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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Genetics at Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO

Funding
$50.9M
$50,906,729
Awards
28
FY2026 NIH awards in Genetics
Principal investigators
47
22 lead a grant here, 25 co-investigators
Department rank
#2
of 59 · 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 Genetics row of the Washington University in St. Louis page.

Leads a grant in this department

22 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. Ting Wang

    Leads 5 awards · $24,344,093

    • 4UM1DA058219-04Department: NIH department code
      WashU-VAI Somatic Mosaicism across Human Tissues (SMaHT) Program Genome Characterization Center

      Principal investigators: Ting Wang (contact PI), Hui Shen, Robert Scott Fulton

      $16,931,961
      award amount
    • 4U24CA321205-04Department: NIH department code
      WashU Somatic Mosaicism across Human Tissues (SMaHT) Program Organizational Center

      Principal investigators: Ting Wang (contact PI), Heather A. Lawson, Lucinda Fulton

      $2,981,460
      award amount
    • 5U41HG010972-08Department: NIH department code
      The Human Pangenome Reference Consortium Coordination Center

      Principal investigators: Ting Wang (contact PI), Benedict Paten, Fergal James Martin, Heng Li, Ira M Hall

      $2,656,869
      award amount
    • 3U24HG012070-05S1Department: NIH department code
      WashU-Northwestern Genomic Variation and Function Data and Administrative Coordinating Center

      Principal investigators: Ting Wang (contact PI), Feng Yue

      $1,546,049
      award amount
    • 3U41HG010972-08S1Department: NIH department code
      The Human Pangenome Reference Consortium Coordination Center

      Principal investigators: Ting Wang (contact PI), Benedict Paten, Fergal James Martin, Heng Li, Ira M Hall

      $227,754
      award amount
  2. Michael A. Province

    Leads 3 awards · $16,394,927

  3. Bharat Thyagarajan

    Leads 1 award · $15,061,984

    Also a principal investigator on 3U19AG063893-07S1, led by Michael A. Province; 3U19AG063893-07S2, led by Michael A. Province.

  4. Paola Sebastiani

    Leads 1 award · $15,061,984

    Also a principal investigator on 3U19AG063893-07S1, led by Michael A. Province; 3U19AG063893-07S2, led by Michael A. Province.

  5. Thomas T Perls

    Leads 1 award · $15,061,984

    Also a principal investigator on 3U19AG063893-07S1, led by Michael A. Province; 3U19AG063893-07S2, led by Michael A. Province.

  6. Joseph D Dougherty

    Leads 1 award · $2,434,430

  7. Jeffrey D Milbrandt

    Leads 3 awards · $1,863,964

    • 5R01AG013730-25Department: NIH department code
      Compromised LDH activity causes motor deficits and hastens ALS progression
      $648,261
      award amount
    • 5R01NS133348-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of SARM1 in neuroinflammation-mediated axonal damage

      Principal investigators: Jeffrey D Milbrandt (contact PI), Aaron Diantonio

      $611,713
      award amount
    • 5R01NS087632-13Department: NIH department code
      Dissection of SARM1-Induced Axon Degeneration and Cell Death

      Principal investigators: Jeffrey D Milbrandt (contact PI), Aaron Diantonio

      $603,990
      award amount
  8. Barak A Cohen

    Leads 2 awards · $924,140

    • 5R01GM092910-16Department: NIH department code
      Analysis of combinatorial cis-regulation in synthetic and genomic promoters
      $470,232
      award amount
    • 1R35GM161206-01Department: NIH department code
      Analysis of cis-regulation in synthetic and genomic enhancers
      $453,908
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32HG000045-27, led by Michael R Brent.

