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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Internal Medicine at University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX

Funding
$31.6M
$31,571,982
Awards
73
FY2026 NIH awards in Internal Medicine
Principal investigators
86
68 lead a grant here, 18 co-investigators
Department rank
#51
of 133 · 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 Internal Medicine row of the University of Texas at Austin page.

Leads a grant in this department

68 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. John B Wallingford

    Leads 3 awards · $1,501,176

    • 2R01HD085901-11Department: NIH department code
      Extending the ciliary interactome, new connections between cilia, golgi, and human ciliopathies

      Principal investigators: John B Wallingford (contact PI), Edward M Marcotte

      $654,657
      award amount
    • 5R01HD099191-11Department: NIH department code
      Molecular and cell biological basis of convergent extension
      $456,996
      award amount
    • 5R01HL117164-12Department: NIH department code
      Development and function in mucociliary epithelia
      $389,523
      award amount
  2. Michael S Sacks

    Leads 1 award · $1,296,842

  3. Elizabeth Marie Cosgriff-Hernandez

    Leads 2 awards · $1,246,694

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01HL175284-02, led by Michael S Sacks.

  4. Alan M. Lambowitz

    Leads 1 award · $916,814

    • 5R35GM136216-07Department: NIH department code
      Group II Intron and Related Reverse Transcriptases
      $916,814
      award amount
  5. Xiaolu Ang Cambronne

    Leads 2 awards · $906,247

    • 5R01CA272490-04Department: NIH department code
      Mitochondrial NAD+ in Acute Myeloid Leukemias
      $522,539
      award amount
    • 5R35GM152218-03Department: NIH department code
      Localized Real-time Sensors for Metabolic Signaling
      $383,708
      award amount
  6. Manuel Karl Rausch

    Leads 2 awards · $746,708

    • 5R01HL165251-05Department: NIH department code
      Tricuspid Valve Maladaptation: Its Stimuli, its Effect on Valve Function, and its Response to Therapy
      $652,675
      award amount
    • 3R01HL165251-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Tricuspid Valve Maladaptation: Its Stimuli, its Effect on Valve Function, and its Response to Therapy
      $94,033
      award amount
  7. Bryan William Davies

    Leads 1 award · $730,966

    • 5R01AI182365-03Department: NIH department code
      Vibrio microcins. A hidden field of targeted anti-cholerae natural products.
      $730,966
      award amount
  8. Audrey J Stone

    Leads 1 award · $696,971

    • 5R01HL166323-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Type 1 Diabetes in the Autonomic Control of Circulation During Exercise
      $696,971
      award amount
  9. Arlen W Johnson

    Leads 1 award · $682,343

    • 5R35GM127127-09Department: NIH department code
      Eukaryotic Ribosome Assembly
      $682,343
      award amount
  10. Yi Lu

    Leads 1 award · $682,295

    • 2R35GM141931-07Department: NIH department code
      Advancing Spatial Metallomics/Metabolomics, Genome Editing, and Biocatalysis by Designing and Selecting DNAzymes, Aptamers, and Biosynthetic Models
      $682,295
      award amount
  11. Kenneth C Keiler

    Leads 1 award · $670,633

    • 5R01AI158706-05Department: NIH department code
      Targeting trans-translation to kill M. tuberculosis non-replicating persister cells

      Principal investigators: Kenneth C Keiler (contact PI), Anthony D Baughn

      $670,633
      award amount
  12. Jennifer A Maynard

    Leads 1 award · $668,878

  13. Jeanne Casstevens Stachowiak

    Leads 1 award · $661,110

    • 2R35GM139531-06Department: NIH department code
      Intrinsic disorder as an organizing principle for cellular membrane remodeling
      $661,110
      award amount
  14. Everett Stone

    Leads 1 award · $600,392

    • 5R01CA280737-04Department: NIH department code
      Therapeutic enzyme depletion of L-serine for cancer treatment

      Principal investigators: Everett Stone (contact PI), Jonathan L. Coloff

      $600,392
      award amount
  15. Yan Jessie Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $597,526

    • 5R35GM148356-04Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the phosphorylation pattern of RNA polymerase II for eukaryotic transcription
      $597,526
      award amount
  16. Lauren Ilyse Richie Ehrlich

    Leads 1 award · $595,778

    • 5R01AI104870-12Department: NIH department code
      Discriminating the contributions of CCR4 and CCR7 to thymic central tolerance
      $595,778
      award amount
  17. Steven Alexander Vokes

    Leads 1 award · $595,739

    • 5R01HD073151-13Department: NIH department code
      Cis-regulatory circuitry underlying Hedgehog mediated limb development
      $595,739
      award amount
  18. Michael J Krische

    Leads 1 award · $592,647

    • 5R35GM155947-02Department: NIH department code
      Catalytic C-C Coupling via Hydrogen Transfer
      $592,647
      award amount
  19. Edward M Marcotte

    Leads 1 award · $573,093

    • 5R35GM122480-10Department: NIH department code
      Proteomics and model organism humanization to decode human genetics
      $573,093
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2R01HD085901-11, led by John B Wallingford.

  20. Adrian Tristan Keatinge-Clay

    Leads 1 award · $566,384

    • 1R35GM163933-01Department: NIH department code
      Harnessing Modular Polyketide Synthases for Medicinal Chemistry
      $566,384
      award amount
  21. James W Tunnell

    Leads 1 award · $513,647

    • 5R01CA273734-05Department: NIH department code
      Multimodal confocal microscopy for surgical guidance of skin resections
      $513,647
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R61CA291212-03, led by Sapun H Parekh.

  22. Ku-Lung Hsu

    Leads 1 award · $503,536

    • 5R01DA043571-09Department: NIH department code
      Endocannabinoid Biosynthesis in Inflammation and Pain
      $503,536
      award amount
  23. Ilya J Finkelstein

    Leads 1 award · $491,703

    • 1R01GM160762-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of cohesin-mediated 3D genome organization
      $491,703
      award amount
  24. Tanya T Paull

    Leads 1 award · $485,765

    • 1R35GM161701-01Department: NIH department code
      Combative or Collaborative? Relationships between homologous and non-homologous pathways of double-strand break repair in human cells
      $485,765
      award amount
  25. Christopher S. Sullivan

    Leads 2 awards · $448,874

    • 5R21AI188807-02Department: NIH department code
      Exploiting pseudogenetic screens to unravel small DNA virus persistence
      $239,375
      award amount
    • 1R21AI198990-01Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the molecular nature and evolutionary conservation of RNA pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) across the poxvirus family

      Principal investigators: Christopher S. Sullivan (contact PI), Don Brad Gammon

      $209,499
      award amount
  26. Rick Russell

    Leads 1 award · $446,146

    • 5R35GM131777-08Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms and Specificity of Proteins that Manipulate DNA and RNA Structure
      $446,146
      award amount
  27. James D Lee

    Leads 1 award · $441,886

    • 1R21MH142906-01Department: NIH department code
      Integrating Family Navigation in Part-C Early Intervention Systems
      $441,886
      award amount
  28. Hong Qiao

    Leads 1 award · $429,650

    • 1R35GM161337-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of the interplay between metabolism, chromatin regulation, and transcriptional control in ethylene signaling and stress responses in Arabidopsis
      $429,650
      award amount
  29. Michael T Marty

    Leads 1 award · $426,688

    • 5R35GM128624-09Department: NIH department code
      Unravelling Membrane Protein-Lipid Interactions using Nanodiscs and Mass Spectrometry
      $426,688
      award amount
  30. Elif Sarinay Cenik

    Leads 1 award · $424,407

    • 2R35GM138340-06Department: NIH department code
      Role of Nucleolus and Ribosomes in Organismal Growth and Homeostasis
      $424,407
      award amount
  31. Lydia Maria Contreras

    Leads 1 award · $415,906

    • 1R21ES038333-01Department: NIH department code
      Relocalization RNA pseudoU (Ψ) writer proteins induced byair pollution

      Principal investigators: Lydia Maria Contreras (contact PI), Kristin S Koutmou

      $415,906
      award amount
  32. Arielle Woznica

    Leads 1 award · $415,574

    • 1R35GM165755-01Department: NIH department code
      Immune recognition and response in choanoflagellates, the closest relatives of animals
      $415,574
      award amount
  33. Vagheesh M Narasimhan

    Leads 1 award · $398,742

    • 1R35GM162367-01Department: NIH department code
      High resolution models for understanding admixture, adaptation and disease in humans through the lens of time series genomic data
      $398,742
      award amount
  34. Nancy A. Moran

    Leads 1 award · $396,928

    • 5R35GM158145-02Department: NIH department code
      The molecular bases of interbacterial and bacterial-host interactions in microbial communities
      $396,928
      award amount
  35. Adela Ben-Yakar

    Leads 1 award · $393,334

    • 5R01GM148906-04Department: NIH department code
      Three-dimensional fluorescence imaging flow cytometry at up to million frames per second
      $393,334
      award amount
  36. Shelley M. Payne

    Leads 1 award · $392,901

    • 5R37AI016935-40Department: NIH department code
      Role of Carbon Metabolism and Virulence of Shigella flexneri
      $392,901
      award amount
  37. Yi-Chih Lin

    Leads 1 award · $389,821

    • 5R35GM150528-04Department: NIH department code
      Real-time structural and functional studies of SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins
      $389,821
      award amount
  38. Despoina Mavridou

    Leads 1 award · $389,523

    • 5R01AI158753-05Department: NIH department code
      The interplay between cell envelope protein homeostasis and antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria
      $389,523
      award amount
  39. Can Cenik

    Leads 1 award · $389,230

    • 5R35GM150667-04Department: NIH department code
      Single cell quantification of translation control in early mouse development
      $389,230
      award amount
  40. Michael D Mauk

    Leads 1 award · $389,230

    • 5R01NS122837-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Timing and Temporal Coding
      $389,230
      award amount
  41. Cassandra Elizabeth Callmann

    Leads 1 award · $386,811

    • 1R35GM166033-01Department: NIH department code
      Synthetic Platforms for Defining Rules of Multivalent Recognition and Communication
      $386,811
      award amount
  42. Robert William Newberry

    Leads 1 award · $386,811

    • 5R35GM160477-02Department: NIH department code
      CHEMICAL STRATEGIES FOR CONFORMATIONAL CONTROL OF BIOACTIVE PEPTIDES
      $386,811
      award amount
  43. Carlos Raul Baiz

    Leads 1 award · $386,526

    • 5R35GM133359-07Department: NIH department code
      Protein structure and dynamics in ultra-heterogeneous environments-Renewal
      $386,526
      award amount
  44. David W Taylor

    Leads 1 award · $386,200

    • 5R35GM158551-02Department: NIH department code
      Imaging macromolecular machines in gene regulation
      $386,200
      award amount
  45. Jonathan L Sessler

    Leads 1 award · $385,691

  46. Eric V. Anslyn

    Leads 1 award · $384,421

    • 5R35GM149308-04Department: NIH department code
      Facilitating the Chemistry of Fluorosequencing
      $384,421
      award amount
  47. Kami Lee Hull

    Leads 1 award · $383,513

    • 5R35GM125029-08Department: NIH department code
      Transition Metal-Catalyzed Alkene Functionalization
      $383,513
      award amount
  48. Alexander Edison Marras

    Leads 1 award · $382,863

    • 5R35GM154984-03Department: NIH department code
      Expanding the design space of polyelectrolyte complex micelles
      $382,863
      award amount
  49. Hang Ren

    Leads 1 award · $382,331

    • 5R35GM147172-05Department: NIH department code
      Spatially and Temporarily Resolved Precision Delivery for Quantitative Biological Studies
      $382,331
      award amount
  50. Emily L Que

    Leads 1 award · $370,757

    • 5R35GM133612-08Department: NIH department code
      Molecular probes for cellular investigation of metalloenzymes
      $370,757
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01CA068682-32, led by Jonathan L Sessler.

  51. Abigail Mae Weitzman

    Leads 1 award · $348,981

  52. Christy L. Erving

    Leads 1 award · $348,981

  53. Debra J. Umberson

    Leads 1 award · $330,731

    • 5R37AG076057-05Department: NIH department code
      How Spouses Influence Each Other's Health in Same- and Different-Sex Marriages: A Dyadic and Longitudinal Assessment from Mid to Later Life
      $330,731
      award amount
  54. Richard R Neptune

    Leads 1 award · $330,713

    • 5R01HD111514-03Department: NIH department code
      Automatic mode-dependent and phase-varying prosthetic foot stiffness modulation to improve balance control in individuals with lower-limb amputations
      $330,713
      award amount
  55. Benjamin Keith Keitz

    Leads 1 award · $322,424

    • 5R35GM156283-02Department: NIH department code
      Therapeutic and Catalytic Applications of Electroactive Bacteria
      $322,424
      award amount
  56. Andrew D Ellington

    Leads 1 award · $314,487

    • 5R01GM146093-04Department: NIH department code
      Directed evolution of broadly fungible biosensors
      $314,487
      award amount
  57. Claus O Wilke

    Leads 1 award · $310,750

    • 1R01GM161028-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Chemical language models for peptide engineering
      $310,750
      award amount
  58. Yaoyao Jia

    Leads 1 award · $308,031

    • 5R01HL177816-03Department: NIH department code
      SCH: A biomechanics-guided wireless ultrasonic e-tattoo with an application specific integrated circuit for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
      $308,031
      award amount
  59. Gwendolyn M Stovall

    Leads 1 award · $269,893

    • 5R25GM142078-05Department: NIH department code
      High School Research Initiative Expansion Project
      $269,893
      award amount
  60. Sapun H Parekh

    Leads 1 award · $208,957

    • 5R61CA291212-03Department: NIH department code
      Precision Tumor Sampling of Melanoma Using Laser Microbiopsy

      Principal investigators: Sapun H Parekh (contact PI), James W Tunnell

      $208,957
      award amount
  61. Cristal Latanza Brown

    Leads 1 award · $187,398

    • 1K23DK146187-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Development and Pilot testing of a Theory-informed, Implementation Science Behavioral Modification Intervention supporting Care Planning in Patients with End-stage Liver Disease
      $187,398
      award amount
  62. Amy Lee

    Leads 1 award · $159,958

    • 1R03TR006394-01Department: NIH department code
      Generation of immunoreagents for studies of CACNA2D4-related inherited retinal dystrophies
      $159,958
      award amount
  63. Andrew Wen

    Leads 1 award · $159,958

    • 1R50LM015207-01Department: NIH department code
      Accelerating FAIR4RS Clinical Patient Accrual through Standardized Infrastructure for In-Silico Clinical Phenotyping
      $159,958
      award amount
  64. Amy Brock

    Leads 1 award · $150,898

    • 1R03CA313537-01Department: NIH department code
      Novel mediators of cell-cell fusion in triple negative breast cancer
      $150,898
      award amount
  65. Laura J Suggs

    Leads 1 award · $73,478

    • 1R03EB038516-01Department: NIH department code
      Nucleopeptide Scaffolds for Cell Culture and Transfection
      $73,478
      award amount
  66. Jacqueline L. Angel

    Leads 1 award · $59,990

  67. Bryce Larsen

    Leads 1 award · $44,842

    • 5F31HL176136-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the impact of donor and environmental age on iPSC derived endothelial progenitors
      $44,842
      award amount
  68. Collin Emmit Haese

    Leads 1 award · $41,842

    • 5F31HL178280-02Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the Efficacy of T-TEER in Models of Primary Tricuspid Regurgitation
      $41,842
      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.

  • Lakshmi Prasad Dasi

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL175284-02, led by Michael S Sacks

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Abdelmotagaly Elgalad

    Co-investigator on 1R01HL180615-01A1, led by Elizabeth Marie Cosgriff-Hernandez

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

  • Josephine Allen

    Co-investigator on 1R01HL180615-01A1, led by Elizabeth Marie Cosgriff-Hernandez

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

  • Anthony D Baughn

    Co-investigator on 5R01AI158706-05, led by Kenneth C Keiler

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Kyoji Tsuchikama

    Co-investigator on 1R01CA310174-01, led by Jennifer A Maynard

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Naoto T. Ueno

    Co-investigator on 1R01CA310174-01, led by Jennifer A Maynard

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Jonathan L. Coloff

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA280737-04, led by Everett Stone

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Mehdi Razavi

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL162741-04, led by Elizabeth Marie Cosgriff-Hernandez

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

  • Kristin S Koutmou

    Co-investigator on 1R21ES038333-01, led by Lydia Maria Contreras

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Esther Y. Maier

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA068682-32, led by Jonathan L Sessler

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

  • Aprile Dawn Benner

    Co-investigator on 5T32HD007081-48, led by Abigail Mae Weitzman and Christy L. Erving

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

  • Don Brad Gammon

    Co-investigator on 1R21AI198990-01, led by Christopher S. Sullivan

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Emma Aguila

    Co-investigator on 5R13AG029767-13, led by Jacqueline L. Angel

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

  • Fernando M Torres-Gil

    Co-investigator on 5R13AG029767-13, led by Jacqueline L. Angel

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

  • Fernando Riosmena

    Co-investigator on 5R13AG029767-13, led by Jacqueline L. Angel

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Flavia Cristina Drumond Andrade

    Co-investigator on 5R13AG029767-13, led by Jacqueline L. Angel

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

  • Kyriakos S Markides

    Co-investigator on 5R13AG029767-13, led by Jacqueline L. Angel

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Terrence Dean Hill

    Co-investigator on 5R13AG029767-13, led by Jacqueline L. Angel

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