Internal Medicine at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Leads a grant in this department

78 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 · $3,546,826

   • 5P01CA049639-23Department: NIH department code

     The Therapy of CML
     $3,383,296

     award amount
   • 5U10HL069334-13Department: NIH department code

     Improving the Outcomes of Stem Cell Transplantation
     $163,530

     award amount

2. Bast, Robert C

   Leads 3 awards · $2,782,771

   • 5P50CA083639-14Department: NIH department code

     The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center SPORE in Ovarian Cancer
     $2,082,690

     award amount
   • 5K12CA088084-14Department: NIH department code

     Paul Calabresi Clinical Oncology Award
     $650,081

     award amount
   • 3P50CA083639-14S1Department: NIH department code

     The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center SPORE in Ovarian Cancer
     $50,000

     award amount

3. Evans, Scott E.

   Leads 1 award · $2,400,000

   • 1DP2HL123229-01Department: NIH department code

     Inducible epithelial antiviral resistance to prevent asthma
     $2,400,000

     award amount

4. Bollard, Catherine M.

   Leads 1 award · $2,369,877

   • 5P01CA148600-03Department: NIH department code

     IMPROVING CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANTATION
     $2,369,877

     award amount

5. Grimm, Elizabeth A

   Leads 1 award · $2,150,500

   • 5P50CA093459-09Department: NIH department code

     The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center SPORE in Melanoma
     $2,150,500

     award amount

6. Kantarjian, Hagop

   Leads 1 award · $2,150,500

   • 2P50CA100632-11Department: NIH department code

     SPORE University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center SPORE-Leukemia
     $2,150,500

     award amount

7. Orlowski, Robert Zygmunt

   Leads 1 award · $2,150,500

   • 5P50CA142509-04Department: NIH department code

     M. D. Anderson Cancer Center SPORE in Multiple Myeloma
     $2,150,500

     award amount

8. Wolff, Robert

   Leads 1 award · $1,885,277

   • 5U10CA045809-25Department: NIH department code

     The UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Community Clinical Oncology Program Research Bas
     $1,885,277

     award amount

9. Mishra, Lopa

   Leads 2 awards · $1,518,089

   • 5P01CA130821-06Department: NIH department code

     CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF GASTROINTESTINAL CANCERS
     $1,230,089

     award amount
   • 9R01AA023146-07A1Department: NIH department code

     Role of Beta Spectrin and Smad in Alcohol Induced Liver and GI Cell Proliferation
     $288,000

     award amount

10. Barton, Michelle Ann

    Leads 1 award · $1,077,820

    • 2U54CA096300-11Department: NIH department code

      UPRCCC/MDACC: Partnership for Excellence in Cancer Research (1 of 2)
      $1,077,820

      award amount

11. Chin, Lynda

    Leads 1 award · $954,554

    • 5U54CA163125-03Department: NIH department code

      Role of Tumor Stroma in Therapeutic Response and Resistance
      $954,554

      award amount

12. Xie, Keping

    Leads 3 awards · $870,081

    • 1R01CA172233-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Molecular Mediators of Pancreatic Cancer Invasion and Progression
      $332,000

      award amount
    • 5R01CA152309-04Department: NIH department code

      Functional Validation of Pancreatic Cancer Progression Biomarker
      $298,934

      award amount
    • 5R01CA148954-04Department: NIH department code

      Genetic Approaches to Pancreatic Cancer Progression
      $239,147

      award amount

13. Chin, Lynda

    Leads 1 award · $853,708

    • 5U01CA168394-02Department: NIH department code

      Biological annotation of TCGA data
      $853,708

      award amount

14. Richie, Ellen R

    Leads 2 awards · $734,052

    • 1R56AI100298-01A1Department: NIH department code

      CyclinD1 and the mechanisms of thymic involution
      $434,053

      award amount
    • 1R56AI107096-01Department: NIH department code

      Molecular mechanisms and epigenetic signatures that specify thymus fate
      $299,999

      award amount

15. Johnson, David G.

    Leads 2 awards · $600,472

    • 5R01CA079648-14Department: NIH department code

      Dual Role of E2F1 in Tumorigenesis
      $316,568

      award amount
    • 5R01ES015587-05Department: NIH department code

      Humanized Mouse Models for the p53 R72P SNP
      $283,904

      award amount

16. Yao, James C

    Leads 1 award · $594,425

    • 3U01CA062461-19S1Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

17. Lu, Zhimin

    Leads 2 awards · $582,315

    • 1R01CA169603-01A1Department: NIH department code

      The Mechanisms of PKM2-Regulated Gene Expression in Tumor Development.
      $332,000

      award amount
    • 5R01CA109035-07Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of nuclear Beta-catenin in EGFR-promoted tumor development.
      $250,315

