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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pharmacology at Boston University

Boston, MA

Funding
$11.8M
$11,836,942
Awards
27
FY2026 NIH awards in Pharmacology
Principal investigators
26
21 lead a grant here, 5 co-investigators
Department rank
#27
of 132 · 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 Pharmacology row of the Boston University page.

Leads a grant in this department

21 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. Weiming Xia

    Leads 1 award · $2,417,411

    • 4R01AG063913-04Department: NIH department code
      Big data and small molecules for Alzheimer's disease
      $2,417,411
      award amount

  2. Julia Tcw

    Leads 2 awards · $1,566,870

    • 5R01AG083941-04Department: NIH department code
      Microglia targeted interventions in prodromal Alzheimer's disease stage
      $783,836
      award amount
    • 5R01AG082362-04Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating endolysosomal trafficking dysregulation induced by APOE4 in human astrocytes
      $783,034
      award amount

  3. Hui Feng

    Leads 2 awards · $1,063,799

    • 5R01NS140967-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of lmmunosuppression in MYCN-driven Neuroblastoma

      Principal investigators: Hui Feng (contact PI), Derin B Keskin

      $632,462
      award amount
    • 5T32GM159592-02Department: NIH department code
      Training in BioMolecular Pharmacology

      Principal investigators: Hui Feng (contact PI), Venetia Zachariou

      $431,337
      award amount

  4. Shelley J Russek

    Leads 2 awards · $867,460

    • 5R01NS122385-05Department: NIH department code
      The STAT3 Response of Excitatory Neurons to Epileptogenic Brain Injury

      Principal investigators: Shelley J Russek (contact PI), Amy R. Brooks-Kayal

      $659,101
      award amount
    • 5T32NS131178-04Department: NIH department code
      Graduate Program for Neuroscience
      $208,359
      award amount

  5. Nikolaos Daskalakis

    Leads 1 award · $836,968

  6. Valentina Sabino

    Leads 2 awards · $829,266

    • 1R01AA032039-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The role of PACAP of the extended amygdala in heavy alcohol drinking

      Principal investigators: Valentina Sabino (contact PI), Pietro Cottone

      $580,556
      award amount
    • 5R21AA031170-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of Central Amygdala Somatostatin in Heavy Alcohol Drinking

      Principal investigators: Valentina Sabino (contact PI), Marisa Roberto, Pietro Cottone

      $248,710
      award amount

  7. Zhen Yue Jiang

    Leads 2 awards · $730,354

    • 5R01HL168560-04Department: NIH department code
      Neutrophils play a pivotal role in vascular aging
      $526,476
      award amount
    • 3R01HL168560-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Neutrophils play a pivotal role in vascular aging
      $203,878
      award amount

  8. William J Lehman

    Leads 1 award · $712,387

    • 2R01HL036153-36A1Department: NIH department code
      Thin Filaments and Muscle Regulation
      $712,387
      award amount

  9. Venetia Zachariou

    Leads 1 award · $636,944

    • 5R01NS135775-03Department: NIH department code
      Studies on RGS4-Regulated Pathways in Models of Neuropathic Pain
      $636,944
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32GM159592-02, led by Hui Feng.

  10. Christopher W Akey

    Leads 2 awards · $492,275

    • 5R35GM156236-02Department: NIH department code
      Structure and Function of the Nuclear Pore Complex by Cryogenic-EM
      $408,750
      award amount
    • 3R35GM156236-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Structure and Function of the Nuclear Pore Complex by Cryogenic-EM
      $83,525
      award amount

  11. Daniel R. Dempsey

    Leads 1 award · $412,500

    • 5R35GM155301-03Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of RNA methyltransferases.
      $412,500
      award amount

  12. Neil J. Ganem

    Leads 1 award · $386,685

    • 5R01GM117150-07Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of cell growth and proliferation by the Hippo pathway
      $386,685
      award amount

  13. Olga Gursky

    Leads 1 award · $296,685

    • 5R01GM135158-07Department: NIH department code
      Structure and Function of Serum Amyloid A in Health and Disease
      $296,685
      award amount

  14. Travis Michael Rotterman

    Leads 1 award · $246,332

    • 5R00NS126576-04Department: NIH department code
      Plasticity of spinal neural networks directly impacts motor control following peripheral nerve injury
      $246,332
      award amount

  15. Benjamin James Snyder

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30MH136779-03Department: NIH department code
      Compartment-specific inhibition and laminar circuit dynamics in the primate prefrontal cortex.
      $55,114
      award amount

  16. Glenda Smerin

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30DA064377-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Role of Gαz in the Behavioral Response to Opioids
      $55,114
      award amount

  17. Rose Wanxin Zhao

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 1F30CA298788-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Defining the landscape of whole-genome doubling across mammalian tissues
      $55,114
      award amount

  18. Emily Grace Kirchner

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31AA032441-02Department: NIH department code
      Defining the Role of MAT2A in Alcohol Use Disorder
      $50,114
      award amount

  19. Kerry Ann Breen

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31NS141294-02Department: NIH department code
      Aberrant DNA Methylation Associated with Repetitive Head Impact Exposure and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
      $50,114
      award amount

  20. Rebecca Michele Belisle

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31DC022801-02Department: NIH department code
      Structure-function correspondence in the cortical organization of language
      $50,114
      award amount

  21. Nicholas Gregory Cicero

    Leads 1 award · $25,322

    • 5F31NS139696-02Department: NIH department code
      Ascending Arousal Network Control of Sleep-Wake Structure in Humans Using Simultaneous EEG and High-Resolution fMRI
      $25,322
      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.