FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Dentistry at UT Health Science Center Houston

San Antonio, TX

Funding

$11.1M

$11,060,092

Awards

FY2025 NIH awards in Dentistry

Principal investigators

15 lead a grant here, 9 co-investigators

Department rank

Not ranked

Outside the 27 ranked departments

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 Dentistry row of the UT Health Science Center Houston page.

Leads a grant in this department

15 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.

Armen N Akopian
Leads 2 awards · $3,233,807
- 4UC2AR082195-02Department: NIH department code
  Comprehensive functional phenotyping of trigeminal neurons innervating temporomandibular joint (TMJ) tissues in male female and aged mice primates and humans with and without TMJ disorders (TMJD)
  Principal investigators: Armen N Akopian (contact PI), Lindsey J MacPherson, Malin Margareta Ernberg, Mario Danilo Boada
  $2,953,810
  award amount
- 3UC2AR082195-02S1Department: NIH department code
  Comprehensive functional phenotyping of trigeminal neurons innervating temporomandibular joint (TMJ) tissues in male female and aged mice primates and humans with and without TMJ disorders (TMJD)
  Principal investigators: Armen N Akopian (contact PI), Lindsey J MacPherson, Malin Margareta Ernberg, Mario Danilo Boada
  $279,997
  award amount
Shivani B Ruparel
Leads 2 awards · $1,277,477
- 1R01DE034087-01A1Department: NIH department code
  Contribution of Truncated TrkB Isoform in Oral Cancer Pain
  $654,733
  award amount
- 1R01DE033455-01A1Department: NIH department code
  TRPM2-mediated immune activation initiates radiation-induced loss of oral function
  Principal investigators: Shivani B Ruparel (contact PI), Brij B Singh
  $622,744
  award amount
Brij B Singh
Leads 3 awards · $1,229,420
- 5R01DE031716-04Department: NIH department code
  Glycolytic metabolites, Calcium entry and Sjogren’s syndrome
  $563,834
  award amount
- 5R01DE017102-20Department: NIH department code
  TRPC1, Calcium, and Saliva Secretion
  $530,652
  award amount
- 1R25DE032518-01A1Department: NIH department code
  Dental Research Intensive Program for Undergradate Students
  Principal investigators: Brij B Singh (contact PI), Peter Michael Loomer
  $134,934
  award amount
Also a principal investigator on 1R01DE033455-01A1, led by Shivani B Ruparel.
Yong-Hee Patricia Chun
Leads 3 awards · $899,109
- 5R01DE026769-08Department: NIH department code
  Enamel with overexpressed ameloblastin
  $356,500
  award amount
- 5T32TR004544-03Department: NIH department code
  CTSA Postdoctoral T32 at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  Principal investigators: Yong-Hee Patricia Chun (contact PI), Christopher R. Frei
  $275,609
  award amount
- 5T32TR004545-03Department: NIH department code
  CTSA Predoctoral T32 at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  Principal investigators: Yong-Hee Patricia Chun (contact PI), Christopher R. Frei
  $267,000
  award amount
Wanida Ono
Leads 2 awards · $842,754
- 5R01DE030416-03Department: NIH department code
  Pharmacological rescue of tooth eruption disorders
  $472,254
  award amount
- 5R01DE029181-05Department: NIH department code
  Dental Follicle: A Central Regulator of Tooth Root Formation and Regeneration
  $370,500
  award amount
Yu Shin Kim
Leads 1 award · $724,588
- 5R01DE031477-04Department: NIH department code
  Functional peripheral and central vagal neural circuits of interoception inhibiting pain
  Principal investigators: Yu Shin Kim (contact PI), Man-Kyo Chung
  $724,588
  award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS128574-03, led by Nathaniel Aaron Jeske.
Rahma Mungia
Leads 2 awards · $607,786
- 1R21DE034099-01A1Department: NIH department code
  Practitioners Approach to Oral Appliance Therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea and the Impact on Patients Outcomes
  Principal investigators: Rahma Mungia (contact PI), Maria Therese S Galang-Boquiren
  $449,861
  award amount
- 5R03DE034009-02Department: NIH department code
  Violence Exposure and Dental Care Utilization Over the Lifespan
  Principal investigators: Rahma Mungia (contact PI), Alexander Michael Testa
  $157,925
  award amount
Nathaniel Aaron Jeske
Leads 1 award · $560,256
- 5R01NS128574-03Department: NIH department code
  Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia and Hyperalgesic Priming
  Principal investigators: Nathaniel Aaron Jeske (contact PI), Glenn M Toney, Yu Shin Kim
  $560,256
  award amount
Nikita Ruparel
Leads 1 award · $463,838
- 5R01DE031352-03Department: NIH department code
  Evaluation of the Role of Macrophage Migratory Inhibitory Factor (MIF) in mediating Stem Cell Analgesia in a Model of Orofacial Pain
  $463,838
  award amount
Simon Young
Leads 1 award · $446,690
- 5R01DE030140-05Department: NIH department code
  SynerGel: A Novel Tumor Microenvironment-Modulating Hydrogel for Local Immunotherapy
  $446,690
  award amount
Cara B Gonzales
Leads 1 award · $315,000
- 1R03DE034049-01A1Department: NIH department code
  Targeting TRPC1: A Novel Approach to Treat Oral Cancer
  $315,000
  award amount
Audrey Rakian
Leads 1 award · $248,985
- 5R00DE031784-04Department: NIH department code
  Specialized Proresolving Lipid Mediator-Enhanced Stem Cell Therapy and Tissue Regeneration
  $248,985
  award amount
Shuo Chen
Leads 1 award · $155,609
- 5R01DE019802-10Department: NIH department code
  DSPP signaling in dentinogenesis
  $155,609
  award amount
Josue De Jesus Murillo
Leads 1 award · $54,772
- 5F30DE033587-02Department: NIH department code
  Evaluation of Trigeminal Ganglia Sensory Neuronal Population/s Mediating MIF-Induced Anti-Nociception in a Model of Apical Periodontitis.
  $54,772
  award amount
Kenneth M Hargreaves
Leads 1 award · $1
- 5T32DE014318-24Department: NIH department code
  Craniofacial Oral-biology Student Training in Academic Research (COSTAR)
  $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.

