Internal Medicine at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Leads a grant in this department

52 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. Eckhardt, S. Gail

   Leads 1 award · $5,697,447

   • 2UM1CA186688-06Department: NIH department code

     Texas EXperimental Cancer Therapeutics Network - TEX CTN
     $5,697,447

     award amount

2. Heymach, John V.

   Leads 3 awards · $1,756,334

   • 5R01CA205150-05Department: NIH department code

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

     award amount
   • 1R01CA247975-01Department: NIH department code

     Molecular features impacting drug resistance in atypical EGFR exon 18 and exon 20 mutant non-small cell lung cancers and the development of novel mutant-selective inhibitors
     $578,099

     award amount
   • 1R01CA234183-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Therapeutic strategies against EGFR exon 20 mutant lung cancer
     $572,983

     award amount

3. Bast, Robert C

   Leads 2 awards · $1,694,317

   • 5U01CA200462-05Department: NIH department code

     MD Anderson Cancer Center EDRN- CVC for Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer
     $1,003,814

     award amount
   • 5K12CA088084-20Department: NIH department code

     Paul Calabresi Clinical Oncology Award
     $690,503

     award amount

4. Hunt, Kelly K

   Leads 1 award · $1,478,581

   • 5UG1CA233329-02Department: NIH department code

     UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Network Lead Academic Participating Site (LAP) UG1
     $1,478,581

     award amount

5. Konopleva, Marina Y

   Leads 3 awards · $1,477,631

   • 5R01CA231364-02Department: NIH department code

     Targeting mitochondrial complex I in acute lymphoblastic leukemia
     $625,201

     award amount
   • 5R01CA206210-05Department: NIH department code

     Therapeutic targeting of glutamine metabolism in MDS
     $481,538

     award amount
   • 5R01CA235622-02Department: NIH department code

     Targeting apoptosis in high-risk AML and MDS with BCL-2 inhibitor Venetoclax and optimized 10-day Decitabine regimen
     $370,892

     award amount

6. Bartholomew, Blaine

   Leads 2 awards · $998,720

   • 2R01GM108908-05A1Department: NIH department code

     Regulation of chromatin organization and dynamics by INO80
     $558,720

     award amount
   • 5R01GM131639-02Department: NIH department code

     Regulation of RNA polymerase II pausing and directionality by ATP-dependent chromatin remodelers
     $440,000

     award amount

7. Hui, David

   Leads 2 awards · $904,864

   • 1R01CA231471-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Efficacy and Safety of Rapid-Onset Opioids for Exertional Dyspnea in Cancer Patients
     $460,046

     award amount
   • 5R01CA225701-02Department: NIH department code

     Strategies for Persistent Agitated Delirium in Palliative Care
     $444,818

     award amount

8. Evans, Scott E.

   Leads 1 award · $880,000

   • 5R35HL144805-02Department: NIH department code

     Inducible epithelial resistance: a program investigating mechanisms to protect against acute and chronic complications of pneumonia
     $880,000

     award amount

9. Bhalla, Kapil

   Leads 2 awards · $865,994

   • 1R01CA233457-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Targeting dysregulated transcriptome as therapy for post-myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) sAML
     $475,860

     award amount
   • 5R01CA210250-04Department: NIH department code

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

     award amount

10. Dent, Sharon Y. R.

    Leads 2 awards · $807,798

    • 5R01HD094400-07Department: NIH department code

      Defining USP22 Functions During Mammalian Development
      $407,798

      award amount
    • 5R35GM131678-02Department: NIH department code

      Genetic and Molecular Definition of Histone Modifying Enzyme Functions
      $400,000

