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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Radiology at Weill Cornell Medicine

New York, NY

Funding
$26.6M
$26,632,040
Awards
40
FY2026 NIH awards in Radiology
Principal investigators
54
35 lead a grant here, 19 co-investigators
Department rank
#9
of 75 · 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 Radiology row of the Weill Cornell Medicine page.

Leads a grant in this department

35 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. Sungheon Gene Kim

    Leads 1 award · $3,479,143

  2. Laura Santambrogio

    Leads 3 awards · $3,076,549

  3. Yi Wang

    Leads 4 awards · $2,179,494

    • 5R01AG080011-04Department: NIH department code
      Quantitative MRI-based cerebral oxygen metabolism in Alzheimer's disease

      Principal investigators: Yi Wang (contact PI), Gloria Chia-Yi Chiang

      $813,494
      award amount
    • 5R01EB034755-04Department: NIH department code
      Fluid mechanics approach to tissue perfusion quantification in MRI
      $644,222
      award amount
    • 5R01NS135205-03Department: NIH department code
      Quantitative Cerebral Oxygen Metabolic Imaging of Acute Ischemic Stroke

      Principal investigators: Yi Wang (contact PI), Ajay Gupta, Hooman Kamel

      $642,803
      award amount
    • 5T35EB006732-20Department: NIH department code
      Clinical Summer Immersion for Biomedical Engineering PhD Students

      Principal investigators: Yi Wang (contact PI), Martin R Prince, Robert J Min

      $78,975
      award amount
  4. Moustafa Gabr

    Leads 3 awards · $1,913,044

    • 5R01AG083512-03Department: NIH department code
      Discovery of first-in-class small molecule TREM2 ligands as therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease
      $755,509
      award amount
    • 5R01DK137299-03Department: NIH department code
      Optimization of small molecule immunomodulators as combination therapy for IBD
      $659,592
      award amount
    • 5R01NS136524-03Department: NIH department code
      CHI3L1-Targeted Small Molecules for Glioblastoma
      $497,943
      award amount
  5. Cristina Montagna

    Leads 1 award · $1,495,166

  6. Encouse Golden

    Leads 1 award · $1,495,166

  7. John Ng

    Leads 1 award · $1,495,166

  8. Joseph O Deasy

    Leads 1 award · $1,495,166

  9. Silvia C. Formenti

    Leads 1 award · $1,495,166

  10. Sadek Nehmeh

    Leads 2 awards · $1,351,573

    • 5R01CA275942-04Department: NIH department code
      Ultra-High Performance Brain-dedicated PET scanner for Neurology and Neuro-oncology imaging
      $696,559
      award amount
    • 1R01CA308323-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Dual-[Hypoxia+Proliferation] PET as a Predictive Biomarker in Recurrent Glioblastoma

      Principal investigators: Sadek Nehmeh (contact PI), Jana Ivanidze, Ramon Francisco Barajas

      $655,014
      award amount
  11. Jeffrey Ketterling

    Leads 2 awards · $1,305,589

    • 1R01EB037051-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Transcranial Doppler array for automated ultrasound emboli detection with deep learning

      Principal investigators: Jeffrey Ketterling (contact PI), Babak Benjamin Navi, Bobak Mosadegh

      $678,471
      award amount
    • 1R01EY038751-01Department: NIH department code
      3-D Volumetric & 4-D Dynamic Ultrasonography to Quantify Vitreous Structure and Mobility
      $627,118
      award amount
  12. Amirhossein Goldan

    Leads 1 award · $1,226,185

    • 5U01AG082845-03Department: NIH department code
      Prism-PET/EMMT: High resolution, cost effective, portable, and upright brain PET scanner for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

      Principal investigators: Amirhossein Goldan (contact PI), Gloria Chia-Yi Chiang, Jinyi Qi

      $1,226,185
      award amount
  13. Jonathan Mamou

    Leads 1 award · $955,792

    • 5R01CA277038-04Department: NIH department code
      In vivo Evaluation of Lymph Nodes Using Quantitative Ultrasound
      $955,792
      award amount
  14. Akhilesh K Sista

    Leads 1 award · $936,356

    • 1R01HL183994-01Department: NIH department code
      The PE-TRACT EXTEND study: chronic thromboembolism following intermediate-risk PE

