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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

Funding
$49.2M
$49,157,411
Awards
70
FY2026 NIH awards in Genetics
Principal investigators
81
57 lead a grant here, 24 co-investigators
Department rank
#3
of 59 · 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

57 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 · $9,411,388

  2. Brendan Lee

    Leads 9 awards · $7,772,632

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DE031288-05, led by Dongsu Park; 5R01AR081904-04, led by Yangjin Bae.

  3. Jason D. Heaney

    Leads 3 awards · $5,100,997

  4. Lindsay C Burrage

    Leads 2 awards · $3,618,686

  5. Vernon R Sutton

    Leads 2 awards · $3,084,959

  6. Denise Grant Lanza

    Leads 2 awards · $2,797,997

    Also a principal investigator on 5UM1HG006348-15, led by Jason D. Heaney.

  7. Aleksandar Milosavljevic

    Leads 2 awards · $2,750,247

    Also a principal investigator on 5U54OD030165-07, led by Denise Grant Lanza and Jason D. Heaney and Lindsay C Burrage and Matthew E Roth.

  8. Sandesh Chakravarthy Sreenath Nagamani

    Leads 2 awards · $2,624,552

  9. Matthew E Roth

    Leads 1 award · $2,001,516

  10. Gerard Vockley

    Leads 1 award · $1,617,170

  11. Kimberly Ann Chapman

    Leads 1 award · $1,617,170

  12. Susan A. Berry

    Leads 1 award · $1,617,170

  13. Hui Zheng

    Leads 2 awards · $1,560,914

    • 5R01AG088197-03Department: NIH department code
      The Role of the Complement Pathway in Alzheimer's Disease
      $780,898
      award amount
    • 5R01AG020670-23Department: NIH department code
      Knockin mouse models of Alzheimer's Disease
      $780,016
      award amount
  14. Eric A. Storch

    Leads 1 award · $1,467,789

  15. Olivier Lichtarge

    Leads 1 award · $1,426,599

    • 1U01AG098025-01Department: NIH department code
      Discovering sex-specific biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease

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

      $1,426,599
      award amount
  16. Dongsu Park

    Leads 2 awards · $1,314,193

    • 5R01DE031288-05Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Skeletal progenitor cells in Osteogenesis Imperfecta

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

      $662,355
      award amount
    • 2R01AG099338-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Defining Regulatory Mechanisms of Periosteal Skeletal Stem Cells in Bone Maintenance and Repair
      $651,838
      award amount
  17. Hamed Jafar-Nejad

    Leads 2 awards · $1,253,504

    • 1R01DK145618-01A1Department: NIH department code
      NEGATIVE REGULATION OF INTRAHEPATIC BILIARY DEVELOPMENT BY SOX4

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

      $821,504
      award amount
    • 5R35GM130317-08Department: NIH department code
      Roles of Glycosylation and Deglycosylation During Animal Development
      $432,000
      award amount
  18. Fritz J Sedlazeck

    Leads 2 awards · $1,209,883

    • 1R01HG014006-01A1Department: NIH department code
      A novel graph approach to resolve challenging and medically relevant regions in the human genome
      $719,909
      award amount
    • 5UH3NS132105-04Department: 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

      $489,974
      award amount
  19. Mirjana Maletic-Savatic

    Leads 1 award · $1,156,763

  20. Gad Shaulsky

    Leads 2 awards · $1,079,005

    • 2T32GM139534-06Department: NIH department code
      Genetics & Genomics Training Program
      $647,005
      award amount
    • 5R35GM152113-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic analysis of a pathway that integrates allorecognition and altruism in Dictyostelium
      $432,000
      award amount
  21. Chonghui Cheng

    Leads 3 awards · $942,248

    • 5R01CA276432-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of tumor cell clustering in breast cancer metastasis
      $462,861
      award amount
    • 5R35GM131876-08Department: NIH department code
      Regulation and consequences of cryptic splicing
      $444,960
      award amount
    • 3R35GM131876-08S1Department: NIH department code
      R35 Administrative Supplement for Equipment: REGULATION AND CONSEQUENCES OF CRYPTIC SPLICING
      $34,427
      award amount
  22. Weiwei Dang

    Leads 3 awards · $855,115

    • 1R21AG101044-01Department: NIH department code
      Beyond Genetics: Unveiling Epigenetic Drivers of Lifespan Heterogeneity through Yeast Single-Cell Aging Atlases
      $440,000
      award amount
    • 5R01AG081347-04Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of cellular response to age-associated chromatin changes
      $336,000
      award amount
    • 3R01AG081347-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of cellular response to age-associated chromatin changes
      $79,115
      award amount
  23. Hugo J Bellen

    Leads 1 award · $801,879

    • 5R24OD031447-06Department: NIH department code
      A Comprehensive Resource for Manipulating and Characterizing the Drosophila Genome

      Principal investigators: Hugo J Bellen (contact PI), Oguz Kanca

      $801,879
      award amount
  24. William Raymond Lagor

    Leads 1 award · $796,481

  25. Bing Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $795,935

    • 5U01CA299401-02Department: NIH department code
      Advancing Protein Isoform Analysis through an Integrated Computational Framework.

      Principal investigators: Bing Zhang (contact PI), Yongchao Dou

      $795,935
      award amount
  26. Elizabeth Grace Atkinson

    Leads 1 award · $758,715

    • 5R01HG012869-04Department: NIH department code
      Empowering gene discovery and accelerating clinical translation for admixed populations
      $758,715
      award amount
  27. Pawel Stankiewicz

    Leads 1 award · $750,045

    • 5R01HL165301-04Department: NIH department code
      Etiology and pathogenesis of lethal lung developmental disorders in neonates
      $750,045
      award amount
  28. Nicholas Minh Abell Tran

    Leads 1 award · $717,929

    • 5R01EY036111-03Department: NIH department code
      Activity-related mechanisms of selective retinal ganglion cell resilience and axon regeneration
      $717,929
      award amount
  29. Lilei Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $698,067

    • 5R01HL175964-03Department: 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

      $698,067
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 3OT2OD038054-01S1, led by Aleksandar Milosavljevic; 3OT2OD038054-01S2, led by Aleksandar Milosavljevic.

  30. Grzegorz A Ira

    Leads 1 award · $620,928

    • 5R35GM158251-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism and Regulation of DNA Recombination
      $620,928
      award amount
  31. Benjamin R Arenkiel

    Leads 1 award · $616,026

    • 5R01DK109934-11Department: NIH department code
      Genetically Dissecting Cholinergic Signaling in Body Weight Control

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

      $616,026
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5UC2AR082200-03, led by Brendan Lee; 3UC2AR082200-03S1, led by Brendan Lee.

  32. Daisuke Nakada

    Leads 1 award · $602,080

    • 1R01CA315333-01Department: NIH department code
      Novel regulators of selenoprotein biosynthesis and ferroptosis in acute myeloid leukemia
      $602,080
      award amount
  33. Yangjin Bae

    Leads 1 award · $594,558

    • 5R01AR081904-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeting TGFb In Osteogenesis Imperfecta

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

      $594,558
      award amount
  34. Herman A Dierick

    Leads 1 award · $507,595

    • 1R01MH139696-01A1Department: NIH department code
      EPIGENETIC REGULATION OF AGGRESSION IN DROSOPHILA
      $507,595
      award amount
  35. Daryl Armstrong Scott

    Leads 1 award · $480,000

    • 2R01HD098458-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Abnormal Diaphragm and Cardiac Development
      $480,000
      award amount
  36. Florent Elefteriou

    Leads 1 award · $476,437

    • 5R01AR082536-03Department: NIH department code
      TonEBP/Nfat5, vesicular trafficking and intervertebral disc maintenance
      $476,437
      award amount
  37. Seema R Lalani

    Leads 1 award · $465,000

    • 5UH3TR004047-05Department: NIH department code
      Expanding Access to Genetic Evaluation Through Virtual Platforms
      $465,000
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01HG013428-03, led by Brendan Lee.

