Internal Medicine at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Leads a grant in this department

86 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. Champlin, Richard E.

   Leads 2 awards · $3,700,558

   • 5P01CA049639-22Department: NIH department code

     The Therapy of CML
     $3,537,028

     award amount
   • 5U10HL069334-12Department: NIH department code

     Improving the Outcomes of Stem Cell Transplantation
     $163,530

     award amount

2. Bast, Robert C

   Leads 3 awards · $3,192,283

   • 5P50CA083639-13Department: NIH department code

     The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center SPORE in Ovarian Cancer
     $2,227,276

     award amount
   • 5K12CA088084-13Department: NIH department code

     Paul Calabresi Clinical Oncology Award
     $658,054

     award amount
   • 5R01CA135354-04Department: NIH department code

     ARHI (DIRAS 3) in Autophagy and Dormancy of Ovarian Cancer
     $306,953

     award amount

3. Cleeland, Charles S

   Leads 2 awards · $2,672,139

   • 5P01CA124787-05Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of Symptoms of Multiple Myeloma and Its Therapy
     $2,113,288

     award amount
   • 5R01CA026582-30Department: NIH department code

     Reducing the Symptom Burden Produced by Aggressive Cancer Therapies
     $558,851

     award amount

4. Myers, Jeffrey Nicholas

   Leads 1 award · $2,549,999

   • 5P50CA097007-10Department: NIH department code

     M D Anderson Cancer Center Head & Neck SPORE
     $2,549,999

     award amount

5. Bollard, Catherine M.

   Leads 1 award · $2,492,597

   • 5P01CA148600-02Department: NIH department code

     IMPROVING CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANTATION
     $2,492,597

     award amount

6. Kantarjian, Hagop

   Leads 1 award · $2,300,000

   • 5P50CA100632-10Department: NIH department code

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

     award amount

7. Orlowski, Robert Zygmunt

   Leads 1 award · $2,300,000

   • 5P50CA142509-03Department: NIH department code

     M. D. Anderson Cancer Center SPORE in Multiple Myeloma
     $2,300,000

     award amount

8. Yung, W K Alfred

   Leads 1 award · $2,300,000

   • 5P50CA127001-05Department: NIH department code

     SPORE in Brain Cancer
     $2,300,000

     award amount

9. Grimm, Elizabeth A

   Leads 1 award · $2,272,914

   • 5P50CA093459-08Department: NIH department code

     The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center SPORE in Melanoma
     $2,272,914

     award amount

10. Hwu, Patrick

    Leads 2 awards · $2,233,568

    • 5P01CA128913-05Department: NIH department code

      Activation of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells (pDCs) to Induce Antitumor Activity
      $1,898,043

      award amount
    • 5R01CA116206-08Department: NIH department code

      Transduction of T cells to improve migration to tumor
      $335,525

      award amount

11. Fisch, Michael Jordan

    Leads 1 award · $1,389,595

    • 2U10CA045809-24Department: NIH department code

      The UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Community Clinical Oncology Program Research Bas
      $1,389,595

      award amount

12. Dubois, Raymond N.

    Leads 2 awards · $1,350,356

    • 2P01CA077839-11A1Department: NIH department code

      The Role of Bioactive Lipids in Inflammation and Cancer
      $1,204,017

      award amount
    • 5R37DK047297-19Department: NIH department code

      Eicosanoids and Intestinal Epithelial Growth Regulation
      $146,339

      award amount

13. Mishra, Lopa

    Leads 1 award · $1,310,391

    • 5P01CA130821-05Department: NIH department code

      CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF GASTROINTESTINAL CANCERS
      $1,310,391

      award amount

14. Powis, Garth

    Leads 4 awards · $1,266,065

    • 5R01CA098920-09Department: NIH department code

      Hypoxia and Anticancer Drug Action
      $336,094

      award amount
    • 1R01CA160398-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Inhibiting oncogenic KRAS for cancer therapy
      $327,850

