FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Pharmacology at University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL
- 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 Illinois at Chicago page.
Leads a grant in this department
39 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.
Dolly Mehta
Leads 3 awards · $2,945,164
- 5P01HL160469-05Department: NIH department codeThe Lung Endothelium as an Instructive Niche for the Innate Immune System during Vascular Injury
Principal investigators: Asrar B. Malik (contact PI), Dolly Mehta (contact PI), Gary Ch Mo (contact PI), Jalees Rehman (contact PI), Konstantinos Chronis (contact PI), Yoshikazu Tsukasaki (contact PI)
$2,339,337award amount - 5R01HL165263-04Department: NIH department codeTargeting mechanisms activating ion-channel for preventing acute lung injury$587,632award amount
- 5T32HL007829-33Department: NIH department codeTraining Program in Lung Biology and Pathobiology$18,195award amount
Gary Ch Mo
Leads 2 awards · $2,739,087
- 5P01HL160469-05Department: NIH department codeThe Lung Endothelium as an Instructive Niche for the Innate Immune System during Vascular Injury
Principal investigators: Asrar B. Malik (contact PI), Dolly Mehta (contact PI), Gary Ch Mo (contact PI), Jalees Rehman (contact PI), Konstantinos Chronis (contact PI), Yoshikazu Tsukasaki (contact PI)
$2,339,337award amount - 5R35GM146936-05Department: NIH department codePyroptosis is a Trial-by-Fire Program$399,750award amount
Asrar B. Malik
Leads 1 award · $2,339,337
- 5P01HL160469-05Department: NIH department codeThe Lung Endothelium as an Instructive Niche for the Innate Immune System during Vascular Injury
Principal investigators: Asrar B. Malik (contact PI), Dolly Mehta (contact PI), Gary Ch Mo (contact PI), Jalees Rehman (contact PI), Konstantinos Chronis (contact PI), Yoshikazu Tsukasaki (contact PI)
$2,339,337award amount
Jalees Rehman
Leads 1 award · $2,339,337
- 5P01HL160469-05Department: NIH department codeThe Lung Endothelium as an Instructive Niche for the Innate Immune System during Vascular Injury
Principal investigators: Asrar B. Malik (contact PI), Dolly Mehta (contact PI), Gary Ch Mo (contact PI), Jalees Rehman (contact PI), Konstantinos Chronis (contact PI), Yoshikazu Tsukasaki (contact PI)
$2,339,337award amount
Konstantinos Chronis
Leads 1 award · $2,339,337
- 5P01HL160469-05Department: NIH department codeThe Lung Endothelium as an Instructive Niche for the Innate Immune System during Vascular Injury
Principal investigators: Asrar B. Malik (contact PI), Dolly Mehta (contact PI), Gary Ch Mo (contact PI), Jalees Rehman (contact PI), Konstantinos Chronis (contact PI), Yoshikazu Tsukasaki (contact PI)
$2,339,337award amount
Yoshikazu Tsukasaki
Leads 1 award · $2,339,337
- 5P01HL160469-05Department: NIH department codeThe Lung Endothelium as an Instructive Niche for the Innate Immune System during Vascular Injury
Principal investigators: Asrar B. Malik (contact PI), Dolly Mehta (contact PI), Gary Ch Mo (contact PI), Jalees Rehman (contact PI), Konstantinos Chronis (contact PI), Yoshikazu Tsukasaki (contact PI)
$2,339,337award amount
Andrew Riley
Leads 3 awards · $1,662,767
- 5R01DA057961-03Department: NIH department codeSelective Targeting of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subtypes for Cocaine Use Disorder$660,230award amount
- 5R01NS134647-03Department: NIH department codeα9α10 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in neuropathic pain
Principal investigators: Andrew Riley (contact PI), Christian Peters, Zaijie Jim Wang
$624,360award amount - 5R35GM147005-05Department: NIH department codeSynthesis and Evaluation of Alkaloids to Probe Membrane Receptors$378,177award amount
Alexander S Mankin
Leads 3 awards · $1,578,960
- 5R01AI162961-05Department: NIH department codeAdvancing ribosome-targeting antibacterial peptides with a unique mechanism of action
Principal investigators: Alexander S Mankin (contact PI), Nora Vazquez-Laslop, Terry William Moore, Yury Polikanov
$698,327award amount - 1R21AI196497-01Department: NIH department codeIdentifying inhibitors of the bacterial peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase
Principal investigators: Alexander S Mankin (contact PI), Maksim Svetlov, Paul R Carlier
$440,908award amount - 5R35GM127134-08Department: NIH department codeUnraveling context specificity of translation by elucidating the mechanism of action of auxiliary translation factors$439,725award amount
Zaijie Jim Wang
Leads 1 award · $1,081,708
- 5R35HL177406-02Department: NIH department codeMolecular Mechanism and Targeting of Chronic Pain in Sickle Cell Disease$1,081,708award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS134647-03, led by Andrew Riley.
Joanna E Burdette
Leads 2 awards · $988,417
- 5R01CA240301-08Department: NIH department codeDynamic Interactions of the Ovarian-Fallopian Axis in High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer
Principal investigators: Joanna E Burdette (contact PI), Jonathan Coppeta
$588,667award amount - 5R01AT008824-09Department: NIH department codeBotanical derived progestins and their impact on women's health
Principal investigators: Joanna E Burdette (contact PI), Brian Thacher Murphy
$399,750award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5T32AT007533-13, led by Jimmy Orjala.
Bisheng Zhou
Leads 2 awards · $942,739
- 5R01HL169447-03Department: NIH department codePerivascular macrophages - a new player in regulating endothelial repair following lung vascular injury$471,370award amount
- 5R01HL176717-02Department: NIH department codeAerocyte-mediated Alveolar Epithelial Regeneration following Lung Injury$471,369award amount
Xiaoping Du
Leads 1 award · $940,212
- 5R35HL150797-07Department: NIH department codeMechanisms of integrin signaling and a new anti-platelet/anti-inflammatory approach$940,212award amount
Sandra Pinho
Leads 2 awards · $848,706
- 5R01HL162584-05Department: NIH department codeMechanisms of hematopoietic stem cell engraftment$436,457award amount
- 1R21CA306039-01A1Department: NIH department codeIdentification of Novel Innate Immune Checkpoint Receptors$412,249award amount
Andrei V Karginov
Leads 2 awards · $784,943
- 5R35GM145318-05Department: NIH department codeRegulation of endothelial cell invasion, migration and cell junction plasticity$399,750award amount
- 5R61CA297953-02Department: NIH department codeMapping Dynamic Changes in Protein Interactome using Proximity Labeling with High Temporal Resolution
Principal investigators: Andrei V Karginov (contact PI), Alexander Adibekian
$385,193award amount
Paul R Carlier
Leads 1 award · $782,108
- 2R01AI157445-07Department: NIH department codeDevelopment of irresistible blood stage antimalarials
Principal investigators: Paul R Carlier (contact PI), Maria Belen Cassera
$782,108award amount
Also a principal investigator on 1R21AI196497-01, led by Alexander S Mankin.
Kostandin Pajcini
Leads 2 awards · $772,569
- 5R01HL176781-02Department: NIH department codeRegenerative function of myeloid derived suppressor cells in the damaged bone marrow endothelial niche$451,909award amount
- 5R01DK137093-03Department: NIH department codeNotch signaling regulates stem cell function in the fetal liver hematopoietic niche$320,660award amount
Preetish Kadur Lakshminarasim
Leads 2 awards · $771,967
- 5R01HL174610-03Department: NIH department codeRegulation of distal basal cells in terminal and respiratory airway regeneration$691,802award amount
- 5R03CA289845-02Department: NIH department codeHuman stem and progenitor-based models of lung adenocarcinoma$80,165award amount
Pavel A Petukhov
Leads 1 award · $761,198
- 5R01AI177493-03Department: NIH department codeDevelopment of novel TGR inhibitors for the treatment of schistosomiasis
Principal investigators: Pavel A Petukhov (contact PI), David Lee Williams
$761,198award amount
Sang Ging Ong
Leads 1 award · $687,852
- 5R01HL173315-02Department: NIH department codeMolecular mechanisms of translational control in sunitinib-induced vascular dysfunction$687,852award amount
Xiaowei Wang
Leads 1 award · $665,257
- 1R01CA311189-01Department: NIH department codeDeveloping molecular diagnostic methods for cervical cancer$665,257award amount
Yuru Liu
Leads 1 award · $641,027
- 5R01HL105947-12Department: NIH department codeRegulation of type II cells in the repair of alveolar epithelial injury$641,027award amount
Yulia A Komarova
Leads 1 award · $630,810
- 1R01HL177004-01A1Department: NIH department codeMicroRNA-mediated regulation of lymphatic growth and function$630,810award amount
Michael J Federle
Leads 1 award · $620,662
- 1R01AI198108-01Department: NIH department codeMechanism of host innate immunity dysfunction by quorum-active Streptococcus pyogenes$620,662award amount
Abhalaxmi Singh
Leads 1 award · $576,957
- 1R56DE036222-01Department: NIH department codePrecision Nanomedicine Targeting Inflammatory and Osteoclast Pathways in Periodontal Disease$576,957award amount
Shilpa Sant
Leads 1 award · $565,909
- 1R01CA304933-01A1Department: NIH department codeEngineered mineralized hydrogels to study microcalcifications in breast cancer$565,909award amount
Kaori Horiguchi Yamada
Leads 1 award · $476,142
- 5R01CA289701-02Department: NIH department codeBreast cancer cells secrete glycosylated protein to facilitate blood-brain barrier opening and brain metastasis
Principal investigators: Kaori Horiguchi Yamada (contact PI), Tohru Yamada
$476,142award amount
Jose Abraham Villegas
Leads 1 award · $475,447
- 5DP2AI177928-04Department: NIH department codeInducing Off-pathway Assembly of HIV Gag Polyprotein with Computationally Designed Peptides$475,447award amount
Soroush Tahmasebi
Leads 1 award · $470,106
- 5R01HL163806-05Department: NIH department codeTranslational regulation of tissue resident macrophages by GCN2$470,106award amount
Yu Gao
Leads 1 award · $429,708
- 2R35GM133416-06Department: NIH department codeHighly sensitive proteomics method to probe cell heterogeneity at single cell resolution$429,708award amount
Zongmin Zhao
Leads 1 award · $393,371
- 5R35GM150507-04Department: NIH department codeMultiscale approaches to engineering living cells for nanotherapeutic delivery$393,371award amount
Jimmy Orjala
Leads 1 award · $250,182
- 5T32AT007533-13Department: NIH department codeResearch Training in Natural Product Complementary and Integrative Health
Principal investigators: Jimmy Orjala (contact PI), Joanna E Burdette
$250,182award amount
Kibum Kim
Leads 1 award · $147,747
- 5K01DK139458-02Department: NIH department codeAccumulation of Elevated Risk Associated with Treatment-Escalation Differences in patients with Type 2 Diabetes (ACCELERATED-T2D)$147,747award amount
Zhenbo Han
Leads 1 award · $139,113
- 1K99CA312740-01Department: NIH department codeThe Epitranscriptomic-Microtubule Axis as a Novel Mechanism of Ponatinib induced Cardiotoxicity$139,113award amount
Gege Yan
Leads 1 award · $136,804
- 5K99HL177315-02Department: NIH department codeThe Role of GCN2 in Ponatinib-Induced Cardiotoxicity$136,804award amount
John L Nitiss
Leads 1 award · $80,165
- 5R03CA297372-02Department: NIH department codeBiochemical determinants of genome instability induced by eukaryotic topoisomerase II$80,165award amount
Maria V. Barbolina
Leads 1 award · $76,601
- 1R03CA317617-01Department: NIH department codeAn Autism-associated Protein CNTNAP2 Promotes Peritoneal Adhesion of Ovarian Cancer Cells$76,601award amount
Mario Alejandro Alvarez
Leads 1 award · $50,114
- 1F31AI200321-01Department: NIH department codeDevelopment of Novel Antimicrobial Peptides, Pdi1-Derived Translation Termination Inhibitors$50,114award amount
Megan Jurek
Leads 1 award · $47,786
- 5F31NS143388-02Department: NIH department codeDiscovering Drug-Like Probes for the α9α10 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor$47,786award amount
Yevgeniya Miglo
Leads 1 award · $30,188
- 5F30CA294670-02Department: NIH department codeThe effects of ovulation on fallopian tube-derived tumorigenesis using microfluidic PREDICT-MOS platform$30,188award 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.
Maria Belen Cassera
Co-investigator on 2R01AI157445-07, led by Paul R Carlier
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
David Lee Williams
Co-investigator on 5R01AI177493-03, led by Pavel A Petukhov
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Nora Vazquez-Laslop
Co-investigator on 5R01AI162961-05, led by Alexander S Mankin
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Terry William Moore
Co-investigator on 5R01AI162961-05, led by Alexander S Mankin
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Yury Polikanov
Co-investigator on 5R01AI162961-05, led by Alexander S Mankin
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Illinois at Chicago · Biology (NIH department code, 2 awards)
Christian Peters
Co-investigator on 5R01NS134647-03, led by Andrew Riley
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Illinois at Chicago · Anatomy & Cell Biology (NIH department code, 1 award)
Jonathan Coppeta
Co-investigator on 5R01CA240301-08, led by Joanna E Burdette
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Tohru Yamada
Co-investigator on 5R01CA289701-02, led by Kaori Horiguchi Yamada
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Illinois at Chicago · Surgery (NIH department code, 2 awards)
Maksim Svetlov
Co-investigator on 1R21AI196497-01, led by Alexander S Mankin
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Brian Thacher Murphy
Co-investigator on 5R01AT008824-09, led by Joanna E Burdette
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Alexander Adibekian
Co-investigator on 5R61CA297953-02, led by Andrei V Karginov
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- University of Illinois at Chicago · Chemistry (NIH department code, 1 award)