Biology at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Leads a grant in this department

14 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. Ronald Anthony Depinho

   Leads 2 awards · $1,653,692

   • 5U01CA275886-04Department: NIH department code

     Identifying and targeting collateral lethal vulnerabilities in cancers

     Principal investigators: Ronald Anthony Depinho (contact PI), Traver Hart

     $967,037

     award amount
   • 1R56AG093636-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Telomerase in Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis and Treatment
     $686,655

     award amount

2. Raghu Kalluri

   Leads 1 award · $971,998

   • 5R35CA263815-05Department: NIH department code

     Biology and Function of Exosomes in Cancer
     $971,998

     award amount

3. Jian Hu

   Leads 2 awards · $857,139

   • 5R01NS127933-05Department: NIH department code

     Promoting remyelination in multiple sclerosis by simultaneously modulating myelin debris clearance and myelin lipid synthesis
     $435,497

     award amount
   • 5R01NS132944-04Department: NIH department code

     The role of membrane homoeostasis of neural stem cell and glioma stem cells in neural development and gliomagenesis
     $421,642

     award amount

4. Kathleen McAndrews

   Leads 2 awards · $643,240

   • 1R35GM165366-01Department: NIH department code

     Dissecting the role of extracellular vesicles and matrix in wound healing
     $451,000

     award amount
   • 5K22CA276360-02Department: NIH department code

     Unraveling the functional contribution of extracellular vesicles in pancreatic cancer
     $192,240

     award amount

5. Wenyi Wang

   Leads 1 award · $468,663

   • 5R01CA268380-05Department: NIH department code

     Statistical methods for genomic analysis of heterogeneous tumors
     $468,663

     award amount

6. Katharina Schlacher

   Leads 1 award · $451,000

   • 1R21HD119755-01A1Department: NIH department code

     CHAMP1 and mitochondria
     $451,000

     award amount

7. Alejandro Aballay

   Leads 1 award · $408,750

   • 5R37GM070977-25Department: NIH department code

     Genetic analysis of innate immunity using C. elegans
     $408,750

     award amount

8. Yejing Ge

   Leads 1 award · $408,750

   • 5R35GM155107-03Department: NIH department code

     Dissecting the role of DNA methylation in controlling retrotransposons and governing adult stem cell fates
     $408,750

     award amount

9. Sachet Ashok Shukla

   Leads 1 award · $292,599

   • 5R01GM152497-03Department: NIH department code

     Computational toolkit for robust detection of genomic variation in human leukocyte antigen genes
     $292,599

     award amount

10. Yonghong Liu

    Leads 1 award · $141,195

    • 1K99CA312836-01Department: NIH department code

      Deciphering the Role of Tumor Suppressor Gene Deficiencies in Modulating PDAC Response to Oncogenic KRAS Inhibition and Immunotherapy
      $141,195

      award amount

11. Hong-Seok Shim

    Leads 1 award · $100,802

    • 1K01AG088489-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Impact and therapeutic effects of selective TERT activation in Alzheimers disease
      $100,802

      award amount

12. Ericka S Humphrey

    Leads 1 award · $38,189

    • 1F31AR087163-01Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the role of O-GlcNAc in silencing retrotransposons in the skin
      $38,189

      award amount

13. Kaylene Jiayi Lu

    Leads 1 award · $38,174

    • 5F31CA298677-02Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the role of CARM1-mediated methylation of Qki in glioblastoma
      $38,174

      award amount

14. Takese Tasseen McKenzie

    Leads 1 award · $37,746

    • 5F99AG088439-02Department: NIH department code

      Elucidating Novel Regulators of Microglial Phagocytosis in Alzheimer’s Disease
      $37,746

      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.

• Traver Hart

  Co-investigator on 5U01CA275886-04, led by Ronald Anthony Depinho

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • UT MD Anderson Cancer Center · Biostatistics & Math Sciences (NIH department code, 1 award)
  • UT MD Anderson Cancer Center · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)