Yale Department of Internal Medicine clinicians, researchers, educators, staff, and trainees received nearly $10 million in grants from January 1, 2026, to March 31, 2026, to support research.
Announcement
Grants Awarded to the Department of Internal Medicine (January - March 2026)
New Grants and Awards
| Prime PI | Sponsor Name | Prime Project Title | Project Start Date | Project End Date | Total Sponsor Proj NOA Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allore, Heather G | National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS | Interdisciplinary Infrastructure for Aging Research: Establishing the Lucidity in Alzheimer's Disease (LEAD) Network | 09/15/2025 | 09/14/2026 | $20,403 |
| Allore, Heather G | National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS | NIA AD/ADRD Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory | 09/01/2025 | 08/31/2026 | $327,796 |
| Altice, Frederick | Fogarty International Center/NIH/DHHS | Same-Day Antiretroviral Therapy as a Behavioral Design Intervention to Reduce Stigma in Key Affected Populations | 04/01/2026 | 03/31/2029 | $161,039 |
| Basu Thakur, Papia | American Heart Association | Pre-capillary Endothelial Cell Dynamics in Reversal of Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling | 01/01/2026 | 12/31/2027 | $156,172 |
| Britto-Leon, Clemente J | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) | Sex Differences and Transcriptional Reprogramming by CFTR Modulators in Cystic Fibrosis | 02/01/2026 | 01/31/2027 | $9,998 |
| Chamie, Daniel | Gentuity LLC | Gentuity Angio OCT Co Registration #4 | 12/01/2025 | 11/30/2030 | $5,325 |
| Collado-Pérez, Roberto | American Heart Association | Smooth Muscle CD36 Potentially Mediates Vascular-metabolic Crosstalk | 01/01/2026 | 12/31/2027 | $156,172 |
| Edelman, E. Jennifer | National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS | PeRsOnlized MethadOne TrEatment (PROMOTE) by implementing shared decision making | 09/30/2025 | 08/31/2026 | $24,271 |
| Farhadian, Shelli F | National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS | Decoding Epigenetic Scars of Smoldering Neuroinflammation and CNS Complications In People With HIV | 03/01/2025 | 05/31/2026 | $581,225 |
| Fooladi, Saba | American Heart Association | Universal iPSC-CAR-NK Cells for Treatment of Fibrotic Heart Disease | 01/01/2026 | 12/31/2027 | $70,676 |
| Goldman-Israelow, Benjamin | Merck | Immunoadjuvanting saRNA Vaccines | 02/10/2026 | 02/09/2029 | $414,768 |
| Jonas, Elizabeth A | Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development | ATF: Regional Specific Metabolism Regulates Specification of the Spemann Organizer | 07/01/2025 | 06/30/2026 | $263,422 |
| Khera, Rohan | BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. | Development of the CarDScan ATTR-CM Mobile Application | 12/01/2025 | 11/30/2026 | $875,366 |
| Khera, Rohan | BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. | ASCENT-ATTR: AI Screening and Clinician Experience with Novel Tools for ATTR Cardiomyopathy | 02/17/2026 | 02/16/2028 | $399,301 |
| Koumpouras, Fotios | Lupus Therapeutics | 2026 LuCIN CT Network | 01/01/2026 | 12/31/2027 | $80,000 |
Kumar, Priti | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | ATF Proposal: Metformin and Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies to Accelerate HIV-1 Reservoir Decay During ART | 02/01/2025 | 01/31/2027 | $72,630 |
Lansky, Alexandra J | ReFlow Medical | Reflow Medical Endovascular Device Meta-Analysis | 12/04/2025 | 12/03/2030 | $36,685 |
