Radiology at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Leads a grant in this department

40 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. Christopher Chad Quarles

   Leads 2 awards · $2,433,397

   • 4R01CA260003-04Department: NIH department code

     Imaging-based tumor forecasting to predict brain tumor progression and response to therapy

     Principal investigators: Christopher Chad Quarles (contact PI), Thomas E Yankeelov

     $1,877,237

     award amount
   • 5R01CA264992-04Department: NIH department code

     Establishing the clinical utility of a consensus DSC-MRI Protocol

     Principal investigators: Christopher Chad Quarles (contact PI), Jerrold L Boxerman, Kathleen Marie Schmainda, Leland Hu

     $556,160

     award amount

2. Wen Jiang

   Leads 3 awards · $2,216,560

   • 4R01CA284108-03Department: NIH department code

     Engineering In Vivo Chimeric Antigen Receptor Macrophages (CARMs) using mRNA-exosomes for Cancer Immunotherapy

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

     $1,135,633

     award amount
   • 5R01CA291876-02Department: 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
   • 5R01NS117828-05Department: NIH department code

     Therapeutic targeting of multiple glioblastoma phagocytosis checkpoints using a novel bispecific antibody
     $435,054

     award amount

3. Junjie Chen

   Leads 3 awards · $1,974,382

   • 5R35CA274234-04Department: NIH department code

     Exploring DNA damage response pathways as targets for cancer therapy
     $972,000

     award amount
   • 5R01CA275712-03Department: NIH department code

     Deciphering pathways involved in topoisomerase II turnover
     $502,965

     award amount
   • 5R01CA278758-03Department: NIH department code

     Elucidating mechanisms underlying replication checkpoint control
     $499,417

     award amount

4. Pawel K. Mazur

   Leads 3 awards · $1,948,650

   • 5R01CA272844-03Department: NIH department code

     Therapeutic Targeting of NSD2 in Lung Adenocarcinoma

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

     $652,695

     award amount
   • 5R01CA272843-03Department: 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
   • 5R01CA278940-03Department: 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. Emil Schueler

   Leads 2 awards · $1,456,090

   • 4R01CA266673-04Department: NIH department code

     Preclinical optimization of ultra-high dose rate (FLASH) radiotherapy parameters for translational relevance
     $1,279,038

     award amount
   • 3R01CA266673-04S1Department: NIH department code

     Preclinical optimization of ultra-high dose rate (FLASH) radiotherapy parameters for translational relevance
     $177,052

     award amount

6. Jae-Il Park

   Leads 4 awards · $1,367,780

   • 5R01CA278967-02Department: NIH department code

     CRACD-controlled cell plasticity and small cell lung cancer

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

     $602,680

     award amount
   • 5R01CA278971-02Department: NIH department code

     Esophageal Squamous Cell Cancer Initiation and Immune Landscape Remodeling
     $520,600

     award amount
   • 1R03CA296049-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Targeting of E-cadherin-negative diffuse-type gastric cancer
     $163,500

     award amount
   • 5R03CA279867-02Department: NIH department code

     Calcium metabolism and lung cancer preneoplasia
     $81,000

     award amount

7. Di Zhao

   Leads 2 awards · $1,125,764

   • 5R01CA275990-03Department: NIH department code

     Novel Approaches Targeting B7-H3 in Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer
     $588,065

     award amount
   • 5R01CA278889-02Department: NIH department code

     Determine the Role of Histone Methyltransferase ASH1L in Metastatic Prostate Cancer
     $537,699

     award amount

8. Li Ma

   Leads 2 awards · $1,044,826

   • 1R01CA303068-01Department: NIH department code

     Study of a new driver and therapeutic vulnerability of bone metastasis
     $564,695

     award amount
   • 5R01CA269140-03Department: NIH department code

     Targeting the LIFR-LCN2 pathway to improve liver cancer therapy
     $480,131

     award amount

9. Boyi Gan

   Leads 2 awards · $887,300

   • 5R01CA269646-03Department: NIH department code

     Targeting ferroptosis in cancer therapy
     $493,996

     award amount
   • 5R01CA247992-05Department: NIH department code

     Targeting ferroptosis in radioresistance in lung cancer: mechanisms and preclinical translation
     $393,304

     award amount

10. Rebecca Maureen Howell

    Leads 2 awards · $866,525

    • 5R01CA261750-04Department: NIH department code

      Personalized Risk Prediction to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease in Childhood Cancer Survivors

