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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Physiology at University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

Funding
$21.5M
$21,493,658
Awards
38
FY2026 NIH awards in Physiology
Principal investigators
31
21 lead a grant here, 10 co-investigators
Department rank
#2
of 88 · 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 Physiology 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. Ling Qi

    Leads 5 awards · $4,558,294

    • 4R01AG089640-03Department: NIH department code
      ERAD-STING Crosstalk in Microglia: Unraveling the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease

      Principal investigators: Ling Qi (contact PI), Zhen Zhao

      $2,449,491
      award amount
    • 5R01DK120330-08Department: NIH department code
      Novel role of hepatic SEL1L-HRD1 ERAD in bile acid metabolism

      Principal investigators: Ling Qi (contact PI), Deyu Fang

      $683,673
      award amount
    • 5R01NS138119-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms Underlying the Pathogenesis of SEL1L-HRD1 ERAD Disease Variants

      Principal investigators: Ling Qi (contact PI), Shengyi Sun

      $638,229
      award amount
    • 5R01DK132786-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of ER-Protein Quality Control in Podocytes
      $402,984
      award amount
    • 5R01DK137794-03Department: NIH department code
      A central role of SEL1L-HRD1 ERAD in LPL maturation in adipocytes
      $383,917
      award amount

  2. Anne K Kenworthy

    Leads 3 awards · $2,864,593

    • 1RM1GM164136-01Department: NIH department code
      Defining the Paralipidome: A New Frontier in Membrane Biology

      Principal investigators: Anne K Kenworthy (contact PI), Huan Bao, Ilya Levental, Kandice Rose Levental, Lukas K Tamm, Volker Kiessling

      $1,708,682
      award amount
    • 5R01HL168258-04Department: NIH department code
      Structure and Function of Non-Conventional Caveolins
      $701,173
      award amount
    • 5R01GM151635-04Department: NIH department code
      Structural Diversity of Caveolins
      $454,738
      award amount

  3. Brant E Isakson

    Leads 3 awards · $1,981,559

    • 5T32HL007284-50Department: NIH department code
      Basic Cardiovascular Research Training Grant

      Principal investigators: Brant E Isakson (contact PI), Gary K Owens

      $799,345
      award amount
    • 5R01HL171997-03Department: NIH department code
      Panx1-PIEZO1 Interactions Regulate Renin Release
      $601,497
      award amount
    • 5R01HL137112-08Department: NIH department code
      Purinergic Regulation of Veinous Endothelial Permeability

      Principal investigators: Brant E Isakson (contact PI), Michael H. Koval

      $580,717
      award amount

  4. Swapnil K. Sonkusare

    Leads 3 awards · $1,780,189

    • 5R01HL146914-07Department: NIH department code
      Flow-Activated Calcium Signaling Microdomains in Small Pulmonary Arteries
      $645,185
      award amount
    • 5R01HL142808-08Department: NIH department code
      Paracrine TNF signaling impairs endothelial TRPV4 microdomains in obesity
      $616,900
      award amount
    • 5R01HL167208-04Department: NIH department code
      Novel Calcium Signaling Nanodomains in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
      $518,104
      award amount

  5. Huiwang Ai

    Leads 3 awards · $1,643,251

    • 2R01EB033172-05Department: NIH department code
      Next-Gen Fluorescent Indicators for Imaging Synaptic Zinc in Cortical Sound Processing

      Principal investigators: Huiwang Ai (contact PI), Thanos Tzounopoulos

      $657,359
      award amount
    • 5R01AG077773-03Department: NIH department code
      Fluorescent Redox Indicators to Image Oxidative Stress in Alzheimer's Disease
      $524,596
      award amount
    • 5R01EB035430-03Department: NIH department code
      Next-Generation ATP-Independent Luciferases, Luciferins, and Bioluminescent Calcium Indicators
      $461,296
      award amount

  6. Gary K Owens

    Leads 2 awards · $1,575,477

    • 5R01HL164367-04Department: NIH department code
      Role of IL-6 trans signaling in atherosclerosis development and late-stage pathogenesis
      $789,754
      award amount
    • 5R01HL166161-04Department: NIH department code
      Role of Smooth Muscle Cell Insulin Resistance and Systemic Metabolic Dysfunction in Atherosclerosis Development and Late Stage Lesion Pathogenesis
      $785,723
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32HL007284-50, led by Brant E Isakson.

  7. Ilya Levental

    Leads 2 awards · $1,239,208

    • 5R01AI183581-02Department: NIH department code
      Biophysical and functional coupling of protein condensates to ordered lipid domains in T-cells
      $663,178
      award amount
    • 5R35GM134949-08Department: NIH department code
      The functional organization of mammalian membranes
      $576,030
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1RM1GM164136-01, led by Anne K Kenworthy; 5T32GM158467-02, led by Jochen Zimmer.

  8. Seham Ebrahim

    Leads 2 awards · $876,523

    • 5R01HD118160-02Department: NIH department code
      Membrane protein-mediated signaling as a driver of spermiogenesis- Investigating new molecules and mechanisms
      $477,925
      award amount
    • 5R35GM156345-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanosensing mechanisms at the intestinal surface
      $398,598
      award amount

  9. Jochen Zimmer

    Leads 2 awards · $741,402

    • 5R35GM144130-05Department: NIH department code
      Synthesis, secretion and assembly of extracellular complex carbohydrates in Gram-negative bacteria
      $525,734
      award amount
    • 5T32GM158467-02Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Biophysics Training Grant

      Principal investigators: Jochen Zimmer (contact PI), Ilya Levental, Kristen M Naegle

      $215,668
      award amount

  10. John Hackett Bushweller

    Leads 1 award · $661,773

  11. Ming-Feng Tsai

    Leads 1 award · $584,640

    • 5R35GM151958-04Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of the mitochondrial calcium transport system
      $584,640
      award amount

  12. Gloria Sheynkman

    Leads 1 award · $456,205

    • 5R33CA281919-03Department: NIH department code
      An integrated functional proteomics platform for accelerated discovery of isoform-specific determinants of cancer
      $456,205
      award amount

  13. Ahmad Jomaa

    Leads 1 award · $444,125

    • 5R35GM160490-02Department: NIH department code
      Unraveling the Mechanisms of Protein Sorting and Localization to Organelles
      $444,125
      award amount

  14. Jarred Marcus Whitlock

    Leads 1 award · $444,125

    • 1R35GM165502-01Department: NIH department code
      Resolving the convergent vs divergent mechanisms underpinning the formation and function of disparate multinucleated cell types
      $444,125
      award amount

  15. Jinghang Xie

    Leads 1 award · $444,125

    • 1R35GM162707-01Department: NIH department code
      Multiplexed Dynamic Assessment of Cellular Composition and Function In Vivo
      $444,125
      award amount

  16. Huan Bao

    Leads 1 award · $400,530

    • 5R35GM156801-02Department: NIH department code
      Designer nanodiscs to probe and reprogram membrane biology
      $400,530
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1RM1GM164136-01, led by Anne K Kenworthy.

  17. Stefanie Redemann

    Leads 2 awards · $360,400

    • 5R01GM144668-05Department: NIH department code
      The role of microtubule dynamics in midzone driven chromosome segregation in anaphase
      $335,173
      award amount
    • 3R01GM144668-05S1Department: NIH department code
      The role of microtubule dynamics in midzone driven chromosome segregation in anaphase
      $25,227
      award amount

  18. Kandice Rose Levental

    Leads 1 award · $224,001

    • 5R21CA300756-02Department: NIH department code
      Tools for probing the physical paralipidome of membrane proteins
      $224,001
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1RM1GM164136-01, led by Anne K Kenworthy.

  19. Huilun Wang

    Leads 1 award · $131,166

    • 5K99HD118580-02Department: NIH department code
      Novel Role of SEL1L-HRD1 ERAD in Neurodevelopment
      $131,166
      award amount

  20. Sze Ham Chan

    Leads 1 award · $42,504

    • 5F31AI181453-03Department: NIH department code
      Mutual regulation between membrane rafts and protein condensates in T cell activation
      $42,504
      award amount

  21. Skylar Loeb

    Leads 1 award · $39,568

    • 5F31HL176103-02Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Lymphatic Endothelial Alpha Globin in Heart Failure
      $39,568
      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.