Pharmacology at University of Florida

Leads a grant in this department

45 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. Mei He

   Leads 3 awards · $3,178,438

   • 1UG3TR005829-01Department: NIH department code

     Brain-muscle microphysiological system enabled extracellular vesicle network for understanding aging in space

     Principal investigators: Mei He (contact PI), Luke P. Lee

     $2,344,810

     award amount
   • 1U01AI191208-01Department: NIH department code

     Evaluation of High-throughput Extracellular Vesicle Loading Platform for Therapeutic Genome Editing INDs
     $452,378

     award amount
   • 2R35GM133794-06Department: NIH department code

     Advanced molecular engineering approach for understanding extracellular vesicle in vivo trafficking mechanism
     $381,250

     award amount

2. Gemma Casadesus

   Leads 2 awards · $2,379,537

   • 1RF1AG091479-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Evaluation of the neuroimmune mechanisms influencing therapeutic targetingpotential of the LH/CG receptor in the menopausal and AD brain
     $2,329,970

     award amount
   • 1R13AG094198-01A1Department: NIH department code

     International Research Conference In Neurodegenerative Diseases 2025
     $49,567

     award amount

3. Hendrik Luesch

   Leads 2 awards · $2,290,263

   • 5RM1GM145426-04Department: NIH department code

     Integrative Multidisciplinary Discovery Platform to Unlock Marine Natural Products Therapeutic Opportunities

     Principal investigators: Hendrik Luesch (contact PI), Mohamed Abou Donia, Steven D Bruner, Valerie Jean Paul, Yousong Ding

     $1,762,990

     award amount
   • 2R01CA172310-11Department: NIH department code

     Novel Targeted Anticancer Agents from Marine Cyanobacteria
     $527,273

     award amount

4. Ben Shen

   Leads 2 awards · $1,535,237

   • 5R35GM134954-07Department: NIH department code

     Mining Actinobacterial Genomes for Natural Product Discovery and Biosynthesis
     $850,080

     award amount
   • 2R01CA204484-07Department: NIH department code

     Novel Enediyne-Based Antibody-Drug Conjugates for Cancers

     Principal investigators: Ben Shen (contact PI), Natarajan Muthusamy

     $685,157

     award amount

5. Steven Michael Smith

   Leads 2 awards · $1,355,405

   • 1R01HL171387-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Analyzing effectiveness of ongoing natural experiments in telehealth

     Principal investigators: Steven Michael Smith (contact PI), Mark J Pletcher

     $705,383

     award amount
   • 5R01HL132448-06Department: NIH department code

     Antihypertensive Mechanisms of Minocycline in Resistant Hypertension: Role of the gut microbiota-brain-immune axis

     Principal investigators: Steven Michael Smith (contact PI), Carl J Pepine

     $650,022

     award amount

6. Jingchuan Guo

   Leads 2 awards · $1,316,399

   • 5R01AG089445-02Department: NIH department code

     iSMART: intelligent Social risk Management in AD/ADRD paTients

     Principal investigators: Jingchuan Guo (contact PI), Jiang Bian, Ramzi George Salloum

     $722,946

     award amount
   • 5R01DK133465-04Department: NIH department code

     Building Equity Improvement into Quality Improvement in the use of New Glucose-lowering Drugs (GLDs) through Individualized Drug Value Assessment in People with Diabetes

     Principal investigators: Jingchuan Guo (contact PI), Hui Shao

     $593,453

     award amount

7. Lina Cui

   Leads 2 awards · $1,279,457

   • 1R61AG090361-01Department: NIH department code

     Theranostic CAR-T Targeting Senescence in Alzheimer's

     Principal investigators: Lina Cui (contact PI), Fu-Sen Liang

     $834,627

     award amount
   • 1R35GM156219-01Department: NIH department code

     Exploring the precise role of heparanase via small molecule probes
     $444,830

     award amount

8. Laura M. Bohn

   Leads 2 awards · $1,263,884

   • 2R01DA031927-11A1Department: NIH department code

     Novel Probes of the Kappa Opioid Receptor: Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Biology

     Principal investigators: Laura M. Bohn (contact PI), Jeffrey Aube

     $807,171

     award amount
   • 5R01DA038964-09Department: NIH department code

     Biasing Mu Opioid Receptor Signaling in vivo
     $456,713

     award amount

9. Laura A Solt

   Leads 2 awards · $1,211,043

   • 5R01DK136298-02Department: NIH department code

     Ligand and transcriptional regulation of the nuclear receptor RORa on TH17 cell development and inflammation
     $618,072

     award amount
   • 5R01DK135300-03Department: NIH department code

     Ligand-dependent regulation of the nuclear receptor REV-ERBa in TH17 cell development and inflammation
     $592,971

     award amount

10. Patrick Robert Griffin

    Leads 2 awards · $1,201,360

    • 5R01CA263574-04Department: NIH department code

      Structural dynamics of progesterone receptor-coactivator complexes

      Principal investigators: Patrick Robert Griffin (contact PI), Dean P Edwards, Raj Kumar

      $608,524

      award amount
    • 5R01DK133587-04Department: NIH department code

      Quantifying and modeling ligand-dependent control of RORγ dynamics via structural proteomics
      $592,836

      award amount

11. Jatinder K. Lamba

    Leads 3 awards · $1,124,571

    • 5R01CA270120-03Department: NIH department code

      Integrated Systems Biology of Pediatric AML

      Principal investigators: Jatinder K. Lamba (contact PI), Stanley Barrett Pounds

      $665,466

      award amount
    • 5R01CA132946-16Department: NIH department code

      Genomics of AML Prognosis

      Principal investigators: Jatinder K. Lamba (contact PI), Stanley Barrett Pounds

      $379,286

      award amount
    • 3R01CA132946-16S1Department: NIH department code

      Genomics of AML Prognosis

      Principal investigators: Jatinder K. Lamba (contact PI), Stanley Barrett Pounds

      $79,819

      award amount

12. Kendall W Nettles

    Leads 2 awards · $1,024,091

    • 5R01GM146385-04Department: NIH department code

      Tissue Selective Glucocorticoids
      $550,622

      award amount
    • 5R01CA275142-03Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of estrogen receptor ligand signaling
      $473,469

      award amount

13. Thomas P Burris

    Leads 2 awards · $806,794

    • 1T32GM156737-01Department: NIH department code

      University of Florida Genetics Training Program
      $426,360

      award amount
    • 4R33NS133955-02Department: NIH department code

      Screening for Nuclear Receptor TLX ligands
      $380,434

      award amount

14. Md Mahmudul Hasan

    Leads 1 award · $779,327

    • 1R01DA063631-01Department: NIH department code

      Prediction of Relapse on OUD Treatment using Machine Learning-Driven Evidence-based Clinical Decision Support Tool (PROTECT)

      Principal investigators: Md Mahmudul Hasan (contact PI), Praveen Kumar

      $779,327

      award amount

15. Jay P. McLaughlin

    Leads 1 award · $665,637

    • 5R01DA055568-03Department: NIH department code

      Impacts of morphine and HIV-Tat exposures and dimethylfumarate treatment on brain BDNF and mitochondrial and behavioral dysfunction.

      Principal investigators: Jay P. McLaughlin (contact PI), Marc J Kaufman, Samikkannu Thangavel

      $665,637

      award amount

16. Haesuk Park

    Leads 1 award · $664,679

    • 5R01DA057886-03Department: NIH department code

      Assessing performance of a Hepatitis C Emergency Department (HepC-END) Screening Tool
      $664,679

      award amount

17. Yanjun Li

    Leads 1 award · $616,523

    • 1R21EB037868-01Department: NIH department code

      Cell Morphology-guided, Scalable and Controllable Molecule Design via Generative AI

      Principal investigators: Yanjun Li (contact PI), Xiaoyong Yuan

      $616,523

      award amount

18. Julio David Duarte

    Leads 1 award · $604,541

    • 5T32HG008958-08Department: NIH department code

      Training Program for Applied Research and Development in Genomic Medicine

      Principal investigators: Julio David Duarte (contact PI), Stephen E. Kimmel

      $604,541

      award amount

19. Marco Bortolato

    Leads 1 award · $564,641

    • 7R01AA030256-03Department: NIH department code

      Disentangling the biological links between violence and alcohol use

      Principal investigators: Marco Bortolato (contact PI), Regina A. Mangieri

      $564,641

      award amount

20. May Khanna

    Leads 1 award · $547,331

    • 5R01NS136684-02Department: NIH department code

      Biophysical and Pathophysiological Studies of TDP-43/Tau Interaction
      $547,331