      award amount
    • 1R01CA163541-01Department: NIH department code

      Exploiting tumor stroma interactions for cancer therapy
      $327,850

      award amount
    • 5R01CA077204-13Department: NIH department code

      Redox Signaling and Cancer Drug Action
      $274,271

      award amount

15. Cordero, Jose F

    Leads 1 award · $1,206,053

    • 5U54CA096300-10Department: NIH department code

      UPRCCC/MDACC: Partnership for Excellence in Cancer Research
      $1,206,053

      award amount

16. Chin, Lynda

    Leads 1 award · $948,524

    • 1U01CA168394-01Department: NIH department code

      Biological annotation of TCGA data
      $948,524

      award amount

17. Chin, Lynda

    Leads 1 award · $872,340

    • 5U54CA163125-02Department: NIH department code

      Role of Tumor Stroma in Therapeutic Response and Resistance
      $872,340

      award amount

18. Xie, Keping

    Leads 3 awards · $820,398

    • 5R01CA152309-03Department: NIH department code

      Functional Validation of Pancreatic Cancer Progression Biomarker
      $318,015

      award amount
    • 5R01CA148954-03Department: NIH department code

      Genetic Approaches to Pancreatic Cancer Progression
      $254,412

      award amount
    • 5R01CA129956-05Department: NIH department code

      KLF4 Genetic and Epigenetic Changes in Human Pancreatic Cancer
      $247,971

      award amount

19. Kurie, Jonathan M

    Leads 3 awards · $758,095

    • 5R01CA157450-02Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of Lung Cancer Metastasis by miR-200
      $324,729

      award amount
    • 5R01CA105155-09Department: NIH department code

      Kinase Signaling in Lung Tumorigenesis
      $243,904

      award amount
    • 5R01CA132608-05Department: NIH department code

      Inflammation in Oncogenic K-ras-induced Lung Tumorigenesis
      $189,462

      award amount

20. Yi, Qing

    Leads 2 awards · $674,215

    • 5R01CA138398-03Department: NIH department code

      C-reactive protein promotes myeloma cell-mediated bone destruction
      $357,767

      award amount
    • 4R01CA138402-03Department: NIH department code

      Targeting surface b2M for myeloma and bone therapy
      $316,448

      award amount

21. Konopleva, Marina Y

    Leads 2 awards · $669,644

    • 5R21CA159285-02Department: NIH department code

      Targeting AKT signaling in AML
      $342,790

      award amount
    • 5R01CA155056-02Department: NIH department code

      Targeting hypoxic microenvironment in Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
      $326,854

      award amount

22. Fischer, Susan M

    Leads 2 awards · $629,773

    • 5R01CA135386-04Department: NIH department code

      Obesity and Pancreatic Cancer: The Role of IGF-1
      $319,809

      award amount
    • 5R01CA124615-05Department: NIH department code

      Cyclooxygenase-2 Induced Pancreatic Cancer
      $309,964

      award amount

23. Bratton, Shawn B

    Leads 2 awards · $628,215

    • 7R01CA129521-05Department: NIH department code

      Heat shock-induced apoptosis
      $318,015

      award amount
    • 5R01GM096101-03Department: NIH department code

      Caspase-activating Complexes
      $310,200

      award amount

24. Johnson, David G.

    Leads 2 awards · $626,473

    • 5R01CA079648-13Department: NIH department code

      Dual Role of E2F1 in Tumorigenesis
      $336,775

      award amount
    • 5R01ES015587-04Department: NIH department code

      Humanized Mouse Models for the p53 R72P SNP
      $289,698

      award amount

25. Yao, James C

    Leads 1 award · $594,425

    • 5U01CA062461-19Department: NIH department code

      Phase I Studies of Targeted Anti-Cancer Therapies
      $594,425

      award amount

26. Samaniego, Felipe

    Leads 3 awards · $575,515

    • 1R21CA162278-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Cancer Cell Overexpression of Death Receptor Modulator
      $206,190

      award amount
    • 5R03DK091490-02Department: NIH department code

      Preservation of liver function through modulation of Fas-binding proteins
      $197,500

      award amount
    • 5R21CA158692-02Department: NIH department code

      PMLRARalpha and PML directly regulate Fas-mediated apoptosis in vivo
      $171,825

      award amount

27. Kesler, Shelli R

    Leads 1 award · $550,556

    • 1R01NR014195-01Department: NIH department code

      Multimodal MRI Biomarker of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Breast Cancer
      $550,556

      award amount

28. Fan, Zhen

    Leads 2 awards · $507,464

    • 5R01CA129036-05Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of tumor resistance to anti-HER/ErbB therapeutics
      $309,964

      award amount
    • 5R21DE021883-02Department: NIH department code

      Developing a novel recombinant antibody for treatment of oral cancer
      $197,500

