Pharmacology at University of Kentucky

Leads a grant in this department

47 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 · $8,590,000

   • 5UM1DA049406-04Department: NIH department code

     Kentucky CAN HEAL (Communities and Networks Helping End Addiction Long-term)
     $8,590,000

     award amount

2. Zhan, Chang-Guo

   Leads 2 awards · $6,422,111

   • 5U01DA051079-03Department: NIH department code

     Development of a Long-acting Enzyme Therapy for Treatment of Cocaine Abuse
     $4,721,164

     award amount
   • 1R01DA056646-01Department: NIH department code

     Ghrelin Deacylase as a Treatment for Opioid Polysubstance Abuse
     $1,700,947

     award amount

3. Norris, Christopher Mark

   Leads 1 award · $4,222,772

   • 1P01AG078116-01Department: NIH department code

     Strategies for targeting astrocyte reactivity in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias
     $4,222,772

     award amount

4. Thorson, Jon Scott

   Leads 2 awards · $2,510,084

   • 5P20GM130456-03Department: NIH department code

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

     award amount
   • 3P20GM130456-03S1Department: NIH department code

     Administrative Supplement: COBRE in Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation
     $250,000

     award amount

5. Liu, Xiaoqi

   Leads 4 awards · $1,651,304

   • 5R01CA264652-02Department: NIH department code

     Plk1 as a prognostic biomarker for prostate cancer
     $537,065

     award amount
   • 5R01CA256893-02Department: NIH department code

     Enhancing the efficacy of androgen signaling inhibitors in prostate cancer
     $485,160

     award amount
   • 5R01CA196634-08Department: NIH department code

     Improving chemotherapy of castration-resistant prostate cancer.
     $339,559

     award amount
   • 2R01CA157429-09A1Department: NIH department code

     Overcoming Drug Resistance of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
     $289,520

     award amount

6. Cassis, Lisa A

   Leads 1 award · $1,147,500

   • 5P30GM127211-05Department: NIH department code

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

     award amount

7. Dwoskin, Linda P

   Leads 1 award · $958,204

   • 5U01HL152392-04Department: NIH department code

     Kentucky Network for Innovation & Commercialization (“KYNETIC”)
     $958,204

     award amount

8. Despa, Florin

   Leads 1 award · $764,021

   • 5R01NS116058-03Department: NIH department code

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

     award amount

9. Bauer, Bjoern

   Leads 1 award · $748,967

   • 1R01AG075583-01Department: NIH department code

     Blood-Brain Barrier Repair in Alzheimer’s Disease with Epilepsy
     $748,967

     award amount

10. Babalonis, Shanna

    Leads 1 award · $720,687

    • 1R01DA054347-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Cannabis Modulation of Outcomes Related to Opioid Use Disorder: Opioid Withdrawal, Opioid Abuse Potential and Opioid Safety
      $720,687

      award amount

11. Bardo, Michael T

    Leads 1 award · $672,098

    • 5R01DA053070-02Department: NIH department code

      Functional and Genomic Signatures of Escalated Fentanyl Use
      $672,098

      award amount

12. Nikolajczyk, Barbara

    Leads 1 award · $651,033

    • 1R01AG079525-01Department: NIH department code

      The impact of insulin sensitivity on the potential of metformin to delay age-related inflammation
      $651,033

      award amount

13. Kolesar, Jill Marie

    Leads 1 award · $634,772

    • 1R01CA258751-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Combating melanoma resistance by targeting ABL1/2
      $634,772

      award amount

14. Kim, Kyung Bo

    Leads 1 award · $616,032

    • 5R01AG073122-02Department: NIH department code

      Immunoproteasome inhibitors for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
      $616,032

      award amount

15. Andres, Aline

    Leads 1 award · $610,418

    • 5R01ES032176-02Department: NIH department code

      Growth and metabolic programming from prenatal PFAS exposure: examining the roles of placental functional genomics and protection by maternal exercise
      $610,418

      award amount

16. Leggas, Markos

    Leads 1 award · $592,330

    • 5R01CA243529-03Department: NIH department code

      Mechanistic and pharmacologic studies of selective mithramycin analogues targeting EWS-FLI1 in Ewing sarcoma
      $592,330

      award amount

17. Song, Jianxun Jim

    Leads 1 award · $550,643

    • 5R01CA221867-05Department: NIH department code

      Nucleus Accumbens-Associated Protein-1 in Melanoma Immunotherapy
      $550,643

      award amount

18. Wang, Shuxia

    Leads 1 award · $491,417

    • 1R01DK131786-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Role of SMPDL3B in obesity-associated non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
      $491,417

      award amount

19. Prisinzano, Thomas Edward

    Leads 1 award · $450,138

    • 5U01DA051377-02Department: NIH department code

      Development of Agents for Synthetic Opioid Overdose
      $450,138

      award amount

20. Li, Zhiguo

    Leads 1 award · $445,226

    • 1R01CA266579-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Targeting Polo-Like Kinase 1 in Prostate Cancer to Enhance Therapeutic Efficacy
      $445,226

      award amount

21. Turner, Jill R.

    Leads 2 awards · $444,712

    • 5R01DA044311-06Department: NIH department code

      Dynamic Signaling of NRG3-ErbB4 in the Hippocampus Mediates Nicotine Withdrawal Phenotypes
      $333,161

      award amount
    • 3R01DA044311-06S1Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

22. Despa, Sanda

    Leads 1 award · $425,355

    • 5R01HL148443-03Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

23. Zaytseva, Yekaterina

    Leads 2 awards · $423,416

    • 5R01CA249734-02Department: NIH department code

      Targeting Lipid Metabolism in Colorectal Cancer
      $346,916

      award amount
    • 5R03CA262720-02Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

24. Sompol, Pradoldej

    Leads 1 award · $420,750

    • 1R21AG074146-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Oxidative stress-induced vascular pathology and dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease
      $420,750

      award amount

25. Loria, Analia

    Leads 2 awards · $415,035

    • 5R01HL135158-05Department: NIH department code

      Effect of early life stress on obesity-induced hypertension in mice
      $382,500

      award amount
    • 3R01HL135158-05S1Department: NIH department code

      Effect of early life stress on obesity-induced hypertension in mice
      $32,535

      award amount

26. Hinds, Terry D

    Leads 1 award · $410,137

    • 5R01DK121797-04Department: NIH department code

      Novel Liver Signaling Pathways Controlling Adiposity
      $410,137

      award amount

27. St Clair, Daret K

    Leads 1 award · $403,205

    • 5R01CA214638-05Department: NIH department code

      A redox-mediated mechanism of UVB-induced metabolic switch in skin carcinogenesis
      $403,205

      award amount

28. Blalock, Eric

    Leads 1 award · $394,406

    • 5R01AG037868-07Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

29. Huang, Gang

    Leads 1 award · $388,500

    • 5R01DK130478-02Department: NIH department code

      Mechanism of the short- and long-term effects of COVID-19-induced Alarmins on hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells.
      $388,500

      award amount

30. Fu, Jian

    Leads 1 award · $382,500

    • 5R01AI167297-02Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

31. Bauer, Bjoern

    Leads 1 award · $379,616

    • 5R01NS107548-05Department: 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
      $379,616

      award amount

32. Venditto, Vincent Joseph

    Leads 1 award · $376,067

    • 5R01HL152081-03Department: NIH department code

      Understanding the role of immune complexes between apolipoprotein A-I and IgG in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
      $376,067

      award amount

33. Delcher, Chris

    Leads 1 award · $362,500

    • 5R01CE003360-02Department: NIH department code

      STIMuLINK
      $362,500

      award amount

34. She, Qing-Bai

    Leads 1 award · $356,108

    • 5R01CA175105-08Department: NIH department code

      Targeting Translation Dependence in Colorectal Cancer Progression
      $356,108

      award amount

35. Brainson, Christine Fillmore

    Leads 1 award · $349,988

    • 5R01CA237643-04Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

36. Chen, Gang

    Leads 1 award · $344,250

    • 5R01ES026657-05Department: NIH department code

      Microenvironment and Arsenic Lung Tumorigenesis
      $344,250

      award amount

37. Chaiswing, Luksana

    Leads 1 award · $342,988

    • 5R01CA251663-02Department: NIH department code

      Targeting Mitochondrial Redox Capacity to Overcome Cancer Subtype that Regrowth After Radiation
      $342,988

      award amount

38. Wu, Yadi

    Leads 1 award · $342,988

    • 5R01CA230758-04Department: NIH department code

      Characterize the role of EBF1 in breast cancer progression
      $342,988

      award amount

39. Wei, Qiou

    Leads 1 award · $342,914

    • 5R01CA222596-05Department: NIH department code

      Role of Sulfiredoxin in Colorectal Cancer Development
      $342,914

      award amount

40. Plattner, Rina

    Leads 1 award · $341,515

    • 5R01CA211137-05Department: NIH department code

      Targeting Abl kinases in BRAF-driven melanomas
      $341,515

      award amount

41. Hahn, Ellen J

    Leads 1 award · $229,500

    • 3P30ES026529-05S1Department: NIH department code

      Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences Administrative Supplement for Cost Extension
      $229,500

      award amount

42. Rashid, Cetewayo Saif

    Leads 1 award · $191,250

    • 5R21DK127295-02Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

43. Flannery, Alexander H

    Leads 1 award · $157,563

    • 1K23DK128562-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Classical and Alternative Renin-Angiotensin System Dysregulation in Sepsis-Associated AKI: A Reverse Translation Approach
      $157,563

      award amount

44. Swanson, Hollie Isabel

    Leads 1 award · $98,051

    • 5R25ES027684-05Department: NIH department code

      Summer Research in Environmental Health Sciences
      $98,051

      award amount

45. Fong, Ka-Wing

    Leads 1 award · $76,500

    • 5R03CA256230-02Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

46. Chacon, Aaron

    Leads 1 award · $35,494

    • 1F31HL162463-01Department: NIH department code

      Targeting The GLP-1 Receptor As New Chronotherapy Against Nondipping Blood Pressure In Diabetes
      $35,494

      award amount

47. Howard, Kaitlind

    Leads 1 award · $30,810

    • 5F31DE029661-02Department: NIH department code

      Development of zafirlukast derivatives against Porphyromonas gingivalis
      $30,810

      award amount