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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Internal Medicine at UT Health Science Center Houston

San Antonio, TX

Funding
$44.2M
$44,209,636
Awards
74
FY2025 NIH awards in Internal Medicine
Principal investigators
81
51 lead a grant here, 30 co-investigators
Department rank
#34
of 115 · 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

51 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 1 award · $5,492,595

  2. Jordan E Lake

    Leads 2 awards · $3,428,172

    • 1R01AI189353-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Estrogen's Impact on IgG Glycomic Modulation of Immunity and Inflammation During HIV

      Principal investigators: Jordan E Lake (contact PI), Mohamed Abdel Mohsen, Todd T Brown

      $2,461,651
      award amount
    • 1R01DK142171-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Incretin Microdosing for Cardiometabolic Health in People With HIV: The REINFORCE Trial

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

      $966,521
      award amount

  3. Faraz Bishehsari

    Leads 4 awards · $3,017,684

    • 4R01CA279487-04Department: NIH department code
      Development of a precision medicine platform for circadian based therapeutics in pancreatic cancer
      $1,461,750
      award amount
    • 5U01AG086145-02Department: NIH department code
      Impact of Circadian-Microbiome Interaction on the Gut-Pancreas Axis in Aging
      $640,435
      award amount
    • 1R01AA032723-01Department: NIH department code
      Microbial-based platform for assessing organ damage in alcohol use disorders (AUD)

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

      $603,499
      award amount
    • 1R03OD039982-01Department: NIH department code
      Discovery of Chronotherapeutic Candidate Targets in Pancreatic Cancer
      $312,000
      award amount

  4. Xin Ge

    Leads 2 awards · $2,469,796

    • 1UG3NS143650-01Department: NIH department code
      Development of MMP-9 inhibitory monoclonal antibodies to relieve neuropathic pain

      Principal investigators: Xin Ge (contact PI), Ru-Rong Ji

      $2,079,796
      award amount
    • 5R35GM141089-05Department: NIH department code
      Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies Inhibiting Proteases of Biomedical Importance
      $390,000
      award amount

  5. Sunil K Ahuja

    Leads 2 awards · $1,683,475

    • 5U01AI158460-04Department: 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
    • 3U01AI158460-04S1Department: 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
      $499,997
      award amount

  6. Madesh Muniswamy

    Leads 3 awards · $1,557,937

    • 1R01HL175081-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Characterize TMEM94 as ER Mg2+ uptake machinery and pathophysiological consequences.
      $586,516
      award amount
    • 5R35GM145294-04Department: NIH department code
      Magnesium flux compendium: Discover ligands, channels, and metabolic signals
      $498,983
      award amount
    • 5R01DK135179-03Department: 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

      $472,438
      award amount

  7. Marzieh Salehi

    Leads 2 awards · $1,470,086

    • 1R01DK141843-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Glucagon-mediated glycemic effect in humans with and without rerouted gut after bariatric surgery
      $775,865
      award amount
    • 5R01DK140144-02Department: NIH department code
      Glycemic and Weight Loss Effects of Semaglutide in Subjects After Spinal Cord Injury and Type 2 Diabetes
      $694,221
      award amount

  8. Shangang Zhao

    Leads 3 awards · $1,271,737

    • 5R01AG084646-02Department: NIH department code
      Effects of leptin modulation on health span and lifespan
      $640,217
      award amount
    • 5R01DK138035-02Department: NIH department code
      Paracrine effects of leptin in regulating visceral fat expansion
      $387,500
      award amount
    • 5R00AG068239-05Department: NIH department code
      Impact of a Novel Secreted Enzyme J18 on Healthspan and Lifespan
      $244,020
      award amount

  9. Ralph A Defronzo

    Leads 2 awards · $1,256,844

    • 5R01DK024092-40Department: NIH department code
      SGLT2 Inhibitors, Ketogenesis, and Ketoacidosis
      $674,244
      award amount
    • 5R01DK107680-09Department: NIH department code
      Ketones, Muscle Metabolism, and SGLT2 Inhibitors
      $582,600
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DK129676-04, led by Luke Norton.

  10. Kendra S. Carmon

    Leads 4 awards · $1,231,102

    • 1R01CA281962-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The Role and Therapeutic Targeting of GPR56 in Colorectal Cancer
      $406,611
      award amount
    • 1R21CA302991-01Department: NIH department code
      Therapeutic co-targeting of LGR5 and MET to overcome heterogeneity and therapy resistance in colorectal tumors
      $393,872
      award amount
    • 1R21CA291788-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Preclinical efficacy of GPR56 antibody-drug conjugates and combination therapies for triple-negative breast cancer
      $215,311
      award amount
    • 5R21CA282378-02Department: NIH department code
      Bispecific drug-conjugates for treating colorectal cancer
      $215,308
      award amount

  11. Xianlin Han

    Leads 2 awards · $1,224,877

    • 5R01AG061729-03Department: NIH department code
      Sulfatide deficiency: A novel mechanism leading to reactive astrogliosis in aging and Alzheimer’s disease
      $622,837
      award amount
    • 5R01AG085545-02Department: 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