      Principal investigators: Akhilesh K Sista (contact PI), Timothy A Morris

      $936,356
      award amount
  15. Qingyu Zhao

    Leads 2 awards · $840,467

    • 1R01AA032306-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting Heterogeneous Neurodevelopment to Drinking Onset in Young Adulthood
      $591,468
      award amount
    • 5R00AA028840-05Department: NIH department code
      Longitudinal Analysis of Diffusion Tensor Imaging to Discover Adolescent Alcohol Use Effect
      $248,999
      award amount
  16. Qolamreza Ray Razlighi

    Leads 1 award · $828,316

    • 5R01AG085972-03Department: NIH department code
      Tau progression index (TPI): An individualized predictor of Alzheimer's Disease trajectory based on subject-specific connectomes

      Principal investigators: Qolamreza Ray Razlighi (contact PI), Gloria Chia-Yi Chiang, Tracy A. Butler

      $828,316
      award amount
  17. Holly Gwen Prigerson

    Leads 1 award · $796,570

    • 5R35CA197730-12Department: NIH department code
      Behavioral and Psychosocial Effects on Study Outcomes in End-Stage Cancer Treatment (BEST End-Stage Cancer Study)
      $796,570
      award amount
  18. Tracy A. Butler

    Leads 1 award · $727,089

    • 1R01AG096446-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Understanding Psychosis Heterogeneity In Late Life (UPHILL)
      $727,089
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AG085972-03, led by Qolamreza Ray Razlighi.

  19. Sarah Marie Cheal

    Leads 1 award · $724,256

    • 1R01CA317908-01Department: NIH department code
      Systemic Theranostic 203Pb/212Pb Alpha-Radioimmunotherapy for Advanced Colorectal Cancer

      Principal investigators: Sarah Marie Cheal (contact PI), Nai-Kong V Cheung

      $724,256
      award amount
  20. Alexey Dimov

    Leads 1 award · $723,992

    • 5R01DK139336-02Department: NIH department code
      QSM for detection of hemorrhaging cysts and risk stratification in ADPKD
      $723,992
      award amount
  21. Thanh D Nguyen

    Leads 1 award · $666,590

    • 5R01NS123576-05Department: NIH department code
      Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping for Stroke Risk Prediction of Vulnerable Carotid Plaques

      Principal investigators: Thanh D Nguyen (contact PI), Ajay Gupta, Hooman Kamel

      $666,590
      award amount
  22. Benedict Shek Hang Law

    Leads 1 award · $632,489

    • 5R01CA276506-04Department: NIH department code
      An urinary drug disposing approach for treatment of bladder Cancer
      $632,489
      award amount
  23. Laura Beth Johnson McIntire

    Leads 1 award · $620,584

  24. Claire Isabelle Vanpouille-Box

    Leads 1 award · $530,531

    • 5R01NS131945-04Department: NIH department code
      Fatty Acid Metabolic Regulation of Anti-Tumor Immunity Against Irradiated Glioblastoma
      $530,531
      award amount
  25. Bobak Mosadegh

    Leads 1 award · $503,160

    • 5R01EB036037-02Department: NIH department code
      Optimization and Validation of an AI Model that Screens for Arteriovenous Fistula Stenosis in Dialysis Patients using Sound Files from a Digital Stethoscope

      Principal investigators: Bobak Mosadegh (contact PI), Herrick Wun

      $503,160
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01EB037051-01A1, led by Jeffrey Ketterling.

  26. Amy Frances Kuceyeski

    Leads 1 award · $479,389

    • 5R01MH137166-02Department: NIH department code
      The Krackencoder: a multi-modal connectome fusion tool for brain-behavior mapping
      $479,389
      award amount
  27. Douglas J Ballon

    Leads 1 award · $415,240

    • 5R01NS121544-05Department: NIH department code
      Unified Shim-RF Coil Technology for Improved Whole-Brain Spectroscopic MRI for Neurological Disorders

      Principal investigators: Douglas J Ballon (contact PI), Jonathan Paul Dyke

      $415,240
      award amount
  28. Arzu Kovanlikaya

    Leads 1 award · $410,050

    • 5R01HL167003-03Department: NIH department code
      Physiologic phenotyping of chronic lung disease of prematurity using MRI

      Principal investigators: Arzu Kovanlikaya (contact PI), Jonathan Paul Dyke

      $410,050
      award amount
  29. Martin R Prince

    Leads 1 award · $305,844

    • 5U54DK144866-02Department: NIH department code
      AI-Based Image Phenotyping of Early ADPKD

      Principal investigators: Martin R Prince (contact PI), Mert Rory Sabuncu

      $305,844
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T35EB006732-20, led by Yi Wang.

