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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Dentistry at UT Health Science Center Houston

San Antonio, TX

Funding
$7.3M
$7,349,233
Awards
17
FY2026 NIH awards in Dentistry
Principal investigators
20
12 lead a grant here, 8 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

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. Shivani B Ruparel

    Leads 2 awards · $1,263,916

    • 5R01DE034087-02Department: NIH department code
      Contribution of Truncated TrkB Isoform in Oral Cancer Pain
      $641,172
      award amount
    • 5R01DE033455-02Department: 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

  2. Brij B Singh

    Leads 3 awards · $1,229,420

    • 5R01DE031716-05Department: NIH department code
      Glycolytic metabolites, Calcium entry and Sjogren’s syndrome
      $563,834
      award amount
    • 5R01DE017102-21Department: NIH department code
      TRPC1, Calcium, and Saliva Secretion
      $530,652
      award amount
    • 5R25DE032518-02Department: 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 5R01DE033455-02, led by Shivani B Ruparel.

  3. Yong-Hee Patricia Chun

    Leads 3 awards · $914,031

    • 5R01DE026769-09Department: NIH department code
      Enamel with overexpressed ameloblastin
      $356,500
      award amount
    • 5T32TR004544-04Department: 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

      $285,640
      award amount
    • 5T32TR004545-04Department: 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

      $271,891
      award amount

  4. Kenneth M Hargreaves

    Leads 1 award · $669,475

    • 5T32DE014318-25Department: NIH department code
      Craniofacial Oral-biology Student Training in Academic Research (COSTAR)
      $669,475
      award amount

  5. Nathaniel Aaron Jeske

    Leads 1 award · $622,505

  6. Muhammad Walji

    Leads 1 award · $608,558

    • 1R01DE035894-01Department: NIH department code
      PREDICT: Advancing Periodontitis Care with Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Driven Diagnostics and Clinical Decision Support

      Principal investigators: Muhammad Walji (contact PI), Chun-Teh Lee, Shayan Shams, Xiaoqian Jiang

      $608,558
      award amount

  7. Nikita Ruparel

    Leads 1 award · $463,838

    • 5R01DE031352-04Department: 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

  8. Armen N Akopian

    Leads 1 award · $447,319

    • 3UC2AR082195-02S2Department: 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

      $447,319
      award amount

  9. Yan Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $433,125

    • 1R21DE035664-01Department: NIH department code
      Neuronal-Glial Coupling Mechanisms in Temporomandibular Joint Pain
      $433,125
      award amount

  10. Shuo Chen

    Leads 1 award · $393,750

    • 2R01DE019802-11Department: NIH department code
      DSPP signaling in dentinogenesis
      $393,750
      award amount

  11. Xiaolei Zhao

    Leads 1 award · $248,999

    • 4R00DE033506-03Department: NIH department code
      A signaling crosstalk regulation in neural crest-derived cranial suture
      $248,999
      award amount

  12. Josue De Jesus Murillo

    Leads 1 award · $54,297

    • 5F30DE033587-03Department: NIH department code
      Evaluation of Trigeminal Ganglia Sensory Neuronal Population/s Mediating MIF-Induced Anti-Nociception in a Model of Apical Periodontitis.
      $54,297
      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.