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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pharmacology at University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

Funding
$27.5M
$27,510,073
Awards
54
FY2026 NIH awards in Pharmacology
Principal investigators
54
42 lead a grant here, 12 co-investigators
Department rank
#11
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 Pittsburgh page.

Leads a grant in this department

42 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. Satdarshan Singh Monga

    Leads 3 awards · $2,511,170

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DK103775-10, led by Kari N Nejak-Bowen.

  2. Wen Xie

    Leads 3 awards · $1,816,592

    • 5R35ES030429-08Department: NIH department code
      Xenobiotic Receptors in Mediating the Environmental Effects on Human Disease and Morbidity
      $802,159
      award amount
    • 1R01DK145468-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Oxidoreductase Sulfiredoxin 1 (SRXN1) and Protein Sulfinylation in Drug-Induced Acute Liver Failure
      $597,656
      award amount
    • 5R01DK135538-04Department: NIH department code
      Cellular and Metabolic Basis of the Role of CYP1B1 in Liver Fibrosis
      $416,777
      award amount

  3. Kari N Nejak-Bowen

    Leads 2 awards · $1,781,846

  4. Shuchang Silvia Liu

    Leads 2 awards · $1,629,750

  5. Adam Carl Straub

    Leads 2 awards · $1,526,241

    • 5R35HL161177-05Department: NIH department code
      Basic and Translational Studies in Redox Regulation of Cardiovascular Physiology and Disease
      $929,138
      award amount
    • 5R01NS129613-04Department: NIH department code
      Cerebral Vascular Redox Regulation in Stroke

      Principal investigators: Adam Carl Straub (contact PI), Dandan Sun, Katherine C Wood

      $597,103
      award amount

  6. Song Li

    Leads 3 awards · $1,520,994

    • 5R01CA295774-02Department: NIH department code
      Targeting iRhom to Improve Colon Cancer Immunochemotherapy
      $546,625
      award amount
    • 5R01CA278608-04Department: NIH department code
      Nanoparticles-mediated combination therapy for breast cancer
      $501,746
      award amount
    • 5R01CA270623-04Department: NIH department code
      Combination Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer
      $472,623
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01CA309823-01, led by Qiming Jane Wang.

  7. Patricia L Opresko

    Leads 2 awards · $1,396,039

    • 5R35ES030396-08Department: NIH department code
      Excision Repair of Environmental Telomere Damage
      $931,280
      award amount
    • 5R01CA207342-09Department: NIH department code
      Roles of Telomeric Oxidative DNA Lesions in Telomere Length Regulation

      Principal investigators: Patricia L Opresko (contact PI), Sua Myong

      $464,759
      award amount

  8. Roderick O'Sullivan

    Leads 3 awards · $1,378,604

    • 1R01CA311063-01Department: NIH department code
      Genomic and Epigenomic Signatures of ALT Cancers
      $577,662
      award amount
    • 5R01CA262316-05Department: NIH department code
      Co-Regulation of Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres and Chromatin Dynamics in ATRX-DAXX deficient cancer cells
      $432,782
      award amount
    • 5R01CA207209-10Department: NIH department code
      Inhibition of the ALT pathway by interfering with Poly-ADP-Ribose metabolism
      $368,160
      award amount

  9. Claudette Marie St Croix

    Leads 1 award · $1,192,500

  10. David A Geller

    Leads 1 award · $1,192,500

  11. Gavin E Arteel

    Leads 1 award · $1,192,500

  12. Mohamed Trebak

    Leads 1 award · $1,088,692

    • 1R35HL183468-01Department: NIH department code
      Interorganellar Calcium Signaling in Health and Disease
      $1,088,692
      award amount

  13. Francisco Jose Schopfer

    Leads 2 awards · $1,077,293

    • 5R01AR084311-02Department: NIH department code
      Impact of dietary lipid components on phototherapy used to treat inflammatory skin conditions

      Principal investigators: Francisco Jose Schopfer (contact PI), Alicia R Mathers

      $640,043
      award amount
    • 1R35GM163538-01Department: NIH department code
      Reactive Nitrogen Signaling through Fatty Acid Nitration and Sugar Nitrosation: A New Paradigm in Nutrient-Physiology Interactions
      $437,250
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32GM133332-07, led by Tija C. Jacob.

