Internal Medicine at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Leads a grant in this department

88 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. Lippman, Scott M

   Leads 4 awards · $5,147,395

   • 5P01CA108964-04Department: NIH department code

     Biology of the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT)
     $2,747,394

     award amount
   • 2P50CA097007-06A1Department: NIH department code

     M D Anderson Cancer Center Head & Neck SPORE
     $2,300,000

     award amount
   • 3P50CA097007-06A1S1Department: NIH department code

     M D Anderson Cancer Center Head & Neck SPORE
     $100,000

     award amount
   • 5P01CA106451-05Department: NIH department code

     Molecular-Based Therapy for Oral Cancer Prevention
     $1

     award amount

2. Issa, Jean-Pierre J

   Leads 4 awards · $2,896,921

   • 2P50CA100632-06Department: NIH department code

     University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center SPORE - Leukemia
     $2,300,000

     award amount
   • 5R01CA121104-02Department: NIH department code

     Randomized study of combined epigenetic therapy
     $292,600

     award amount
   • 5R01CA098006-05Department: NIH department code

     DNA Methylation in Colon Cancer Metastasis
     $264,158

     award amount
   • 3P50CA100632-06S1Department: NIH department code

     University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center SPORE - Leukemia
     $40,163

     award amount

3. Cleeland, Charles S

   Leads 2 awards · $2,718,198

   • 1P01CA124787-01A2Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of Symptoms of Multiple Myeloma and Its Therapy
     $2,128,821

     award amount
   • 2R01CA026582-26A1Department: NIH department code

     Reducing the Symptom Burden Produced by Aggressive Cancer Therapies
     $589,377

     award amount

4. Yung, W K Alfred

   Leads 2 awards · $2,565,423

   • 1P50CA127001-01A1Department: NIH department code

     SPORE in Brain Cancer
     $2,300,000

     award amount
   • 5R01CA123304-03Department: NIH department code

     Deciphering synergistic combinatorial targets in glioma
     $265,423

     award amount

5. Hwu, Patrick

   Leads 5 awards · $2,534,102

   • 1P01CA128913-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Activation of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells (pDCs) to Induce Antitumor Activity
     $1,670,604

     award amount
   • 5R01CA116206-04Department: NIH department code

     Transduction of T-cells to improve migration to tumor
     $282,772

     award amount
   • 5R01CA123182-03Department: NIH department code

     Plasmacytoid DC Interactions in the Generation of an Antitumor Immune Response
     $264,073

     award amount
   • 5R01CA111999-03Department: NIH department code

     DC Vaccination to Enhance Adoptive T Cell Transfer
     $260,253

     award amount
   • 3R01CA111999-03S1Department: NIH department code

     DC Vaccination to Enhance Adoptive T Cell Transfer
     $56,400

     award amount

6. Andreeff, Michael

   Leads 1 award · $2,374,635

   • 5P01CA055164-16Department: NIH department code

     THE THERAPY OF AML
     $2,374,635

     award amount

7. Hortobagyi, Gabriel N

   Leads 1 award · $2,180,817

   • 5P50CA116199-04Department: NIH department code

     UTMDACC SPORE in Breast Cancer
     $2,180,817

     award amount

8. Bast, Robert C

   Leads 1 award · $2,180,816

   • 5P50CA083639-09Department: NIH department code

     University of Texas MD Anderson SPORE in Ovarian Cancer
     $2,180,816

     award amount

9. Grimm, Elizabeth A

   Leads 1 award · $2,158,606

   • 5P50CA093459-05Department: NIH department code

     UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center SPORE in Melanoma
     $2,158,606

     award amount

10. Digiovanni, John

    Leads 2 awards · $2,097,708

    • 5P30ES007784-12Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms and Prevention of Environmental Disease
      $1,664,327

      award amount
    • 5R01ES015718-02Department: NIH department code

      Identification of common pathways in tumor promotion
      $433,381

      award amount

11. Kantarjian, Hagop

    Leads 1 award · $1,930,582

    • 5P01CA108631-04Department: NIH department code

      New Approaches to the Biology and Treatment of Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
      $1,930,582

      award amount

12. Powis, Garth

    Leads 4 awards · $1,892,186

    • 5U19CA052995-20Department: NIH department code

      Cancer Drugs Active Against Stress Signaling Pathways
      $1,084,734

      award amount
    • 5R01CA061015-11Department: NIH department code

      Novel Inhibitors of Akt Signaling in Pancreatic Cancer
      $418,157

      award amount
    • 1R01CA129616-01A2Department: NIH department code

      Chemoprevention by a Targeted Thioredoxin Inhibitor.
      $319,550

      award amount
    • 3R01CA061015-11S1Department: NIH department code

      Novel Inhibitors of Akt Signaling in Pancreatic Cancer
      $69,745

      award amount

13. Fisch, Michael Jordan

    Leads 1 award · $1,758,769

    • 5U10CA045809-20Department: NIH department code

      UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
      $1,758,769

      award amount

14. Fischer, Susan M

    Leads 3 awards · $1,435,161

    • 5U01CA105345-05Department: NIH department code

      Mouse Models of Skin Cancer
      $828,552

      award amount
    • 1R01CA124615-01A2Department: NIH department code

      Cyclooxygenase-2 Induced Pancreatic Cancer
      $319,550

      award amount
    • 5R01CA107588-05Department: NIH department code

      Prevention of Prostate Carcinogenesis in Transgenic Mice
      $287,059

      award amount

15. Bruera, Eduardo

    Leads 4 awards · $1,364,012

    • 5R01CA122292-03Department: NIH department code

      Parenteral Hydration in Advanced Cancer Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial
      $504,972

      award amount
    • 5R01CA124481-02Department: NIH department code

      Morphine versus Methadone as First Line Strong Opioid for Cancer Pain
      $391,384

      award amount
    • 5R01NR010162-03Department: NIH department code

      Methylphenidate for Fatigue in Advanced Cancer Patients
      $323,064

      award amount
    • 3R01CA122292-03S1Department: NIH department code

      Parenteral Hydration in Advanced Cancer Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial
      $144,592

      award amount

16. Cordero, Jose F

    Leads 1 award · $1,216,467

    • 2U54CA096300-06A1Department: NIH department code

      UPRCCC/MDACC: Partnership for Excellence in Cancer Research
      $1,216,467

      award amount

17. Li, Donghui

    Leads 2 awards · $1,105,489

    • 5R01CA098380-05Department: NIH department code

      Molecular Epidemiology of Pancreatic Cancer
      $1,020,222

      award amount
    • 1R03CA137803-01Department: NIH department code

      Dietary Nitrosamines and Risk of Pancreatic Cancer
      $85,267

      award amount

18. Pasqualini, Renata

    Leads 3 awards · $985,390

    • 5R01HL081658-04Department: NIH department code

      Regulatory Roles for Vascular Peptidases in Angiogenesis
      $355,567

      award amount
    • 1R33CA126663-01A2Department: NIH department code

      Integration of Vascular Genomics and Proteomics for Diagnosis and Therapy of Canc
      $337,223

      award amount
    • 5R01CA122568-02Department: NIH department code

      Ligand-Directed Tumor Targeting in Preclinical Models
      $292,600

      award amount

19. Suarez-Almazor, Maria E

    Leads 2 awards · $953,443

    • 5U18HS016093-04Department: NIH department code

      Patient Awareness and Consumer Education Research Cente*
      $789,861

      award amount
    • 5K24AR053593-04Department: NIH department code

      Outcomes Research in Rheumatic Diseases: A Mentoring Program
      $163,582

      award amount

20. Macleod, Michael C

    Leads 2 awards · $838,792

    • 5U01NS058191-03Department: NIH department code

      Detoxification of Electrophilic Chemical Threat Agents by Nucleophilic Scavengers
      $546,192

      award amount
    • 5R01CA116620-02Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of ATF3-induced mammary tumorigenesis
      $292,600

