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FY2024 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

Funding
$45.3M
$45,342,763
Awards
80
FY2024 NIH awards in Genetics
Principal investigators
74
53 lead a grant here, 21 co-investigators
Department rank
#2
of 66 · 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 Baylor College of Medicine page.

Leads a grant in this department

53 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. Richard A Gibbs

    Leads 3 awards · $8,040,362

  2. Brendan Lee

    Leads 5 awards · $2,830,516

    • 2U01NS134348-10Department: NIH department code
      UDN Diagnostic Center of Excellence at Baylor College of Medicine

      Principal investigators: Brendan Lee (contact PI), Carlos A. Bacino, Jill Anne Rosenfeld Mokry

      $794,101
      award amount
    • 1R01HG013428-01A1Department: NIH department code
      MAGNET: MAKING GENOMICS ACCESSIBLE FOR NEWBORNS IN TEXAS

      Principal investigators: Brendan Lee (contact PI), Seema R Lalani, Stacey Pereira

      $705,600
      award amount
    • 5T32GM007526-47Department: NIH department code
      Medical Genetics Research Fellowship Program
      $670,335
      award amount
    • 5R01DE031162-04Department: NIH department code
      WNT1 Function in Stem Cells in Osteogenesis Imperfecta and Craniofacial-Skeletal Tissues

      Principal investigators: Brendan Lee (contact PI), Dongsu Park

      $564,480
      award amount
    • 3UC2AR082200-01S1Department: NIH department code
      Neuronal anatomy, connectivity, and phenotypic innervation of the knee joint

      Principal investigators: Brendan Lee (contact PI), Benjamin R Arenkiel, Joshua D. Wythe, Russell S Ray

      $96,000
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 3OT2OD031932-01S3, led by Debra Dianne Murray; 5R01DE031288-03, led by Dongsu Park; 5R01AR081904-02, led by Yangjin Bae.

  3. Jason D. Heaney

    Leads 2 awards · $2,378,421

  4. Hugo J Bellen

    Leads 3 awards · $2,201,495

    • 5R01HG011795-04Department: NIH department code
      Genomic medicine and gene function implementation for an underserved population

      Principal investigators: Hugo J Bellen (contact PI), Michael Francis Wangler

      $942,969
      award amount
    • 5R24OD031447-04Department: NIH department code
      A Comprehensive Resource for Manipulating the Drosophila Genome
      $802,136
      award amount
    • 5R01AG073260-04Department: NIH department code
      IMPACTS OF GLIAL LIPID DROPLETS ON OXIDATIVE STRESS AND NEURODEGENERATION IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
      $456,390
      award amount
  5. Olivier Lichtarge

    Leads 2 awards · $2,001,820

    • 5R01AG074009-04Department: NIH department code
      Decoding the impact of sex differences on Alzheimer's disease risk

      Principal investigators: Olivier Lichtarge (contact PI), Ismael Al-Ramahi

      $1,201,822
      award amount
    • 5U01AG068214-04Department: NIH department code
      Cognitive Computing of Alzheimer's Disease Genes and Risk
      $799,998
      award amount
  6. Susan M Rosenberg

    Leads 2 awards · $1,749,046

    • 4DP1AG072751-02Department: NIH department code
      Harnessing Proteins as Drugs: the Protectome of Cancer- and Aging-Prevention Proteins
      $1,120,000
      award amount
    • 5R01CA250905-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Endogenous DNA Damage Promotion

      Principal investigators: Susan M Rosenberg (contact PI), Kyle M Miller

      $629,046
      award amount
  7. Daisuke Nakada

    Leads 4 awards · $1,537,268

    • 5R01HL165145-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms that regulate erythroid differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells
      $570,502
      award amount
    • 5R01CA255813-04Department: NIH department code
      THE ROLE OF SELENOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS PATHWAY IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA
      $441,560
      award amount
    • 5R01CA193235-10Department: NIH department code
      METABOLIC REGULATION IN LEUKEMIA-INITIATING CELLS
      $438,806
      award amount
    • 3R01HL165145-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms that regulate erythroid differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells
      $86,400
      award amount
  8. Hongjie Li