      Principal investigators: Rebecca Maureen Howell (contact PI), Daniel A. Mulrooney, Yutaka Yasui

      $780,452

      award amount
    • 3R01CA261750-04S1Department: NIH department code

      Personalized Risk Prediction to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease in Childhood Cancer Survivors

      Principal investigators: Rebecca Maureen Howell (contact PI), Daniel A. Mulrooney, Yutaka Yasui

      $86,073

      award amount

11. Lilie Leming Lin

    Leads 3 awards · $760,826

    • 5R01CA284623-03Department: 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

      $663,373

      award amount
    • 3R01CA284623-03S2Department: 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

      $69,565

      award amount
    • 3R01CA284623-03S1Department: 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

      $27,888

      award amount

12. Zhongxing Liao

    Leads 1 award · $739,566

    • 5R01HL157273-05Department: NIH department code

      Risk prediction and longitudinal assessment of cardiotoxicity and functional capacity trajectory in NSCLC patients
      $739,566

      award amount

13. Amy Catherine Moreno

    Leads 1 award · $736,507

    • 1R01DE034406-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Ontology-based aPplications of mUlti-discipLinary knowlEdge on orodeNtal Conditions and outcomEs (OPULENCE)
      $736,507

      award amount

14. Clifton David Fuller

    Leads 1 award · $732,513

    • 1R01DE034780-01Department: NIH department code

      Harvard MD Anderson Collaborative to Reduce LyMphatic MOrbidity in Head and Neck Cancer with Artificial Intelligence (HARMONiC-AI)

      Principal investigators: Clifton David Fuller (contact PI), Benjamin Harris Kann, Katherine Arnold Hutcheson, Mohamed Naser

      $732,513

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32CA261856-04, led by Kristy Brock; 3R03DE033550-02S1, led by Mohamed Naser; 5R03DE033550-02, led by Mohamed Naser.

15. Chun Li

    Leads 2 awards · $688,647

    • 5R01CA257842-04Department: NIH department code

      Pre-IND Development of Polymeric Micelles with Dual Drug Payloads for HCC Therapy

      Principal investigators: Chun Li (contact PI), Diana S-L. Chow, Peiying Yang

      $627,482

      award amount
    • 3R01CA257842-04S1Department: NIH department code

      Pre-IND Development of Polymeric Micelles with Dual Drug Payloads for HCC Therapy

      Principal investigators: Chun Li (contact PI), Diana S-L. Chow, Peiying Yang

      $61,165

      award amount

16. Helen M Piwnica-Worms

    Leads 1 award · $661,519

    • 5R01CA269495-03Department: 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

17. Lauren Elizabeth Colbert

    Leads 1 award · $648,677

    • 5R37CA285794-02Department: NIH department code

      Targeting tumoral Lactobacillus iners to improve outcomes in cervical cancers
      $648,677

      award amount

18. Albert Koong

    Leads 2 awards · $609,668

    • 5R01CA269565-03Department: NIH department code

      The Role of HIF2 in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
      $572,667

      award amount
    • 3R01CA269565-03S1Department: NIH department code

      The Role of HIF2 in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
      $37,001

      award amount

19. Jia Wu

    Leads 1 award · $606,797

    • 5R01CA262425-05Department: NIH department code

      Radioimmunogenomic Habitat Phenotypes to Predict Efficacy of Neoadjuvant Immunotherapies in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

      Principal investigators: Jia Wu (contact PI), Tina Cascone

      $606,797

      award amount

20. David R Grosshans

    Leads 2 awards · $587,003

    • 5R01CA256848-05Department: NIH department code

      Determining the optimal ion and fractionation scheme for the treatment of GBM in a comprehensive human organoid model
      $412,116

      award amount
    • 5R01CA255596-05Department: NIH department code

      Characterization of the cellular mechanisms of radiation induced brain necrosis for clinical intervention
      $174,887

      award amount

21. Ho-Ling Anthony Liu

    Leads 1 award · $549,581

    • 5R01CA258788-04Department: 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

      $549,581

      award amount

22. David Fuentes

    Leads 1 award · $536,836

    • 1R01CA301555-01Department: NIH department code

      Delivery optimization of a transarterial ablative therapy

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

      $536,836

      award amount

23. Gabriel Oliveira Sawakuchi

    Leads 1 award · $520,199

    • 5R01CA279119-03Department: NIH department code

      Alpha particles combined with ATR inhibition to activate the immune system: mechanisms and pre-clinical translation
      $520,199

      award amount

24. Heiko Enderling

    Leads 1 award · $499,950

    • 5U01CA244100-06Department: NIH department code

      Predict radiation-induced shifts in patient-specific tumor immune ecosystem composition to harness immunological consequences of radiotherapy

