Pharmacology at University of Kentucky

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.

1. Robert Nathaniel Helsley

   Leads 1 award · $2,651,504

   • 1R01DK139147-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Deciphering the Mechanisms by which Long Chain Fatty Acid Oxidation Influences Spatial Microvesicular Steatosis
     $2,651,504

     award amount

2. Xiaoqi Liu

   Leads 5 awards · $2,325,964

   • 5R01CA272483-03Department: NIH department code

     Targeting the Plk1/Pdcd4/mTORC2 Signaling to Treat Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

     Principal investigators: Xiaoqi Liu (contact PI), Hsin-Sheng Yang

     $631,310

     award amount
   • 5R01CA264652-05Department: NIH department code

     Plk1 as a prognostic biomarker for prostate cancer
     $543,492

     award amount
   • 5R01CA256893-05Department: NIH department code

     Enhancing the efficacy of androgen signaling inhibitors in prostate cancer
     $515,060

     award amount
   • 5R01CA196634-11Department: NIH department code

     Improving chemotherapy of castration-resistant prostate cancer.
     $346,655

     award amount
   • 5R01CA157429-12Department: NIH department code

     Overcoming Drug Resistance of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
     $289,447

     award amount

3. Anika M.s. Hartz

   Leads 3 awards · $2,199,577

   • 1R01AG090534-01Department: NIH department code

     Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease: New Mechanistic Insights and Therapeutic Strategies
     $758,744

     award amount
   • 5R01NS133250-03Department: NIH department code

     Bisphenol-Induced Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease
     $725,453

     award amount
   • 5R01AG075583-04Department: NIH department code

     Blood-Brain Barrier Repair in Alzheimer’s Disease with Epilepsy

     Principal investigators: Anika M.s. Hartz (contact PI), Bjoern Bauer

     $715,380

     award amount

4. Zhenheng Guo

   Leads 2 awards · $1,386,880

   • 5R01HL163589-02Department: NIH department code

     Targeting Endothelial Cell Mineralocorticoid Receptor Against Aortic Aneurysm in Females

     Principal investigators: Zhenheng Guo (contact PI), Ming C Gong

     $721,911

     award amount
   • 5R01HL166225-03Department: NIH department code

     Targeting smooth muscle cell BMAL1 as a new therapeutic strategy against restenosis

     Principal investigators: Zhenheng Guo (contact PI), Ming C Gong

     $664,969

     award amount

5. Douglas Oyler

   Leads 1 award · $1,052,391

   • 5UH3DE032621-03Department: NIH department code

     Empowering dentists to reduce opioid prescriptions to young people

     Principal investigators: Douglas Oyler (contact PI), Marcia Vanessa Rojas Ramirez

     $1,052,391

     award amount

6. Barbara Nikolajczyk

   Leads 2 awards · $1,038,978

   • 5R01AG084180-02Department: NIH department code

     Impacting Inflammation through Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin (imTOR)
     $603,791

     award amount
   • 5R01AG079525-04Department: NIH department code

     The impact of insulin sensitivity on the potential of metformin to delay age-related inflammation
     $435,187

     award amount

7. Kavaljit H Chhabra

   Leads 2 awards · $874,954

   • 1R01DK140148-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Role of Hypothalamic Adgrl1 in Counteracting Hypoglycemia
     $538,354

     award amount
   • 5R01DK124619-05Department: NIH department code

     Role of Hypothalamic MC4R in Glucose Homeostasis via a Novel Neuroendocrine Circuit involving the Kidneys and Adrenal Glands
     $336,600

     award amount

8. Jin-Ming Yang

   Leads 2 awards · $821,613

   • 5R01CA282254-02Department: NIH department code

     Integrative Targeted Therapy for Melanoma

     Principal investigators: Jin-Ming Yang (contact PI), Jianxun Jim Song

     $608,620

     award amount
   • 5R21CA285253-02Department: NIH department code

     Novel Strategy to Augmenting Immunotherapy against Melanoma
     $212,993

     award amount

9. Jian Fu

   Leads 2 awards · $765,000

   • 5R01AI167297-05Department: NIH department code

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

     award amount
   • 5R01HL163712-03Department: NIH department code

     Inflammatory Injury Caused by Silica Exposure
     $382,500

     award amount

10. Rodney Kiplin Guy

    Leads 1 award · $755,713

    • 5R01AI184710-02Department: NIH department code

      Interactions between drug combinations and resistance acquisition risk for antimalarial ATP4 inhibitors

      Principal investigators: Rodney Kiplin Guy (contact PI), Joseph L. Derisi

      $755,713

      award amount

11. Christine Fillmore Brainson

    Leads 1 award · $698,070

    • 5R01HL170193-02Department: NIH department code

      Targeting Lung Fibrosis Using Epigenetic Therapy
      $698,070

      award amount

12. Cassandra D Gipson-Reichardt

    Leads 2 awards · $653,811

    • 5R01DA058933-03Department: NIH department code

      Neurobehavioral mechanisms underlying xylazine and fentanyl co-use and withdrawal

      Principal investigators: Cassandra D Gipson-Reichardt (contact PI), Terry D Hinds

      $496,587

      award amount
    • 5R03DA061626-02Department: NIH department code

      Neuroimmune and Cognitive Consequences of Nicotine Use in a Rodent Model of HIV: Implications for Anti-Retroviral Therapies
      $157,224

      award amount

13. Fang Zheng

    Leads 1 award · $643,949

    • 4UH3NS134920-03Department: NIH department code

      Long-acting aldicarb hydrolase as a medical countermeasure for aldicarb poisoning

      Principal investigators: Fang Zheng (contact PI), Chang-Guo Zhan

      $643,949

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 4R01DA056646-02, led by Chang-Guo Zhan.

14. Jill R. Turner

    Leads 1 award · $636,073

    • 5R01DA053070-05Department: NIH department code

      Functional and Genomic Signatures of Escalated Fentanyl Use

      Principal investigators: Jill R. Turner (contact PI), Michael T Bardo, Pavel Ivanovich Ortinski

      $636,073

      award amount

15. Lisa A Cassis

    Leads 1 award · $636,045

    • 5R01HL168633-03Department: NIH department code

      The serotonergic system in periaortic fat regulates regional aortopathy development
      $636,045

      award amount

16. Rina Plattner

    Leads 1 award · $582,247

    • 5R01CA258751-04Department: NIH department code

      Combating melanoma resistance by targeting ABL1/2

      Principal investigators: Rina Plattner (contact PI), Jill Marie Kolesar, Melissa A Wilson

      $582,247

      award amount

17. Vincent Joseph Venditto

    Leads 1 award · $542,094

    • 1R61HL177474-01Department: NIH department code

      Liposomal azithromycin to treat cardiac inflammation

      Principal investigators: Vincent Joseph Venditto (contact PI), Ahmed Abdel Latif, David Feola

      $542,094

      award amount

18. Hsin-Sheng Yang

    Leads 1 award · $533,720

    • 5R01CA279455-03Department: NIH department code

      Pdcd4-Rictor Interaction in Suppression of Lung Tumorigenesis
      $533,720

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01CA272483-03, led by Xiaoqi Liu.

19. Bjoern Bauer

    Leads 1 award · $507,285

    • 5R01NS079507-11Department: NIH department code

      Novel Therapeutic Strategies to Resolve Neurovascular Inflammation and Repair Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction in Epilepsy
      $507,285

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AG075583-04, led by Anika M.s. Hartz.

20. Chang-Guo Zhan

    Leads 1 award · $506,678

    • 4R01DA056646-02Department: NIH department code

      Ghrelin Deacylase as a Treatment for Opioid Polysubstance Abuse

      Principal investigators: Chang-Guo Zhan (contact PI), Fang Zheng

      $506,678

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 4UH3NS134920-03, led by Fang Zheng.

21. Gregory A Graf

    Leads 1 award · $491,578

    • 5R01DK113625-08Department: NIH department code

      Contributions of Hepatic and Intestinal Pathways to Cholesterol Excretion
      $491,578

      award amount

22. Shuxia Wang

    Leads 1 award · $478,167

    • 5R01DK131786-04Department: NIH department code

      Role of SMPDL3B in obesity-associated non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
      $478,167

      award amount

23. Cetewayo Saif Rashid

    Leads 1 award · $472,702

    • 5R01ES034786-02Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of Sex-specific Metabolic Disruption Caused by Organophosphate Flame Retardant Exposure
      $472,702

      award amount

24. Zhiguo Li

    Leads 1 award · $445,226

    • 5R01CA266579-04Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

25. Luksana Chaiswing

    Leads 2 awards · $414,651

    • 5R01CA251663-05Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount
    • 3R01CA251663-05S1Department: NIH department code

      Targeting Mitochondrial Redox Capacity to Overcome Cancer Subtype that Regrowth After Radiation
      $64,663

      award amount

26. Olufunmilola Abraham

    Leads 1 award · $399,999

    • 5R18HS030202-02Department: NIH department code

      Disseminating and Implementing MedSMA℞T Families in Emergency Departments: A Randomized Control Trial to Assess Effectiveness of an Evidence-Based Gaming Intervention to Reduce Opioid Misuse
      $399,999

      award amount

27. Eric Blalock

    Leads 1 award · $386,519

    • 5R01AG037868-10Department: NIH department code

      Chronic Stress, Glucocorticoids, and Progesterone in Brain Aging
      $386,519

      award amount

28. Yekaterina Zaytseva

    Leads 1 award · $346,432

    • 5R01CA249734-05Department: NIH department code

      Targeting Lipid Metabolism in Colorectal Cancer
      $346,432

      award amount

29. Jonghyuck Park

    Leads 1 award · $293,936

    • 5R01NS136272-02Department: NIH department code

      Harnessing engineered drug-free polymeric nanoformulations to reprogram innate immune cells for spinal trauma
      $293,936

      award amount

30. Guan-Yu Xiao

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00CA249048-04Department: NIH department code

      A pro-metastatic secretory program activated by epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
      $249,000

      award amount

31. Kristen Addie McLaurin

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00DA056288-04Department: NIH department code

      Neurocognitive Impairments Resulting from Adolescent Prescription Opioid Use Disorder: Longitudinal Impact, Neural Mechanisms, and Comorbidities
      $249,000

      award amount

32. Anel Ariana Jaramillo

    Leads 1 award · $242,884

    • 5R00AA029467-05Department: NIH department code

      Neuropeptide-dependent parabrachial control of the BNST during alcohol abstinence-induced negative affect
      $242,884

      award amount

33. Christopher Mark Norris

    Leads 1 award · $230,000

    • 3P01AG078116-03S1Department: NIH department code

      Strategies for Targeting Astrocyte Reactivity in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
      $230,000

      award amount

34. Daniel Ray Plaugher

    Leads 1 award · $124,546

    • 1K99CA303792-01Department: NIH department code

      Enhancing TIL efficacy in NSCLC through epigenetic reprogramming and computational modeling
      $124,546

      award amount

35. Ren Xu

    Leads 2 awards · $116,114

    • 5R01CA277946-03Department: NIH department code

      Roles of mRNA Transfer in Cancer Cell-Platelet Communication
      $98,573

      award amount
    • 5R01CA274981-03Department: NIH department code

      The PLOD2/succinate axis in cancer cell plasticity and stemness
      $17,541

      award amount

36. Emily Prantzalos

    Leads 1 award · $47,859

    • 5F31DA057812-02Department: NIH department code

      Role of Dynamic Signaling of NRG3-ErbB4 in the Prefrontal Cortex in Mediating Nicotine Withdrawal Phenotypes
      $47,859

      award amount

37. Zachary A Kipp

    Leads 1 award · $35,530

    • 5F31HL170972-02Department: NIH department code

      Bilirubin Catabolism induces Plasminogen-Activator Inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) worsening Metabolic Dysfunction
      $35,530

      award amount

38. Evelyn A Bates

    Leads 1 award · $35,460

    • 1F31HL175979-01A1Department: NIH department code

      PPARgamma Coregulators in Rosiglitazone-Induced Cardiovascular Disease
      $35,460

      award amount

39. Hollie Isabel Swanson

    Leads 1 award · $9,154

    • 5R25ES027684-08Department: NIH department code

      Summer Research in Environmental Health Sciences

      Principal investigators: Hollie Isabel Swanson (contact PI), Kevin Joseph Pearson

      $9,154

      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.

• Ming C Gong

  Co-investigator on 5R01HL163589-02, led by Zhenheng Guo; 5R01HL166225-03, led by Zhenheng Guo

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Kentucky · Physiology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Marcia Vanessa Rojas Ramirez

  Co-investigator on 5UH3DE032621-03, led by Douglas Oyler

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Kentucky · Dentistry (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Joseph L. Derisi

  Co-investigator on 5R01AI184710-02, led by Rodney Kiplin Guy

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

• Michael T Bardo

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA053070-05, led by Jill R. Turner

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

• Pavel Ivanovich Ortinski

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA053070-05, led by Jill R. Turner

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Kentucky · Neurosciences (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Jianxun Jim Song

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA282254-02, led by Jin-Ming Yang

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Texas A&M Health Science Center · Microbiology & Immunology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Jill Marie Kolesar

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA258751-04, led by Rina Plattner

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of Kentucky (no department on record, 1 award)

• Melissa A Wilson

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA258751-04, led by Rina Plattner

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

• Ahmed Abdel Latif

  Co-investigator on 1R61HL177474-01, led by Vincent Joseph Venditto

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

• David Feola

  Co-investigator on 1R61HL177474-01, led by Vincent Joseph Venditto

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

• Terry D Hinds

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA058933-03, led by Cassandra D Gipson-Reichardt

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of Kentucky · Pharmacology (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Kevin Joseph Pearson

  Co-investigator on 5R25ES027684-08, led by Hollie Isabel Swanson

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Kentucky (no department on record, 1 award)