      award amount

18. Ajani, Jaffer A.

    Leads 2 awards · $571,160

    • 5R01CA138671-04Department: NIH department code

      Prediction of Pathologic Complete Response by Gene Expression Profiling in Esopha
      $291,367

      award amount
    • 1R01CA172741-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Inhibition of Hedgehog Signaling in Gli-1+Adeno CA of the Esoph or GE junction
      $279,793

      award amount

19. Cleeland, Charles S

    Leads 1 award · $537,079

    • 5R01CA026582-31Department: NIH department code

      Reducing the Symptom Burden Produced by Aggressive Cancer Therapies
      $537,079

      award amount

20. Kurie, Jonathan M

    Leads 2 awards · $534,514

    • 5R01CA157450-03Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of Lung Cancer Metastasis by miR-200
      $305,245

      award amount
    • 5R01CA105155-10Department: NIH department code

      Kinase Signaling in Lung Tumorigenesis
      $229,269

      award amount

21. Kesler, Shelli R

    Leads 1 award · $513,256

    • 5R01NR014195-02Department: NIH department code

      Multimodal MRI Biomarker of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Breast Cancer
      $513,256

      award amount

22. Davis, Richard Eric

    Leads 1 award · $465,019

    • 5R01CA155143-03Department: NIH department code

      Predictors of clinical outcome after therapeutic vaccination in follicular lympho
      $465,019

      award amount

23. Konopleva, Marina Y

    Leads 2 awards · $464,579

    • 5R01CA155056-03Department: NIH department code

      Targeting hypoxic microenvironment in Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
      $307,243

      award amount
    • 1R21CA177049-01Department: NIH department code

      Hypoxia-Selective Kinase Inhibitors for Leukemia Therapy
      $157,336

      award amount

24. Danesh, Farhad R

    Leads 2 awards · $423,821

    • 7R01DK091310-04Department: NIH department code

      MicroRNA In Diabetic Nephropathy
      $335,821

      award amount
    • 7R01DK078900-06Department: NIH department code

      Role of Rho Kinases in Diabetic Nephropathy
      $88,000

      award amount

25. Dantzer, Robert

    Leads 1 award · $410,021

    • 5R01NS073939-04Department: NIH department code

      A Novel Neuroimmune Risk Factor for Comorbid Depression and Chronic Pain
      $410,021

      award amount

26. Adachi, Roberto

    Leads 1 award · $376,369

    • 5R01AI093533-03Department: NIH department code

      Mechanism and pathophysiological significance of mast cell regulated exocytosis
      $376,369

      award amount

27. Lizee, Gregory A

    Leads 1 award · $371,300

    • 5R01AI085371-03Department: NIH department code

      Using the MHC class I cytoplasmic tail to control tumor Ag presentation by DCs
      $371,300

      award amount

28. Zhou, Dapeng

    Leads 1 award · $354,699

    • 5R01AI079232-05Department: NIH department code

      Endogenous glycosphingolipid antigens for NKT cells
      $354,699

      award amount

29. Samaniego, Felipe

    Leads 2 awards · $352,104

    • 5R03DK091490-03Department: NIH department code

      Preservation of liver function through modulation of Fas-binding proteins
      $190,588

      award amount
    • 5R21CA162278-02Department: NIH department code

      Cancer Cell Overexpression of Death Receptor Modulator
      $161,516

      award amount

30. Hanash, Samir M

    Leads 1 award · $342,610

    • 7U01CA141550-05Department: NIH department code

      Preventive Interventions Leadership U01
      $342,610

      award amount

31. Eng, Cathy

    Leads 1 award · $341,201

    • 5U10CA105409-10Department: NIH department code

      U10 Full Member Application Affiliated with SWOG
      $341,201

      award amount

32. Afshar-Kharghan, Vahid

    Leads 1 award · $332,000

    • 1R01CA177909-01Department: NIH department code

      Platelets promote growth of ovarian cancer
      $332,000

      award amount

33. Bedford, Mark T

    Leads 1 award · $331,623

    • 5R01DK062248-11Department: NIH department code

      The Functional Analysis of the Coactivator CARM1
      $331,623

      award amount

34. Gomez-Manzano, Candelaria

    Leads 1 award · $326,858

    • 5R01NS069964-04Department: NIH department code

      Role of TEMs in brain tumor dispersal
      $326,858

      award amount

35. Hwu, Patrick

    Leads 1 award · $323,570

    • 5R01CA116206-09Department: NIH department code

      Transduction of T cells to improve migration to tumor
      $323,570

      award amount

36. Lin, Shiaw-Yih

    Leads 1 award · $323,036

    • 1R01CA172490-01Department: NIH department code

      Characterizing and Targeting CHD4 Deficiency in Endometrial Cancer
      $323,036

