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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pathology at Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO

Funding
$45.4M
$45,364,594
Awards
69
FY2026 NIH awards in Pathology
Principal investigators
72
52 lead a grant here, 20 co-investigators
Department rank
#5
of 90 · 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 Pathology row of the Washington University in St. Louis page.

Leads a grant in this department

52 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. Gautam Dantas

    Leads 4 awards · $6,889,456

    • 4U01AT012998-03Department: NIH department code
      Functional characterization of viral-bacterial-human interactions during antimicrobial and inflammatory perturbations across different lifespans

      Principal investigators: Gautam Dantas (contact PI), Megan T Baldridge

      $3,192,868
      award amount
    • 1P01AI197197-01Department: NIH department code
      Multi-Omics Unit for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (MOCARB)

      Principal investigators: Erik R Dubberke (contact PI), Gautam Dantas (contact PI), Jennie H Kwon (contact PI), Megan T Baldridge (contact PI), Jeffrey P Henderson

      $2,190,822
      award amount
    • 5R01AI184858-03Department: NIH department code
      High-resolution genomic interrogation of pathogen-microbiome interactions in Clostridioides difficile infection

      Principal investigators: Gautam Dantas (contact PI), Erik R Dubberke

      $767,314
      award amount
    • 2R01AI155893-06Department: NIH department code
      Impact of antibiotic and dietary perturbations on the functional maturation of the pediatric microbiome
      $738,452
      award amount

  2. Jonathan Kipnis

    Leads 5 awards · $4,858,637

    • 5P01AG078106-05Department: NIH department code
      Neuroimmunology of AD and CAA with focus on innate immunity and lymphatics

      Principal investigators: David M. Holtzman (contact PI), Gwendalyn J Randolph (contact PI), Jonathan Kipnis (contact PI), Marco Colonna (contact PI)

      $3,063,027
      award amount
    • 5R01AG078667-05Department: NIH department code
      Aged T-cell-derived cytokines impact meningeal lymphatics and contribute to AD
      $578,141
      award amount
    • 5R61AG090394-02Department: NIH department code
      Engineered T cell approaches for Alzheimer's disease

      Principal investigators: Jonathan Kipnis (contact PI), Ido Amit, Robbie G. Majzner

      $543,304
      award amount
    • 5R37AG034113-17Department: NIH department code
      Immune system supports brain function
      $515,671
      award amount
    • 3R61AG090394-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Engineered T cell approaches for Alzheimer's disease

      Principal investigators: Jonathan Kipnis (contact PI), Ido Amit, Robbie G. Majzner

      $158,494
      award amount

  3. Gwendalyn J Randolph

    Leads 4 awards · $4,677,495

    • 5P01AG078106-05Department: NIH department code
      Neuroimmunology of AD and CAA with focus on innate immunity and lymphatics

      Principal investigators: David M. Holtzman (contact PI), Gwendalyn J Randolph (contact PI), Jonathan Kipnis (contact PI), Marco Colonna (contact PI)

      $3,063,027
      award amount
    • 5R01DK119147-08Department: NIH department code
      Intestinally restricted LXR agonism in ameliorating liver failure in short gut syndrome

      Principal investigators: Gwendalyn J Randolph (contact PI), Ajay K. Jain, Bahaa Elgendy, Colin A Martin

      $590,587
      award amount
    • 5R01AI168044-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms that alter lymphatic transport in inflammatory bowel disease
      $561,044
      award amount
    • 2R01AI049653-26Department: NIH department code
      Differentiation and function of monocytes and macrophages
      $462,837
      award amount

  4. Marco Colonna

    Leads 5 awards · $4,668,393

    • 5P01AG078106-05Department: NIH department code
      Neuroimmunology of AD and CAA with focus on innate immunity and lymphatics

      Principal investigators: David M. Holtzman (contact PI), Gwendalyn J Randolph (contact PI), Jonathan Kipnis (contact PI), Marco Colonna (contact PI)

      $3,063,027
      award amount
    • 5R01AG081631-03Department: NIH department code
      Spontaneous and Induced B cell and T cell responses in Alzheimer's Disease
      $775,250
      award amount
    • 5R01AI134035-07Department: NIH department code
      Cis-Regulatory Circuits for ILC Function and Plasticity