Lindsey J MacPherson
Co-investigator on 4UC2AR082195-02, led by Armen N Akopian; 3UC2AR082195-02S1, led by Armen N Akopian
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Malin Margareta Ernberg
Co-investigator on 4UC2AR082195-02, led by Armen N Akopian; 3UC2AR082195-02S1, led by Armen N Akopian
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Mario Danilo Boada
Co-investigator on 4UC2AR082195-02, led by Armen N Akopian; 3UC2AR082195-02S1, led by Armen N Akopian
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences (no department on record, 1 award)
Man-Kyo Chung
Co-investigator on 5R01DE031477-04, led by Yu Shin Kim
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- University of Maryland Baltimore · Other Basic Sciences (NIH department code, 1 award)
Glenn M Toney
Co-investigator on 5R01NS128574-03, led by Nathaniel Aaron Jeske
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- Texas A&M Health Science Center · Physiology (NIH department code, 1 award)
Christopher R. Frei
Co-investigator on 5T32TR004544-03, led by Yong-Hee Patricia Chun; 5T32TR004545-03, led by Yong-Hee Patricia Chun
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Maria Therese S Galang-Boquiren
Co-investigator on 1R21DE034099-01A1, led by Rahma Mungia
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Alexander Michael Testa
Co-investigator on 5R03DE034009-02, led by Rahma Mungia
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- UT Health Science Center Houston (no department on record, 1 award)
Peter Michael Loomer
Co-investigator on 1R25DE032518-01A1, led by Brij B Singh
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.