  38. Susan M Rosenberg

    Leads 1 award · $440,000

    • 1R21AG104687-01Department: NIH department code
      Developing Human Proteins that Suppress DNA Damage
      $440,000
      award amount
  39. Christophe Herman

    Leads 1 award · $415,523

    • 1R01GM164395-01Department: NIH department code
      Transcription Accuracy as a Driver of Phenotypic Variability
      $415,523
      award amount
  40. Kim C Worley

    Leads 1 award · $352,000

    • 5U24EY032451-05Department: NIH department code
      Integrative Curation of Clinically Relevant Variants in X-Linked Inherited Retinal Disease Genes
      $352,000
      award amount
  41. Graham Scott Erwin

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00HG011467-05Department: NIH department code
      Development and application of new tools to identify repeat expansions in human diseases
      $249,000
      award amount
  42. Vishnu Dileep

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00AG073466-05Department: NIH department code
      Impact of DNA double-strand breaks on 3D genome organization and genome stability in Alzheimer's disease
      $249,000
      award amount
  43. Shinya Yamamoto

    Leads 1 award · $200,625

    • 5R21OD038417-02Department: NIH department code
      MOLECULAR AND GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF EMS-INDUCED LETHAL MUTATIONS IN DROSOPHILA ENRICHED FOR ORTHOLOGS OF HUMAN DISEASE-CAUSING GENES
      $200,625
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5U54OD030165-07, led by Denise Grant Lanza and Jason D. Heaney and Lindsay C Burrage and Matthew E Roth.

  44. Ronit Marom

    Leads 1 award · $134,041

    • 5K08HD108381-04Department: NIH department code
      ELUCIDATING THE ROLE OF COATOMER COMPLEX COPI IN SKELETAL DYSPLASIA
      $134,041
      award amount
  45. Jung Wan Mok

    Leads 1 award · $117,013

    • 1K99NS150914-01Department: NIH department code
      Genome-Wide Prediction and Functional Validation of Neomorphic Frameshift Variants in GC-Rich Regions
      $117,013
      award amount
  46. Stephen M Farmer

    Leads 1 award · $88,276

    • 4K00NS141400-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of Huntingtin in endolysosomal trafficking and Huntington's disease pathogenesis
      $88,276
      award amount
  47. Joshua Brenner

    Leads 1 award · $79,348

    • 5F32NS142584-02Department: NIH department code
      Exploring the role of hippocampal hypervascularization in Rett syndrome pathogenesis
      $79,348
      award amount
  48. Jacob Tao

    Leads 1 award · $54,107

    • 1F30CA310107-01Department: NIH department code
      Post-Transcriptional Regulation is a Therapeutic Vulnerability of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
      $54,107
      award amount
  49. Cher Sha

    Leads 1 award · $50,526

    • 1F30HD121206-01Department: NIH department code
      Osteoclast Dysfunction in Lysinuric Protein Intolerance (LPI)
      $50,526
      award amount
  50. Cole Deisseroth

    Leads 1 award · $50,502

    • 5F30HD117505-02Department: NIH department code
      Identifying potential therapeutics for neurodevelopmental disorders using artificial intelligence and transcriptional data
      $50,502
      award amount
  51. Christiana Wang

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31NS145565-02Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering SPTAN1-associated disease mechanisms and potential therapy in patient-derived cell lines
      $50,114
      award amount
  52. Fisher Cherry

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31MH144736-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of X-linked Noncoding Mutations in Autism
      $50,114
      award amount
  53. Grace Tietz

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31HL176183-02Department: NIH department code
      An Ancestry-Informed Approach to Improve Genetic Testing for Cardiovascular Disease
      $50,114
      award amount
  54. Rebekah Elise Townsley

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31MH139286-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of NLGN3 in autism spectrum disorder and sleep disruptions
      $50,114
      award amount
  55. Tyler Jackson