      Principal investigators: Heiko Enderling (contact PI), Shari Pilon-Thomas

      $499,950

      award amount

25. Ann Klopp

    Leads 1 award · $498,565

    • 1R01CA301124-01Department: NIH department code

      Defining a globally accessible and pragmatic predictive signature (GAPPS) for locally advanced cervical cancer

      Principal investigators: Ann Klopp (contact PI), Stephanie Markovina, Surbhi Grover

      $498,565

      award amount

26. Rahul Anil Sheth

    Leads 1 award · $464,218

    • 5R37CA269622-03Department: NIH department code

      An image-guided immunotherapy and hyperthermia delivery device to overcome barriers to tumor immunity for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
      $464,218

      award amount

27. Simone Krebs

    Leads 1 award · $432,134

    • 1R21CA294042-01A1Department: NIH department code

      IL13Ra2-targeted radioimmunotherapy for glioblastoma
      $432,134

      award amount

28. Khandan Keyomarsi

    Leads 1 award · $428,160

    • 5R01CA255960-04Department: NIH department code

      Targeting STAT3 for the Treatment of CDK4/6 Inhibitor Resistant Advanced Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Cancer Patients
      $428,160

      award amount

29. Yalan Deng

    Leads 1 award · $421,685

    • 1R21CA302797-01Department: NIH department code

      Targeting a Novel Secreted Immune Checkpoint to Enhance Liver Cancer Immunotherapy
      $421,685

      award amount

30. Konstantin V Sokolov

    Leads 1 award · $358,828

    • 5T32CA196561-09Department: NIH department code

      Interdisciplinary Translational Pre/Postdoctoral Program in Cancer Nanotechnology

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

      $358,828

      award amount

31. Kristy Brock

    Leads 1 award · $341,513

    • 5T32CA261856-04Department: NIH department code

      Image Guided Cancer Therapy Training Program

      Principal investigators: Kristy Brock (contact PI), Clifton David Fuller, Stephen Y Lai

      $341,513

      award amount

32. Mohamed Naser

    Leads 2 awards · $337,256

    • 3R03DE033550-02S1Department: NIH department code

      Administrative Supplement for Probabilistic Deep Learning Cervical Lymph-Node Auto-Segmentation For Imaging-enhanced Evaluation of Extracapsular Extension Risk (PDL-CLASIFIER)

      Principal investigators: Mohamed Naser (contact PI), Clifton David Fuller

      $175,256

      award amount
    • 5R03DE033550-02Department: NIH department code

      Probabilistic Deep Learning Cervical Lymph-Node Auto-Segmentation For Imaging-enhanced Evaluation of Extracapsular Extension Risk (PDL-CLASIFIER)

      Principal investigators: Mohamed Naser (contact PI), Clifton David Fuller

      $162,000

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01DE034780-01, led by Clifton David Fuller.

33. Joshua Niedzielski

    Leads 1 award · $191,913

    • 1K23HL175243-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Hyperpolarized Xenon-129 MRI as a predictive biomarker for mitigating radiation-induced lung injury
      $191,913

      award amount

34. Devarati Mitra

    Leads 1 award · $163,310

    • 1R03TR005344-01Department: NIH department code

      Evaluating a multimodality platform of tissue, blood and advanced imaging-based biomarkers to predict response to neoadjuvant immunotherapy and radiotherapy in melanoma
      $163,310

      award amount

35. Benjamin R Schrank

    Leads 1 award · $139,247

    • 1K08CA296776-01Department: NIH department code

      Harnessing ecDNA Detection in Antigen-Presenting Cells for Anti-Tumor Immunity
      $139,247

      award amount

36. Kyung Pil Ko

    Leads 1 award · $128,936

    • 5K99CA286761-02Department: NIH department code

      Esophageal squamous cell cancer initiation and immune landscape remodeling
      $128,936

      award amount

37. Gengyi Zou

    Leads 1 award · $125,783

    • 1K99CA286745-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of CDH1-inactivated advanced gastric adenocarcinoma tumorigenesis
      $125,783

      award amount

38. Pham Hong Anh Cao

    Leads 1 award · $39,203

    • 1F99CA305489-01Department: NIH department code

      Modulation of intracellular lipid access by ATGL determines ferroptosis sensitivity in castration-resistant prostate cancer
      $39,203

      award amount

39. Collin James Harlan

    Leads 1 award · $37,613

    • 1F31CA305956-01Department: NIH department code

      129Xe Hyperpolarized Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (HyperCEST) MRI for Tracking Immunotherapy Delivery in the Lungs
      $37,613

      award amount

40. Madison E Grayson

    Leads 1 award · $37,598

    • 1F31HL176043-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Dependence of radiosensitivity of lymphocyte subtypes on proton dose and LET and its impact on immune suppression
      $37,598

