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Yu Leo Lei

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

NIH Rank #4009
  • Program Leader
  • R01 Holder
  • Translational
  • Early Career

NIH Funding · FY2024

Total Funding
$2.4M
Fiscal year 2024
Grants Awarded
4
Active NIH grants
National Rank
#4,009
Among 57,894 PIs
First NIH Award
2024
Year of first funding

Funding & rank history

NIH funding totals and national rank by fiscal year.

Single fiscal year on record (FY2024): $2.4M across 4 grants · National rank #4009.

Top grants by award amount

Yu Leo Lei's NIH grant portfolio, ranked by award amount.

  • 7U01DE033330-02U01
    Advancing On-Slide and Optical Biopsy Tools to Detect High-Risk Oral Premalignancy
    UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
    $675.4K
    award amount
  • 5R01DE030691-04R01
    New Engineering Strategy for Harnessing Immune System against Head and Neck Cancer
    University of Michigan
    $572.5K
    award amount
  • 5R01DE031951-03R01
    Engineered Nano-formulations for STING Activation
    University of Michigan
    $558.9K
    award amount
  • 7R01DE026728-07R01
    Restoring the Immunogenicity of Head and Neck Cancer
    UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
    $555.5K
    award amount

Affiliations

Institutions that have administered grants for Yu Leo Lei.

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
TX
$1.2M
2 grants
University of Michigan
MI
$1.1M
2 grants

Career milestones

Key NIH funding milestones over time.

  1. 2024
    First NIH Award
    UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
  2. 2024
    $500K Cumulative Funding
  3. 2024
    $1M Cumulative Funding
  4. 2024
    $2M Cumulative Funding
  5. 2024
    Entered Top 50% Nationally
    Ranked #4009
  6. 2024
    Entered Top 25% Nationally
    Ranked #4009
  7. 2024
    Multi-Institutional Research
    Awards at 2 institutions

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Other NIH-funded PIs frequently associated with Yu Leo Lei.

Funda Meric-bernstam
5 grants
$8.9M
total funding
Ignacio I. Wistuba
4 grants
$6.3M
total funding
Anna Coghill
3 grants
$6.2M
total funding
Lorna H. McNeill
2 grants
$5.9M
total funding
Philip Lupo
10 grants
$5.9M
total funding
Andrew John Shepherd
3 grants
$5.8M
total funding
Anirban Maitra
6 grants
$4.8M
total funding
Eduardo Vilar Sanchez
7 grants
$4.1M
total funding
William D Hopkins
5 grants
$4M
total funding
Rebecca R. Richards-kortum
8 grants
$3.8M
total funding

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