Active External Funding

• R01HL162822 (Phillippi, PI and Nain, MPI) Matrix biophysics and pericyte mechanobiology in (patho)physiological angiogenesis (2023-2027); Co-Investigators: David Kaczorowski, MD and Pablo Sanchez, MD PhD


• R01HL109132: ROS Mechanisms in BAV Aortopathy (2012-2018; 2020-2025)
  Dr. Thomas Gleason (PI); Co-Investigators: Dr. Julie Phillippi, Dr. David Vorp, Dr. Spandan Maiti, Dr. Ibrahim Sultan, Dr. Simon Watkins, Dr. Sina Tavakoli, and Dr. Timothy Wong


• R01HL131632: Matrix-Mediated Vasa Vasorum Dysfunction in Thoracic Aortic Disease (2017-2023)
  Dr. Julie Phillippi (PI); Co-Investigators: Drs. Gleason, Donnenberg and Badylak


• F32HL165905-01: Pericyte and Extracellular Matrix Dysfunction in Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm (2023-2025)
  Dr. Bryant Fisher (PI); Sponsor: Dr. Julie Phillippi


• Commonwealth Universal Research Enrichment (CURE) Program, PA Department of Health Mechanisms of microvascular expansion in lung failure
  Dr. Julie Phillippi (PI); Dr. Pablo Sanchez, Co-I

Completed Projects

• NIH F32 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award: Patrick Chan, MD (2017-2019)


• Clinician Scientist Training Program Grant from the American Heart Association: Leonid Emerel, MD (2017-2019)


• Nina Starr Braunwald Research Fellowship Award from the Thoracic Surgery Foundation: Lauren Huckaby, MD (2017-2019)


• National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute R56HL127214: Dr. Julie Phillippi-PI and Dr. Thomas Gleason, Co-I


• American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship Award: Dr. Mary Kotlarczyk


• UPMC Health System Competitive Medical Research Fund: Dr. Julie Phillippi