  9. Tychele Naomi Turner

    Leads 1 award · $648,319

    • 5R01MH126933-05Department: NIH department code
      Noncoding mutations in neurodevelopmental disorders
      $648,319
      award amount
  10. Sheng Chih Jin

    Leads 1 award · $622,741

    • 5R01NS131610-02Department: NIH department code
      Molecular and cellular characterization of congenital hydrocephalus
      $622,741
      award amount
  11. Michael R Brent

    Leads 1 award · $573,071

    • 5T32HG000045-27Department: NIH department code
      Institutional Training Grant in Genomic Science

      Principal investigators: Michael R Brent (contact PI), Barak A Cohen

      $573,071
      award amount
  12. Gabor Egervari

    Leads 1 award · $555,331

    • 1R01AA033369-01Department: NIH department code
      Examining the metabolic-epigenetic regulation of alcohol intake and associated molecular mechanisms
      $555,331
      award amount
  13. Jennifer Elizabeth Phillips-Cremins

    Leads 1 award · $484,516

    • 7R37MH120269-08Department: NIH department code
      Connecting 3D genome misfolding to transcriptional silencing in fragile X syndrome
      $484,516
      award amount
  14. Susan K Dutcher

    Leads 1 award · $449,006

    • 5R35GM131909-07Department: NIH department code
      Genetic analysis of centrioles and cilia
      $449,006
      award amount
  15. Ju Fang Chang

    Leads 1 award · $399,829

    • 1R21CA307944-01Department: NIH department code
      Rational Design of Next-Generation Engineered T Cells for Enhanced Cancer Immunotherapy
      $399,829
      award amount
  16. Tim Schedl

    Leads 1 award · $388,750

    • 5R35GM152192-03Department: NIH department code
      Control of germline stem cells and the switch to meiotic development in C. elegans
      $388,750
      award amount
  17. Kristine M. Wylie

    Leads 1 award · $261,751

    • 5R25HD114115-04Department: NIH department code
      WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCIENCE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM - BUILDING STEM CAREER READINESS IN K-12 STUDENTS

      Principal investigators: Kristine M. Wylie (contact PI), James Benjamin Skeath

      $261,751
      award amount
  18. Aki Ushiki

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00HG012576-04Department: NIH department code
      Development of functional genomic technologies in mice
      $249,000
      award amount
  19. Frederick Arnold

    Leads 1 award · $162,000

    • 1K22AG086336-01Department: NIH department code
      Identifying and characterizing new therapy targets in TDP-43 proteinopathies
      $162,000
      award amount
  20. Edwin G Peña-Martinez

    Leads 1 award · $76,300

    • 1F32GM167066-01Department: NIH department code
      Decoding the Genetic and Epigenetic Mechanisms of Bifunctional Cis-Regulatory Elements
      $76,300
      award amount
  21. Arnold Federico

    Leads 1 award · $37,312

    • 1F31CA310273-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Quantifying the Impact of Chromatin Modifications on the Binding of an Ectopically Expressed Transcription Factor
      $37,312
      award amount
  22. Michael James Moore

    Leads 1 award · $37,249

    • 1F30CA313986-01Department: NIH department code
      Determining the functional epigenomic consequences of HPV viral oncogene expression heterogeneity in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma
      $37,249
      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.

  • Hui Shen

    Co-investigator on 4UM1DA058219-04, led by Ting Wang

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Robert Scott Fulton

    Co-investigator on 4UM1DA058219-04, led by Ting Wang

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

  • Anatoliy I Yashin

    Co-investigator on 5U19AG063893-07, led by Bharat Thyagarajan and Michael A. Province and Paola Sebastiani and Thomas T Perls; 3U19AG063893-07S1, led by Michael A. Province; 3U19AG063893-07S2, led by Michael A. Province

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Joseph Hyungwoo Lee

    Co-investigator on 5U19AG063893-07, led by Bharat Thyagarajan and Michael A. Province and Paola Sebastiani and Thomas T Perls; 3U19AG063893-07S1, led by Michael A. Province; 3U19AG063893-07S2, led by Michael A. Province

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Joseph M. Zmuda

    Co-investigator on 5U19AG063893-07, led by Bharat Thyagarajan and Michael A. Province and Paola Sebastiani and Thomas T Perls; 3U19AG063893-07S1, led by Michael A. Province; 3U19AG063893-07S2, led by Michael A. Province

