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FY2023 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Internal Medicine at University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Funding
$49.5M
$49,527,620
Awards
108
FY2023 NIH awards in Internal Medicine
Principal investigators
83
83 lead a grant here, 0 co-investigators
Department rank
#34
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 Internal Medicine row of the University of Utah page.

Leads a grant in this department

83 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. Ulrich, Cornelia M

    Leads 7 awards · $5,880,983

    • 5P30CA042014-34Department: NIH department code
      Cancer Center Support Grant
      $4,586,542
      award amount
    • 3P30CA042014-34S5Department: NIH department code
      Harmonizing genomic, transcriptomic, and drug response data across pre-clinical models of cancer to support machine learning approaches for personalized cancer therapy selection
      $307,975
      award amount
    • 3P30CA042014-34S6Department: NIH department code
      Enhancing Loon: Increasing Robustness and Generalizing Input Formats for a Visualization Tool for Large-Scale Microscopy Data
      $231,000
      award amount
    • 3P30CA042014-34S1Department: NIH department code
      Expanding the reach of cancer genetic services to underserved Spanish-speaking Latina women
      $215,470
      award amount
    • 3P30CA042014-34S3Department: NIH department code
      Rural community health center partnerships to develop and implement process for HPV self-collection and follow-up among women overdue for cervical cancer screening
      $214,999
      award amount
    • 3P30CA042014-34S4Department: NIH department code
      Strengthening Research, Training and Outreach Capacity in Huntsman Cancer Institute's Mountain West Service Area
      $200,000
      award amount
    • 3P30CA042014-34S2Department: NIH department code
      Payment Reform Policy and Cancer Disparities in Delivery of Radiotherapy
      $124,997
      award amount
  2. Hess, Rachel

    Leads 1 award · $5,461,665

    • 1UM1TR004409-01Department: NIH department code
      CTSA UM1 Program at University of Utah
      $5,461,665
      award amount
  3. Cochran, Gerald T.

    Leads 1 award · $2,359,488

    • 5UG1DA049444-05Department: NIH department code
      Greater Intermountain Node
      $2,359,488
      award amount
  4. Beddhu, Srinivasan

    Leads 3 awards · $1,442,000

    • 5R01AG074592-03Department: NIH department code
      Objectively Measured Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity in PREVENTABLE Study
      $700,607
      award amount
    • 5R01DK128640-03Department: NIH department code
      Sit Less, Interact and Move More (SLIMM) 2 Study
      $663,260
      award amount
    • 5T35DK103596-08Department: NIH department code
      MSRP in Metabolism, Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases
      $78,133
      award amount
  5. Edgar, Bruce Alexander

    Leads 2 awards · $1,225,343

    • 5R35GM140900-03Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of cell growth and proliferation
      $752,639
      award amount
    • 5R01DK125745-03Department: NIH department code
      Sex steroid signaling and adaptive growth of the intestine
      $472,704
      award amount
  6. Lewis, Michael T.

    Leads 1 award · $1,187,139

    • 2U54CA224076-05Department: NIH department code
      PDX Trial Center for Breast Cancer Therapy
      $1,187,139
      award amount
  7. Hong, Tingting

    Leads 2 awards · $1,177,360

    • 1R01HL170196-01Department: NIH department code
      Correcting Cardiac Microdomains Reverses Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
      $616,000
      award amount
    • 5R01HL159983-03Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Cav1.2 Trafficking by GJA1-20k and cBIN1
      $561,360
      award amount
  8. Donato, Anthony John

    Leads 3 awards · $1,150,539

    • 1R01AG077751-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Integrative Mechanisms of Vascular Aging
      $472,803
      award amount
    • 5R01AG060395-05Department: NIH department code
      Impact of T cells on age-related vascular dysfunction: A translational approach
      $447,607
      award amount
    • 5R21AG074498-02Department: NIH department code
      Improving healthspan through discovery of potent NAMPT activators from a DNA-encoded library
      $230,129
      award amount
  9. Yang, Tianxin

    Leads 2 awards · $1,115,352

    • 5R01HL160020-02Department: NIH department code
      Adipose-derived sPRR controls circadian rhythm of blood pressure through inhibition of renal NCC activity
      $586,558
      award amount
    • 5R01DK104072-06Department: NIH department code
      Cloning and characterization of PRR24 as a specific renin receptor critically involved in vasopressin signaling in the kidney
      $528,794
      award amount
  10. Chaudhuri, Dipayan

