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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Genetics at University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

Funding
$12.8M
$12,840,423
Awards
14
FY2026 NIH awards in Genetics
Principal investigators
15
10 lead a grant here, 5 co-investigators
Department rank
#20
of 59 · 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 Genetics row of the University of Virginia page.

Leads a grant in this department

10 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. Stephen S. Rich

    Leads 2 awards · $5,853,264

    • 1R01DK147408-01Department: NIH department code
      Dynamic Regulation of Alternative Splicing in the Initiation and Progression of Islet Autoimmunity in The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) Study

      Principal investigators: Stephen S. Rich (contact PI), Aakrosh Ratan, Suna Onengut

      $5,180,852
      award amount
    • 5R01HL181987-02Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging Large-Scale Multi-Ethnic, Multi-Omic Data for Functional Analysis of Central Obesity Loci

      Principal investigators: Stephen S. Rich (contact PI), Leslie A Lange, Mete Civelek

      $672,412
      award amount
  2. Suna Onengut

    Leads 2 awards · $2,350,345

    • 5R01DK138367-03Department: NIH department code
      Identifying cell-type specific genetic control of T1D risk variants in TEDDY
      $1,402,745
      award amount
    • 5U01DK142283-03Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Drivers of Atherosclerosis in Diabetes

      Principal investigators: Suna Onengut (contact PI), Clint L Miller, Mete Civelek

      $947,600
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01DK147408-01, led by Stephen S. Rich.

  3. Charles R Farber

    Leads 3 awards · $1,965,252

    • 5R01AR082880-03Department: NIH department code
      Large-Scale Genetic Analysis of Bone Strength in Diversity Outbred Mice
      $695,290
      award amount
    • 5R01AR086161-02Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging Context-Specific eQTL to Inform BMD GWAS

      Principal investigators: Charles R Farber (contact PI), Abhijit Dighe

      $651,573
      award amount
    • 5R01AR079179-05Department: NIH department code
      Systems Genetics of Bone Regeneration

      Principal investigators: Charles R Farber (contact PI), D Rick Sumner

      $618,389
      award amount
  4. Clint L Miller

    Leads 1 award · $682,043

    • 5R01HL148239-08Department: NIH department code
      Multimodal genetic regulatory architecture of coronary artery disease
      $682,043
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5U01DK142283-03, led by Suna Onengut.

  5. John Platig

    Leads 1 award · $673,136

    • 5R01HL176576-02Department: NIH department code
      Post-transcriptional regulatory networks in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
      $673,136
      award amount
  6. Kexin Xu

    Leads 1 award · $424,908

    • 5R01CA279681-03Department: NIH department code
      Function of the METTL3-NUP93 complex-mediated nuclear export of m6A-modified mRNAs in castration-resistant prostate cancer.
      $424,908
      award amount
  7. Zechen Chong

    Leads 1 award · $352,141

    • 7R35GM138212-08Department: NIH department code
      Advanced genome and transcriptome analysis using long-read sequencing technologies
      $352,141
      award amount
  8. Tin Yi Chu

    Leads 1 award · $248,999

    • 4R00HG013429-03Department: NIH department code
      Computational Modeling of the Interplay between External Signaling and Transcription Rewiring using Spatial Transcriptomics and Single Cell Multiome Data
      $248,999
      award amount
  9. Ziqiao Wang

    Leads 1 award · $248,999

    • 4R00HG013674-03Department: NIH department code
      Enhancing the Interpretability and Applicability of Polygenic Scores through Multi-Omics Integration and Analysis of Family-Based Studies
      $248,999
      award amount
  10. Bingjie Xue

    Leads 1 award · $41,336

    • 5F31DK139601-02Department: NIH department code
      The reninness score: integrative analysis of multi-omic data to define renin cell identity
      $41,336
      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.

  • Aakrosh Ratan

    Co-investigator on 1R01DK147408-01, led by Stephen S. Rich

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Mete Civelek

    Co-investigator on 5U01DK142283-03, led by Suna Onengut; 5R01HL181987-02, led by Stephen S. Rich

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Leslie A Lange

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL181987-02, led by Stephen S. Rich

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Abhijit Dighe

    Co-investigator on 5R01AR086161-02, led by Charles R Farber

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • D Rick Sumner

    Co-investigator on 5R01AR079179-05, led by Charles R Farber

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads