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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pharmacology at University of Colorado

Aurora, CO

Funding
$32.9M
$32,851,281
Awards
62
FY2025 NIH awards in Pharmacology
Principal investigators
60
40 lead a grant here, 20 co-investigators
Department rank
#3
of 127 · 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 Colorado page.

Leads a grant in this department

40 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. Joaquin M. Espinosa

    Leads 4 awards · $7,943,137

    • 5U24AG092191-02Department: NIH department code
      The INCLUDE Project Down Syndrome Biorepository (DS-Biorepository)

      Principal investigators: Joaquin M. Espinosa (contact PI), Angela Lynn Rachubinski, Elizabeth Head, Matthew D Galbraith

      $5,325,989
      award amount
    • 5R33HD109748-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic investigation of therapies for Down Syndrome Regression Disorder
      $1,224,805
      award amount
    • 5R01DC021819-02Department: NIH department code
      Multidimensional investigation of auditory dysfunction in Down syndrome

      Principal investigators: Joaquin M. Espinosa (contact PI), Gabrielle Ryan Merchant, Peter Stephen Steyger

      $999,840
      award amount
    • 5R25HD114950-02Department: NIH department code
      Data Science for Diverse Scholars in Down Syndrome Research (DS3)
      $392,503
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R24OD035579-03, led by Matthew D Galbraith.

  2. Jared Michael Brown

    Leads 3 awards · $2,337,014

    • 1R01ES037601-01Department: NIH department code
      Mast Cell Activation as a Common Mechanism of Pulmonary Toxicity by Chemical Threat Agents

      Principal investigators: Jared Michael Brown (contact PI), Alison K Bauer, Neera Tewari-Singh

      $1,395,741
      award amount
    • 2R01DK125351-05Department: NIH department code
      Silica Nephropathy and Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology

      Principal investigators: Jared Michael Brown (contact PI), Lee S Newman

      $700,305
      award amount
    • 5T32ES029074-07Department: NIH department code
      Training in Molecular and Systems Toxicology
      $240,968
      award amount

  3. Mark L Dell'acqua

    Leads 3 awards · $1,913,643

    • 5R01NS110383-07Department: NIH department code
      Postsynaptic kinase/phosphatase networks in amyloid beta-induced synaptic dysfunction

      Principal investigators: Mark L Dell'acqua (contact PI), Matthew J Kennedy

      $775,994
      award amount
    • 4R01NS129022-02Department: NIH department code
      Rescuing neurovascular coupling to protect neuronal plasticity and cognition

      Principal investigators: Mark L Dell'acqua (contact PI), Fabrice Dabertrand

      $572,290
      award amount
    • 5R01MH123700-05Department: NIH department code
      L-type Ca2+ Channel Spike Regulation of Spine Structural Plasticity and Excitation-Transcription Coupling
      $565,359
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1T32GM158468-01, led by James Christopher Costello.

  4. Heide L. Ford

    Leads 3 awards · $1,904,359

    • 5R01CA275187-03Department: NIH department code
      Reprogramming myogenic regulatory factors in RMS to promote differentiation and halt growth

      Principal investigators: Heide L. Ford (contact PI), Kristin Artinger

      $836,041
      award amount
    • 1R01CA301267-01Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the role of EYA3/PP2A in triple negative breast cancer metastasis

      Principal investigators: Heide L. Ford (contact PI), Rui Zhao

      $647,118
      award amount
    • 5R35GM128720-07Department: NIH department code
      Understanding Epigenetic Regulation of Copy Number Heterogeneity
      $421,200
      award amount

  5. James Christopher Costello

    Leads 3 awards · $1,807,714

    • 4R01HD109765-02Department: NIH department code
      Novel computational strategies to deconvolute co-occurring conditions in Down syndrome

      Principal investigators: James Christopher Costello (contact PI), Casey S Greene

      $893,680
      award amount
    • 7R01CA268055-04Department: NIH department code
      NPEPPS is a novel and druggable determinant of chemotherapy resistance in bladder cancer
      $573,842
      award amount
    • 1T32GM158468-01Department: NIH department code
      Predoctoral Training Grant in Pharmacology and Molecular Medicine

      Principal investigators: James Christopher Costello (contact PI), Jason Aoto, Mark L Dell'acqua

      $340,192
      award amount

  6. Jed Noah Lampe

    Leads 2 awards · $1,232,859

    • 5R01AI176245-02Department: NIH department code
      Impact of Pseudomonas aeruginosa cytochrome P450 enzymes and secondary metabolites on drug metabolism and disposition in the cystic fibrosis patient
      $678,232
      award amount
    • 5R01AI183687-02Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the underlying toxicological mechanisms of drug-hormone interactions to improve the safety profile of antiviral medications in pregnant people, developing fetuses, and neonates
      $554,627
      award amount

  7. Matthew J Kennedy

    Leads 3 awards · $1,203,340

    • 5R35NS116879-06Department: NIH department code
      Novel approaches for interrogating and manipulating synaptic function, structure and plasticity
      $533,594
      award amount
    • 5R01MH134957-02Department: NIH department code
      Evaluating the functional impact of synaptic nanoarchitecture
      $511,700
      award amount
    • 3R35NS116879-06S1Department: NIH department code
      Novel approaches for interrogating and manipulating synaptic function, structure and plasticity
      $158,046
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS110383-07, led by Mark L Dell'acqua.

