FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Pharmacology at University of North Texas Health Science Center
Fort Worth, TX
- 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 North Texas Health Science Center page.
Leads a grant in this department
11 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.
Leigh A Johnson
Leads 1 award · $32,984,606
- 5U19AG078109-05Department: NIH department codeThe Health & Aging Brain Study - Health Disparities (HABS-HD)
Principal investigators: Leigh A Johnson (contact PI), Sid E O'Bryant (contact PI), Arthur W Toga, Kristine Yaffe, Melissa Petersen, Robert Rissman
$32,984,606award amount
Sid E O'Bryant
Leads 1 award · $32,984,606
- 5U19AG078109-05Department: NIH department codeThe Health & Aging Brain Study - Health Disparities (HABS-HD)
Principal investigators: Leigh A Johnson (contact PI), Sid E O'Bryant (contact PI), Arthur W Toga, Kristine Yaffe, Melissa Petersen, Robert Rissman
$32,984,606award amount
Dimitrios Karamichos
Leads 3 awards · $1,048,277
- 5R01EY035519-04Department: NIH department codeThe Impact of Prolactin Induced Protein in Corneal Wound Healing and Fibrosis
Principal investigators: Dimitrios Karamichos (contact PI), Jian-Xing Jay Ma
$465,357award amount - 5R01EY035510-04Department: NIH department codeThe Intimate Interplay Between Keratoconus, Sex Hormones, and the Anterior Pituitary$393,545award amount
- 5R01EY028949-08Department: NIH department codeA Novel Pathogenic Pathway for Diabetic Keratopathy
Principal investigators: Dimitrios Karamichos (contact PI), Jian-Xing Jay Ma
$189,375award amount
Rebecca L Cunningham
Leads 1 award · $729,206
- 5R01AG085296-03Department: NIH department codeThe Impact of Sex and Hippocampal Angiotensin II on Alzheimer's Disease$729,206award amount
Jayoung Kim
Leads 3 awards · $685,550
- 1R21HL179581-01A1Department: NIH department codeBioengineering modular gene delivery system towards lung-targeted transgene expression
Principal investigators: Jayoung Kim (contact PI), Jung Soo Suk
$426,550award amount - 5R21EB036261-03Department: NIH department codeDevelopment of peptoid-based barcodes for in vivo high-throughput screening of targeted nucleic acid delivery$185,000award amount
- 5R03EB036760-02Department: NIH department codeIndividual lifestyle exposure as a determinant for the formation of biomolecule corona on nanoparticles$74,000award amount
Hongli Wu
Leads 1 award · $410,514
- 1R01EY037721-01A1Department: NIH department codeNovel Insights into Glutaredoxin's Role in Aging and Cataract: New Mechanisms and Therapies$410,514award amount
Denise M Inman
Leads 1 award · $352,642
- 2R01EY026662-11Department: NIH department codeMetabolic vulnerability as a disease target for glaucoma$352,642award amount
Xinyue Liu
Leads 1 award · $249,000
- 4R00EY035260-03Department: NIH department codeProhibiting Cell Death in Human Corneal Stromal Cells: New Insights for Non-surgical Keratoconus$249,000award amount
Ankita Bachhawat Jaykumar
Leads 1 award · $248,999
- 4R00AG075161-03Department: NIH department codeWNK1/OSR1 axis in Hippocampal Insulin Signaling, Glucose Metabolism and Age-related Cognitive Dysfunction$248,999award amount
Karin Meeker
Leads 1 award · $121,230
- 5K01AG083115-04Department: NIH department codeUnderstanding ethno-racial differences in AT(N)-defined heterogeneity profiles$121,230award amount
Jessica Lynne Bradshaw
Leads 1 award · $117,226
- 5K99HD115156-02Department: NIH department codeRole of gestational hypoxia in maternal brain health$117,226award 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.
Arthur W Toga
Co-investigator on 5U19AG078109-05, led by Leigh A Johnson and Sid E O'Bryant
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Southern California · Neurology (NIH department code, 1 award)
- University of Southern California · Ophthalmology (NIH department code, 2 awards)
- Northern California Institute/Res/Edu (no department on record, 1 award)
Kristine Yaffe
Co-investigator on 5U19AG078109-05, led by Leigh A Johnson and Sid E O'Bryant
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of California, San Francisco · Psychiatry (NIH department code, 2 awards)
- American Federation for Aging Research (no department on record, 1 award)
Melissa Petersen
Co-investigator on 5U19AG078109-05, led by Leigh A Johnson and Sid E O'Bryant
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Robert Rissman
Co-investigator on 5U19AG078109-05, led by Leigh A Johnson and Sid E O'Bryant
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Southern California · Neurology (NIH department code, 1 award)
- University of Southern California · Ophthalmology (NIH department code, 1 award)
- University of Southern California · Physiology (NIH department code, 2 awards)
Jian-Xing Jay Ma
Co-investigator on 5R01EY035519-04, led by Dimitrios Karamichos; 5R01EY028949-08, led by Dimitrios Karamichos
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Biochemistry (NIH department code, 3 awards)
Jung Soo Suk
Co-investigator on 1R21HL179581-01A1, led by Jayoung Kim
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- University of Maryland Baltimore · Neurosurgery (NIH department code, 2 awards)