Lansky, Alexandra J | Amplitude Vascular Systems, Inc. | POWER CAD I - AVS Pulse Intravascular Lithotripsy™ (Pulse IVL™) to Open Vessels with Calcific Walls and Enhance Vascular Compliance and Remodeling for Coronary Artery Disease - A First-in-Human (FIH) Study | 12/04/2025 | 12/03/2030 | $98,348 |
Lansky, Alexandra J | Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | Merit WRAP North America SOW | 01/20/2026 | 01/19/2031 | $508,041 |
Lansky, Alexandra J | EmStop, Inc. | Capture 2 Biostatistics | 02/09/2026 | 02/08/2031 | $228,419 |
McConnell, Matthew | American Liver Foundation | Platelet-Mediated Inflammation in Primary Biliary Cholangitis | 10/01/2025 | 09/30/2026 | $50,000 |
Miner, Brienne | National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS | ATF Proposal: Pepper OAIC Coordinating Center- Apprenticeship | 06/01/2025 | 05/31/2026 | $9,702 |
Nanna, Michael | Merck | Efficacy of PCSK9 Inhibitor Therapy Versus Statin Monotherapy in Patients with Elevated Lipoprotein(a): A Retrospective Cohort Investigation | 01/29/2026 | 01/28/2028 | $272,859 |
O'Brien, Brendan J | American Heart Association | Primary Cilia Are Dynamic Regulators of Smooth Muscle Phenotype and Aortic Aneurysm | 01/01/2026 | 12/31/2027 | $80,840 |
Parise, Helen | Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | Merit WRAP OUS Biostatistics | 12/01/2025 | 11/30/2030 | $127,420 |
Raduwan, Hamidah | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH/DHHS | A Viral Vector-Based Vaccine to Induce Humoral and Cellular Immune Protection Against Powassan Virus in a Tick Transmission Model | 09/23/2025 | 08/31/2026 | $94,897 |
Schwartz, Martin A | Leducq Foundation (formerly Fondation Leducq) | Arteriogenesis in Translation | 12/01/2025 | 12/31/2030 | $1,061,236 |
Shulman, Gerald I | Novo Nordisk Fonden | ATF: Development of Novel NMR And LC/MS/MS Methods to Assess In Vivo Metabolism | 09/18/2025 | 12/31/2030 | $935,472 |
Simons, Michael | Leducq Foundation (formerly Fondation Leducq) | Leducq ARTIST | 01/01/2026 | 12/31/2030 | $1,068,350 |
Simons, Michael | Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy Project) | Inflammation and Injury | 01/01/2026 | 12/31/2026 | $100,000 |
Somlo, Stefan | Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research | Unraveling the Molecular Landscapes of ADPKD: Multiomics Analysis of a Pioneering Pkd1 Re-expression Model | 12/12/2025 | 12/11/2027 | $108,736 |
Strazzabosco, Mario | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS | Pathogens-Induced Biliary Inflammation In the Pathogenesis of Sclerosing Cholangiopathies | 03/01/2026 | 01/31/2030 | $802,715 |
Vilarinho, Silvia | Mirum Pharmaceuticals Inc. | Investigate the Utility of Whole Genome Sequencing for Diagnosis and Management of Idiopathic Cholestasis in Adults | 12/09/2025 | 12/09/2026 | $65,481 |
Vinetz, Joseph M | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH/DHHS | Antibody Detection for Diagnosis of Acute Leptospirosis | 09/24/2025 | 08/31/2026 | $106,428 |
Wang, Andrew | The Brain Research Foundation | Understanding the Role of T-lymphocytes in the Brain in Health and Disease | 01/01/2026 | 12/31/2027 | $150,000 |
Xing, Qinzhe | American Heart Association | Endothelialized Vascular Conduit as Arteriovenous Grafts | 01/01/2026 | 12/31/2027 | $35,338 |
Zhang, Wei | American Heart Association | Enhancement of Graft Patency Via Photo-Induced VEGF-Mimetic Peptide and Luminal Coating of Circulating VEGFR2+ Monocytes | 01/01/2026 | 12/31/2027 | $159,160 |
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