      award amount

29. Davis, Richard Eric

    Leads 1 award · $494,701

    • 5R01CA155143-02Department: NIH department code

      Predictors of clinical outcome after therapeutic vaccination in follicular lympho
      $494,701

      award amount

30. Cohen, Lorenzo

    Leads 1 award · $468,070

    • 1R01CA160880-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Community-Based, Phase III Trial of acupuncture to treat chronic Xerostomia
      $468,070

      award amount

31. Eng, Cathy

    Leads 2 awards · $444,296

    • 5U10CA105409-09Department: NIH department code

      U10 Full Member Application Affiliated with SWOG
      $341,201

      award amount
    • 5R21CA158676-02Department: NIH department code

      Determinants of Efficacy to the Akt Inhibitor Perifosine in Colorectal Cancer
      $103,095

      award amount

32. Gibbons, Don Lynn

    Leads 2 awards · $424,112

    • 5R21CA153017-02Department: NIH department code

      Notch and stem cells in lung cancer treated with erlotinib plus notch inhibitor.
      $253,472

      award amount
    • 5K08CA151651-03Department: NIH department code

      MicroRNA-200 family regulation by the apical-basal polarity complexes in EMT and
      $170,640

      award amount

33. Dantzer, Robert

    Leads 1 award · $421,112

    • 7R01NS073939-03Department: NIH department code

      A Novel Neuroimmune Risk Factor for Comorbid Depression and Chronic Pain
      $421,112

      award amount

34. Adachi, Roberto

    Leads 1 award · $412,876

    • 5R01AI093533-02Department: NIH department code

      Mechanism and pathophysiological significance of mast cell regulated exocytosis
      $412,876

      award amount

35. Lizee, Gregory A

    Leads 1 award · $395,000

    • 5R01AI085371-02Department: NIH department code

      Using the MHC class I cytoplasmic tail to control tumor Ag presentation by DCs
      $395,000

      award amount

36. Arap, Wadih

    Leads 1 award · $391,050

    • 5R01HL102341-03Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of the paracrine angiogenic function of cardiac myocytes by cardiomyoc
      $391,050

      award amount

37. Zhou, Dapeng

    Leads 1 award · $377,339

    • 5R01AI079232-04Department: NIH department code

      Endogenous glycosphingolipid antigens for NKT cells
      $377,339

      award amount

38. Dent, Sharon Y. R.

    Leads 1 award · $354,334

    • 1R01GM096472-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Defining USP22 Functions During Mammalian Development
      $354,334

      award amount

39. Napierala, Marek

    Leads 1 award · $345,625

    • 1R01NS081366-01Department: NIH department code

      GAA repeats induced epigenetic silencing in Friedreich's ataxia.
      $345,625

      award amount

40. Bedford, Mark T

    Leads 1 award · $343,650

    • 2R01DK062248-10Department: NIH department code

      The Functional Analysis of the Coactivator CARM1
      $343,650

      award amount

41. Gomez-Manzano, Candelaria

    Leads 1 award · $338,713

    • 5R01NS069964-03Department: NIH department code

      Role of TEMs in brain tumor dispersal
      $338,713

      award amount

42. Aldaz, C. Marcelo

    Leads 1 award · $333,032

    • 5R01CA102444-08Department: NIH department code

      Characterization of WWOX, the Cancer Gene Spanning FRA16D
      $333,032

      award amount

43. Davies, Michael

    Leads 1 award · $327,850

    • 5R01CA154710-02Department: NIH department code

      The Role of the PI3K-AKT Pathway in Melanoma Brain Metastasis
      $327,850

      award amount

44. Plunkett, William K

    Leads 1 award · $327,850

    • 1R01CA163802-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Sapacitabine therapy to create synthetic lethality in DNA repair-deficient CLL
      $327,850

      award amount

45. Sharma, Padmanee

    Leads 1 award · $327,850

    • 1R01CA163793-01Department: NIH department code

      Targeting the ICOS/ICOSL pathway to improve anti-tumor immune responses
      $327,850

      award amount

46. Siddik, Zahid H

    Leads 1 award · $327,850

    • 5R01CA160687-02Department: NIH department code

      Targeted Development of Platinum Drugs
      $327,850

      award amount

47. Tang, Dean G.

    Leads 1 award · $327,850

    • 1R01CA155693-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Decoding NanogP8 in Tumorigenesis
      $327,850

