Internal Medicine at Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Leads a grant in this department

46 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. Dalane W Kitzman

   Leads 3 awards · $7,935,233

   • 5R01AG078153-04Department: NIH department code

     Physical Rehabilitation for Older Patients with Acute HFpEF-The REHAB-HFpEF Trial
     $6,765,934

     award amount
   • 5U24AG059624-08Department: NIH department code

     Pepper OAIC Coordinating Center
     $640,000

     award amount
   • 5U01HL160272-05Department: NIH department code

     Wake Forest Atrium HeartShare Clinical Center
     $529,299

     award amount

2. Timothy M. Hughes

   Leads 1 award · $4,677,012

   • 5R01AG058969-07Department: NIH department code

     Subclinical Vascular Contributions to Alzheimer's Disease: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Multisite Study of AD (Renewal)

     Principal investigators: Timothy M. Hughes (contact PI), Jose Alejandro Luchsinger, Yongmei Liu

     $4,677,012

     award amount

3. Thomas K Houston

   Leads 1 award · $3,951,899

   • 5UM1TR004929-02Department: NIH department code

     CTSA UM1 Program at Wake Forest

     Principal investigators: Thomas K Houston (contact PI), Jamy D Ard, Kristie L Foley

     $3,951,899

     award amount

4. Glenn J Lesser

   Leads 1 award · $3,850,852

   • 3UG1CA189824-11S2Department: NIH department code

     Wake Forest NCORP Research Base

     Principal investigators: Glenn J Lesser (contact PI), Emily Van Meter Dressler, Kathryn Elizabeth Weaver

     $3,850,852

     award amount

5. Allison Mercedes Caban-Holt

   Leads 1 award · $2,421,629

   • 1RF1NS143760-01Department: NIH department code

     Inspiring Healthy Engagement and Learning for Vascular Dementia (I-HEAL)

     Principal investigators: Allison Mercedes Caban-Holt (contact PI), Shawnta L Lloyd

     $2,421,629

     award amount

6. Ruben A. Mesa

   Leads 2 awards · $2,308,066

   • 5P30CA012197-50Department: NIH department code

     Cancer Center Support Grant
     $2,248,066

     award amount
   • 3P30CA012197-50S1Department: NIH department code

     Cancer Center Support Grant
     $60,000

     award amount

7. E. Alfonso Romero-Sandoval

   Leads 1 award · $1,950,412

   • 1R01AR086599-01Department: NIH department code

     Cellular Stress in Pain and Tissue Damage

     Principal investigators: E. Alfonso Romero-Sandoval (contact PI), Raghunatha R Yammani

     $1,950,412

     award amount

8. Barry Ira Freedman

   Leads 2 awards · $1,839,845

   • 5U01DK116041-09Department: NIH department code

     14/14 APOL1 Long-term Kidney Transplantation Outcomes Network (APOLLO) Scientific Data Research Center

     Principal investigators: Barry Ira Freedman (contact PI), Carl D Langefeld, Nicholette D. Allred, Robert J Stratta

     $1,177,380

     award amount
   • 5R01DK140129-02Department: NIH department code

     Trans-omics Analysis of African American Deceased Donor Kidneys for Transplant Outcomes.

     Principal investigators: Barry Ira Freedman (contact PI), Lijun Ma

     $662,465

     award amount

9. Graca Duarte Almeida-Porada

   Leads 3 awards · $1,701,744

   • 5R01HL165247-03Department: NIH department code

     Targeted conditioning to maximize prenatal HSC engraftment for SCD

     Principal investigators: Graca Duarte Almeida-Porada (contact PI), Christopher D Porada

     $665,070

     award amount
   • 5R01HL161290-04Department: NIH department code

     Defining the therapeutic efficacy, tolerogenic potential, and genotoxicity of liver-targeted AAV gene therapy for hemophilia A

     Principal investigators: Graca Duarte Almeida-Porada (contact PI), Christopher D Porada

     $652,874

     award amount
   • 5R01HL166462-03Department: NIH department code

     Using human liver tissue equivalents to optimize AAV-mediated GT and better define age-related clinical risks

     Principal investigators: Graca Duarte Almeida-Porada (contact PI), Christopher D Porada

     $383,800

     award amount

10. Mark Andrew Espeland

    Leads 1 award · $1,315,443

    • 5U01AG073697-05Department: NIH department code

      Action for Health in Diabetes (Look AHEAD) Extended Follow-up (LA-E2)

