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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pharmacology at Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, SC

Funding
$6.1M
$6,061,577
Awards
11
FY2026 NIH awards in Pharmacology
Principal investigators
13
8 lead a grant here, 5 co-investigators
Department rank
#53
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

8 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. 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
  4. 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
  5. Wei Jiang

    Leads 1 award · $691,399

    • 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
  6. Haizhen Wang

    Leads 1 award · $643,053

    • 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
  7. 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
  8. 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

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 FY2025 awards this person leads

  • 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.