      award amount

11. Lopez-Berestein, Gabriel

    Leads 1 award · $500,198

    • 5U01CA213759-04Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

12. Yennu, Sriram

    Leads 1 award · $490,675

    • 5R01CA231521-02Department: NIH department code

      A Combination Therapy to Treat Cancer-Related Fatigue
      $490,675

      award amount

13. Afshar-Kharghan, Vahid

    Leads 1 award · $489,165

    • 5R01CA177909-07Department: NIH department code

      Platelets promote growth of ovarian cancer
      $489,165

      award amount

14. McBride, Kevin Michael

    Leads 1 award · $485,503

    • 5R01AI125397-05Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

15. Kontoyiannis, Dimitrios P

    Leads 1 award · $447,011

    • 5R33AI127381-04Department: NIH department code

      Redirected T Cell Therapy to Cure Invasive Fungal Infections
      $447,011

      award amount

16. Wu, Xiangwei

    Leads 1 award · $424,809

    • 5R01CA214954-03Department: NIH department code

      Activating p53 for colorectal cancer prevention
      $424,809

      award amount

17. Lozano, Guillermina

    Leads 1 award · $402,021

    • 5R01CA214871-04Department: NIH department code

      The roles of TRIM24 in breast cancer
      $402,021

      award amount

18. Shelburne, Samuel A

    Leads 1 award · $400,000

    • 5R01AI125292-04Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

19. Chen, Jichao

    Leads 1 award · $395,834

    • 5R01HL130129-05Department: NIH department code

      Role of AT1 cells in perinatal lung maturation
      $395,834

      award amount

20. Wood, Richard D

    Leads 1 award · $383,731

    • 5P01CA193124-04Department: NIH department code

      Processing and Repair of DNA Crosslinks
      $383,731

      award amount

21. Rezvani, Katy

    Leads 1 award · $380,000

    • 5R01CA061508-25Department: NIH department code

      Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells- Cord Blood
      $380,000

      award amount

22. Johnson, Faye

    Leads 1 award · $370,575

    • 1R01CA248205-01Department: NIH department code

      Harnessing Aurora kinase inhibition‐induced cell death to enhance immunotherapy in HPV‐driven cancers
      $370,575

      award amount

23. Moghaddam, Seyed Javad Mirhassani

    Leads 1 award · $367,325

    • 5R01CA225977-03Department: NIH department code

      Immunotherapeutic Modalities for K-ras Mutant Lung Cancer: Sex- and Cell Type-Specific Roles of IL-6/STAT3 signaling
      $367,325

      award amount

24. Colla, Simona

    Leads 1 award · $366,997

    • 5R01CA222253-03Department: NIH department code

      Validation of Critical 1q21 Vulnerabilities in Multiple Myeloma
      $366,997

      award amount

25. Heijnen, Cobi J

    Leads 1 award · $366,766

    • 5R01CA227064-03Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

26. Chen, Junjie

    Leads 1 award · $366,000

    • 5R01CA210929-04Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

27. George, Goldy C

    Leads 1 award · $366,000

    • 5R01CA242565-02Department: NIH department code

      Use of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Understanding Symptomatic Adverse Events in Early-Phase Trials of Combination Treatments that Include Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and Targeted Therapy
      $366,000

      award amount

28. Gibbons, Don Lynn

    Leads 1 award · $366,000

    • 5R37CA214609-03Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

29. Kurie, Jonathan M

    Leads 1 award · $366,000

    • 5R01CA211125-04Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of lung cancer metastasis through transcriptional control of the Golgi apparatus
      $366,000

      award amount

30. Rezvani, Katy

    Leads 1 award · $366,000

    • 5R01CA211044-04Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

31. Siddik, Zahid H

    Leads 1 award · $366,000

    • 5R01CA211975-04Department: NIH department code

      Cell Cycle Blockade and Therapeutic Sensitization
      $366,000

      award amount

32. Ueno, Naoto T.

    Leads 1 award · $366,000

    • 5R01CA205043-04Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

33. Zhang, Jianjun

    Leads 1 award · $366,000

    • 5R01CA234629-02Department: NIH department code

      The molecular and immune evolution in the progression of lung neoplasia to invasive adenocarcinoma
      $366,000

      award amount

34. Draetta, Giulio Francesco

    Leads 1 award · $364,603

    • 5R01CA218139-03Department: NIH department code

      Medium-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase as an essential feeder of glioblastoma multiforme
      $364,603

      award amount

35. Davies, Michael

    Leads 1 award · $362,121

    • 2T32CA009666-26Department: NIH department code

      Research Training in Academic Medical Oncology
      $362,121

      award amount

36. Orlowski, Robert Zygmunt

    Leads 1 award · $359,851

    • 5R01CA194264-05Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

37. Shureiqi, Imad

    Leads 1 award · $352,859

    • 5R01CA206539-05Department: NIH department code

      15-LOX-1 Modulation of Colon Cancer Promotion by Linoleic Acid
      $352,859

      award amount

38. Green, Michael Richard

    Leads 1 award · $340,445

    • 5R01CA201380-05Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

39. Chen, Taiping

    Leads 1 award · $324,000

    • 1R01HL149751-01Department: NIH department code

      Epigenetic regulation of thrombopoiesis
      $324,000

      award amount

40. Karuturi, Meghan Sri

    Leads 1 award · $250,577

    • 5K08CA241087-02Department: NIH department code

      Developing a Decision Tool for Chemotherapy in Older Women with Early Stage Breast Cancer
      $250,577

      award amount

41. Wang, Guocan

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00CA194289-05Department: NIH department code

      MDSC-Tumor Crosstalk in Prostate Cancer Progression and Castration Resistance
      $249,000

      award amount

42. Jiang, Changying

    Leads 1 award · $227,205

    • 1R21CA237969-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Targeting the Unique Paracaspase MALT1 to Overcome Ibrutinib Resistance in Relapsed/Refractory MCL Patients
      $227,205

      award amount

43. Flores, Anthony Richard

    Leads 1 award · $196,820

    • 5R21AI142126-02Department: NIH department code

      Impact of a novel emm-enn gene fusion event on epidemic behavior of group A streptococcus
      $196,820

      award amount

44. Lopez-Olivo, Maria De Los Angeles

    Leads 1 award · $179,849

    • 1K08CA237619-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Improving decision-making in patients with resectable melanoma and pre-existing autoimmune disease considering immune checkpoint inhibition
      $179,849

      award amount

45. Bhat, Krishna Pl

    Leads 1 award · $176,447

    • 5R21CA222992-02Department: NIH department code

      Developing a NF-κB/GADD45b targeting strategy for glioblastoma
      $176,447

      award amount

46. Wang, Michael

    Leads 1 award · $174,000

    • 5R21CA234851-02Department: NIH department code

      FoxM1 as a Novel Therapeutic Target to Overcome Ibrutinib Resistance in Mantle Cell Lymphoma
      $174,000

      award amount

47. Flowers, Christopher R

    Leads 1 award · $164,375

    • 5K24CA208132-06Department: NIH department code

      Mentored Patient Oriented Research in Lymphoma
      $164,375

      award amount

48. Batista, Marjorie

    Leads 1 award · $138,575

    • 1R01CA246368-01Department: NIH department code

      The interplay of the immune system, and microbiome in determining outcome of respiratory viral infections in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients and in patients with leukemia and lung cancer
      $138,575

      award amount

49. Galloway-Pena, Jessica Rhea

    Leads 1 award · $110,387

    • 5K01AI143881-02Department: NIH department code

      Identifying Risk Factors for Antibiotic Resistance via Integration of Epidemiology and Metagenomics
      $110,387

      award amount

50. Hofmann, Marie-Claude Catherine

    Leads 1 award · $81,000

    • 1R03HD101650-01Department: NIH department code

      Role of BHC80 in spermatogenesis
      $81,000

      award amount

51. Zuo, Xiangsheng

    Leads 1 award · $80,000

    • 1R03CA235106-01A1Department: NIH department code

      ω-3 fatty acid-derived mediators promote resolution of inflammation: Uncovering new strategies for preventing colitis-associated colon cancer
      $80,000

      award amount

52. Nguyen, Teresa T

    Leads 1 award · $33,010

    • 5F31CA228207-02Department: NIH department code

      The Study of Immune Effects in Gliomas Treated with Oncolytic Viruses in Combination with IDO Inhibitors
      $33,010

      award amount