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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pharmacology at University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

Funding
$26M
$26,027,749
Awards
62
FY2025 NIH awards in Pharmacology
Principal investigators
58
46 lead a grant here, 12 co-investigators
Department rank
#8
of 127 · 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 Michigan page.

Leads a grant in this department

46 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. Peter M Tessier

    Leads 5 awards · $1,927,376

    • 5R01AG080016-03Department: NIH department code
      CD98hc Brain Shuttles for Delivering Off-the-shelf Neuroprotective Antibodies in Alzheimer's Disease

      Principal investigators: Peter M Tessier (contact PI), Colin Fred Greineder

      $735,235
      award amount
    • 1R01EB036493-01Department: NIH department code
      Non-invasive and Long-lived CNS Delivery of Treg-inducing Cytokine Depots

      Principal investigators: Peter M Tessier (contact PI), James J. Moon

      $623,579
      award amount
    • 1R21AI190578-01Department: NIH department code
      Efficient and Long-lived Brain Delivery of Neutralizing Antibodies Against Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus for Post-exposure Therapy
      $240,300
      award amount
    • 1R21AG093031-01Department: NIH department code
      Long-lived Activation of Parenchymal Border Macrophages Using Immunocytokines to Address Aging- and Alzheimer’s Disease-associated Deficits in Cerebrospinal Fluid Dynamics
      $234,000
      award amount
    • 3R01AG080016-03S1Department: NIH department code
      CD98hc Brain Shuttles for Delivering Off-the-shelf Neuroprotective Antibodies in Alzheimer's Disease

      Principal investigators: Peter M Tessier (contact PI), Colin Fred Greineder

      $94,262
      award amount

  2. Guizhi Zhu

    Leads 4 awards · $1,856,808

    • 5R01CA286122-02Department: NIH department code
      Multivalent Small Circular mRNA Vaccines for Melanoma Combination Immunotherapy

      Principal investigators: Guizhi Zhu (contact PI), Xiang-Yang Shawn Wang

      $563,293
      award amount
    • 5R01AI168684-04Department: NIH department code
      Small Circular mRNA Vaccines
      $513,077
      award amount
    • 5R01CA266981-04Department: NIH department code
      Lymph Node-Targeted Codelivery of Albumin-Binding Peptide Antigens and Di-Adjuvant for Melanoma Combination Immunotherapy
      $398,500
      award amount
    • 5R35GM143014-06Department: NIH department code
      Nucleic acid modulators and theranostics for ADAR
      $381,938
      award amount

  3. James J. Moon

    Leads 3 awards · $1,846,600

    • 5R01DE031951-04Department: NIH department code
      Engineered Nano-formulations for STING Activation

      Principal investigators: James J. Moon (contact PI), Yu Leo Lei

      $654,648
      award amount
    • 5R01CA271799-04Department: NIH department code
      Biomaterials for modulating the gut microbiome for immune activation

      Principal investigators: James J. Moon (contact PI), Deepak Nagrath

      $607,815
      award amount
    • 5R01DE030691-05Department: NIH department code
      New Engineering Strategy for Harnessing Immune System against Head and Neck Cancer

      Principal investigators: James J. Moon (contact PI), Yu Leo Lei

      $584,137
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01EB036493-01, led by Peter M Tessier.

  4. Nouri Neamati

    Leads 2 awards · $1,556,887

    • 4R01CA266513-04Department: NIH department code
      Preclinical Development of First-in-Class GSTO1 Degraders for Colorectal Cancer
      $1,084,396
      award amount
    • 5R01CA272641-04Department: NIH department code
      Preclinical Development of First-in-Class NDUFS7 Antagonists for the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer
      $472,491
      award amount

  5. Julien Albert Sebag

    Leads 2 awards · $1,012,425

    • 1R01DK138932-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Role and mechanism of Unc119b in the regulation of glucose homeostasis
      $557,879
      award amount
    • 7R01DK115567-07Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the requirement of MRAP2 for ghrelin function
      $454,546
      award amount

  6. Lori L. Isom

    Leads 2 awards · $1,005,243

    • 5T32GM140223-05Department: NIH department code
      Interdepartmental Training in Pharmacological Sciences
      $639,540
      award amount
    • 4R33NS130070-03Department: NIH department code
      Development and Validation of a Transgenic Rabbit Model of Dravet Syndrome
      $365,703
      award amount

  7. Erica Sawyer Levitt

    Leads 2 awards · $996,612

    • 5R01HL174547-02Department: NIH department code
      Brainstem mechanisms of opioid-induced respiratory depression
      $537,188
      award amount
    • 5R01DA061320-02Department: NIH department code
      Serotonin mechanisms in fentanyl-induced respiratory depression
      $459,424
      award amount

  8. Matthew Jacob Brody

    Leads 2 awards · $965,793

    • 5R01HL167778-03Department: NIH department code
      Defining the cardiomyocyte microdomain signaling landscape in cardiac hypertrophy
      $484,878
      award amount
    • 5R01HL166274-03Department: NIH department code
      S-acylation-dependent regulation of cytokine receptor signaling and cardiac maladaptation
      $480,915
      award amount

  9. John Chadwick Brenner

    Leads 1 award · $852,721

    • 5T32GM145470-04Department: NIH department code
      Cellular and Molecular Biology at Michigan
      $852,721
      award amount

  10. Michael Dorsch

    Leads 1 award · $697,067

    • 5R33HL155498-05Department: NIH department code
      A Just-In-Time Adaptive Mobile Application Intervention To Reduce Sodium Intake And Blood Pressure In Hypertensive Patients

      Principal investigators: Michael Dorsch (contact PI), Brahmajee K Nallamothu

      $697,067
      award amount

  11. Kathleen A Stringer

    Leads 2 awards · $695,457

    • 2R35GM136312-06Department: NIH department code
      Translational Metabolomics in Critical Care
      $438,672
      award amount
    • 1R21HL181071-01Department: NIH department code
      Genetically Linked Metabolites of Sepsis Severity and Mortality

      Principal investigators: Kathleen A Stringer (contact PI), Nathan I Shapiro, Tamar Sofer

      $256,785
      award amount

  12. Wei Cheng

    Leads 1 award · $689,809

    • 5R01AI155653-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of B cell responses to particulate antigens

      Principal investigators: Wei Cheng (contact PI), Julie Zikherman

      $689,809
      award amount

  13. David K. Jones

    Leads 2 awards · $672,134

    • 5R01HL171039-02Department: NIH department code
      A hERG1 potassium channel subdomain is trafficked to the cardiac nucleus: mechanisms and targets of the hERG1NP
      $477,134
      award amount
    • 1R21NS136833-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Probing mechanisms of long QT type 2-associated neuronal dysfunction using gene-edited stem cell-derived neurons
      $195,000
      award amount

  14. Emily E Scott

    Leads 1 award · $620,934

    • 1R35GM158062-01Department: NIH department code
      Structure/Function of Potential Human Cytochrome P450 Drug Targets
      $620,934
      award amount

  15. Jasmine A Luzum

    Leads 1 award · $619,882

    • 1R01HL178410-01Department: NIH department code
      Personalizing Heart Failure Treatment with Genomics: A Clinical Trial to Understand the Mechanisms and Validate a Polygenic Risk Score for Beta-Blocker Response
      $619,882
      award amount

  16. Gregory Gordon Tall

    Leads 1 award · $609,617

    • 5R35GM149539-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of Adhesion GPCR and Ric-8 protein control of heterotrimeric G proteins
      $609,617
      award amount

  17. Michael Allan Holinstat

    Leads 1 award · $547,410

  18. Daniel Louis Hertz

    Leads 1 award · $544,768

    • 5R37CA277043-03Department: NIH department code
      Development of an Integrated Risk Prediction Model of Taxane-induced Peripheral Neuropathy

      Principal investigators: Daniel Louis Hertz (contact PI), Meghna S Trivedi

      $544,768
      award amount

  19. Amanda Garner

    Leads 1 award · $542,079

    • 5R35GM153185-02Department: NIH department code
      Chemical Biology Approaches for Investigating RNA-Protein Interactions
      $542,079
      award amount

  20. Alan V. Smrcka

    Leads 1 award · $536,377

    • 5R35GM127303-08Department: NIH department code
      Understanding and Manipulating G Protein α Subunit and Phospholipase C Signaling Networks
      $536,377
      award amount

  21. Anna Schwendeman

    Leads 1 award · $534,450

    • 5T32GM145304-04Department: NIH department code
      Cellular Biotechnology Training Program (CBTP) - Years 31-35
      $534,450
      award amount

  22. Duxin Sun

    Leads 1 award · $529,077

    • 5R01CA285790-02Department: NIH department code
      Therapeutic Cancer NanoVaccine Promotes B/CD 4 T Cell Crosstalk for Durable Anticancer Efficacy

      Principal investigators: Duxin Sun (contact PI), Wei Gao

      $529,077
      award amount

  23. Carrie Ferrario

    Leads 1 award · $523,013

    • 5R01DK130246-04Department: NIH department code
      Striatal glutamatergic plasticity and junk-food induced enhancements in cue-triggered food-craving
      $523,013
      award amount

  24. Paul Michael Jenkins

    Leads 1 award · $519,495

    • 5R01MH126960-05Department: NIH department code
      Convergent mechanisms for neurodevelopmental disorder genes

      Principal investigators: Paul Michael Jenkins (contact PI), Kevin J Bender

      $519,495
      award amount

  25. John R. Traynor

    Leads 1 award · $494,579

    • 5T32DA060142-02Department: NIH department code
      Postdoctoral Training in the Biology of Drug Abuse
      $494,579
      award amount

  26. Manojkumar A Puthenveedu

    Leads 1 award · $461,789

    • 5R01DA055026-04Department: NIH department code
      Regulated trafficking and compartmentalized signaling of opioid receptors
      $461,789
      award amount

  27. Kyoung Eun Lee

    Leads 1 award · $428,842

    • 5R01CA269025-03Department: NIH department code
      Role of Hypoxia in Shaping the Tumor Stroma in Pancreatic Cancer
      $428,842
      award amount

  28. Antoinette Bartolotta Coe

    Leads 1 award · $422,319

    • 1R21AG096566-01Department: NIH department code
      Implementation Strategies for a Pharmacist-Led Community-Based Care Transition Program for Rural Older Adults with Dementia and their Care Partners
      $422,319
      award amount

  29. Adam Courtney

    Leads 1 award · $390,000

    • 5R35GM146813-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of ligand discrimination by the T cell signaling machinery
      $390,000
      award amount

  30. Brandon Bordeau

    Leads 1 award · $390,000

    • 1R35GM156770-01Department: NIH department code
      Evaluation of Non-covalent Antibody Drug Complexes (ADCx) for Targeted Drug Delivery
      $390,000
      award amount

  31. Roland David Kersten

    Leads 1 award · $385,778

    • 5R35GM146934-04Department: NIH department code
      Discovery, Biosynthesis and Engineering of Side-Chain-Macrocyclic Plant Peptides
      $385,778
      award amount

  32. David H Sherman

    Leads 1 award · $381,095

    • 5R35GM118101-10Department: NIH department code
      Discovery and Characterization of Natural Product Systems
      $381,095
      award amount

  33. Yoichi Osawa

    Leads 1 award · $343,203

    • 1R01GM153714-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Heme Insertase machinery for cytochrome P450 NO synthase
      $343,203
      award amount

  34. Timothy Cernak

    Leads 1 award · $335,456

    • 5R01GM144471-04Department: NIH department code
      New Amine-Acid Couplings and Their Impact on Medicinal Properties
      $335,456
      award amount

  35. David Lorberbaum

    Leads 1 award · $248,999

    • 5R00DK128537-05Department: NIH department code
      Cell signaling and transcription factors in pancreatic islet development and function
      $248,999
      award amount

  36. Sonya J Wolf-Fortune

    Leads 1 award · $248,999

    • 5R00DK133828-04Department: NIH department code
      Role of IFN kappa in psoriasis-mediated diabetes development
      $248,999
      award amount

  37. Michael A Smith

    Leads 1 award · $169,560

    • 5K08AG081505-02Department: NIH department code
      Centralized Pain Management In Older Adult Cancer Survivors
      $169,560
      award amount

  38. Jessica Whitaker-Fornek

    Leads 1 award · $106,474

    • 1K99HL177177-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Role of endogenous opioids in respiratory development
      $106,474
      award amount

  39. Lauren M Raycraft

    Leads 1 award · $75,520

    • 1F32DK143571-01Department: NIH department code
      Sex-specific effects and the role of ovarian hormones in striatal-mediated food-seeking
      $75,520
      award amount

  40. Krista Anne Goerger

    Leads 1 award · $43,109

    • 1F31HL179940-01Department: NIH department code
      The role of 12-lipoxygenase in regulating the effects of EPA on platelet activation and thrombosis
      $43,109
      award amount

  41. Sean Matthew Hannifin

    Leads 1 award · $42,658

    • 5F31CA281194-03Department: NIH department code
      Hypoxic regulation of macrophage migration and function via fibroblast reprogramming in pancreatic cancer
      $42,658
      award amount

  42. Tenzin Ngodup

    Leads 1 award · $42,658

    • 5F31CA284520-03Department: NIH department code
      Role of hypoxia in fibroblast reprogramming in pancreatic cancer
      $42,658
      award amount

  43. Monica Kasturi Chanda

    Leads 1 award · $42,545

    • 1F31CA290852-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Direct activation of STAT5 to improve T cell therapeutics
      $42,545
      award amount

  44. Ashley Mello

    Leads 1 award · $42,228

    • 5F31CA281079-03Department: NIH department code
      Role of hypoxia in CD8+ T cell exclusion and suppression in pancreatic cancer
      $42,228
      award amount

  45. James Patrick Teuber

    Leads 1 award · $29,903

    • 5F31HL165680-03Department: NIH department code
      Determining the role of Rac1 palmitoylation in cardiac hypertrophy and oxidative stress
      $29,903
      award amount

  46. Khadija Shafiq

    Leads 1 award · $1

    • 5F31GM155959-02Department: NIH department code
      Biosynthetic Development and Diversification of Moroidin Peptides for Cancer Applications
      $1
      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.