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FY2024 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Internal Medicine at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI

Funding
$111.1M
$111,118,823
Awards
101
FY2024 NIH awards in Internal Medicine
Principal investigators
110
77 lead a grant here, 33 co-investigators
Department rank
#13
of 132 · 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 Wisconsin-Madison page.

Leads a grant in this department

77 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. Sterling C Johnson

    Leads 3 awards · $38,007,052

  2. Sanjay Asthana

    Leads 2 awards · $12,000,930

    • 5R01AG060737-07Department: NIH department code
      Wisconsin longitudinal study: Initial lifetime's impact on Alzheimer's disease and related disorders (WLS-ILIAD)

      Principal investigators: Sanjay Asthana (contact PI), Michal Engelman, Pamela Herd

      $11,478,637
      award amount
    • 2T32AG000213-32A1Department: NIH department code
      Biology of Aging and Age-Related Diseases

      Principal investigators: Sanjay Asthana (contact PI), Rozalyn M. Anderson

      $522,293
      award amount

  3. Allan R. Brasier

    Leads 1 award · $8,885,006

    • 5UL1TR002373-08Department: NIH department code
      University of Wisconsin Institute for Clinical and Translational Research

      Principal investigators: Allan R. Brasier (contact PI), Elizabeth S Burnside

      $8,885,006
      award amount

  4. Amy J. Kind

    Leads 1 award · $5,847,113

    • 5R01AG070883-04Department: NIH department code
      The Neighborhoods Study: Contextual Disadvantage and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD)

      Principal investigators: Amy J. Kind (contact PI), Barbara Brigitta Bendlin

      $5,847,113
      award amount

  5. Carey E Gleason

    Leads 1 award · $2,701,626

    • 5R01AG054059-07Department: NIH department code
      African Americans Fighting Alzheimer’s in Midlife (AA-FAIM)
      $2,701,626
      award amount

  6. Adam R Konopka

    Leads 2 awards · $2,105,498

    • 5U01AG076941-03Department: NIH department code
      Clinical evaluation of mTORC1 inhibition for geroprotection.
      $1,495,146
      award amount
    • 5U01AG081482-02Department: NIH department code
      Safer mTOR inhibition for human geroprotection

      Principal investigators: Adam R Konopka (contact PI), Dudley William Lamming

      $610,352
      award amount

  7. Ryan Patrick Westergaard

    Leads 2 awards · $1,727,922

    • 2R01DA047889-06Department: NIH department code
      Health systems innovations for supporting transitions of care for incarcerated people living with substance use disorders

      Principal investigators: Ryan Patrick Westergaard (contact PI), Marguerite Elizabeth Burns

      $1,110,686
      award amount
    • 5R01DA055527-03Department: NIH department code
      Clinic-level implementation of mHealth to improve HIV viral suppression for patients with substance use disorders

      Principal investigators: Ryan Patrick Westergaard (contact PI), Andrew Quanbeck

      $617,236
      award amount

  8. Megan E Piper

    Leads 2 awards · $1,649,656

    • 1R01CA290895-01Department: NIH department code
      Dual Use Cessation: A MOST Screening Trial to Identify Effective Interventions to Help People Who Smoke and Vape

      Principal investigators: Megan E Piper (contact PI), Timothy B Baker

      $876,297
      award amount
    • 1R01CA291761-01Department: NIH department code
      A randomized comparative effectiveness trial of nicotine pouches for cigarette substitution: A question of public health

      Principal investigators: Megan E Piper (contact PI), Thomas M Piasecki

      $773,359
      award amount

  9. Wei Xu

    Leads 4 awards · $1,378,876

    • 5R01CA281024-02Department: NIH department code
      Functions of BRD8 in HR+/HER2+ breast cancer
      $398,093
      award amount
    • 5R01CA268183-03Department: NIH department code
      Ctr9 as a Predictive Biomarker for EZH2 Inhibitor Sensitivity
      $382,472
      award amount
    • 2R01CA236356-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Protein arginine methylation in breast cancer
      $382,090
      award amount
    • 1R21CA288336-01Department: NIH department code
      A New Strategy for Screening Effective Therapies for Metastatic Wilms Tumors
      $216,221
      award amount

  10. Rozalyn M. Anderson

    Leads 2 awards · $1,284,814

    • 5R01AG067330-05Department: NIH department code
      Metabolism of Alzheimer’s Disease: systems and cellular networks
      $659,859
      award amount
    • 5R01AG074503-03Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Networks in Aging and Caloric Restriction in Rhesus Monkeys
      $624,955
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2T32AG000213-32A1, led by Sanjay Asthana.

  11. Timothy B Baker

    Leads 1 award · $1,257,395

    • 1R01HL175602-01Department: NIH department code
      Longitudinal Effects of E-cigarette Use on Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Health

      Principal investigators: Timothy B Baker (contact PI), James H Stein

      $1,257,395
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01CA290895-01, led by Megan E Piper.

  12. David R Andes

    Leads 2 awards · $1,257,134

    • 5R01AI167883-03Department: NIH department code
      Symbiotic-based discovery of turbinmicin, a safe and selective antifungal against resistant fungi

      Principal investigators: David R Andes (contact PI), Timothy S Bugni

      $763,891
      award amount
    • 2R01AI073289-16Department: NIH department code
      Vesicle-mediated drug resistance of Candida albicans biofilm

      Principal investigators: David R Andes (contact PI), Aaron P Mitchell

      $493,243
      award amount

  13. Hector H Valdivia

    Leads 2 awards · $1,241,565

    • 5R01HL170144-02Department: NIH department code
      Rational Design from Cryo-EM Structures of High-Affinity Ryanodine Receptor Ligands Based on Natural Peptides

      Principal investigators: Hector H Valdivia (contact PI), Filip Van Petegem

      $637,087
      award amount
    • 5R01HL167195-02Department: NIH department code
      Partial and Controlled Depletion of SR Calcium by RyR Agonists Prevents Calcium-dependent Arrhythmias

      Principal investigators: Hector H Valdivia (contact PI), Francisco J Alvarado

      $604,478
      award amount

  14. Lee Lochbaum Eckhardt

    Leads 2 awards · $1,138,391

    • 5R01HL170521-02Department: NIH department code
      Multiomics and Functional Characterization Establish Druggable Targets for PVC-Driven Idiopathic VF

      Principal investigators: Lee Lochbaum Eckhardt (contact PI), Eleonora Grandi

      $749,641
      award amount
    • 5R01HL163987-03Department: NIH department code
      Deep Mutational Scanning and Functional Analysis of Repolarization Determinants
      $388,750
      award amount

  15. Kimberly D Mueller

    Leads 2 awards · $1,066,223

    • 5R01AG082052-02Department: NIH department code
      Connected Language and Speech Along the Spectrum of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias: Digital Assessment and Monitoring.
      $681,786
      award amount
    • 5R01AG070940-04Department: NIH department code
      Novel Story Recall Measures as Indicators of Cognitive Decline Associated with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Biomarkers: A Collaborative Study of Existing Data
      $384,437
      award amount

  16. Barbara Brigitta Bendlin

    Leads 2 awards · $990,465

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AG070883-04, led by Amy J. Kind.

  17. Jing Zhang

    Leads 2 awards · $956,854

    • 1R01AG081469-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Mutant ASXL1-driven Clonal Hematopoiesis
      $570,922
      award amount
    • 5R01CA152108-12Department: NIH department code
      Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML)
      $385,932
      award amount

  18. Matthew Michael Churpek

    Leads 2 awards · $954,158

    • 5R01HL157262-04Department: NIH department code
      Developing a clinical decision support tool for the identification, diagnosis, and treatment of critical illness in hospitalized patients
      $565,408
      award amount
    • 5R35GM145330-03Department: NIH department code
      Sepsis Early Prediction and Subphenotype Illumination Study (SEPSIS)
      $388,750
      award amount

  19. Joshua Lang

    Leads 2 awards · $944,844

    • 5R01CA276269-02Department: NIH department code
      Molecular regulation and expression of Trop-2 in advanced prostate cancer: Identifying optimal therapeutic niches

      Principal investigators: Joshua Lang (contact PI), Scott M. Dehm

      $625,914
      award amount
    • 5UH3CA260389-04Department: NIH department code
      Validation of predictive liquid biomarkers for patients with metastatic prostate cancer

      Principal investigators: Joshua Lang (contact PI), Andrew J Armstrong, Dana Rathkopf, Susan Halabi

      $318,930
      award amount

  20. Paul F. Lambert

    Leads 1 award · $933,000

    • 2R35CA210807-08Department: NIH department code
      Defining Drivers of HPV-associated Carcinogenesis
      $933,000
      award amount

  21. Michael C Fiore

    Leads 1 award · $886,349

    • 5R35CA197573-10Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Center Cessation Initiative (C3I) Program to Evaluate and Transform Smoking Cessation Treatment in Cancer Care
      $886,349
      award amount

  22. Christopher A Bradfield

    Leads 1 award · $835,665

    • 5R35ES028377-08Department: NIH department code
      The PAS Sensor Family and Human Health
      $835,665
      award amount

  23. Beth A Weaver

    Leads 2 awards · $834,972

    • 1R01CA284747-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of paclitaxel sensitivity and resistance

      Principal investigators: Beth A Weaver (contact PI), Mark E Burkard

      $529,300
      award amount
    • 5R01GM141068-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Plk1 at the mitotic centromere
      $305,672
      award amount

  24. Ira Frahmand

    Leads 1 award · $777,480

    • 5R01AG077507-02Department: NIH department code
      KLOTHO and Resilience to Synaptic Dysfunction in Preclinical AD

      Principal investigators: Ira Frahmand (contact PI), Ozioma C Okonkwo

      $777,480
      award amount

  25. Ozioma C Okonkwo

    Leads 1 award · $772,992

    • 1R01AG085592-01Department: NIH department code
      Sleep and Aerobic Fitness as Midlife Modifiers of Later Life Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer's Disease Biomarkers in the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort

      Principal investigators: Ozioma C Okonkwo (contact PI), Paul E Peppard

      $772,992
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5U01AG082350-02, led by Sterling C Johnson; 5R01AG077507-02, led by Ira Frahmand.

  26. Tobey James Betthauser

    Leads 1 award · $770,594

    • 5R01AG080766-02Department: NIH department code
      Multi-cohort study of factors that influence Alzheimer's disease biomarker and dementia timing
      $770,594
      award amount

  27. Nicole M Rogus-Pulia

    Leads 1 award · $757,935

    • 5R01AG082170-02Department: NIH department code
      Swallowing Trajectories and DysPHagia Predictors in AlzheimER’s DisEase (SPHERE)
      $757,935
      award amount

  28. Shigeki Miyamoto

    Leads 2 awards · $744,245

    • 5R01CA251595-05Department: NIH department code
      New Multi-Drug Resistance Mechanism in Multiple Myeloma
      $386,611
      award amount
    • 5R01CA246321-04Department: NIH department code
      Impact of Host NF-kB Signaling in Radiation Therapy
      $357,634
      award amount

  29. Luigi Puglielli

    Leads 2 awards · $732,956

    • 5R01NS094154-09Department: NIH department code
      Spastic paraplegia, neurodegeneration and autism: possible role for AT- 1/SLC33A1?
      $432,612
      award amount
    • 5R01GM148487-02Department: NIH department code
      ATase1 and ATase2, proteostasis, and neurological diseases
      $300,344
      award amount

