount
    • 3U54CA224076-03S3Department: NIH department code
      Multi-omic, Exposure-informed, Genealogical Approach (mErGE)
      $119,886
      award amount
  7. Cochran, Gerald T.

    Leads 1 award · $1,293,444

    • 5UG1DA049444-03Department: NIH department code
      Greater Intermountain Node
      $1,293,444
      award amount
  8. Edgar, Bruce Alexander

    Leads 2 awards · $1,137,985

    • 1R35GM140900-01Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of cell growth and proliferation
      $659,913
      award amount
    • 1R01DK125745-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Sex steroid signaling and adaptive growth of the intestine
      $478,072
      award amount
  9. Wetter, David W

    Leads 1 award · $1,123,156

    • 1OT2HD108097-01Department: NIH department code
      SCALE-UP Counts: A health information technology approach to increasing COVID-19 testing in elementary and middle schools serving disadvantaged communities
      $1,123,156
      award amount
  10. Yang, Tianxin

    Leads 2 awards · $1,103,981

    • 5R01HL135851-04Department: NIH department code
      Interaction of (pro)renin receptor and PPARy in regulation of plasma volume
      $575,533
      award amount
    • 5R01HL139689-04Department: NIH department code
      Role of (pro)renin receptor in aldosterone signaling in the kidney
      $528,448
      award amount
  11. Murtaugh, Maureen A

    Leads 2 awards · $1,058,685

    • 5KL2TR002539-04Department: NIH department code
      Institutional Career Development Core
      $899,819
      award amount
    • 3KL2TR002539-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Nonpharmacological Strategies to Mitigate Pain and Problematic Opioid Use After Spine Surgery
      $158,866
      award amount
  12. Kaphingst, Kimberly A

    Leads 1 award · $1,024,795

    • 5U01CA232826-04Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging an electronic medical record infrastructure to identify primary care patients eligible for genetic testing for hereditary cancer and evaluate novel cancer genetics service delivery models
      $1,024,795
      award amount
  13. Drakos, Stavros George

    Leads 2 awards · $1,022,166

    • 5T32HL007576-35Department: NIH department code
      Training in Cardiovascular Research
      $640,916
      award amount
    • 5R01HL135121-05Department: NIH department code
      Clinical and Metabolic Signature of Recovered Myocardium in Human Heart Failure
      $381,250
      award amount
  14. Phillips, John Dearborn

    Leads 1 award · $1,000,000

    • 5U24DK126127-02Department: NIH department code
      Hematology Central Coordinating Center (HCCC) for the NIDDK Hematology Centers Program
      $1,000,000
      award amount
  15. Weyrich, Andrew S

    Leads 1 award · $913,733

    • 5R35HL145237-03Department: NIH department code
      Translational Control of Megakaryocyte and Platelet Gene Expression in Disease
      $913,733
      award amount
  16. Rondina, Matthew Thomas

    Leads 3 awards · $883,733

    • 3R01HL142804-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Platelet Translational Control Mechanisms in Stroke and Vascular Cognitive Dementia
      $381,250
      award amount
    • 5R01HL142804-04Department: NIH department code
      Translational Control of Megakaryocyte and Platelet Function in Sepsis
      $381,250
      award amount
    • 1K24HL155856-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Platelet-Leukocyte Interactions in Sepsis
      $121,233
      award amount
  17. Oliver, Trudy Gale

    Leads 2 awards · $758,738

    • 5R01CA244841-02Department: NIH department code
      Pro-tumor functions of neutrophils in squamous cell lung cancer
      $389,613
      award amount
    • 1R01CA251147-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Arginine Deprivation in Small Cell Lung Cancer
      $369,125
      award amount
  18. Cochran, Gerald T.

    Leads 1 award · $747,266

    • 1R01DA051546-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Prescription Opioid Misuse: A Pharmacist-Led Intervention at Point of Service Efficacy Trial
      $747,266
      award amount
  19. Hong, Tingting

    Leads 2 awards · $746,648

    • 1R01HL159983-01Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Cav1.2 Trafficking by GJA1-20k and cBIN1
      $556,023
      award amount
    • 1R21AG074593-01Department: NIH department code
      Advancing cBIN1 Therapy to Large Preclinical Animals
      $190,625
      award amount
  20. Cox, James Eric

    Leads 1 award · $672,839

    • 2U54DK110858-06Department: NIH department code
      Center for Iron & Heme Disorders at the University of Utah
      $672,839
      award amount
  21. Gertz, Jason

    Leads 1 award · $654,613

    • 5R01HG008974-05Department: NIH department code
      In situ evaluation of combinatorial gene regulation in the human genome
      $654,613
      award amount
  22. Conroy, Margaret B

    Leads 1 award · $652,407

    • 5R18DK123372-02Department: NIH department code
      Promoting Real World Implementation of an Evidence-Based Weight Management Intervention in Primary Care
      $652,407
      award amount
  23. Donato, Anthony John

    Leads 1 award · $651,388

    • 5R01AG060395-03Department: NIH department code
      Impact of T cells on age-related vascular dysfunction: A translational approach
      $651,388
      award amount
  24. Yost, H. Joseph

    Leads 1 award · $642,835

    • 5R01HL146854-02Department: NIH department code
      The Roles of Neural Crest Derived Cardiomyocytes in Adult-Onset Heart Failure and Regeneration
      $642,835
      award amount
  25. Welt, Corrine K

    Leads 2 awards · $638,898

    • 5R01HD100447-02Department: NIH department code
      Translational Control in Oogenesis and Embryogenesis
      $321,317
      award amount
    • 5R01HD099487-03Department: NIH department code
      Primary Ovarian Insufficiency: Etiology and Comorbid Disease
      $317,581
      award amount
  26. Bray, Paul F.

    Leads 1 award · $612,123

    • 5R01HL141424-04Department: NIH department code
      In vivo studies of megakaryocyte microRNAs regulating platelet number and integrin activation
      $612,123
      award amount
  27. Ranjan, Ravi

    Leads 1 award · $592,931

    • 5R01HL142913-04Department: NIH department code
      Myocardial Substrate Driven Mechanistic Insights into Atrial Fibrillation
      $592,931
      award amount
  28. Tavtigian, Sean Vahram

    Leads 1 award · $583,065

    • 5R01CA121245-10Department: NIH department code
      Common and rare sequence variants in breast cancer risk
      $583,065
      award amount
  29. Pezzolesi, Marcus Guy

    Leads 2 awards · $580,713

    • 5R01DK110350-05Department: NIH department code
      The role of microRNAs in progressive renal decline in Type 1 diabetes
      $351,963
      award amount
    • 1R21MD016482-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Genetic Basis of Metabolic Disease and Familial Dysceramidemia in Pacific Islanders
      $228,750
      award amount
  30. Trinity, Joel Douglas

    Leads 1 award · $580,487

    • 5R01HL142603-03Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Oxidative Stress to Prevent Vascular and Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction during Disuse
      $580,487
      award amount
  31. Drakos, Stavros George

    Leads 1 award · $540,644

    • 1R01HL156667-01Department: NIH department code
      Perm1 is a Novel Regulator of Cardiac Energetics and Function
      $540,644
      award amount
  32. Myers, Benjamin

    Leads 2 awards · $533,750

    • 5R35GM133672-03Department: NIH department code
      Signal Transduction in the Primary Cilium: Hedgehog and Beyond
      $381,250
      award amount
    • 1R03TR003700-01Department: NIH department code
      Illuminating Druggable Targets via Interrogation of Direct GPCR-kinase Interactions
      $152,500
      award amount
  33. Rodan, Aylin Rachel

    Leads 1 award · $474,831

    • 2R01DK110358-07A1Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of WNK signaling by potassium and Mo25: structure, function and physiology
      $474,831
      award amount
  34. Fisher, Simon J

