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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pharmacology at University of Maryland Baltimore

Baltimore, MD

Funding
$21.4M
$21,389,374
Awards
47
FY2026 NIH awards in Pharmacology
Principal investigators
47
35 lead a grant here, 12 co-investigators
Department rank
#17
of 132 · Ranking
  • 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.

  1. C. Daniel Mullins

    Leads 1 award · $1,965,002

    • 5UC2CA293782-02Department: NIH department code
      Community-led Research Project (CRP) Hub at UMB
      $1,965,002
      award amount
  2. Toni M Antalis

    Leads 4 awards · $1,735,325

    • 5R01HL172364-02Department: NIH department code
      Modulating the resolution of angiogenesis and normalization of the vasculature for therapeutic benefit
      $539,890
      award amount
    • 5R01CA292106-02Department: NIH department code
      Chemotherapy induced MASP activation and ovarian cancer metastasis
      $462,180
      award amount
    • 5R01CA290796-02Department: NIH department code
      An engineered prodrug for inhibition of cancer growth and metastasis
      $432,934
      award amount
    • 5T32CA154274-15Department: NIH department code
      Training Grant in Cancer Biology

      Principal investigators: Toni M Antalis (contact PI), Curt I Civin

      $300,321
      award amount
  3. James E Polli

    Leads 1 award · $1,500,000

    • 3U18FD007054-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Center for Research on Complex Generics

      Principal investigators: James E Polli (contact PI), Anna Schwendeman

      $1,500,000
      award amount
  4. Ivy E Dick

    Leads 2 awards · $1,414,550

    • 5R01HL149926-07Department: NIH department code
      Next generation calcium channel modulators
      $734,307
      award amount
    • 5R01MH137160-02Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting the Role of Ca2+ Channel Dysfunction in the Pathogenesis of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
      $680,243
      award amount
  5. Margaret M. McCarthy

    Leads 3 awards · $1,014,476

    • 5R01MH052716-30Department: NIH department code
      Neuroinflammation, Epigenetics and Male Vulnerability
      $501,461
      award amount
    • 5R01DA039062-10Department: NIH department code
      Endocannabinoids regulate microglia in developing brain
      $469,533
      award amount
    • 3R01MH052716-30S1Department: NIH department code
      Neuroinflammation, Epigenetics and Male Vulnerability
      $43,482
      award amount
  6. Jessica Aurora Mong

    Leads 2 awards · $986,980

    • 2R01HL129138-09Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms Governing the Estrogenic Modulation of Sleep
      $730,061
      award amount
    • 5T32NS063391-22Department: NIH department code
      Multidisciplinary Training Program in Neuroscience
      $256,919
      award amount
  7. Ryan Matthew Pearson

    Leads 2 awards · $917,456

    • 5R01AI192405-02Department: NIH department code
      Multimodal Nanoparticles for Severe Inflammation and Sepsis

      Principal investigators: Ryan Matthew Pearson (contact PI), Lin Zou

      $684,206
      award amount
    • 1R21AI187784-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Plant-derived nanoparticles as a sepsis therapy
      $233,250
      award amount
  8. Yan Shu

    Leads 2 awards · $902,662

    • 5R01DK133421-04Department: NIH department code
      Axin Stabilization by Novel Small Molecules to Treat Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis

      Principal investigators: Yan Shu (contact PI), Fengtian Xue

      $538,952
      award amount
    • 5R01ES033301-05Department: NIH department code
      Impact of Cadmium Exposure on Transporter Function and Drug Disposition in the Kidney
      $363,710
      award amount
  9. Alexander D MacKerell

    Leads 2 awards · $849,877

    • 5R35GM131710-08Department: NIH department code
      Macromolecular Conformational Heterogeneity
      $746,909
      award amount
    • 3R35GM131710-08S1Department: NIH department code
      Macromolecular Conformational Heterogeneity
      $102,968
      award amount
  10. Matthew Trudeau

    Leads 2 awards · $848,842

    • 5R35GM156369-02Department: NIH department code
      Conformational Dynamics and Regulatory Mechanisms in the KCNH Family of Ion Channels
      $427,625
      award amount
    • 5T32GM159581-02Department: NIH department code
      Training Program in Cellular and Molecular Membrane Biology

      Principal investigators: Matthew Trudeau (contact PI), Megan A Rizzo

      $421,217
      award amount
  11. Li Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $737,655

    • 5R01HL181475-02Department: NIH department code
      Cell type-specific roles of integrin CD11b in atherosclerosis regression
      $737,655
      award amount
  12. Thomas A Blanpied

    Leads 1 award · $679,801

    • 5R37MH080046-19Department: NIH department code
      Internal Dynamics of the Postsynaptic Density
      $679,801
      award amount
  13. Lishan Su

    Leads 1 award · $634,061

    • 5R01CA298839-02Department: NIH department code
      Tumor-associated pDC (TApDC) in liver cancer with HIV infection
      $634,061
      award amount
  14. Ester Villalonga Olives

    Leads 1 award · $623,350

    • 5R01MD019029-04Department: NIH department code
      The development a new Multidimensional and Multilevel Measure of Institutional and Economic Barriers for English and Spanish speaking populations
      $623,350
      award amount
  15. Min Yu

    Leads 1 award · $620,047

    • 5R01CA279108-03Department: NIH department code
      The pro-metastatic role of androgen receptor in estrogen receptor mutated breast cancer

      Principal investigators: Min Yu (contact PI), Jennifer Richer-Mouchantat

      $620,047
      award amount
  16. Angela Wilks

    Leads 2 awards · $613,169

    • 5R01AI134886-07Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic characterization and regulation of the non-redundant phu and has heme uptake systems of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
      $527,367
      award amount
    • 5T32GM144951-05Department: NIH department code
      UMB IMSD

      Principal investigators: Angela Wilks (contact PI), Amanda Gail Oglesby, Dudley K. Strickland, Tonya J. Webb

      $85,802
      award amount
  17. Brian R Herb

    Leads 1 award · $542,412

    • 5R01DA063090-02Department: NIH department code
      Joint 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

      $542,412
      award amount
  18. Robert J Bloch

    Leads 1 award · $507,581

    • 5R01AR082469-03Department: NIH department code
      C2 domain therapeutics for muscular dystrophy

      Principal investigators: Robert J Bloch (contact PI), Noah Weisleder

      $507,581
      award amount
  19. Steffen Wolff

    Leads 1 award · $504,893

    • 5R01MH136968-03Department: NIH department code
      A circuit mechanism for the interactions between distinct learning systems
      $504,893
      award amount
  20. Brian Neil Mathur

    Leads 1 award · $440,826

    • 5R01AA024845-09Department: NIH department code
      Striatal Microcircuit Dynamics of Ethanol Habits
      $440,826
      award amount
  21. Thomas A Longden

    Leads 1 award · $433,160

    • 5R01NS138179-03Department: NIH department code
      A pericyte Cl- clamp controls capillary electrical signaling and brain blood flow
      $433,160
      award amount
  22. Sarah L. J. Michel

    Leads 1 award · $427,625

    • 1R35GM163806-01Department: NIH department code
      The Bioinorganic Chemistry of Zinc Finger Proteins: From H2S Reactivity to Regulatory Function
      $427,625
      award amount
  23. Steven Fletcher

    Leads 1 award · $399,829

    • 1R21CA302901-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Protein Degradation Strategies to Overcome Menin Drug Resistance in Acute Leukemias

      Principal investigators: Steven Fletcher (contact PI), Curt I Civin

      $399,829
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5U01FD008322-03, led by Jace W Jones.

  24. Jace W Jones

    Leads 1 award · $399,798

    • 5U01FD008322-03Department: NIH department code
      Comprehensive 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

      $399,798
      award amount
  25. Jana Shen

    Leads 1 award · $386,250

    • 5R35GM148261-04Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of proton-coupled dynamic processes in biology
      $386,250
      award amount
  26. Shengyun Fang

    Leads 1 award · $374,835

    • 5U01AR081599-05Department: NIH department code
      Pharmacologic enhancement of UBA1 activity in models of VEXAS syndrome
      $374,835
      award amount
  27. Vivek Garg

    Leads 1 award · $339,900

    • 5R01GM145806-04Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Physiology of Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter
      $339,900
      award amount
  28. Yilun Sun

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00CA273171-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of neddylation in the repair of topoisomerase I inhibitor-induced replication damage in colorectal cancer
      $249,000
      award amount
  29. Andreas Brydenfelt Wulff

    Leads 1 award · $81,580

    • 5F32AA032136-03Department: NIH department code
      Impact of Alcohol on Claustrum Function
      $81,580
      award amount
  30. Neema Moinafshar

    Leads 1 award · $48,866

    • 1F30DA065321-01Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing the novel activity of THC directly at the androgen receptor on masculinization of the brain
      $48,866
      award amount
  31. Abigail Shira Vigderman

    Leads 1 award · $44,654

    • 5F31NS139505-03Department: NIH department code
      Contractile Pericyte-Mediated Cerebrovascular Deficits in a Mouse Model of CADASIL
      $44,654
      award amount
  32. Oluwatomiwa Oladunni

    Leads 1 award · $43,040

    • 5F31NS143338-02Department: NIH department code
      Exploring the Subthalamic Nucleus Role in Variability Regulation
      $43,040
      award amount
  33. Allison Nicole Siclair

    Leads 1 award · $40,624

    • 1F31AA032134-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Targeting prefrontostriatal circuits to rescue alcohol-induced behavioral inflexibility
      $40,624
      award amount
  34. Chloe Schaefgen

    Leads 1 award · $40,624

    • 1F31DA066999-01Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting the role of midbrain dopamine neuron GABA in reward
      $40,624
      award amount
  35. Eliza Douglass

    Leads 1 award · $40,624

    • 1F31AA032965-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Disynaptic circuit control of inflexible alcohol behaviors
      $40,624
      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.

  • Anna Schwendeman

    Co-investigator on 3U18FD007054-05S1, led by James E Polli

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • 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

  • 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

  • Noah Weisleder

    Co-investigator on 5R01AR082469-03, led by Robert J Bloch

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.