    Leads 2 awards · $1,088,221

    • 2R01HL141353-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Metabolic Impact and Mechanism of Enhanced Mitochondrial Calcium Uptake in Mitochondrial Cardiomyopathies
      $604,241
      award amount
    • 5R01HL165797-02Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of the mitochondrial calcium uniporter
      $483,980
      award amount
  11. Drakos, Stavros George

    Leads 2 awards · $1,055,612

    • 1R01HL166513-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism of Eccentric Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophy Secondary to Mitral Regurgitation
      $593,995
      award amount
    • 5T32HL007576-37Department: NIH department code
      Training in Cardiovascular Research
      $461,617
      award amount
  12. Phillips, John Dearborn

    Leads 1 award · $1,000,000

    • 5U24DK126127-04Department: NIH department code
      Hematology Central Coordinating Center (HCCC) for the NIDDK Hematology Centers Program
      $1,000,000
      award amount
  13. Murtaugh, Maureen A

    Leads 1 award · $971,200

    • 1K12TR004413-01Department: NIH department code
      CTSA K12 Program at University of Utah: Early Career Faculty Development Program
      $971,200
      award amount
  14. Cochran, Gerald T.

    Leads 2 awards · $954,942

    • 5R01DA051546-03Department: NIH department code
      Prescription Opioid Misuse: A Pharmacist-Led Intervention at Point of Service Efficacy Trial
      $722,123
      award amount
    • 5R34AA029447-02Department: NIH department code
      Co-Use of Opioid Medications and Alcohol Prevention Study (COAPS)
      $232,819
      award amount
  15. Rowley, Jesse

    Leads 2 awards · $918,242

    • 1R01HL166805-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Evaluation of genetic variants affecting platelet function with CRISPR HDR in human megakaryocytes
      $536,992
      award amount
    • 5R01HL144957-05Department: NIH department code
      Mitochondrial fusion protein MFN2 prevents platelet death and dysfunction
      $381,250
      award amount
  16. Mendoza, Michelle Christine

    Leads 4 awards · $910,590

    • 5R01CA255790-02Department: NIH department code
      Cancer invasion: reciprocity between the extracellular matrix and intrinsic ERK signaling
      $503,421
      award amount
    • 5R01GM141372-02Department: NIH department code
      Kinase Control of Synergistic Cell Migration Mechanics
      $307,750
      award amount
    • 3R01GM141372-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Kinase Control of Synergistic Cell Migration Mechanics
      $66,515
      award amount
    • 3R01CA255790-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Cancer invasion: reciprocity between the extracellular matrix and intrinsic ERK signaling
      $32,904
      award amount
  17. Buckley, Shannon

    Leads 2 awards · $786,822

    • 5R37CA262635-03Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting the Role Ubiquitin E3 Ligase UBR5 in Lymphomagenesis
      $400,180
      award amount
    • 5R01AI153090-03Department: NIH department code
      Role of E3 Ligase UBR5 in Alternative Splicing during B Cell Development and Activation
      $386,642
      award amount
  18. Tavtigian, Sean Vahram

    Leads 2 awards · $758,956

    • 5R01CA264971-02Department: NIH department code
      Upgrading rigor and efficiency of germline cancer gene variant classification for the 2020s
      $538,540
      award amount
    • 3R01CA264971-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Cloud Enabled, Rigorous, Functional Assay Calibration (CERFAC)
      $220,416
      award amount
  19. Rubin, Michael A.

    Leads 1 award · $737,241

    • 5U54CK000602-03Department: NIH department code
      Intermountain Program on Antibiotic Resistance and microbial Threats (IMPART)
      $737,241
      award amount
  20. Amann, Markus

    Leads 1 award · $696,545

    • 1R01HL162856-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Autonomic Dysfunction in Patients with HFpEF
      $696,545
      award amount
  21. Cox, James Eric

    Leads 1 award · $672,840

    • 5U54DK110858-08Department: NIH department code
      Center for Iron & Heme Disorders at the University of Utah
      $672,840
      award amount
  22. Dorrance, Adrienne M.

    Leads 1 award · $671,563

    • 7R01HL163849-02Department: NIH department code
      Developing novel therapies to improve blood stem cell transplantation outcomes
      $671,563
      award amount
  23. Pezzolesi, Marcus Guy

    Leads 1 award · $653,066

    • 5R01DK128641-03Department: NIH department code
      Genetic and Functional Analysis of Rapid Renal Decline in Diabetes: A Family-based Approach to Accelerate Gene Discovery
      $653,066
      award amount
  24. Hartnett, Mary Elizabeth Ruth

    Leads 1 award · $629,351

    • 1R01EY034975-01Department: NIH department code
      Inhibiting Neovascularization and Subretinal Fibrosis in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration
      $629,351
      award amount
  25. Leung, Daniel Ted