      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.

• Thomas E Yankeelov

  Co-investigator on 4R01CA260003-04, led by Christopher Chad Quarles

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Betty Kim

  Co-investigator on 4R01CA284108-03, led by Wen Jiang; 5R01CA291876-02, led by Wen Jiang

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • UT MD Anderson Cancer Center · Neurosurgery (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Or P. Gozani

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA272844-03, led by Pawel K. Mazur; 5R01CA278940-03, led by Pawel K. Mazur

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Stanford University · Biology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Daniel A. Mulrooney

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA261750-04, led by Rebecca Maureen Howell; 3R01CA261750-04S1, led by Rebecca Maureen Howell

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Yutaka Yasui

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA261750-04, led by Rebecca Maureen Howell; 3R01CA261750-04S1, led by Rebecca Maureen Howell

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Anna Coghill

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA284623-03, led by Lilie Leming Lin; 3R01CA284623-03S2, led by Lilie Leming Lin; 3R01CA284623-03S1, led by Lilie Leming Lin

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Moffitt Cancer Center (no department on record, 1 award)

• Susan Citonje Msadabwe

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA284623-03, led by Lilie Leming Lin; 3R01CA284623-03S2, led by Lilie Leming Lin; 3R01CA284623-03S1, led by Lilie Leming Lin

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Benjamin Harris Kann

  Co-investigator on 1R01DE034780-01, led by Clifton David Fuller

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (no department on record, 2 awards)

• Katherine Arnold Hutcheson

  Co-investigator on 1R01DE034780-01, led by Clifton David Fuller

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • UT MD Anderson Cancer Center · Surgery (NIH department code, 1 award)
  • UT MD Anderson Cancer Center (no department on record, 1 award)

• Diana S-L. Chow

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA257842-04, led by Chun Li; 3R01CA257842-04S1, led by Chun Li

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Peiying Yang

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA257842-04, led by Chun Li; 3R01CA257842-04S1, led by Chun Li

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Kunal Rai

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA269495-03, led by Helen M Piwnica-Worms

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • UT MD Anderson Cancer Center · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Mark T. Bedford

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA272843-03, led by Pawel K. Mazur

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • UT MD Anderson Cancer Center · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Tina Cascone

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA262425-05, led by Jia Wu

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • UT MD Anderson Cancer Center · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Kwon-Sik Park

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA278967-02, led by Jae-Il Park

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Jerrold L Boxerman

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA264992-04, led by Christopher Chad Quarles

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Kathleen Marie Schmainda

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA264992-04, led by Christopher Chad Quarles

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Medical College of Wisconsin · Biophysics (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Leland Hu

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA264992-04, led by Christopher Chad Quarles

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Mayo Clinic (no department on record, 2 awards)

• Catherine L Elsinger

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA258788-04, led by Ho-Ling Anthony Liu

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Erik N Cressman

  Co-investigator on 1R01CA301555-01, led by David Fuentes

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Shari Pilon-Thomas

  Co-investigator on 5U01CA244100-06, led by Heiko Enderling

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Moffitt Cancer Center (no department on record, 1 award)

• Stephanie Markovina

  Co-investigator on 1R01CA301124-01, led by Ann Klopp

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Washington University in St. Louis · Radiology (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Surbhi Grover

  Co-investigator on 1R01CA301124-01, led by Ann Klopp

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Pennsylvania · Radiology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Gang Bao

  Co-investigator on 5T32CA196561-09, led by Konstantin V Sokolov

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Rice University · Biomedical Engineering (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Stephen Y Lai

  Co-investigator on 5T32CA261856-04, led by Kristy Brock

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • UT MD Anderson Cancer Center · Surgery (NIH department code, 3 awards)
  • UT MD Anderson Cancer Center (no department on record, 2 awards)