      Principal investigators: Mark Andrew Espeland (contact PI), Lynne E Wagenknecht

      $1,315,443

      award amount

11. Osvaldo Delbono

    Leads 2 awards · $1,307,461

    • 5R01AG080586-03Department: NIH department code

      Accelerated Sarcopenia in Early Alzheimer's Disease
      $737,300

      award amount
    • 5R01AG071545-04Department: NIH department code

      Role of Central Autonomic Relays in Aging Sarcopenia
      $570,161

      award amount

12. Oguz Akbilgic

    Leads 3 awards · $1,116,174

    • 5R01HL169451-03Department: NIH department code

      ECG-AI Based Prediction and Phenotyping of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
      $581,981

      award amount
    • 5R01CA261834-04Department: NIH department code

      Early Identification of Childhood Cancer Survivors at High Risk for Late Onset Cardiomyopathy: An Artificial Intelligence Approach utilizing Electrocardiography

      Principal investigators: Oguz Akbilgic (contact PI), Melissa M Hudson

      $495,959

      award amount
    • 3R01CA261834-04S1Department: NIH department code

      Early Identification of Childhood Cancer Survivors at High Risk for Late Onset Cardiomyopathy: An Artificial Intelligence Approach utilizing Electrocardiography

      Principal investigators: Oguz Akbilgic (contact PI), Melissa M Hudson

      $38,234

      award amount

13. Stephen B. Kritchevsky

    Leads 2 awards · $997,279

    • 5U24AG058556-08Department: NIH department code

      Research Centers Collaborative Network Renewal

      Principal investigators: Stephen B. Kritchevsky (contact PI), Stephanie Lederman

      $997,278

      award amount
    • 5T32AG033534-16Department: NIH department code

      Translational Training in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease Related Disorders
      $1

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AG078359-03, led by Jingzhong Ding.

14. Christina E Hugenschmidt

    Leads 1 award · $985,060

    • 5R01AG076669-04Department: NIH department code

      Establishing the optimal frequency of dance movement for neurocognitive and physical outcomes in people at risk of Alzheimer's disease

      Principal investigators: Christina E Hugenschmidt (contact PI), Christina T Soriano

      $985,060

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01AG091449-01, led by Gretchen A Brenes.

15. Mariana Murea

    Leads 1 award · $828,855

    • 5R01AG071803-05Department: NIH department code

      A Randomized Trial of Fistula vs. Graft Arteriovenous Vascular Access in Older Adults with End-Stage Kidney Disease on Hemodialysis: The AV ACCESS Trial

      Principal investigators: Mariana Murea (contact PI), Michael Allon

      $828,855

      award amount

16. Gretchen A Brenes

    Leads 1 award · $774,120

    • 1R01AG091449-01Department: NIH department code

      The impact of stressful and traumatic experiences on the well-being of caregivers and persons living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

      Principal investigators: Gretchen A Brenes (contact PI), Christina E Hugenschmidt

      $774,120

      award amount

17. Da Ma

    Leads 1 award · $770,558

    • 1R01AG093792-01Department: NIH department code

      Neuroimage-genomic fingerprints for subtyping and prediction of Alzheimer's Disease and related dementia
      $770,558

      award amount

18. Laura A Cox

    Leads 1 award · $759,495

    • 5R33AG073733-05Department: NIH department code

      Development of a Wake Forest Multi-Species NHP Biorepository to Support Interdisciplinary Aging Studies

      Principal investigators: Laura A Cox (contact PI), Carol A. Shively, Timothy D Howard

      $759,495

      award amount

19. Nicholette D. Allred

    Leads 1 award · $756,000

    • 5K12TR004931-02Department: NIH department code

      CTSA K12 Program at Wake Forest
      $756,000

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5U01DK116041-09, led by Barry Ira Freedman.

20. Deepak Palakshappa

    Leads 1 award · $708,678

    • 1R01HL173064-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial to Reduce Food Insecurity and Improve Adherence in Patients with Hypertension
      $708,678

      award amount

21. Sang Jin Lee

    Leads 1 award · $681,618

    • 5R01DE031285-04Department: NIH department code

      Clinically Applicable Orofacial Cleft Reconstruction Using Structural, Compositional Biomimetic Bone Scaffolds

      Principal investigators: Sang Jin Lee (contact PI), Kyungsup Shin

      $681,618

      award amount

22. Cristina Maria Furdui

    Leads 1 award · $679,884

    • 5R33GM144947-04Department: NIH department code

      Redox Trapping for Biospecimen Preservation and Innovation in Sepsis Care

      Principal investigators: Cristina Maria Furdui (contact PI), Daniel Clark Files

      $679,884

      award amount

23. Jessica Bon

    Leads 1 award · $616,495

    • 7R01HL163646-04Department: NIH department code

      Fungal Translocation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

      Principal investigators: Jessica Bon (contact PI), Alison Morris

      $616,495

      award amount

24. James J Yoo

    Leads 1 award · $616,461

    • 5R01HD112028-03Department: NIH department code

      Production of 3D Bioprinted Autologous Vaginal Tissue Constructs for Reconstructive Applications
      $616,461

      award amount

25. Jingzhong Ding

    Leads 1 award · $601,436

    • 5R01AG078359-03Department: NIH department code

      T helper cells in development of chronic inflammation and multimorbidity

      Principal investigators: Jingzhong Ding (contact PI), Stephen B. Kritchevsky, Yongmei Liu

