08/12/2026
Congratulations to these outstanding Department of Medicine faculty on their recent grants.👏🎉
Yu-Chiao Chiu, PhD, who received an NLM R01, “Data-driven discovery of drug response mechanisms through biologically informed deep learning and large language models.”
Lan Coffman, MD, PhD, who received an NCI R01, “Defining the mechanism of stromal mediated iron dysregulation in ovarian clear cell cancer.”
Malamo Countouris, MD, MS, who received an NHLBI K23, “Reversing Later Life Left Ventricular Remodeling among Individuals with a History of Preeclampsia and Current Hypertension.”
Robyn Domsic, MD, MPH, who received an NIAID R43, “Transforming Autoimmune Diagnostic and Disease Monitoring with a Scalable IP-to-MS Platform for Autoantigen Profiling.”
Rimi Hazra, PhD, who received an NINDS R01, “Heme regulates neurocognition by modulating Tau pathology in sickle cell disease.”
Nadine Hempel, PhD, who received an NCI R01, “Non-canonical functions of the mitochondrial fission protein Drp1 in ovarian cancer.”
Manisha Jhamb, MD, MPH, who received an NIDDK R01, “Enhancing PCP-Nephrologist Co-Management for CKD: Leveraging Population Health Management and Learning Health System for Scalable Solutions.”
Yijia Li, MD, who received an NIAID K23, “Sex Differences in HIV-1 Reservoir- a Multi-omic Approach to Identify Mechanisms of Reservoir Decay.”
Jane Liebschutz, MD, MPH, and Erin Winstanley, PhD, whose NIDA K12 “University of Pittsburgh Collaboration in Addiction Training Scholars (PittCATS) Program” was competitively renewed.
Jared Magnani, MD, MSc, and Kaleab Abebe, PhD, who received an NHLBI R61, “The Hypertension Toolkit: an adaptive mobile health blood pressure intervention.”
Thomas Radomski, MD, MS, and Doris Rubio, PhD, who received an NCATS T32 “CTSA Predoctoral T32 at University of Pittsburgh.”
Thomas Radomski, MD, MS, and Doris Rubio, PhD, who received an NCATS T32 “CTSA Postdoctoral T32 at University of Pittsburgh.”
Babak Razani, MD, PhD, who received an NHLBI R35 “Leveraging the nutrient sensing and degradative capacity of lysosomes in macrophages as a novel therapeutic approach in cardiovascular disease.”
Charles Rinaldo, PhD, Beej Macatangay, MD, and Nic Sluis-Cremer, PhD, whose NHLBI U01 “University of Pittsburgh MWCCS Clinical Research Site” was competitively renewed.
Doris Rubio, PhD, who received an NCATS K12 “CTSA K12 Program at University of Pittsburgh.”
Shachi Tyagi, MD, MS, who received an NIA R21 “Addressing Nocturia in Older Women Utilizing Behavioral Sleep Intervention and Brief Mindfulness (ANOWSM Study).”
Flordeliza Villanueva, MD, whose NHLBI T32 “Training Program in Imaging Sciences in Translational Cardiovascular Research” was competitively renewed.
Melanie Weltman, PharmD, who received an NIDDK K23 “Development and Testing of a Pharmacist Led Population Health Management Program to Optimize Guideline Recommended Medication Therapy in Chronic Kidney Disease.”