    Leads 2 awards · $624,764

    • 5R01AI135114-06Department: NIH department code
      Development of clinical decision tools for management of diarrhea of children in high and low resource settings
      $452,846
      award amount
    • 1K24AI166087-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mentoring patient-oriented researchers in pediatric diarrhea
      $171,918
      award amount
  26. Conroy, Margaret B

    Leads 1 award · $605,483

    • 5R18DK123372-04Department: NIH department code
      Promoting Real World Implementation of an Evidence-Based Weight Management Intervention in Primary Care
      $605,483
      award amount
  27. Trinity, Joel Douglas

    Leads 1 award · $580,487

    • 5R01HL142603-05Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Oxidative Stress to Prevent Vascular and Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction during Disuse
      $580,487
      award amount
  28. Beaudin, Anna E

    Leads 2 awards · $579,861

    • 5R01HL147081-05Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of tissue resident macrophage development by IL-7R signaling
      $381,250
      award amount
    • 5R21HL157794-02Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of hematopoietic stem cell function by prenatal folate status
      $198,611
      award amount
  29. Leibold, Elizabeth Ann

    Leads 1 award · $554,974

    • 1R01HL168492-01Department: NIH department code
      Cell Cycle Regulation of IRP2 Phosphorylation During Hematopoiesis
      $554,974
      award amount
  30. Bray, Paul F.

    Leads 1 award · $536,693

    • 5R01HL160808-02Department: NIH department code
      Human platelet PAR4: novel activation, interindividual variation, and neutrophil interactions in vivo and in vitro
      $536,693
      award amount
  31. Campbell, Robert A

    Leads 1 award · $534,884

    • 5R01HL163019-02Department: NIH department code
      Platelet-Mediated Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Regulate Ischemic Stroke Injury
      $534,884
      award amount
  32. Szymczak, Julia E.

    Leads 1 award · $500,000

    • 1R01HS029482-01Department: NIH department code
      Reducing Overuse of Antibiotics at Discharge: The ROAD Home Trial
      $500,000
      award amount
  33. Melamed, Michal L

    Leads 1 award · $494,044

    • 5R01DK132823-02Department: NIH department code
      Cardiovascular effects of oral bicarbonate in CKD
      $494,044
      award amount
  34. Rodan, Aylin Rachel

    Leads 1 award · $466,570

    • 5R01DK110358-09Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of WNK signaling by potassium and Mo25: structure, function and physiology
      $466,570
      award amount
  35. Chung, Christine H

    Leads 1 award · $457,093

    • 5R01DE030508-04Department: NIH department code
      Decoding tobacco-related oral cancer ecosystem by integrative approach
      $457,093
      award amount
  36. Ramkumar, Nirupama

    Leads 1 award · $451,607

    • 1R01DK133271-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Soluble (pro)renin receptor regulation of kidney fibrosis
      $451,607
      award amount
  37. Jaimes, Edgar A

    Leads 1 award · $434,453

    • 5R01DK129299-03Department: NIH department code
      Nanotechnology as a therapeutic approach in arteriovenous fistula maturation
      $434,453
      award amount
  38. Lesniewski, Lisa A

    Leads 1 award · $432,850

    • 1R01AG076748-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Tissue senescence and age-associated metabolic dysfunction: the role of immune cell mediated inflammation
      $432,850
      award amount
  39. Summers, Scott A

    Leads 2 awards · $397,676

    • 5T32DK091317-13Department: NIH department code
      Interdisciplinary Training Program in Metabolism
      $353,962
      award amount
    • 3T32DK091317-13S1Department: NIH department code
      Interdisciplinary Training Program in Metabolism
      $43,714
      award amount
  40. Franklin, Sarah

    Leads 1 award · $388,000

    • 5R01HL161045-02Department: NIH department code
      The methyltransferase Smyd1 regulates cardiac physiology
      $388,000
      award amount
  41. Cairns, Bradley R.