      award amount

37. Dent, Sharon Y. R.

    Leads 1 award · $321,800

    • 5R01GM096472-02Department: NIH department code

      Defining USP22 Functions During Mammalian Development
      $321,800

      award amount

38. Kopetz, Scott

    Leads 1 award · $316,108

    • 1R01CA172670-01Department: NIH department code

      Stress Signaling Pathways and Resistance in Colorectal Cancer
      $316,108

      award amount

39. Aldaz, C. Marcelo

    Leads 1 award · $313,050

    • 5R01CA102444-09Department: NIH department code

      Characterization of WWOX, the Cancer Gene Spanning FRA16D
      $313,050

      award amount

40. Hwang, Jessica Park

    Leads 2 awards · $312,224

    • 1R21CA167202-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Widespread vs Selective Screening for Hepatitis B Infection Prior to Chemotherapy
      $171,825

      award amount
    • 5K07CA132955-04Department: NIH department code

      HBV reactivation among cancer patients receiving chemotherapy
      $140,399

      award amount

41. Davies, Michael

    Leads 1 award · $308,179

    • 5R01CA154710-03Department: NIH department code

      The Role of the PI3K-AKT Pathway in Melanoma Brain Metastasis
      $308,179

      award amount

42. Plunkett, William K

    Leads 1 award · $308,179

    • 5R01CA163802-02Department: NIH department code

      Sapacitabine therapy to create synthetic lethality in DNA repair-deficient CLL
      $308,179

      award amount

43. Sharma, Padmanee

    Leads 1 award · $308,179

    • 5R01CA163793-02Department: NIH department code

      Targeting the ICOS/ICOSL pathway to improve anti-tumor immune responses
      $308,179

      award amount

44. Siddik, Zahid H

    Leads 1 award · $308,179

    • 5R01CA160687-03Department: NIH department code

      Targeted Development of Platinum Drugs
      $308,179

      award amount

45. Tang, Dean G.

    Leads 1 award · $308,179

    • 5R01CA155693-02Department: NIH department code

      Decoding NanogP8 in Tumorigenesis
      $308,179

      award amount

46. Naora, Honami

    Leads 1 award · $298,934

    • 5R01CA141078-04Department: NIH department code

      Multifunctional roles of homeobox gene DLX4 in ovarian cancer
      $298,934

      award amount

47. Yang, Peiying

    Leads 1 award · $298,934

    • 5R01CA144053-04Department: NIH department code

      Chemopreventive effect of fish oil derived EPA in lung cancer
      $298,934

      award amount

48. Shelburne, Samuel A

    Leads 1 award · $297,040

    • 5R01AI089891-03Department: NIH department code

      Contribution of catabolite control protein A to group A streptococcal virulence
      $297,040

      award amount

49. Yee, Cassian

    Leads 1 award · $291,580

    • 7R01CA104711-09Department: NIH department code

      Adoptive T cell Therapy of Melanoma Targeting NY-ESO-1
      $291,580

      award amount

50. Wood, Richard D

    Leads 1 award · $291,367

    • 5R01CA132840-05Department: NIH department code

      Function of REV3L in limiting oncogenesis via DNA damage tolerance
      $291,367

      award amount

51. Yeh, Edward T.h.

    Leads 1 award · $291,367

    • 5R01CA139520-05Department: NIH department code

      De-SUMOylation and the Hypoxic Response
      $291,367

      award amount

52. Shpall, Elizabeth J

    Leads 1 award · $291,366

    • 5R01CA061508-19Department: NIH department code

      Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells - Cord Blood
      $291,366

      award amount

53. Bratton, Shawn B

    Leads 1 award · $290,948

    • 5R01GM096101-04Department: NIH department code

      Caspase-activating Complexes
      $290,948

      award amount

54. Shen, Xuetong

    Leads 1 award · $286,797

    • 5R01GM093104-04Department: NIH department code

      INO80 Chromatin Remodeling in Genome Maintenance
      $286,797

      award amount

55. Lee, Ju-Seog

    Leads 1 award · $269,041

    • 5R01CA150229-04Department: NIH department code

      DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF PROGNOSTIC MODEL FOR GASTRIC CANCER
      $269,041

      award amount

56. Overwijk, Willem W

    Leads 1 award · $269,040

    • 5R01CA143077-04Department: NIH department code

      Promoting the generation of long-lived, anti-tumor memory T cells with IFN-alpha
      $269,040

      award amount

57. Heymach, John V.

    Leads 1 award · $267,571

    • 5R01CA168484-03Department: NIH department code

      Markers and therapeutic strategies for overcoming chemoradiotherapy resistance
      $267,571

