Engineering at Vanderbilt University

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. Ethan Lippmann

   Leads 3 awards · $2,134,535

   • 5R01AG092015-02Department: NIH department code

     Targeting brain myeloid cells with siRNA-lipid conjugates for treatment of Alzheimer's disease

     Principal investigators: Ethan Lippmann (contact PI), Craig Lewis Duvall

     $761,386

     award amount
   • 1R56EB040350-01Department: NIH department code

     Design and implementation of siRNA conjugates as tools for CNS cell-specific gene modulation

     Principal investigators: Ethan Lippmann (contact PI), Craig Lewis Duvall

     $708,389

     award amount
   • 5R01NS129735-03Department: NIH department code

     STAT3 activation in astrocytes as a driver of neurovascular dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias
     $664,760

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 1R21AG101681-01, led by Hyosung Kim.

2. John Tanner Wilson

   Leads 4 awards · $1,942,945

   • 5R01CA274675-05Department: NIH department code

     Toward Translation of an Immunotherapeutic Nanomedicine for Neuroblastoma
     $500,951

     award amount
   • 5R01CA266767-05Department: NIH department code

     Engineered Vaccines for Neoantigen Targeted Cancer Immunotherapy
     $500,133

     award amount
   • 5R01EB033822-05Department: NIH department code

     RIG-I Activating Nanoparticles for Immunopotentiation

     Principal investigators: John Tanner Wilson (contact PI), Anna Marie Pyle

     $493,772

     award amount
   • 1R21AI197207-01Department: NIH department code

     Engineering Extracellular Vesicles for Tolerogenic Immunotherapy
     $448,089

     award amount

3. Robert James Webster

   Leads 2 awards · $1,418,574

   • 5U01GM152538-04Department: NIH department code

     Mid-South REACH Hub

     Principal investigators: Robert James Webster (contact PI), Almesha L. Campbell, Charleson Sherard Bell, Jessica Sharon, Paula Sorrell

     $969,873

     award amount
   • 5R01EB035591-03Department: NIH department code

     A New Robot to Replace Hysterectomies with Minimally Invasive Uterine-Sparing Interventions
     $448,701

     award amount

4. Matthew J. Lang

   Leads 1 award · $1,281,400

   • 1S10OD040082-01Department: NIH department code

     Vanderbilt Center on Mechanobiology LUMICKS C-Trap
     $1,281,400

     award amount

5. Xiaoguang Dong

   Leads 3 awards · $1,190,562

   • 1R01HL179350-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Sensory stent for continuous monitoring airway conditions
     $577,334

     award amount
   • 1R21AG095751-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Esophageal stents integrating wireless soft actuators for restoring peristalsis
     $423,142

     award amount
   • 5R21EB035200-03Department: NIH department code

     Wirelessly Actuated Ciliary Stent for Minimally Invasive Treatment of Cilia Dysfunction
     $190,086

     award amount

6. Ipek Oguz

   Leads 2 awards · $1,144,011

   • 5R01HD109739-05Department: NIH department code

     A placenta-based strategy for improved clinical prediction of fetal growth trajectory using automated image analysis of placental morphology and vascularity

     Principal investigators: Ipek Oguz (contact PI), Nadav Schwartz

     $608,751

     award amount
   • 5R01EY033969-04Department: NIH department code

     Point-of-care ophthalmic diagnostic imaging of retinopathy of prematurity

     Principal investigators: Ipek Oguz (contact PI), Yuankai Kenny Tao

     $535,260

     award amount

7. Haoxiang Luo

   Leads 1 award · $675,244

   • 5R01HL171506-02Department: NIH department code

     The pulmonary visceral pleura (PVP) aortic valve
     $675,244

     award amount

8. Jack Noble

   Leads 1 award · $618,802

   • 5R01DC022099-02Department: NIH department code

     Development and validation of vision system for improved placement of cochlear implant electrode arrays
     $618,802

     award amount

9. Nilanjan Sarkar

   Leads 1 award · $561,616

   • 1R01EB038275-01A1Department: NIH department code

     AI and Haptics-Enhanced Augmented Reality for Next Generation Neonatal Simulation
     $561,616

