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FY2023 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pharmacology at University of California, San Diego

La Jolla, CA

Funding
$42M
$42,011,278
Awards
81
FY2023 NIH awards in Pharmacology
Principal investigators
47
47 lead a grant here, 0 co-investigators
Department rank
#1
of 138 · 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 California, San Diego page.

Leads a grant in this department

47 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. Martinez, Maria Elena

    Leads 1 award · $5,174,500

    • 5U54CA272220-02Department: NIH department code
      UC San Diego FIRST Program
      $5,174,500
      award amount
  2. Karin, Michael

    Leads 6 awards · $3,466,605

    • 5U01CA274295-02Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of PDAC metabolism and immunity by collagen and its cleavage products
      $955,015
      award amount
    • 5R01DK133448-02Department: NIH department code
      The NRF2-FBP1 crossregulatory loop and the control of healthy and diseased liver metabolism
      $684,436
      award amount
    • 1R01CA281784-01Department: NIH department code
      A new mouse model for studying the pathogenesis and immunobiology of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and improving its immunotherapy
      $563,902
      award amount
    • 2R01DK120714-05A1Department: NIH department code
      Control of Lipogenesis and Hepatic Steatosis by Caspase-2
      $546,309
      award amount
    • 5R01CA234128-05Department: NIH department code
      Highly penetrant and immunogenic mouse models of non-viral HCC that are suitable for evaluation of immune checkpoint inhibitors
      $542,443
      award amount
    • 3U01CA274295-02S1Department: NIH department code
      The effect of cancer cell produced collagen 1 homotrimers on DDR1 signaling activation by microenvironmental collagen 1 fragments.
      $174,500
      award amount
  3. Trejo, Joann

    Leads 5 awards · $2,685,423

    • 5K12GM068524-21Department: NIH department code
      San Diego IRACDA Scholars Program
      $1,407,153
      award amount
    • 1R01HL163931-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Endothelial Cytoprotective Signaling by Activated Protein C/Protease-activated Receptor-1
      $604,713
      award amount
    • 2R35GM127121-06Department: NIH department code
      Cell signaling by G protein-coupled receptors
      $530,880
      award amount
    • 3K12GM068524-21S1Department: NIH department code
      San Diego IRACDA Scholars Program
      $92,880
      award amount
    • 3R01HL163931-01A1S1Department: NIH department code
      Endothelial Cytoprotective Signaling by Activated Protein C/Protease-activated Receptor-1
      $49,797
      award amount
  4. Daneman, Richard

    Leads 2 awards · $2,086,029

    • 1RF1AG078241-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Neurovascular circadian oscillation in health and Alzheimer's disease
      $1,966,145
      award amount
    • 3R21AG077148-01S1Department: NIH department code
      Neural activity dependent regulation of vascular: implications for Alzheimers disease
      $119,884
      award amount
  5. Duggan, Brendan Michael

    Leads 1 award · $1,802,603

    • 1S10OD032266-01A1Department: NIH department code
      600 MHz NMR spectrometer with 1.7mm micro-cryoprobe
      $1,802,603
      award amount
  6. Chi, Neil C

    Leads 2 awards · $1,567,445

    • 5T32GM007198-49Department: NIH department code
      Medical Scientist Training Program
      $1,393,284
      award amount
    • 3T32GM007198-49S1Department: NIH department code
      Medical Scientist Training Program
      $174,161
      award amount
  7. Dorrestein, Pieter C

    Leads 2 awards · $1,404,544

    • 5U24DK133658-02Department: NIH department code
      Collaborative Microbial Metabolite Center
      $709,891
      award amount
    • 1R01DK136117-01Department: NIH department code
      Reverse Metabolomics for the Discovery of Disease Associated Microbial Molecules
      $694,653
      award amount
  8. Zhang, Jin

    Leads 2 awards · $1,334,547

    • 5R35CA197622-09Department: NIH department code
      Live-cell Activity Architecture in Cancer
      $929,040
      award amount
    • 5R01DK073368-18Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Compartmentalized cAMP Signaling
      $405,507
      award amount
  9. Newton, Alexandra C.