      Principal investigators: Marco Colonna (contact PI), Eugene M Oltz

      $759,585
      award amount
    • 5R01AI158579-05Department: NIH department code
      Ontogenetic niche of B cells at the CNS borders in homeostasis, aging and autoimmunity

      Principal investigators: Marco Colonna (contact PI), Alessandra B Pernis

      $70,530
      award amount
    • 2R01AG051485-05Department: NIH department code
      TREM2 IN MICROGLIA BIOLOGY AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
      $1
      award amount

  5. Gaya K. Amarasinghe

    Leads 2 awards · $4,141,376

    • 5P01AI120943-09Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Mechanisms of Filoviral-host Interactions

      Principal investigators: Christopher F Basler (contact PI), Daisy W Leung (contact PI), Gaya K. Amarasinghe (contact PI), Robert A Davey (contact PI)

      $3,374,001
      award amount
    • 5R01AI169850-04Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing the role of LDL related receptor 1 (Lrp1) as host entry factor for multiple bunyaviruses

      Principal investigators: Gaya K. Amarasinghe (contact PI), Amy L Hartman

      $767,375
      award amount

  6. Mark A. Watson

    Leads 1 award · $3,771,242

  7. Christopher F Basler

    Leads 1 award · $3,374,001

  8. Daisy W Leung

    Leads 1 award · $3,374,001

  9. Robert A Davey

    Leads 1 award · $3,374,001

  10. David M. Holtzman

    Leads 1 award · $3,063,027

  11. Ali Hassan Ellebedy

    Leads 2 awards · $3,040,049

  12. Kodi S Ravichandran

    Leads 4 awards · $3,009,278

    • 1R01HL181056-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Pannexin Channel Activation in Live and Apoptotic Cells during Lung Inflammation and Repair

      Principal investigators: Kodi S Ravichandran (contact PI), Douglas A. Bayliss

      $1,399,133
      award amount
    • 2R37AI159551-07Department: NIH department code
      Solute carrier proteins and metal ion-based signaling during efferocytosis
      $610,767
      award amount
    • 1R01DK144822-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Understanding Phosphatidylserine (PS) as a Signaling Moiety during Differentiation
      $610,628
      award amount
    • 1R01GM163049-01Department: NIH department code
      Defining the PS neighborhood proteins on apoptotic cells and their impact on efferocytosis
      $388,750
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32AI007163-48, led by Kenneth M Murphy.

  13. George Georgiou Georgiou

    Leads 1 award · $2,380,350

  14. Michael S Diamond

    Leads 1 award · $2,380,350

  15. Rachel Margaret Presti

    Leads 1 award · $2,380,350

  16. Erik R Dubberke

    Leads 1 award · $2,190,822

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AI184858-03, led by Gautam Dantas.

  17. Jennie H Kwon

    Leads 1 award · $2,190,822

  18. Megan T Baldridge

    Leads 1 award · $2,190,822

    Also a principal investigator on 4U01AT012998-03, led by Gautam Dantas.

  19. Ta-Chiang Liu

    Leads 3 awards · $1,729,941

    • 5R01DK140932-02Department: NIH department code
      Defining the molecular mechanism of gut inflammation and barrier dysfunction in people with HIV (PWH)

      Principal investigators: Ta-Chiang Liu (contact PI), Priya Pal

      $776,559
      award amount
    • 5R01DK136829-04Department: NIH department code
      Dietary modulation of Paneth cells
      $497,382
      award amount
    • 5R01DK138465-03Department: NIH department code
      Macrophage LRRK2 activity regulates gut epithelial homeostasis
      $456,000
      award amount

  20. Takeshi Egawa

    Leads 3 awards · $1,625,208

    • 5R01AI176664-03Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of CD8 T cell fate decision instructed by cytokine signaling
      $631,762
      award amount
    • 5R01AI130152-09Department: NIH department code
      The transcription factor c-MYC in lymphocyte expansion and restriction of stemness
      $565,821
      award amount
    • 1R21AI191015-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Exploring undefined roles of Calcineurin in restriction of autophagy-mediated TCF-1 degradation in CD8+ T cells
      $427,625
      award amount

  21. Kenneth M Murphy

    Leads 3 awards · $1,528,373

    • 5R01AI191447-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of WDFY4 in Treg development

      Principal investigators: Kenneth M Murphy (contact PI), Chyi S Hsieh

      $737,502
      award amount
    • 5R37AI150297-07Department: NIH department code
      Function of Wdfy4 in cross-presentation and immunity
      $564,585
      award amount
    • 5T32AI007163-48Department: NIH department code
      Training Program in Basic Immunology

      Principal investigators: Kenneth M Murphy (contact PI), Kodi S Ravichandran

      $226,286
      award amount

  22. Jonathan R Brestoff

    Leads 2 awards · $1,288,884

    • 5R01DK140330-02Department: NIH department code
      Neutrophil regulation of brown adipose tissue homeostasis
      $704,769
      award amount
    • 5R01NS134932-03Department: NIH department code
      Harnessing mitochondria transfer pathways to ameliorate Leigh Syndrome-like disease
      $584,115
      award amount

  23. Eric J Huang

    Leads 2 awards · $1,158,744

    • 5R01AG081452-04Department: NIH department code
      Endolysosomal trafficking and lipid metabolism defects in FTLD
      $656,862
      award amount
    • 5R01NS132595-04Department: NIH department code
      Neuroinflammation and vascular development in GMH
      $501,882
      award amount

  24. Joseph Corbo

    Leads 2 awards · $1,051,795

    • 1R01EY039377-01Department: NIH department code
      The role of Samd7 in photoreceptor gene regulation and disease
      $551,638
      award amount
    • 5R01EY033810-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Nr2e3 to prevent photoreceptor degeneration

      Principal investigators: Joseph Corbo (contact PI), Vladimir Jivkov Kefalov

      $500,157
      award amount

  25. Xiaoxiao Wan

    Leads 2 awards · $1,040,040

    • 5R01DK134437-04Department: NIH department code
      The role of beta-cell crinophagy in generating diabetogenic neoepitopes
      $574,493
      award amount
    • 5R01AI162591-05Department: NIH department code
      Autoimmune Diabetes: Macrophage Responses
      $465,547
      award amount

  26. Jeffrey I Gordon

    Leads 1 award · $817,317

    • 5R01DK030292-40Department: NIH department code
      Genomic and metabolomic foundations of human-microbial symbiosis in the gut

      Principal investigators: Jeffrey I Gordon (contact PI), Andrei L Osterman

      $817,317
      award amount

  27. Steven Van Dyken

    Leads 1 award · $809,010

    • 5R01AI176660-04Department: NIH department code
      Defining the role of IL-18 in atopic dermatitis

      Principal investigators: Steven Van Dyken (contact PI), Brian Kim

      $809,010
      award amount

  28. Kyunghee Choi

    Leads 1 award · $545,472

    • 5R01CA271714-04Department: NIH department code
      Myct1 control of the angioimmune interface

      Principal investigators: Kyunghee Choi (contact PI), Changwon Park

      $545,472
      award amount

  29. Nima Mosammaparast

    Leads 1 award · $489,536

    • 5R01CA282733-03Department: NIH department code
      An RNA-Dependent Innate Immune Response Pathway to Base-Damaging Chemotherapeutics
      $489,536
      award amount

  30. Eynav Yafit Klechevsky

    Leads 1 award · $483,286

    • 1R01AR087006-01Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging Human Skin Dendritic Cells to Unravel Immune Mechanisms and Advance Therapies for Skin Inflammation
      $483,286
      award amount

  31. Umang Jain

    Leads 1 award · $465,444

    • 5R01DK142751-02Department: NIH department code
      Commensal fungi promote wound repair by modulating host metabolites
      $465,444
      award amount

  32. Sarah D Ackerman

    Leads 1 award · $432,582

    • 5R01NS144659-02Department: NIH department code
      Exploring activity-dependent regulation of intra and intercellular mitochondrial transport in astrocytes
      $432,582
      award amount

  33. Hussein Sultan

    Leads 1 award · $399,829

    • 1R21CA313364-01Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Tr1 to enhance the efficacy of cancer vaccines