      award amount

21. Tang, Dean G.

    Leads 3 awards · $830,958

    • 5R01ES015888-02Department: NIH department code

      Nucleotide Regulation of Apaf-1 Apoptosome and Apoptosis
      $330,044

      award amount
    • 5R01AG023374-05Department: NIH department code

      15-Lipoxygenase 2 is a Prostate Senescence Gene
      $274,534

      award amount
    • 5R21ES015893-02Department: NIH department code

      A Novel Mechanism to Regulate Caspase-8 Activation on the Mitochondrial Membrane
      $226,380

      award amount

22. Wong, Paul K

    Leads 2 awards · $743,095

    • 5R01NS043984-06Department: NIH department code

      Control of Retrovirus CNS Disease by redox modulation
      $409,079

      award amount
    • 5R01MH071583-19Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of retrovirus-induced T and neural cell death
      $334,016

      award amount

23. Dubois, Raymond N.

    Leads 2 awards · $694,386

    • 4R37DK047297-15Department: NIH department code

      Eicosanoids and Intestinal Epithelial Growth Regulation
      $385,000

      award amount
    • 5R01DK062112-08Department: NIH department code

      Nuclear Hormone Receptor in Intestinal Biology
      $309,386

      award amount

24. Vasquez, Karen M

    Leads 2 awards · $665,596

    • 5R01ES015707-02Department: NIH department code

      Comparative Mechanisms of Genomic Instability
      $358,435

      award amount
    • 5R01CA093729-07Department: NIH department code

      Repair of Genome Destabilizing DNA Structures
      $307,161

      award amount

25. Komanduri, Krishna V.

    Leads 2 awards · $653,808

    • 1R01HL091749-01Department: NIH department code

      Immune Reconstitution After Cord Blood Transplantation
      $401,000

      award amount
    • 5R01CA109326-04Department: NIH department code

      T Cell Reconstitution After Allogeneic SCT
      $252,808

      award amount

26. Kurzrock, Razelle

    Leads 1 award · $647,881

    • 2U01CA062461-15Department: NIH department code

      Phase I Studies of Targeted Anti-Cancer Therapies
      $647,881

      award amount

27. Thompson, Timothy Charles

    Leads 2 awards · $622,691

    • 5R01CA050588-20Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of Progression in Oncogene-Incuded Prostate Cancer
      $325,941

      award amount
    • 7R01CA068814-13Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of Metastasis in Experimental Prostate Cancer
      $296,750

      award amount

28. Ueno, Naoto T.

    Leads 2 awards · $585,200

    • 5R01CA123318-02Department: NIH department code

      Markers of sensivity to the EGFR inhibitor erlotinib in breast cancer
      $292,600

      award amount
    • 5R01CA127562-02Department: NIH department code

      Development of PEA 15 as a Targeted Therapeutic Gene for Ovarian Cancer
      $292,600

      award amount

29. Kurie, Jonathan M

    Leads 3 awards · $572,522

    • 1R01CA132608-01Department: NIH department code

      Inflammation in Oncogenic K-ras-induced Lung Tumorigenesis
      $279,182

      award amount
    • 5R01CA105155-05Department: NIH department code

      Kinase Signaling in Lung Tumorigenesis
      $234,808

      award amount
    • 3R01CA105155-05S1Department: NIH department code

      Kinase Signaling in Lung Tumorigenesis
      $58,532

      award amount

30. Lin, Shiaw-Yih

    Leads 2 awards · $516,149

    • 5R01CA120960-02Department: NIH department code

      Functional and Clinical Analysis of Rak in Breast Cancer Suppression
      $263,340

      award amount
    • 5R01CA112291-04Department: NIH department code

      BRIT 1: Roles in Immortalization, Checkpoints and Cancer
      $252,809

      award amount

31. Bedford, Mark T

    Leads 2 awards · $474,643

    • 5R01DK062248-06Department: NIH department code

      The Functional Analysis of the Coactivator CARM1
      $323,723

      award amount
    • 5R21DA023449-02Department: NIH department code

      Identifying and Characterizing Readers of the Neural Histone Code
      $150,920

      award amount

32. Cristofanilli, Massimo

    Leads 2 awards · $472,194

    • 1R01CA138239-01Department: NIH department code

      Human Breast Cancer Stem Cell Surrogates
      $465,744

      award amount
    • 1R13CA138129-01Department: NIH department code

      First International Inflammatory Breast Cancer Conference
      $6,450

      award amount

33. Ram, Prahlad T

    Leads 1 award · $365,428

    • 1R01CA125109-01A2Department: NIH department code

      Determinants of signaling network regulation in combinatorial targeted therapies
      $365,428

