Internal Medicine at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Leads a grant in this department

84 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. Bast, Robert C

   Leads 5 awards · $3,902,297

   • 1P50CA217685-01Department: NIH department code

     U.T. M. D. Anderson Cancer Center SPORE in Ovarian Cancer
     $1,732,856

     award amount
   • 5U01CA200462-02Department: NIH department code

     MD Anderson Cancer Center EDRN- CVC for Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer
     $889,216

     award amount
   • 5K12CA088084-17Department: NIH department code

     Paul Calabresi Clinical Oncology Award
     $801,143

     award amount
   • 5R01CA135354-07Department: NIH department code

     ARHI (DIRAS3) in Autophagy and Dormancy of Ovarian Cancer
     $380,000

     award amount
   • 3R01CA135354-07S1Department: NIH department code

     ARHI (DIRAS3) in Autophagy and Dormancy of Ovarian Cancer
     $99,082

     award amount

2. Kantarjian, Hagop

   Leads 1 award · $2,300,000

   • 5P50CA100632-15Department: NIH department code

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

     award amount

3. Wood, Richard D

   Leads 1 award · $1,883,919

   • 1P01CA193124-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Processing and Repair of DNA Crosslinks
     $1,883,919

     award amount

4. Bhalla, Kapil

   Leads 3 awards · $1,054,134

   • 1R01CA210250-01A1Department: NIH department code

     BET protein antagonist-based targeted therapy of Mantle Cell Lymphoma
     $390,134

     award amount
   • 5R01CA171338-05Department: NIH department code

     Novel Targeted Therapy for AML
     $332,000

     award amount
   • 5R01CA173877-05Department: NIH department code

     Targeted Therapy for AML Stem Cells
     $332,000

     award amount

5. Lu, Zhimin

   Leads 3 awards · $1,048,000

   • 1R01CA204996-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Determining Unique Metabolic features of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
     $366,000

     award amount
   • 5R01NS089754-03Department: NIH department code

     Deciphering the role of Cdc25A in cancer metabolism.
     $350,000

     award amount
   • 5R01CA169603-05Department: NIH department code

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

     award amount

6. Kurie, Jonathan M

   Leads 3 awards · $1,002,222

   • 1R01CA211125-01Department: NIH department code

     Regulation of lung cancer metastasis through transcriptional control of the Golgi apparatus
     $378,946

     award amount
   • 5R01CA181184-04Department: NIH department code

     Regulation of Lung Cancer Metastasis by ZEB1
     $331,805

     award amount
   • 5R01CA105155-13Department: NIH department code

     Regulation of Lung Cancer Metastasis by a Procollagen Lysine Hydroxylase
     $291,471

     award amount

7. Barton, Michelle Ann

   Leads 2 awards · $944,163

   • 5U54CA096300-15Department: NIH department code

     UPRCCC/MDACC: Partnership for Excellence in Cancer Research (1 of 2)
     $871,799

     award amount
   • 3U54CA096300-15S1Department: NIH department code

     UPRCCC/MDACC: Partnership for Excellence in Cancer Research (1 of 2)
     $72,364

     award amount

8. Abe, Jun-Ichi

   Leads 2 awards · $910,882

   • 5R01HL130193-02Department: NIH department code

     Disturbed flow-induced TERF2IP post-translational modifications and atherosclerosis.
     $510,882

     award amount
   • 5R01HL118462-05Department: NIH department code

     p90RSK-ERK5 module, efferocytosis, and vulnerable plaque formation
     $400,000

     award amount

9. Manley, Nancy R

   Leads 2 awards · $796,134

   • 5R01AI107096-04Department: NIH department code

     Molecular mechanisms and epigenetic signatures that specify thymus fate
     $704,139

     award amount
   • 3R01AI107096-04S1Department: NIH department code

     Molecular mechanisms and epigenetic signatures that specify thymus fate
     $91,995

     award amount

10. Amos, Christopher I.

    Leads 2 awards · $769,071

    • 5R01CA186566-03Department: NIH department code

      Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
      $655,272

      award amount
    • 3R01CA186566-03S1Department: NIH department code

      Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
      $113,799

      award amount

11. Mills, Gordon B.

    Leads 1 award · $739,551

    • 1U01CA217842-01Department: NIH department code

      Integrative bioinformatics and functional characterization of oncogenic driver aberrations in cancer
      $739,551

      award amount

12. Yang, Jing

    Leads 2 awards · $738,918

    • 5R01CA193362-02Department: NIH department code

      Role of integrin VLA-6 in suppression of bone formation in myeloma
      $370,179

      award amount
    • 5R01CA190863-03Department: NIH department code

      Targeting adipocyte-secreted chemerin for chemotherapy resistance in myeloma
      $368,739

      award amount

13. Shureiqi, Imad

    Leads 2 awards · $732,000

    • 5R01CA195686-02Department: NIH department code

      15-LOX-1 Regulation of Resolving Generation to Modulate Colon Cancer
      $366,000

      award amount
    • 5R01CA206539-02Department: NIH department code

      15-LOX-1 Modulation of Colon Cancer Promotion by Linoleic Acid
      $366,000

      award amount

14. Orlowski, Robert Zygmunt

    Leads 2 awards · $716,131

    • 5R01CA194264-02Department: NIH department code

      Proteasome Assembly Chaperones in Sensitivity and Resistance to Proteasome Inhibitors
      $359,851

      award amount
    • 5R01CA184464-03Department: NIH department code

      Role of TJP1 in Sensitivity and Resistance to Proteasome Inhibitors in Myeloma
      $356,280

      award amount

15. Danesh, Farhad R

    Leads 2 awards · $708,000

    • 5R01DK091310-08Department: NIH department code

      MicroRNA In Diabetic Nephropathy
      $360,000

      award amount
    • 5R01DK078900-10Department: NIH department code

      Role of Rho Kinase in Diabetic Nephropathy
      $348,000

      award amount

16. Bresalier, Robert S

    Leads 2 awards · $698,000

    • 5R01CA198090-02Department: NIH department code

      Integrated Signaling in Pancreatic Cancer Progression
      $366,000

      award amount
    • 5R01CA172233-05Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

17. Lin, Shiaw-Yih

    Leads 2 awards · $696,367

    • 1R01CA218287-01Department: NIH department code

      Signature-guided therapy for mismatch repair defective cancers
      $373,331

      award amount
    • 5R01CA172490-05Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

18. Eng, Cathy

    Leads 1 award · $688,299

    • 5U10CA180858-04Department: NIH department code

      UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Network Lead Academic Participating Site (LAP)
      $688,299

      award amount

19. Hui, David

    Leads 2 awards · $676,071

    • 1R01CA214960-01A1Department: NIH department code

      A Randomized Controlled Trial of Dexamethasone for Dyspnea in Cancer Patients
      $428,588

      award amount
    • 1R21NR016736-01Department: NIH department code

      Palliative Therapies for Refractory Delirium in Advanced Cancer
      $247,483

      award amount

20. Wang, Xin Shelley

    Leads 1 award · $648,005

    • 5R01CA205146-02Department: NIH department code

      Improving Recovery after Major Cancer Surgery using Patient-Reported Outcomes
      $648,005

      award amount

21. Hamilton, Stanley R.

    Leads 1 award · $623,897

    • 5R01CA184843-03Department: NIH department code

      Tumor Heterogeneity and Acquired Resistance to EGFR Inhibition
      $623,897

      award amount

22. Byers, Lauren Averett

    Leads 1 award · $615,425

    • 1U01CA213273-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Novel therapeutic approaches for enhancing anti-tumor immunity in SCLC
      $615,425

      award amount

23. Heymach, John V.

    Leads 1 award · $605,252

    • 5R01CA205150-02Department: NIH department code

      Therapeutic approaches for LKB1-deficient non-small cell lung cancer
      $605,252

      award amount

24. Hanash, Samir M

    Leads 1 award · $558,611

    • 1U01CA213285-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Development of Risk and Early Detection Biomarker for Small Cell Lung Cancer
      $558,611

      award amount

25. Vilar Sanchez, Eduardo

    Leads 2 awards · $550,577

    • 1R01CA219463-01Department: NIH department code

      Uncovering the Role of Colorectal Stem Cells on Disease Penetrance in Lynch Syndrome
      $330,675

      award amount
    • 1R21CA208461-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Uncovering Gene Expression Differences between Benign and Premalignant Colorectal Polyps
      $219,902

      award amount

26. Abruzzo, Lynne V.

    Leads 1 award · $534,545

    • 5R01CA182905-04Department: NIH department code

      Protein-coding and non-coding RNA biomarkers for early detection of CLL
      $534,545

      award amount

27. Dantzer, Robert

    Leads 2 awards · $522,254

    • 5R01CA193522-03Department: NIH department code

      Neuroimmune Mechanisms of Cancer-Related Symptoms in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
      $418,254

      award amount
    • 3R01CA193522-03S1Department: NIH department code

      Neuroimmune Mechanisms of Cancer-Related Symptoms in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
      $104,000

      award amount

28. Lopez-Berestein, Gabriel

    Leads 1 award · $515,198

    • 1U01CA213759-01Department: NIH department code

      Targeted therapeutics for ovarian cancer and its microenvironment - treatment and theoretical modeling
      $515,198

      award amount

29. Suarez-Almazor, Maria E

    Leads 1 award · $492,660

    • 5R25HS023214-04Department: NIH department code

      Methods Training in Patient-Centered Cancer Outcomes Research
      $492,660

      award amount

30. Davies, Michael

    Leads 2 awards · $492,000

    • 5R01CA187076-04Department: NIH department code

      The role of the PI3K pathway in immune resistance
      $332,000

      award amount
    • 3R01CA187076-04S1Department: NIH department code

      The role of the PI3K pathway in immune resistance
      $160,000

      award amount

31. Chen, Jichao

    Leads 2 awards · $491,958

    • 5R01HL130129-02Department: NIH department code

      Role of AT1 cells in perinatal lung maturation
      $406,384

      award amount
    • 3R01HL130129-02S1Department: NIH department code

      Role of AT1 cells in perinatal lung maturation
      $85,574

      award amount

32. Le, Nhat-Tu

    Leads 1 award · $489,502

    • 1R01HL134740-01Department: NIH department code

      A Novel Role for MAGI1 in regulating non-canonical LATS signaling and atherosclerotic plaque formation
      $489,502

      award amount

33. McBride, Kevin Michael

    Leads 1 award · $485,503

    • 5R01AI125397-02Department: NIH department code

      Uracil DNA Glycosylases in Gammaherpesvirus Pathogenesis and B Cell Development
      $485,503

      award amount

34. Konopleva, Marina Y

    Leads 1 award · $474,750

    • 5R01CA206210-02Department: NIH department code

      Therapeutic targeting of glutamine metabolism in MDS
      $474,750

      award amount

35. Davies, Michael

    Leads 1 award · $470,270

    • 5T32CA009666-23Department: NIH department code

      Research Training in Academic Medical Oncology
      $470,270

      award amount

36. Eckhardt, S. Gail

    Leads 2 awards · $448,709

    • 3UM1CA186688-03S3Department: NIH department code

      Southwest Early Clinical Trials Consortium
      $300,000

      award amount
    • 3UM1CA186688-03S4Department: NIH department code

      Southwest Early Clinical Trials Consortium
      $148,709

      award amount

37. Bartholomew, Blaine

    Leads 1 award · $434,168

    • 5R01GM108908-03Department: NIH department code

      The interplay between the chromatin remodeler INO80 and histone variant H2A.Z.
      $434,168

      award amount

38. Heijnen, Cobi J

    Leads 1 award · $402,051

    • 5R01CA208371-02Department: NIH department code

      Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Repair Chemobrain
      $402,051

      award amount

39. Barton, Michelle Ann

    Leads 1 award · $402,021

    • 1R01CA214871-01Department: NIH department code

      The roles of TRIM24 in breast cancer
      $402,021

      award amount

40. Dickey, Burton F

    Leads 1 award · $400,000

    • 5R01HL129795-03Department: NIH department code

      Controlling the core airway mucin secretion machinery to prevent pathophysiology
      $400,000

      award amount

41. Evans, Scott E.

    Leads 1 award · $400,000

    • 5R01HL117976-04Department: NIH department code

      Epithelial mechanisms of inducible resistance to AML-associated pneumonia
      $400,000

      award amount

42. Shelburne, Samuel A

    Leads 1 award · $400,000

    • 1R01AI125292-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Role of response regulator phosphorylation in group A streptococcal pathogenesis
      $400,000

      award amount

43. Kesler, Shelli R

    Leads 1 award · $395,201

    • 5R01NR014195-05Department: NIH department code

      Multimodal MRI Biomarker of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Breast Cancer
      $395,201

      award amount

44. Cohen, Lorenzo

    Leads 1 award · $394,060

    • 4R01CA160880-05Department: NIH department code

      Community-Based, Phase III Trial of acupuncture to treat chronic Xerostomia
      $394,060

      award amount

45. Rezvani, Katy

    Leads 1 award · $380,000

    • 5R01CA061508-22Department: NIH department code

      Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells- Cord Blood
      $380,000

      award amount

46. Dantzer, Robert

    Leads 1 award · $375,286

    • 5R01NS073939-08Department: NIH department code

      Neuroimmune Mechanisms of Recovery from Comorbid Depression and Chronic Pain
      $375,286

      award amount

47. Dmitrovsky, Ethan

    Leads 1 award · $366,425

    • 5R01CA190722-03Department: NIH department code

      Targeting Anaphase Catastrophe to Combat Lung Cancer
      $366,425

      award amount

48. Byers, Lauren Averett

    Leads 1 award · $366,000

    • 5R01CA207295-02Department: NIH department code

      Therapeutic strategies for targeting PARP1 in small cell lung cancer
      $366,000

      award amount

49. Chen, Junjie

    Leads 1 award · $366,000

    • 1R01CA210929-01Department: NIH department code

      Define redundant functions of H2AX and NBS1 in DNA repair
      $366,000

      award amount

50. Maitra, Anirban

    Leads 1 award · $366,000

    • 1R01CA220236-01Department: NIH department code

      Wnt/?-catenin Signaling in Pancreatic Oncogenesis
      $366,000

      award amount

51. Post, Sean M

    Leads 1 award · $366,000

    • 5R01CA207204-02Department: NIH department code

      Personalized therapy for AML patients with a newly identified genetic alteration
      $366,000

      award amount

52. Rezvani, Katy

    Leads 1 award · $366,000

    • 1R01CA211044-01Department: NIH department code

      Off-the-shelf engineered NK cells for the treatment of AML
      $366,000

      award amount

53. Shi, Xiaobing

    Leads 1 award · $366,000

    • 5R01CA204020-02Department: NIH department code

      Role of GAS41 in human cancer
      $366,000

      award amount

54. Siddik, Zahid H

    Leads 1 award · $366,000

    • 1R01CA211975-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Cell Cycle Blockade and Therapeutic Sensitization
      $366,000

      award amount

55. Ueno, Naoto T.

    Leads 1 award · $366,000

    • 1R01CA205043-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Enhancing anti-EGFR Therapeutic Efficacy in Inflammatory Breast Cancer
      $366,000

      award amount

56. Wang, Huamin

    Leads 1 award · $366,000

    • 5R01CA195651-03Department: NIH department code

      Clinical Significance of Pancreatic Cancer Differentiation and Dedifferentiation
      $366,000

      award amount

57. Chen, Taiping

    Leads 1 award · $360,000

    • 5R01DK106418-03Department: NIH department code

      Role of Histone H3K9 Methyltransferase Eset in Intestinal Stem Cells
      $360,000

      award amount

58. Green, Michael Richard

    Leads 1 award · $356,616

    • 7R01CA201380-02Department: NIH department code

      Identifying/Targeting Mechanisms of Lymphomagenesis Driven by CREBBP Inactivation
      $356,616

      award amount

59. Shen, Xuetong

    Leads 1 award · $342,000

    • 5R01GM093104-07Department: NIH department code

      Post-translational Modification of Actin
      $342,000

      award amount

60. Skinner, Heath Devin

    Leads 1 award · $342,000

    • 2R01CA168485-06A1Department: NIH department code

      Extension of Radiotherapy Research
      $342,000

      award amount

61. Milbury, Kathrin

    Leads 2 awards · $338,808

    • 5R21CA191711-02Department: NIH department code

      Couple-based meditation program for patients with metastatic lung cancer and their partners
      $208,800

      award amount
    • 5K01AT007559-05Department: NIH department code

      Couple-Based Mind-Body Program for Lung Cancer Patients and their Partners
      $130,008

      award amount

62. Hwu, Patrick

    Leads 1 award · $337,982

    • 5R01CA184845-04Department: NIH department code

      Biomarkers and Resistance Mechanisms in Melanoma T-cell Therapy
      $337,982

      award amount

63. Afshar-Kharghan, Vahid

    Leads 1 award · $332,000

    • 5R01CA177909-05Department: NIH department code

      Platelets promote growth of ovarian cancer
      $332,000

      award amount

64. Fan, Zhen

    Leads 1 award · $332,000

    • 5R01CA179015-04Department: NIH department code

      A novel targeted therapy for HNSCC based on a novel activity of cetuximab
      $332,000

      award amount

65. Hofmann, Marie-Claude Catherine

    Leads 1 award · $332,000

    • 5R01HD081244-04Department: NIH department code

      Molecular Regulation of the Perinatal Male Germ Cell Niche
      $332,000

      award amount

66. Hong, David S

    Leads 1 award · $332,000

    • 5R01CA187238-04Department: NIH department code

      Therapeutic Strategies for Patients With BRAF Mutant Colorectal Cancer
      $332,000

      award amount

67. Kopetz, Scott

    Leads 1 award · $332,000

    • 5R01CA172670-05Department: NIH department code

      Stress Signaling Pathways and Resistance in Colorectal Cancer
      $332,000

      award amount

68. Bratton, Shawn B

    Leads 1 award · $324,295

    • 5R01GM116024-03Department: NIH department code

      Degradation mechanisms for inhibitor of apoptosis proteins and their antagonists
      $324,295

      award amount

69. Dent, Sharon Y. R.

    Leads 1 award · $323,040

    • 5R01GM067718-11Department: NIH department code

      Functions of Mammalian Histone Modifiers
      $323,040

      award amount

70. Ajani, Jaffer A.

    Leads 1 award · $279,793

    • 5R01CA172741-05Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

71. Mazur, Pawel K.

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00CA197816-03Department: NIH department code

      The SMYD3-ERK5 signaling module in pancreatic cancer
      $249,000

      award amount

72. Kontoyiannis, Dimitrios P

    Leads 1 award · $211,202

    • 1R21AI127381-01Department: NIH department code

      Redirected T Cell Therapy to Cure Invasive Fungal Infections
      $211,202

      award amount

73. Estecio, Marcos

    Leads 1 award · $208,800

    • 1R21CA215108-01Department: NIH department code

      Epigenetic Regulation by CHD7 in Colon Cancer
      $208,800

      award amount

74. Kaseb, Ahmed

    Leads 1 award · $208,800

    • 5R21CA190945-02Department: NIH department code

      Novel Point-of-Care Tool to Predict Response to Sorafenib in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
      $208,800

      award amount

75. Li, Donghui

    Leads 1 award · $174,000

    • 5R21CA202487-02Department: NIH department code

      KRAS Muations in Plasma cfDNA as Predictor to Erolinib Response in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
      $174,000

      award amount

76. Patel, Sapna

    Leads 1 award · $174,000

    • 5R21CA208609-02Department: NIH department code

      Unlocking Tumor Immunophenotype in Responders versus Non-Responders in Metastatic Uveal Melanoma Patients Receiving Immune Checkpoint Blockade
      $174,000

      award amount

77. Wang, Michael

    Leads 1 award · $174,000

    • 5R21CA202104-02Department: NIH department code

      Overcoming Primary Ibrutinib Resistance in Mantle Cell Lymphoma Using Patient-Derived Models and Molecular Profiling
      $174,000

      award amount

78. Lu, Yiling

    Leads 1 award · $145,293

    • 1R50CA221675-01Department: NIH department code

      Functional Proteomics by Reverse Phase Protein Array in Cancer
      $145,293

      award amount

79. Prinsloo, Sarah

    Leads 1 award · $130,084

    • 5K01AT008485-04Department: NIH department code

      Neuromodulation as a Treatment for Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
      $130,084

      award amount

80. Johnson, David G.

    Leads 1 award · $123,342

    • 5R25CA181004-04Department: NIH department code

      MD Anderson Science Park Summer Program in Cancer Research SPCR
      $123,342

      award amount

81. Hambright, Heather Graham

    Leads 1 award · $81,480

    • 4K00CA212444-02Department: NIH department code

      Cancer Prevention: Staging my career as a cancer biologist
      $81,480

      award amount

82. Tomida, Junya

    Leads 1 award · $80,000

    • 1R03CA212556-01Department: NIH department code

      Loss of novel end joining factor with dysfunction of BRCA1 contributes to treatment resistance
      $80,000

      award amount

83. Little, Danielle R

    Leads 1 award · $31,036

    • 1F31HL139095-01Department: NIH department code

      Identification of a key transcriptional regulator of AT1 cell development and maintenance
      $31,036

      award amount

84. Peng, Guang

    Leads 1 award · $1

    • 5R01CA181663-02Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of radioresistance and strategies for radiosensitization in OCCC
      $1

      award amount