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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pharmacology at Duke University

Durham, NC

Funding
$11.9M
$11,887,865
Awards
36
FY2025 NIH awards in Pharmacology
Principal investigators
30
27 lead a grant here, 3 co-investigators
Department rank
#23
of 127 · 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 Duke University page.

Leads a grant in this department

27 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. G Greg Wang

    Leads 2 awards · $1,218,745

    • 5R01CA268519-05Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting and targeting canonical and non-canonical oncogenic functions of EZH2 in caner

      Principal investigators: G Greg Wang (contact PI), Jian Jin

      $640,960
      award amount
    • 5R01CA271603-05Department: NIH department code
      The role for phase separation in oncogenesis and aberrant chromatin looping formation

      Principal investigators: G Greg Wang (contact PI), Douglas H. Phanstiel

      $577,785
      award amount

  2. Donald P McDonnell

    Leads 2 awards · $1,130,142

    • 5R01CA271168-04Department: NIH department code
      Elucidation of the mechanisms by which cells recognize and respond to different levels of androgens
      $588,140
      award amount
    • 5R01CA276089-03Department: NIH department code
      Manipulating normal estrogen physiology as a therapeutic approach in cancer
      $542,002
      award amount

  3. Donald T. Fox

    Leads 3 awards · $968,187

    • 5R01HD113543-02Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of fertility and reproduction by codon usage: a Drosophila model
      $339,051
      award amount
    • 5R01GM118447-09Department: NIH department code
      Polyploidy after tissue injury: a Drosophila model
      $319,700
      award amount
    • 5R01GM140138-04Department: NIH department code
      Broken chromosome segregation during mitosis: a Drosophila model
      $309,436
      award amount

  4. Lee Zou

    Leads 1 award · $957,501

    • 5R35CA263934-05Department: NIH department code
      Understanding and targeting the DNA replication stress in cancer cells
      $957,501
      award amount

  5. Trudy Gale Oliver

    Leads 2 awards · $924,772

    • 5R01CA262134-02Department: NIH department code
      NEUROD1 function in SCLC fate and plasticity
      $535,073
      award amount
    • 5R01CA251147-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Arginine Deprivation in Small Cell Lung Cancer
      $389,699
      award amount

  6. Nikoleta Georgieva Tsvetanova

    Leads 2 awards · $921,104

    • 1R01MH139472-01Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of neuronal GPCR/PKA signaling by RBM12
      $535,624
      award amount
    • 5R01NS127847-04Department: NIH department code
      Characterization of Compartmentalized GPCR Signaling in Neurons
      $385,480
      award amount

  7. Kris C. Wood

    Leads 3 awards · $760,658

    • 5R01CA263593-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism-based targeting of unique survival signaling in residual tumors
      $352,309
      award amount
    • 5R01CA266389-04Department: NIH department code
      Lineage-specific signaling and targeting of PI3K gamma in myeloid malignancies
      $320,349
      award amount
    • 3R01CA266389-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Lineage-specific signaling and targeting of PI3K gamma in myeloid malignancies
      $88,000
      award amount

  8. Christopher B Newgard

    Leads 1 award · $627,997

    • 5R01DK046492-30Department: NIH department code
      Engineered Glucose Metabolism in Insulin Secreting Cells
      $627,997
      award amount

  9. Andrew B West

    Leads 1 award · $535,841

    • 5R01NS064934-16Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of LRRK2 Mediated Neurotoxicity
      $535,841
      award amount

  10. Laura Michele Wingler

    Leads 1 award · $512,815

    • 1R01HL176532-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic diversity in biased angiotensin receptor ligands
      $512,815
      award amount

  11. Christopher M Counter

    Leads 1 award · $442,103

    • 5R01CA269272-04Department: NIH department code
      Genetic dissection of oncogenic RAS-driven tumor initiation in vivo
      $442,103
      award amount

  12. David M MacAlpine

    Leads 1 award · $434,700

    • 5R35GM127062-08Department: NIH department code
      Chromatin-mediated mechanisms of genome integrity
      $434,700
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2T32GM133352-06A1, led by Cynthia M Kuhn.

  13. Ann Marie Pendergast

    Leads 1 award · $416,514

    • 5R01CA246133-05Department: NIH department code
      Targeting tumor-neural cell interactions to inhibit lung cancer brain metastasis
      $416,514
      award amount

  14. Zhao Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $411,942

    • 5R01GM152423-02Department: NIH department code
      Biogenesis and function of retrotransposon-derived circular DNA
      $411,942
      award amount

  15. Tso-Pang Yao

    Leads 1 award · $390,464

    • 5R01GM144497-04Department: NIH department code
      Roles of mitochondrial dynamics and mtDNA in senescence

      Principal investigators: Tso-Pang Yao (contact PI), Xiao-Fan Wang

      $390,464
      award amount

  16. Michael B Kastan

    Leads 2 awards · $349,230

    • 3P30CA014236-51S1Department: NIH department code
      Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG)
      $201,250
      award amount
    • 3P30CA014236-51S2Department: NIH department code
      Strengthening LMIC Institutional Capacity for Direct NIH Grant Administration through the East Africa Cancer Collaboration
      $147,980
      award amount

  17. Cynthia M Kuhn

    Leads 1 award · $321,270

    • 2T32GM133352-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Pharmacological Sciences Training Program

      Principal investigators: Cynthia M Kuhn (contact PI), David M MacAlpine

      $321,270
      award amount

  18. Archan Chakraborty

    Leads 1 award · $125,983

    • 1K99HL177179-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging Drosophila to identify novel and conserved regulators of cardiomyocyte polyploidy
      $125,983
      award amount

  19. A-Rum Kim

    Leads 1 award · $88,360

    • 5F32CA261118-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeting histone methyltransferase EZH2 for the treatment of hematological cancer
      $88,360
      award amount

  20. Caroline Marie Teddy

    Leads 1 award · $48,854

    • 5F31CA287604-02Department: NIH department code
      Chromosomal Instability and 17p Loss Sensitize Cancer Cells to NDE1 Depletion
      $48,854
      award amount

  21. Hannah Lynn Thrash

    Leads 1 award · $45,707

    • 1F31CA290692-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Role of the ABL Kinase regulated HIF-1a-TAZ Signaling Pathway in the Promotion of Brain Metastasis
      $45,707
      award amount

  22. Kara Michelle Stark

    Leads 1 award · $43,065

    • 5F31HD113207-03Department: NIH department code
      Examining the role of immune activation in transposon-triggered sterility.
      $43,065
      award amount

  23. Jude Raj

    Leads 1 award · $42,759

    • 5F30CA281085-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Macrophage-Mediated Immune Evasion in Residual Tumors
      $42,759
      award amount

  24. Margaret Weber

    Leads 1 award · $42,745

    • 1F30CA301871-01Department: NIH department code
      PI3K-gamma signaling as a therapeutic vulnerability of POU2F3+ small cell lung cancer
      $42,745
      award amount

  25. Michael William Caminear

    Leads 1 award · $42,659

    • 1F31CA301550-01Department: NIH department code
      Role of ABL Kinase Signaling Networks in the Regulation of Cholesterol Homeostasis in Lung Cancer
      $42,659
      award amount

  26. Roberto Hugo Barbier

    Leads 1 award · $42,362

    • 5F31CA290817-02Department: NIH department code
      ABL kinase inhibition sensitizes SCLC to dysregulation of metabolic pathways leading to cell death
      $42,362
      award amount

  27. Michael Aiduk

    Leads 1 award · $41,386

    • 1F30CA290766-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Defining and targeting CIC::DUX4-dependent survival in fusion-positive sarcomas
      $41,386
      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.