  30. Natascha Merten

    Leads 1 award · $725,856

    • 5R01AG079289-03Department: NIH department code
      The Beaver Dam Offspring Study Neurocognitive Aging Study (BOSS-NCAS)-A Study on the Role of Accelerated Aging and Midlife Sensory Decline for Early Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia in Later Life
      $725,856
      award amount

  31. Majid Afshar

    Leads 1 award · $707,649

    • 5R01DA051464-05Department: NIH department code
      Data Driven Strategies for Substance Misuse Identification in Hospitalized Patients
      $707,649
      award amount

  32. Sara McCoy

    Leads 1 award · $700,387

    • 1R01DE033396-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Defining Sjögren’s pathogenesis by endotype: maladaptive responses of endogenous salivary gland mesenchymal stromal cells
      $700,387
      award amount

  33. Yongna Xing

    Leads 2 awards · $680,681

    • 5R01GM145811-02Department: NIH department code
      Structural basis of PP2A phosphatase diseases
      $361,963
      award amount
    • 5R01GM137090-04Department: NIH department code
      Structural and Cellular Choreography for Decommissioning and Recycling of PP2A Holoenzymes
      $318,718
      award amount

  34. Jane E Mahoney

    Leads 1 award · $662,678

    • 2R33AG061699-06Department: NIH department code
      Enhancing the Community-Academic Aging Research Network to Support Assistive Technology (AT) Research for Older Adults by Designing for Dissemination and Health Equity

      Principal investigators: Jane E Mahoney (contact PI), Barbara King, Dorothy Farrar Edwards, Hongrui Jiang

      $662,678
      award amount

  35. Jacqueline Marie Kruser

    Leads 1 award · $655,732

    • 5R01HL168474-02Department: NIH department code
      Optimizing Time-Limited Trials of Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Failure: A Mixed Methods Observational Study
      $655,732
      award amount

  36. Stephanie Jones

    Leads 1 award · $647,805

    • 1R01MH132221-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Sleep and emotion processing in adolescent Post-traumatic stress Disorder

      Principal investigators: Stephanie Jones (contact PI), Ryan J Herringa

      $647,805
      award amount

  37. Danielle Erin McCarthy

    Leads 1 award · $639,964

    • 1UG3CA293756-01Department: NIH department code
      Using a Pragmatic Randomized Rollout Trial to Evaluate Implementation Strategies to Promote Smoking Treatment and Cancer Prevention for Salvation Army Clients
      $639,964
      award amount

  38. Alexey V Glukhov

    Leads 1 award · $632,382

    • 2R01HL141214-06Department: NIH department code
      Functional Microdomains in the Heart's Pacemaker: A New Dimension of Cardiac Remodeling
      $632,382
      award amount

  39. Dudley William Lamming

    Leads 1 award · $625,589

    Also a principal investigator on 5U01AG081482-02, led by Adam R Konopka.

  40. Michelle E Kimple

    Leads 1 award · $610,939

    • 1R01DK137505-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The role of G protein-dependent and -independent EP3 signaling in beta-cell compensation and diabetes
      $610,939
      award amount

  41. Dustin A Deming

    Leads 1 award · $582,807

    • 5R37CA226526-07Department: NIH department code
      Optical imaging to predict cell-level genetic heterogeneity and treatment sensitivity in colorectal cancer
      $582,807
      award amount

  42. Matthew J. Merrins

    Leads 1 award · $539,398

    • 2R01DK113103-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Metabolic Functions of Pyruvate Kinase M2 in Pancreatic Beta-cells
      $539,398
      award amount

  43. Mariana Atina Pehar

    Leads 1 award · $534,356

    • 5R01NS132760-02Department: NIH department code
      A link between lipid-mediated signaling and inflammation during neurodegeneration
      $534,356
      award amount

  44. Veli Kemal Topkara

    Leads 1 award · $517,422

    • 7R01HL170132-03Department: NIH department code
      Role of RNA helicase Ddx5 in pathological cardiac remodeling
      $517,422
      award amount

