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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Dentistry at Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, VA

Funding
$6M
$6,048,240
Awards
15
FY2026 NIH awards in Dentistry
Principal investigators
13
9 lead a grant here, 4 co-investigators
Department rank
Not ranked
Outside the 27 ranked departments
  • 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 Dentistry row of the Virginia Commonwealth University page.

Leads a grant in this department

9 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. Anthony Charles Faber

    Leads 4 awards · $2,119,353

    • 5R01CA276207-04Department: NIH department code
      MYCN drives a ferroptotic vulnerability in neuroblastoma

      Principal investigators: Anthony Charles Faber (contact PI), James A Olzmann

      $654,999
      award amount
    • 5R01CA272710-04Department: NIH department code
      SUMOylation disruption is toxic for SS18-SSX-driven synovial sarcoma
      $547,066
      award amount
    • 5R01CA215610-07Department: NIH department code
      ABT-199 based therapies to treat neuroblastoma
      $492,086
      award amount
    • 5R01CA285692-03Department: NIH department code
      MYCN drives a druggable SUMOylation program in neuroblastoma
      $425,202
      award amount

  2. Chunhao Chris Li

    Leads 3 awards · $1,496,426

    • 5R01DE023080-13Department: NIH department code
      Exploring new virulence factors of the oral spirochete Treponema denticola
      $532,686
      award amount
    • 5R01DE034063-03Department: NIH department code
      Decoding the glycome of oral Treponema denticola
      $490,511
      award amount
    • 5R01AI078958-15Department: NIH department code
      Understanding Unique Aspects of Motility and Chemotaxis in Borrelia burgdorferi
      $473,229
      award amount

  3. Huizhi Wang

    Leads 2 awards · $730,839

    • 5R01DE026727-08Department: NIH department code
      SGK1 and the control of periodontal inflammation
      $420,339
      award amount
    • 1R56DE035564-01Department: NIH department code
      The Role of nBMP2 in Macrophage Oral Immunomodulation
      $310,500
      award amount

  4. Yue Sun

    Leads 1 award · $632,383

    • 1R01DE035186-01A1Department: NIH department code
      PIPKIgammai5 in the Immune Response to Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

      Principal investigators: Yue Sun (contact PI), Xiang-Yang Shawn Wang

      $632,383
      award amount

  5. Kevin Matthew Byrd

    Leads 1 award · $446,611

    • 1R21DE035939-01Department: NIH department code
      Mapping and Modulating Endothelial Dysfunction in Peri-implantitis

      Principal investigators: Kevin Matthew Byrd (contact PI), Kang I Ko

      $446,611
      award amount

  6. Benjamin Ross Belvin

    Leads 1 award · $310,500

    • 1R03DE036434-01Department: NIH department code
      HNSCC and Iron addiction
      $310,500
      award amount

  7. Todd O. Kitten

    Leads 1 award · $215,348

    • 5R21DE034103-02Department: NIH department code
      Characterization of a conserved streptococcal membrane protein affecting manganese utilization

      Principal investigators: Todd O. Kitten (contact PI), Akira Karasawa

      $215,348
      award amount

  8. Katelyn Patricia Hustus

    Leads 1 award · $50,914

    • 1F31DE035006-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Functional and structural characterization of phospholipase A2 in Porphyromonas gingivalis
      $50,914
      award amount

  9. Natalie G Luffman

    Leads 1 award · $45,866

    • 5F31DE034302-02Department: NIH department code
      Therapy Induced Senescence as a Potent Therapeutic Target
      $45,866
      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.