    Leads 1 award · $381,250

    • 5R01AG069725-04Department: NIH department code
      Molecular, Epigenetic and Genomic Approaches to Understand Mechanisms of Aging in the Human Testis
      $381,250
      award amount
  42. Myers, Benjamin

    Leads 1 award · $381,250

    • 5R35GM133672-05Department: NIH department code
      Signal Transduction in the Primary Cilium: Hedgehog and Beyond
      $381,250
      award amount
  43. Shaw, Robin M

    Leads 1 award · $381,250

    • 5R01HL152691-04Department: NIH department code
      Unlocking Trafficking Specificity for Cx43 Gap Junctions
      $381,250
      award amount
  44. Huang, Yufeng

    Leads 1 award · $353,575

    • 5R01DK123727-04Department: NIH department code
      Novel therapeutic strategy for renal fibrosis by targeting RNA-binding protein HuR
      $353,575
      award amount
  45. Bernard, Philip S

    Leads 1 award · $344,474

    • 5UH3CA262221-02Department: NIH department code
      Validation of the MHC II Immune Activation Assay in Breast Cancer
      $344,474
      award amount
  46. Garzon, Ramiro

    Leads 1 award · $342,534

    • 7R01CA240612-04Department: NIH department code
      Biology and Targeting of noncoding RNAs in AML
      $342,534
      award amount
  47. Andersen, Joshua Lyon

    Leads 1 award · $323,398

    • 7R01GM147310-03Department: NIH department code
      The Regulation and Function of the Ubiquitin-Sensing Kinase TNK1
      $323,398
      award amount
  48. Welt, Corrine K

    Leads 1 award · $317,581

    • 5R01HD099487-05Department: NIH department code
      Primary Ovarian Insufficiency: Etiology and Comorbid Disease
      $317,581
      award amount
  49. Cho, Monique Eun Hee

    Leads 1 award · $308,000

    • 5R01DK131265-02Department: NIH department code
      Safety, tolerability, and feasibility of empagliflozin therapy in dialysis-dependent ESKD
      $308,000
      award amount
  50. Patel, Ami B

    Leads 1 award · $289,908

    • 5K08CA252883-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of resistance to MEK Inhibition in RAS-pathway activated chronic myelomonocytic leukemia
      $289,908
      award amount
  51. Kinsey, Conan

    Leads 1 award · $272,944

    • 5K08CA230151-04Department: NIH department code
      Resistance Mechanisms to Combined Trametinib and 4-aminoquinolones in the Inhibition of Pancreatic Cancer
      $272,944
      award amount
  52. Paine, Robert

    Leads 1 award · $265,758

    • 5T32HL105321-13Department: NIH department code
      Multidisciplinary Pulmonary and Critical Care Training Program
      $265,758
      award amount
  53. Wang, Fei

    Leads 1 award · $248,710

    • 5R00HL155850-04Department: NIH department code
      Role of CTRP1 in Renal Sodium Handling in Obesity-Related Hypertension
      $248,710
      award amount
  54. Allen-Brady, Kristina Lisa

    Leads 1 award · $231,000

    • 1R21AI173627-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Relationship of Immune Responses to Clinical Phenotype and Familial Risk in Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis
      $231,000
      award amount
  55. Steinberg, Benjamin Adam

    Leads 1 award · $229,999

    • 1R56HL168264-01Department: NIH department code
      Personalized Risk Stratification in Atrial Fibrillation using Portable, Explainable Artificial Intelligence
      $229,999
      award amount
  56. Gertz, Jason

    Leads 1 award · $215,869

    • 1R21CA270580-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of tamoxifen-associated endometrial cancer risk
      $215,869
      award amount
  57. Vaklavas, Christos

    Leads 1 award · $211,494

    • 5R21CA263345-02Department: NIH department code
      A feasibility trial of functional precision cancer medicine to inform treatment selection in metastatic breast cancer
      $211,494
      award amount
  58. Wever-Pinzon, Omar Enrique

    Leads 1 award · $198,720

    • 5K23HL150322-04Department: NIH department code
      Role of DNA methylation in cardiac failure and recovery
      $198,720
      award amount
  59. Ayer, Donald E

    Leads 1 award · $196,932

    • 1T32CA265782-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) Cancer Genetics, Epigenetics, Models, and Signaling (Cancer GEMS) Training Program
      $196,932
      award amount
  60. Khan, Ashraful Islam

    Leads 1 award · $184,708

    • 5R21HD109819-02Department: NIH department code
      A mobile health tool to improve antibiotic stewardship among village doctors in Bangladesh
      $184,708
      award amount
  61. Palatinus, Joseph A.