  14. Michael John Palladino

    Leads 2 awards · $956,225

    • 1R01NS146435-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Preclinical testing of PHD inhibitors for TPI Deficiency
      $558,725
      award amount
    • 5R01NS129659-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Circadian Rhythm Modulation by Metabolic Disease and Dietary Therapy
      $397,500
      award amount

  15. Bennett Van Houten

    Leads 1 award · $906,257

    • 5R35ES031638-07Department: NIH department code
      Watching cooperative interactions between base and nucleotide excision repair proteins
      $906,257
      award amount

  16. Mark T. Miedel

    Leads 2 awards · $888,509

    • 5R01DK135606-03Department: NIH department code
      Implementing A QSP Platform to Predict and Test Drugs for Metabolic Associated Fatty Liver Disease Genetic Variants in an iPSC-cell Based Human Biomimetic Liver Microphysiology System
      $650,009
      award amount
    • 5UH3TR004124-05Department: NIH department code
      Re-engineering a human 3D liver tissue model for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease for drug screening
      $238,500
      award amount

  17. Edwin S Levitan

    Leads 1 award · $796,375

    • 5R01NS032385-30Department: NIH department code
      Compartmental, rhythmic and plastic neuropeptide release
      $796,375
      award amount

  18. Da Yang

    Leads 2 awards · $770,579

    • 5R01CA282704-04Department: NIH department code
      Enhancer RNAs Boost MYC-Chromatin Interaction to Regulate Gene Expression and Tumorigenesis
      $399,069
      award amount
    • 5R01CA272866-04Department: NIH department code
      LncRNA EPIC1 induces immunotherapy resistance by activating EZH2 in breast cancer
      $371,510
      award amount

  19. Sharon A George

    Leads 1 award · $701,449

    • 1R01HL178456-01A1Department: NIH department code
      PPARalpha activation underlies sex dimorphism in chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity
      $701,449
      award amount

  20. Michael Oertel

    Leads 1 award · $683,339

    • 5R01DK140405-03Department: NIH department code
      Combating Chronic Liver Diseases via Understanding and Engineering Cell Competition and Fitness

      Principal investigators: Michael Oertel (contact PI), Mo Reza Ebrahimkhani

      $683,339
      award amount

  21. Stacy Lynn Gelhaus

    Leads 1 award · $682,545

    • 5R01HL176502-02Department: NIH department code
      Microbial-derived metabolites potentiate airway hyperresponsiveness in obesity-associated asthma

      Principal investigators: Stacy Lynn Gelhaus (contact PI), Michelle Lynn Manni

      $682,545
      award amount

  22. Orlando D. Scharer

    Leads 1 award · $673,522

    • 1R01CA308112-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The dynamic processing of DNA lesions by human nucleotide excision repair

      Principal investigators: Orlando D. Scharer (contact PI), Walter J. Chazin

      $673,522
      award amount

  23. Qiming Jane Wang

    Leads 1 award · $658,492

    • 1R01CA309823-01Department: NIH department code
      Novel targeted combinatorial therapy for castration-resistant prostate cancer

      Principal investigators: Qiming Jane Wang (contact PI), Song Li

      $658,492
      award amount

  24. Paul A. Johnston

    Leads 1 award · $637,809

    • 5R01CA297848-02Department: NIH department code
      Cell-Based HTS Campaign to Identify Negative Allosteric Modulators of the Leukemia-associated Tyrosine Kinase, BTK”.

      Principal investigators: Paul A. Johnston (contact PI), Thomas E. Smithgall

      $637,809
      award amount

  25. Jean-Pierre Vilardaga

    Leads 1 award · $606,024

    • 5R01DK116780-08Department: NIH department code
      Structure and function of PTH class B GPCR

      Principal investigators: Jean-Pierre Vilardaga (contact PI), Ivet Bahar

      $606,024
      award amount

  26. Marco Fazzari

    Leads 1 award · $562,908

    • 5R01HL162787-04Department: NIH department code
      Nitro-nitrate fatty acid derivatives as novel cGMP-dependent and cGMP-independent signaling mediators
      $562,908
      award amount

  27. Aaron Sriram Devanathan

    Leads 1 award · $514,434

    • 5DP1HL174180-03Department: NIH department code
      Multiomics and Antiretroviral Drug Exposure for assessing Metabolic Effects (MADE-FOR-ME)
      $514,434
      award amount

  28. Tatiana Moiseeva

    Leads 1 award · $434,212

    • 1R35GM161292-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic insights into the initiation of DNA replication in human cells
      $434,212
      award amount

  29. Junmei Wang

    Leads 2 awards · $426,500

    • 5R01GM149705-04Department: NIH department code
      AI-Powered Biased Ligand Design
      $318,000
      award amount
    • 1R35GM163906-01Department: NIH department code
      High Quality Force Field Models for Biased Ligand Design
      $108,500
      award amount

  30. Cheng Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $419,909

    • 5R35GM128641-08Department: NIH department code
      Structure, pharmacology and signaling of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) in inflammation
      $419,909
      award amount

  31. Logan Ross Myler

    Leads 1 award · $417,908

    • 1R35GM165449-01Department: NIH department code
      Structure-guided mechanisms of DNA damage signaling
      $417,908
      award amount

  32. Christian Antonio Fernandez

    Leads 1 award · $396,750

    • 5R01DK140079-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic Study of PEG-asparaginase-Induced Liver Injury
      $396,750
      award amount

  33. Daniel L Altschuler

    Leads 1 award · $389,550

    • 5R01GM148449-04Department: NIH department code
      Novel mechanisms in the control of cAMP dynamics
      $389,550
      award amount

  34. Simone Brixius-Anderko

    Leads 1 award · $376,787

    • 5R35GM155319-03Department: NIH department code
      STUDIES ON FATTY ACID METABOLIZING CYTOCHROME P450 ENZYMES
      $376,787
      award amount

  35. Steffi Oesterreich

    Leads 1 award · $251,187

    • 5R01CA252378-06Department: NIH department code
      Credentialing Models of Invasive Lobular Breast Cancer for Translational Research

      Principal investigators: Steffi Oesterreich (contact PI), Adrian V Lee

      $251,187
      award amount

  36. Michelle M Williams

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00CA266748-05Department: NIH department code
      Targeting heme metabolism to initiate an immune response against breast cancer liver metastasis
      $249,000
      award amount

  37. Wei Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00GM141269-05Department: NIH department code
      Light triggered materials for on-demand local anesthesia and tissue adhesive dissolution
      $249,000
      award amount

  38. Tija C. Jacob

    Leads 1 award · $215,668

    • 5T32GM133332-07Department: NIH department code
      Predoctoral Training in Pharmacological Sciences

      Principal investigators: Tija C. Jacob (contact PI), Francisco Jose Schopfer

      $215,668
      award amount

  39. Yue Wang

    Leads 1 award · $121,857

    • 5K99CA297120-02Department: NIH department code
      Systematically Investigate Anti-Cancer Drug’s Modulation on T Cells in Tumor Microenvironment
      $121,857
      award amount

  40. Fabliha Ahmed Chowdhury

    Leads 1 award · $79,300

    • 1F32HL184374-01Department: NIH department code
      Role of CYB5R3 in erythropoiesis
      $79,300
      award amount

  41. Jie Bin Liu

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30CA278319-04Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing and Targeting ERBB2 Mutations in Invasive Lobular Carcinoma
      $55,114
      award amount

  42. Lucas Allan Berenbrok

    Leads 1 award · $46,643

    • 1R13DC023144-01A1Department: NIH department code
      OTC Hearing Aid and Hearing Self-care Symposium

      Principal investigators: Lucas Allan Berenbrok (contact PI), Elaine A Mormer

      $46,643
      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.