  45. Jane Ellen Churpek

    Leads 1 award · $514,765

    • 2T32HL007899-26Department: NIH department code
      Research Training in Hematology
      $514,765
      award amount

  46. Aussie Suzuki

    Leads 2 awards · $476,183

    • 5R35GM147525-03Department: NIH department code
      Chromosome dynamics and organizations necessary for faithful chromosome segregation
      $382,090
      award amount
    • 3R35GM147525-02S2Department: NIH department code
      Chromosome dynamics and organizations necessary for faithful chromosome segregation
      $94,093
      award amount

  47. Amy Fowler

    Leads 1 award · $473,080

    • 5R01CA260140-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Variant ER-alpha Function in Breast Cancer
      $473,080
      award amount

  48. Caitlin S Pepperell

    Leads 1 award · $459,854

    • 5R01AI113287-10Department: NIH department code
      Drifting to victory: resolving the paradox of M. tuberculosis evolution
      $459,854
      award amount

  49. Nathan M Sherer

    Leads 1 award · $456,510

    • 2R56AI110221-11Department: NIH department code
      The Cell Biology of HIV-1 Genome Trafficking
      $456,510
      award amount

  50. Huy Quang Dinh

    Leads 2 awards · $439,095

    • 5R35GM150893-02Department: NIH department code
      Neutrophil heterogeneity and plasticity in wound healing
      $375,430
      award amount
    • 3R35GM150893-01S1Department: NIH department code
      Neutrophil heterogeneity and plasticity in wound healing
      $63,665
      award amount

  51. Eric C. Johannsen

    Leads 1 award · $436,538

    • 5U01CA275247-03Department: NIH department code
      Role of Epstein-Barr virus LMP2A protein in maintaining oncogenic IgM signaling in EBV+ B cell lymphomas
      $436,538
      award amount

  52. Andrea Galmozzi

    Leads 1 award · $388,750

    • 5R35GM150899-02Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting intracellular metabolite trafficking using chemoproteomics
      $388,750
      award amount

  53. Andrew John Hryckowian

    Leads 1 award · $388,750

    • 5R35GM150996-02Department: NIH department code
      From cells to communities: The multi-scale impacts of bacteriophages in the gut microbiome
      $388,750
      award amount

  54. Francisco J Alvarado

    Leads 1 award · $388,750

    • 5R01HL161070-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of calcium-induced arrhythmias in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
      $388,750
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01HL167195-02, led by Hector H Valdivia.

  55. Michael Ronan Lucey

    Leads 1 award · $388,724

    • 5R01AA030966-02Department: NIH department code
      3/4-American Consortium of Early Liver Transplantation-Prospective Alcohol-associated liver disease Cohort Evaluation (ACCELERATE-PACE)
      $388,724
      award amount

  56. William M. Sugden

    Leads 1 award · $385,484

    • 5T32CA009135-45Department: NIH department code
      Training in Cancer Biology Training Grant
      $385,484
      award amount

  57. Lixin Rui

    Leads 1 award · $332,133

    • 5R01CA266354-03Department: NIH department code
      Targeting EGR1 signaling pathways in diffuse large B cell lymphoma
      $332,133
      award amount

  58. Meghan Brennan

    Leads 1 award · $298,560

    • 5R01DK132569-03Department: NIH department code
      Crossing the divide: piloting an integrated care model to bridge rural-urban healthcare systems and reduce major amputations among rural patients with diabetic foot ulcers
      $298,560
      award amount

  59. Sean Michael Duffy

    Leads 1 award · $251,700

    • 5R33TW011891-04Department: NIH department code
      mHealth to Enable Task Sharing for Hypertension Care in LMIC
      $251,700
      award amount

  60. Maria Carolina Mora Pinzon

    Leads 1 award · $248,999

    • 4R00AG076966-03Department: NIH department code
      Improving Access to Alzheimer's disease and Related Dementias care services for Latinx individuals at Community Health Clinics. A multiphase mixed methods study.
      $248,999
      award amount

