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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biochemistry at George Washington University

Washington, DC

Funding
$5.9M
$5,896,567
Awards
12
FY2026 NIH awards in Biochemistry
Principal investigators
14
7 lead a grant here, 7 co-investigators
Department rank
#63
of 136 · 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 Biochemistry row of the George Washington University page.

Leads a grant in this department

7 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. Rong Li

    Leads 3 awards · $1,931,340

    • 5R01CA279566-03Department: NIH department code
      Adipocyte PD-L1 in the Breast Tumor Microenvironment

      Principal investigators: Rong Li (contact PI), Tyler J. Curiel, Yanfen Hu

      $660,030
      award amount
    • 5R01CA288321-03Department: NIH department code
      A Novel Regulator of Antitumor Immunity and Immunotherapy

      Principal investigators: Rong Li (contact PI), Nu Zhang, Yanfen Hu

      $656,704
      award amount
    • 5R01CA282303-04Department: NIH department code
      T Cell-Specific BRCA1 Function in Antitumor Immunity and Immunotherapy

      Principal investigators: Rong Li (contact PI), Yanfen Hu

      $614,606
      award amount
  2. Wenge Zhu

    Leads 3 awards · $1,632,191

    • 5R01CA275904-04Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of resistance to CDK4/6 inhibitor in breast cancer

      Principal investigators: Wenge Zhu (contact PI), Cynthia X Ma, Shunqiang Li

      $633,959
      award amount
    • 5R01CA288337-02Department: NIH department code
      The role of And-1 in R-loop and endocrine resistance in breast cancer
      $542,424
      award amount
    • 5R01CA258357-05Department: NIH department code
      The role of And-1 in nucleotide excision repair
      $455,808
      award amount
  3. Edward Seto

    Leads 2 awards · $837,704

    • 5R01CA290697-02Department: NIH department code
      Targeting histone deacetylase SIRT1 in medulloblastoma
      $468,421
      award amount
    • 5R01CA270149-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeting lysine acetyltransferase MOF/KAT8 in lung cancer
      $369,283
      award amount
  4. Jiyoung Lee

    Leads 1 award · $485,832

    • 5R37CA270536-05Department: NIH department code
      Understanding lactate catabolism by BACH1 in triple negative breast cancer
      $485,832
      award amount
  5. Brett Shook

    Leads 1 award · $442,406

    • 5R01AR082417-04Department: NIH department code
      The role of GPR84 signaling during skin repair
      $442,406
      award amount
  6. Ray-Chang Wu

    Leads 1 award · $401,094

    • 5R01CA266432-05Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Function and Mechanism of ARID4B in ERalpha Signaling and Breast Cancer
      $401,094
      award amount
  7. Anelia Horvath

    Leads 1 award · $166,000

    • 1R25CA302404-01A1Department: NIH department code
      AI in Cancer Genomics: Educational modules in DC-Area Universities

      Principal investigators: Anelia Horvath (contact PI), Nathan J Edwards, Wei Li

      $166,000
      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.

  • Yanfen Hu

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA279566-03, led by Rong Li; 5R01CA288321-03, led by Rong Li; 5R01CA282303-04, led by Rong Li

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

  • Tyler J. Curiel

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA279566-03, led by Rong Li

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Nu Zhang

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA288321-03, led by Rong Li

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Cynthia X Ma

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA275904-04, led by Wenge Zhu

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Shunqiang Li

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA275904-04, led by Wenge Zhu

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

  • Nathan J Edwards

    Co-investigator on 1R25CA302404-01A1, led by Anelia Horvath

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

  • Wei Li

    Co-investigator on 1R25CA302404-01A1, led by Anelia Horvath

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