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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pharmacology at University of Miami School of Medicine

Coral Gables, FL

Funding
$5.8M
$5,796,481
Awards
13
FY2026 NIH awards in Pharmacology
Principal investigators
15
9 lead a grant here, 6 co-investigators
Department rank
#55
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 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. Stephan C Schurer

    Leads 3 awards · $1,311,422

  2. Marcelo G. Kazanietz

    Leads 2 awards · $1,237,035

    • 5R01CA276350-04Department: NIH department code
      Protein kinase C and lung carcinogenesis

      Principal investigators: Marcelo G. Kazanietz (contact PI), David Feldser

      $653,841
      award amount
    • 5R01CA276082-04Department: NIH department code
      Protein kinase C signaling in prostate cancer health disparities
      $583,194
      award amount
  3. Defne Bayik Watson

    Leads 2 awards · $959,203

    • 1R01NS144145-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Sex-specific role of GABA signaling in glioblastoma immune response
      $575,453
      award amount
    • 1R35GM162083-01Department: NIH department code
      Sex differences in regulation of innate immune response by neurotransmitters
      $383,750
      award amount
  4. Vladlen Z Slepak

    Leads 1 award · $606,219

    • 1R01CA296645-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Signal transduction, cell biology and molecular pharmacology of ectopically expressed olfactory GPCR OR51E1
      $606,219
      award amount
  5. Daphne Christina Avgousti

    Leads 1 award · $422,125

    • 5R35GM133441-09Department: NIH department code
      Investigating chromatin mechanisms using viral systems
      $422,125
      award amount
  6. Daniel Isom

    Leads 1 award · $406,775

    • 5R35GM119518-10Department: NIH department code
      pH regulation of cell surface receptors
      $406,775
      award amount
  7. Fangliang Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $368,695

    • 1R61NS149129-01Department: NIH department code
      Identifying arginylation inhibitors to attenuate injury-induced neuronal cell death

      Principal investigators: Fangliang Zhang (contact PI), Timothy Patrick Spicer

      $368,695
      award amount
  8. Kerry L Burnstein

    Leads 1 award · $295,359

    • 2R25CA261632-06Department: NIH department code
      Comprehensive Research Experiences to Advance Training and Education (CREATE) for Future Cancer Researchers

      Principal investigators: Kerry L Burnstein (contact PI), Claude-Henry Volmar

      $295,359
      award amount
  9. Kiran Kurmi

    Leads 1 award · $189,648

    • 5K22CA292575-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating Mechanisms of Mitochondrial Biogenesis in T Cell Immunity
      $189,648
      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.

  • Damian Smedley

    Co-investigator on 5U24HG012674-05, led by Stephan C Schurer; 3U24HG012674-05S1, led by Stephan C Schurer; 3U24HG012674-05S2, led by Stephan C Schurer

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

  • Helen Elizabeth Parkinson

    Co-investigator on 5U24HG012674-05, led by Stephan C Schurer; 3U24HG012674-05S1, led by Stephan C Schurer; 3U24HG012674-05S2, led by Stephan C Schurer

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Ka Yee Yeung-Rhee

    Co-investigator on 5U24HG012674-05, led by Stephan C Schurer; 3U24HG012674-05S1, led by Stephan C Schurer; 3U24HG012674-05S2, led by Stephan C Schurer

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

  • David Feldser

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA276350-04, led by Marcelo G. Kazanietz

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Timothy Patrick Spicer

    Co-investigator on 1R61NS149129-01, led by Fangliang Zhang

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

  • Claude-Henry Volmar

    Co-investigator on 2R25CA261632-06, led by Kerry L Burnstein

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