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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Anatomy & Cell Biology at UT Health Science Center Houston

San Antonio, TX

Funding
$6.1M
$6,127,073
Awards
15
FY2025 NIH awards in Anatomy & Cell Biology
Principal investigators
18
13 lead a grant here, 5 co-investigators
Department rank
#34
of 82 · 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 Anatomy & Cell Biology row of the UT Health Science Center Houston page.

Leads a grant in this department

13 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. Ellen Kraig

    Leads 1 award · $1,232,321

    • 5U01AG089242-02Department: NIH department code
      RESTOR [Rapamycin and Everolimus Study Towards Older Rejuvenation]: An exploratory PK/PD study of mTOR inhibition in older human subjects

      Principal investigators: Ellen Kraig (contact PI), Brett C Ginsburg, Dean L Kellogg

      $1,232,321
      award amount

  2. Luiz Otavio Penalva

    Leads 2 awards · $838,097

    • 1R21NS137252-01A1Department: NIH department code
      SERBP1 as a dual modulator of epigenetic regulation in glioblastoma
      $433,125
      award amount
    • 1R21CA297561-01A1Department: NIH department code
      rRNA modification, ribosome composition and specialized translation in glioblastoma.

      Principal investigators: Luiz Otavio Penalva (contact PI), Susan T Weintraub

      $404,972
      award amount

  3. Lizhen Chen

    Leads 2 awards · $749,894

    • 5R01AG070214-05Department: NIH department code
      The role of CELF2 and its genetic variants in Alzheimer's disease
      $442,035
      award amount
    • 5R01AG071591-04Department: NIH department code
      Neuronal microtubule regulation and aging
      $307,859
      award amount

  4. Qitao Ran

    Leads 1 award · $528,723

    • 5R01AG086496-02Department: NIH department code
      The Hippo signaling pathway as a target of intervention for Alzheimer’s disease
      $528,723
      award amount

  5. Lily Q Dong

    Leads 1 award · $520,199

    • 5R01DK134637-03Department: NIH department code
      Adiponectin signaling and macrophage function

      Principal investigators: Lily Q Dong (contact PI), Elizabeth Ann Leadbetter

      $520,199
      award amount

  6. Yidong Bai

    Leads 1 award · $488,869

    • 5R01CA283840-02Department: NIH department code
      The mitochondrial aspects of health disparity of hepatocellular carcinoma in Hispanic population
      $488,869
      award amount

  7. Manjeet Kumar Rao

    Leads 1 award · $484,169

    • 5R01CA277498-03Department: NIH department code
      Novel approach of targeting AT-rich S/MAR regions for treating therapy resistant breast cancers
      $484,169
      award amount

  8. Kimi Y Kong

    Leads 1 award · $436,807

    • 5R01CA279971-02Department: NIH department code
      Biomarkers For BRCA1-Deficient Cancers
      $436,807
      award amount

  9. Luzhe Sun

    Leads 1 award · $381,903

    • 5U01CA263684-05Department: NIH department code
      Aging-associated mammary cancer-initiating cells
      $381,903
      award amount

  10. Feng-Chun Yang

    Leads 1 award · $224,473

    • 5T32CA148724-14Department: NIH department code
      Cancer Biology Training Program

      Principal investigators: Feng-Chun Yang (contact PI), Pei Wang

      $224,473
      award amount

  11. Pei Wang

    Leads 1 award · $202,379

    • 5R01CA237159-06Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of pancreatic cancer initiation and progression from normal human pancreatic tissue
      $202,379
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32CA148724-14, led by Feng-Chun Yang.

  12. Claira Rose Sohn

    Leads 1 award · $39,238

    • 5F31NS137774-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating mechanisms of neuronal nuclear mechanotransduction in physiological conditions and tauopathy
      $39,238
      award amount

  13. Habil Zare

    Leads 1 award · $1

    • 5R21AG087907-02Department: NIH department code
      The pathogenic effects of senescent cells on their microenvironments and their role in human brain aging

      Principal investigators: Habil Zare (contact PI), Miranda Ethel Orr

      $1
      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.