Pharmacology at University of California, San Diego

Leads a grant in this department

36 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. Joann Trejo

   Leads 8 awards · $7,398,361

   • 5U54CA272220-04Department: NIH department code

     UC San Diego FIRST Program

     Principal investigators: Deborah L Wingard (contact PI), Joann Trejo (contact PI), Vivian Reznik (contact PI), Maria Elena Martinez

     $5,174,500

     award amount
   • 5R01HL163931-04Department: NIH department code

     Endothelial Cytoprotective Signaling by Activated Protein C/Protease-activated Receptor-1
     $591,032

     award amount
   • 5R35GM127121-09Department: NIH department code

     Cell signaling by G protein-coupled receptors
     $530,880

     award amount
   • 5R25AI147376-07Department: NIH department code

     UC San Diego Raising Advancement and Parity for Infectious Disease Researchers (RAPID) Faculty Development Program

     Principal investigators: Joann Trejo (contact PI), Adriana H Tremoulet

     $378,762

     award amount
   • 5R25HL145817-08Department: NIH department code

     UCSD Future Faculty of Cardiovascular Sciences (FOCUS)

     Principal investigators: Joann Trejo (contact PI), Robert Scott Ross

     $342,360

     award amount
   • 2R25NS117367-06Department: NIH department code

     UCSD Leading the Advancement of Underrepresented Neuroscientists for Change (LAUNCH) Faculty Development Program

     Principal investigators: Joann Trejo (contact PI), Victoria B Risbrough

     $270,000

     award amount
   • 3R01HL163931-04S1Department: NIH department code

     Endothelial Cytoprotective Signaling by Activated Protein C/Protease-activated Receptor-1
     $70,029

     award amount
   • 3R35GM127121-09S1Department: NIH department code

     Cell signaling by G protein-coupled receptors
     $40,798

     award amount

2. Deborah L Wingard

   Leads 1 award · $5,174,500

   • 5U54CA272220-04Department: NIH department code

     UC San Diego FIRST Program

     Principal investigators: Deborah L Wingard (contact PI), Joann Trejo (contact PI), Vivian Reznik (contact PI), Maria Elena Martinez

     $5,174,500

     award amount

3. Vivian Reznik

   Leads 1 award · $5,174,500

   • 5U54CA272220-04Department: NIH department code

     UC San Diego FIRST Program

     Principal investigators: Deborah L Wingard (contact PI), Joann Trejo (contact PI), Vivian Reznik (contact PI), Maria Elena Martinez

     $5,174,500

     award amount

4. Pieter C Dorrestein

   Leads 3 awards · $3,163,940

   • 1S10OD040264-01Department: NIH department code

     microGRID-MALDI2-timsTOF fleX mass spectrometry imaging system

     Principal investigators: Pieter C Dorrestein (contact PI), Theodore Alexandrov (contact PI)

     $1,811,131

     award amount
   • 5R01DK136117-04Department: NIH department code

     Reverse Metabolomics for the Discovery of Disease Associated Microbial Molecules
     $707,221

     award amount
   • 5U24DK133658-05Department: NIH department code

     Collaborative Microbial Metabolite Center
     $645,588

     award amount

5. Conor Caffrey

   Leads 1 award · $2,322,997

   • 5U01AG088051-03Department: NIH department code

     Development of a MT-stabilizing agent for the treatment of tauopathies

     Principal investigators: Conor Caffrey (contact PI), Kurt R. Brunden

     $2,322,997

     award amount

6. Jorge Silvio Gutkind

   Leads 4 awards · $2,231,054

   • 1R01CA314197-01Department: NIH department code

     Targeting the Hippo-YAP/TEAD Signaling Network in Head and Neck Cancer

     Principal investigators: Jorge Silvio Gutkind (contact PI), Assuntina Gesualda Sacco

     $694,643

     award amount
   • 5R01DE033909-03Department: NIH department code

     Reprogramming the Tumor Immune Microenvironment with Chemokines to Potentiate Immune Oncology Treatments in Oral Cancer

     Principal investigators: Jorge Silvio Gutkind (contact PI), Tracy M Handel

     $574,900

     award amount
   • 5R01DE035393-02Department: NIH department code

     Targeting Systems Vulnerabilities in the EGFR/HER3/HER2 Oncogenic Signaling Circuitry: New Precision Therapies for Oral Cancer

     Principal investigators: Jorge Silvio Gutkind (contact PI), Assuntina Gesualda Sacco

     $486,400

     award amount
   • 5R01DE026644-10Department: NIH department code

     Targeting Signaling Vulnerabilities for Oral Cancer Prevention

     Principal investigators: Jorge Silvio Gutkind (contact PI), Scott M Lippman

     $475,111

     award amount

7. Jin Zhang

   Leads 3 awards · $2,228,484

   • 5R35CA197622-12Department: NIH department code

     Live-cell Activity Architecture in Cancer
     $948,000

     award amount
   • 5R01CA262815-05Department: NIH department code

     Ultrasensitive kinase biosensors for multiplex imaging of coordinated spatiotemporal signaling in cancer-immune interactions

     Principal investigators: Jin Zhang (contact PI), Yingxiao Wang

     $649,143

     award amount
   • 2R01DK073368-21Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of Compartmentalized cAMP Signaling
     $631,341

     award amount

8. Richard Daneman

   Leads 3 awards · $1,980,002

   • 5R01AG090641-02Department: NIH department code

     Role of Sox18 in neurovascular dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease
     $759,181

     award amount
   • 1R01AG092877-01A1Department: NIH department code

     The role of vascular sphingolipid metabolism in Alzheimer's Disease

     Principal investigators: Richard Daneman (contact PI), Gaurav Chopra

     $674,455

     award amount
   • 4R01AG078241-02Department: NIH department code

     Neurovascular circadian oscillation in health and Alzheimer's disease
     $546,366

     award amount

9. Theodore Alexandrov

   Leads 1 award · $1,811,131

   • 1S10OD040264-01Department: NIH department code

     microGRID-MALDI2-timsTOF fleX mass spectrometry imaging system

     Principal investigators: Pieter C Dorrestein (contact PI), Theodore Alexandrov (contact PI)

     $1,811,131

     award amount

10. Geoffrey A Chang

    Leads 2 awards · $1,334,691

    • 1R01EB041643-01Department: NIH department code

      Prediction of Biosensors to Small Molecules.
      $672,000

      award amount
    • 5R01HD114758-03Department: NIH department code

      MiMA: Mother-infant Metabolite-transporter Atlas

      Principal investigators: Geoffrey A Chang (contact PI), Michael H. B. Stowell, Pradipta Ghosh, Raymond Theodore Suhandynata

      $662,691

      award amount

11. Robert H Tukey

    Leads 2 awards · $1,318,803

    • 5R01ES036571-02Department: NIH department code

      Effects of early life Triclosan exposure through lactation on the gut-liver axis and its implications in the development of steatotic liver disease in adults

      Principal investigators: Robert H Tukey (contact PI), Michael Karin

      $678,802

      award amount
    • 5R01DK136599-04Department: NIH department code

      Severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (SNH) and the expression of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 (UGT1A1) play key roles in the development of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
      $640,001

      award amount

12. Alexandra C. Newton

    Leads 2 awards · $1,291,014

    • 5R35GM122523-10Department: NIH department code

      Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Signaling
      $659,856

      award amount
    • 2R01NS120725-06Department: NIH department code

      Structural and Molecular Mechanisms for Dysregulation of Protein Kinase C Gamma in Cerebellar Ataxia

      Principal investigators: Alexandra C. Newton (contact PI), Susan S. Taylor

      $631,158

      award amount

13. David J Gonzalez

    Leads 2 awards · $1,235,760

    • 5U24CA299590-02Department: NIH department code

      Advancing METASPACE and Spatial Metabolomics for Cancer Research
      $796,385

      award amount
    • 1R21AI191616-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Development and validation of S protein as a group A streptococcus vaccine
      $439,375

      award amount

14. Padmini Rangamani

    Leads 2 awards · $839,950

    • 5R35GM158446-02Department: NIH department code

      Biophysical modeling of inward and outward membrane curvature generation
      $440,000

      award amount
    • 1R01MH143512-01Department: NIH department code

      CRC NS: Investigating ROS-mitochondrial-calcium axes in neuronal function

      Principal investigators: Padmini Rangamani (contact PI), Frederic J Hoerndli

      $399,950

      award amount

15. Jing Yang

    Leads 2 awards · $798,172

    • 5R01CA268179-05Department: NIH department code

      Functional interplay between Hippo and estrogen receptor ESR1
      $434,399

      award amount
    • 5R01CA174869-10Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of Tumor Invasion and Metastasis by Matrix Stiffness
      $363,773

      award amount

16. Andrew S Mendiola

    Leads 2 awards · $767,271

    • 5R01NS144158-02Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of pathogenic microglial populations in CNS inflammation
      $524,571

      award amount
    • 5R00NS126707-05Department: NIH department code

      Epigenomic regulation of oxidative stress-producing innate immunity in neuroinflammation
      $242,700

      award amount

17. Nuno Bandeira

    Leads 1 award · $697,900

    • 5R24GM148372-04Department: NIH department code

      Global proteomics mass spectrometry data sharing infrastructure
      $697,900

      award amount

18. Juliana Idoyaga

    Leads 1 award · $679,594

    • 2R01AI158808-07Department: NIH department code

      Transitional dendritic cells: identifying the origin and role of a novel innate immune population during viral infection
      $679,594

      award amount

19. Susan S. Taylor

    Leads 1 award · $604,304

    • 5R35GM130389-09Department: NIH department code

      Lessons Learned from PKA: Assembly of Dynamic Macromolecular Switches
      $604,304

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2R01NS120725-06, led by Alexandra C. Newton.

20. Michael K. Gilson

    Leads 1 award · $571,960

    • 5R24GM144232-05Department: NIH department code

      BindingDB: An Open Knowledgebase of Protein-Small Molecule Interactions
      $571,960

      award amount

21. Edward A Dennis

    Leads 1 award · $449,249

    • 2R35GM139641-06Department: NIH department code

      Action of Lipolytic Enzymes
      $449,249

      award amount

22. Asa B. Gustafsson

    Leads 1 award · $440,000

    • 1R21AG104288-01Department: NIH department code

      Defining the role of Atg9b in the aging heart
      $440,000

      award amount

23. Christopher John Obara

    Leads 1 award · $440,000

    • 1R35GM166525-01Department: NIH department code

      Mapping the structure and functions of the endoplasmic reticulum in health and disease
      $440,000

      award amount

24. Irina Kufareva

    Leads 1 award · $411,206

    • 1R21CA314201-01Department: NIH department code

      Small molecule inhibitors of the proton-sensing receptor GPR68 for pancreatic cancer therapy
      $411,206

      award amount

25. Dong Wang

    Leads 1 award · $403,806

    • 5R01GM148476-04Department: NIH department code

      Recognition of Synthetic Unnatural Base Pairs by RNA Polymerase
      $403,806

      award amount

26. Joan Heller Brown

    Leads 1 award · $375,385

    • 5T32GM153123-03Department: NIH department code

      Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Training Program

      Principal investigators: Joan Heller Brown (contact PI), Tracy M Handel

      $375,385

      award amount

27. Johannes Schoeneberg

    Leads 1 award · $295,999

    • 5R01GM148765-04Department: NIH department code

      Modeling and Analysis of the Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of the Mitochondrial Network
      $295,999

      award amount

28. Anjan Debnath

    Leads 1 award · $240,000

    • 1R21AI199284-01Department: NIH department code

      F1FO ATP Synthase Inhibitors as New Drug Leads for the Treatment of Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis
      $240,000