    Leads 3 awards · $1,326,344

    • 5R35GM122523-07Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Signaling
      $659,856
      award amount
    • 5R01NS120725-03Department: NIH department code
      Structural and Molecular Mechanisms for Dysregulation of Protein Kinase C Gamma in Cerebellar Ataxia
      $653,017
      award amount
    • 3R35GM122523-06S1Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Signaling
      $13,471
      award amount
  10. Gutkind, Jorge Silvio

    Leads 3 awards · $1,317,092

    • 5R01CA247551-04Department: NIH department code
      Co-targeting the HER3 oncogenic signaling circuitry and PD-1 as a novel multimodal precision immunotherapy for HNSCC
      $489,974
      award amount
    • 5R01DE026644-07Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Signaling Vulnerabilities for Oral Cancer Prevention
      $475,111
      award amount
    • 5R25CA221779-05Department: NIH department code
      Multidisciplinary Educational Approach to Reducing Cancer Disparities
      $352,007
      award amount
  11. Yang, Jing

    Leads 4 awards · $1,237,992

    • 5R01CA268179-02Department: NIH department code
      Functional interplay between Hippo and estrogen receptor ESR1
      $425,711
      award amount
    • 5R01CA236386-05Department: NIH department code
      Apical-basal polarity in tumor progression and metastasis
      $369,990
      award amount
    • 5R01CA174869-07Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Tumor Invasion and Metastasis by Matrix Stiffness
      $356,497
      award amount
    • 3R01CA174869-07S1Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Tumor Invasion and Metastasis by Matrix Stiffness
      $85,794
      award amount
  12. Handel, Tracy M

    Leads 3 awards · $1,159,294

    • 5R01AI161880-03Department: NIH department code
      It's a tug of war: structure, consequences, and inhibition of CXCR4 and ACKR3 responses to lymphocyte chemoattractant CXCL12
      $671,571
      award amount
    • 5R01GM136202-04Department: NIH department code
      Signaling circuits that drive cell movement and ligand scavenging by chemokine receptor CCR2
      $460,395
      award amount
    • 3R01GM136202-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Signaling circuits that drive cell movement and ligand scavenging by chemokine receptor CCR2
      $27,328
      award amount
  13. Brown, Joan Heller

    Leads 2 awards · $1,070,491

    • 5T32GM007752-45Department: NIH department code
      Graduate Training in Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
      $718,973
      award amount
    • 5R01GM051586-28Department: NIH department code
      Protein phosphorylation and growth factor function
      $351,518
      award amount
  14. Reznik, Vivian

    Leads 4 awards · $1,048,196

    • 5R25AI147376-04Department: NIH department code
      UC San Diego RAPID Faculty Development Program in Infectious Diseases
      $350,154
      award amount
    • 5R25HL145817-05Department: NIH department code
      UCSD PRIDE Faculty Development Program in Cardiovascular Sciences
      $347,287
      award amount
    • 5R25NS117367-04Department: NIH department code
      San Diego Leading the Advancement of Underrepresented Neuroscientists for Change (LAUNCH) Program
      $261,330
      award amount
    • 5R25GM146014-02Department: NIH department code
      Building a Respectful, Inclusive Culture
      $89,425
      award amount
  15. Gustafsson, Asa B.

    Leads 2 awards · $1,048,097

    • 5R01HL155281-03Department: NIH department code
      Secretion of mitochondria as a cellular quality control mechanism
      $565,706
      award amount
    • 5R01HL157265-03Department: NIH department code
      Autophagy and Megamitochondria in Cardiac Aging and Heart Failure
      $482,391
      award amount
  16. Wang, Dong

    Leads 3 awards · $1,013,428

    • 5R01GM102362-11Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Mechanisms for DNA Damage Processing by Transcription Machinery
      $474,420
      award amount
    • 1R01GM148476-01Department: NIH department code
      Recognition of Synthetic Unnatural Base Pairs by RNA Polymerase
      $403,349
      award amount
    • 3R01GM102362-11S1Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Mechanisms for DNA Damage Processing by Transcription Machinery
      $135,659
      award amount
  17. Gonzalez, David J