    Leads 2 awards · $460,161

    • 5R01DK118082-03Department: NIH department code
      Pharmacological Approach to the Restoration of Hypoglycemia Awareness
      $381,250
      award amount
    • 2T35DK103596-06A1Department: NIH department code
      MSRP in Metabolism, Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases
      $78,911
      award amount
  35. Jaimes, Edgar A

    Leads 1 award · $447,578

    • 1R01DK129299-01Department: NIH department code
      Nanotechnology as a therapeutic approach in arteriovenous fistula maturation
      $447,578
      award amount
  36. Ayer, Donald E

    Leads 1 award · $391,980

    • 5R01CA222650-04Department: NIH department code
      Nutrient Sensing and Transcriptional Regulation
      $391,980
      award amount
  37. Helms, My N.

    Leads 1 award · $384,730

    • 5R01HL137033-04Department: NIH department code
      Oxidized glutathione regulation of epithelial sodium channels in newborn lung injury
      $384,730
      award amount
  38. Cairns, Bradley R.

    Leads 1 award · $381,250

    • 5R01AG069725-02Department: NIH department code
      Molecular, Epigenetic and Genomic Approaches to Understand Mechanisms of Aging in the Human Testis
      $381,250
      award amount
  39. Chaudhuri, Dipayan

    Leads 1 award · $381,250

    • 5R01HL141353-04Department: NIH department code
      Metabolic Impact and Mechanism of Enhanced Mitochondrial Calcium Uptake in Mitochondrial Cardiomyopathies
      $381,250
      award amount
  40. Gahring, Lorise C

    Leads 1 award · $381,250

    • 5R01HL135610-05Department: NIH department code
      Aerosolized Nicotine Modulation of Host Inflammation and Microbiota Dysbiosis
      $381,250
      award amount
  41. Rowley, Jesse

    Leads 1 award · $381,250

    • 5R01HL144957-03Department: NIH department code
      Mitochondrial fusion protein MFN2 prevents platelet death and dysfunction
      $381,250
      award amount
  42. Shaw, Robin M

    Leads 1 award · $381,250

    • 5R01HL152691-02Department: NIH department code
      Unlocking Trafficking Specificity for Cx43 Gap Junctions
      $381,250
      award amount
  43. Summers, Scott A

    Leads 1 award · $373,088

    • 2T32DK091317-11Department: NIH department code
      Interdisciplinary Training Program in Metabolism
      $373,088
      award amount
  44. Beswick, Ellen J.

    Leads 1 award · $355,323

    • 5R01CA207051-06Department: NIH department code
      G-CSF inhibition as a colorectal cancer therapy
      $355,323
      award amount
  45. Huang, Yufeng

    Leads 1 award · $353,575

    • 5R01DK123727-02Department: NIH department code
      Novel therapeutic strategy for renal fibrosis by targeting RNA-binding protein HuR
      $353,575
      award amount
  46. Judson-Torres, Robert Laird

    Leads 1 award · $348,844

    • 1R01CA229896-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Nevus associated microRNAs as mediators of BRAF-induced growth arrest and biomarkers of melanoma progression
      $348,844
      award amount
  47. Welm, Alana L

    Leads 1 award · $348,844

    • 5R01CA223245-04Department: NIH department code
      Role of RON kinase in anti-tumor immune responses
      $348,844
      award amount
  48. Richardson, Russell S.

    Leads 1 award · $344,762

    • 5T32HL139451-04Department: NIH department code
      Cardiovasomobility Research Training Program
      $344,762
      award amount
  49. Paine, Robert

    Leads 1 award · $344,220

    • 2T32HL105321-11A1Department: NIH department code
      Multidisciplinary Pulmonary and Critical Care Training Program
      $344,220
      award amount
  50. Beaudin, Anna E

    Leads 1 award · $343,125

    • 7R01HL147081-03Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of tissue resident macrophage development by IL-7R signaling
      $343,125
      award amount
  51. Ullman, Katharine S

    Leads 1 award · $343,125

    • 5R01GM131052-03Department: NIH department code
      Cellular Events Downstream of Mitotic Errors
      $343,125
      award amount
  52. Stewart, Rodney A.