      award amount

34. McMurray, John S

    Leads 1 award · $347,886

    • 5R01CA096652-06Department: NIH department code

      The Development of Stat3 Inhibitors
      $347,886

      award amount

35. Walker, Cheryl L.

    Leads 1 award · $346,500

    • 2R01ES008263-10A1Department: NIH department code

      Environmental Estrogens and Uterine Leiomyoma
      $346,500

      award amount

36. Fuchs-Young, Robin S.

    Leads 2 awards · $342,495

    • 5R01CA104114-04Department: NIH department code

      IGF-1 Signaling & ER crosstalk in mammary cancer in vivo
      $282,772

      award amount
    • 1R25ES016147-01Department: NIH department code

      EHS Summer Undergraduate Research Program (EHS-SURP)
      $59,723

      award amount

37. Richie, Ellen R

    Leads 2 awards · $332,402

    • 5R01HD056315-02Department: NIH department code

      Role of neural crest mesenchyme in thymus development and function
      $318,528

      award amount
    • 3R01HD056315-01S1Department: NIH department code

      Role of neural crest mesenchyme in thymus development and function
      $13,874

      award amount

38. Mills, Gordon B.

    Leads 1 award · $327,989

    • 1R01CA123219-01A2Department: NIH department code

      The Role of Aberrant Splicing of EVl1 in Ovarian Cancer Pathophysiology
      $327,989

      award amount

39. Fan, Zhen

    Leads 1 award · $319,550

    • 1R01CA129036-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of tumor resistance to anti-HER/ErbB therapeutics
      $319,550

      award amount

40. Mao, Li

    Leads 1 award · $319,550

    • 1R01CA126818-01A2Department: NIH department code

      HDGF: a novel biomarker and therapetic target of lung cancer
      $319,550

      award amount

41. Arap, Wadih

    Leads 1 award · $308,686

    • 5R01DK070770-04Department: NIH department code

      Molecular Diversity in Bladder Cancer
      $308,686

      award amount

42. Johnson, David G.

    Leads 1 award · $305,646

    • 5R01CA079648-10Department: NIH department code

      Dual Role of E2F1 in Tumorigenesis
      $305,646

      award amount

43. Bresalier, Robert S

    Leads 1 award · $304,035

    • 5R01CA069480-11Department: NIH department code

      Mucin Glycoproteins in Colon Cancer Metastasis
      $304,035

      award amount

44. Huang, Peng

    Leads 1 award · $293,511

    • 5R01CA109041-05Department: NIH department code

      Mitochondrial defects and Cancer Therapeutics
      $293,511

      award amount

45. Conrad, Charles A

    Leads 1 award · $292,600

    • 5R21CA126115-02Department: NIH department code

      Image Localization for Pathologic Correlation of Delta-24-RGD
      $292,600

      award amount

46. De Groot, John F

    Leads 1 award · $292,600

    • 5R21CA126127-02Department: NIH department code

      Predictive Markers of Glioblastoma Response to VEGF Trap
      $292,600

      award amount

47. Garcia-Manero, Guillermo

    Leads 1 award · $292,600

    • 5R21CA126457-02Department: NIH department code

      Phase I study of 5-aza-2?-deoxycitidine in acute lymphocytic leukemia
      $292,600

      award amount

48. Kwak, Larry W

    Leads 1 award · $292,600

    • 5R21CA123860-02Department: NIH department code

      Immunization of Stem Cell Transplant Donors to Enhance Graft-versus-Tumor Effect
      $292,600

