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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Internal Medicine at UT Health Science Center Houston

San Antonio, TX

Funding
$53M
$53,028,379
Awards
79
FY2026 NIH awards in Internal Medicine
Principal investigators
113
75 lead a grant here, 38 co-investigators
Department rank
#33
of 133 · 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 Internal Medicine row of the UT Health Science Center Houston page.

Leads a grant in this department

75 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. Robert A Clark

    Leads 2 awards · $6,861,284

  2. David D McPherson

    Leads 2 awards · $6,177,550

  3. Amelie G Ramirez

    Leads 1 award · $2,227,129

    Also a principal investigator on 5UM1TR004538-04, led by Robert A Clark.

  4. Andrew Jacob Brenner

    Leads 1 award · $2,227,129

  5. Chul Soo Ha

    Leads 1 award · $2,227,129

  6. Daohong Zhou

    Leads 1 award · $2,227,129

  7. Daruka Mahadevan

    Leads 1 award · $2,227,129

  8. Exing Wang

    Leads 1 award · $2,227,129

  9. Gail Elizabeth Tomlinson

    Leads 1 award · $2,227,129

  10. Lei Zheng

    Leads 1 award · $2,227,129

  11. Luzhe Sun

    Leads 1 award · $2,227,129

  12. Ratna K Vadlamudi

    Leads 1 award · $2,227,129

  13. Robin Jean Leach

    Leads 1 award · $2,227,129

  14. Shaun Olsen

    Leads 1 award · $2,227,129

  15. Susan S Padalecki

    Leads 1 award · $2,227,129

  16. Yidong Chen

    Leads 1 award · $2,227,129

  17. Yue Li

    Leads 1 award · $2,227,129

  18. Zhao Lai

    Leads 1 award · $2,227,129

  19. Luke Norton

    Leads 3 awards · $1,879,326

    • 1R01DK145103-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Identification of cell type-specific insulin responsive quantitative trait loci in human skeletal muscle

      Principal investigators: Luke Norton (contact PI), Ralph A Defronzo, Stephen Cj Parker

      $707,781
      award amount
    • 5R01DK129676-05Department: NIH department code
      Targeting hepatic mitochondrial function in humans with NAFLD using insulin sensitizers

      Principal investigators: Luke Norton (contact PI), Ralph A Defronzo

      $682,149
      award amount
    • 5R01DK128247-05Department: NIH department code
      The Regulation of Hepatic Metabolic Zonation by the Diabetes Gene TCF7L2
      $489,396
      award amount

  20. Sunil K Ahuja

    Leads 2 awards · $1,673,497

    • 5U01AI158460-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic clinical trial of blocking the IL-4/13 axis in asthmatics precision phenotyped in an aeroallergen challenge chamber before, during and after receipt of dupilumab
      $1,183,478
      award amount
    • 3U01AI158460-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic clinical trial of blocking the IL-4/13 axis in asthmatics precision phenotyped in an aeroallergen challenge chamber before, during and after receipt of dupilumab
      $490,019
      award amount

  21. Long-Jun Wu

    Leads 2 awards · $1,589,252

    • 5R35NS132326-04Department: NIH department code
      How microglia sense and regulate neuronal activity in the adult brain
      $877,550
      award amount
    • 4R01AG082314-03Department: NIH department code
      Microglial regulation of neuronal activity in TDP-43 neurodegeneration
      $711,702
      award amount

  22. Madesh Muniswamy

    Leads 3 awards · $1,553,816

    • 5R01HL175081-02Department: NIH department code
      Characterize TMEM94 as ER Mg2+ uptake machinery and pathophysiological consequences.
      $529,902
      award amount
    • 5R01DK135179-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms and therapeutic potential of blocking the mitochondrial Mg2+ channel Mrs2 in obesity and NAFLD

      Principal investigators: Madesh Muniswamy (contact PI), Joseph A. Baur

      $524,931
      award amount
    • 5R35GM145294-05Department: NIH department code
      Magnesium flux compendium: Discover ligands, channels, and metabolic signals
      $498,983
      award amount

  23. Marzieh Salehi

    Leads 2 awards · $1,482,631

    • 5R01DK141843-02Department: NIH department code
      Glucagon-mediated glycemic effect in humans with and without rerouted gut after bariatric surgery
      $781,758
      award amount
    • 5R01DK140144-03Department: NIH department code
      Glycemic and Weight Loss Effects of Semaglutide in Subjects After Spinal Cord Injury and Type 2 Diabetes
      $700,873
      award amount

  24. Kumar Sharma

    Leads 2 awards · $1,444,707

    • 1R01DK143234-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Metabolite Markers of Diabetic Kidney Disease

      Principal investigators: Kumar Sharma (contact PI), Petter Bjornstad

      $825,255
      award amount
    • 5U01DK114920-10Department: NIH department code
      Spatial Multi-Omics to Profile Metabolic Pathways for Kidney Disease

      Principal investigators: Kumar Sharma (contact PI), Christopher R Anderton

      $619,452
      award amount

  25. Elena Volpi

    Leads 2 awards · $1,416,699

  26. Ralph A Defronzo

    Leads 2 awards · $1,321,578

    • 5R01DK024092-41Department: NIH department code
      SGLT2 Inhibitors, Ketogenesis, and Ketoacidosis
      $674,244
      award amount
    • 5R01DK107680-10Department: NIH department code
      Ketones, Muscle Metabolism, and SGLT2 Inhibitors
      $647,334
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01DK145103-01A1, led by Luke Norton; 5R01DK129676-05, led by Luke Norton.

  27. Adam Salmon

    Leads 1 award · $1,291,189

  28. Blake B Rasmussen

    Leads 1 award · $1,291,189

  29. Jonathan Adam Letterman Gelfond

    Leads 1 award · $1,291,189

  30. Kelly Renee Reveles

    Leads 1 award · $1,291,189

  31. Qingchun Tong

    Leads 2 awards · $1,279,699

    • 4R01DK135212-04Department: NIH department code
      Hypothalamic CRH Neurons in Diet-induced Obesity
      $832,382
      award amount
    • 5R01DK136284-04Department: NIH department code
      Neural pathways for obesity development by AgRP neurons
      $447,317
      award amount

  32. Faraz Bishehsari

    Leads 2 awards · $1,205,363

    • 5U01AG086145-03Department: NIH department code
      Impact of Circadian-Microbiome Interaction on the Gut-Pancreas Axis in Aging
      $639,628
      award amount
    • 5R01AA032723-02Department: NIH department code
      Microbial-based platform for assessing organ damage in alcohol use disorders (AUD)

      Principal investigators: Faraz Bishehsari (contact PI), Xiaobo Zhou

      $565,735
      award amount

  33. Ali J Marian

    Leads 2 awards · $1,156,623

    • 5R01AG082751-04Department: NIH department code
      Cytosolic DNA is the Link Between Genomic Instability and Cardiovascular Aging
      $587,703
      award amount
    • 5R01HL132401-11Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targeting of DNA Damage in Dilated Cardiomyopathy Caused by LMNA Mutations
      $568,920
      award amount

  34. Eva M. Sevick

    Leads 2 awards · $1,139,426

    • 5R01CA276513-04Department: NIH department code
      Personalized, antigen-directed immunotherapy delivered to lymph nodes

      Principal investigators: Eva M. Sevick (contact PI), Zhongming Zhao

      $574,500
      award amount
    • 5R01NS126437-05Department: NIH department code
      Assessing CSF flow dynamics in pediatric hemorrhagic hydrocephalus

      Principal investigators: Eva M. Sevick (contact PI), Banghe Zhu, Manish Narendra Shah

      $564,926
      award amount

  35. Ali Azhdarinia

    Leads 2 awards · $1,049,402

    • 5R01CA298343-02Department: NIH department code
      Targeted Suppression of Microtubule Dynamics for Treatment of Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
      $567,145
      award amount
    • 5R01CA263512-04Department: NIH department code
      Receptor-Targeted Fluorescence-Guided Surgery in Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors

      Principal investigators: Ali Azhdarinia (contact PI), Naruhiko Ikoma

      $482,257
      award amount

  36. Shangang Zhao

    Leads 2 awards · $1,034,745

    • 5R01AG084646-03Department: NIH department code
      Effects of leptin modulation on health span and lifespan
      $647,245
      award amount
    • 5R01DK138035-03Department: NIH department code
      Paracrine effects of leptin in regulating visceral fat expansion
      $387,500
      award amount

  37. Xiaochao Tan

    Leads 2 awards · $1,024,494

    • 1R01CA316689-01Department: NIH department code
      Rewired Golgi secretion creates a therapeutic vulnerability in chromosome 3q-amplified NSCLC.

      Principal investigators: Xiaochao Tan (contact PI), Guangwei Du

      $635,948
      award amount
    • 1R01CA295608-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Targeting the Golgi Secretory Pathway in Chromosome 3q-amplified Human Cancer
      $388,546
      award amount

  38. Callie S Kwartler

    Leads 2 awards · $997,772

    • 5R01HL175148-03Department: NIH department code
      A novel nuclear role for smooth muscle alpha-actin
      $598,006
      award amount
    • 5R01AR084437-03Department: NIH department code
      Nuclear skeletal muscle alpha-actin and intranuclear rod myopathy
      $399,766
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R21NS149248-01, led by Dianna M Milewicz.

  39. Charles C Miller

    Leads 1 award · $972,000

    • 5K12TR004908-03Department: NIH department code
      CTSA K12 Program at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

      Principal investigators: Charles C Miller (contact PI), Jon E. Tyson

      $972,000
      award amount

  40. Dianna M Milewicz

    Leads 2 awards · $963,261

    • 5T32GM150524-04Department: NIH department code
      Medical Scientist Training Program
      $534,261
      award amount
    • 1R21NS149248-01Department: NIH department code
      RNF213: Molecular Functions and Moyamoya Disease

      Principal investigators: Dianna M Milewicz (contact PI), Callie S Kwartler

      $429,000
      award amount

  41. Joel Tsevat

    Leads 1 award · $956,666

    • 5K12TR004529-04Department: NIH department code
      CTSA K12 Program at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

      Principal investigators: Joel Tsevat (contact PI), Alison G Cahill

      $956,666
      award amount

  42. Barbara S Taylor

    Leads 1 award · $855,899

    • 1R01AI205724-01Department: NIH department code
      PositiveLinks for Youth (PL4Y) for Texas: Effectiveness, feasibility, and acceptability of mHealth to improve care outcomes for young adults with HIV
      $855,899
      award amount

  43. Absalon Dennis Gutierrez

    Leads 1 award · $820,451

  44. Victoria Lai-Yen Tang

    Leads 1 award · $807,407

    • 1R01MH146291-01A1Department: NIH department code
      New-onset Depression in Older Surgical Patients: Risk Factors, Mechanisms, and Outcomes
      $807,407
      award amount

  45. Shervin Assassi

    Leads 2 awards · $700,013

    • 1R01AR088178-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of response to CD19 redirected PluriReceptor NK cells in systemic autoimmunity

      Principal investigators: Shervin Assassi (contact PI), Katy Rezvani

      $421,040
      award amount
    • 5R01AR081280-04Department: NIH department code
      Interferon Regulatory Factor 7 Links Interferon Pathway Activation to the Exaggerates Fibrotic Response in Systemic Sclerosis

      Principal investigators: Shervin Assassi (contact PI), Minghua Wu

      $278,973
      award amount

  46. Muhammad Abdul-Ghani

    Leads 1 award · $684,914

    • 5R01DK097554-13Department: NIH department code
      Comparative Effectiveness of Two Initial Combination Therapies in Patients with New Onset Diabetes
      $684,914
      award amount

  47. John Charles Rasmussen

    Leads 1 award · $663,818

    • 1R01CA300582-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Assessing the impact of early physiotherapy on lymphatic dysfunction in breast cancer survivorship

      Principal investigators: John Charles Rasmussen (contact PI), Sarah M. Desnyder

      $663,818
      award amount

  48. Xianlin Han

    Leads 1 award · $614,327

    • 5R01AG085545-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of sulfatide in the development of tauopathy in the context of ADRD

      Principal investigators: Xianlin Han (contact PI), Jeffrey L. Dupree, Lizhen Chen

      $614,327
      award amount

  49. Angelo Nascimbene

    Leads 1 award · $594,080

    • 5R01HL163549-04Department: NIH department code
      Von Willebrand Factor Hyperactivity, Angiogenesis and LVAD-Induced Bleeding
      $594,080
      award amount

  50. Jennifer Lynne Huberty

    Leads 1 award · $589,612

    • 5R01CA262041-06Department: NIH department code
      Consumer-based meditation app, Calm, for treatment of sleep disturbance in hematological cancer patients

      Principal investigators: Jennifer Lynne Huberty (contact PI), Ruben A. Mesa

      $589,612
      award amount

  51. Zsuzsanna Hortobagyi McMahan

    Leads 1 award · $589,420

    • 5R01AR081382-04Department: NIH department code
      Interrogating the pathophysiological mechanisms of constipation in patients with systemic sclerosis

      Principal investigators: Zsuzsanna Hortobagyi McMahan (contact PI), Jiande Chen

      $589,420
      award amount

  52. Kendra S. Carmon

    Leads 2 awards · $585,457

    • 5R01CA281962-02Department: NIH department code
      The Role and Therapeutic Targeting of GPR56 in Colorectal Cancer
      $406,611
      award amount
    • 5R21CA291788-02Department: NIH department code
      Preclinical efficacy of GPR56 antibody-drug conjugates and combination therapies for triple-negative breast cancer
      $178,846
      award amount

  53. Priyatansh Gurha

    Leads 1 award · $576,338

    • 5R01HL174481-03Department: NIH department code
      Roles of Histone lysine demethylases KDM5A and KDM5B in the pathogenesis of Heart failure
      $576,338
      award amount

  54. Xinzhu Yu

    Leads 1 award · $566,699

    • 7R01MH132556-03Department: NIH department code
      Astrocytic regulation of prefrontal neural circuits and avoidance behavior
      $566,699
      award amount

  55. Lisa Kilpela

    Leads 1 award · $549,293

    • 5R01AG086777-03Department: NIH department code
      Prospective Health Impacts of Chronic Binge Eating Disorder in Hispanic Older Women Living with Food Insecurity (PROSPERA)

      Principal investigators: Lisa Kilpela (contact PI), Carolyn Black Becker

      $549,293
      award amount

  56. Myron Steve Ignatius

    Leads 1 award · $476,941

    • 1R01CA316804-01Department: NIH department code
      Targeting ERBB3-positive differentiated populations to eliminate therapy resistant rhabdomyosarcomas.
      $476,941
      award amount

  57. Richard A Cox

    Leads 1 award · $447,526

    • 5R01DK136694-04Department: NIH department code
      Leptin regulation of delta cell function
      $447,526
      award amount

  58. Emil Martin

    Leads 1 award · $429,000

    • 1R21AG101141-01Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity by cGMP-mRNA Crosstalk in Mouse Models of Alzheimer's Disease and Aging
      $429,000
      award amount

  59. Vihang A Narkar

    Leads 1 award · $429,000

    • 1R21AG095563-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Intervention of endothelial senescence in limb muscle ischemia with exercise mimetics

      Principal investigators: Vihang A Narkar (contact PI), Mikhail G Kolonin

      $429,000
      award amount

  60. Sheng Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $421,225

    • 1R21AG098442-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Drosophila vitellogenic oocytes as an in vivo model to dissect the regulatory mechanism for low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1
      $421,225
      award amount

  61. Kyoji Tsuchikama

    Leads 1 award · $419,275

    • 5R01CA283876-04Department: NIH department code
      Antibody-dual drug conjugates for eradicating triple-negative breast cancer with heterogeneity
      $419,275
      award amount

  62. Seungwoo Kang

    Leads 1 award · $390,000

    • 7R01MH137204-03Department: NIH department code
      Astrocyte-neuron mechanisms of glutamatergic modulation in social novelty recognition
      $390,000
      award amount

  63. Yuanzhong Xu

    Leads 1 award · $390,000

    • 5R01MH139750-02Department: NIH department code
      Hypothalamic prodynorphin neurocircuits integrating defensive behaviors
      $390,000
      award amount

  64. Robert A Hromas

    Leads 1 award · $387,500

    • 5R01CA205224-09Department: NIH department code
      EEPD1 Repair of Stressed Replication Forks
      $387,500
      award amount

  65. Wenliang Li

    Leads 1 award · $356,850

    • 5R01CA270096-05Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting and targeting a novel vulnerability in aggressive Rb1 and p53 doubly deficient prostate cancer
      $356,850
      award amount

  66. Brian Skaug

    Leads 2 awards · $320,160

    • 5K08AR081402-05Department: NIH department code
      Pathogenic effects of the DNASE1L3 R206C variant in systemic sclerosis
      $164,160
      award amount
    • 1R03AR086931-01Department: NIH department code
      Pulmonary arterial hypertension susceptibility in systemic sclerosis patients with the DNASE1L3 R206C variant
      $156,000
      award amount

  67. Jordan E Lake

    Leads 1 award · $255,458

    • 1R34HL182386-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Preparing for Semaglutide Microdosing to Maintain Cardiovascular Health in People with HIV: The (pre-)SMASH CVD Trial

      Principal investigators: Jordan E Lake (contact PI), Kristine Mace Erlandson, Markella V. Zanni

      $255,458
      award amount

  68. Chukwuemeka Nkemakonam Okafor

    Leads 1 award · $235,306

    • 5R34DA060078-03Department: NIH department code
      Development of a Behavioral Economic Intervention to Reduce HIV Risk Behaviors

      Principal investigators: Chukwuemeka Nkemakonam Okafor (contact PI), Jin Ho Yoon

      $235,306
      award amount

  69. David Raul Murdock

    Leads 1 award · $164,151

    • 5K08HL173697-02Department: NIH department code
      Artificial Intelligence for Thoracic Aortic Disease Screening and Gene Discovery
      $164,151
      award amount

  70. Mark Chiawei Hwang

    Leads 1 award · $162,540

    • 5K23AR083506-03Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Profiling of Spinal Disease Progression in Ankylosing Spondylitis
      $162,540
      award amount

  71. William Brian Reeves

    Leads 1 award · $117,629

    • 5R25DK121576-08Department: NIH department code
      San Antonio Program for Undergraduate Research in Renal Science (SPURRS)
      $117,629
      award amount

  72. Dongjoo Choi

    Leads 1 award · $102,308

    • 5K01AG083128-04Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of astrocyte specific NFIA during initiation and progression of AD pathogenesis
      $102,308
      award amount

  73. Jordy F Sepulveda

    Leads 1 award · $93,877

    • 5K00AG097121-04Department: NIH department code
      The effects of APOE genotype in homeostatic microglial function in preclinical APOE mouse model
      $93,877
      award amount

  74. Wen Li

    Leads 1 award · $78,000

    • 1R03NS144937-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Enhancing Stroke Recurrent Event Risk Prediction with Boosting and Transfer Learning
      $78,000
      award amount

  75. Mekenzie Peshoff

    Leads 1 award · $38,174

    • 5F31NS141605-02Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the role of triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) on microglia and macrophages in gliomas
      $38,174
      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.