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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biochemistry at University of Miami School of Medicine

Coral Gables, FL

Funding
$7.4M
$7,356,763
Awards
14
FY2026 NIH awards in Biochemistry
Principal investigators
14
9 lead a grant here, 5 co-investigators
Department rank
#52
of 136 · 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 Biochemistry row of the University of Miami School of Medicine page.

Leads a grant in this department

9 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. Michal Toborek

    Leads 4 awards · $2,130,889

    • 5R01DA059849-03Department: NIH department code
      Inflammasome Activation and Gut-Brain Axis Dysregulation in HIV and Methamphetamine-Associated Depression

      Principal investigators: Michal Toborek (contact PI), Eleonore Beurel

      $575,379
      award amount
    • 5R01MH072567-18Department: NIH department code
      HIV-1 and amyloid beta interactions at the blood-brain barrier
      $538,702
      award amount
    • 1R01DA066132-01Department: NIH department code
      Molecular synergy of HIV infection of brain pericytes and methamphetamine use
      $516,914
      award amount
    • 5R01ES036983-02Department: NIH department code
      Adolescent exposure to PCBs as a risk factor for the development of depression

      Principal investigators: Michal Toborek (contact PI), Eleonore Beurel

      $499,894
      award amount

  2. Mercedes Prudencio

    Leads 1 award · $1,871,212

    • 2RF1NS120992-04Department: NIH department code
      Cryptic exons and TDP-43 neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s and multietiology dementias

      Principal investigators: Mercedes Prudencio (contact PI), Keith A Josephs

      $1,871,212
      award amount

  3. Anna Lasorella

    Leads 2 awards · $847,672

    • 5R01CA280560-03Department: NIH department code
      Activation of protein kinases by proline hydroxylation
      $446,036
      award amount
    • 5R01CA268592-06Department: NIH department code
      Evolution and targeting of the functional states of glioblastoma

      Principal investigators: Anna Lasorella (contact PI), Antonio Iavarone

      $401,636
      award amount

  4. Stephen Lee

    Leads 2 awards · $758,488

    • 5R35GM149221-04Department: NIH department code
      The Nucleolar Detention Center: A Hub of Long Noncoding RNA that Imprison Proteins during Stress
      $383,750
      award amount
    • 5R01CA275828-04Department: NIH department code
      Amyloid-bodies and the Evolution of Malignancies
      $374,738
      award amount

  5. Sapna K Deo

    Leads 1 award · $617,438

    • 1R01AI195924-01Department: NIH department code
      Rapid Cell-Based UTI Diagnosis and Antibiotic Selection Test

      Principal investigators: Sapna K Deo (contact PI), Sylvia Daunert

      $617,438
      award amount

  6. Yongjie Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $571,319

    • 7R01NS117461-05Department: NIH department code
      Poly(ADP-ribose) promotes the condensation and toxicity of C9orf72 arginine-rich dipeptide repeat proteins

      Principal investigators: Yongjie Zhang (contact PI), Tania France Gendron

      $571,319
      award amount

  7. Luisa Cimmino

    Leads 1 award · $351,131

    • 5R01CA282453-04Department: NIH department code
      Enhancing TET activity for the treatment of hematological malignancy
      $351,131
      award amount

  8. Silvia Torices

    Leads 1 award · $153,500

    • 1R03NS149961-01Department: NIH department code
      Targeting NLRP3 inflammasome as a therapeutic link between HIV-1 infection and ischemic stroke
      $153,500
      award amount

  9. Kyra Anne Kimie Schindler

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 1F30DA064443-01Department: NIH department code
      Dopamine Dysregulation and Oxidative Stress in HIV and Methamphetamine Induced Cognitive Impairment
      $55,114
      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.