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

  • Kaare Christensen

    Co-investigator on 5U19AG063893-07, led by Bharat Thyagarajan and Michael A. Province and Paola Sebastiani and Thomas T Perls; 3U19AG063893-07S1, led by Michael A. Province; 3U19AG063893-07S2, led by Michael A. Province

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

  • Mary K Wojczynski

    Co-investigator on 5U19AG063893-07, led by Bharat Thyagarajan and Michael A. Province and Paola Sebastiani and Thomas T Perls; 3U19AG063893-07S1, led by Michael A. Province; 3U19AG063893-07S2, led by Michael A. Province

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

  • Nancy W Glynn

    Co-investigator on 5U19AG063893-07, led by Bharat Thyagarajan and Michael A. Province and Paola Sebastiani and Thomas T Perls; 3U19AG063893-07S1, led by Michael A. Province; 3U19AG063893-07S2, led by Michael A. Province

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

  • Roland J. Thorpe

    Co-investigator on 5U19AG063893-07, led by Bharat Thyagarajan and Michael A. Province and Paola Sebastiani and Thomas T Perls; 3U19AG063893-07S1, led by Michael A. Province; 3U19AG063893-07S2, led by Michael A. Province

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

    Verified profile: Johns Hopkins University

  • Stacy Andersen

    Co-investigator on 5U19AG063893-07, led by Bharat Thyagarajan and Michael A. Province and Paola Sebastiani and Thomas T Perls; 3U19AG063893-07S1, led by Michael A. Province; 3U19AG063893-07S2, led by Michael A. Province

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

  • Stephanie Ann Cosentino

    Co-investigator on 5U19AG063893-07, led by Bharat Thyagarajan and Michael A. Province and Paola Sebastiani and Thomas T Perls; 3U19AG063893-07S1, led by Michael A. Province; 3U19AG063893-07S2, led by Michael A. Province

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Vonetta M Dotson

    Co-investigator on 5U19AG063893-07, led by Bharat Thyagarajan and Michael A. Province and Paola Sebastiani and Thomas T Perls; 3U19AG063893-07S1, led by Michael A. Province; 3U19AG063893-07S2, led by Michael A. Province

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

  • Heather A. Lawson

    Co-investigator on 4U24CA321205-04, led by Ting Wang

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

  • Lucinda Fulton

    Co-investigator on 4U24CA321205-04, led by Ting Wang

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

  • Benedict Paten

    Co-investigator on 5U41HG010972-08, led by Ting Wang; 3U41HG010972-08S1, led by Ting Wang

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Fergal James Martin

    Co-investigator on 5U41HG010972-08, led by Ting Wang; 3U41HG010972-08S1, led by Ting Wang

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Heng Li

    Co-investigator on 5U41HG010972-08, led by Ting Wang; 3U41HG010972-08S1, led by Ting Wang

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Ira M Hall

    Co-investigator on 5U41HG010972-08, led by Ting Wang; 3U41HG010972-08S1, led by Ting Wang

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Alexxai V Kravitz

    Co-investigator on 5RM1MH138313-02, led by Joseph D Dougherty

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Harrison W Gabel

    Co-investigator on 5RM1MH138313-02, led by Joseph D Dougherty

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Robi D Mitra

    Co-investigator on 5RM1MH138313-02, led by Joseph D Dougherty

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Susan Eileen Maloney

    Co-investigator on 5RM1MH138313-02, led by Joseph D Dougherty

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

  • Feng Yue

    Co-investigator on 3U24HG012070-05S1, led by Ting Wang

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Aaron Diantonio

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS133348-03, led by Jeffrey D Milbrandt; 5R01NS087632-13, led by Jeffrey D Milbrandt

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • James Benjamin Skeath

    Co-investigator on 5R25HD114115-04, led by Kristine M. Wylie

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads