Pharmacology at University of Kentucky

Leads a grant in this department

44 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. Walsh, Sharon L.

   Leads 1 award · $27,502,167

   • 5UM1DA049406-03Department: NIH department code

     Kentucky CAN HEAL (Communities and Networks Helping End Addiction Long-term)
     $27,502,167

     award amount

2. Zhan, Chang-Guo

   Leads 1 award · $3,521,342

   • 5U01DA051079-02Department: NIH department code

     Development of a Long-acting Enzyme Therapy for Treatment of Cocaine Abuse
     $3,521,342

     award amount

3. Thorson, Jon Scott

   Leads 3 awards · $2,872,519

   • 5P20GM130456-02Department: NIH department code

     Center of Biomedical Research Excellence in Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation
     $2,260,084

     award amount
   • 5R37AI052218-20Department: NIH department code

     In Vitro Glycorandomization of Natural Products
     $445,994

     award amount
   • 3P20GM130456-02S1Department: NIH department code

     Administrative Supplement: COBRE in Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation
     $166,441

     award amount

4. St Clair, Daret K

   Leads 2 awards · $2,659,440

   • 5P20GM121327-05Department: NIH department code

     University of Kentucky Center for Cancer and Metabolism
     $2,248,005

     award amount
   • 5R01CA214638-04Department: NIH department code

     A redox-mediated mechanism of UVB-induced metabolic switch in skin carcinogenesis
     $411,435

     award amount

5. Hahn, Ellen J

   Leads 1 award · $1,495,439

   • 5P30ES026529-05Department: NIH department code

     Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences
     $1,495,439

     award amount

6. Despa, Florin

   Leads 2 awards · $1,409,493

   • 5R01NS116058-02Department: NIH department code

     The Amylin Dyshomeostasis Hypothesis of Vascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia (VCID)
     $764,021

     award amount
   • 5R01AG057290-05Department: NIH department code

     Programming amylin secretion to slow brain aging - an animal model
     $645,472

     award amount

7. Liu, Xiaoqi

   Leads 3 awards · $1,361,771

   • 1R01CA264652-01Department: NIH department code

     Plk1 as a prognostic biomarker for prostate cancer
     $548,025

     award amount
   • 1R01CA256893-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Enhancing the efficacy of androgen signaling inhibitors in prostate cancer
     $467,258

     award amount
   • 2R01CA196634-07Department: NIH department code

     Improving chemotherapy of castration-resistant prostate cancer.
     $346,488

     award amount

8. Cassis, Lisa A

   Leads 1 award · $1,147,500

   • 5P30GM127211-04Department: NIH department code

     Center of Research on Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease
     $1,147,500

     award amount

9. Bauer, Bjoern

   Leads 2 awards · $984,293

   • 5R01NS079507-08Department: NIH department code

     Novel Therapeutic Strategies to Resolve Neurovascular Inflammation and Repair Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction in Epilepsy
     $601,764

     award amount
   • 5R01NS107548-04Department: NIH department code

     A novel strategy to overcome the P-gp/BCRP drug efflux system at the blood-brain barrier to improve brain uptake of CNS therapeutics
     $382,529

     award amount

10. Bates, Paula J

    Leads 1 award · $967,861

    • 5U01HL152392-03Department: NIH department code

      Kentucky Network for Innovation & Commercialization (“KYNETIC”)
      $967,861

      award amount

11. Loria, Analia

    Leads 2 awards · $818,403

    • 5R01HL135158-04Department: NIH department code

      Effect of early life stress on obesity-induced hypertension in mice
      $437,638

      award amount
    • 5R01HL142969-04Department: NIH department code

      The role of soluble prorenin receptor in hypertension associated with obesity
      $380,765

      award amount

12. Fu, Jian

    Leads 2 awards · $765,000

    • 1R01AI167297-01Department: NIH department code

      HDAC6 regulation of myeloid cell responses in sepsis
      $382,500

      award amount
    • 5R01HL137910-04Department: NIH department code

      HDAC6 regulation of ICAM-1 expression and endothelial inflammatory signaling in sepsis
      $382,500

      award amount

13. Andres, Aline

    Leads 1 award · $658,745

    • 1R01ES032176-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Growth and metabolic programming from prenatal PFAS exposure: examining the roles of placental functional genomics and protection by maternal exercise
      $658,745

      award amount

14. Bardo, Michael T

    Leads 1 award · $630,736

    • 1R01DA053070-01Department: NIH department code

      Functional and Genomic Signatures of Escalated Fentanyl Use
      $630,736

      award amount

15. Kim, Kyung Bo

    Leads 1 award · $629,282

    • 1R01AG073122-01Department: NIH department code

      Immunoproteasome inhibitors for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
      $629,282

      award amount

16. Leggas, Markos

    Leads 1 award · $617,234

    • 5R01CA243529-02Department: NIH department code

      Mechanistic and pharmacologic studies of selective mithramycin analogues targeting EWS-FLI1 in Ewing sarcoma
      $617,234

      award amount

17. Babalonis, Shanna

    Leads 1 award · $609,253

    • 5R01DA045700-04Department: NIH department code

      Evaluation of Marijuana and Opioid Drug Interactions: Assessment of the Safety Profile, Abuse-Related Pharmacodynamic Effects and Models of Drug Intake
      $609,253

      award amount

18. Song, Jianxun Jim

    Leads 1 award · $561,881

    • 5R01CA221867-04Department: NIH department code

      Nucleus Accumbens-Associated Protein-1 in Melanoma Immunotherapy
      $561,881

      award amount

19. She, Qing-Bai

    Leads 2 awards · $554,625

    • 5R01CA175105-07Department: NIH department code

      Targeting Translation Dependence in Colorectal Cancer Progression
      $363,375

      award amount
    • 5R21ES031712-02Department: NIH department code

      Translational Control in Cr(VI) Carcinogenesis
      $191,250

      award amount

20. Garneau-Tsodikova, Sylvie

    Leads 1 award · $548,046

    • 5R01AI090048-10Department: NIH department code

      Novel aminoglycoside adjuvants and stand-alone agents to combat tuberculosis
      $548,046

      award amount

21. Phillips, George Neal

    Leads 1 award · $516,179

    • 5R01CA217255-05Department: NIH department code

      Studies to understand and exploit 10-membered enediyne biosynthesis
      $516,179

      award amount

22. Bondada, Subbarao

    Leads 1 award · $492,343

    • 5R01CA217934-05Department: NIH department code

      (PQ9)A redox-mediated mechanism of chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment
      $492,343

      award amount

23. Prisinzano, Thomas Edward

    Leads 1 award · $459,000

    • 1U01DA051377-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Development of Agents for Synthetic Opioid Overdose
      $459,000

      award amount

24. Graf, Gregory A

    Leads 1 award · $451,563

    • 5R01DK113625-05Department: NIH department code

      Contributions of hepatic and intestinal pathways to cholesterol excretion
      $451,563

      award amount

25. Turner, Jill R.

    Leads 2 awards · $445,147

    • 5R01DA044311-05Department: NIH department code

      Dynamic Signaling of NRG3-ErbB4 in the Hippocampus Mediates Nicotine Withdrawal Phenotypes
      $333,596

      award amount
    • 3R01DA044311-05S1Department: NIH department code

      Dynamic Signaling of NRG3-ErbB4 in the Hippocampus Mediates Nicotine Withdrawal Phenotypes
      $111,551

      award amount

26. Despa, Sanda

    Leads 1 award · $425,355

    • 5R01HL148443-02Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of cardiac remodeling triggered by gestational diabetes
      $425,355

      award amount

27. Zaytseva, Yekaterina

    Leads 2 awards · $423,563

    • 1R01CA249734-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Targeting Lipid Metabolism in Colorectal Cancer
      $347,063

      award amount
    • 1R03CA262720-01Department: NIH department code

      Fatty acid synthase in regulation of UDP-GlcNAc synthesis in colorectal cancer
      $76,500

      award amount

28. Van Lanen, Steven Gary

    Leads 1 award · $417,474

    • 1R21AI157903-01Department: NIH department code

      RNA-dependent RNA Polymerase Assays for Biochemical Characterization and Antiviral Drug Discovery
      $417,474

      award amount

29. Hinds, Terry D

    Leads 1 award · $408,414

    • 5R01DK121797-03Department: NIH department code

      Novel Liver Signaling Pathways Controlling Adiposity
      $408,414

      award amount

30. Huang, Gang

    Leads 1 award · $401,750

    • 1R01DK130478-01Department: NIH department code

      Mechanism of the short- and long-term effects of COVID-19-induced Alarmins on hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells.
      $401,750

      award amount

31. Blalock, Eric

    Leads 1 award · $394,406

    • 2R01AG037868-06A1Department: NIH department code

      Chronic Stress, Glucocorticoids, and Progesterone in Brain Aging
      $394,406

      award amount

32. Venditto, Vincent Joseph

    Leads 1 award · $376,090

    • 5R01HL152081-02Department: NIH department code

      Understanding the role of immune complexes between apolipoprotein A-I and IgG in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
      $376,090

      award amount

33. Delcher, Chris

    Leads 1 award · $362,500

    • 1R01CE003360-01Department: NIH department code

      STIMuLINK
      $362,500

      award amount

34. Brainson, Christine Fillmore

    Leads 1 award · $349,988

    • 5R01CA237643-03Department: NIH department code

      Targeting epigenetic heterogeneity to improve lung cancer immunotherapy response
      $349,988

      award amount

35. Chaiswing, Luksana

    Leads 1 award · $349,988

    • 1R01CA251663-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Targeting Mitochondrial Redox Capacity to Overcome Cancer Subtype that Regrowth After Radiation
      $349,988

      award amount

36. Wei, Qiou

    Leads 1 award · $349,912

    • 5R01CA222596-04Department: NIH department code

      Role of Sulfiredoxin in Colorectal Cancer Development
      $349,912

      award amount

37. Plattner, Rina

    Leads 1 award · $348,484

    • 5R01CA211137-04Department: NIH department code

      Targeting Abl kinases in BRAF-driven melanomas
      $348,484

      award amount

38. Thorson, Jon Scott

    Leads 1 award · $200,000

    • 5R01AI128862-05Department: NIH department code

      Biosynthesis and medicinal chemistry of the capuramycin antimycobacterial antibiotics
      $200,000

      award amount

39. Rashid, Cetewayo Saif

    Leads 1 award · $191,250

    • 1R21DK127295-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Hyaluronan as a mediator of intrauterine growth restriction-induced islet dysfunction in type 2 diabetes
      $191,250

      award amount

40. Fong, Ka-Wing

    Leads 1 award · $76,500

    • 1R03CA256230-01A1Department: NIH department code

      E2F family transcription factors are directly regulated by TRIM28 to promote castration-resistance in prostate cancer
      $76,500

      award amount

41. Izumi, Tadahide

    Leads 1 award · $76,500

    • 5R03CA249111-02Department: NIH department code

      A genomic locus associated with radiation resistance of oral cancer cells
      $76,500

      award amount

42. Peng, Hsuan

    Leads 1 award · $46,036

    • 5F99AG068525-02Department: NIH department code

      Young cardiomyocyte phenotype drives enhanced cardiac recovery in spiny mice
      $46,036

      award amount

43. Howard, Kaitlind

    Leads 1 award · $38,878

    • 1F31DE029661-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Development of zafirlukast derivatives against Porphyromonas gingivalis
      $38,878

      award amount

44. Byrd, Aria

    Leads 1 award · $23,605

    • 5F31HL151111-02Department: NIH department code

      Bronchiolar Dysplasia in COPD is Governed by Loss of Polycomb Repressive Complex 2
      $23,605

      award amount