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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Radiology at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

Funding
$21.5M
$21,508,127
Awards
45
FY2026 NIH awards in Radiology
Principal investigators
52
35 lead a grant here, 17 co-investigators
Department rank
#11
of 75 · 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 Radiology row of the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center page.

Leads a grant in this department

35 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. Boyi Gan

    Leads 3 awards · $2,472,537

    • 5U54CA274220-05Department: NIH department code
      Acquired Resistance to Therapy and Iron (ARTI) Center

      Principal investigators: Albert Koong (contact PI), Boyi Gan (contact PI), David Piwnica-Worms (contact PI), Steven Hsesheng Lin (contact PI)

      $1,356,909
      award amount
    • 1R01CA301148-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Targeting disulfidptosis in cancer: mechanisms and preclinical translation
      $621,632
      award amount
    • 5R01CA269646-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeting ferroptosis in cancer therapy
      $493,996
      award amount

  2. Di Zhao

    Leads 2 awards · $2,178,700

    • 4R01CA278889-03Department: NIH department code
      Determine the Role of Histone Methyltransferase ASH1L in Metastatic Prostate Cancer
      $1,590,635
      award amount
    • 5R01CA275990-04Department: NIH department code
      Novel Approaches Targeting B7-H3 in Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer
      $588,065
      award amount

  3. Junjie Chen

    Leads 3 awards · $1,974,382

    • 5R35CA274234-05Department: NIH department code
      Exploring DNA damage response pathways as targets for cancer therapy
      $972,000
      award amount
    • 5R01CA275712-04Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering pathways involved in topoisomerase II turnover
      $502,965
      award amount
    • 5R01CA278758-04Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating mechanisms underlying replication checkpoint control
      $499,417
      award amount

  4. Pawel K. Mazur

    Leads 3 awards · $1,948,650

    • 5R01CA272844-04Department: NIH department code
      Therapeutic Targeting of NSD2 in Lung Adenocarcinoma

      Principal investigators: Pawel K. Mazur (contact PI), Or P. Gozani

      $652,695
      award amount
    • 5R01CA272843-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of action and therapeutic targeting of the CARM1-NFIB axis in small cell lung cancer

      Principal investigators: Pawel K. Mazur (contact PI), Mark T. Bedford

      $651,402
      award amount
    • 5R01CA278940-04Department: NIH department code
      Role of NSD3 in regulation of cancer pathogenesis

      Principal investigators: Pawel K. Mazur (contact PI), Or P. Gozani

      $644,553
      award amount

  5. Albert Koong

    Leads 2 awards · $1,929,576

    • 5U54CA274220-05Department: NIH department code
      Acquired Resistance to Therapy and Iron (ARTI) Center

      Principal investigators: Albert Koong (contact PI), Boyi Gan (contact PI), David Piwnica-Worms (contact PI), Steven Hsesheng Lin (contact PI)

      $1,356,909
      award amount
    • 5R01CA269565-04Department: NIH department code
      The Role of HIF2 in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
      $572,667
      award amount

  6. David Piwnica-Worms

    Leads 1 award · $1,356,909

  7. Steven Hsesheng Lin

    Leads 1 award · $1,356,909

  8. Jae-Il Park

    Leads 2 awards · $1,129,548

    • 5R01CA278967-03Department: NIH department code
      CRACD-controlled cell plasticity and small cell lung cancer

      Principal investigators: Jae-Il Park (contact PI), Kwon-Sik Park

      $608,948
      award amount
    • 5R01CA278971-03Department: NIH department code
      Esophageal Squamous Cell Cancer Initiation and Immune Landscape Remodeling
      $520,600
      award amount

  9. Li Ma

    Leads 2 awards · $1,044,826

    • 5R01CA303068-02Department: NIH department code
      Study of a new driver and therapeutic vulnerability of bone metastasis
      $564,695
      award amount
    • 5R01CA269140-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeting the LIFR-LCN2 pathway to improve liver cancer therapy
      $480,131
      award amount

  10. Lilie Leming Lin

    Leads 3 awards · $760,177

    • 5R01CA284623-04Department: NIH department code
      The Impact of Biologic Aging on Immunity-Related Cervical Cancer Outcome Disparities Among Women Living with HIV in Zambia

      Principal investigators: Lilie Leming Lin (contact PI), Anna Coghill, Susan Citonje Msadabwe

      $663,372
      award amount
    • 3R01CA284623-04S2Department: NIH department code
      The Impact of Biologic Aging on Immunity-Related Cervical Cancer Outcome Disparities Among Women Living with HIV in Zambia

      Principal investigators: Lilie Leming Lin (contact PI), Anna Coghill, Susan Citonje Msadabwe

      $68,809
      award amount
    • 3R01CA284623-04S1Department: NIH department code
      The Impact of Biologic Aging on Immunity-Related Cervical Cancer Outcome Disparities Among Women Living with HIV in Zambia

      Principal investigators: Lilie Leming Lin (contact PI), Anna Coghill, Susan Citonje Msadabwe

      $27,996
      award amount

  11. Amy Catherine Moreno

    Leads 1 award · $736,507

    • 5R01DE034406-02Department: NIH department code
      Ontology-based aPplications of mUlti-discipLinary knowlEdge on orodeNtal Conditions and outcomEs (OPULENCE)
      $736,507
      award amount

  12. Clifton David Fuller

    Leads 1 award · $716,638

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32CA261856-05, led by Kristy Brock.

  13. Marites Pasuelo Melancon

    Leads 1 award · $680,129

    • 1R01CA307595-01Department: NIH department code
      Drug-loaded degradable biopolymeric scaffolds for augmenting preoperative liver growth
      $680,129
      award amount

  14. Helen M Piwnica-Worms

    Leads 1 award · $661,519

    • 5R01CA269495-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of fasting-induced radioprotection of small intestinal epithelial cells

      Principal investigators: Helen M Piwnica-Worms (contact PI), Kunal Rai

      $661,519
      award amount

  15. Phuoc T. Tran

    Leads 1 award · $658,606

    • 7R01CA271540-04Department: NIH department code
      Tumor-barcoding coupled with high-throughput sequencing for quantitative radiogenomics of the abscopal response in NSCLC
      $658,606
      award amount

  16. Wen Jiang

    Leads 1 award · $645,873

    • 5R01CA291876-03Department: NIH department code
      Engineering mRNA encapsulated extracellular vesicles for in vivo chimeric antigen receptor macrophage therapy for glioblastoma

      Principal investigators: Wen Jiang (contact PI), Betty Kim

      $645,873
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R21CA304638-01A1, led by Konstantin V Sokolov.

  17. Christopher Chad Quarles

    Leads 1 award · $577,370

  18. David Fuentes

    Leads 1 award · $527,249

    • 5R01CA301555-02Department: NIH department code
      Delivery optimization of a transarterial ablative therapy

      Principal investigators: David Fuentes (contact PI), Erik N Cressman

      $527,249
      award amount

  19. Gabriel Oliveira Sawakuchi

    Leads 1 award · $520,199

    • 5R01CA279119-04Department: NIH department code
      Alpha particles combined with ATR inhibition to activate the immune system: mechanisms and pre-clinical translation
      $520,199
      award amount

  20. Ho-Ling Anthony Liu

    Leads 1 award · $514,261

    • 5R01CA258788-05Department: NIH department code
      A Comprehensive Clinical fMRI Software Solution to Enable Mapping of Critical Functional Networks and Cerebrovascular Reactivity in the Brain

      Principal investigators: Ho-Ling Anthony Liu (contact PI), Catherine L Elsinger

      $514,261
      award amount

  21. Khandan Keyomarsi

    Leads 1 award · $475,734

    • 5R01CA255960-05Department: NIH department code
      Targeting STAT3 for the Treatment of CDK4/6 Inhibitor Resistant Advanced Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Cancer Patients
      $475,734
      award amount

  22. Jinzhong Yang

    Leads 1 award · $425,410

    • 1U01CA294088-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Decipher dose accumulation for online adaptive radiotherapy
      $425,410
      award amount

  23. Konstantin V Sokolov

    Leads 2 awards · $421,686

    • 1R21CA304638-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Ultrasound-guided cancer immunotherapy with targeted nanodroplets

      Principal investigators: Konstantin V Sokolov (contact PI), Richard R. Bouchard, Wen Jiang

      $421,685
      award amount
    • 5T32CA196561-10Department: NIH department code
      Interdisciplinary Translational Pre/Postdoctoral Program in Cancer Nanotechnology

      Principal investigators: Konstantin V Sokolov (contact PI), Gang Bao

      $1
      award amount

  24. Richard R. Bouchard

    Leads 1 award · $421,685

    • 1R21CA317339-01Department: NIH department code
      Photoacoustic molecular imaging for planning of neoadjuvant antibody-drug-conjugate treatment of triple negative breast cancer
      $421,685
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R21CA304638-01A1, led by Konstantin V Sokolov.

  25. Rahul Anil Sheth

    Leads 1 award · $395,807

    • 5R37CA269622-04Department: NIH department code
      An image-guided immunotherapy and hyperthermia delivery device to overcome barriers to tumor immunity for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
      $395,807
      award amount

  26. Chengyue Wu

    Leads 1 award · $192,240

    • 1K25CA317042-01Department: NIH department code
      Towards practical digital twins to optimize TNBC treatment stratification
      $192,240
      award amount

  27. Joshua Niedzielski

    Leads 1 award · $191,913

    • 5K23HL175243-02Department: NIH department code
      Hyperpolarized Xenon-129 MRI as a predictive biomarker for mitigating radiation-induced lung injury
      $191,913
      award amount

  28. Benjamin R Schrank

    Leads 1 award · $139,247

    • 5K08CA296776-02Department: NIH department code
      Harnessing ecDNA Detection in Antigen-Presenting Cells for Anti-Tumor Immunity
      $139,247
      award amount

  29. Adam Grippin

    Leads 1 award · $136,270

    • 1K08CA308866-01Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting mechanisms by which mRNA vaccines encoding nontumor antigens initiate antitumor immunity
      $136,270
      award amount

  30. Gengyi Zou

    Leads 1 award · $129,664

    • 5K99CA286745-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of CDH1-inactivated advanced gastric adenocarcinoma tumorigenesis
      $129,664
      award amount

  31. Kristy Brock

    Leads 1 award · $93,165

  32. Fabiola Ester Lujan

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31CA310040-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Targeting CAMKK2 for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer
      $50,114
      award amount

  33. Zaphanlene Kaffey

    Leads 1 award · $38,901

    • 1F31DE035777-01Department: NIH department code
      The Development of an early detection tool for oral-dental radiation induced injury
      $38,901
      award amount

  34. Pham Hong Anh Cao

    Leads 1 award · $38,279

    • 5F99CA305489-02Department: NIH department code
      Modulation of intracellular lipid access by ATGL determines ferroptosis sensitivity in castration-resistant prostate cancer
      $38,279
      award amount

  35. Madison E Grayson

    Leads 1 award · $38,174

    • 5F31HL176043-02Department: NIH department code
      Dependence of radiosensitivity of lymphocyte subtypes on proton dose and LET and its impact on immune suppression
      $38,174
      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.