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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Genetics at Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

Funding
$3.1M
$3,101,210
Awards
8
FY2026 NIH awards in Genetics
Principal investigators
10
6 lead a grant here, 4 co-investigators
Department rank
#41
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 Wayne State University page.

Leads a grant in this department

6 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. James G Granneman

    Leads 2 awards · $1,160,076

    • 2R01DK076629-17Department: NIH department code
      Analysis of Lipolytic Trafficking in Adipocytes

      Principal investigators: James G Granneman (contact PI), Christopher V Kelly

      $628,306
      award amount
    • 5R01DK062292-20Department: NIH department code
      Analysis of Cellular Plasticity in White Adipose Tissue.
      $531,770
      award amount
  2. Roger Pique-Regi

    Leads 1 award · $667,954

  3. Maik Huettemann

    Leads 1 award · $549,221

    • 5R01NS134695-03Department: NIH department code
      Non-invasive infrared light therapy and medical device to treat spinal cord injury

      Principal investigators: Maik Huettemann (contact PI), Moh H. Malek

      $549,221
      award amount
  4. Kezhong Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $404,289

    • 5R01DK090313-14Department: NIH department code
      A novel CREBH-derived hepatokine regulates triglyceride metabolism
      $404,289
      award amount
  5. Emily M Walker

    Leads 2 awards · $264,556

    • 7K01DK133533-05Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating how transcription factors MAFA and MAFB and mitochondrial activity control human β cell identity and function
      $148,306
      award amount
    • 1R03DK149205-01Department: NIH department code
      MAFA and MAFB contribute to human pancreatic beta cell maturation and function by maintaining histone methylation
      $116,250
      award amount
  6. Shreya Nirmalan

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30GM151855-04Department: NIH department code
      The Interplay of Host Genetic Variation and the Gut Microbiome in Crohn's Disease
      $55,114
      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.

  • Francesca Luca

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL162574-05, led by Roger Pique-Regi

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Samuele Zilioli

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL162574-05, led by Roger Pique-Regi

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Christopher V Kelly

    Co-investigator on 2R01DK076629-17, led by James G Granneman

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

  • Moh H. Malek

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS134695-03, led by Maik Huettemann

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