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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pharmacology at University of Georgia

Athens, GA

Funding
$8M
$7,966,975
Awards
14
FY2026 NIH awards in Pharmacology
Principal investigators
13
12 lead a grant here, 1 co-investigator
Department rank
#42
of 132 · 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 Georgia page.

Leads a grant in this department

12 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. David Crich

    Leads 2 awards · $2,625,158

    • 1R35GM161349-01Department: NIH department code
      Glycosidase Inhibitors and Related Compounds
      $2,052,103
      award amount
    • 5R01AI168094-04Department: NIH department code
      Shaping Next Generation Aminoglycoside Antibiotics for Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Diseases
      $573,055
      award amount

  2. Diego Huet

    Leads 2 awards · $694,573

    • 5R35GM150794-04Department: NIH department code
      Understanding inter-organellar communication in apicomplexan parasites
      $377,500
      award amount
    • 1S10OD040213-01Department: NIH department code
      Sony SH800 Cell Sorter
      $317,073
      award amount

  3. Franklin D West

    Leads 1 award · $622,410

    • 5R01NS133739-03Department: NIH department code
      Defining the mechanisms of MSC extracellular vesicle modulation of microglia metabolism and bioenergetics in traumatic brain injury recovery
      $622,410
      award amount

  4. Duo Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $588,284

    • 1R01HL178801-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Long Noncoding RNA Regulation in Complement-Mediated Endothelial Barrier Disruption: From Mechanism to Therapy
      $588,284
      award amount

  5. Houjian Cai

    Leads 1 award · $587,112

    • 1U01CA307238-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Metabolism of dietary fatty acids promotes castration resistance in prostate cancer
      $587,112
      award amount

  6. Yaguang Xi

    Leads 1 award · $561,487

    • 5R01CA271533-04Department: NIH department code
      Sulindac sensitizes colorectal cancer to anti-PD-L1 therapy
      $561,487
      award amount

  7. Hitesh Handa

    Leads 1 award · $469,514

    • 5R01HL172496-03Department: NIH department code
      Nitric Oxide Functionalized Antibiotics to Combat Infections and Thrombosis for Extracorporeal Life Support

      Principal investigators: Hitesh Handa (contact PI), Elizabeth Joy Brisbois

      $469,514
      award amount

  8. Robert Blake Billmyre

    Leads 1 award · $443,944

    • 5DP2AI184725-03Department: NIH department code
      Evolution of heat tolerance and drug resistance in Cryptococcus
      $443,944
      award amount

  9. Y. George Zheng

    Leads 1 award · $372,972

    • 5R35GM149230-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism and Inhibition of Histone Modifications
      $372,972
      award amount

  10. Jason A Zastre

    Leads 1 award · $368,444

    • 5R01AG076625-04Department: NIH department code
      Implications of Metabolic Dysfunction during Thiamine Insufficiency
      $368,444
      award amount

  11. Robert William Huigens

    Leads 1 award · $368,444

    • 5R35GM153272-04Department: NIH department code
      Indole Alkaloids and Halogenated Phenazines: Platforms for Discovery
      $368,444
      award amount

  12. Uma S. Singh

    Leads 1 award · $264,633

    • 1R21AI202208-01Department: NIH department code
      Optimization of Antivirals Against Poxviruses
      $264,633
      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.