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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pharmacology at Duke University

Durham, NC

Funding
$12.6M
$12,584,593
Awards
31
FY2026 NIH awards in Pharmacology
Principal investigators
29
24 lead a grant here, 5 co-investigators
Department rank
#24
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 Duke University page.

Leads a grant in this department

24 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. Andrew B West

    Leads 1 award · $1,806,237

    • 1RF1NS145135-01Department: NIH department code
      LRRK2 signaling in the progression of Parkinson's disease and dementia
      $1,806,237
      award amount

  2. G Greg Wang

    Leads 2 awards · $1,218,745

    • 5R01CA268519-06Department: 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
    • 5R01CA271603-06Department: 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

  3. Trudy Gale Oliver

    Leads 2 awards · $1,145,532

    • 1R01CA294607-01A1Department: NIH department code
      NEUROD1 and cell fate plasticity in olfactory neuroblastoma

      Principal investigators: Trudy Gale Oliver (contact PI), Bradley J Goldstein

      $610,459
      award amount
    • 5R01CA262134-03Department: NIH department code
      NEUROD1 function in SCLC fate and plasticity
      $535,073
      award amount

  4. Donald P McDonnell

    Leads 2 awards · $1,129,101

    • 5R01CA271168-05Department: NIH department code
      Elucidation of the mechanisms by which cells recognize and respond to different levels of androgens
      $587,099
      award amount
    • 5R01CA276089-04Department: NIH department code
      Manipulating normal estrogen physiology as a therapeutic approach in cancer
      $542,002
      award amount

  5. Lee Zou

    Leads 1 award · $957,068

    • 5R35CA263934-06Department: NIH department code
      Understanding and targeting the DNA replication stress in cancer cells
      $957,068
      award amount

  6. Nikoleta Georgieva Tsvetanova

    Leads 2 awards · $841,424

    • 5R01MH139472-02Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of neuronal GPCR/PKA signaling by RBM12
      $455,944
      award amount
    • 5R01NS127847-05Department: NIH department code
      Characterization of Compartmentalized GPCR Signaling in Neurons
      $385,480
      award amount

  7. Christopher B Newgard

    Leads 1 award · $821,373

    • 1R01DK146803-01Department: NIH department code
      A novel circuit in BCAA catabolism that affects cardiometabolic disease phenotypes

      Principal investigators: Christopher B Newgard (contact PI), Guofang Zhang

      $821,373
      award amount

  8. Kris C. Wood

    Leads 3 awards · $760,163

    • 5R01CA263593-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism-based targeting of unique survival signaling in residual tumors
      $351,534
      award amount
    • 5R01CA266389-05Department: NIH department code
      Lineage-specific signaling and targeting of PI3K gamma in myeloid malignancies
      $320,717
      award amount
    • 3R01CA266389-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Lineage-specific signaling and targeting of PI3K gamma in myeloid malignancies
      $87,912
      award amount

  9. Ann Marie Pendergast

    Leads 1 award · $646,454

    • 1R01CA318002-01Department: NIH department code
      ABL kinase signaling networks regulate Transcription-Replication Collisions in Small Cell Lung Cancer

      Principal investigators: Ann Marie Pendergast (contact PI), Li Lan

      $646,454
      award amount

  10. Christopher M Counter

    Leads 2 awards · $625,915

    • 5R01CA269272-05Department: NIH department code
      Genetic dissection of oncogenic RAS-driven tumor initiation in vivo
      $393,618
      award amount
    • 1R61CA309676-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Developing Mutation Signature Extraction (MSE) for human tissues
      $232,297
      award amount

  11. Zhao Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $523,255

    • 1R35GM161651-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism, regulation and impact of transposon activation
      $523,255
      award amount

  12. Laura Michele Wingler

    Leads 1 award · $446,228

    • 5R01HL176532-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic diversity in biased angiotensin receptor ligands
      $446,228
      award amount

  13. David M MacAlpine

    Leads 1 award · $434,700

    • 5R35GM127062-09Department: NIH department code
      Chromatin-mediated mechanisms of genome integrity
      $434,700
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32GM133352-07, led by Cynthia M Kuhn.

  14. Donald T. Fox

    Leads 1 award · $338,688

    • 5R01HD113543-03Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of fertility and reproduction by codon usage: a Drosophila model
      $338,688
      award amount

  15. Cynthia M Kuhn

    Leads 1 award · $325,003

    • 5T32GM133352-07Department: NIH department code
      Pharmacological Sciences Training Program

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

      $325,003
      award amount

  16. Archan Chakraborty

    Leads 1 award · $125,983

    • 5K99HL177179-02Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging Drosophila to identify novel and conserved regulators of cardiomyocyte polyploidy
      $125,983
      award amount

  17. Ryne Ramaker

    Leads 1 award · $120,403

    • 1K99CA307632-01Department: NIH department code
      Ultrasensitive sequencing to detect local and circulating tumor burden as a driver of recurrence in patients with resectable pancreas cancer
      $120,403
      award amount

  18. Jude Raj

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30CA281085-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Macrophage-Mediated Immune Evasion in Residual Tumors
      $55,114
      award amount

  19. Hannah Lynn Thrash

    Leads 1 award · $46,283

    • 5F31CA290692-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Role of the ABL Kinase regulated HIF-1a-TAZ Signaling Pathway in the Promotion of Brain Metastasis
      $46,283
      award amount

  20. Erin E. Dickert

    Leads 1 award · $44,129

    • 1F31CA317824-01Department: NIH department code
      Uncovering the Function of Topors in the Mitotic DNA Damage Response
      $44,129
      award amount

  21. Joshua Taro Ito Keoni Silva

    Leads 1 award · $43,770

    • 1F31EY039603-01Department: NIH department code
      Revealing distinct proliferation and metabolic properties of polyploid cells using the Drosophila eye
      $43,770
      award amount

  22. Kevin Mark Scott

    Leads 1 award · $43,742

    • 1F31CA318166-01Department: NIH department code
      Role of ABL kinases in regulating DNA damage repair and transcription-replication conflicts in SCLC tumors
      $43,742
      award amount

  23. Margaret Weber

    Leads 1 award · $43,321

    • 5F30CA301871-02Department: NIH department code
      PI3K-gamma signaling as a therapeutic vulnerability of POU2F3+ small cell lung cancer
      $43,321
      award amount

  24. Michael Aiduk

    Leads 1 award · $41,962

    • 5F30CA290766-02Department: NIH department code
      Defining and targeting CIC::DUX4-dependent survival in fusion-positive sarcomas
      $41,962
      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.