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31DK141194-02Department: NIH department code
      NOVEL DROSOPHILA TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ORTHOLOG OF BCL11A/BCL11B IS CRUCIAL FOR REGULATING INTESTINAL STEM CELL QUIESCENCE AND PREVENTING GUT DYSFUNCTION DURING AGING
      $50,114
      award amount
  56. Nathalie Marie Aceves

    Leads 1 award · $47,314

    • 5F31HD115407-02Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the Role of NAD Deficiency in a Mendelian Disorder of Tryptophan Metabolism
      $47,314
      award amount
  57. Emily Busse

    Leads 1 award · $43,714

    • 5F30HD117560-02Department: NIH department code
      INVESTIGATING THE CONTRIBUTION OF OSTEOBLAST DIFFERENTIATION IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA TYPE V
      $43,714
      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.

  • Chenghang Zong

    Co-investigator on 4UM1DA058229-04, led by Richard A Gibbs

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Harsha Vardhan Doddapaneni

    Co-investigator on 4UM1DA058229-04, led by Richard A Gibbs

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

  • Joshua D. Wythe

    Co-investigator on 5UC2AR082200-03, led by Brendan Lee; 3UC2AR082200-03S1, led by Brendan Lee

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Russell S Ray

    Co-investigator on 5UC2AR082200-03, led by Brendan Lee; 3UC2AR082200-03S1, led by Brendan Lee

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Shaine Alaine Morris

    Co-investigator on 3OT2OD038054-01S1, led by Aleksandar Milosavljevic; 3OT2OD038054-01S2, led by Aleksandar Milosavljevic

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

  • Vikram Baruah

    Co-investigator on 3OT2OD038054-01S1, led by Aleksandar Milosavljevic; 3OT2OD038054-01S2, led by Aleksandar Milosavljevic

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

  • Chih-Wei Logan Hsu

    Co-investigator on 5UM1HG006348-15, led by Jason D. Heaney

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

  • James R. Lupski

    Co-investigator on 3U01HG011758-05S1, led by Richard A Gibbs

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Jennifer Ellen Posey

    Co-investigator on 3U01HG011758-05S1, 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 1U01AG098025-01, 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 5U01NS134348-12, led by Brendan Lee; 3U01NS134348-12S1, led by Brendan Lee; 3U01NS134348-12S2, led by Brendan Lee; 3U01NS134348-12S3, 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 5U01NS134348-12, led by Brendan Lee; 3U01NS134348-12S1, led by Brendan Lee; 3U01NS134348-12S2, led by Brendan Lee; 3U01NS134348-12S3, led by Brendan Lee

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

  • David Loren Nelson

    Co-investigator on 3P50HD103555-05S2, led by Mirjana Maletic-Savatic and Sandesh Chakravarthy Sreenath Nagamani

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Stacey S Huppert

    Co-investigator on 1R01DK145618-01A1, led by Hamed Jafar-Nejad

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Oguz Kanca

    Co-investigator on 5R24OD031447-06, led by Hugo J Bellen

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

  • Christopher John Walkey

    Co-investigator on 5U42OD035581-03, led by Denise Grant Lanza and Jason D. Heaney and William Raymond Lagor

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Yongchao Dou

    Co-investigator on 5U01CA299401-02, led by Bing Zhang

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

  • Stacey Pereira

    Co-investigator on 5R01HG013428-03, led by Brendan Lee

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Jonathan A Kirk

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL175964-03, led by Lilei Zhang

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Md. Abul Hassan Samee

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL175964-03, led by Lilei Zhang

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

  • Qingchun Tong

    Co-investigator on 5R01DK109934-11, led by Benjamin R Arenkiel

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Donna Muzny

    Co-investigator on 1U01HG014623-01, led by Richard A Gibbs

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Eric Venner

    Co-investigator on 1U01HG014623-01, led by Richard A Gibbs

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

  • Tao Wu

    Co-investigator on 5UH3NS132105-04, led by Fritz J Sedlazeck

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