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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pharmacology at University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Funding
$32.7M
$32,700,872
Awards
40
FY2026 NIH awards in Pharmacology
Principal investigators
49
38 lead a grant here, 11 co-investigators
Department rank
#7
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 University of Arizona page.

Leads a grant in this department

38 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. Roberta Eileen Brinton

    Leads 4 awards · $7,300,710

    • 2P01AG026572-21Department: NIH department code
      Perimenopause in Brain Aging and Alzheimer's Disease

      Principal investigators: Adam C. Raikes (contact PI), Fei Yin (contact PI), Francesca Vitali (contact PI), Kathleen E. Rodgers (contact PI), Roberta Eileen Brinton (contact PI), Schantel Williams (contact PI), Tian Wang (contact PI)

      $5,109,022
      award amount
    • 5R01AG075122-05Department: NIH department code
      PhytoSERM Efficacy to Prevent Menopause Associated Decline in Brain Metabolism and Cognition: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Phase 2 Clinical Trial

      Principal investigators: Roberta Eileen Brinton (contact PI), Gerson David Hernandez

      $1,353,297
      award amount
    • 5R37AG053589-10Department: NIH department code
      Aging and Estrogenic Control of the Bioenergetic System in Brain
      $537,250
      award amount
    • 5T32AG082631-04Department: NIH department code
      Translational Research in Alzheimer's Disease and related Dementias (TRADD)
      $301,141
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R25AG086126-03, led by Kathleen E. Rodgers.

  2. Kathleen E. Rodgers

    Leads 3 awards · $5,666,486

  3. Xinxin Ding

    Leads 3 awards · $5,239,332

    Also a principal investigator on 1R56AG097418-01, led by Xinglong Wang.

  4. Adam C. Raikes

    Leads 1 award · $5,109,022

  5. Fei Yin

    Leads 1 award · $5,109,022

  6. Francesca Vitali

    Leads 1 award · $5,109,022

  7. Schantel Williams

    Leads 1 award · $5,109,022

  8. Tian Wang

    Leads 1 award · $5,109,022

  9. Hongmin Li

    Leads 2 awards · $3,868,379

    • 1R01AI196477-01Department: NIH department code
      Identification and characterization of novel antifungals against Cryptococcus spp

      Principal investigators: Hongmin Li (contact PI), Rui Xiong

      $3,100,997
      award amount
    • 5R01AI175435-04Department: NIH department code
      Development of Inhibitors Targeting Flavivirus Methyltransferase
      $767,382
      award amount

  10. Xinglong Wang

    Leads 4 awards · $3,598,241

    • 1RF1NS149974-01Department: NIH department code
      Pathological relevance of TDP-43 interactions with translation machinery in neurodegeneration
      $1,764,771
      award amount
    • 5R01AG087952-02Department: NIH department code
      TDP-43 LLPS and mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegeneration
      $640,743
      award amount
    • 1R56AG097418-01Department: NIH department code
      Developing small molecule therapeutics for TDP-43 associated neurodegenerative diseases

      Principal investigators: Xinglong Wang (contact PI), Xinxin Ding

      $639,943
      award amount
    • 5R01AG065342-05Department: NIH department code
      Mitochondrial modulation of neuroinflammation in AD and related tauopathies
      $552,784
      award amount

  11. Bernardo Lemos

    Leads 1 award · $3,052,392

  12. Jon D Chorover

    Leads 1 award · $3,052,392

  13. Joseph Hamilton Hoover

    Leads 1 award · $3,052,392

  14. Monica Ramirez-Andreotta

    Leads 1 award · $3,052,392

  15. Raina M Maier

    Leads 1 award · $3,052,392

  16. Yin Chen

    Leads 1 award · $3,052,392

  17. Nathan J Cherrington

    Leads 3 awards · $2,818,635

    • 5P30ES006694-29Department: NIH department code
      Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center

      Principal investigators: Dean Billheimer (contact PI), George S Watts (contact PI), Nathan J Cherrington (contact PI), Paloma I Beamer (contact PI), Xinxin Ding (contact PI)

      $1,522,817
      award amount
    • 5T32ES007091-43Department: NIH department code
      Training in Environmental Toxicology of Human Disease
      $693,363
      award amount
    • 1R01OH012895-01Department: NIH department code
      Heat Strain Working Conditions: Phenoconversion and Toxicity
      $602,455
      award amount

  18. Dean Billheimer

    Leads 1 award · $1,522,817

  19. George S Watts

    Leads 1 award · $1,522,817

  20. Paloma I Beamer

    Leads 1 award · $1,522,817

  21. Abhijit A Date

    Leads 2 awards · $1,421,954

    • 1R56AI177505-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Ionic Liquids to improve oral bioavailability and in vivo efficacy of oxfendazole