      award amount

21. Mark S Moehle

    Leads 2 awards · $529,589

    • 5R01NS132293-03Department: NIH department code

      Cholinergic Mechanisms in Lewy Body Dementia
      $445,581

      award amount
    • 3R01NS132293-03S1Department: NIH department code

      Cholinergic Mechanisms in Lewy Body Dementia
      $84,008

      award amount

22. Catherine Anne Marcinkiewcz

    Leads 1 award · $503,130

    • 7R01AG070841-05Department: NIH department code

      Sleep and affective disturbances in the etiology of Alzheimer's disease
      $503,130

      award amount

23. Tina Izard

    Leads 1 award · $483,000

    • 5R35GM139604-05Department: NIH department code

      Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Adhesion
      $483,000

      award amount

24. Chengguo Xing

    Leads 1 award · $461,592

    • 5R33AT012328-02Department: NIH department code

      The potential of kava in enabling tobacco cessation - its holistic effects in managing stress and insomnia associated with abstinence

      Principal investigators: Chengguo Xing (contact PI), Ramzi George Salloum

      $461,592

      award amount

25. David W Hammers

    Leads 1 award · $431,052

    • 5R01AR083108-03Department: NIH department code

      Understanding the Mechanisms of Fibrosis in Muscular Dystrophies
      $431,052

      award amount

26. Wenjun Xie

    Leads 1 award · $422,125

    • 1R35GM159995-01Department: NIH department code

      Decoding Enzyme Sequence-Activity Relationships via Generative AI for Rational Enzyme Design
      $422,125

      award amount

27. Natalia Valadares De Moraes

    Leads 1 award · $419,375

    • 1R21HD119501-01Department: NIH department code

      Optimizing Betamethasone Therapy for Preventing Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Twin Pregnancy
      $419,375

      award amount

28. Leslie A Sombers

    Leads 1 award · $411,864

    • 5R01DA060925-02Department: NIH department code

      Expanding the Scope and Usability of Fast Voltammetric Measurements
      $411,864

      award amount

29. Fan Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $381,250

    • 5R35GM155275-02Department: NIH department code

      Reveal myeloid cell-mediated targeting through nano-bio interface
      $381,250

      award amount

30. Mohammed Olusoji Gbadamosi

    Leads 1 award · $381,250

    • 5DP5OD036134-03Department: NIH department code

      Decoding the Heterogeneity in Chemo-Immunomodulation to Unlock the Potential of Chemoimmunotherapy in Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
      $381,250

      award amount

31. Nikhil Urs

    Leads 1 award · $373,600

    • 5R01MH130778-03Department: NIH department code

      Role of cortical catecholamines in regulating motivated behavior and striatal dopamine
      $373,600

      award amount

32. Yousong Ding

    Leads 1 award · $363,524

    • 5R35GM128742-08Department: NIH department code

      Accessing and expanding microbial bioactive chemical diversity by synthetic biology and new enzymology
      $363,524

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5RM1GM145426-04, led by Hendrik Luesch.

33. Danxin Wang

    Leads 1 award · $363,209

    • 5R35GM140845-05Department: NIH department code

      Expression genetics of pharmacogenes
      $363,209

      award amount

34. Daniel Kopinke

    Leads 1 award · $300,698

    • 5R01AR079449-04Department: NIH department code

      Ciliary Hedgehog signaling during adult tissue repair and disease
      $300,698

      award amount

35. Aline Cristina Oliveira

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00HL165026-04Department: NIH department code

      Neuroimmune axis contribution to the pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension
      $249,000

      award amount

36. Brandon L Warren

    Leads 1 award · $190,625

    • 1R21DA062207-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Identifying molecular markers of neuronal inhibition after opioids
      $190,625

      award amount

37. Nagalakshmi Balasubramanian

    Leads 1 award · $144,084

    • 7K99AA032034-02Department: NIH department code

      Alcohol-Induced Metabolome-Epigenome Dysfunction and Alzheimer's Disease Risk
      $144,084

      award amount

38. Caitrin W McDonough

    Leads 1 award · $114,375

    • 5R03HL172987-02Department: NIH department code

      Development of Integrated Precision Medicine Models in Adults with Cardiovascular Disease
      $114,375

      award amount

39. Tyler Scott Nelson

    Leads 1 award · $86,378

    • 5K00NS124190-05Department: NIH department code

      Dissecting the Parabrachial Nucleus's Role in the Development and Maintenance of Neuropathic Pain
      $86,378