      award amount

58. Johnson, Faye

    Leads 1 award · $234,833

    • 5R01CA143369-04Department: NIH department code

      Targeting c-Src in Head and Neck Cancer
      $234,833

      award amount

59. Plunkett, William K

    Leads 1 award · $234,119

    • 5R01CA028596-30Department: NIH department code

      Biochemical Basis for Therapeutic Activity
      $234,119

      award amount

60. Peng, Guang

    Leads 1 award · $234,061

    • 4R00CA149186-03Department: NIH department code

      Understanding and Targeting the DNA Repair Network in Cancer
      $234,061

      award amount

61. Suarez-Almazor, Maria E

    Leads 1 award · $231,787

    • 5K24AR053593-09Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

62. Yang, Jing

    Leads 1 award · $220,491

    • 5R00CA137158-05Department: NIH department code

      Anti-beta2 microglobulin as a novel therapeutic agent in multiple myeloma
      $220,491

      award amount

63. Lopez-Berestein, Gabriel

    Leads 1 award · $208,800

    • 1R21CA180145-01Department: NIH department code

      (PQD3) The role and therapeutic potential of ZNF304 in Ovarian Cancer
      $208,800

      award amount

64. Kusewitt, Donna Frances

    Leads 1 award · $202,635

    • 5R21AR061641-02Department: NIH department code

      Keratinocyte Activation by Slug-induced Calprotectin
      $202,635

      award amount

65. Kaseb, Ahmed

    Leads 1 award · $193,819

    • 5R21CA170035-02Department: NIH department code

      Integrating plasma IGF-1 into novel classification of hepatocellular carcinoma
      $193,819

      award amount

66. Afshar-Kharghan, Vahid

    Leads 1 award · $185,650

    • 5R21AI101932-02Department: NIH department code

      The role of complement system in alloimmune responses
      $185,650

      award amount

67. Yi, Qing

    Leads 2 awards · $180,087

    • 5R01CA138398-04Department: NIH department code

      C-reactive protein promotes myeloma cell-mediated bone destruction
      $91,332

      award amount
    • 5R01CA138402-04Department: NIH department code

      Targeting surface b2M for myeloma and bone therapy
      $88,755

      award amount

68. Radvanyi, Laszlo G

    Leads 1 award · $174,000

    • 1R21CA178580-01Department: NIH department code

      Functional Attributes of a CD8+BTLA+ T cell subset in Adoptive T Cell Therapy
      $174,000

      award amount

69. Gibbons, Don Lynn

    Leads 1 award · $170,640

    • 5K08CA151651-04Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

70. Wang, Xin Shelley

    Leads 1 award · $161,516

    • 5R21CA158902-02Department: NIH department code

      Effectiveness of minocycline for reducing symptoms in pancreatic cancer patients
      $161,516

      award amount

71. Bartholomew, Blaine

    Leads 1 award · $146,907

    • 7R01GM048413-20Department: NIH department code

      Transcriptional Activation by Reorganizing Chromatin
      $146,907

      award amount

72. Holmes, Holly M.

    Leads 1 award · $130,651

    • 5K23AG038476-03Department: NIH department code

      Medication Adherence among Older Persons Enrolled in Medicare Part D
      $130,651

      award amount

73. Milbury, Kathrin

    Leads 1 award · $130,281

    • 1K01AT007559-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Couple-Based Mind-Body Program for Lung Cancer Patients and their Partners
      $130,281

      award amount

74. Uray, Ivan Peter

    Leads 1 award · $80,000

    • 1R03CA180550-01Department: NIH department code

      Targeting the lipid synthesis enzyme, DGAT1, for breast cancer prevention
      $80,000

      award amount

75. Singh, Melissa Marie

    Leads 1 award · $57,734

    • 5F32CA150610-03Department: NIH department code

      Dual LSD1 and HDAC Inhibition for Cancer Therapy
      $57,734

      award amount

76. Cohen, Lorenzo

    Leads 1 award · $34,327

    • 5R01CA160880-02Department: NIH department code

      Community-Based, Phase III Trial of acupuncture to treat chronic Xerostomia
      $34,327

      award amount

77. Powis, Garth

    Leads 2 awards · $30,800

    • 5R01CA077204-14Department: NIH department code

      Redox Signaling and Cancer Drug Action
      $15,400

      award amount
    • 5R01CA098920-10Department: NIH department code

      Hypoxia and Anticancer Drug Action
      $15,400

      award amount

78. Koh, Mei Yee

    Leads 1 award · $3,950

    • 5R03DA033980-02Department: NIH department code

      High-throughput screen for specific small-molecule inhibitors of HIF-2A activity
      $3,950

      award amount