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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biochemistry at University of Mississippi Medical Center

Jackson, MS

Funding
$4.5M
$4,506,211
Awards
7
FY2026 NIH awards in Biochemistry
Principal investigators
14
13 lead a grant here, 1 co-investigator
Department rank
#75
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 Mississippi Medical Center page.

Leads a grant in this department

13 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. Amy Kohtz

    Leads 1 award · $2,315,971

  2. Barbara Gisabella

    Leads 1 award · $2,315,971

  3. Brigitte Martin

    Leads 1 award · $2,315,971

  4. Channabasavaiah Gurumurthy

    Leads 1 award · $2,315,971

  5. Hao Mei

    Leads 1 award · $2,315,971

  6. Michael R Garrett

    Leads 1 award · $2,315,971

  7. Ramona Moles

    Leads 1 award · $2,315,971

  8. Licy Lorena Yanes Cardozo

    Leads 1 award · $638,534

    • 5R01HL171494-03Department: NIH department code
      Role of obesity in blood pressure regulation and insulin resistance in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
      $638,534
      award amount

  9. Mary E Marquart

    Leads 1 award · $584,806

    • 1R01EY039110-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Adhesion and Colonization During Pneumococcal Keratitis

      Principal investigators: Mary E Marquart (contact PI), Brian Akerley

      $584,806
      award amount

  10. Jorge Eugenio Vidal

    Leads 1 award · $374,954

    • 5R01AI175461-03Department: NIH department code
      The oxidation of heme-carrying proteins in the pathophysiology of pneumococcal disease
      $374,954
      award amount

  11. Keli Xu

    Leads 1 award · $354,563

    • 5R01CA276347-03Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting roles of Lunatic Fringe-dependent Notch signaling in pancreatic cancer
      $354,563
      award amount

  12. Nirakar Rajbhandari

    Leads 1 award · $187,269

    • 1K22CA292563-01Department: NIH department code
      Extracellular Matrix Receptor in Pancreatic Cancer Growth and Metastasis
      $187,269
      award amount

  13. Cameron Huhn

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31AI197842-01Department: NIH department code
      Omp26 as a Macrolide Synergistic Target against Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae
      $50,114
      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.

  • Brian Akerley

    Co-investigator on 1R01EY039110-01, led by Mary E Marquart

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads