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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Miscellaneous at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

Funding
$11.2M
$11,199,137
Awards
26
FY2026 NIH awards in Miscellaneous
Principal investigators
30
20 lead a grant here, 10 co-investigators
Department rank
Not ranked
Outside the 27 ranked departments
  • NIH names only the principal investigators on an award, so this page lists only them. The department is the award's: it is where ScienceDex counts the award, not a list of the department's members.
  • These are the awards in the Miscellaneous row of the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center page.

Leads a grant in this department

20 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. Simona Colla

    Leads 1 award · $1,628,605

    • 1R01HL178867-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Dissect the consequences of telomere stress on hematopoietic stem cells
      $1,628,605
      award amount

  2. Qian Lu

    Leads 4 awards · $1,424,141

    • 5R01CA305776-02Department: NIH department code
      RISE: Reducing Cancer and HIV Stigma through Empowerment
      $708,140
      award amount
    • 1R01CA317445-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Joy Luck Virtual Academy (JOY): A Culturally Centered Intervention
      $642,129
      award amount
    • 3R01CA305776-02S2Department: NIH department code
      RISE: Reducing Cancer and HIV Stigma through Empowerment
      $58,320
      award amount
    • 3R01CA305776-02S1Department: NIH department code
      RISE: Reducing Cancer and HIV Stigma through Empowerment
      $15,552
      award amount

  3. Yuan Pan

    Leads 2 awards · $1,116,507

    • 1R01NS143931-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Acid-Sensing Ion Channel 1a Regulates Synapse-Glioblastoma Integration

      Principal investigators: Yuan Pan (contact PI), Jianyang Du

      $633,653
      award amount
    • 5R37CA296416-02Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the role of cancer pain-associated neuronal activity in driving malignancies
      $482,854
      award amount

  4. Dalnim Cho

    Leads 2 awards · $941,369

    • 5R37CA303326-02Department: NIH department code
      Together stronger: A family-centered lifestyle intervention for Black prostate cancer survivors and their caregivers
      $680,602
      award amount
    • 1R21MD021573-01Department: NIH department code
      Driving Wellness: A Feasibility Trial of a Multi-Level Health Behavior Intervention for Truck Drivers
      $260,767
      award amount

  5. Jun-Ichi Abe

    Leads 1 award · $691,393

    • 5R01HL163857-04Department: NIH department code
      Premature aging disorders, metabolites, and atherosclerosis

      Principal investigators: Jun-Ichi Abe (contact PI), Bing Yu, John P Cooke, Nhat-Tu Le

      $691,393
      award amount

  6. Konstantin V Sokolov

    Leads 1 award · $597,297

    • 5R01CA274415-05Department: NIH department code
      In situ cancer cell specific biomineralization to overcome nanoparticle delivery barriers and sensitize pancreatic cancer to radiotherapy

      Principal investigators: Konstantin V Sokolov (contact PI), Sang Hyun Cho, Sunil Krishnan

      $597,297
      award amount

  7. Andrew John Shepherd

    Leads 2 awards · $586,353

    • 5R01DK132019-03Department: NIH department code
      Angiotensin Signaling Underlies Myeloid and Sensory Disruption in Diabetes
      $398,433
      award amount
    • 3R01DK132019-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Angiotensin Signaling Underlies Myeloid and Sensory Disruption in Diabetes
      $187,920
      award amount

  8. Vashisht G Yennu Nanda

    Leads 1 award · $581,244

    • 5R01CA258526-05Department: NIH department code
      Identification and assessment of unconventional tumor-associated antigens as potential targets for cytotoxic T-cell based immunotherapy of cancer

      Principal investigators: Vashisht G Yennu Nanda (contact PI), Patrick Hwu

      $581,244
      award amount

  9. Warren Campbell Fiskus

    Leads 1 award · $542,663

    • 5R01CA291918-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of targeting ATPases BRG1/BRM in therapy of AML

      Principal investigators: Warren Campbell Fiskus (contact PI), Courtney Dinardo

      $542,663
      award amount

  10. Peter M Grace

    Leads 1 award · $538,681

    • 5R01NS126252-05Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Peripheral Neuropathic Pain by B Cells
      $538,681
      award amount

  11. Iakovos Toumazis

    Leads 1 award · $486,613

    • 5R37CA271187-05Department: NIH department code
      Optimizing Personalized Screening and Diagnostic Decisions for Lung Cancer Based on Dynamic Risk Assessment and Life Expectancy
      $486,613
      award amount

  12. Lorraine R Reitzel

    Leads 1 award · $376,951

    • 5R25DA059907-03Department: NIH department code
      Supporting Tobacco-Related Ongoing Education and Research (STRONGER) Scholar Program
      $376,951
      award amount

  13. Maria E Suarez-Almazor

    Leads 1 award · $315,822

    • 5R25CA278726-04Department: NIH department code
      Methods Training for Comparative Effectiveness Research in Cancer
      $315,822
      award amount

  14. Marites Pasuelo Melancon

    Leads 1 award · $298,415

    • 5R25CA265800-04Department: NIH department code
      Medical Students Summer in Oncology at Anderson Research (Med Students SOAR) program

      Principal investigators: Marites Pasuelo Melancon (contact PI), Jillian Rebecca Gunther

      $298,415
      award amount

  15. MacKenzie Rachel Wehner

    Leads 1 award · $258,567

    • 5K08CA263298-05Department: NIH department code
      Skin Cancer Risks and Risk Prediction in Patients with Actinic Keratosis
      $258,567
      award amount

  16. Noah Charles Peeri

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00CA297013-03Department: NIH department code
      Developing and Validating Prognostic Models for Black women with Endometrial Cancer following Hysterectomy
      $249,000
      award amount

  17. Candelaria Gomez-Manzano

    Leads 1 award · $191,091

    • 5R21CA283514-02Department: NIH department code
      Examining the Role of Nono Pathway on the Innate Immunity Against Oncolytic Adenoviruses

      Principal investigators: Candelaria Gomez-Manzano (contact PI), Juan Fueyo

      $191,091
      award amount

  18. Sebastian Thomas Wurster

    Leads 1 award · $152,175

    • 5K01AI192505-02Department: NIH department code
      When molds go viral: Dissecting the pathogenesis of post-viral Aspergillus pneumonias to guide immunomodulatory therapy in immunocompromised hosts
      $152,175
      award amount

  19. Dede K Teteh-Brooks

    Leads 1 award · $124,114

    • 5K01MD018417-04Department: NIH department code
      Social and environmental determinants of breast cancer survivorship: The Breast Cancer Survivors Intervention
      $124,114
      award amount

  20. Fariha Tariq

    Leads 1 award · $98,136

    • 4K00CA294259-03Department: NIH department code
      An-in-depth exploration of coping strategies and their impact on psychological distress in cancer survivors
      $98,136
      award amount

Co-investigators

Named as principal investigators on these awards, which someone else leads. They may belong to another department or institution: their own, below, comes from the awards they lead.