      award amount

49. Yi, Qing

    Leads 1 award · $277,385

    • 5R01CA103978-06Department: NIH department code

      Optimizing Dendritic Cell Immunotherapy in Myeloma
      $277,385

      award amount

50. Siddik, Zahid H

    Leads 1 award · $263,340

    • 5R01CA127263-02Department: NIH department code

      Checkpoint Response and Platinum Drug Sensitivity
      $263,340

      award amount

51. Xie, Keping

    Leads 1 award · $255,640

    • 1R01CA129956-01A1Department: NIH department code

      KLF4 Genetic and Epigenetic Changes in Human Pancreatic Cancer
      $255,640

      award amount

52. Claret, Francois X

    Leads 1 award · $255,009

    • 5R01CA090853-07Department: NIH department code

      Targeting JAB1 Oncogenic Function in Breast Cancer
      $255,009

      award amount

53. Georgescu, Maria-Magdalena

    Leads 1 award · $254,494

    • 5R01CA107201-04Department: NIH department code

      Connecting PTEN and NF2 cancer predisposition syndromes
      $254,494

      award amount

54. Lu, Zhimin

    Leads 1 award · $254,494

    • 5R01CA109035-04Department: NIH department code

      The Role of b-catenin in EGFR-Related Tumor Development
      $254,494

      award amount

55. Younes, Anas

    Leads 1 award · $250,200

    • 1R21CA133876-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Clinical Activity of MGCD-0103 in Hodgkin Lymphoma
      $250,200

      award amount

56. Cote, Gilbert J.

    Leads 1 award · $249,791

    • 5R01CA067946-13Department: NIH department code

      PRODUCTION OF ALTERNATIVE FGF RECEPTOR FORMS IN TUMORS
      $249,791

      award amount

57. Plunkett, William K

    Leads 1 award · $238,029

    • 5R01CA028596-27Department: NIH department code

      Biochemical Basis for Therapeutic Activity
      $238,029

      award amount

58. Majumder, Sadhan

    Leads 1 award · $236,267

    • 5R01CA081255-08Department: NIH department code

      Novel Convergence of Medulloblastoma Mechanisms via REST
      $236,267

      award amount

59. Lee, Ho-Young

    Leads 1 award · $234,808

    • 5R01CA109520-05Department: NIH department code

      Lung Cancer Chemoprevention using Deguelin
      $234,808

      award amount

60. Mitchell, David L

    Leads 1 award · $232,676

    • 5R01CA113671-03Department: NIH department code

      The Etiology of UV-Induced Melanoma
      $232,676

      award amount

61. Ellis, Lee M.

    Leads 1 award · $224,720

    • 5R01CA112390-04Department: NIH department code

      Function of VEGF Receptor-1 on Colorectal Cancer Cells
      $224,720

      award amount

62. Kiguchi, Kaoru

    Leads 1 award · $224,720

    • 5R01CA102575-04Department: NIH department code

      Mechanism of gallbladder tumorigenesis in BK5.erbB2 mice
      $224,720

      award amount

63. Cohen, Lorenzo

    Leads 1 award · $218,444

    • 5R01CA105023-03Department: NIH department code

      Effects of Tibetan Yoga on Fatigue and Sleep in Cancer
      $218,444

      award amount

64. Darnay, Bryant G

    Leads 1 award · $212,386

    • 5R01AR053540-02Department: NIH department code

      TRAF6 E3 LIGASE FUNCTION IN OSTEOCLASTOGENESIS
      $212,386

      award amount

65. Wang, Xin Shelley

    Leads 1 award · $207,900

    • 1R21CA132109-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Inflammatory Cytokines Associated Symptom Burden in NSCLC Patients Receiving CXRT
      $207,900

      award amount

66. Yang, Peiying

    Leads 1 award · $202,395

    • 1R21AT004514-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Sweet gum extract and late stage prostate cancer
      $202,395

      award amount

67. Chiao, Paul J

    Leads 1 award · $183,474

    • 5R01CA109405-04Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of Tumorigenesis in Pancreatic Epithelial Cells
      $183,474

      award amount

68. Marini, Frank C

    Leads 1 award · $183,473

    • 5R01CA109451-04Department: NIH department code

      Gene Delivery Vehicles for Cancer Gene Therapy
      $183,473

      award amount

69. Puduvalli, Vinay K

    Leads 1 award · $181,692

    • 5R01CA114422-03Department: NIH department code

      Efficacy and toxicity of TRAIL against gliomas
      $181,692

      award amount

70. Ajani, Jaffer A.

    Leads 1 award · $173,250

    • 1R21CA127672-01A2Department: NIH department code

      Molecular Markers of Response to Chemoradiation in Localized Esophageal Cancer
      $173,250

      award amount

71. Ding, Zhiyong

    Leads 1 award · $173,250

    • 5R21CA126700-02Department: NIH department code

      Effective Mammalian Two Hybrid Screening Approach
      $173,250

      award amount

72. Kusewitt, Donna Frances

    Leads 1 award · $169,400

    • 1R21AR054361-01A2Department: NIH department code

      Slug Mediates the Acute Cutaneous Response to UVR
      $169,400

      award amount

73. Ellerhorst, Julie A

    Leads 1 award · $154,000

    • 5R21CA129651-02Department: NIH department code

      Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Promotes the Growth and Progression of Human Melanoma
      $154,000

      award amount

74. Kumar, Rakesh

    Leads 1 award · $153,075

    • 5R01CA080066-10Department: NIH department code

      Pak1 - PIN Pathway in Breast Cancer Progression
      $153,075

      award amount

75. Orlowski, Robert Zygmunt

    Leads 1 award · $145,322

    • 7R01CA102278-06Department: NIH department code

      Dual Proteasome and MAPK Inhibition in Cancer Therapy
      $145,322

      award amount

76. Gilbert, Mark R.

    Leads 1 award · $141,872

    • 5U01CA062412-14Department: NIH department code

      NABTC - M.D. Anderson Clinical Center
      $141,872

      award amount

77. Reyes-Gibby, Cielito C

    Leads 1 award · $138,197

    • 5K07CA109043-05Department: NIH department code

      Gene Polymorphism & Treatment-Symptoms in Lung Cancer
      $138,197

      award amount

78. Chang, David Z

    Leads 1 award · $136,080

    • 1K23CA128927-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Survivin & Interferon-alpha as Cancer Vaccine Therapy in Pancreatic Cancer
      $136,080

      award amount

79. Giordano, Sharon Hermes

    Leads 1 award · $136,080

    • 5K07CA109064-05Department: NIH department code

      Adherence Among Older Women with Breast Cancer
      $136,080

      award amount

80. Gonzalez-Angulo, Ana M.

    Leads 1 award · $136,080

    • 5K23CA121994-03Department: NIH department code

      The PI3K/PTEN/AKT Signal Transduction Cascade in Breast Cancer
      $136,080

      award amount

81. Neelapu, Sattva S

    Leads 1 award · $136,080

    • 5K23CA123149-02Department: NIH department code

      Antigen Discovery and Development of Tumor-Specific Lymphoma Immunotherapy
      $136,080

      award amount

82. Trent, Jonathan C

    Leads 1 award · $136,080

    • 5K23CA109060-05Department: NIH department code

      Activity & resistance of Gleevec in GI stromal tumors
      $136,080

      award amount

83. Kopetz, Scott

    Leads 1 award · $134,796

    • 1K23CA136980-01Department: NIH department code

      Src inhibition in Colorectal Cancer
      $134,796

      award amount

84. Hassan, Manal Metwally

    Leads 1 award · $118,806

    • 5K07CA106458-04Department: NIH department code

      Molecular Epidemiology of Chronic Liver Diseases
      $118,806

      award amount

85. Palos, Guadalupe R

    Leads 1 award · $105,135

    • 5K07CA102482-04Department: NIH department code

      Effects of Cancer Symptoms on Minority Caregivers
      $105,135

      award amount

86. Morrison, Ashby J.

    Leads 1 award · $90,000

    • 1K99GM085212-01Department: NIH department code

      Chromatin-modifying functions of INO80 in the preservation of genomic integrity
      $90,000

      award amount

87. Bredfeldt, Tiffany

    Leads 1 award · $49,646

    • 5F32ES016509-02Department: NIH department code

      Modulation of Histone Methyltransferases by Xenoestrogens
      $49,646

      award amount

88. Giralt, Sergio A.

    Leads 1 award · $1

    • 5U01HL069334-08Department: NIH department code

      Blood Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Research Network
      $1

      award amount