  30. Cameron Hoerig

    Leads 1 award · $255,034

    • 5R21EB035809-02Department: NIH department code
      In-vivo Characterization of White Adipose Tissue with Quantitative Ultrasound
      $255,034
      award amount
  31. Sandra Demaria

    Leads 1 award · $198,103

    • 5R21CA292282-02Department: NIH department code
      Precision use of radiation for in situ cancer immunization
      $198,103
      award amount
  32. Jana Ivanidze

    Leads 1 award · $196,086

    • 5R21CA289111-02Department: NIH department code
      Somatostatin Receptor 2 Expression in Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumors as a Basis for PET/MRI guided Subtype Stratification and Radiotherapy Planning
      $196,086
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01CA308323-01A1, led by Sadek Nehmeh.

  33. Heejong Kim

    Leads 1 award · $153,721

    • 5K25CA283145-03Department: NIH department code
      Robust and Interpretable Multimodal Machine Learning Models for Diagnosis and Prognosis of Prostate Cancer
      $153,721
      award amount
  34. Mohsen Annabestani

    Leads 1 award · $100,805

    • 1K25HL186244-01Department: NIH department code
      Translational XR and AI Technologies with Dynamic Soft Robotic Hearts for Immersive Clinical Training and Future Intraoperative Guidance in Interventional Cardiology
      $100,805
      award amount
  35. Alexander Darius Gleed

    Leads 1 award · $99,999

    • 1K99HD123776-01Department: NIH department code
      Quantitative Ultrasound-Based Characterization of Human Fetal Brain Maturation
      $99,999
      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.

  • Dmitry S Novikov

    Co-investigator on 4R33AT012270-02, led by Sungheon Gene Kim

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Els Fieremans

    Co-investigator on 4R33AT012270-02, led by Sungheon Gene Kim

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Gwendolyn Reeve

    Co-investigator on 4R33AT012270-02, led by Sungheon Gene Kim

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

  • Gloria Chia-Yi Chiang

    Co-investigator on 5U01AG082845-03, led by Amirhossein Goldan; 5R01AG085972-03, led by Qolamreza Ray Razlighi; 5R01AG080011-04, led by Yi Wang

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Ralph R Weichselbaum

    Co-investigator on 5U54CA274291-05, led by Cristina Montagna and Encouse Golden and John Ng and Joseph O Deasy and Laura Santambrogio and Silvia C. Formenti

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Ajay Gupta

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS123576-05, led by Thanh D Nguyen; 5R01NS135205-03, led by Yi Wang

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Hooman Kamel

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS123576-05, led by Thanh D Nguyen; 5R01NS135205-03, led by Yi Wang

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

  • Jinyi Qi

    Co-investigator on 5U01AG082845-03, led by Amirhossein Goldan

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Timothy A Morris

    Co-investigator on 1R01HL183994-01, led by Akhilesh K Sista

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

  • Lawrence J. Stern

    Co-investigator on 1R01AI187561-01A1, led by Laura Santambrogio

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Jonathan Paul Dyke

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS121544-05, led by Douglas J Ballon; 5R01HL167003-03, led by Arzu Kovanlikaya

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

  • Nai-Kong V Cheung

    Co-investigator on 1R01CA317908-01, led by Sarah Marie Cheal

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

  • Babak Benjamin Navi

    Co-investigator on 1R01EB037051-01A1, led by Jeffrey Ketterling

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

  • Ramon Francisco Barajas

    Co-investigator on 1R01CA308323-01A1, led by Sadek Nehmeh

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Tal Nuriel

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG078800-05, led by Laura Beth Johnson McIntire

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Vilas Menon

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG078800-05, led by Laura Beth Johnson McIntire

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Herrick Wun

    Co-investigator on 5R01EB036037-02, led by Bobak Mosadegh

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

  • Mert Rory Sabuncu

    Co-investigator on 5U54DK144866-02, led by Martin R Prince

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

  • Robert J Min

    Co-investigator on 5T35EB006732-20, led by Yi Wang

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