Skip to main content
ConductScienceScienceDex

FY2024 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pharmacology at University of California, San Diego

La Jolla, CA

Funding
$32.6M
$32,631,762
Awards
70
FY2024 NIH awards in Pharmacology
Principal investigators
55
37 lead a grant here, 18 co-investigators
Department rank
#2
of 139 · 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

37 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 · $3,775,110

    • 5K12GM068524-22Department: NIH department code
      San Diego IRACDA Scholars Program
      $1,511,033
      award amount
    • 5R01HL163931-02Department: NIH department code
      Endothelial Cytoprotective Signaling by Activated Protein C/Protease-activated Receptor-1
      $591,032
      award amount
    • 5R35GM127121-07Department: NIH department code
      Cell signaling by G protein-coupled receptors
      $530,880
      award amount
    • 5R25AI147376-05Department: NIH department code
      UC San Diego RAPID Faculty Development Program in Infectious Diseases

      Principal investigators: Joann Trejo (contact PI), Vivian Reznik

      $348,486
      award amount
    • 2R25HL145817-06Department: NIH department code
      UCSD Future Faculty of Cardiovascular Sciences (FOCUS)

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

      $342,359
      award amount
    • 5R25NS117367-05Department: NIH department code
      San Diego Leading the Advancement of Underrepresented Neuroscientists for Change (LAUNCH) Program

      Principal investigators: Joann Trejo (contact PI), Vivian Reznik

      $247,902
      award amount
    • 3R01HL163931-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Endothelial Cytoprotective Signaling by Activated Protein C/Protease-activated Receptor-1
      $114,585
      award amount
    • 5R25GM146014-03Department: NIH department code
      Building a Respectful, Inclusive Culture

      Principal investigators: Joann Trejo (contact PI), Vivian Reznik

      $88,833
      award amount

  2. Michael Karin

    Leads 5 awards · $3,213,156

    • 5U01CA274295-03Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of PDAC metabolism and immunity by collagen and its cleavage products

      Principal investigators: Michael Karin (contact PI), Andrew M Lowy, Robert F. Schwabe

      $776,779
      award amount
    • 1R01CA285997-01Department: NIH department code
      Collagen fibers and fragments regulate pancreatic cancer metabolism and growth.

      Principal investigators: Michael Karin (contact PI), David A. Brenner

      $725,478
      award amount
    • 5R01DK133448-03Department: NIH department code
      The NRF2-FBP1 crossregulatory loop and the control of healthy and diseased liver metabolism

      Principal investigators: Michael Karin (contact PI), Jun Hee Lee

      $650,734
      award amount
    • 5R01CA281784-02Department: NIH department code
      A new mouse model for studying the pathogenesis and immunobiology of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and improving its immunotherapy
      $535,708
      award amount
    • 5R01DK120714-06Department: NIH department code
      Control of Lipogenesis and Hepatic Steatosis by Caspase-2
      $524,457
      award amount

  3. Jin Zhang

    Leads 4 awards · $2,380,386

    • 5R35CA197622-10Department: NIH department code
      Live-cell Activity Architecture in Cancer
      $900,601
      award amount
    • 5R01CA262815-03Department: 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

      $616,686
      award amount
    • 5R01DE030497-04Department: NIH department code
      Signal Transduction by PI3K/mTOR

      Principal investigators: Jin Zhang (contact PI), Jorge Silvio Gutkind

      $473,810
      award amount
    • 5R01DK073368-19Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Compartmentalized cAMP Signaling
      $389,289
      award amount

  4. Conor Caffrey

    Leads 1 award · $2,309,108

    • 1U01AG088051-01Department: NIH department code
      Development of a MT-stabilizing agent for the treatment of tauopathies

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

      $2,309,108
      award amount

  5. Jorge Silvio Gutkind

    Leads 4 awards · $2,039,044

    • 1R01DE033909-01Department: 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

      $595,600
      award amount
    • 5R01CA257505-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Systems Vulnerabilities in the Gαq/GNAQ Oncogenic Signaling Circuitry: New Precision Therapies for Uveal Melanoma

      Principal investigators: Jorge Silvio Gutkind (contact PI), Andrew Eric Aplin

      $502,859
      award amount
    • 5R01CA247551-05Department: NIH department code
      Co-targeting the HER3 oncogenic signaling circuitry and PD-1 as a novel multimodal precision immunotherapy for HNSCC
      $474,976
      award amount
    • 5R01DE026644-08Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Signaling Vulnerabilities for Oral Cancer Prevention

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

      $465,609
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DE030497-04, led by Jin Zhang.