      $601,436

      award amount

26. Reto H.r. Asmis

    Leads 1 award · $587,081

    • 5R01HL153120-05Department: NIH department code

      Role of Monoamine Oxidase A and Diet-Induced Monocyte Dysfunction, Macrophage Reprogramming, and Atherosclerosis
      $587,081

      award amount

27. David McLeod Herrington

    Leads 1 award · $565,566

    • 2T32HL076132-21A1Department: NIH department code

      CVD Epidemiology Training Program
      $565,566

      award amount

28. Pooja Jadiya

    Leads 1 award · $507,096

    • 1R01HL178419-01Department: NIH department code

      Cellular heterogeneity in mitochondrial calcium dynamics in heart failure
      $507,096

      award amount

29. Anthony Atala

    Leads 1 award · $404,592

    • 5R01HD108298-04Department: NIH department code

      Bioengineered Tissues For Uterine Reconstruction
      $404,592

      award amount

30. Ellen Elizabeth Quillen

    Leads 1 award · $396,854

    • 5R01AG087957-02Department: NIH department code

      Multi-omic and biological factors associated with lifespan and healthspan across NHP clades
      $396,854

      award amount

31. Dhanendra Tomar

    Leads 1 award · $387,500

    • 1R35GM160213-01Department: NIH department code

      Calcium sensing and mitochondrial homeostasis
      $387,500

      award amount

32. Victoria Weis

    Leads 2 awards · $366,984

    • 1R03DK144356-01Department: NIH department code

      Establishing Robust Characterization of Novel Therapeutic Responses and Disease Models of Necrotizing Enterocolitis
      $232,500

      award amount
    • 5K01DK125633-05Department: NIH department code

      Therapeutic Mechanisms of Placental Stem Cell-Based Therapy in Necrotizing Enterocolitis
      $134,484

      award amount

33. Sean Vincent Murphy

    Leads 1 award · $310,000

    • 5R01ES034416-03Department: NIH department code

      Characterizing chemical threat agent exposures using a lung-on-a-chip platform and multi-omic analysis of common pathophysiological mechanisms
      $310,000

      award amount

34. Amber Reeves-Daniel

    Leads 1 award · $302,381

    • 5U01DK116040-08Department: NIH department code

      13/14 APOL1 Long-term Kidney Transplantation Outcomes Network (APOLLO) Clinical Center

      Principal investigators: Amber Reeves-Daniel (contact PI), Rasheed Adebayo Gbadegesin

      $302,381

      award amount

35. Baharak Moshiree

    Leads 1 award · $271,578

    • 5U01DK073974-19Department: NIH department code

      Exploration of Subtypes of Gastroparesis and Gastroparesis-like Symptoms based on Physiological Testing
      $271,578

      award amount

36. Janet A. Tooze

    Leads 1 award · $214,712

    • 5T32TR004915-02Department: NIH department code

      CTSA Postdoctoral T32 at Wake Forest

      Principal investigators: Janet A. Tooze (contact PI), Heidi Diana Klepin

      $214,712

      award amount

37. Yuanyuan No Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $193,750

    • 5R21EY035833-02Department: NIH department code

      Regeneration of human RPE cells from autologous urine-derived iPS cells
      $193,750

      award amount

38. Timothy Sebastian Pardee

    Leads 1 award · $177,249

    • 5R21CA283135-02Department: NIH department code

      Developing Acute Myeloid Leukemia Models with Diverse Ancestral Origins
      $177,249

      award amount

39. Jennifer Lynn Gabbard

    Leads 1 award · $175,420

    • 5K23AG070234-04Department: NIH department code

      Implementation Strategies to Promote Advance Care Planning among Persons Living with ADRD and those with Mild Cognitive Impairment in Outpatient Primary Care Practices
      $175,420

      award amount

40. Yashashwi Pokharel

    Leads 1 award · $155,987

    • 5K23HL171954-02Department: NIH department code

      Tailoring a Telemedicine Hypertension Management Intervention for Patients with High Social Needs or Social Risk Factors
      $155,987

      award amount

41. Genesio Karere

    Leads 1 award · $155,000

    • 5R03AG088906-02Department: NIH department code

      Potential miRNA biomarkers and miRNA regulatory targets underlying early congnitive impairement and progression to Alzhiemer's disease
      $155,000

      award amount

42. Jessica Ann Palakshappa

    Leads 1 award · $147,296

    • 5K23AG073529-05Department: NIH department code

      Screening for Cognitive Impairment Following Critical Illness: Designing and Testing an Implementation Program to Support High Risk Older Adults
      $147,296

      award amount

43. Metin Nafi Gurcan

    Leads 1 award · $133,720

    • 5R25LM014214-04Department: NIH department code

      Creative Applied Learning In Biomedical Informatics Research (CALIBIR) Program

      Principal investigators: Metin Nafi Gurcan (contact PI), Arezoo Movaghar, Ashley Weaver

