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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pharmacology at Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, SC

Funding
$9.9M
$9,885,790
Awards
22
FY2026 NIH awards in Pharmacology
Principal investigators
21
15 lead a grant here, 6 co-investigators
Department rank
#32
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 Medical University of South Carolina page.

Leads a grant in this department

15 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. Anand S. Mehta

    Leads 2 awards · $1,220,398

    • 5R01CA289381-02Department: NIH department code
      Glycan Biomarkers for Cholangiocarcinoma
      $645,884
      award amount
    • 5R01CA285370-03Department: NIH department code
      Translating glycans into biomarkers
      $574,514
      award amount

  2. Zhi Zhong

    Leads 2 awards · $1,180,370

    • 1R01AT013393-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Aldehyde-Driven Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis

      Principal investigators: Zhi Zhong (contact PI), Mark T Hamann

      $641,392
      award amount
    • 5R01AA025379-09Department: NIH department code
      Mitochondrial depolarization, mitophagy, and mitochondrial DAMPs in ALD
      $538,978
      award amount

  3. Shikhar Mehrotra

    Leads 2 awards · $1,166,463

    • 5R01CA290201-02Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting the Mechanism for Transient ER Stress-Induced Anti-Tumor T Cell Response
      $603,230
      award amount
    • 5R01CA300284-02Department: NIH department code
      Targeting S1P-ACC Axis to Overcome MDSC Suppression
      $563,233
      award amount

  4. Chenthamarakshan Vasu

    Leads 2 awards · $1,073,592

    • 5R01DK136094-04Department: NIH department code
      Identification and Functional Characterization of Bioactive Microbial Metabolites of Beta-Glucan Degradation
      $696,092
      award amount
    • 5R01DE030331-05Department: NIH department code
      ESCRT-dependent novel regulatory mechanism of EMT and tumorigenesis in oral cancer

      Principal investigators: Chenthamarakshan Vasu (contact PI), Radhika Gudi

      $377,500
      award amount

  5. Haizhen Wang

    Leads 2 awards · $988,466

    • 1R01CA298320-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Exploring the Novel Functions of Cyclin Ds in T Cells and Tumor Progression

      Principal investigators: Haizhen Wang (contact PI), Michael I. Nishimura

      $643,053
      award amount
    • 4R37CA251165-06Department: NIH department code
      Novel functions of CDK6 in T-cell leukemia progression
      $345,413
      award amount

  6. Wei Jiang

    Leads 2 awards · $838,436

    • 5R01DA059854-03Department: NIH department code
      Impacts of drug abuse-mediated inflammatory perturbations on affinity maturation of anti-CD4 autoantibodies and poor immune reconstitution from ART in HIV

      Principal investigators: Wei Jiang (contact PI), Zizhang Sheng

      $691,399
      award amount
    • 1K24DA065777-01Department: NIH department code
      Patient-Oriented Research and Mentoring on Mechanisms of Human Disease Immunopathogenesis
      $147,037
      award amount

  7. Sophie Paczesny

    Leads 1 award · $820,542

    • 5R01CA264921-05Department: NIH department code
      Machine Learning to identify Biomarkers for Risk of Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease

      Principal investigators: Sophie Paczesny (contact PI), Brent R Logan

      $820,542
      award amount

  8. Richard R. Drake

    Leads 2 awards · $756,297

    • 1R56DK148971-01Department: NIH department code
      Spatial-omic derived glycoproteomic urine biomarkers of lupus nephritis treatment response

      Principal investigators: Richard R. Drake (contact PI), Tammy (tamara) Nowling

      $544,519
      award amount
    • 1R61CA315160-01Department: NIH department code
      Optimization of a single cell multi-omic analysis platform for circulating and therapeutic immune cells
      $211,778
      award amount

  9. Leonardo M.r. Ferreira

    Leads 1 award · $640,131

    • 1R01AI201496-01Department: NIH department code
      Combined engineering of human stem cell-derived beta cells and regulatory T cells to treat type 1 diabetes
      $640,131
      award amount

  10. Aguirre A De Cubas

    Leads 1 award · $616,624

    • 1R01CA300719-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Exploiting Primed Inflammatory Signaling to Target SETD2 Deficient Renal Tumors
      $616,624
      award amount

  11. Janardan P Pandey

    Leads 1 award · $377,500

    • 5R01AG080451-04Department: NIH department code
      Immunoglobulin Genes and Immunity to HSV1 in Alzheimer's Disease
      $377,500
      award amount

  12. Aaron Angerstein

    Leads 1 award · $54,723

    • 5F30DK142473-02Department: NIH department code
      Using Glycomic Signatures to Monitor Disease Progression and Predict Treatment Response in Lupus Nephritis
      $54,723
      award amount

  13. Stephanie A Mills

    Leads 1 award · $52,020

    • 5F30CA298573-02Department: NIH department code
      Peroxisome Biogenesis in Anti-Tumor T Tell Metabolic Fitness
      $52,020
      award amount

  14. Annaka Westphal

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31DA064399-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Role of Cortical Astrocytes in Heroin Seeking
      $50,114
      award amount

  15. Devin Hatchell

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31NS149617-01Department: NIH department code
      Complement-Mediated Mechanisms of Injury and Repair in Germinal Matrix Hemorrhage
      $50,114
      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.

  • Brent R Logan

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA264921-05, led by Sophie Paczesny

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

  • Zizhang Sheng

    Co-investigator on 5R01DA059854-03, led by Wei Jiang

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

  • Michael I. Nishimura

    Co-investigator on 1R01CA298320-01A1, led by Haizhen Wang

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

  • Mark T Hamann

    Co-investigator on 1R01AT013393-01, led by Zhi Zhong

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Tammy (tamara) Nowling

    Co-investigator on 1R56DK148971-01, led by Richard R. Drake

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

  • Radhika Gudi

    Co-investigator on 5R01DE030331-05, led by Chenthamarakshan Vasu

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