    Leads 1 award · $333,594

    • 5R01NS106527-04Department: NIH department code
      Developmental Mechanisms Driving Cell Invasion in Pediatric Brain Cancers
      $333,594
      award amount
  53. Winge, Dennis R.

    Leads 1 award · $293,563

    • 5R01GM110755-08Department: NIH department code
      Mitochondrial Fatty Acid Synthesis and the Coordinate Regulation of Respiration
      $293,563
      award amount
  54. Swaminathan, Sankar

    Leads 1 award · $289,750

    • 5R01CA081133-19Department: NIH department code
      Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation by EBV SM Protein.
      $289,750
      award amount
  55. Kinsey, Conan

    Leads 1 award · $272,944

    • 5K08CA230151-02Department: NIH department code
      Resistance Mechanisms to Combined Trametinib and 4-aminoquinolones in the Inhibition of Pancreatic Cancer
      $272,944
      award amount
  56. Zhang, Xiaoyang

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00CA215244-05Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of KLF5 genomic alterations in tumorigenesis
      $249,000
      award amount
  57. Suneja, Gita

    Leads 1 award · $240,364

    • 5K08CA228631-05Department: NIH department code
      Cancer Treatment Disparities in the HIV Population: Exploring the Impact of HIV on Physician and Patient Decision-Making
      $240,364
      award amount
  58. Wever-Pinzon, Omar Enrique

    Leads 1 award · $198,720

    • 5K23HL150322-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of DNA methylation in cardiac failure and recovery
      $198,720
      award amount
  59. Dosdall, Derek J

    Leads 1 award · $190,625

    • 1R21HL156039-01Department: NIH department code
      Novel lead for selective His bundle sensing and low-threshold pacing
      $190,625
      award amount
  60. Palatinus, Joseph A.

    Leads 1 award · $179,280

    • 1K08HL155886-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Protein Trafficking in Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy
      $179,280
      award amount
  61. Steinberg, Benjamin Adam

    Leads 1 award · $178,794

    • 5K23HL143156-04Department: NIH department code
      Optimizing Outcomes for Patients with Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation
      $178,794
      award amount
  62. Tuday, Eric

    Leads 1 award · $171,720

    • 1K08AG070281-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The Role of MicroRNA 181b in the Development of Vascular Stiffness with Age
      $171,720
      award amount
  63. Middleton, Elizabeth Anne

    Leads 1 award · $166,525

    • 5K08HL153953-02Department: NIH department code
      The regulation and function of platelet FcARIIA in sepsis
      $166,525
      award amount
  64. Wynne, Brandi Michele

    Leads 1 award · $163,080

    • 5K01DK115660-04Department: NIH department code
      Aldosterone Independent Activation of the Mineralocorticoid Receptor via IL-6 and Rac1 Induces Sodium Retention and Hypertension
      $163,080
      award amount
  65. Parks, Anna L

    Leads 1 award · $152,500

    • 1R03AG074074-01Department: NIH department code
      Development and Preliminary Validation of a Bleeding Quality of Life PatientReported Outcome Measure for Older Adults
      $152,500
      award amount
  66. Vaughn, Valerie Michele

    Leads 1 award · $152,362

    • 5K08HS026530-03Department: NIH department code
      Engaging Hospitalists to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing at Hospital Discharge
      $152,362
      award amount
  67. Potter, Lindsey

    Leads 1 award · $138,289

    • 1K99CA252604-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Using mHealth to investigate intersectionality and health behaviors: Implications for conceptual models and cancer prevention interventions for marginalized populations
      $138,289
      award amount
  68. Keegan, Lindsay T.

