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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Surgery at Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO

Funding
$28.5M
$28,542,790
Awards
36
FY2026 NIH awards in Surgery
Principal investigators
66
51 lead a grant here, 15 co-investigators
Department rank
#4
of 79 · 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 Surgery row of the Washington University in St. Louis page.

Leads a grant in this department

51 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. Aimee S James

    Leads 4 awards · $9,235,897

  2. David G Denardo

    Leads 2 awards · $8,174,343

  3. Bettina F. Drake

    Leads 2 awards · $7,868,032

    Also a principal investigator on 5U2CCA252981-06, led by Graham A. Colditz.

  4. Adetunji T Toriola

    Leads 1 award · $5,995,945

    Also a principal investigator on 5UG1CA286946-03, led by Aimee S James; 5T32CA009621-38, led by William E. Gillanders.

  5. Albert M Lai

    Leads 1 award · $5,995,945

  6. Amanda Fishback Cashen

    Leads 1 award · $5,995,945

  7. Christopher A Maher

    Leads 1 award · $5,995,945

  8. Eduardo Rosa-Molinar

    Leads 1 award · $5,995,945

  9. Farrokh Dehdashti

    Leads 1 award · $5,995,945

  10. Geoffrey L Uy

    Leads 1 award · $5,995,945

  11. Grant Anthony Challen

    Leads 1 award · $5,995,945

  12. Jason Weber

    Leads 1 award · $5,995,945

  13. Jingqin Luo

    Leads 1 award · $5,995,945

  14. Joel Richard Garbow

    Leads 1 award · $5,995,945

  15. Kathleen C Sheehan

    Leads 1 award · $5,995,945

  16. Marilyn J Siegel

    Leads 1 award · $5,995,945

  17. Mark A. Watson

    Leads 1 award · $5,995,945

  18. Meagan Jacoby

    Leads 1 award · $5,995,945

  19. Roberta Faccio

    Leads 1 award · $5,995,945

  20. Shawn Shafer

    Leads 1 award · $5,995,945

  21. Timothy J. Eberlein

    Leads 1 award · $5,995,945

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32CA009621-38, led by William E. Gillanders.

  22. Xiaoxia Cui

    Leads 1 award · $5,995,945

  23. Young Ah Goo

    Leads 1 award · $5,995,945

  24. Graham A. Colditz

    Leads 3 awards · $4,833,981

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32CA190194-13, led by Aimee S James.

  25. Nupam P Mahajan

    Leads 4 awards · $3,839,102

    • 4R01CA285526-03Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Androgen Receptor by NXTAR Long non-coding RNA in Prostate Cancer and its Therapeutic Implications

      Principal investigators: Nupam P Mahajan (contact PI), Kiran Mahajan

      $1,590,801
      award amount
    • 4R01CA286443-03Department: NIH department code
      Phase 1 First in Human Trial to Assess Safety and Tolerability of the Novel ACK1 Inhibitor (R)-9b in Patients with Prostate Cancer

      Principal investigators: Nupam P Mahajan (contact PI), Kiran Mahajan

      $1,301,377
      award amount
    • 5R01CA276502-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeting a Novel Signaling Nexus pACK/pCSK/pLCK in Immune Checkpoint Blockade (ICB)-Resistant Prostate Cancer
      $484,364
      award amount
    • 5R01CA273054-04Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Mitochondrial Metabolism by Tyr-phosphorylated ATP Synthase Alpha-Subunit and its Therapeutic Implications in Prostate Cancer
      $462,560
      award amount

  26. William E. Gillanders

    Leads 3 awards · $2,992,548

  27. Kian-Huat Lim

    Leads 1 award · $2,178,398

  28. Ryan C Fields

    Leads 1 award · $2,178,398

  29. William G Hawkins

    Leads 1 award · $2,178,398

  30. Daniel Kreisel

    Leads 2 awards · $2,127,849

  31. Ashley Housten

    Leads 2 awards · $2,027,587

    • 5U19CA291430-03Department: NIH department code
      Washington University Advancing Cancer Control Engaged Research through Transformative Solutions Center (Wash-U-ACCERT)

      Principal investigators: Aimee S James (contact PI), Ashley Housten (contact PI), Bettina F. Drake (contact PI), Graham A. Colditz (contact PI), Spring Schmidt

      $1,872,087
      award amount
    • 1R03CA308545-01Department: NIH department code
      AYA Pathways: Characterizing Costs of Fertility Preservation Options for Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors
      $155,500
      award amount

  32. Yin Cao

    Leads 2 awards · $1,545,634

    • 3OT2CA297576-01S2Department: NIH department code
      PROSPECT-Global Consortium and Risk Factor Discovery
      $1,000,744
      award amount
    • 5R37CA246175-07Department: NIH department code
      Obesity, sedentary behaviors, and diet quality for prevention and early detection of early-onset colorectal neoplasia
      $544,890
      award amount

  33. Alexander S. Krupnick

    Leads 1 award · $1,474,042

  34. Andrew Eric Gelman

    Leads 1 award · $1,474,042

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01HL094601-15, led by Daniel Kreisel.

