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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Microbiology & Immunology at University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

Funding
$12.4M
$12,418,142
Awards
32
FY2026 NIH awards in Microbiology & Immunology
Principal investigators
26
21 lead a grant here, 5 co-investigators
Department rank
#39
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 Virginia page.

Leads a grant in this department

21 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. Loren D Erickson

    Leads 2 awards · $1,565,756

    • 5R01AI172112-05Department: NIH department code
      IgE antibody responses to the oligosaccharide galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose (alpha-gal) in murine and human atherosclerosis

      Principal investigators: Loren D Erickson (contact PI), Coleen A McNamara

      $1,002,379
      award amount
    • 3R01AI172112-05S1Department: NIH department code
      IgE antibody responses to the oligosaccharide galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose (alpha-gal) in murine and human atherosclerosis

      Principal investigators: Loren D Erickson (contact PI), Coleen A McNamara

      $563,377
      award amount

  2. Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco

    Leads 2 awards · $1,477,816

    • 5T32GM156694-02Department: NIH department code
      Medical Scientist Training Program

      Principal investigators: Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco (contact PI), Judith A Woodfolk

      $826,340
      award amount
    • 1R01AI192666-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The RNA helicase DDX39B regulates alternative RNA splicing
      $651,476
      award amount

  3. Anna Ruth Cliffe

    Leads 4 awards · $1,426,699

    • 5R01AI177341-03Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of HSV latency by Polycomb Silencing
      $707,799
      award amount
    • 5R01NS135166-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of ATRX in both promoting the establishment of HSV latency and restricting reactivation
      $540,689
      award amount
    • 5R21AI183192-02Department: NIH department code
      Role for ICP0 and UL55/UL13/Us10 in protein degradation in neurons and reactivation of HSV from latent infection

      Principal investigators: Anna Ruth Cliffe (contact PI), Colin Crump

      $141,583
      award amount
    • 3R21AI183192-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Role for ICP0 and UL55/UL13/Us10 in protein degradation in neurons and reactivation of HSV from latent infection

      Principal investigators: Anna Ruth Cliffe (contact PI), Colin Crump

      $36,628
      award amount

  4. Roger Abounader

    Leads 2 awards · $977,459

    • 1R01CA316617-01Department: NIH department code
      Brain Microenvironment Calcium Channels Modulate Glioblastoma
      $523,232
      award amount
    • 5R01NS122222-05Department: NIH department code
      Calcium Channels in Glioblastoma
      $454,227
      award amount

  5. Herve F Agaisse

    Leads 2 awards · $938,853

    • 5R01AI179778-03Department: NIH department code
      Host factors in shigellosis
      $702,315
      award amount
    • 1R21AI193486-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Characterization of biofilm formation in shigellosis
      $236,538
      award amount

  6. Andrew Carl Dudley

    Leads 3 awards · $917,660

    • 5R01CA177875-13Department: NIH department code
      Targeting the vasculature to enhance anti-tumor immunity
      $547,081
      award amount
    • 5T32CA009109-50Department: NIH department code
      Cancer Research Training Program: From Molecular Mechanisms to Therapeutic Strategies

      Principal investigators: Andrew Carl Dudley (contact PI), Melanie R Rutkowski

      $289,829
      award amount
    • 1R03CA308458-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic modulation of tumor vasculature to augment immunotherapy
      $80,750
      award amount

  7. Alison K Criss

    Leads 2 awards · $809,344

    • 5R37AI097312-12Department: NIH department code
      Survival of Neisseria gonorrhoeae after primary human neutrophil challenge
      $552,619
      award amount
    • 1R21AI190642-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Catecholamine-mediated resistance to iron limitation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae
      $256,725
      award amount

  8. Brady L Spencer

    Leads 1 award · $806,000

    • 1R01AI199505-01Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Secreted Bacterial Effectors in Intestinal Dysbiosis and Systemic Spread
      $806,000
      award amount

  9. Isabelle Derre

    Leads 1 award · $717,952

    • 1R01AI189455-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Host lipid acquisition and maintenance of the Chlamydia replicative niche
      $717,952
      award amount

  10. Melissa Kendall

    Leads 1 award · $477,686

    • 5R01AI162696-04Department: NIH department code
      RNA-binding proteins in bacterial virulence and host-pathogen interactions
      $477,686
      award amount

  11. Anne I. Sperling

    Leads 1 award · $461,982

  12. Hui Zong

    Leads 2 awards · $461,690

    • 5R25CA206972-08Department: NIH department code
      Summer Research Experience in Cancer(SuRE-C)

      Principal investigators: Hui Zong (contact PI), Adrian J Halme

      $272,937
      award amount
    • 5R21CA297427-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidate the role of B/T cell-enriched immune aggregates in immune surveillance against TNBC
      $188,753
      award amount

  13. Sarah E. Ewald

    Leads 1 award · $456,656

    • 5R35GM138381-07Department: NIH department code
      Innate Inflammatory Control of Cachexia
      $456,656
      award amount

  14. Melanie R Rutkowski

    Leads 1 award · $447,799

    • 5R01CA262634-04Department: NIH department code
      Gut microbiome-mediated differences within the pre-malignant mammary tissue environment enhance early breast tumor metastasis
      $447,799
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32CA009109-50, led by Andrew Carl Dudley.

  15. Daniel Fernando Zegarra Ruiz

    Leads 1 award · $236,549

    • 5R00AR080207-05Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of lupus pathogenesis through modulation of thymic development of pathobiont-specific T cells
      $236,549
      award amount

  16. James M Boehlke

    Leads 1 award · $39,780

    • 1F31AI202519-01Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of HSV-1 Latency by hnRNPK
      $39,780
      award amount

  17. Camille Westlake

    Leads 1 award · $39,710

    • 5F30AI191666-02Department: NIH department code
      Norepinephrine-mediated resistance to nutritional immunity in Neisseria gonorrhoeae
      $39,710
      award amount

  18. Cara Hatzinger

    Leads 1 award · $39,692

    • 1F31CA317956-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of TLR5 signaling as a modulator of FLT3 ligand therapeutic efficacy for the treatment of ovarian cancer
      $39,692
      award amount

  19. Makayla Diane Hudson

    Leads 1 award · $39,689

    • 5F31CA294845-02Department: NIH department code
      Identification and characterization of novel transcribed ultraconserved regions as long non-coding RNAs in medulloblastoma
      $39,689
      award amount

  20. Mary Wakim Broden

    Leads 1 award · $39,686

    • 5F31AI188753-02Department: NIH department code
      Contribution of C4b-binding protein to interactions of Neisseria gonorrhoeae with human neutrophils
      $39,686
      award amount

  21. Rossymar Rivera Colon

    Leads 1 award · $39,684

    • 1F31CA310473-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Overcoming adenosine-mediated suppression to enhance the antitumor efficacy of engineered T cell therapy
      $39,684
      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.

  • Coleen A McNamara

    Co-investigator on 5R01AI172112-05, led by Loren D Erickson; 3R01AI172112-05S1, led by Loren D Erickson; 2T32AI007496-31, led by Anne I. Sperling

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Judith A Woodfolk

    Co-investigator on 5T32GM156694-02, led by Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Michael G. Brown

    Co-investigator on 2T32AI007496-31, led by Anne I. Sperling

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Adrian J Halme

    Co-investigator on 5R25CA206972-08, led by Hui Zong

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

  • Colin Crump

    Co-investigator on 5R21AI183192-02, led by Anna Ruth Cliffe; 3R21AI183192-02S1, led by Anna Ruth Cliffe

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