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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Orthopedics at Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO

Funding
$11.9M
$11,860,106
Awards
24
FY2026 NIH awards in Orthopedics
Principal investigators
25
18 lead a grant here, 7 co-investigators
Department rank
#2
of 54 · 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 Orthopedics row of the Washington University in St. Louis page.

Leads a grant in this department

18 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. Yousef Abu-Amer

    Leads 3 awards · $3,702,299

    • 1R01AR086174-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Inflammatory Mechanisms of Osteoarthritis
      $2,532,925
      award amount
    • 5P30AR074992-08Department: NIH department code
      RESOURCE BASED CENTER FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

      Principal investigators: Deborah J Veis (contact PI), Matthew J Silva (contact PI), Simon Yue-Cheong Tang (contact PI), Yousef Abu-Amer (contact PI)

      $705,109
      award amount
    • 5R01AR082192-04Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Osteoclastogenesis and Inflammatory Osteolysis

      Principal investigators: Yousef Abu-Amer (contact PI), Yousef Abu-Amer (contact PI)

      $464,265
      award amount
  2. Matthew J Silva

    Leads 4 awards · $1,365,205

    • 5P30AR074992-08Department: NIH department code
      RESOURCE BASED CENTER FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

      Principal investigators: Deborah J Veis (contact PI), Matthew J Silva (contact PI), Simon Yue-Cheong Tang (contact PI), Yousef Abu-Amer (contact PI)

      $705,109
      award amount
    • 5R01AR047867-22Department: NIH department code
      Response of the Osteoporotic Skeleton to Mechanical Loading
      $532,236
      award amount
    • 3R01AR047867-22S1Department: NIH department code
      Response of the Osteoporotic Skeleton to Mechanical Loading
      $112,860
      award amount
    • 1R13AR087810-01Department: NIH department code
      ORS/ISFR 19th Biennial Meeting (Orthopaedic Research Society/International Section for Fracture Repair)
      $15,000
      award amount
  3. Farshid Guilak

    Leads 3 awards · $1,014,284

    • 5R01AR080902-05Department: NIH department code
      Genetically-engineered stem cells for self-regulating arthritis therapy

      Principal investigators: Farshid Guilak (contact PI), Christine T. Pham

      $527,345
      award amount
    • 5T32EB028092-07Department: NIH department code
      Training in Regenerative Medicine
      $300,885
      award amount
    • 3R01AR080902-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Genetically-engineered stem cells for self-regulating arthritis therapy

      Principal investigators: Farshid Guilak (contact PI), Christine T. Pham

      $186,054
      award amount
  4. David Micah Brogan

    Leads 2 awards · $956,138

    • 1R61NS145988-01Department: NIH department code
      Development of a Device for In Office Assessment of Peripheral Nerve Recovery using Surface Electroneurography

      Principal investigators: David Micah Brogan (contact PI), Michael McKinnon

      $493,332
      award amount
    • 1R21NS153375-01Department: NIH department code
      Tracking Peripheral Nerve Wallerian Degeneration Using Ferrumoxytol and Serum Biomarkers

      Principal investigators: David Micah Brogan (contact PI), Darryl Sneag

      $462,806
      award amount
  5. Abby Ling-Lee Cheng

    Leads 1 award · $887,700

    • 5R01MH131989-03Department: NIH department code
      Digital mental health intervention for middle-aged and older adults with depression and/or anxiety and coexisting chronic pain
      $887,700
      award amount
  6. Arin Kettle Oestreich

    Leads 3 awards · $776,935

    • 5R01HD119966-02Department: NIH department code
      Preclinical Testing of Early Life Anti-Myostatin Therapy for Osteogenesis

      Principal investigators: Arin Kettle Oestreich (contact PI), Charlotte L Phillips, Laura Clamon Schulz

      $627,251
      award amount
    • 5K01AR079045-05Department: NIH department code
      The role of maternal obesity in osteoarthritis
      $128,084
      award amount
    • 3K01AR079045-05S1Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Maternal Obesity in Osteoarthritis
      $21,600
      award amount
  7. Deborah J Veis

    Leads 1 award · $705,109

  8. Simon Yue-Cheong Tang

    Leads 1 award · $705,109

  9. Cecilia Pascual-Garrido

    Leads 1 award · $676,210

    • 1R01AR087597-01Department: NIH department code
      DNMT3A as an Epigenetic Transcriptional Therapeutic Target in the Progression of Hip Osteoarthritis

      Principal investigators: Cecilia Pascual-Garrido (contact PI), Catherine S Yuh, Steven P Mell

      $676,210
      award amount
  10. Jie Shen

    Leads 1 award · $619,079

    • 5R01AR083900-03Department: NIH department code
      Lipid Metabolism in Articular Cartilage and OA Pathogenesis
      $619,079
      award amount
  11. Regis J O'Keefe

    Leads 1 award · $604,666

    • 5R01AR069605-08Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic Regulation in Cartilage Tissue
      $604,666
      award amount
  12. Audrey McAlinden

    Leads 1 award · $573,723

    • 5R01AR083421-03Department: NIH department code
      Small RNA Targeting Approaches to Advance Treatments for Heterotopic Ossification
      $573,723
      award amount
  13. Yousef Abu-Amer

    Leads 1 award · $464,265

    • 5R01AR082192-04Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Osteoclastogenesis and Inflammatory Osteolysis

      Principal investigators: Yousef Abu-Amer (contact PI), Yousef Abu-Amer (contact PI)

      $464,265
      award amount
  14. Roberta Faccio

    Leads 1 award · $437,793

    • 5R01CA270030-04Department: NIH department code
      Role of Osterix+ Osteolineage Cells in Primary and Metastatic Breast Cancer
      $437,793
      award amount
  15. Elizabeth Yanik Rowlands

    Leads 1 award · $376,994

    • 5R01AR083937-03Department: NIH department code
      Risk Factors for End-Stage Glenohumeral Osteoarthritis
      $376,994
      award amount
  16. Naomi Dirckx

    Leads 1 award · $230,585

    • 5R00AR079558-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms and Impact of Osteoblast "Citration" on Skeletal Mineralization and Global Citrate Homeostasis
      $230,585
      award amount
  17. Alexander John Knights

    Leads 1 award · $228,270

    • 5R00AR081894-04Department: NIH department code
      Fibrosis, inflammation, and osteophyte formation in post-traumatic osteoarthritis
      $228,270
      award amount
  18. Sade W Clayton

    Leads 1 award · $115,334

    • 1K99AR088205-01Department: NIH department code
      The Role of CD3+ T Lymphocytes in Intervertebral Disc Repair and Aging
      $115,334
      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.

  • Christine T. Pham

    Co-investigator on 5R01AR080902-05, led by Farshid Guilak; 3R01AR080902-05S1, led by Farshid Guilak

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Catherine S Yuh

    Co-investigator on 1R01AR087597-01, led by Cecilia Pascual-Garrido

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

  • Steven P Mell

    Co-investigator on 1R01AR087597-01, led by Cecilia Pascual-Garrido

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

  • Charlotte L Phillips

    Co-investigator on 5R01HD119966-02, led by Arin Kettle Oestreich

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

  • Laura Clamon Schulz

    Co-investigator on 5R01HD119966-02, led by Arin Kettle Oestreich

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Michael McKinnon

    Co-investigator on 1R61NS145988-01, led by David Micah Brogan

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

  • Darryl Sneag

    Co-investigator on 1R21NS153375-01, led by David Micah Brogan

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