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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pharmacology at University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Memphis, TN

Funding
$8.8M
$8,817,469
Awards
19
FY2026 NIH awards in Pharmacology
Principal investigators
22
15 lead a grant here, 7 co-investigators
Department rank
#35
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 Tennessee Health Science Center page.

Leads a grant in this department

15 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. Wei Li

    Leads 2 awards · $1,259,954

    • 5R01CA295996-02Department: NIH department code
      Targeted MDM2 degradation for improved treatment for triple-negative breast cancer

      Principal investigators: Wei Li (contact PI), Wei Wang

      $645,060
      award amount
    • 5R01CA276152-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeting brain and bone metastases in metastatic breast cancer for improved patient survival

      Principal investigators: Wei Li (contact PI), Tiffany Nicole Seagroves

      $614,894
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AG072703-03, led by Francesca-Fang Liao.

  2. Alex Dopico

    Leads 2 awards · $970,388

    • 5R01AA011560-26Department: NIH department code
      Ethanol actions on slo channels from arteries vs. brain.
      $538,205
      award amount
    • 5R01ES033158-05Department: NIH department code
      Ionic mechanisms of toluene cerebrovascular actions

      Principal investigators: Alex Dopico (contact PI), Anna Bukiya

      $432,183
      award amount

  3. Bhupesh Singla

    Leads 2 awards · $782,880

    • 5R01HL172809-02Department: NIH department code
      RSPO2-LGR4 signaling in atherosclerosis
      $548,696
      award amount
    • 1R21AI200656-01Department: NIH department code
      LGR4 in HIV-associated atherosclerosis

      Principal investigators: Bhupesh Singla (contact PI), Santosh Kumar

      $234,184
      award amount

  4. Jianxiong Jiang

    Leads 2 awards · $756,648

    • 5R01NS100947-09Department: NIH department code
      Inflammatory regulation of epileptogenesis after status epilepticus
      $385,000
      award amount
    • 4R33NS130199-03Department: NIH department code
      EP2 Antagonists for Ischemic Stroke

      Principal investigators: Jianxiong Jiang (contact PI), Jiawang Liu

      $371,648
      award amount

  5. Kafait U Malik

    Leads 1 award · $747,893

    • 5R01HL019134-50Department: NIH department code
      Angiotensins, Prostaglandins and Adrenergic Interactions
      $747,893
      award amount

  6. Kirk Edward Hevener

    Leads 1 award · $735,299

    • 5R01AI182231-02Department: NIH department code
      Development of Microbiome-Sparing Antibacterials for Clostridioides difficile Infection
      $735,299
      award amount

  7. Francesca-Fang Liao

    Leads 1 award · $700,009

    • 5R01AG072703-03Department: NIH department code
      Validation of a novel tau clearance mechanism.

      Principal investigators: Francesca-Fang Liao (contact PI), Kiran Bhaskar, Wei Li

      $700,009
      award amount

  8. Hao Chen

    Leads 1 award · $642,758

    • 5R01DA063199-02Department: NIH department code
      Social environment determines the hedonice value of nicotine via molecular and cellular networks in the amygdala

      Principal investigators: Hao Chen (contact PI), Brendan Tunstall

      $642,758
      award amount

  9. Anna Bukiya

    Leads 1 award · $628,899

    • 5R01AA029673-05Department: NIH department code
      Fetal cerebral arteries and prenatal alcohol exposure
      $628,899
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01ES033158-05, led by Alex Dopico.

  10. Michio Kurosu

    Leads 1 award · $389,215

    • 1R01CA308127-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Selective N-glycan biosynthesis inhibitors towards antimetastatic drug discovery

      Principal investigators: Michio Kurosu (contact PI), Ramesh Narayanan

      $389,215
      award amount

  11. Shelley White-Means

    Leads 1 award · $375,014

    • 5R01MD018766-04Department: NIH department code
      Pathways to Improving Breast Health Outcomes in Neighborhoods with Concentrated Poverty
      $375,014
      award amount

  12. Junling None Wang

    Leads 1 award · $306,976

    • 5R01AG040146-11Department: NIH department code
      Rectifying Differences Associated with Risk Score-Based MTM Eligibility in Enhanced MTM
      $306,976
      award amount

  13. Bryan Cruz

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00AA031718-03Department: NIH department code
      Extended amygdala somatostatin role in post-traumatic stress and alcohol use disorder
      $249,000
      award amount

  14. Sudeshna Roy

    Leads 1 award · $231,000

    • 5R35GM150768-04Department: NIH department code
      Expanding the small molecule toolbox through novel applications of fluorinated alkenes
      $231,000
      award amount

  15. Harrison Ignatz Thorn

    Leads 1 award · $41,536

    • 5F31AI191701-02Department: NIH department code
      Interrogation of SidB-dependent septation for echinocandin potentiation in invasive aspergillosis treatment
      $41,536
      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.