FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Pharmacology at University of Maryland Baltimore
Baltimore, MD
- 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 Maryland Baltimore page.
Leads a grant in this department
35 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.
C. Daniel Mullins
Leads 1 award · $1,965,002
- 5UC2CA293782-02Department: NIH department codeCommunity-led Research Project (CRP) Hub at UMB$1,965,002award amount
Toni M Antalis
Leads 4 awards · $1,735,325
- 5R01HL172364-02Department: NIH department codeModulating the resolution of angiogenesis and normalization of the vasculature for therapeutic benefit$539,890award amount
- 5R01CA292106-02Department: NIH department codeChemotherapy induced MASP activation and ovarian cancer metastasis$462,180award amount
- 5R01CA290796-02Department: NIH department codeAn engineered prodrug for inhibition of cancer growth and metastasis$432,934award amount
- 5T32CA154274-15Department: NIH department codeTraining Grant in Cancer Biology
Principal investigators: Toni M Antalis (contact PI), Curt I Civin
$300,321award amount
James E Polli
Leads 1 award · $1,500,000
- 3U18FD007054-05S1Department: NIH department codeCenter for Research on Complex Generics
Principal investigators: James E Polli (contact PI), Anna Schwendeman
$1,500,000award amount
Ivy E Dick
Leads 2 awards · $1,414,550
- 5R01HL149926-07Department: NIH department codeNext generation calcium channel modulators$734,307award amount
- 5R01MH137160-02Department: NIH department codeDissecting the Role of Ca2+ Channel Dysfunction in the Pathogenesis of Neurodevelopmental Disorders$680,243award amount
Margaret M. McCarthy
Leads 3 awards · $1,014,476
- 5R01MH052716-30Department: NIH department codeNeuroinflammation, Epigenetics and Male Vulnerability$501,461award amount
- 5R01DA039062-10Department: NIH department codeEndocannabinoids regulate microglia in developing brain$469,533award amount
- 3R01MH052716-30S1Department: NIH department codeNeuroinflammation, Epigenetics and Male Vulnerability$43,482award amount
Jessica Aurora Mong
Leads 2 awards · $986,980
- 2R01HL129138-09Department: NIH department codeMechanisms Governing the Estrogenic Modulation of Sleep$730,061award amount
- 5T32NS063391-22Department: NIH department codeMultidisciplinary Training Program in Neuroscience$256,919award amount
Ryan Matthew Pearson
Leads 2 awards · $917,456
- 5R01AI192405-02Department: NIH department codeMultimodal Nanoparticles for Severe Inflammation and Sepsis
Principal investigators: Ryan Matthew Pearson (contact PI), Lin Zou
$684,206award amount - 1R21AI187784-01A1Department: NIH department codePlant-derived nanoparticles as a sepsis therapy$233,250award amount
Yan Shu
Leads 2 awards · $902,662
- 5R01DK133421-04Department: NIH department codeAxin Stabilization by Novel Small Molecules to Treat Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis
Principal investigators: Yan Shu (contact PI), Fengtian Xue
$538,952award amount - 5R01ES033301-05Department: NIH department codeImpact of Cadmium Exposure on Transporter Function and Drug Disposition in the Kidney$363,710award amount
Alexander D MacKerell
Leads 2 awards · $849,877
- 5R35GM131710-08Department: NIH department codeMacromolecular Conformational Heterogeneity$746,909award amount
- 3R35GM131710-08S1Department: NIH department codeMacromolecular Conformational Heterogeneity$102,968award amount
Matthew Trudeau
Leads 2 awards · $848,842
- 5R35GM156369-02Department: NIH department codeConformational Dynamics and Regulatory Mechanisms in the KCNH Family of Ion Channels$427,625award amount
- 5T32GM159581-02Department: NIH department codeTraining Program in Cellular and Molecular Membrane Biology
Principal investigators: Matthew Trudeau (contact PI), Megan A Rizzo
$421,217award amount
Li Zhang
Leads 1 award · $737,655
- 5R01HL181475-02Department: NIH department codeCell type-specific roles of integrin CD11b in atherosclerosis regression$737,655award amount
Thomas A Blanpied
Leads 1 award · $679,801
- 5R37MH080046-19Department: NIH department codeInternal Dynamics of the Postsynaptic Density$679,801award amount
Lishan Su
Leads 1 award · $634,061
- 5R01CA298839-02Department: NIH department codeTumor-associated pDC (TApDC) in liver cancer with HIV infection$634,061award amount
Ester Villalonga Olives
Leads 1 award · $623,350
- 5R01MD019029-04Department: NIH department codeThe development a new Multidimensional and Multilevel Measure of Institutional and Economic Barriers for English and Spanish speaking populations$623,350award amount
Min Yu
Leads 1 award · $620,047
- 5R01CA279108-03Department: NIH department codeThe pro-metastatic role of androgen receptor in estrogen receptor mutated breast cancer
Principal investigators: Min Yu (contact PI), Jennifer Richer-Mouchantat
$620,047award amount
Angela Wilks
Leads 2 awards · $613,169
- 5R01AI134886-07Department: NIH department codeMechanistic characterization and regulation of the non-redundant phu and has heme uptake systems of Pseudomonas aeruginosa$527,367award amount
- 5T32GM144951-05Department: NIH department codeUMB IMSD
Principal investigators: Angela Wilks (contact PI), Amanda Gail Oglesby, Dudley K. Strickland, Tonya J. Webb
$85,802award amount
Brian R Herb
Leads 1 award · $542,412
- 5R01DA063090-02Department: NIH department codeJoint decomposition of SCORCH mulit-omic data to explore the impact of SUD and HIV on reward circuitry and neuroinflammation
Principal investigators: Brian R Herb (contact PI), Carlo Colantuoni
$542,412award amount
Robert J Bloch
Leads 1 award · $507,581
- 5R01AR082469-03Department: NIH department codeC2 domain therapeutics for muscular dystrophy
Principal investigators: Robert J Bloch (contact PI), Noah Weisleder
$507,581award amount
Steffen Wolff
Leads 1 award · $504,893
- 5R01MH136968-03Department: NIH department codeA circuit mechanism for the interactions between distinct learning systems$504,893award amount
Brian Neil Mathur
Leads 1 award · $440,826
- 5R01AA024845-09Department: NIH department codeStriatal Microcircuit Dynamics of Ethanol Habits$440,826award amount
Thomas A Longden
Leads 1 award · $433,160
- 5R01NS138179-03Department: NIH department codeA pericyte Cl- clamp controls capillary electrical signaling and brain blood flow$433,160award amount
Sarah L. J. Michel
Leads 1 award · $427,625
- 1R35GM163806-01Department: NIH department codeThe Bioinorganic Chemistry of Zinc Finger Proteins: From H2S Reactivity to Regulatory Function$427,625award amount
Steven Fletcher
Leads 1 award · $399,829
- 1R21CA302901-01A1Department: NIH department codeProtein Degradation Strategies to Overcome Menin Drug Resistance in Acute Leukemias
Principal investigators: Steven Fletcher (contact PI), Curt I Civin
$399,829award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5U01FD008322-03, led by Jace W Jones.
Jace W Jones
Leads 1 award · $399,798
- 5U01FD008322-03Department: NIH department codeComprehensive assessment of the diastereomer composition of LEQVIO (Inclisiran) to determine how chemical synthesis impacts biological activity
Principal investigators: Jace W Jones (contact PI), Hongbing Wang, Steven Fletcher
$399,798award amount
Jana Shen
Leads 1 award · $386,250
- 5R35GM148261-04Department: NIH department codeMolecular mechanisms of proton-coupled dynamic processes in biology$386,250award amount
Shengyun Fang
Leads 1 award · $374,835
- 5U01AR081599-05Department: NIH department codePharmacologic enhancement of UBA1 activity in models of VEXAS syndrome$374,835award amount
Vivek Garg
Leads 1 award · $339,900
- 5R01GM145806-04Department: NIH department codeMolecular Physiology of Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter$339,900award amount
Yilun Sun
Leads 1 award · $249,000
- 5R00CA273171-03Department: NIH department codeInvestigating the role of neddylation in the repair of topoisomerase I inhibitor-induced replication damage in colorectal cancer$249,000award amount
Andreas Brydenfelt Wulff
Leads 1 award · $81,580
- 5F32AA032136-03Department: NIH department codeImpact of Alcohol on Claustrum Function$81,580award amount
Neema Moinafshar
Leads 1 award · $48,866
- 1F30DA065321-01Department: NIH department codeCharacterizing the novel activity of THC directly at the androgen receptor on masculinization of the brain$48,866award amount
Abigail Shira Vigderman
Leads 1 award · $44,654
- 5F31NS139505-03Department: NIH department codeContractile Pericyte-Mediated Cerebrovascular Deficits in a Mouse Model of CADASIL$44,654award amount
Oluwatomiwa Oladunni
Leads 1 award · $43,040
- 5F31NS143338-02Department: NIH department codeExploring the Subthalamic Nucleus Role in Variability Regulation$43,040award amount
Allison Nicole Siclair
Leads 1 award · $40,624
- 1F31AA032134-01A1Department: NIH department codeTargeting prefrontostriatal circuits to rescue alcohol-induced behavioral inflexibility$40,624award amount
Chloe Schaefgen
Leads 1 award · $40,624
- 1F31DA066999-01Department: NIH department codeDissecting the role of midbrain dopamine neuron GABA in reward$40,624award amount
Eliza Douglass
Leads 1 award · $40,624
- 1F31AA032965-01A1Department: NIH department codeDisynaptic circuit control of inflexible alcohol behaviors$40,624award 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.
Anna Schwendeman
Co-investigator on 3U18FD007054-05S1, led by James E Polli
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Michigan · Pharmacology (NIH department code, 1 award)
Curt I Civin
Co-investigator on 1R21CA302901-01A1, led by Steven Fletcher; 5T32CA154274-15, led by Toni M Antalis
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Lin Zou
Co-investigator on 5R01AI192405-02, led by Ryan Matthew Pearson
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Maryland Baltimore · Anesthesiology (NIH department code, 1 award)
Jennifer Richer-Mouchantat
Co-investigator on 5R01CA279108-03, led by Min Yu
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Carlo Colantuoni
Co-investigator on 5R01DA063090-02, led by Brian R Herb
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Fengtian Xue
Co-investigator on 5R01DK133421-04, led by Yan Shu
From the FY2024 awards this person leads
- University of Maryland Baltimore · Pharmacology (NIH department code, 1 award)
Noah Weisleder
Co-investigator on 5R01AR082469-03, led by Robert J Bloch
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- Myofinity Biosciences Inc (no department on record, 1 award)
Megan A Rizzo
Co-investigator on 5T32GM159581-02, led by Matthew Trudeau
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Hongbing Wang
Co-investigator on 5U01FD008322-03, led by Jace W Jones
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- University of Maryland Baltimore · Pharmacology (NIH department code, 2 awards)
Amanda Gail Oglesby
Co-investigator on 5T32GM144951-05, led by Angela Wilks
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Dudley K. Strickland
Co-investigator on 5T32GM144951-05, led by Angela Wilks
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Maryland Baltimore · Surgery (NIH department code, 1 award)
Tonya J. Webb
Co-investigator on 5T32GM144951-05, led by Angela Wilks
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.