      $133,720

      award amount

44. Emmanuel C. Opara

    Leads 1 award · $107,996

    • 5R25DK126625-04Department: NIH department code

      Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Undergraduate Research Addressing Challenges in Kidney and Urologic Diseases
      $107,996

      award amount

45. Donald A. McClain

    Leads 1 award · $75,227

    • 5T35DK007400-44Department: NIH department code

      Wake Forest Short-term Research Training Program
      $75,227

      award amount

46. Sudarshan Krishnamurthy

    Leads 1 award · $54,538

    • 5F30AG085932-02Department: NIH department code

      Investigating Impacts of Neighborhood Disadvantage on ADRD risks, imaging biomarkers, and cognition
      $54,538

      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.

• Yongmei Liu

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG058969-07, led by Timothy M. Hughes; 5R01AG078359-03, led by Jingzhong Ding

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Duke University · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Jose Alejandro Luchsinger

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG058969-07, led by Timothy M. Hughes

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Columbia University · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 3 awards)
  • Columbia University (no department on record, 1 award)

• Jamy D Ard

  Co-investigator on 5UM1TR004929-02, led by Thomas K Houston

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

• Kristie L Foley

  Co-investigator on 5UM1TR004929-02, led by Thomas K Houston

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Public Health (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Emily Van Meter Dressler

  Co-investigator on 3UG1CA189824-11S2, led by Glenn J Lesser

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

• Kathryn Elizabeth Weaver

  Co-investigator on 3UG1CA189824-11S2, led by Glenn J Lesser

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Public Health (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Shawnta L Lloyd

  Co-investigator on 1RF1NS143760-01, led by Allison Mercedes Caban-Holt

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

• Raghunatha R Yammani

  Co-investigator on 1R01AR086599-01, led by E. Alfonso Romero-Sandoval

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

• Christopher D Porada

  Co-investigator on 5R01HL165247-03, led by Graca Duarte Almeida-Porada; 5R01HL161290-04, led by Graca Duarte Almeida-Porada; 5R01HL166462-03, led by Graca Duarte Almeida-Porada

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

• Lynne E Wagenknecht

  Co-investigator on 5U01AG073697-05, led by Mark Andrew Espeland

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences (no department on record, 1 award)

• Carl D Langefeld

  Co-investigator on 5U01DK116041-09, led by Barry Ira Freedman

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

• Robert J Stratta

  Co-investigator on 5U01DK116041-09, led by Barry Ira Freedman

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

• Stephanie Lederman

  Co-investigator on 5U24AG058556-08, led by Stephen B. Kritchevsky

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • American Federation for Aging Research (no department on record, 1 award)

• Christina T Soriano

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG076669-04, led by Christina E Hugenschmidt

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

• Michael Allon

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG071803-05, led by Mariana Murea

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

• Carol A. Shively

  Co-investigator on 5R33AG073733-05, led by Laura A Cox

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Pathology (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Timothy D Howard

  Co-investigator on 5R33AG073733-05, led by Laura A Cox

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

• Kyungsup Shin

  Co-investigator on 5R01DE031285-04, led by Sang Jin Lee

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

• Daniel Clark Files

  Co-investigator on 5R33GM144947-04, led by Cristina Maria Furdui

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

• Lijun Ma

  Co-investigator on 5R01DK140129-02, led by Barry Ira Freedman

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

• Alison Morris

  Co-investigator on 7R01HL163646-04, led by Jessica Bon

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of Pittsburgh · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Melissa M Hudson

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA261834-04, led by Oguz Akbilgic; 3R01CA261834-04S1, led by Oguz Akbilgic

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (no department on record, 1 award)

• Rasheed Adebayo Gbadegesin

  Co-investigator on 5U01DK116040-08, led by Amber Reeves-Daniel

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Duke University · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)
  • Duke University · Pediatrics (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Heidi Diana Klepin

  Co-investigator on 5T32TR004915-02, led by Janet A. Tooze

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

• Arezoo Movaghar

  Co-investigator on 5R25LM014214-04, led by Metin Nafi Gurcan

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Pediatrics (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Ashley Weaver

  Co-investigator on 5R25LM014214-04, led by Metin Nafi Gurcan

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Biomedical Engineering (NIH department code, 2 awards)