      award amount

40. Kevin Michael Knight

    Leads 1 award · $75,520

    • 1F32DA063169-01Department: NIH department code

      Determining the Molecular Arrangement of GABABR-GIRK Signaling Cascades
      $75,520

      award amount

41. Heather Noel Allen

    Leads 1 award · $50,334

    • 5F32NS128392-03Department: NIH department code

      Neuropeptide Y1 Receptor-Expressing Neurons in the Lateral Parabrachial Nucleus in Neuropathic Pain
      $50,334

      award amount

42. Sarah Elizabeth Sniffen

    Leads 1 award · $44,466

    • 5F31DC021888-02Department: NIH department code

      Basolateral amygdala support of odor valence learning
      $44,466

      award amount

43. Zane G Moreland

    Leads 1 award · $43,946

    • 5F31DC021881-02Department: NIH department code

      Exploring the Biophysical Landscape of Tip Density Biomolecular Condensates in Mechanosensory Stereocilia
      $43,946

      award amount

44. Adrianna Nicole Wilson

    Leads 1 award · $36,538

    • 5F31DK137613-02Department: NIH department code

      Defining the Transcriptional Activity of NR2F6 in TH17 cells
      $36,538

      award amount

45. Daniel W Wesson

    Leads 1 award · $1

    • 5T32DC015994-08Department: NIH department code

      Training Program in Chemosensory Science
      $1

      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.

• Luke P. Lee

  Co-investigator on 1UG3TR005829-01, led by Mei He

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (no department on record, 3 awards)

• Mohamed Abou Donia

  Co-investigator on 5RM1GM145426-04, led by Hendrik Luesch

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Princeton University · Miscellaneous (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Steven D Bruner

  Co-investigator on 5RM1GM145426-04, led by Hendrik Luesch

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

• Valerie Jean Paul

  Co-investigator on 5RM1GM145426-04, led by Hendrik Luesch

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

• Ramzi George Salloum

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG089445-02, led by Jingchuan Guo; 5R33AT012328-02, led by Chengguo Xing

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Florida · Surgery (NIH department code, 3 awards)
  • University of Florida (no department on record, 1 award)

• Stanley Barrett Pounds

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA270120-03, led by Jatinder K. Lamba; 5R01CA132946-16, led by Jatinder K. Lamba; 3R01CA132946-16S1, led by Jatinder K. Lamba

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

• Fu-Sen Liang

  Co-investigator on 1R61AG090361-01, led by Lina Cui

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Case Western Reserve University · Chemistry (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Jeffrey Aube

  Co-investigator on 2R01DA031927-11A1, led by Laura M. Bohn

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Pharmacology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Praveen Kumar

  Co-investigator on 1R01DA063631-01, led by Md Mahmudul Hasan

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

• Jiang Bian

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG089445-02, led by Jingchuan Guo

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Indiana University Indianapolis · Biostatistics & Math Sciences (NIH department code, 1 award)
  • Indiana University Indianapolis (no department on record, 1 award)

• Mark J Pletcher

  Co-investigator on 1R01HL171387-01A1, led by Steven Michael Smith

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

• Natarajan Muthusamy

  Co-investigator on 2R01CA204484-07, led by Ben Shen

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

• Marc J Kaufman

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA055568-03, led by Jay P. McLaughlin

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

• Samikkannu Thangavel

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA055568-03, led by Jay P. McLaughlin

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

• Carl J Pepine

  Co-investigator on 5R01HL132448-06, led by Steven Michael Smith

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

• Xiaoyong Yuan

  Co-investigator on 1R21EB037868-01, led by Yanjun Li

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

• Dean P Edwards

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA263574-04, led by Patrick Robert Griffin

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Baylor College of Medicine (no department on record, 1 award)

• Raj Kumar

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA263574-04, led by Patrick Robert Griffin

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

• Stephen E. Kimmel

  Co-investigator on 5T32HG008958-08, led by Julio David Duarte

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

• Hui Shao

  Co-investigator on 5R01DK133465-04, led by Jingchuan Guo

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Emory University · Public Health (NIH department code, 3 awards)

• Regina A. Mangieri

  Co-investigator on 7R01AA030256-03, led by Marco Bortolato

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Texas at Austin · Pharmacology (NIH department code, 1 award)