  8. Katharine Rachel Smith

    Leads 1 award · $981,100

    • 4R01MH128199-04Department: NIH department code
      Local translation mechanisms to control inhibitory synaptic plasticity
      $981,100
      award amount

  9. Tatiana G Kutateladze

    Leads 2 awards · $897,137

    • 5R01AG067664-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeting acetylated histone H4 by MLL4
      $516,989
      award amount
    • 5R01CA252707-05Department: NIH department code
      Molecular analysis of ASH1L
      $380,148
      award amount

  10. K. Ulrich Bayer

    Leads 3 awards · $840,258

    • 5R01NS081248-11Department: NIH department code
      CaMKII Holoenzyme Mechanisms in Opposing Forms of Synaptic Plasticity
      $479,383
      award amount
    • 5R01NS118786-05Department: NIH department code
      CaMKII in global cerebral ischemia: mechanisms and therapeutic intervention

      Principal investigators: K. Ulrich Bayer (contact PI), Paco S Herson

      $349,875
      award amount
    • 3R01NS081248-11S1Department: NIH department code
      CaMKII holoenzyme mechanisms in opposing forms of synaptic plasticity
      $11,000
      award amount

  11. Dmitri Simberg

    Leads 2 awards · $763,375

    • 5R01CA257958-04Department: NIH department code
      Fluorescent Indocarbocyanine PEGylated Lipid Nanoparticles for Understanding and Overcoming Barriers to Drug Delivery in Invasive Glioblastoma

      Principal investigators: Dmitri Simberg (contact PI), Irina V Balyasnikova

      $529,375
      award amount
    • 1R21HL177785-01Department: NIH department code
      Hemostatic erythrocytes for acute non-compressible hemorrhage

      Principal investigators: Dmitri Simberg (contact PI), Keith B Neeves

      $234,000
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01CA289447-01A1, led by Thomas Anchordoquy.

  12. Matthew D Galbraith

    Leads 1 award · $754,098

    Also a principal investigator on 5U24AG092191-02, led by Joaquin M. Espinosa.

  13. Kristina Marie Brooks

    Leads 1 award · $646,262

    • 5R01AA030483-04Department: NIH department code
      Predictive Power of PEth for HIV Prevention in the Long-Acting Era
      $646,262
      award amount

  14. Peter L. Anderson

    Leads 1 award · $630,573

    • 5R01AI170298-04Department: NIH department code
      A platform for monitoring the efficacy and optimal dosing of long-acting ART
      $630,573
      award amount

  15. Melanie S Joy

    Leads 1 award · $623,715

    • 5R01CA277313-03Department: NIH department code
      Preclinical and Clinical Models of Drug Induced Kidney Injury

      Principal investigators: Melanie S Joy (contact PI), Lauren M Aleksunes

      $623,715
      award amount

  16. Manisha N Patel

    Leads 2 awards · $608,367

    • 5R37NS039587-22Department: NIH department code
      Mitochondrial Mechanisms of Astrogliosis in Epilesy
      $535,153
      award amount
    • 3R37NS039587-22S1Department: NIH department code
      Mitochondrial Mechanisms of Astrogliosis in Epilesy
      $73,214
      award amount

  17. Won Chan Oh

    Leads 2 awards · $578,700

    • 5R01MH124778-05Department: NIH department code
      Serotonergic modulation of excitatory synapse formation and maturation during development
      $383,700
      award amount
    • 5R21MH137409-02Department: NIH department code
      The dual roles of GABA in excitatory synaptic plasticity
      $195,000
      award amount

  18. Christopher Peter Ford

    Leads 1 award · $501,125

    • 1R01NS138043-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Determining modes of dopamine transmission
      $501,125
      award amount

  19. Carlos Enrique Catalano

    Leads 2 awards · $497,222

    • 5R01GM127365-07Department: NIH department code
      Structure and Function of Essential Nucleoprotein Complexes Along a Viral Genome Packaging Pathway

      Principal investigators: Carlos Enrique Catalano (contact PI), Douglas E Smith, Marc Morais

      $424,828
      award amount
    • 3R01GM127365-07S1Department: NIH department code
      Structure and Function of Essential Nucleoprotein Complexes Along a Viral Genome Packaging Pathway

      Principal investigators: Carlos Enrique Catalano (contact PI), Douglas E Smith, Marc Morais

      $72,394
      award amount

  20. Chandra L Tucker

    Leads 1 award · $478,084

    • 2R35GM136367-06Department: NIH department code
      Uncovering new approaches to manipulate and probe biochemical processes with spatial and temporal precision
      $478,084
      award amount

