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. Bast, Robert C

   Leads 4 awards · $3,306,228

   • 5P50CA217685-02Department: NIH department code

     U.T. M. D. Anderson Cancer Center SPORE in Ovarian Cancer
     $1,813,624

     award amount
   • 5U01CA200462-03Department: NIH department code

     MD Anderson Cancer Center EDRN- CVC for Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer
     $910,580

     award amount
   • 5R01CA135354-08Department: NIH department code

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

     award amount
   • 5K12CA088084-18Department: NIH department code

     Paul Calabresi Clinical Oncology Award
     $202,024

     award amount

2. Eckhardt, S. Gail

   Leads 1 award · $2,167,090

   • 5UM1CA186688-04Department: NIH department code

     Southwest Early Clinical Trials Consortium
     $2,167,090

     award amount

3. Bollard, Catherine M.

   Leads 1 award · $1,966,908

   • 2P01CA148600-07A1Department: NIH department code

     Novel Cord Blood-Derived Cellular Therapies
     $1,966,908

     award amount

4. Wood, Richard D

   Leads 1 award · $1,853,919

   • 5P01CA193124-02Department: NIH department code

     Processing and Repair of DNA Crosslinks
     $1,853,919

     award amount

5. Issa, Jean-Pierre J

   Leads 1 award · $1,392,864

   • 2P50CA100632-16Department: NIH department code

     SPORE University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center-Leukemia
     $1,392,864

     award amount

6. Kurie, Jonathan M

   Leads 4 awards · $1,381,573

   • 5R01CA211125-02Department: NIH department code

     Regulation of lung cancer metastasis through transcriptional control of the Golgi apparatus
     $376,867

     award amount
   • 5R01CA190722-04Department: NIH department code

     Targeting Anaphase Catastrophe to Combat Lung Cancer
     $366,425

     award amount
   • 5R01CA181184-05Department: NIH department code

     Regulation of Lung Cancer Metastasis by ZEB1
     $331,805

     award amount
   • 5R01CA105155-14Department: NIH department code

     Regulation of Lung Cancer Metastasis by a Procollagen Lysine Hydroxylase
     $306,476

     award amount

7. Hunt, Kelly K

   Leads 1 award · $1,267,600

   • 5U10CA180858-05Department: NIH department code

     UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Network Lead Academic Participating Site (LAP)
     $1,267,600

     award amount

8. Shen, Qiang

   Leads 2 awards · $957,136

   • 1R01CA231150-01Department: NIH department code

     Targeting Glucose Metabolism with HJC0152 for Treating Metastatic Breast Cancer
     $478,639

     award amount
   • 1R01CA226001-01Department: NIH department code

     Chemoprevention of Breast Cancer by Targeting Glucose Metabolism with HJC0152
     $478,497

     award amount

9. Calin, George A.

   Leads 2 awards · $906,272

   • 1R01CA222007-01A1Department: NIH department code

     miR-155 targeted therapeutics for precision medicine in lung cancer
     $536,674

     award amount
   • 1R01GM122775-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Viral miRs and cellular miRs in sepsis
     $369,598

     award amount

10. Abe, Jun-Ichi

    Leads 2 awards · $897,282

    • 5R01HL130193-03Department: NIH department code

      Disturbed flow-induced TERF2IP post-translational modifications and atherosclerosis.
      $497,282

      award amount
    • 5R01HL118462-06Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

11. Amos, Christopher I.

    Leads 2 awards · $785,339

    • 5R01CA186566-04Department: NIH department code

      Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
      $620,205

      award amount
    • 3R01CA186566-04S1Department: NIH department code

      Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
      $165,134

      award amount

12. Heijnen, Cobi J

    Leads 2 awards · $780,601

    • 5R01CA208371-03Department: NIH department code

      Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Repair Chemobrain
      $402,051

      award amount
    • 3R01CA208371-03S1Department: NIH department code

      Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Repair Chemobrain
      $378,550

      award amount

13. Yang, Jing

    Leads 2 awards · $732,142

    • 5R01CA193362-03Department: NIH department code

      Role of integrin VLA-6 in suppression of bone formation in myeloma
      $367,446

      award amount
    • 5R01CA190863-04Department: NIH department code

      Targeting adipocyte-secreted chemerin for chemotherapy resistance in myeloma
      $364,696

      award amount

14. Shureiqi, Imad

    Leads 2 awards · $732,000

    • 5R01CA195686-03Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount
    • 5R01CA206539-03Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

15. Dent, Sharon Y. R.

    Leads 2 awards · $730,838

    • 9R01HD094400-05A1Department: NIH department code

      Defining USP22 Functions During Mammalian Development
      $407,798

      award amount
    • 5R01GM067718-12Department: NIH department code

      Functions of Mammalian Histone Modifiers
      $323,040

      award amount

16. Orlowski, Robert Zygmunt

    Leads 2 awards · $716,131

    • 5R01CA194264-03Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount
    • 5R01CA184464-04Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

17. Danesh, Farhad R

    Leads 2 awards · $708,000

    • 5R01DK091310-09Department: NIH department code

      MicroRNA In Diabetic Nephropathy
      $360,000

      award amount
    • 5R01DK078900-11Department: NIH department code

      Role of Rho Kinase in Diabetic Nephropathy
      $348,000

      award amount

18. Wang, Xin Shelley

    Leads 1 award · $653,676

    • 5R01CA205146-03Department: NIH department code

      Improving Recovery after Major Cancer Surgery using Patient-Reported Outcomes
      $653,676

      award amount

19. Shelburne, Samuel A

    Leads 2 awards · $640,000

    • 5R01AI125292-02Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount
    • 1R21AI132920-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Novel mechanisms of emergence of hypervirulent group A Streptococcus
      $240,000

      award amount

20. Manley, Nancy R

    Leads 1 award · $633,736

    • 5R01AI107096-05Department: NIH department code

      Molecular mechanisms and epigenetic signatures that specify thymus fate
      $633,736

      award amount

21. Hamilton, Stanley R.

    Leads 1 award · $616,538

    • 5R01CA184843-04Department: NIH department code

      Tumor Heterogeneity and Acquired Resistance to EGFR Inhibition
      $616,538

      award amount

22. Hui, David

    Leads 2 awards · $607,511

    • 5R01CA214960-02Department: NIH department code

      A Randomized Controlled Trial of Dexamethasone for Dyspnea in Cancer Patients
      $399,900

      award amount
    • 5R21NR016736-02Department: NIH department code

      Palliative Therapies for Refractory Delirium in Advanced Cancer
      $207,611

      award amount

23. Heymach, John V.

    Leads 1 award · $605,252

    • 5R01CA205150-03Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

24. Byers, Lauren Averett

    Leads 1 award · $596,039

    • 5U01CA213273-02Department: NIH department code

      Novel therapeutic approaches for enhancing anti-tumor immunity in SCLC
      $596,039

      award amount

25. Rai, Kunal

    Leads 2 awards · $574,800

    • 1R01CA222214-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Role of KMT2D and aberrant enhancers in modulating tumor microenvironment in melanoma
      $366,000

      award amount
    • 1R21CA231654-01Department: NIH department code

      Co-operative roles for YAP1 and UCHL5 in cancer progression and therapy
      $208,800

      award amount

26. Johnson, David G.

    Leads 2 awards · $567,704

    • 1R01CA214723-01A1Department: NIH department code

      The E2F1 Post-Translational Modification Code
      $444,362

      award amount
    • 5R25CA181004-05Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

27. Milbury, Kathrin

    Leads 2 awards · $540,000

    • 1R37CA231522-01Department: NIH department code

      Dyadic yoga Program for Patients with Lung Cancer Undergoing Radiotherapy and their Family Caregivers
      $366,000

      award amount
    • 1R21CA218309-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Yoga Intervention for Family Caregivers of Patients with Brain Tumors
      $174,000

      award amount

28. Abruzzo, Lynne V.

    Leads 1 award · $534,489

    • 5R01CA182905-05Department: NIH department code

      Protein-coding and non-coding RNA biomarkers for early detection of CLL
      $534,489

      award amount

29. Hanash, Samir M

    Leads 1 award · $528,902

    • 5U01CA213285-02Department: NIH department code

      Development of Risk and Early Detection Biomarker for Small Cell Lung Cancer
      $528,902

      award amount

30. Davies, Michael

    Leads 1 award · $509,745

    • 5T32CA009666-24Department: NIH department code

      Research Training in Academic Medical Oncology
      $509,745

      award amount

31. Vilar Sanchez, Eduardo

    Leads 2 awards · $500,956

    • 5R01CA219463-02Department: NIH department code

      Uncovering the Role of Colorectal Stem Cells on Disease Penetrance in Lynch Syndrome
      $325,719

      award amount
    • 5R21CA208461-02Department: NIH department code

      Uncovering Gene Expression Differences between Benign and Premalignant Colorectal Polyps
      $175,237

      award amount

32. Lopez-Berestein, Gabriel

    Leads 1 award · $500,198

    • 5U01CA213759-02Department: NIH department code

      Targeted therapeutics for ovarian cancer and its microenvironment - treatment and theoretical modeling
      $500,198

      award amount

33. Konopleva, Marina Y

    Leads 1 award · $496,810

    • 5R01CA206210-03Department: NIH department code

      Therapeutic targeting of glutamine metabolism in MDS
      $496,810

      award amount

34. Suarez-Almazor, Maria E

    Leads 1 award · $492,660

    • 5R25HS023214-05Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

35. Davies, Michael

    Leads 2 awards · $492,000

    • 5R01CA187076-05Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount
    • 3R01CA187076-05S1Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

36. Chen, Jichao

    Leads 1 award · $488,110

    • 5R01HL130129-03Department: NIH department code

      Role of AT1 cells in perinatal lung maturation
      $488,110

      award amount

37. McBride, Kevin Michael

    Leads 1 award · $485,503

    • 5R01AI125397-03Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

38. Wu, Xiangwei

    Leads 1 award · $439,704

    • 1R01CA214954-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Activating p53 for colorectal cancer prevention
      $439,704

      award amount

39. Bartholomew, Blaine

    Leads 1 award · $434,168

    • 5R01GM108908-04Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

40. Dantzer, Robert

    Leads 1 award · $418,254

    • 5R01CA193522-04Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

41. Barton, Michelle Ann

    Leads 1 award · $402,021

    • 5R01CA214871-02Department: NIH department code

      The roles of TRIM24 in breast cancer
      $402,021

      award amount

42. Barton, Michelle Ann

    Leads 1 award · $400,000

    • 3U54CA096300-15S2Department: NIH department code

      UPRCCC/MDACC: Partnership for Excellence in Cancer Research (1 of 2)
      $400,000

      award amount

43. Dickey, Burton F

    Leads 1 award · $400,000

    • 5R01HL129795-04Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

44. Evans, Scott E.

    Leads 1 award · $400,000

    • 5R01HL117976-05Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

45. Bhalla, Kapil

    Leads 1 award · $390,134

    • 5R01CA210250-02Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

46. Colla, Simona

    Leads 1 award · $381,997

    • 1R01CA222253-01Department: NIH department code

      Validation of Critical 1q21 Vulnerabilities in Multiple Myeloma
      $381,997

      award amount

47. Rezvani, Katy

    Leads 1 award · $380,000

    • 5R01CA061508-23Department: NIH department code

      Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells- Cord Blood
      $380,000

      award amount

48. Draetta, Giulio Francesco

    Leads 1 award · $379,457

    • 1R01CA218139-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Medium-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase as an essential feeder of glioblastoma multiforme
      $379,457

      award amount

49. Dantzer, Robert

    Leads 1 award · $375,286

    • 5R01NS073939-09Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

50. Lin, Shiaw-Yih

    Leads 1 award · $373,331

    • 5R01CA218287-02Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

51. Moghaddam, Seyed Javad Mirhassani

    Leads 1 award · $371,746

    • 1R01CA225977-01Department: NIH department code

      Immunotherapeutic Modalities for K-ras Mutant Lung Cancer: Sex- and Cell Type-Specific Roles of IL-6/STAT3 signaling
      $371,746

      award amount

52. Peng, Guang

    Leads 1 award · $368,805

    • 5R01CA181663-03Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of radioresistance and strategies for radiosensitization in OCCC
      $368,805

      award amount

53. Heijnen, Cobi J

    Leads 1 award · $366,766

    • 1R01CA227064-01Department: NIH department code

      PQ12 Targeting HDAC6 for Chemotherapy-Induced Neuropathy and Chemobrain
      $366,766

      award amount

54. Byers, Lauren Averett

    Leads 1 award · $366,000

    • 5R01CA207295-03Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

55. Gibbons, Don Lynn

    Leads 1 award · $366,000

    • 1R37CA214609-01A1Department: NIH department code

      The Role of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Re-Wiring KRAS Mutant Lung Cancer
      $366,000

      award amount

56. Lu, Zhimin

    Leads 1 award · $366,000

    • 5R01CA204996-02Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

57. Post, Sean M

    Leads 1 award · $366,000

    • 5R01CA207204-03Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

58. Rezvani, Katy

    Leads 1 award · $366,000

    • 5R01CA211044-02Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

59. Siddik, Zahid H

    Leads 1 award · $366,000

    • 5R01CA211975-02Department: NIH department code

      Cell Cycle Blockade and Therapeutic Sensitization
      $366,000

      award amount

60. Ueno, Naoto T.

    Leads 1 award · $366,000

    • 5R01CA205043-02Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

61. Chen, Taiping

    Leads 1 award · $360,000

    • 5R01DK106418-04Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

62. Bedford, Mark T

    Leads 1 award · $358,400

    • 9R01GM126421-14A1Department: NIH department code

      The Functional Analysis of the Coactivator CARM1
      $358,400

      award amount

63. Shen, Xuetong

    Leads 1 award · $342,000

    • 5R01GM093104-08Department: NIH department code

      Post-translational Modification of Actin
      $342,000

      award amount

64. Hwu, Patrick

    Leads 1 award · $340,821

    • 5R01CA184845-05Department: NIH department code

      Biomarkers and Resistance Mechanisms in Melanoma T-cell Therapy
      $340,821

      award amount

65. Green, Michael Richard

    Leads 1 award · $340,445

    • 5R01CA201380-03Department: NIH department code

      Identifying/Targeting Mechanisms of Lymphomagenesis Driven by CREBBP Inactivation
      $340,445