  6. Paul A Insel

    Leads 2 awards · $1,498,398

    • 5T32GM007198-50Department: NIH department code
      Medical Scientist Training Program

      Principal investigators: Paul A Insel (contact PI), Neil C Chi

      $1,438,462
      award amount
    • 3T32GM007198-50S1Department: NIH department code
      Medical Scientist Training Program

      Principal investigators: Paul A Insel (contact PI), Neil C Chi

      $59,936
      award amount

  7. Jing Yang

    Leads 5 awards · $1,486,640

    • 5T32CA009523-37Department: NIH department code
      Contemporary Approaches to Cancer Cell Signaling and Communication

      Principal investigators: Jing Yang (contact PI), Daniel J Donoghue

      $635,208
      award amount
    • 5R01CA268179-03Department: NIH department code
      Functional interplay between Hippo and estrogen receptor ESR1
      $412,680
      award amount
    • 5R01CA174869-08Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Tumor Invasion and Metastasis by Matrix Stiffness
      $345,584
      award amount
    • 3R01CA174869-08S1Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Tumor Invasion and Metastasis by Matrix Stiffness
      $83,168
      award amount
    • 1R13HD117636-01Department: NIH department code
      2024 Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) International Meeting
      $10,000
      award amount

  8. Pieter C Dorrestein

    Leads 2 awards · $1,382,187

    • 5R01DK136117-02Department: NIH department code
      Reverse Metabolomics for the Discovery of Disease Associated Microbial Molecules
      $721,727
      award amount
    • 5U24DK133658-03Department: NIH department code
      Collaborative Microbial Metabolite Center
      $660,460
      award amount

  9. Alexandra C. Newton

    Leads 2 awards · $1,293,284

    • 5R35GM122523-08Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Signaling
      $659,856
      award amount
    • 5R01NS120725-04Department: 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

      $633,428
      award amount

  10. Asa B. Gustafsson

    Leads 2 awards · $1,027,413

    • 5R01HL155281-04Department: NIH department code
      Secretion of mitochondria as a cellular quality control mechanism
      $554,393
      award amount
    • 5R01HL157265-04Department: NIH department code
      Autophagy and Megamitochondria in Cardiac Aging and Heart Failure
      $473,020
      award amount

  11. Joan Heller Brown

    Leads 2 awards · $926,821

    • 1T32GM153123-01Department: NIH department code
      Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Training Program

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

      $575,303
      award amount
    • 5R01GM051586-29Department: NIH department code
      Protein phosphorylation and growth factor function
      $351,518
      award amount

  12. Juliana Idoyaga

    Leads 2 awards · $919,971

    • 5R01AI158808-05Department: NIH department code
      Transitional dendritic cells: identifying the origin and role of a novel innate immune population during viral infection
      $540,772
      award amount
    • 5R01DK131500-05Department: NIH department code
      From stomach tissue to cellular mechanisms: unraveling the role of mononuclear phagocytes in the pathophysiology of gastroparesis
      $379,199
      award amount

  13. David J Gonzalez

    Leads 2 awards · $913,400

    • 5R01DK131005-03Department: NIH department code
      Microbiome Driven Proteolysis as a Contributing Factor to Severity of Ulcerative Colitis Disease Activity
      $518,400
      award amount
    • 5R01AI148417-05Department: NIH department code
      Contribution of the peptidome to CA-MRSA virulence
      $395,000
      award amount

  14. Dong Wang

    Leads 2 awards · $878,229

    • 5R01GM102362-12Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Mechanisms for DNA Damage Processing by Transcription Machinery
      $474,423
      award amount
    • 5R01GM148476-02Department: NIH department code
      Recognition of Synthetic Unnatural Base Pairs by RNA Polymerase
      $403,806
      award amount

  15. Geoffrey A Chang

    Leads 2 awards · $873,232

  16. Sylvia M Evans

    Leads 1 award · $851,621

    • 5R35HL144984-06Department: NIH department code
      Renewing the heart: cardiomyocyte cell cycle regulation
      $851,621
      award amount

  17. Richard Daneman

    Leads 2 awards · $674,250

    • 1R21NS137238-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Molecular analysis of the blood-nerve barrier in health and diabetes
      $437,250
      award amount
    • 1R21NS137131-01Department: NIH department code
      Cross species molecular analysis of glial and endothelial blood-brain barriers
      $237,000
      award amount

  18. Tracy M Handel

    Leads 1 award · $660,077

    • 5R01AI161880-04Department: NIH department code
      It's a tug of war: structure, consequences, and inhibition of CXCR4 and ACKR3 responses to lymphocyte chemoattractant CXCL12

      Principal investigators: Tracy M Handel (contact PI), Irina Kufareva

      $660,077
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01DE033909-01, led by Jorge Silvio Gutkind; 1T32GM153123-01, led by Joan Heller Brown.