    Leads 1 award · $179,280

    • 5K08HL155886-03Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Protein Trafficking in Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy
      $179,280
      award amount
  62. Tseliou, Eleni

    Leads 1 award · $179,280

    • 1K08HL168315-01Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Glycosyl Ceramides in Heart Failure and Recovery
      $179,280
      award amount
  63. Al-Rabadi, Laith

    Leads 1 award · $176,460

    • 1K23DK132487-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The Serine Protease HTRA1 Antigen: A Gateway to Elucidating Membranous Nephropathy Pathogenesis and the Targeting of Antigen Epitopes
      $176,460
      award amount
  64. Tuday, Eric

    Leads 1 award · $171,720

    • 5K08AG070281-03Department: NIH department code
      The Role of MicroRNA 181b in the Development of Vascular Stiffness with Age
      $171,720
      award amount
  65. Middleton, Elizabeth Anne

    Leads 1 award · $166,525

    • 5K08HL153953-04Department: NIH department code
      The regulation and function of platelet FcARIIA in sepsis
      $166,525
      award amount
  66. Aromolaran, Ademuyiwa

    Leads 1 award · $163,620

    • 1R25HL161608-01A1Department: NIH department code
      RUUTEs: Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) for Minorities
      $163,620
      award amount
  67. Vaughn, Valerie Michele

    Leads 1 award · $153,274

    • 5K08HS026530-05Department: NIH department code
      Engaging Hospitalists to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing at Hospital Discharge
      $153,274
      award amount
  68. Collin, Lindsay Jane

    Leads 1 award · $139,586

    • 1K99CA277580-01Department: NIH department code
      Identifying factors associated with ovarian cancer recurrence using a population-based approach
      $139,586
      award amount
  69. Keegan, Lindsay T.

    Leads 1 award · $135,540

    • 5K01AI159519-03Department: NIH department code
      A combined epidemiologic and genomic approach to identify and control transmission events of hospital associated infections
      $135,540
      award amount
  70. Walter, Katharine Sassandra

    Leads 1 award · $132,057

    • 1K01AI173385-01Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging within-host M. tuberculosis diversity data to enhance transmission inference
      $132,057
      award amount
  71. Rondina, Matthew Thomas

    Leads 1 award · $121,233

    • 5K24HL155856-03Department: NIH department code
      Platelet-Leukocyte Interactions in Sepsis
      $121,233
      award amount
  72. Adler, Frederick R.

    Leads 1 award · $120,415

    • 5U01CK000675-02Department: NIH department code
      RFA-CK-22-008, TRANSMIT: Training Research Acumen in Students Modeling Infectious Threats
      $120,415
      award amount
  73. Stephens, Deborah

    Leads 1 award · $83,830

    • 1R50CA275929-01Department: NIH department code
      Curing Through Collaboration: Utilizing Cooperative Groups in the Fight Against Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and B-cell Lymphomas
      $83,830
      award amount
  74. Shadle, Sean

    Leads 1 award · $71,792

    • 5F32HD104442-03Department: NIH department code
      Function of Kdm4dl-mediated heterochromatin removal in the preimplantation mouse embryo
      $71,792
      award amount
  75. Weaver, Bradley Don

    Leads 1 award · $48,170

    • 5F30HD098000-05Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of DUX and miR-34a regulation in cell fate plasticity and cancer
      $48,170
      award amount
  76. Gillis, Katherine L

    Leads 1 award · $43,170

    • 5F31CA275266-02Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic regulation of NKX2-1-negative lung adenocarcinoma cellular identity by FoxA1 and FoxA2
      $43,170
      award amount
  77. Cvrti, Sandra Hyunjoo

    Leads 1 award · $38,167

    • 5F30HL165806-02Department: NIH department code
      A novel mechanism of mitochondrial protein turnover in Complex I deficient mitochondrial cardiomyopathy
      $38,167
      award amount
  78. Fort, Gabriela M

    Leads 1 award · $37,806

    • 5F31CA275328-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating molecular regulators of a mixed-lineage state in lung adenocarcinoma
      $37,806
      award amount
  79. Kwan, Eugene

    Leads 1 award · $36,820

    • 5F31HL162527-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of Structural Remodeling in Atrial Fibrillation
      $36,820
      award amount
  80. Winn, Maci

    Leads 1 award · $35,846

    • 1F30CA278348-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Metabolic Obesity Phenotypes and Obesity-related Cancer Survival
      $35,846
      award amount
  81. Ghazi, Phaedra

    Leads 1 award · $34,115

    • 5F31CA261116-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating KRAS Signaling and Autophagy Co-inhibition in KRAS-mutant Lung Cancer
      $34,115
      award amount
  82. Bloom, Samuel

    Leads 1 award · $25,061

    • 5F31AG076312-02Department: NIH department code
      Telomere uncapping as a novel mechanism for endothelial cell senescence and age-related arterial dysfunction
      $25,061
      award amount
  83. Wynne, Brandi Michele

    Leads 1 award · $10,000

    • 1R13DK136339-01Department: NIH department code
      Funding for Renal/Urothelial Early Career Researchers at the American Physiology Society Summit ETG Sessions
      $10,000
      award amount