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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biochemistry at Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, VA

Funding
$3.5M
$3,503,466
Awards
10
FY2026 NIH awards in Biochemistry
Principal investigators
10
8 lead a grant here, 2 co-investigators
Department rank
#85
of 136 · 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 Biochemistry row of the Virginia Commonwealth University page.

Leads a grant in this department

8 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. Lauren Ashley Cowart

    Leads 2 awards · $1,123,416

    • 1R01CA312896-01Department: NIH department code
      Atypical Sphingolipids in healthy and diseased liver

      Principal investigators: Lauren Ashley Cowart (contact PI), David John Montefusco

      $634,062
      award amount
    • 1S10OD038303-01A1Department: NIH department code
      SCIEX 7500+ system - QTRAP
      $489,354
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AR083443-03, led by Brian W. Wattenberg.

  2. Brian W. Wattenberg

    Leads 1 award · $638,242

  3. Sandeep Kumar Singh

    Leads 2 awards · $477,391

    • 5R01NS126504-05Department: NIH department code
      S1P-S1PR1 in bidirectional Neuron-Astrocyte communications
      $410,097
      award amount
    • 3R01NS126504-05S1Department: NIH department code
      S1P-S1PR1 in bidirectional Neuron-Astrocyte communications
      $67,294
      award amount
  4. Can Emre Senkal

    Leads 1 award · $437,446

    • 5R01GM160681-02Department: NIH department code
      C18-Ceramide as an essential factor in iron dependent cell death
      $437,446
      award amount
  5. Sarah Spiegel

    Leads 1 award · $388,125

    • 5R35GM152058-03Department: NIH department code
      Ins and outs of the bioactive sphingolipid metabolite sphingosine-1-phosphate
      $388,125
      award amount
  6. Paula Daniela Bos

    Leads 1 award · $349,566

    • 5T32CA272382-04Department: NIH department code
      Integrative Training Program in Cancer Biology
      $349,566
      award amount
  7. Sumit Saha

    Leads 1 award · $44,736

    • 5F99CA305526-02Department: NIH department code
      Reprogramming Liver Macrophages for Sex-based Hepatocellular Carcinoma Immunotherapy
      $44,736
      award amount
  8. Emily Kate Zboril

    Leads 1 award · $44,544

    • 5F31CA290944-03Department: NIH department code
      Elacestrant in breast cancer bone metastases
      $44,544
      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.

  • Amy S Paller

    Co-investigator on 5R01AR083443-03, led by Brian W. Wattenberg

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • David John Montefusco

    Co-investigator on 1R01CA312896-01, led by Lauren Ashley Cowart

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