  19. Susan S. Taylor

    Leads 1 award · $632,000

    • 5R35GM130389-07Department: NIH department code
      Lessons Learned from PKA: Assembly of Dynamic Macromolecular Switches
      $632,000
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS120725-04, led by Alexandra C. Newton.

  20. Robert H Tukey

    Leads 1 award · $614,400

    • 5R01DK136599-02Department: 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)
      $614,400
      award amount

  21. Padmini Rangamani

    Leads 2 awards · $596,916

    • 1R01MH139350-01Department: NIH department code
      CRCNS: Biophysical modeling of axonal morphology and function
      $375,835
      award amount
    • 5R01GM132106-05Department: NIH department code
      Modeling and analysis of the mechanochemical processes that govern clathrin-mediated endocytosis
      $221,081
      award amount

  22. Michael K. Gilson

    Leads 1 award · $571,960

    • 5R24GM144232-03Department: NIH department code
      BindingDB: An Open Knowledgebase of Protein-Small Molecule Interactions
      $571,960
      award amount

  23. Anjan Debnath

    Leads 2 awards · $476,563

    • 1R21AI171538-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Development of brain-penetrant drugs targeting N. fowleri primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM)
      $239,563
      award amount
    • 1R21EY036216-01Department: NIH department code
      Sterol Biosynthesis Inhibitors as Drug Leads for the Treatment of Acanthamoeba Eye Infection
      $237,000
      award amount

  24. Nimish Patel

    Leads 1 award · $418,237

    • 5R01HL157051-04Department: NIH department code
      Pandemic Disruptions of Atrial Fibrillation Care
      $418,237
      award amount

  25. Edward A Dennis

    Leads 1 award · $402,900

    • 5R35GM139641-04Department: NIH department code
      Action of Lipolytic Enzymes
      $402,900
      award amount

  26. Roeben Munji

    Leads 1 award · $395,000

    • 5R01MH129979-03Department: NIH department code
      Endothelial monoamine neurotransmitter metabolism at the blood-brain barrier
      $395,000
      award amount

  27. Joseph Adams

    Leads 1 award · $322,160

    • 5R01GM067969-20Department: NIH department code
      Regulatory Pathways of SR Protein Kinases
      $322,160
      award amount

  28. Johannes Schoeneberg

    Leads 1 award · $295,999

    • 5R01GM148765-02Department: NIH department code
      Modeling and Analysis of the Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of the Mitochondrial Network
      $295,999
      award amount

  29. Andrew S Mendiola

    Leads 1 award · $241,530

    • 4R00NS126707-03Department: NIH department code
      Epigenomic regulation of oxidative stress-producing innate immunity in neuroinflammation
      $241,530
      award amount

  30. William J Joiner

    Leads 1 award · $197,500

    • 5R21AG080788-02Department: NIH department code
      The contribution of Ly6h to Alzheimers Disease
      $197,500
      award amount

  31. Chapin E Cavender

    Leads 1 award · $74,284

    • 5F32GM150240-02Department: NIH department code
      Developing a nucleic acid force field with direct chemical perception for computational modeling of nucleic acid therapeutics
      $74,284
      award amount

  32. Benjamin Domenic Gastfriend

    Leads 1 award · $69,080

    • 1F32NS134680-01Department: NIH department code
      Development of Tissue-Specific Properties in Central Nervous System Mural Cells
      $69,080
      award amount

  33. Iris Haleakala Garcia-Pak

    Leads 1 award · $53,974

    • 5F30DA054776-04Department: NIH department code
      What is the role of blood-brain-barrier regional specificity in the nucleus accumbens?
      $53,974
      award amount

  34. Ayse Zisan Sahan

    Leads 1 award · $41,976

    • 5F31DE032886-02Department: NIH department code
      Spatial regulation of mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) and its role in oral squamous cell carcinoma
      $41,976
      award amount

  35. Sean Sandas Harvey

    Leads 1 award · $41,825

    • 5F31AG084272-02Department: NIH department code
      The role of vascular lipids in Alzheimer's disease pathophysiology
      $41,825
      award amount

  36. Anne Lyons

    Leads 1 award · $41,755

    • 1F31HL176051-01Department: NIH department code
      Illuminating ER Lumen AMPK Dynamics for Maintaining Vascular Homeostasis via ACE2
      $41,755
      award amount

  37. Stefanie Jill Hodapp

    Leads 1 award · $41,376

    • 5F31HL168916-02Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Protein Kinase C Theta by Phosphorylation
      $41,376
      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.