    Leads 1 award · $1,440,000

    • 1DP2AT013275-01Department: NIH department code
      Systematic Brain-Body Communication and Personalized Aging Trajectories
      $1,440,000
      award amount
  9. Steven Boeynaems

    Leads 1 award · $1,440,000

    • 1DP2NS142714-01Department: NIH department code
      Uncovering the role of extracellular condensates as triggers of neuroinflammation
      $1,440,000
      award amount
  10. Gad Shaulsky

    Leads 2 awards · $1,428,627

    • 5T32GM139534-04Department: NIH department code
      Genetics & Genomics Training Program
      $878,975
      award amount
    • 1R35GM152113-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic analysis of a pathway that integrates allorecognition and altruism in Dictyostelium
      $549,652
      award amount
  11. Lilei Zhang

    Leads 2 awards · $1,419,749

    • 1R01HL175964-01Department: NIH department code
      Broadly applicable high throughput variant interpretation and validation for MYH7

      Principal investigators: Lilei Zhang (contact PI), Jonathan A Kirk, Md. Abul Hassan Samee

      $719,462
      award amount
    • 5R01HL150589-03Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the role of a circadian lncRNA in cardiac remodeling
      $700,287
      award amount
  12. Hamed Jafar-Nejad

    Leads 3 awards · $1,280,311

    • 2R35GM130317-06Department: NIH department code
      Roles of Glycosylation and Deglycosylation During Animal Development
      $501,275
      award amount
    • 5R01AR076770-05Department: NIH department code
      REGULATION OF SKELETAL MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE BY PROTEIN O-GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE 1 (POGLUT1)

      Principal investigators: Hamed Jafar-Nejad (contact PI), Radbod Darabi

      $404,494
      award amount
    • 5R01DK132751-03Department: NIH department code
      Targeting POGLUT1 to promote biliary development in Alagille syndrome

      Principal investigators: Hamed Jafar-Nejad (contact PI), Stacey S Huppert

      $374,542
      award amount
  13. Hui Zheng

    Leads 2 awards · $1,279,852

    • 1R01AG088197-01Department: NIH department code
      The Role of the Complement Pathway in Alzheimer's Disease
      $780,898
      award amount
    • 4R01NS093652-07Department: NIH department code
      ROLE OF TFEB IN TAUOPATHY
      $498,954
      award amount
  14. Weiwei Dang

    Leads 3 awards · $1,016,395

    • 4R01AG074540-02Department: NIH department code
      Lysosomal NADPH metabolism regulates proteostasis, aging and tauopathy
      $520,395
      award amount
    • 5R01AG081347-02Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of cellular response to age-associated chromatin changes
      $336,000
      award amount
    • 5R03AG080423-02Department: NIH department code
      Developing and Validating a Novel Tau Toxicity Model in the Budding Yeast
      $160,000
      award amount
  15. James R. Lupski

    Leads 1 award · $926,510

    • 5R35NS105078-07Department: NIH department code
      STRUCTURAL VARIATION IN NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE
      $926,510
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5U01HG011758-04, led by Richard A Gibbs.

  16. Chonghui Cheng

    Leads 2 awards · $909,642

    • 2R35GM131876-06Department: NIH department code
      Regulation and consequences of cryptic splicing
      $469,923
      award amount
    • 5R01CA276432-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of tumor cell clustering in breast cancer metastasis
      $439,719
      award amount
  17. Pawel Stankiewicz

    Leads 1 award · $766,666

    • 5R01HL165301-02Department: NIH department code
      Etiology and pathogenesis of lethal lung developmental disorders in neonates
      $766,666
      award amount
  18. Nicholas Minh Abell Tran

    Leads 1 award · $753,959

    • 1R01EY036111-01Department: NIH department code
      Activity-related mechanisms of selective retinal ganglion cell resilience and axon regeneration
      $753,959
      award amount
  19. Grzegorz A Ira

    Leads 3 awards · $750,022

    • 5R01GM080600-17Department: NIH department code
      MECHANISM AND REGULATION OF DNA RECOMBINATION IN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE
      $355,000
      award amount
    • 5R01GM125650-07Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Initial Steps of Chromosomal Breaks Repair
      $329,600
      award amount
    • 3R01GM125650-07S1Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Initial Steps of Chromosomal Breaks Repair
      $65,422
      award amount
  20. Elizabeth Grace Atkinson

    Leads 1 award · $747,407

    • 5R01HG012869-02Department: NIH department code
      Empowering gene discovery and accelerating clinical translation for admixed populations
      $747,407
      award amount
  21. Debra Dianne Murray

    Leads 1 award · $690,020

  22. Florent Elefteriou

    Leads 2 awards · $674,092

    • 1R01AR082536-01A1Department: NIH department code
      TonEBP/Nfat5, vesicular trafficking and intervertebral disc maintenance
      $462,892
      award amount
    • 1R21AR083029-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing the cell-of-origin for NF1 dystrophic scoliosis
      $211,200
      award amount
  23. Dongsu Park

    Leads 1 award · $649,109

    • 5R01DE031288-03Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Skeletal progenitor cells in Osteogenesis Imperfecta

      Principal investigators: Dongsu Park (contact PI), Brendan Lee

      $649,109
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DE031162-04, led by Brendan Lee.

  24. Penelope E Bonnen

    Leads 1 award · $639,387

    • 5R01NS083726-09Department: NIH department code
      Personalized Functional Genomics for Mitochondrial Encephalopathy Gene Discovery
      $639,387
      award amount
  25. Yangjin Bae

    Leads 1 award · $607,076

    • 5R01AR081904-02Department: NIH department code
      Targeting TGFb In Osteogenesis Imperfecta

      Principal investigators: Yangjin Bae (contact PI), Brendan Lee

      $607,076
      award amount
  26. Daryl Armstrong Scott

    Leads 2 awards · $603,894

    • 5R01HD098458-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Abnormal Diaphragm and Cardiac Development
      $443,894
      award amount
    • 1R03HD114568-01Department: NIH department code
      The Role of RERE and SPEN in the development of 1p36 Deletion-Related Congenital Heart Defects
      $160,000
      award amount
  27. Rui Chen

    Leads 1 award · $562,985

    • 2R01EY022356-11Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Basis of Human Visual System Disorders
      $562,985
      award amount
  28. Seema R Lalani

    Leads 1 award · $465,000

    • 4UH3TR004047-03Department: NIH department code
      Virtual Platforms for Genetics Evaluation in the Medically Underserved
      $465,000
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01HG013428-01A1, led by Brendan Lee.

  29. Michael Francis Wangler

    Leads 1 award · $459,600

    • 5R01NS107733-04Department: NIH department code
      Neuronal Mechanisms of Metabolic and Genetic Defects of the Peroxisome
      $459,600
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01HG011795-04, led by Hugo J Bellen.

  30. Lindsay C Burrage

    Leads 1 award · $445,275

    • 5R01DK126786-04Department: NIH department code
      DISSECTING THE LINK BETWEEN UREAGENESIS AND HEPATIC GLYCOGEN METABOLISM
      $445,275
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 3U54OD030165-05S1, led by Jason D. Heaney.

  31. Pengfei Liu

    Leads 1 award · $439,701

    • 5R35HG011311-04Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing disease-causing variants using personal genomes with large recurrent deletions
      $439,701
      award amount
  32. Benjamin R Arenkiel

    Leads 1 award · $437,140

    • 5R01DK109934-09Department: NIH department code
      Genetically Dissecting Chorinergic Signaling in Body Weight Control

      Principal investigators: Benjamin R Arenkiel (contact PI), Qingchun Tong

      $437,140
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 3UC2AR082200-01S1, led by Brendan Lee.

  33. Benny Abraham Kaipparettu

    Leads 2 awards · $427,701

    • 5R01CA253445-05Department: NIH department code
      RACIAL DISPARITY IN THE ENERGY DEPENDENCY OF TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER
      $347,701
      award amount
    • 5R03CA277079-02Department: NIH department code
      Disabled-2 in the metabolic regulation of oncopathways

      Principal investigators: Benny Abraham Kaipparettu (contact PI), Junhyoung Park

      $80,000
      award amount
  34. Shinya Yamamoto

    Leads 1 award · $401,250

    • 4R01AG071557-02Department: NIH department code
      UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF TM2D FAMILY GENES IN NOTCH SIGNALING AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
      $401,250
      award amount
  35. Chenghang Zong

    Leads 1 award · $396,194

    • 5UG3NS132132-02Department: NIH department code
      Develop accurate high-coverage and high-throughput single-cell Duplex-seq chemistry and multi-omics platforms for simultaneous profiling of somatic mutation and the transcriptome in single human cells
      $396,194
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5UM1DA058229-02, led by Richard A Gibbs.

  36. Kim C Worley

    Leads 1 award · $336,773

    • 5U24EY032451-03Department: NIH department code
      Integrative Curation of Clinically Relevant Variants in X-Linked Inherited Retinal Disease Genes
      $336,773
      award amount
  37. Aleksandar Milosavljevic

    Leads 1 award · $299,945

    • 3OT2OD030547-01S4Department: NIH department code
      GENOMIC INDEXING OF COMMON FUND DATASETS
      $299,945
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 3U54OD030165-05S1, led by Jason D. Heaney.

  38. Fritz J Sedlazeck

    Leads 1 award · $285,621

    • 5UG3NS132105-02Department: NIH department code
      Identification of somatic/ mosaic SV and transposon activity and their crosstalk to DNA epigenetic Modifications

      Principal investigators: Fritz J Sedlazeck (contact PI), Tao Wu

      $285,621
      award amount
  39. Graham Scott Erwin

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00HG011467-03Department: NIH department code
      Development and application of new tools to identify repeat expansions in human diseases
      $249,000
      award amount
  40. Vishnu Dileep

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00AG073466-03Department: NIH department code
      Impact of DNA double-strand breaks on 3D genome organization and genome stability in Alzheimer's disease
      $249,000
      award amount
  41. Bing Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $193,801

    • 5R01CA245903-05Department: NIH department code
      Proteogenomics-driven therapeutic discovery in hepatocellular carcinoma
      $193,801
      award amount
  42. George Miles

    Leads 1 award · $177,650

    • 5R21CA280472-02Department: NIH department code
      Rapid Response Monitoring with Circulating Tumor DNA in Metastatic Breast Cancer
      $177,650
      award amount
  43. Jiyoen Kim

    Leads 1 award · $160,500

    • 1R21AG088501-01Department: NIH department code
      In vivo Screening Methods Targeting Levels of Tau Protein within Mouse Brains
      $160,500
      award amount
  44. Ronit Marom

    Leads 1 award · $134,041

    • 5K08HD108381-02Department: NIH department code
      ELUCIDATING THE ROLE OF COATOMER COMPLEX COPI IN SKELETAL DYSPLASIA
      $134,041
      award amount
  45. Rebecca Meyer Schuman

    Leads 1 award · $74,284

    • 1F32HD116501-01Department: NIH department code
      Defining critical MECP2 cis-regulatory elements towards identifying genetic candidates for male-biased autism
      $74,284
      award amount
  46. Cole Deisseroth

    Leads 1 award · $49,362

    • 1F30HD117505-01Department: NIH department code
      Identifying potential therapeutics for neurodevelopmental disorders using artificial intelligence and transcriptional data
      $49,362
      award amount
  47. Juan Manuel Romero

