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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Genetics at Yale University

New Haven, CT

Funding
$31.7M
$31,723,010
Awards
51
FY2026 NIH awards in Genetics
Principal investigators
51
35 lead a grant here, 16 co-investigators
Department rank
#10
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 Yale University 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. Yong-Hui Jiang

    Leads 4 awards · $6,741,859

    • 3UG3TR004713-03S1Department: NIH department code
      A non-viral CRISPR-mediated genome editing delivery platform as a potential therapy for neurogenetic diseases

      Principal investigators: Yong-Hui Jiang (contact PI), Elizabeth Mara Berry-Kravis, Jiangbing Zhou

      $3,500,001
      award amount
    • 5R01HD105267-05Department: NIH department code
      Large scale genome sequencing and integrative analyses to define genomic predictors of recurrent pregnancy loss

      Principal investigators: Yong-Hui Jiang (contact PI), Hugh Smith Taylor, Ira M Hall, Uma Reddy

      $1,463,819
      award amount
    • 1U01HG014624-01Department: NIH department code
      The Yale Population Genomic Screening Pilot: Outcomes and Best Practices for Implementation Across Different Clinical Settings.

      Principal investigators: Yong-Hui Jiang (contact PI), Harlan Marc Krumholz

      $940,555
      award amount
    • 5U01NS139218-03Department: NIH department code
      Yale Diagnostic Center of Excellence for Undiagnosed Diseases
      $837,484
      award amount

  2. Nicole Janet Lake

    Leads 2 awards · $3,542,533

    • 1R01HG014465-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Expanding the genomics toolkit for variant interpretation in the mitochondrial genome
      $3,079,678
      award amount
    • 1R21NS147184-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Using novel models to investigate the role of mitochondrial DNA mutations in neurological disorders
      $462,855
      award amount

  3. Antonio J Giraldez

    Leads 4 awards · $2,904,955

    • 5R35GM122580-10Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of the maternal to zygotic transition
      $825,334
      award amount
    • 5R01HG013516-02Department: NIH department code
      High throughput functional annotation of the impact of human UTR sequence variation on gene function and protein output

      Principal investigators: Antonio J Giraldez (contact PI), Monkol Lek

      $738,176
      award amount
    • 5R01HG012969-03Department: NIH department code
      Multimodal Analysis of the Genome Architecture Using Expansion Microscopy

      Principal investigators: Antonio J Giraldez (contact PI), Joerg Bewersdorf, Siyuan Wang

      $729,650
      award amount
    • 5R01HD119238-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms Regulating Chromatin Organization and Epigenetic Memory
      $611,795
      award amount

  4. Mandar Deepak Muzumdar

    Leads 4 awards · $2,706,971

    • 5T32GM148332-04Department: NIH department code
      Predoctoral Training Program in Genetics

      Principal investigators: Mandar Deepak Muzumdar (contact PI), John R Carlson

      $756,340
      award amount
    • 5R01CA292936-03Department: NIH department code
      3D genome reorganization drives cancer development

      Principal investigators: Mandar Deepak Muzumdar (contact PI), Siyuan Wang

      $695,125
      award amount
    • 5R01CA296916-02Department: NIH department code
      Targeting pancreatic endocrine-exocrine signaling in cancer development with incretin mimetics
      $692,948
      award amount
    • 5R01CA276108-04Department: NIH department code
      Dietary fatty acids drive pancreatic cancer development
      $562,558
      award amount

  5. In-Hyun Park

    Leads 2 awards · $1,578,012

    • 1R01MH140282-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The development of integrated human thalamocortical assembloid that produces the thalamocortical oscillation

      Principal investigators: In-Hyun Park (contact PI), Sang-Hun Lee

      $847,792
      award amount
    • 2R01MH118344-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Construction of the integrated human forebrain organoids to investigate neurodevelopmental disorders
      $730,220
      award amount

  6. Marc Hammarlund

    Leads 1 award · $1,326,765

  7. Valentina Greco

    Leads 2 awards · $1,303,823

    • 5R01AR072668-10Department: NIH department code
      Understanding Skin Tissue Repair in Live Mammals
      $653,671
      award amount
    • 5R01AR063663-15Department: NIH department code
      Live Imaging of Skin Regeneration
      $650,152
      award amount

  8. Zhaoxia Sun

    Leads 2 awards · $1,256,426

    • 5R01HL175156-03Department: NIH department code
      Function of Ruvbl1-Ruvbl2 in dynein arm assembly in motile ciliated epithelial cells
      $669,437
      award amount
    • 5R01DK113135-09Department: NIH department code
      NPHP2 in ciliary function, renal fibrosis and cyst formation
      $586,989
      award amount

  9. Daniel C. Dimaio

    Leads 1 award · $1,004,992

    • 5R35CA242462-07Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of human papillomavirus entry
      $1,004,992
      award amount

  10. Bluma J Lesch

    Leads 2 awards · $949,698

    • 1R61HD123420-01Department: NIH department code
      Prediction of ART outcomes for male factor infertility using single-molecule chromatin stenciling in sperm

      Principal investigators: Bluma J Lesch (contact PI), Andrew Ben Stergachis

      $492,699
      award amount
    • 1R21HD121130-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of acetyl-methyllysine in spermatogenic development

      Principal investigators: Bluma J Lesch (contact PI), Matthew David Simon

      $456,999
      award amount

  11. Steven K. Reilly

    Leads 1 award · $791,465

    • 5R01HG012872-04Department: NIH department code
      Multi-scale functional dissection and modeling of regulatory variation associated with human traits
      $791,465
      award amount

  12. Smita Krishnaswamy

    Leads 3 awards · $743,877

    • 5R01NS139561-07Department: NIH department code
      Uncovering the dynamics and regulatory logic of cell fate specification in cerebral organoid data

      Principal investigators: Smita Krishnaswamy (contact PI), Natalia B Ivanova

      $537,197
      award amount
    • 1OT2CA319802-01Department: NIH department code
      Rewire-CAN-Therapeutic Rewiring of Colorectal Cancer
      $182,639
      award amount
    • 3R01NS139561-07S1Department: NIH department code
      Uncovering the dynamics and regulatory logic of cell fate specification in cerebral organoid data

      Principal investigators: Smita Krishnaswamy (contact PI), Natalia B Ivanova

      $24,041
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS100547-09, led by Marc Hammarlund.