  35. Wenjun Li

    Leads 1 award · $1,474,042

  36. Mark Houston Hoofnagle

    Leads 1 award · $768,128

    • 1R01HL181429-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic Evaluation of Oscillatory Shear Stress in Venous Physiology and Deep Vein Thrombosis Prevention
      $768,128
      award amount

  37. Mohamed A. Zayed

    Leads 2 awards · $707,378

  38. Ying Liu

    Leads 2 awards · $686,906

    • 1R01CA307529-01Department: NIH department code
      Lung Cancer Care and Prognosis: Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare
      $425,088
      award amount
    • 5R01CA268007-05Department: NIH department code
      Impacts of Neighborhood Contexts and Medicaid Policy on Lung Cancer Survival in Low-SES Patients

      Principal investigators: Ying Liu (contact PI), Min Lian

      $261,818
      award amount

  39. Xiaowei Li

    Leads 1 award · $667,231

    • 5R01HL168513-04Department: NIH department code
      Bioengineered Composite for the Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease
      $667,231
      award amount

  40. Jean Marie Hunleth

    Leads 2 awards · $644,839

    • 5U01CA275033-05Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging HIV infrastructure to implement cervical cancer prevention in adolescent HIV clinics in Zambia

      Principal investigators: Jean Marie Hunleth (contact PI), Michelle Silver, Sam Miti

      $345,139
      award amount
    • 3U01CA275033-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging HIV infrastructure to implement cervical cancer prevention in adolescent HIV clinics in Zambia

      Principal investigators: Jean Marie Hunleth (contact PI), Michelle Silver, Sam Miti

      $299,700
      award amount

  41. Benjamin D Kozower

    Leads 1 award · $577,595

  42. Varun Puri

    Leads 1 award · $547,790

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01CA258681-05, led by Benjamin D Kozower.

  43. Augusto Zani

    Leads 1 award · $545,304

    • 1R01HL185766-01Department: NIH department code
      Extracellular vesicles as a novel rescue therapy for fetal lung vasculature in congenital diaphragmatic hernia
      $545,304
      award amount

  44. Erika A Waters

    Leads 1 award · $492,644

    • 5R01ES033743-05Department: NIH department code
      Investigating ELSI issues that may facilitate or impede clinical translation of epigenomic research
      $492,644
      award amount

  45. Joseph Edward Ippolito

    Leads 1 award · $482,806

  46. Jae-Sung Kim

    Leads 1 award · $456,127

    • 5R01DK079879-15Department: NIH department code
      Autophagy in liver injury
      $456,127
      award amount

  47. Ruben Nava

    Leads 1 award · $388,750

    • 1R01HL185226-01Department: NIH department code
      The role of recipient-derived B cells regulating ischemia reperfusion injury and its link to alloimmune responses after lung transplantation
      $388,750
      award amount

  48. John A. Olson

    Leads 1 award · $285,058

    • 5R38CA255575-04Department: NIH department code
      StARR Program in Cross-Disciplinary Oncology Clinician-Scientist Training
      $285,058
      award amount

  49. Siobhan Sutcliffe

    Leads 1 award · $251,502

    • 1R21AI203292-01Department: NIH department code
      Exploring lgE antibodies for urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome flare trigger identification and prevention
      $251,502
      award amount

  50. Grace Martin Niziolek

    Leads 1 award · $200,613

    • 1K08GM164635-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Role of Proton-Sensing G Protein Coupled Receptors in Trauma and Hemorrhagic Shock
      $200,613
      award amount

  51. Saira Khan

    Leads 1 award · $160,093

    • 1R03CA308660-01Department: NIH department code
      Risk-Based Prostate Cancer Screening: Perceptions and Informational Needs of Screening-Eligible Men
      $160,093
      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.

  • Kiran Mahajan

    Co-investigator on 4R01CA285526-03, led by Nupam P Mahajan; 4R01CA286443-03, led by Nupam P Mahajan

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

  • Spring Schmidt

    Co-investigator on 5U19CA291430-03, led by Aimee S James and Ashley Housten and Bettina F. Drake and Graham A. Colditz

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

  • Yikyung Park

    Co-investigator on 5UG1CA286946-03, led by Aimee S James

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

  • Li Ding

    Co-investigator on 5U2CCA252981-06, led by Graham A. Colditz

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Eric Claude Leuthardt

    Co-investigator on 5T32HL170959-03, led by Mohamed A. Zayed; 1T35HL182831-01, led by Mohamed A. Zayed

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Guy M Genin

    Co-investigator on 5T32HL170959-03, led by Mohamed A. Zayed; 1T35HL182831-01, led by Mohamed A. Zayed

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Michelle Silver

    Co-investigator on 5U01CA275033-05, led by Jean Marie Hunleth; 3U01CA275033-05S1, led by Jean Marie Hunleth

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

  • Sam Miti

    Co-investigator on 5U01CA275033-05, led by Jean Marie Hunleth; 3U01CA275033-05S1, led by Jean Marie Hunleth

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

  • Clifford Grant Robinson

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA258681-05, led by Benjamin D Kozower

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Barry Labinger

    Co-investigator on 1R01CA302883-01A1, led by William E. Gillanders

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

  • Ana Baumann Walker

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL146856-06, led by Varun Puri

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

  • Matthew Galen Hartwig

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL146856-06, led by Varun Puri

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Eric H Kim

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA258690-05, led by Joseph Edward Ippolito

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

  • Michael Hiroshi Johnson

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA258690-05, led by Joseph Edward Ippolito

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

  • Min Lian

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA268007-05, led by Ying Liu

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