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Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Winston-Salem, NC · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #59Med School Rank #52

NIH Funding · FY2026

Total Funding
$145.9M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
227
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
250
Principal investigators
National Rank
#59
Among 2,376 institutions, FY2026

Funding & rank history

NIH funding totals and national rank by fiscal year.

Departments by funding

All 20 departments with NIH funding at Wake Forest University Health Sciences in FY2026, largest first.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine$58.5M6686#30
Public Health$20.3M3547#23
Neurosciences$16.4M3638#12
Biology$6.9M1320Not ranked
Biochemistry$4.9M1010#72
Pathology$4.6M53#51
Biomedical Engineering$4.1M97#40
Neurology$3.7M79#47
Anesthesiology$3.5M410#26
Surgery$3.3M710#43
Pediatrics$3M45#62
Dentistry$2.8M23Not ranked
Microbiology & Immunology$2.7M84#85
Obstetrics & Gynecology$2.7M12#42
Radiology$2.2M76#51
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$1.9M45Not ranked
Family Medicine$600.7K12#38
Physiology$433.8K11#87
Anatomy & Cell Biology$432.8K11#87
Emergency Medicine$156.1K11#48
  • Not ranked: ScienceDex ranks 27 medical-school department categories, and this department is outside them.

Top funded principal investigators

Highest-funded PIs at Wake Forest University Health Sciences based on NIH grant totals.

$7.5M
total funding
$6.5M
total funding
$6.3M
total funding
#4
Laura D. Baker
2 grants
$5.9M
total funding
#5
Xiaoyan Leng
2 grants
$5.8M
total funding
$5.5M
total funding
$5.5M
total funding
$5.4M
total funding
#9
Yongmei Liu
1 grant
$5.4M
total funding
$5.4M
total funding