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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Anesthesiology at UT Health Science Center Houston

San Antonio, TX

Funding
$7M
$6,978,260
Awards
15
FY2026 NIH awards in Anesthesiology
Principal investigators
13
8 lead a grant here, 5 co-investigators
Department rank
#11
of 52 · 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 Anesthesiology row of the UT Health Science Center Houston 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.

  1. Holger K. Eltzschig

    Leads 5 awards · $2,516,644

    • 5R01HL169519-04Department: NIH department code
      Functional Role of HIF-PHDs in ARDS

      Principal investigators: Holger K. Eltzschig (contact PI), Xiaoyi Yuan

      $664,541
      award amount
    • 5R01HL165748-04Department: NIH department code
      Circadian Rhythm as a Therapeutic Target for Perioperative Cardioprotection

      Principal investigators: Holger K. Eltzschig (contact PI), Jochen Daniel Muehlschlegel, Kuang-Lei Tsai

      $626,507
      award amount
    • 5R35HL177402-02Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Hypoxia-Inducible Factors (HIFs) for Heart and Lung Disease
      $551,762
      award amount
    • 5R24HL180372-02Department: NIH department code
      POI-KB: Design and Development of a Knowledgebase for Accelerating Perioperative Organ Injury Research and Translation

      Principal investigators: Holger K. Eltzschig (contact PI), Hongfang Liu

      $532,704
      award amount
    • 5T32GM135118-05Department: NIH department code
      Research Training of Anesthesiology Physician-Scientists

      Principal investigators: Holger K. Eltzschig (contact PI), Cynthia Ju

      $141,130
      award amount

  2. Zhongcong Xie

    Leads 2 awards · $1,304,563

    • 5R01AG041274-13Department: NIH department code
      Pathogenesis of Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction

      Principal investigators: Zhongcong Xie (contact PI), Guang Yang

      $723,765
      award amount
    • 1R01AG098122-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Biomarkers and Pathogenesis of Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorders
      $580,798
      award amount

  3. Cynthia Ju

    Leads 2 awards · $928,234

    • 5R01AA030735-04Department: NIH department code
      Role of neutrophil-specific NOX2 in alcohol-induced liver injury
      $481,967
      award amount
    • 5R01DK121330-08Department: NIH department code
      Role of Eosinophils in Hepatic Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
      $446,267
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R21CA317277-01, led by Juli Bai; 5T32GM135118-05, led by Holger K. Eltzschig.

  4. Juli Bai

    Leads 2 awards · $875,094

    • 5R01DK136848-04Department: NIH department code
      Innate Immunity in NASH
      $473,979
      award amount
    • 1R21CA317277-01Department: NIH department code
      SIRT3 Controls Disease Progression from MASH to HCC

      Principal investigators: Juli Bai (contact PI), Cynthia Ju

      $401,115
      award amount

  5. Nirav Thosani

    Leads 1 award · $651,173

    • 5R01CA277161-04Department: NIH department code
      A single-arm phase II study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of combination systematic chemotherapy and multiple rounds of endoscopic ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation in pancreatic cancer

      Principal investigators: Nirav Thosani (contact PI), Jennifer Bailey Lundberg

      $651,173
      award amount

  6. Xiaoyi Yuan

    Leads 1 award · $390,000

    • 5R01HL155950-05Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Myeloid Dependent MicroRNAs in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
      $390,000
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01HL169519-04, led by Holger K. Eltzschig.

  7. Yankai Wen

    Leads 1 award · $158,220

    • 1K01DK144335-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Role of Neutrophil-derived HIF1a signaling in Hepatic Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury
      $158,220
      award amount

  8. Mi Jeong Heo

    Leads 1 award · $154,332

    • 1K01DK146248-01Department: NIH department code
      Role of Kynurenine- AhR Signals in Cholestatic Liver Injury
      $154,332
      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.