      Principal investigators: Abhijit A Date (contact PI), Kirsten Nielsen

      $779,407
      award amount
    • 5R01EY036247-03Department: NIH department code
      Repurposing and reformulation of adefovir dipivoxil for improved topical treatment of herpes simplex virus infection of the eye

      Principal investigators: Abhijit A Date (contact PI), Deepak Shukla

      $642,547
      award amount

  22. Tally Marie Milnes

    Leads 2 awards · $1,155,760

    • 5R01NS126752-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeting the Endocannabinoid System for Headache Intervention
      $618,908
      award amount
    • 5R01DA056608-03Department: NIH department code
      Endocannabinoid Targeting for Opioid Induced Respiratory Depression

      Principal investigators: Tally Marie Milnes (contact PI), Todd W Vanderah

      $536,852
      award amount

  23. James J Galligan

    Leads 2 awards · $880,455

    • 5R01DK133196-04Department: NIH department code
      Glyoxalase 1 and its Role in Metabolic Syndrome
      $473,132
      award amount
    • 1R35GM161300-01Department: NIH department code
      Establishing Glyoxalase 2 as a Viable Target for the Treatment of Disease
      $407,323
      award amount

  24. Gregory R. J Thatcher

    Leads 1 award · $741,490

    • 5U01AG076450-05Department: NIH department code
      Nonlipogenic ABCA1 inducers for ADRD
      $741,490
      award amount

  25. Nam Y Lee

    Leads 2 awards · $740,278

    • 5R01CA275036-04Department: NIH department code
      Tumor-intrinsic and paracrine roles of endoglin in pancreatic cancer
      $375,308
      award amount
    • 5R35GM148171-04Department: NIH department code
      TGF-beta signaling in mitochondrial dynamics
      $364,970
      award amount

  26. Jianqin Lu

    Leads 2 awards · $719,668

    • 5R35GM147002-05Department: NIH department code
      A fortified lipid bilayer platform for improved drug packaging and therapeutic delivery
      $376,151
      award amount
    • 5R01CA272487-04Department: NIH department code
      A Phospholipid-Derived Nanotherapeutic Platform for Improved Colorectal Cancer Immunochemotherapy
      $343,517
      award amount

  27. Haining Zhu

    Leads 1 award · $644,814

    • 1R01NS144500-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Tau variants in FUS-mediated ALS

      Principal investigators: Haining Zhu (contact PI), Ziyuan Guo

      $644,814
      award amount

  28. Rui Xiong

    Leads 1 award · $635,030

    • 5R01AI168165-06Department: NIH department code
      Targeting SARS-CoV-2 PLpro for COVID-19 treatment
      $635,030
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01AI196477-01, led by Hongmin Li.

  29. Frank Porreca

    Leads 1 award · $621,050

  30. Christopher Hulme

    Leads 1 award · $611,338

    • 1R01AG102624-01Department: NIH department code
      Development of selective Dyrk1a Inhibitors for Alzheimer's disease
      $611,338
      award amount

  31. Qin M Chen

    Leads 1 award · $566,770

    • 5R01HL179676-02Department: NIH department code
      Protein Translation for Oxidative Stress Response in Heart Failure
      $566,770
      award amount

  32. Jingjing Liang

    Leads 1 award · $530,105

    • 1R01NS148267-01Department: NIH department code
      Aggregation and TDP-43-associated mitochondrial dysfunction and neurodegeneration
      $530,105
      award amount

  33. Sally E Dickinson

    Leads 1 award · $455,188

    • 5UG3CA290443-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating novel targets for topical immunoprevention of keratinocytic skin cancer

      Principal investigators: Sally E Dickinson (contact PI), Clara Curiel-Lewandrowski

      $455,188
      award amount

  34. Georg T Wondrak

    Leads 1 award · $399,712

    • 1R21CA299160-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Endogenous HOCl-derived chloramines in skin inflammation and photocarcinogenesis
      $399,712
      award amount

  35. Todd W Vanderah

    Leads 1 award · $293,836

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DA056608-03, led by Tally Marie Milnes.

  36. Ee Phie Tan

    Leads 1 award · $249,096

    • 4R00AG080109-03Department: NIH department code
      Role of selective autophagy in aging and neurodegeneration: a small molecule approach
      $249,096
      award amount

  37. Qing-Yu Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $131,162

    • 5R25ES034923-03Department: NIH department code
      Environmental Health Sciences Research for Indigenous Scholar Engagement (EHS-RISE)
      $131,162
      award amount

  38. Paxton Sample

    Leads 1 award · $43,222

    • 1F31ES038410-01Department: NIH department code
      Impact of Heat Stress on Drug Metabolizing Enzyme Expression and Function
      $43,222
      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.