  21. Rebecca Leanne Smathers McCullough

    Leads 2 awards · $477,062

    • 5R01AA030741-02Department: NIH department code
      Neuroinflammatory GeroMiRs and Alcohol: Defining Mechanisms of ADRD
      $477,061
      award amount
    • 5R13AA032202-02Department: NIH department code
      Alcohol-Induced End Organ Diseases Meetings

      Principal investigators: Rebecca Leanne Smathers McCullough (contact PI), Suthat Liangpunsakul

      $1
      award amount

  22. Kristofer S Fritz

    Leads 1 award · $460,598

    • 5R01AA030024-03Department: NIH department code
      Alcohol Metabolism Disrupts Hepatic Thiol Redox Signaling and Control
      $460,598
      award amount

  23. Arjun Krishnan

    Leads 1 award · $457,383

    • 5T15LM009451-19Department: NIH department code
      Colorado Biomedical Informatics Training Program

      Principal investigators: Arjun Krishnan (contact PI), Katherina Kechris-Mays

      $457,383
      award amount

  24. Shaodong Dai

    Leads 1 award · $456,731

    • 5R01DK137056-03Department: NIH department code
      Characterization of disulfide modified diabetogenic neoepitopes
      $456,731
      award amount

  25. Thomas Delong

    Leads 1 award · $429,000

    • 1R21AI188103-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The role of pH in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes
      $429,000
      award amount

  26. Vanessa V Phelan

    Leads 1 award · $422,931

    • 1R35GM158024-01Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing Natural Product Mediated Microbial Interactions
      $422,931
      award amount

  27. Jason Aoto

    Leads 1 award · $422,280

    • 1R21MH140328-01Department: NIH department code
      The identification and interrogation of novel intracellular proteins that underlie the distinct nanoscopic architecture of Neurexin-1 and Neurexin-3
      $422,280
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1T32GM158468-01, led by James Christopher Costello.

  28. Scott D Cramer

    Leads 1 award · $391,942

    • 5R01CA262279-05Department: NIH department code
      Androgen Signaling in CaP with loss of MAP3K7 and CHD1
      $391,942
      award amount

  29. Maria Cecilia Caino

    Leads 1 award · $383,699

    • 5R35GM142774-05Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of mitochondrial dynamics pathways in mammalian cells
      $383,699
      award amount

  30. Thomas Anchordoquy

    Leads 1 award · $375,134

    • 1R01CA289447-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Reducing Off-Target Accumulation of Chemotherapeutic Nanomedicines

      Principal investigators: Thomas Anchordoquy (contact PI), Dmitri Simberg

      $375,134
      award amount

  31. Philip Reigan

    Leads 1 award · $351,706

    • 5R01CA251534-05Department: NIH department code
      Development of AMPK Inhibitors for the treatment of leukemia
      $351,706
      award amount

  32. Debosmita Sardar

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00DC019668-03Department: NIH department code
      Astrocyte transcriptional responses to neuronal activity in the olfactory bulb
      $249,000
      award amount

  33. Gina Bouchard

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00CA255586-03Department: NIH department code
      Exploring O-glycoproteomics to prevent metabolic radioresistance in the tumor microenvironment
      $249,000
      award amount

  34. Justin O'Hare

    Leads 1 award · $224,100

    • 5R00NS127815-04Department: NIH department code
      Defining the Circuit, Synaptic, and Molecular Mechanisms Linking Intracellular Ca2+ Release to Learning Using Subcellularly-Targeted Manipulations and Imaging Techniques in Dendrites in Vivo
      $224,100
      award amount

  35. Krishna M.g. Mallela

    Leads 1 award · $195,000

    • 5R21AI183195-02Department: NIH department code
      Structure-Function Analysis of Human and Bat Coronavirus Spike Proteins
      $195,000
      award amount

  36. Matthew E Larsen

    Leads 1 award · $38,998

    • 5F31AG084197-03Department: NIH department code
      APP as a mediator of amyloid beta effects on CaMKII synaptic functions
      $38,998
      award amount

  37. Luis E Gomez Wulschner

    Leads 1 award · $37,155

    • 5F31DA060091-02Department: NIH department code
      Nicotinic modulation of excitatory synapse development in the prefrontal cortex
      $37,155
      award amount

  38. Alexandra Ward

    Leads 1 award · $35,082

    • 1F31AT013157-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Human Metabolism of the Minor Cannabinoid Cannabichromene
      $35,082
      award amount

  39. Shannon Twardy

    Leads 1 award · $35,082

    • 1F31AA031913-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Role of the C5 complosome in Ethanol-induced Immunometabolic Dysregulation of Kupffer Cells in Alcohol-associated Liver Disease
      $35,082
      award amount

  40. Dean Kareemo

    Leads 1 award · $17,316

    • 5F31NS130979-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the synaptic trafficking of endogenous AMPARs
      $17,316
      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.