Biology at UT Health Science Center Houston

Leads a grant in this department

12 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. Carmen W. Dessauer

   Leads 3 awards · $1,167,502

   • 5R01NS091759-12Department: NIH department code

     Cellular signaling mechanisms that drive persistent hyperexcitability in nociceptors

     Principal investigators: Carmen W. Dessauer (contact PI), Edgar T. Walters

     $482,266

     award amount
   • 5R35GM145291-05Department: NIH department code

     Regulation of Adenylyl Cyclase Signaling Pathways
     $413,400

     award amount
   • 2T32GM139801-06Department: NIH department code

     Training Interdisciplinary Pharmacology Scientists (TIPS)
     $271,836

     award amount

2. Oleh Pochynyuk

   Leads 1 award · $678,566

   • 5R01DK136462-03Department: NIH department code

     Significance of Epac signaling in renal Na+handling and hypertension

     Principal investigators: Oleh Pochynyuk (contact PI), Xiaodong Cheng

     $678,566

     award amount

3. Hyun-Eui Kim

   Leads 2 awards · $624,000

   • 1R35GM161699-01Department: NIH department code

     Inter-Organelle UPR Coordination and Cellular Proteostasis
     $390,000

     award amount
   • 1R21AG099390-01Department: NIH department code

     Proteasome Reorganization and the Crosstalk Between Mitochondrial and ER Stress in Neurons

     Principal investigators: Hyun-Eui Kim (contact PI), Andrew Michael Pickering, Kartik Venkatachalam

     $234,000

     award amount

4. Andrew Michael Pickering

   Leads 2 awards · $591,000

   • 1R21AG094596-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Cellular Thermogenesis and Lifespan Modulation: Mechanisms of Cold-Temperature Aging in Drosophila
     $429,000

     award amount
   • 1K07AG097560-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Establishing Houston as a regional hub for Biology of Aging research
     $162,000

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 1R21AG099390-01, led by Hyun-Eui Kim.

5. Jeffrey A. Frost

   Leads 2 awards · $539,504

   • 5T32TR004905-03Department: NIH department code

     CTSA Predoctoral T32 at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

     Principal investigators: Jeffrey A. Frost (contact PI), Joya Chandra

     $278,360

     award amount
   • 5T32TR004904-03Department: NIH department code

     CTSA Postdoctoral T32 at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

     Principal investigators: Jeffrey A. Frost (contact PI), Joya Chandra

     $261,144

     award amount

6. Xiaodong Cheng

   Leads 1 award · $506,223

   • 5R01EY033319-05Department: NIH department code

     Epac1 as a novel therapeutic target for diabetic retinopathy

     Principal investigators: Xiaodong Cheng (contact PI), Hua Liu

     $506,223

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 5R01DK136462-03, led by Oleh Pochynyuk.

7. Pamela Lynn Wenzel

   Leads 1 award · $490,437

   • 5R01DK111599-09Department: NIH department code

     Biomechanical Determinants of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Potential
     $490,437

     award amount

8. Yang Liu

   Leads 1 award · $429,000

   • 1R35GM162624-01Department: NIH department code

     Regulation of ER-phagy during cellular stresses
     $429,000

     award amount

9. John F Hancock

   Leads 1 award · $390,165

   • 5R01GM151280-04Department: NIH department code

     Regulation of KRAS plasma membrane targeting by defined glycosphingolipids.

     Principal investigators: John F Hancock (contact PI), Alemayehu A. Gorfe, Junchen Liu

     $390,165

     award amount

10. Kartik Venkatachalam

    Leads 1 award · $386,644

    • 5R01AG072176-03Department: NIH department code

      Alterations in somatodendritic bioenergetics in Drosophila models of tauopathy
      $386,644

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R21AG099390-01, led by Hyun-Eui Kim.

11. Alexis Guillaume Bavencoffe

    Leads 1 award · $336,181

    • 5R01NS140665-02Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of nociceptor excitability by macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) as a therapeutic strategy for chronic pain treatment after spinal cord injury
      $336,181

      award amount

12. Hongyuan Yang

    Leads 1 award · $335,400

    • 5R01GM158922-02Department: NIH department code

      The synthesis and trafficking of phosphatidylserine in cellular cholesterol homeostasis.
      $335,400

      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.

• Joya Chandra

  Co-investigator on 5T32TR004905-03, led by Jeffrey A. Frost; 5T32TR004904-03, led by Jeffrey A. Frost

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

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

• Hua Liu

  Co-investigator on 5R01EY033319-05, led by Xiaodong Cheng

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • UT Medical Branch Galveston · Ophthalmology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Edgar T. Walters

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS091759-12, led by Carmen W. Dessauer

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

• Alemayehu A. Gorfe

  Co-investigator on 5R01GM151280-04, led by John F Hancock

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • UT Health Science Center Houston (no department on record, 1 award)

• Junchen Liu

  Co-investigator on 5R01GM151280-04, led by John F Hancock

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