FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Obstetrics & Gynecology at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

Funding

$5M

$4,993,905

Awards

FY2026 NIH awards in Obstetrics & Gynecology

Principal investigators

8 lead a grant here, 8 co-investigators

Department rank

#25

of 76 · Ranking

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 Obstetrics & Gynecology row of the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center page.

Leads a grant in this department

8 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.

Kathleen Schmeler
Leads 6 awards · $1,816,800
- 5U54CA277843-04Department: NIH department code
  The AVANÇO Research Consortium: A Mozambique/Brazil/Texas Alliance to advance novel and affordable technologies for the prevention and diagnosis of cervical cancer in women living with HIV
  Principal investigators: Cesaltina Ferreira Lorenzoni (contact PI), Elizabeth Y. Chiao (contact PI), Kathleen Schmeler (contact PI), Regis Kreitchmann (contact PI), Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum, Vanderlei S Bagnato
  $647,819
  award amount
- 3U01CA239921-06S1Department: NIH department code
  A Randomized Clinical Trial to Assess the Effectiveness of Ablative Treatments for Cervical Cancer Risk Reduction in HIV+ Women living in Mozambique
  Principal investigators: Kathleen Schmeler (contact PI), Edna Viegas
  $458,708
  award amount
- 5U01CA239921-06Department: NIH department code
  A Randomized Clinical Trial to Assess the E..ectiveness of Thermal Ablation versus Loop Electrical Excision Procedure (LEEP) in Women with High-Grade Cervical Dysplasia and Immunosuppression
  Principal investigators: Kathleen Schmeler (contact PI), Edna Viegas
  $298,225
  award amount
- 3U54CA277843-04S1Department: NIH department code
  The AVANÇO Research Consortium: A Mozambique/Brazil/Texas Alliance to advance novel and affordable technologies for the prevention and diagnosis of cervical cancer in women living with HIV
  Principal investigators: Kathleen Schmeler (contact PI), Cesaltina Ferreira Lorenzoni, Elizabeth Y. Chiao, Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum, Regis Kreitchmann, Vanderlei S Bagnato
  $251,992
  award amount
- 3U54CA277843-04S3Department: NIH department code
  The AVANÇO Research Consortium: A Mozambique/Brazil/Texas Alliance to advance novel and affordable technologies for the prevention and diagnosis of cervical cancer in women living with HIV
  Principal investigators: Kathleen Schmeler (contact PI), Cesaltina Ferreira Lorenzoni, Elizabeth Y. Chiao, Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum, Regis Kreitchmann, Vanderlei S Bagnato
  $120,096
  award amount
- 3U54CA277843-04S2Department: NIH department code
  The AVANÇO Research Consortium: A Mozambique/Brazil/Texas Alliance to advance novel and affordable technologies for the prevention and diagnosis of cervical cancer in women living with HIV
  Principal investigators: Kathleen Schmeler (contact PI), Cesaltina Ferreira Lorenzoni, Elizabeth Y. Chiao, Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum, Regis Kreitchmann, Vanderlei S Bagnato
  $39,960
  award amount
Also a principal investigator on 2T32CA101642-21, led by Anil K Sood.
Jose Alejandro Rauh-Hain
Leads 2 awards · $1,203,910
- 1R01CA308143-01A1Department: NIH department code
  IGNITE-TX
  Principal investigators: Jose Alejandro Rauh-Hain (contact PI), Melissa Kristen Frey, Ravi Sharaf
  $706,777
  award amount
- 5R01MD017999-04Department: NIH department code
  Access to Fertility Specialty Care Among Cancer Survivors
  $497,133
  award amount
Samuel C Mok
Leads 1 award · $975,185
- 5U01CA294459-03Department: NIH department code
  3D Spatial Multi-Omics Profiling of Ovarian Cancer
  Principal investigators: Samuel C Mok (contact PI), Michael Birrer, Sammy Ferri-Borgogno
  $975,185
  award amount
Cesaltina Ferreira Lorenzoni
Leads 1 award · $647,819
- 5U54CA277843-04Department: NIH department code
  The AVANÇO Research Consortium: A Mozambique/Brazil/Texas Alliance to advance novel and affordable technologies for the prevention and diagnosis of cervical cancer in women living with HIV
  Principal investigators: Cesaltina Ferreira Lorenzoni (contact PI), Elizabeth Y. Chiao (contact PI), Kathleen Schmeler (contact PI), Regis Kreitchmann (contact PI), Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum, Vanderlei S Bagnato
  $647,819
  award amount
Also a principal investigator on 3U54CA277843-04S1, led by Kathleen Schmeler; 3U54CA277843-04S3, led by Kathleen Schmeler; 3U54CA277843-04S2, led by Kathleen Schmeler.
Elizabeth Y. Chiao
Leads 1 award · $647,819
- 5U54CA277843-04Department: NIH department code
  The AVANÇO Research Consortium: A Mozambique/Brazil/Texas Alliance to advance novel and affordable technologies for the prevention and diagnosis of cervical cancer in women living with HIV
  Principal investigators: Cesaltina Ferreira Lorenzoni (contact PI), Elizabeth Y. Chiao (contact PI), Kathleen Schmeler (contact PI), Regis Kreitchmann (contact PI), Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum, Vanderlei S Bagnato
  $647,819
  award amount
Also a principal investigator on 3U54CA277843-04S1, led by Kathleen Schmeler; 3U54CA277843-04S3, led by Kathleen Schmeler; 3U54CA277843-04S2, led by Kathleen Schmeler.
Regis Kreitchmann
Leads 1 award · $647,819
- 5U54CA277843-04Department: NIH department code
  The AVANÇO Research Consortium: A Mozambique/Brazil/Texas Alliance to advance novel and affordable technologies for the prevention and diagnosis of cervical cancer in women living with HIV
  Principal investigators: Cesaltina Ferreira Lorenzoni (contact PI), Elizabeth Y. Chiao (contact PI), Kathleen Schmeler (contact PI), Regis Kreitchmann (contact PI), Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum, Vanderlei S Bagnato
  $647,819
  award amount
Also a principal investigator on 3U54CA277843-04S1, led by Kathleen Schmeler; 3U54CA277843-04S3, led by Kathleen Schmeler; 3U54CA277843-04S2, led by Kathleen Schmeler.
Anil K Sood
Leads 1 award · $567,034
- 2T32CA101642-21Department: NIH department code
  Training of Academic Gynecologic Oncologists
  Principal investigators: Anil K Sood (contact PI), Kathleen Schmeler, Pamela Soliman
  $567,034
  award amount
Chi Lam Au Yeung
Leads 1 award · $430,976
- 5R37CA261952-05Department: NIH department code
  Role of the pro-inflammatory omental microenvironment in ovarian cancer progression
  $430,976
  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.

Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum
Co-investigator on 5U54CA277843-04, led by Cesaltina Ferreira Lorenzoni and Elizabeth Y. Chiao and Kathleen Schmeler and Regis Kreitchmann; 3U54CA277843-04S1, led by Kathleen Schmeler; 3U54CA277843-04S3, led by Kathleen Schmeler; 3U54CA277843-04S2, led by Kathleen Schmeler
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Rice University · Biomedical Engineering (NIH department code, 7 awards)
Vanderlei S Bagnato
Co-investigator on 5U54CA277843-04, led by Cesaltina Ferreira Lorenzoni and Elizabeth Y. Chiao and Kathleen Schmeler and Regis Kreitchmann; 3U54CA277843-04S1, led by Kathleen Schmeler; 3U54CA277843-04S3, led by Kathleen Schmeler; 3U54CA277843-04S2, led by Kathleen Schmeler
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Michael Birrer
Co-investigator on 5U01CA294459-03, led by Samuel C Mok
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Sammy Ferri-Borgogno
Co-investigator on 5U01CA294459-03, led by Samuel C Mok
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Edna Viegas
Co-investigator on 3U01CA239921-06S1, led by Kathleen Schmeler; 5U01CA239921-06, led by Kathleen Schmeler
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Melissa Kristen Frey
Co-investigator on 1R01CA308143-01A1, led by Jose Alejandro Rauh-Hain
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Ravi Sharaf
Co-investigator on 1R01CA308143-01A1, led by Jose Alejandro Rauh-Hain
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Pamela Soliman
Co-investigator on 2T32CA101642-21, led by Anil K Sood
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.