    Leads 1 award · $49,362

    • 1F31DK138784-01Department: NIH department code
      THE ROLE OF CORTICOTROPHIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1 NEURONS IN THE BED NUCLEUS OF THE STRIA TERMINALIS IN MODULATING WEIGHT HOMEOSTASIS
      $49,362
      award amount
  48. Hamin Lee

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 5F31AG077918-03Department: NIH department code
      Evaluating the functional consequences of Alzheimer's disease-associated variant CICP36L
      $48,974
      award amount
  49. Jonathan Tiessen

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 5F31HL164097-02Department: NIH department code
      Acetate as a Mediator of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Inflammatory Response and Clonal Hematopoiesis
      $48,974
      award amount
  50. Morgan Catherine Stephens

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 5F31NS129062-03Department: NIH department code
      INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF THE CYTOSKELETON IN NEURODEGENERATION
      $48,974
      award amount
  51. Rebekah Elise Townsley

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 1F31MH139286-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of NLGN3 in autism spectrum disorder and sleep disruptions
      $48,974
      award amount
  52. Benjamin Belfort

    Leads 1 award · $48,462

    • 5F30AG076265-02Department: NIH department code
      Uncharted Territory: Mapping and Manipulating Cholinergic Basal Forebrain Activity in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease
      $48,462
      award amount
  53. Emily Busse

    Leads 1 award · $42,574

    • 1F30HD117560-01Department: NIH department code
      INVESTIGATING THE CONTRIBUTION OF OSTEOBLAST DIFFERENTIATION IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA TYPE V
      $42,574
      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.

  • Eric A. Boerwinkle

    Co-investigator on 1OT2OD038122-01, led by Richard A Gibbs

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Kimberly F Doheny

    Co-investigator on 1OT2OD038122-01, led by Richard A Gibbs

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Harsha Vardhan Doddapaneni

    Co-investigator on 5UM1DA058229-02, led by Richard A Gibbs

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Chih-Wei Logan Hsu

    Co-investigator on 5UM1HG006348-13, led by Jason D. Heaney

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Denise Grant Lanza

    Co-investigator on 5UM1HG006348-13, led by Jason D. Heaney

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Jennifer Ellen Posey

    Co-investigator on 5U01HG011758-04, led by Richard A Gibbs

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Ismael Al-Ramahi

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG074009-04, led by Olivier Lichtarge

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Carlos A. Bacino

    Co-investigator on 2U01NS134348-10, led by Brendan Lee

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Jill Anne Rosenfeld Mokry

    Co-investigator on 2U01NS134348-10, led by Brendan Lee

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Jonathan A Kirk

    Co-investigator on 1R01HL175964-01, led by Lilei Zhang

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Md. Abul Hassan Samee

    Co-investigator on 1R01HL175964-01, led by Lilei Zhang

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Stacey Pereira

    Co-investigator on 1R01HG013428-01A1, led by Brendan Lee

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Laura Leal Rosales

    Co-investigator on 3OT2OD031932-01S3, led by Debra Dianne Murray

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Kyle M Miller

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA250905-05, led by Susan M Rosenberg

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Qingchun Tong

    Co-investigator on 5R01DK109934-09, led by Benjamin R Arenkiel

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Radbod Darabi

    Co-investigator on 5R01AR076770-05, led by Hamed Jafar-Nejad

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Stacey S Huppert

    Co-investigator on 5R01DK132751-03, led by Hamed Jafar-Nejad

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Tao Wu

    Co-investigator on 5UG3NS132105-02, led by Fritz J Sedlazeck

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Joshua D. Wythe

    Co-investigator on 3UC2AR082200-01S1, led by Brendan Lee

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Russell S Ray

    Co-investigator on 3UC2AR082200-01S1, led by Brendan Lee

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Junhyoung Park

    Co-investigator on 5R03CA277079-02, led by Benny Abraham Kaipparettu

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.