     award amount

10. Zhaohua Ding

    Leads 1 award · $460,430

    • 5R01NS129855-04Department: NIH department code

      Functional Connectome of Brain White Matter
      $460,430

      award amount

11. Hyosung Kim

    Leads 1 award · $421,250

    • 1R21AG101681-01Department: NIH department code

      State-dependent Engineering of Therapeutic Functions in Reactive Astrocytes

      Principal investigators: Hyosung Kim (contact PI), Ethan Lippmann

      $421,250

      award amount

12. Justus Chukwunonso Ndukaife

    Leads 1 award · $384,155

    • 5R35GM150572-04Department: NIH department code

      Understanding the Heterogeneity of Nanoscale Extracellular Vesicles, Exomeres, and Supermeres using Next Generation Optical Nanotweezers
      $384,155

      award amount

13. Jamey D. Young

    Leads 1 award · $246,215

    • 5T32DK101003-13Department: NIH department code

      Integrated Training in Engineering and Diabetes
      $246,215

      award amount

14. Clinton Michael Hasenour

    Leads 2 awards · $239,466

    • 5K01DK135924-04Department: NIH department code

      In vivo hepato-renal metabolic flux dysregulation in obesity
      $120,591

      award amount
    • 1R03DK147764-01Department: NIH department code

      Factors Controlling Metabolic Plasticity in the Kidney During Obesity and Injury
      $118,875

      award amount

15. Leon Bellan

    Leads 1 award · $188,270

    • 5R21MH136576-02Department: NIH department code

      A microphysiological model of the neurovascular unit capable of demonstrating neurovascular coupling
      $188,270

      award amount

16. Lianrui Zuo

    Leads 1 award · $107,730

    • 1K99CA307870-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Accelerating early diagnosis and risk assessment with multimodal AI for lung cancer care
      $107,730

      award amount

17. Alexander Kwiatkowski

    Leads 1 award · $79,348

    • 5F32CA288044-03Department: NIH department code

      Engineering RIG-I Activating Nanoparticles for Glioblastoma Immunotherapy
      $79,348

      award amount

18. Adam Abdulrahman

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30AG094191-02Department: NIH department code

      Targeted lipid-siRNA complexes for SPP1-silencing in Alzheimer's Disease
      $55,114

      award amount

19. Daiwei Lu

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31DK143735-02Department: NIH department code

      Modeling and Removing Visual Impairments for Endoscopic Kidney Stone Surgery
      $50,114

      award amount

20. Sarah Comer

    Leads 1 award · $35,556

    • 5F31AI194721-02Department: NIH department code

      The role of cytochrome bd in supporting flagellar motility in E. coli
      $35,556

      award amount

21. Shannon Martello

    Leads 1 award · $20,659

    • 5F31CA298725-02Department: NIH department code

      Neutrophil-driven pro-recurrent niche formation in mammary adipose tissue
      $20,659

      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.

• Craig Lewis Duvall

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG092015-02, led by Ethan Lippmann; 1R56EB040350-01, led by Ethan Lippmann

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Vanderbilt University · Biomedical Engineering (NIH department code, 4 awards)

• Almesha L. Campbell

  Co-investigator on 5U01GM152538-04, led by Robert James Webster

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Jackson State University · Miscellaneous (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Charleson Sherard Bell

  Co-investigator on 5U01GM152538-04, led by Robert James Webster

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

• Jessica Sharon

  Co-investigator on 5U01GM152538-04, led by Robert James Webster

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

• Paula Sorrell

  Co-investigator on 5U01GM152538-04, led by Robert James Webster

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

• Nadav Schwartz

  Co-investigator on 5R01HD109739-05, led by Ipek Oguz

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

• Yuankai Kenny Tao

  Co-investigator on 5R01EY033969-04, led by Ipek Oguz

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

• Anna Marie Pyle

  Co-investigator on 5R01EB033822-05, led by John Tanner Wilson

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Yale University · Biochemistry (NIH department code, 1 award)