  61. Howard H. Bailey

    Leads 1 award · $194,375

    • 3P30CA014520-50S1Department: NIH department code
      UW Comprehensive Cancer Center Support
      $194,375
      award amount

  62. Farah Acher Kaiksow

    Leads 1 award · $174,528

    • 1K23AG083113-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Hospital delirium in the rapidly aging incarcerated population
      $174,528
      award amount

  63. Shivani Garg

    Leads 1 award · $173,472

    • 1K23AR084608-01Department: NIH department code
      Early and Personalized Cardiovascular Disease Preventive Care in Lupus Nephritis (EPiC-LN)
      $173,472
      award amount

  64. Blair Pollitt Golden

    Leads 1 award · $172,476

    • 5K23AG081458-02Department: NIH department code
      Engaging Hospitalized Patients and Family Caregivers to Identify and Prevent Delirium Superimposed on Dementia: An Intervention Mapping Approach.
      $172,476
      award amount

  65. Adrienne L. Johnson

    Leads 1 award · $140,323

    • 5K23AG067929-04Department: NIH department code
      ADRD Prevention Messaging to Increase Smoking Cessation Attempts in Older Adult Smokers
      $140,323
      award amount

  66. Beth Fields

    Leads 1 award · $131,598

    • 5K23AG080068-02Department: NIH department code
      Adapting and Testing the Care Partner Hospital Assessment Tool (CHAT) for Use in Dementia Care
      $131,598
      award amount

  67. Ksenija Bernau

    Leads 1 award · $130,293

    • 1K01HL171464-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Optimization and development of extracellular matrix-targeting probes for PET-based assessment of lung fibrosis disease activity
      $130,293
      award amount

  68. Jeniel E Nett

    Leads 1 award · $113,765

    • 5R01AI145939-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism(s) of pathogenicity for Candida auris
      $113,765
      award amount

  69. Chung-Yang Yeh

    Leads 1 award · $112,875

    • 1K99AG084921-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Mechanistic Role of Dietary Protein in Aging and in Alzheimer's Disease
      $112,875
      award amount

  70. Brad C Astor

    Leads 1 award · $107,000

    • 5U01DK116092-07Department: NIH department code
      1/14 APOL1 Long-term Kidney Transplantation Outcomes Network (APOLLO) Clinical Center
      $107,000
      award amount

  71. Jamie M Sperger

    Leads 1 award · $104,101

    • 1R50CA293840-01Department: NIH department code
      The next generation of liquid biopsies: Predictive and pharmacologic biomarkers
      $104,101
      award amount

  72. Raele Donetha Loy

    Leads 1 award · $95,741

    • 5K00AG076123-06Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Homeostenosis in Bulbar Function in ALS and Aging
      $95,741
      award amount

  73. Jennifer L Schehr

    Leads 1 award · $92,782

    • 1R50CA283815-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Development and Deployment of Liquid Biopsies in Bench Research and Clinical Trials in the UW Circulating Biomarker Core
      $92,782
      award amount

  74. Angela Greenman

    Leads 1 award · $65,207

    • 7F32HL170509-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of S-glutathione in regulating cardiac myosin binding protein-C function
      $65,207
      award amount

  75. Mariah Calubag

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 5F31AG082504-02Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of cellular senescence and metabolic health by dietary protein
      $48,974
      award amount

  76. Emily Knuth

    Leads 1 award · $18,371

    • 5F31DK134171-02Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of alpha-cell glucagon secretion by mitochondrial anaplerosis-cataplerosis
      $18,371
      award amount

  77. Michaela Trautman

    Leads 1 award · $9,712

    • 5F99AG083290-02Department: NIH department code
      Metabolic regulation of healthy aging by diet, mTOR signaling, and skeletal muscle
      $9,712
      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.