      award amount

29. Anthony John O'Donoghue

    Leads 1 award · $240,000

    • 1R21AI202438-01Department: NIH department code

      Proteasome as antimicrobial target for cryptosporidiosis

      Principal investigators: Anthony John O'Donoghue (contact PI), Lars Eckmann

      $240,000

      award amount

30. Karol Rogelle Karagdag Francisco

    Leads 1 award · $184,693

    • 1K99AI201746-01Department: NIH department code

      Defining Molecular Targets and Optimizing Novel Small Molecules for Schistosomiasis Therapy
      $184,693

      award amount

31. Emmet Alexander Francis

    Leads 1 award · $125,000

    • 1K99GM162992-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Biophysical mechanisms for bidirectional coupling between mechanotransduction and cell morphology
      $125,000

      award amount

32. Benjamin Domenic Gastfriend

    Leads 1 award · $121,554

    • 1K99NS150832-01Department: NIH department code

      Pericyte regulation of central nervous system metabolism and function
      $121,554

      award amount

33. Sidar Aydin

    Leads 1 award · $121,554

    • 1K99NS146612-01Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the Role of Tanycyte Barriers at the Circumventricular Organs in Health and Neuroinflammation.
      $121,554

      award amount

34. Helena Mannochio Russo

    Leads 1 award · $119,286

    • 1K99NS147878-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Impact of microbial metabolites and their roles in HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders
      $119,286

      award amount

35. Camden A. Spring

    Leads 1 award · $79,864

    • 8K00HD124959-03Department: NIH department code

      Investigating novel gene regulatory networks for development of myeloid cells
      $79,864

      award amount

36. Alexander Silva

    Leads 1 award · $43,565

    • 1F31NS149776-01Department: NIH department code

      Neurovascular mechanisms of microglia dysfunction
      $43,565

      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.

• Maria Elena Martinez

  Co-investigator on 5U54CA272220-04, led by Deborah L Wingard and Joann Trejo and Vivian Reznik

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of California, San Diego (no department on record, 1 award)

• Kurt R. Brunden

  Co-investigator on 5U01AG088051-03, led by Conor Caffrey

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

• Assuntina Gesualda Sacco

  Co-investigator on 1R01CA314197-01, led by Jorge Silvio Gutkind; 5R01DE035393-02, led by Jorge Silvio Gutkind

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

• Tracy M Handel

  Co-investigator on 5R01DE033909-03, led by Jorge Silvio Gutkind; 5T32GM153123-03, led by Joan Heller Brown

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of California, San Diego · Pharmacology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Michael Karin

  Co-investigator on 5R01ES036571-02, led by Robert H Tukey

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (no department on record, 7 awards)

• Gaurav Chopra

  Co-investigator on 1R01AG092877-01A1, led by Richard Daneman

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

• Michael H. B. Stowell

  Co-investigator on 5R01HD114758-03, led by Geoffrey A Chang

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Colorado · Biology (NIH department code, 1 award)
  • University of Colorado · Biochemistry (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Pradipta Ghosh

  Co-investigator on 5R01HD114758-03, led by Geoffrey A Chang

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of California, San Diego · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)
  • University of California, San Diego · Other Basic Sciences (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Raymond Theodore Suhandynata

  Co-investigator on 5R01HD114758-03, led by Geoffrey A Chang

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

• Yingxiao Wang

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA262815-05, led by Jin Zhang

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Southern California · Biomedical Engineering (NIH department code, 3 awards)

• Scott M Lippman

  Co-investigator on 5R01DE026644-10, led by Jorge Silvio Gutkind

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

• Frederic J Hoerndli

  Co-investigator on 1R01MH143512-01, led by Padmini Rangamani

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Colorado State University · Veterinary Sciences (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Adriana H Tremoulet

  Co-investigator on 5R25AI147376-07, led by Joann Trejo

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of California, San Diego · Pediatrics (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Robert Scott Ross

  Co-investigator on 5R25HL145817-08, led by Joann Trejo

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of California, San Diego · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Victoria B Risbrough

  Co-investigator on 2R25NS117367-06, led by Joann Trejo

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

• Lars Eckmann

  Co-investigator on 1R21AI202438-01, led by Anthony John O'Donoghue

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of California, San Diego · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 2 awards)