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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Physiology at Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

Funding
$14.9M
$14,884,452
Awards
26
FY2026 NIH awards in Physiology
Principal investigators
26
16 lead a grant here, 10 co-investigators
Department rank
#9
of 89 · 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 Physiology row of the Baylor College of Medicine page.

Leads a grant in this department

16 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. James F Martin

    Leads 4 awards · $2,569,577

    • 5R01HL173242-02Department: NIH department code
      Hippo-YAP signaling in cardiac regenerative repair
      $664,697
      award amount
    • 5R01HL169511-04Department: NIH department code
      Cytoskeletal Control of Yap in Heart Regeneration
      $662,113
      award amount
    • 7R01HL177644-02Department: NIH department code
      Senescent Cell States in Single Ventricle Disease with Heart Failure
      $626,109
      award amount
    • 5R01HL171574-03Department: NIH department code
      Reawakening cardiomyocyte proliferation from structural mediated quiescence

      Principal investigators: James F Martin (contact PI), Sean M Wu

      $616,658
      award amount

  2. Xander H.t. Wehrens

    Leads 5 awards · $2,188,136

    • 5R01HL180477-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of inflammation in postoperative atrial fibrillation
      $737,565
      award amount
    • 5R01HL174510-02Department: NIH department code
      Cardiomyocyte-fibroblast signaling in atrial fibrillation
      $588,606
      award amount
    • 5R01HL160992-04Department: NIH department code
      Role of Nucleoside-Diphosphate Kinase Signaling in Atrial Fibrillation
      $524,630
      award amount
    • 5T32HL170967-03Department: NIH department code
      Cardiovascular Research and Drug Development (CRDD) training program

      Principal investigators: Xander H.t. Wehrens (contact PI), Damian Winston Young

      $264,355
      award amount
    • 3R01HL174510-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Cardiomyocyte-fibroblast signaling in atrial fibrillation
      $72,980
      award amount

  3. Susan L Hamilton

    Leads 2 awards · $1,399,332

    • 5R01AR082209-04Department: NIH department code
      Environmental and Epigenetic Modifiers of Susceptibility to Malignant Hyperthermia and Environmental Heat Stroke

      Principal investigators: Susan L Hamilton (contact PI), James J Dowling, Robert T Dirksen

      $719,401
      award amount
    • 1R01AR085702-01A1Department: NIH department code
      SPEG-Regulated Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+ Leak in Muscle Function and Disease Pathophysiology

      Principal investigators: Susan L Hamilton (contact PI), George G Rodney, Sung Yun Jung

      $679,931
      award amount

  4. Irina Larina

    Leads 2 awards · $1,244,512

    • 5R01HD116768-02Department: NIH department code
      In vivo imaging of mammalian fertilization
      $670,950
      award amount
    • 5R01HD112102-03Department: NIH department code
      In vivo investigation of cilia function in the fallopian tube
      $573,562
      award amount

  5. Michael Bround

    Leads 2 awards · $861,584

    • 1R01HL187341-01Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Mechanisms of Mitochondrial Calcium Exchange in the Heart
      $625,035
      award amount
    • 5R00AR078253-05Department: NIH department code
      Mitochondrial Regulation of Calcium Homeostasis and Cell Death in Muscular Dystrophy
      $236,549
      award amount

  6. Robia G Pautler

    Leads 1 award · $782,443

    • 5R01AG081192-03Department: NIH department code
      Incorporating Spatial Proteomics to Understand the Basis of Hyper and Hypoconnectivity in mouse models of AD

      Principal investigators: Robia G Pautler (contact PI), Md. Abul Hassan Samee

      $782,443
      award amount

  7. Jason Michael Karch

    Leads 1 award · $769,062

    • 2R01HL150031-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Regulation of Mitochondrial Permeability Transition and its Role in Regulated Necrosis
      $769,062
      award amount

  8. Satadru Lahiri

    Leads 1 award · $701,116

    • 1R01HL182733-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Transcriptional Mutagenesis and Oxidative DNA Repair: Novel Mechanism and Therapeutic Target in Heart Failure
      $701,116
      award amount

  9. William Raymond Lagor

    Leads 1 award · $697,794

  10. Christine Beeton

    Leads 1 award · $688,499

  11. Ergun Sahin

    Leads 1 award · $637,298

    • 5R01DK127037-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of telomere-induced disease: Role of intestinal malabsorption, barrier dysfunction and dsybiosis.

      Principal investigators: Ergun Sahin (contact PI), Noah Freeman Shroyer

      $637,298
      award amount

  12. Mohit Hulsurkar

    Leads 1 award · $616,518

    • 1R01HL183653-01A1Department: NIH department code
      TNF-alpha Mediated Htra3 Suppression Drives Atrial Fibrosis and Atrial Fibrillation in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
      $616,518
      award amount

  13. Ross Anthony Poche

    Leads 1 award · $534,899

    • 5R01HD116761-02Department: NIH department code
      THE ROLE OF VITAMIN B12-DEPENDENT METABOLIC PATHWAYS IN NEURAL CREST DEVELOPMENT
      $534,899
      award amount

  14. Jessica Pfleger Karch

    Leads 1 award · $498,822

    • 7R01HL168559-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of REDD1 in insulin-mediated transcription
      $498,822
      award amount

  15. David J Durgan

    Leads 1 award · $494,821

    • 5R01HL176554-02Department: NIH department code
      Bacterial extracellular vesicles in microbiota-brain communication and hypertension
      $494,821
      award amount

  16. Christopher John Walkey

    Leads 1 award · $200,039

    • 5R21OD037647-02Department: NIH department code
      A Novel Mouse Model for the Detection of Genome Editing
      $200,039
      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.

  • Noah Freeman Shroyer

    Co-investigator on 5R01DK124477-06, led by William Raymond Lagor; 5R01DK127037-05, led by Ergun Sahin

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

  • Md. Abul Hassan Samee

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG081192-03, led by Robia G Pautler

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

  • James J Dowling

    Co-investigator on 5R01AR082209-04, led by Susan L Hamilton

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Robert T Dirksen

    Co-investigator on 5R01AR082209-04, led by Susan L Hamilton

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Joseph M. Hyser

    Co-investigator on 5R01AI173318-04, led by Christine Beeton

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Robert A Britton

    Co-investigator on 5R01AI173318-04, led by Christine Beeton

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • George G Rodney

    Co-investigator on 1R01AR085702-01A1, led by Susan L Hamilton

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

  • Sung Yun Jung

    Co-investigator on 1R01AR085702-01A1, led by Susan L Hamilton

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

  • Sean M Wu

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL171574-03, led by James F Martin

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

  • Damian Winston Young

    Co-investigator on 5T32HL170967-03, led by Xander H.t. Wehrens

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads