Microbiology & Immunology at Florida International University

Leads a grant in this department

5 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. Hoshang Jehangir Unwalla

   Leads 3 awards · $1,755,823

   • 2R01HL147715-05A1Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of Defective Mitophagy and cellular Senescence in HIV-associated COPD

     Principal investigators: Hoshang Jehangir Unwalla (contact PI), Irfan Rahman

     $752,328

     award amount
   • 5R01HL167655-04Department: NIH department code

     Aberrant Micro-managing of the Airway Epithelial Transcriptome in HIV-associated COPD

     Principal investigators: Hoshang Jehangir Unwalla (contact PI), Irfan Rahman

     $635,461

     award amount
   • 5R01AI174269-03Department: NIH department code

     A CRISP(e)R way to silence HIV
     $368,034

     award amount

2. Nazira El-Hage

   Leads 2 awards · $1,037,648

   • 5R01DA057145-05Department: NIH department code

     Title: Pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic , and toxicological interactions among Opioids and Cabotegravir

     Principal investigators: Nazira El-Hage (contact PI), Courtney V Fletcher, Shilpa J Buch

     $688,491

     award amount
   • 5R01DA057884-04Department: NIH department code

     Function of astrocytes autophagy in brain homeostasis and opioid-induced maladaptive behavior and addiction, in the context of HIV

     Principal investigators: Nazira El-Hage (contact PI), Jay P. McLaughlin

     $349,157

     award amount

3. Madepalli Krishnappa Lakshmana

   Leads 1 award · $479,375

   • 5R61AG086971-02Department: NIH department code

     Effect of small molecule activator of autophagy on insulin signaling, senescence, and neuropathology in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease

     Principal investigators: Madepalli Krishnappa Lakshmana (contact PI), Adel Nefzi

     $479,375

     award amount

4. Srinivasan Chinnapaiyan

   Leads 1 award · $457,594

   • 5R01HL176254-03Department: NIH department code

     A CRISP(e)R approach to alleviating HIV-associated COPD
     $457,594

     award amount

5. Kevin Brown Chandler

   Leads 1 award · $364,812

   • 1R35GM165545-01Department: NIH department code

     Fucosyltransferases in Mucosal Immunity: Probing Function and Innovating Tools to Define Novel Substrates
     $364,812

     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.

• Irfan Rahman

  Co-investigator on 2R01HL147715-05A1, led by Hoshang Jehangir Unwalla; 5R01HL167655-04, led by Hoshang Jehangir Unwalla

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Rochester · Public Health (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Courtney V Fletcher

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA057145-05, led by Nazira El-Hage

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

• Shilpa J Buch

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA057145-05, led by Nazira El-Hage

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Nebraska Medical Center · Pharmacology (NIH department code, 3 awards)

• Adel Nefzi

  Co-investigator on 5R61AG086971-02, led by Madepalli Krishnappa Lakshmana

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

• Jay P. McLaughlin

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA057884-04, led by Nazira El-Hage

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Florida · Pharmacology (NIH department code, 1 award)