FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Genetics at UT Health Science Center Houston

San Antonio, TX

Funding

$11.8M

$11,763,266

Awards

FY2026 NIH awards in Genetics

Principal investigators

15 lead a grant here, 7 co-investigators

Department rank

#22

of 59 · 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 Genetics 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.

Mingjiang Xu
Leads 2 awards · $2,490,102
- 4R01CA285299-03Department: NIH department code
  Therapeutic value and mechanistic action of PSPC1 in AML
  Principal investigators: Mingjiang Xu (contact PI), Jianlong Wang
  $1,801,122
  award amount
- 5R01HL174477-03Department: NIH department code
  Critical roles of RNA m5C-MBD6-H2AK119ub deubiquitylation axis in TET2-mediated HSC regulation
  Principal investigators: Mingjiang Xu (contact PI), Chuan He
  $688,980
  award amount
Lingtao Jin
Leads 4 awards · $1,930,365
- 1R01CA300241-01A1Department: NIH department code
  Targeting mucin-type O-glycosylation for EGFR mutant non-small cell lung cancer
  Principal investigators: Lingtao Jin (contact PI), Guangrong Zheng, Josephine A Taverna, Lina Song
  $609,846
  award amount
- 1R01CA299621-01A1Department: NIH department code
  Development of first-in-class AAK1 PROTACs for ovarian cancer
  Principal investigators: Lingtao Jin (contact PI), Guangrong Zheng
  $593,338
  award amount
- 5R37CA249305-07Department: NIH department code
  The role of NFIB-MAST1 signaling in mediating adaptive cisplatin resistance in SCLC
  $375,936
  award amount
- 5R01CA269782-05Department: NIH department code
  Platinum-induced lipid reprogramming and tumor immune microenvironment in SCLC
  $351,245
  award amount
Mengwei Zang
Leads 2 awards · $1,170,537
- 1R01AA032143-01A1Department: NIH department code
  Targeting Age-related Pathways in Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease
  $664,792
  award amount
- 5R01AA031407-03Department: NIH department code
  Deciphering RNA Splicing Control of Lipid Metabolism and Alcoholic Liver Injury
  $505,745
  award amount
Thomas G Boyer
Leads 2 awards · $1,063,041
- 1R01HD124930-01Department: NIH department code
  Decoding the pseudouridine epitranscriptome in uterine fibroids.
  Principal investigators: Thomas G Boyer (contact PI), Qiwei Yang
  $699,359
  award amount
- 5R01HD087417-10Department: NIH department code
  Molecular basis of MED12 in the pathogenesis of uterine fibroids
  $363,682
  award amount
Zhao Lai
Leads 2 awards · $941,363
- 1S10OD040222-01Department: NIH department code
  Illumina NovaSeq X Sequencing System
  $750,000
  award amount
- 5R50CA265339-05Department: NIH department code
  Advancing Cancer Research Through Next Generation Sequencing at Mays Cancer Center of UT Health San Antonio
  $191,363
  award amount
Ching-Kang Jason Chen
Leads 2 awards · $726,265
- 5R01EY034219-06Department: NIH department code
  The function of wide-field amacrine cells in mammalian retina
  $387,500
  award amount
- 5R01EY032898-06Department: NIH department code
  Transducin and melanopsin independent phototransduction in postnatal retinal development
  $338,765
  award amount
Tim H.-M. Huang
Leads 1 award · $637,168
- 5U01CA283749-03Department: NIH department code
  The role of tumor-macrophage hybrid cells in prostate cancer metastasis
  $637,168
  award amount
Josephine A Taverna
Leads 1 award · $575,193
- 5R01CA269766-04Department: NIH department code
  Toward Clinical Trial: AXL-STAT3 Targeting of Lung Tumor Microenvironments
  $575,193
  award amount
Also a principal investigator on 1R01CA300241-01A1, led by Lingtao Jin.
Adam Salmon
Leads 1 award · $502,894
- 2T32AG021890-21A1Department: NIH department code
  Training Grant on the Biology of Aging
  Principal investigators: Adam Salmon (contact PI), Erzsebet Kokovay, James Floyd Nelson
  $502,894
  award amount
Zhijie Jason Liu
Leads 1 award · $387,508
- 5R35GM153228-03Department: NIH department code
  Mechanisms of enhancer dynamics and assembly in gene regulation
  $387,508
  award amount
Jihoon Lee
Leads 1 award · $374,561
- 5R01CA279696-04Department: NIH department code
  The role and mechanism of RNA m6A modification in the pathogenesis and drug-resistance of prostate cancer
  $374,561
  award amount
Katsumi Kitagawa
Leads 1 award · $310,000
- 5R01GM147636-04Department: NIH department code
  The role of EWSR1 at the centromere
  $310,000
  award amount
Sang Eun Lee
Leads 1 award · $310,000
- 5R01GM141631-04Department: NIH department code
  Repair of DNA ends with adducts
  $310,000
  award amount
Raushan Kurmasheva
Leads 1 award · $296,542
- 3U01CA263981-05S1Department: NIH department code
  A Testing Program to Identify Novel Agents for Treatment of Pediatric and AYA High-Risk Sarcoma, Kidney and Liver Cancer
  $296,542
  award amount
Angela Mary Jasper
Leads 1 award · $47,727
- 5F30CA278370-04Department: NIH department code
  The Mechanistic Role of BRCA1-BARD1 DNA and RAD51 Binding in DNA Double-Strand Break Repair
  $47,727
  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.

Jianlong Wang
Co-investigator on 4R01CA285299-03, led by Mingjiang Xu
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Columbia University · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 2 awards)
Guangrong Zheng
Co-investigator on 1R01CA300241-01A1, led by Lingtao Jin; 1R01CA299621-01A1, led by Lingtao Jin
From the FY2024 awards this person leads
- University of Florida · Pharmacology (NIH department code, 1 award)
Qiwei Yang
Co-investigator on 1R01HD124930-01, led by Thomas G Boyer
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Chuan He
Co-investigator on 5R01HL174477-03, led by Mingjiang Xu
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Chicago · Chemistry (NIH department code, 1 award)
Lina Song
Co-investigator on 1R01CA300241-01A1, led by Lingtao Jin
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Erzsebet Kokovay
Co-investigator on 2T32AG021890-21A1, led by Adam Salmon
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
James Floyd Nelson
Co-investigator on 2T32AG021890-21A1, led by Adam Salmon
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- UT Health Science Center Houston · Pharmacology (NIH department code, 1 award)