    Leads 1 award · $135,540

    • 1K01AI159519-01A1Department: NIH department code
      A combined epidemiologic and genomic approach to identify and control transmission events of hospital associated infections
      $135,540
      award amount
  69. Vaishnavi, Aria

    Leads 1 award · $115,728

    • 5K99CA246084-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the role of support signaling in promoting minimal residual disease in mouse models of oncogene-driven lung cancer
      $115,728
      award amount
  70. Barnard, Mollie Elyse

    Leads 1 award · $114,180

    • 5K00CA212222-06Department: NIH department code
      Inflammation and gynecologic cancer: the role of prostaglandins in ovarian cancer
      $114,180
      award amount
  71. Tristani-Firouzi, Martin

    Leads 1 award · $101,372

    • 2T35HL007744-26A1Department: NIH department code
      Short-term Training: Students in Health Professional Schools
      $101,372
      award amount
  72. Campbell, Robert A

    Leads 1 award · $100,008

    • 5K01AG059892-03Department: NIH department code
      Interferon-Induced Transmembrane Protein 3 (IFITM3) Regulates Thrombosis During Inflammation in Aging
      $100,008
      award amount
  73. Wang, Fei

    Leads 1 award · $90,000

    • 1K99HL155850-01Department: NIH department code
      Role of CTRP1 in Renal Sodium Handling in Obesity-Related Hypertension
      $90,000
      award amount
  74. Shadle, Sean

    Leads 1 award · $65,994

    • 1F32HD104442-01Department: NIH department code
      Function of Kdm4dl-mediated heterochromatin removal in the preimplantation mouse embryo
      $65,994
      award amount
  75. Mulvihill, Timothy

    Leads 1 award · $51,036

    • 5F30CA225163-04Department: NIH department code
      Dysregulation of BAF chromatin remodeling in cancer
      $51,036
      award amount
  76. Richards, Jackson Royal

    Leads 1 award · $51,036

    • 5F30CA217184-05Department: NIH department code
      Non-canonical WNT signaling in the invasion and metastasis of uveal melanoma
      $51,036
      award amount
  77. Truong, Amanda

    Leads 1 award · $51,036

    • 5F30CA235964-03Department: NIH department code
      Defining the role of aberrant signal pathway activation in melanoma on the immune microenvironment
      $51,036
      award amount
  78. Creed, Magnus

    Leads 1 award · $46,036

    • 5F31HL151197-02Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Purine Metabolism by Protein Methyltransferase Smyd1
      $46,036
      award amount
  79. Szulik, Marta

    Leads 2 awards · $41,071

    • 3F32HL144034-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Smyd1's role in regulating disease-induced remodeling and gene expression in the cardiomyocyte
      $38,571
      award amount
    • 3F32HL144034-03S2Department: NIH department code
      Smyd1's role in regulating disease-induced remodeling and gene expression in the cardiomyocyte per period 09/01/2020-08/31/2021.
      $2,500
      award amount
  80. Weaver, Bradley Don

    Leads 1 award · $35,581

    • 5F30HD098000-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of DUX and miR-34a regulation in cell fate plasticity and cancer
      $35,581
      award amount
  81. Parkman, Gennie L

    Leads 1 award · $35,078

    • 5F31CA254307-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Role of PI3K Lipid Effectors in BRAF Mutant Melanoma
      $35,078
      award amount
  82. Ross, Alexis Noel

    Leads 2 awards · $35,036

    • 5F31DK124991-02Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting the Role of Podxl in Hepatic Stellate Cells in Liver Development and Regeneration
      $32,536
      award amount
    • 3F31DK124991-01A1S1Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting the Role of Podxl in Hepatic Stellate Cells in Liver Development and Regeneration
      $2,500
      award amount
  83. Orstad, Grace

    Leads 1 award · $33,992

    • 5F31CA243427-02Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing the role of FOXA1 and FOXA2 in NKX2-1 positive lung adenocarcinoma
      $33,992
      award amount
  84. Deininger, Michael W.

    Leads 1 award · $24,178

    • 5R01CA254354-02Department: NIH department code
      Targeting the Metabolic Regulator SIRT5 in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
      $24,178
      award amount