      award amount

66. Fan, Zhen

    Leads 1 award · $332,000

    • 5R01CA179015-05Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

67. Hofmann, Marie-Claude Catherine

    Leads 1 award · $332,000

    • 5R01HD081244-05Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

68. Hong, David S

    Leads 1 award · $332,000

    • 5R01CA187238-05Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

69. Bratton, Shawn B

    Leads 1 award · $324,295

    • 5R01GM116024-04Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

70. Kontoyiannis, Dimitrios P

    Leads 2 awards · $305,008

    • 5R21AI127381-02Department: NIH department code

      Redirected T Cell Therapy to Cure Invasive Fungal Infections
      $225,008

      award amount
    • 1R03AI137754-01Department: NIH department code

      Study of the check point inhibitors with or without antifungals on the natural history of murine invasive pulmonary aspergillosis
      $80,000

      award amount

71. Afshar-Kharghan, Vahid

    Leads 1 award · $265,229

    • 1R01CA231141-01Department: NIH department code

      Genetics of Graft-versus-Host Disease
      $265,229

      award amount

72. Reyes-Gibby, Cielito C

    Leads 1 award · $254,042

    • 1R21DE026837-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Composition and temporal changes of the oral microbiome in head and neck cancer patients at high risk for oral mucositis
      $254,042

      award amount

73. Mazur, Pawel K.

    Leads 1 award · $244,259

    • 5R00CA197816-04Department: NIH department code

      The SMYD3-ERK5 signaling module in pancreatic cancer
      $244,259

      award amount

74. Adachi, Roberto

    Leads 1 award · $240,000

    • 1R21AI137319-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Roles of Synaptotagmin-2 in Airway Obstruction
      $240,000

      award amount

75. Davis, John

    Leads 1 award · $208,800

    • 1R21CA223527-01Department: NIH department code

      Lipidomics-based biomarkers for risk of progression in early prostate cancer
      $208,800

      award amount

76. Lissanu, Yonathan

    Leads 1 award · $208,800

    • 1R21CA232233-01Department: NIH department code

      Glucocorticoid Receptor degrading bifunctional molecules as therapeutics in prostate cancer
      $208,800

      award amount

77. Yennu, Sriram

    Leads 1 award · $206,111

    • 1R21NR016737-01A1Department: NIH department code

      A Combination Therapy for Cancer-Related Fatigue in Advanced Cancer Patients
      $206,111

      award amount

78. Wang, Guocan

    Leads 1 award · $204,038

    • 4R00CA194289-03Department: NIH department code

      MDSC-Tumor Crosstalk in Prostate Cancer Progression and Castration Resistance
      $204,038

      award amount

79. Estecio, Marcos

    Leads 1 award · $174,000

    • 5R21CA215108-02Department: NIH department code

      Epigenetic Regulation by CHD7 in Colon Cancer
      $174,000

      award amount

80. Lu, Yiling

    Leads 1 award · $145,293

    • 5R50CA221675-02Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

81. Prinsloo, Sarah

    Leads 1 award · $127,924

    • 5K01AT008485-05Department: NIH department code

      Neuromodulation as a Treatment for Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
      $127,924

      award amount

82. Guo, Houfu

    Leads 1 award · $111,834

    • 1K99CA225633-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Determining structural features of a collagen lysyl hydroxylase that promotes lung cancer metastasis
      $111,834

      award amount

83. Shi, Xiaobing

    Leads 1 award · $36,600

    • 5R01CA204020-03Department: NIH department code

      Role of GAS41 in human cancer
      $36,600

      award amount

84. Manshouri, Roxsan

    Leads 1 award · $31,539

    • 1F31CA232403-01Department: NIH department code

      The NuRD Complex Regulates ZEB1 Dimerization and NSCLC Metastasis
      $31,539

      award amount

85. Little, Danielle R

    Leads 1 award · $31,516

    • 5F31HL139095-02Department: NIH department code

      Identification of a key transcriptional regulator of AT1 cell development and maintenance
      $31,516

      award amount

86. Skinner, Heath Devin

    Leads 1 award · $17,518

    • 5R01CA168485-07Department: NIH department code

      Extension of Radiotherapy Research
      $17,518

      award amount

87. Tomida, Junya

    Leads 1 award · $4,651

    • 5R03CA212556-02Department: NIH department code

      Loss of novel end joining factor with dysfunction of BRCA1 contributes to treatment resistance
      $4,651

      award amount

88. Chen, Junjie

    Leads 1 award · $1

    • 5R01CA210929-02Department: NIH department code

      Define redundant functions of H2AX and NBS1 in DNA repair
      $1

      award amount