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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pharmacology at University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Memphis, TN

Funding
$12.6M
$12,595,327
Awards
24
FY2025 NIH awards in Pharmacology
Principal investigators
22
17 lead a grant here, 5 co-investigators
Department rank
#22
of 127 · 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

17 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. Brendan Tunstall

    Leads 1 award · $2,365,880

    • 1R01AA031798-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting the neurobiological basis of social control over alcohol self-administration
      $2,365,880
      award amount

  2. Wei Li

    Leads 3 awards · $1,663,272

    • 1R01CA295996-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Targeted MDM2 degradation for improved treatment for triple-negative breast cancer

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

      $658,561
      award amount
    • 5R01CA276152-03Department: 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
    • 5R01CA148706-15Department: NIH department code
      Targeting the colchicine binding site in tubulin for cancer therapy

      Principal investigators: Wei Li (contact PI), Duane D Miller

      $389,817
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 4R01AG072703-02, led by Francesca-Fang Liao; 4R33NS124923-03, led by Jianxiong Jiang.

  3. Jianxiong Jiang

    Leads 4 awards · $1,077,998

    • 4R33NS124923-03Department: NIH department code
      Targeting TRPC3 Channels for Epileptic Seizures

      Principal investigators: Jianxiong Jiang (contact PI), Wei Li

      $346,500
      award amount
    • 5R01NS100947-08Department: NIH department code
      Inflammatory regulation of epileptogenesis after status epilepticus
      $346,500
      award amount
    • 5R21NS136070-02Department: NIH department code
      Inhibiting mPGES-1 as a countermeasure to mitigate organophosphate-induced neurotoxicity
      $231,000
      award amount
    • 3R21NS136070-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Inhibiting mPGES-1 as a countermeasure to mitigate organophosphate-induced neurotoxicity
      $153,998
      award amount

  4. Francesca-Fang Liao

    Leads 2 awards · $1,063,204

    • 4R01AG072703-02Department: NIH department code
      Validation of a novel tau clearance mechanism.

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

      $688,273
      award amount
    • 5R01NS120327-03Department: NIH department code
      Blood-brain-barrier and white matter mechanisms underlying dementia

      Principal investigators: Francesca-Fang Liao (contact PI), Fu-Ming Zhou

      $374,931
      award amount

  5. Alex Dopico

    Leads 2 awards · $970,388

    • 5R01AA011560-25Department: NIH department code
      Ethanol actions on slo channels from arteries vs. brain.
      $538,205
      award amount
    • 5R01ES033158-04Department: NIH department code
      Ionic mechanisms of toluene cerebrovascular actions

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

      $432,183
      award amount

  6. Kafait U Malik

    Leads 1 award · $763,156

    • 5R01HL019134-49Department: NIH department code
      Angiotensins, Prostaglandins and Adrenergic Interactions
      $763,156
      award amount

  7. Kirk Edward Hevener

    Leads 1 award · $754,446

    • 1R01AI182231-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Development of Microbiome-Sparing Antibacterials for Clostridioides difficile Infection
      $754,446
      award amount

  8. Hao Chen

    Leads 1 award · $654,500

    • 1R01DA063199-01Department: NIH department code
      Social environment determines the hedonice value of nicotine via molecular and cellular networks in the amygdala
      $654,500
      award amount

  9. Anna Bukiya

    Leads 1 award · $633,410

    • 5R01AA029673-04Department: NIH department code
      Fetal cerebral arteries and prenatal alcohol exposure
      $633,410
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01ES033158-04, led by Alex Dopico.

  10. Bhupesh Singla

    Leads 1 award · $559,893

    • 1R01HL172809-01A1Department: NIH department code
      RSPO2-LGR4 signaling in atherosclerosis
      $559,893
      award amount

  11. Chang Hoon Jee

    Leads 1 award · $399,076

    • 1R21AA032393-01Department: NIH department code
      Repurposing FDA-Approved Drugs to Target Chronic Alcohol Tolerance
      $399,076
      award amount

  12. Thirumalini Vaithianathan

    Leads 1 award · $380,000

    • 5R01EY030863-05Department: NIH department code
      Dynamics of calcium signals control neurotransmitter release in retinal ribbon synapses
      $380,000
      award amount

  13. Shelley White-Means

    Leads 1 award · $373,791

    • 5R01MD018766-03Department: NIH department code
      Pathways to Improving Breast Health Outcomes in Neighborhoods with Concentrated Poverty
      $373,791
      award amount

  14. Udai P. Singh

    Leads 1 award · $363,517

    • 5R01AI140405-06Department: NIH department code
      Adipose T cell microRNAs (miRs) regulate macrophage function during obesity
      $363,517
      award amount

  15. Junling None Wang

    Leads 1 award · $300,836

    • 5R01AG040146-10Department: NIH department code
      Rectifying Disparities Associated with Risk Score-Based MTM Eligibility in Enhanced MTM
      $300,836
      award amount

  16. Sudeshna Roy

    Leads 1 award · $231,000

    • 5R35GM150768-03Department: NIH department code
      Expanding the small molecule toolbox through novel applications of fluorinated alkenes
      $231,000
      award amount

  17. Harrison Ignatz Thorn

    Leads 1 award · $40,960

    • 1F31AI191701-01Department: NIH department code
      Interrogation of SidB-dependent septation for echinocandin potentiation in invasive aspergillosis treatment
      $40,960
      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.

  • Kiran Bhaskar

    Co-investigator on 4R01AG072703-02, led by Francesca-Fang Liao

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Wei Wang

    Co-investigator on 1R01CA295996-01A1, led by Wei Li

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Tiffany Nicole Seagroves

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA276152-03, led by Wei Li

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Duane D Miller

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA148706-15, led by Wei Li

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Fu-Ming Zhou

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS120327-03, led by Francesca-Fang Liao

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.