    Leads 2 awards · $934,998

    • 5R01DK131005-02Department: NIH department code
      Microbiome Driven Proteolysis as a Contributing Factor to Severity of Ulcerative Colitis Disease Activity
      $539,998
      award amount
    • 5R01AI148417-04Department: NIH department code
      Contribution of the peptidome to CA-MRSA virulence
      $395,000
      award amount
  18. Dore, Kim Bohemie

    Leads 1 award · $908,983

    • 1R56AG082903-01Department: NIH department code
      Aberrant Protein Kinase C Signaling in Alzheimer's Disease
      $908,983
      award amount
  19. Evans, Sylvia M

    Leads 1 award · $869,000

    • 5R35HL144984-05Department: NIH department code
      Renewing the heart: cardiomyocyte cell cycle regulation
      $869,000
      award amount
  20. Idoyaga, Juliana

    Leads 2 awards · $862,792

    • 7R01AI158808-04Department: NIH department code
      Transitional dendritic cells: identifying the origin and role of a novel innate immune population during viral infection
      $469,293
      award amount
    • 7R01DK131500-04Department: NIH department code
      From stomach tissue to cellular mechanisms: unraveling the role of mononuclear phagocytes in the pathophysiology of gastroparesis
      $393,499
      award amount
  21. Bandeira, Nuno

    Leads 1 award · $730,979

    • 1R24GM148372-01Department: NIH department code
      Global proteomics mass spectrometry data sharing infrastructure
      $730,979
      award amount
  22. Hook, Vivian Y. H

    Leads 1 award · $718,592

    • 5R01NS109075-05Department: NIH department code
      Development of Molecular Probe Inhibitors of Pathogenic, Cytosolic Cathespin B in Traumatic Brain Injury and Alzheimers Disease Neurodegeneration
      $718,592
      award amount
  23. Donoghue, Daniel J

    Leads 1 award · $660,307

    • 5T32CA009523-36Department: NIH department code
      Contemporary Approaches to Cancer Cell Signaling and Communication
      $660,307
      award amount
  24. Tukey, Robert H

    Leads 1 award · $640,001

    • 1R01DK136599-01Department: 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
  25. Wang, Yingxiao

    Leads 1 award · $636,160

    • 5R01CA262815-02Department: NIH department code
      Ultrasensitive kinase biosensors for multiplex imaging of coordinated spatiotemporal signaling in cancer-immune interactions
      $636,160
      award amount
  26. Taylor, Susan S.

    Leads 2 awards · $626,771

    • 2R35GM130389-06Department: NIH department code
      Lessons Learned from PKA: Assembly of Dynamic Macromolecular Switches
      $334,596
      award amount
    • 5R35GM130389-05Department: NIH department code
      Lessons Learned from PKA: Assembly of Dynamic Macromolecular Switches
      $292,175
      award amount
  27. Gilson, Michael K.

    Leads 1 award · $603,560

    • 5R24GM144232-02Department: NIH department code
      BindingDB: An Open Knowledgebase of Protein-Small Molecule Interactions
      $603,560
      award amount
  28. Kobilka, Brian K

    Leads 2 awards · $541,788

    • 5R01GM083118-16Department: NIH department code
      Structure and dynamics of G protein coupled receptor-G protein complexes
      $472,743
      award amount
    • 3R01GM083118-16S1Department: NIH department code
      Structure and dynamics of G protein coupled receptor-G protein complexes
      $69,045
      award amount
  29. Aplin, Andrew Eric

    Leads 1 award · $525,822

    • 5R01CA257505-03Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Systems Vulnerabilities in the Gαq/GNAQ Oncogenic Signaling Circuitry: New Precision Therapies for Uveal Melanoma
      $525,822
      award amount
  30. Hernandez, Inmaculada