      award amount

48. Naora, Honami

    Leads 1 award · $318,015

    • 5R01CA141078-03Department: NIH department code

      Multifunctional roles of homeobox gene DLX4 in ovarian cancer
      $318,015

      award amount

49. Yang, Peiying

    Leads 1 award · $318,015

    • 5R01CA144053-03Department: NIH department code

      Chemopreventive effect of fish oil derived EPA in lung cancer
      $318,015

      award amount

50. Shelburne, Samuel A

    Leads 1 award · $316,000

    • 5R01AI089891-02Department: NIH department code

      Contribution of catabolite control protein A to group A streptococcal virulence
      $316,000

      award amount

51. Ajani, Jaffer A.

    Leads 1 award · $309,964

    • 5R01CA138671-03Department: NIH department code

      Prediction of Pathologic Complete Response by Gene Expression Profiling in Esopha
      $309,964

      award amount

52. Shpall, Elizabeth J

    Leads 1 award · $309,964

    • 5R01CA061508-18Department: NIH department code

      Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells - Cord Blood
      $309,964

      award amount

53. Wood, Richard D

    Leads 1 award · $309,964

    • 5R01CA132840-04Department: NIH department code

      Function of REV3L in limiting oncogenesis via DNA damage tolerance
      $309,964

      award amount

54. Yeh, Edward T.h.

    Leads 1 award · $309,964

    • 5R01CA139520-04Department: NIH department code

      De-SUMOylation and the Hypoxic Response
      $309,964

      award amount

55. Mills, Gordon B.

    Leads 1 award · $307,535

    • 5R01CA123219-05Department: NIH department code

      The Role of Aberrant Splicing of EVl1 in Ovarian Cancer Pathophysiology
      $307,535

      award amount

56. Shen, Xuetong

    Leads 1 award · $297,198

    • 5R01GM093104-03Department: NIH department code

      INO80 Chromatin Remodeling in Genome Maintenance
      $297,198

      award amount

57. Heymach, John V.

    Leads 1 award · $290,070

    • 5R01CA168484-02Department: NIH department code

      Markers and therapeutic strategies for overcoming chemoradiotherapy resistance
      $290,070

      award amount

58. Lee, Ju-Seog

    Leads 1 award · $286,214

    • 5R01CA150229-03Department: NIH department code

      DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF PROGNOSTIC MODEL FOR GASTRIC CANCER
      $286,214

      award amount

59. Overwijk, Willem W

    Leads 1 award · $286,213

    • 5R01CA143077-03Department: NIH department code

      Promoting the generation of long-lived, anti-tumor memory T cells with IFN-alpha
      $286,213

      award amount

60. Lu, Zhimin

    Leads 1 award · $266,292

    • 2R01CA109035-06A1Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of nuclear Beta-catenin in EGFR-promoted tumor development.
      $266,292

      award amount

61. Ueno, Naoto T.

    Leads 1 award · $252,379

    • 5R01CA123318-06Department: NIH department code

      Markers of sensivity to the EGFR inhibitor erlotinib in breast cancer
      $252,379

      award amount

62. Johnson, Faye

    Leads 1 award · $249,822

    • 5R01CA143369-03Department: NIH department code

      Targeting c-Src in Head and Neck Cancer
      $249,822

      award amount

63. Plunkett, William K

    Leads 1 award · $249,063

    • 5R01CA028596-29Department: NIH department code

      Biochemical Basis for Therapeutic Activity
      $249,063

      award amount

64. Yang, Jing

    Leads 1 award · $238,125

    • 5R00CA137158-04Department: NIH department code

      Anti-beta2 microglobulin as a novel therapeutic agent in multiple myeloma
      $238,125

      award amount

65. Afshar-Kharghan, Vahid

    Leads 1 award · $237,000

    • 1R21AI101932-01Department: NIH department code

      The role of complement system in alloimmune responses
      $237,000

      award amount

66. Suarez-Almazor, Maria E

    Leads 1 award · $231,787

    • 5K24AR053593-08Department: NIH department code

      Outcomes Research in Rheumatic Diseases: A Mentoring Program
      $231,787

      award amount

67. Pasqualini, Renata

    Leads 2 awards · $227,811

    • 5R01EY019459-04Department: NIH department code

      Targeted Modulation of Angiogenesis by VEGFR Peptidomimetic Antagonists
      $143,507

      award amount
    • 5R03AI092252-02Department: NIH department code

      High-throughput Screenings to Identify Host Receptors for Staphylococcal Adhesins
      $84,304

      award amount

68. Estecio, Marcos

    Leads 1 award · $206,190

    • 5R21CA153114-02Department: NIH department code

      The Role of the Nuclear Lamina in Chromatin Organization and Gene Expression in N
      $206,190

      award amount

69. Wang, Xin Shelley

    Leads 1 award · $206,190

    • 1R21CA158902-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Effectiveness of minocycline for reducing symptoms in pancreatic cancer patients
      $206,190

      award amount

70. Andreeff, Michael

    Leads 1 award · $200,000

    • 5R01FD003733-03Department: NIH department code

      Plerixafor/G-CSF with Sorafenib for Acute Myelogenous Leukemia with FLT3-ITD Muta
      $200,000

      award amount

71. Kusewitt, Donna Frances

    Leads 1 award · $177,750

    • 1R21AR061641-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Keratinocyte Activation by Slug-induced Calprotectin
      $177,750

      award amount

72. Hofmann, Marie-Claude Catherine

    Leads 1 award · $177,078

    • 7R21HD068989-03Department: NIH department code

      Role of HES/HEY family of proteins in mammalian spermatogenesis
      $177,078

      award amount

73. Kaseb, Ahmed

    Leads 1 award · $171,825

    • 1R21CA170035-01Department: NIH department code

      Integrating plasma IGF-1 into novel classification of hepatocellular carcinoma
      $171,825

      award amount

74. Puduvalli, Vinay K

    Leads 1 award · $163,722

    • 1K24CA160777-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Patient Oriented Research Program in Neuro-oncology
      $163,722

      award amount

75. Rai, Kunal

    Leads 1 award · $142,560

    • 7K99CA160578-02Department: NIH department code

      Epigenetics of Melanoma Metastasis
      $142,560

      award amount

76. Hwang, Jessica Park

    Leads 1 award · $140,399

    • 5K07CA132955-03Department: NIH department code

      HBV reactivation among cancer patients receiving chemotherapy
      $140,399

      award amount

77. Kopetz, Scott

    Leads 1 award · $134,796

    • 5K23CA136980-05Department: NIH department code

      Src inhibition in Colorectal Cancer
      $134,796

      award amount

78. Holmes, Holly M.

    Leads 1 award · $130,604

    • 5K23AG038476-02Department: NIH department code

      Medication Adherence among Older Persons Enrolled in Medicare Part D
      $130,604

      award amount

79. Peng, Guang

    Leads 1 award · $85,349

    • 5K99CA149186-02Department: NIH department code

      Understanding and Targeting the DNA Repair Network in Cancer
      $85,349

      award amount

80. Fuchs-Young, Robin S.

    Leads 1 award · $79,000

    • 5R01MD006228-02Department: NIH department code

      Role of p53 polymorphisms in disparities in breast carcinogenesis and outcome .
      $79,000

      award amount

81. Tsai, Kenneth Y

    Leads 1 award · $75,840

    • 5R03AR059246-03Department: NIH department code

      Modular Model for Studies of Immunosurveillance in Skin Cancer
      $75,840

      award amount

82. Mitchell, David L

    Leads 1 award · $56,208

    • 5R25ES016147-05Department: NIH department code

      EHS Summer Undergraduate Research Program (EHS-SURP)
      $56,208

      award amount

83. Singh, Melissa Marie

    Leads 1 award · $55,670

    • 5F32CA150610-02Department: NIH department code

      Dual LSD1 and HDAC Inhibition for Cancer Therapy
      $55,670

      award amount

84. Raad, Issam Inaam

    Leads 1 award · $44,529

    • 1R13HS021599-01Department: NIH department code

      The third infections in cancer symposium
      $44,529

      award amount

85. Koh, Mei Yee

    Leads 1 award · $39,500

    • 1R03DA033980-01A1Department: NIH department code

      High-throughput screen for specific small-molecule inhibitors of HIF-2A activity
      $39,500

      award amount

86. Reddy, Shrikanth A

    Leads 1 award · $4,318

    • 1R21CA161432-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Ki-Ras Signaling in Pancreatic Cancer: Role of a Novel Akt Regulator
      $4,318

      award amount