FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Internal Medicine at University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, TN
- 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 Internal Medicine row of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center page.
Leads a grant in this department
3 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.
Liza Makowski-Hayes
Leads 3 awards · $1,924,893
- 5U01CA272541-05Department: NIH department codeDetermining the contribution of microbial-derived metabolites to protective immunity in obesity-driven cancer risk.
Principal investigators: Liza Makowski-Hayes (contact PI), Joseph F Pierre
$1,052,689award amount - 5R01CA253329-07Department: NIH department codeRole of microbially-derived metabolites in anti-tumor immunity in breast cancer
Principal investigators: Liza Makowski-Hayes (contact PI), Joseph F Pierre, Katherine Loree Cook
$461,132award amount - 5R01CA262112-05Department: NIH department codeDetermining susceptibility loci in triple negative breast cancer using a novel pre-clinical model$411,072award amount
Ramesh Narayanan
Leads 2 awards · $827,348
- 2R01CA229164-06A1Department: NIH department codeNovel Degraders of the Androgen Receptor (AR) and AR Splice Variants (AR-SVs)$452,084award amount
- 5R01NS131106-03Department: NIH department codeDiscovery of Novel Selective Androgen Receptor Degraders (SARDs) for the Treatment of Spinobulbar Muscular Atrophy (SBMA) or Kennedy’s Disease$375,264award amount
Satya Surbhi
Leads 1 award · $700,020
- 5R01MD018174-04Department: NIH department codeStudy Title: Pharmacy-led Transitions of Care Intervention to Address System-Level Challenges and Improve Medication Adherence in Low-Income Populations$700,020award 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.
Joseph F Pierre
Co-investigator on 5U01CA272541-05, led by Liza Makowski-Hayes; 5R01CA253329-07, led by Liza Makowski-Hayes
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Wisconsin-Madison · Nutrition (NIH department code, 1 award)
Katherine Loree Cook
Co-investigator on 5R01CA253329-07, led by Liza Makowski-Hayes
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Biology (NIH department code, 1 award)