    Leads 1 award · $505,596

    • 5R01HL157051-03Department: NIH department code
      Pandemic Disruptions of Atrial Fibrillation Care
      $505,596
      award amount
  31. Dennis, Edward A

    Leads 1 award · $402,900

    • 5R35GM139641-03Department: NIH department code
      Action of Lipolytic Enzymes
      $402,900
      award amount
  32. Munji, Roeben

    Leads 1 award · $395,000

    • 5R01MH129979-02Department: NIH department code
      Endothelial monoamine neurotransmitter metabolism at the blood-brain barrier
      $395,000
      award amount
  33. Abagyan, Ruben

    Leads 1 award · $384,321

    • 5R35GM131881-05Department: NIH department code
      Addressing biomedical challenges with computational mechanics and big data
      $384,321
      award amount
  34. Radic, Zoran

    Leads 2 awards · $348,503

    • 5R21NS120839-02Department: NIH department code
      Refined uncharged Bis-Oximes for Rapid CNS Reactivation of OP-Inhibited hAChE.
      $192,670
      award amount
    • 5R21NS120884-02Department: NIH department code
      In Vivo Efficacy of Novel Uncharged Bis-Oximes in OP Poisoning Treatment
      $155,833
      award amount
  35. Adams, Joseph

    Leads 1 award · $322,705

    • 5R01GM067969-19Department: NIH department code
      Regulatory Pathways of SR Protein Kinases
      $322,705
      award amount
  36. Schoeneberg, Johannes

    Leads 1 award · $295,999

    • 1R01GM148765-01Department: NIH department code
      Modeling and Analysis of the Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of the Mitochondrial Network
      $295,999
      award amount
  37. Joiner, William J

    Leads 1 award · $237,000

    • 1R21AG080788-01Department: NIH department code
      The contribution of Ly6h to Alzheimers Disease
      $237,000
      award amount
  38. Bui, Jack D

    Leads 1 award · $221,595

    • 1R21CA280794-01Department: NIH department code
      Optimization of CAR-Bacteria for Oral Cancer
      $221,595
      award amount
  39. Caffrey, Conor

    Leads 1 award · $197,500

    • 5R21AI171824-02Department: NIH department code
      The catalytic core of the proteasome as a drug target to treat Human African Trypanosomiasis
      $197,500
      award amount
  40. Debnath, Anjan

    Leads 1 award · $197,500

    • 5R21EY034294-02Department: NIH department code
      A machine learning-based screen of marine natural products to identify new leads for the treatment of Acanthamoeba eye infection
      $197,500
      award amount
  41. O'Donoghue, Anthony John

    Leads 1 award · $177,630

    • 5R21CA256460-02Department: NIH department code
      Tumor-specific drug activation by pericellular proteases
      $177,630
      award amount
  42. Chaim, Olga

    Leads 1 award · $79,000

    • 1R03NS131822-01Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging Gα12 signaling to treat glioblastoma
      $79,000
      award amount
  43. Cavender, Chapin E

    Leads 1 award · $69,080

    • 1F32GM150240-01Department: NIH department code
      Developing a nucleic acid force field with direct chemical perception for computational modeling of nucleic acid therapeutics
      $69,080
      award amount
  44. Garcia-Pak, Iris Haleakala

    Leads 1 award · $52,694

    • 5F30DA054776-03Department: NIH department code
      What is the role of blood-brain-barrier regional specificity in the nucleus accumbens?
      $52,694
      award amount
  45. Sahan, Ayse Zisan

    Leads 1 award · $41,489

    • 1F31DE032886-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Spatial regulation of mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) and its role in oral squamous cell carcinoma
      $41,489
      award amount
  46. Harvey, Sean Sandas

    Leads 1 award · $40,287

    • 1F31AG084272-01Department: NIH department code
      The role of vascular lipids in Alzheimer's disease pathophysiology
      $40,287
      award amount
  47. Hodapp, Stefanie Jill

    Leads 1 award · $40,096

    • 1F31HL168916-01Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Protein Kinase C Theta by Phosphorylation
      $40,096
      award amount