  13. Ira M Hall

    Leads 1 award · $711,447

    • 5R01HG013371-03Department: NIH department code
      A paradigm for comprehensive genetic association studies of complex disease using pangenomic methods and local ancestry inference

      Principal investigators: Ira M Hall (contact PI), Nathan Oliver Stitziel

      $711,447
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01HD105267-05, led by Yong-Hui Jiang.

  14. Jun Lu

    Leads 1 award · $684,837

    • 5R01AI181308-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of cell surface RNAs in neutrophils

      Principal investigators: Jun Lu (contact PI), Dianqing Wu

      $684,837
      award amount

  15. Janghoo Lim

    Leads 1 award · $682,034

    • 5R01AG076154-05Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of the role of ATXN1 in oligodendroglia and neurodegenerative diseases
      $682,034
      award amount

  16. Siyuan Wang

    Leads 1 award · $653,880

    • 5R01HG013503-03Department: NIH department code
      Developing next-generation high-content image-based genetic screens for multi-omic spatial phenotypes
      $653,880
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01HG012969-03, led by Antonio J Giraldez; 5R01CA292936-03, led by Mandar Deepak Muzumdar.

  17. Berna Sozen

    Leads 1 award · $627,603

    • 1R01HD117902-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Metabolic signaling mechanisms controlling mammalian embryonic patterning
      $627,603
      award amount

  18. Valerie J Reinke

    Leads 1 award · $537,696

    • 1R35GM161781-01Department: NIH department code
      Coordination of germline chromatin organization mechanisms to initiate embryogenesis
      $537,696
      award amount

  19. Trevor Sorrells

    Leads 1 award · $501,319

    • 5DP2AI177891-04Department: NIH department code
      Identification of mosquito brain neurons that drive blood-feeding behavior
      $501,319
      award amount

  20. Kaelyn D. Sumigray

    Leads 1 award · $418,750

    • 5R35GM150645-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanics of mammalian morphogenesis
      $418,750
      award amount

  21. Tianchi Xin

    Leads 1 award · $338,982

    • 5R01AR083920-02Department: NIH department code
      Signaling dynamics in orchestrating stem cell functions during mammalian tissue regeneration
      $338,982
      award amount

  22. Shrikant M Mane

    Leads 1 award · $297,269

    • 1S10OD040201-01Department: NIH department code
      Olink Proteogenomics Instrumentation for the Yale Center for Genome Analysis
      $297,269
      award amount

  23. James P Noonan

    Leads 1 award · $292,680

    • 5T32HD007149-48Department: NIH department code
      Genetics and Genomics of Human Disease
      $292,680
      award amount

  24. Anupama Jha

    Leads 1 award · $248,823

    • 4R00HG013663-03Department: NIH department code
      Integrative models of nuclear DNA organization
      $248,823
      award amount

  25. Curt Scharfe

    Leads 1 award · $182,753

    • 2R56HD102537-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Multiplex gene sequencing and metabolomics analysis from newborn dried blood spots to improve screening and diagnosis of metabolic disorders.
      $182,753
      award amount

  26. Juan Francisco Lopez Giraldez

    Leads 1 award · $139,849

    • 5R50CA265359-05Department: NIH department code
      Cancer Bioinformatics: Data analysis and method development for the Yale Cancer Center
      $139,849
      award amount

  27. Shubhangini Kataruka

    Leads 1 award · $132,022

    • 1K99HD120619-01Department: NIH department code
      Defining the role of H4ac in mammalian embryogenesis and maternal aging
      $132,022
      award amount

  28. Ningning Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $125,000

    • 1K99GM166994-01Department: NIH department code
      The molecular and structural basis of glycoRNA-receptor interaction
      $125,000
      award amount

  29. Tyler Barry Jensen

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30HD112087-04Department: NIH department code
      H2AJ as a regulator of placental senescence and genome organization
      $55,114
      award amount

  30. Adriana Nicolle Velez-Aviles

    Leads 1 award · $53,114

    • 1F31HD121162-01Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting the Impact of Endometriosis on Decidualization and Trophoblast-Endometrial Interactions.
      $53,114
      award amount

  31. Alison Chase

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31NS147424-01Department: NIH department code
      Identifying astroglia-mediated mechanisms contributing to neuronal vulnerability in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1
      $50,114
      award amount

  32. Ayushi Hegde

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31HD122370-01Department: NIH department code
      Defining mechanisms of enhancer-promoter interaction in ZGA with chromatin expansion microscopy
      $50,114
      award amount

  33. Luoyi Li

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31HL190801-01Department: NIH department code
      The Regulation of GlycoRNA Expression and Function in Hematopoietic Cells
      $50,114
      award amount

  34. Benjamin Edward Sanders

    Leads 1 award · $35,120

    • 5F31AG086008-03Department: NIH department code
      Nemo-like kinase regulation of microglial function and heterogeneity in Alzheimer's disease
      $35,120
      award amount

  35. Jenna Bergmann

    Leads 1 award · $3,000

    • 3F31HD116488-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Investigating how maternal metabolic dysfunction impacts mammalian gastrulation
      $3,000
      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.