      Principal investigators: Hussein Sultan (contact PI), Robert David Schreiber

      $399,829
      award amount

  34. Eric J Duncavage

    Leads 1 award · $388,750

    • 5UH3CA272904-03Department: NIH department code
      Whole Genome Sequencing for Genomic Evaluation and Risk Stratification of Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes

      Principal investigators: Eric J Duncavage (contact PI), David H Spencer

      $388,750
      award amount

  35. Robert David Schreiber

    Leads 1 award · $284,984

    • 5T32CA009547-40Department: NIH department code
      TRAINING IN THE IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY OF CANCER
      $284,984
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R21CA313364-01, led by Hussein Sultan.

  36. Sadaf Amin

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00AG078493-04Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of cGAS signaling and microglial senscence in tauopathy
      $249,000
      award amount

  37. Lijuan Feng

    Leads 1 award · $246,777

    • 5R00HD107908-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of de novo Germline Histone Mutations Underlying Developmental Disorders
      $246,777
      award amount

  38. Aayushi Uberoi

    Leads 1 award · $236,549

    • 5R00AR081404-05Department: NIH department code
      Decoding microbial-Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor interactions at the skin barrier interface
      $236,549
      award amount

  39. Stephen Phillip Persaud

    Leads 1 award · $169,156

    • 5K08HL168155-03Department: NIH department code
      Optimizing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation to treat non-malignant disease
      $169,156
      award amount

  40. Jichang Han

    Leads 1 award · $166,752

    • 5K99CA300889-02Department: NIH department code
      Dynamics and function of peritoneal myeloid cells during colorectal cancer peritoneal dissemination and implications for immunotherapy
      $166,752
      award amount

  41. Yi Wang

    Leads 1 award · $142,429

    • 5K01DK134840-04Department: NIH department code
      Key gut microbes shape intestinal epithelial lineage development, differentiation and metabolic function
      $142,429
      award amount

  42. Wentong Jia

    Leads 1 award · $119,544

    • 1K99HD118086-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Role of cell-free mitochondria in breast milk to support neonatal metabolism
      $119,544
      award amount

  43. Maggie Postolache

    Leads 1 award · $89,280

    • 5F32MH139159-02Department: NIH department code
      Long-term neural consequences of altered critical period timing.
      $89,280
      award amount

  44. In Hwa Jang

    Leads 1 award · $88,723

    • 4K00AG095479-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of adipose tissue functional decline with age
      $88,723
      award amount

  45. Evan Matthew Lee

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30DK142304-02Department: NIH department code
      Identifying Prevotella copri-mediated effects of dietary glycan supplementation on microbial community and host metabolism
      $55,114
      award amount

  46. Grace Uwase

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30AI181462-03Department: NIH department code
      Defining how ubiquitination of Ebola viral proteins affect host-viral dynamics
      $55,114
      award amount

  47. Rachel Mintz

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30CA281124-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms Underlying the Omental Support of Ovarian Cancer Peritoneal Metastasis
      $55,114
      award amount

  48. Reyan Coskun

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30HD115307-03Department: NIH department code
      Modeling the effects of the gut microbiota of undernourished mothers with environmental enteric dysfunction on vascular remodeling at the fetal-placental interface
      $55,114
      award amount

  49. Rochelle Marie Ellison

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30CA298743-02Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the immunomodulatory functions of phosphatidylserine in the tumor microenvironment
      $55,114
      award amount

  50. Birk Evavold

    Leads 1 award · $37,249

    • 5F30AI188815-02Department: NIH department code
      Antibody feedback on B cell response to vaccination
      $37,249
      award amount

  51. Joshua Lee Deffenbaugh

    Leads 1 award · $37,249

    • 1F31AI197380-01Department: NIH department code
      Defining molecular determinants of resident memory T cell differentiation and persistence
      $37,249
      award amount

  52. Kevin A Telfer

    Leads 1 award · $37,249

    • 1F31AI197561-01Department: NIH department code
      Heightened cholesterol efflux by lymph node macrophages facilitates their transfer of large lymph-borne antigen to resident dendritic cells
      $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.