      $602,040
      award amount

  12. Ali J Marian

    Leads 2 awards · $1,156,478

    • 5R01HL132401-10Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targeting of DNA Damage in Dilated Cardiomyopathy Caused by LMNA Mutations
      $580,531
      award amount
    • 5R01AG082751-03Department: NIH department code
      Cytosolic DNA is the Link Between Genomic Instability and Cardiovascular Aging
      $575,947
      award amount

  13. Eva M. Sevick

    Leads 2 awards · $1,139,426

    • 5R01CA276513-03Department: NIH department code
      Personalized, antigen-directed immunotherapy delivered to lymph nodes

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

      $574,500
      award amount
    • 5R01NS126437-04Department: 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

  14. Luke Norton

    Leads 2 awards · $1,122,611

    • 5R01DK129676-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeting hepatic mitochondrial function in humans with NAFLD using insulin sensitizers

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

      $682,154
      award amount
    • 5R01DK128247-04Department: NIH department code
      The Regulation of Hepatic Metabolic Zonation by the Diabetes Gene TCF7L2
      $440,457
      award amount

  15. Ali Azhdarinia

    Leads 2 awards · $1,056,343

    • 1R01CA298343-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Targeted Suppression of Microtubule Dynamics for Treatment of Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
      $571,271
      award amount
    • 5R01CA263512-03Department: NIH department code
      Receptor-Targeted Fluorescence-Guided Surgery in Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors

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

      $485,072
      award amount

  16. Callie S Kwartler

    Leads 2 awards · $961,956

    • 5R01HL175148-02Department: NIH department code
      A novel nuclear role for smooth muscle alpha-actin
      $568,050
      award amount
    • 5R01AR084437-02Department: NIH department code
      Nuclear skeletal muscle alpha-actin and intranuclear rod myopathy
      $393,906
      award amount

  17. Joel Tsevat

    Leads 1 award · $956,666

    • 5K12TR004529-03Department: 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

  18. Long-Jun Wu

    Leads 1 award · $877,550

    • 5R35NS132326-03Department: NIH department code
      How microglia sense and regulate neuronal activity in the adult brain
      $877,550
      award amount

  19. Kumar Sharma

    Leads 1 award · $823,813

  20. Patricia Leal Dahia

    Leads 3 awards · $808,500

    • 5R01CA264248-05Department: NIH department code
      Addressing biological and therapeutic gaps in rare neuroendocrine cancer with a novel organoid-based model

      Principal investigators: Patricia Leal Dahia (contact PI), Alice Soragni

      $497,187
      award amount
    • 3R01CA264248-05S2Department: NIH department code
      Addressing biological and therapeutic gaps in rare neuroendocrine cancer with a novel organoid-based model

      Principal investigators: Patricia Leal Dahia (contact PI), Alice Soragni

      $237,198
      award amount
    • 3R01CA264248-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Addressing biological and therapeutic gaps in rare neuroendocrine cancer with a novel organoid-based model

      Principal investigators: Patricia Leal Dahia (contact PI), Alice Soragni

      $74,115
      award amount

  21. Jennifer Lynne Huberty

    Leads 1 award · $762,722

    • 5R01CA262041-05Department: 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

      $762,722
      award amount

  22. David D McPherson

    Leads 1 award · $743,790

    • 2R01HL135092-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Echogenic Targeted Liposomes: Transfection/Drug Delivery
      $743,790
      award amount

  23. Absalon Dennis Gutierrez

    Leads 1 award · $701,211

    • 5R01DK127084-05Department: NIH department code
      Pharmacogenetics of the Response to GLP-1 in Mexican-Americans with Prediabetes
      $701,211
      award amount

  24. Muhammad Abdul-Ghani

    Leads 1 award · $684,914

    • 5R01DK097554-12Department: NIH department code
      Comparative Effectiveness of Two Initial Combination Therapies in Patients with New Onset Diabetes
      $684,914
      award amount

  25. Angelo Nascimbene

    Leads 1 award · $606,203

    • 5R01HL163549-03Department: NIH department code
      Von Willebrand Factor Hyperactivity, Angiogenesis and LVAD-Induced Bleeding
      $606,203
      award amount

  26. Zsuzsanna Hortobagyi McMahan

    Leads 1 award · $560,711

    • 5R01AR081382-03Department: NIH department code
      Interrogating the pathophysiological mechanisms of constipation in patients with systemic sclerosis

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

      $560,711
      award amount

  27. Ashish Kapoor

    Leads 1 award · $545,240

    • 5R01HL158901-04Department: NIH department code
      Identifying Cis-Regulatory Variants, Genes, and Regulatory Networks Underlying QT Interval Variation
      $545,240
      award amount

  28. Lisa Kilpela

    Leads 1 award · $538,308

    • 5R01AG086777-02Department: 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

      $538,308
      award amount

  29. Dianna M Milewicz

    Leads 1 award · $528,040

    • 5T32GM150524-03Department: NIH department code
      Medical Scientist Training Program
      $528,040
      award amount

  30. Richard A Cox

    Leads 1 award · $451,791

    • 5R01DK136694-03Department: NIH department code
      Leptin regulation of delta cell function
      $451,791
      award amount

  31. Kyoji Tsuchikama

    Leads 1 award · $419,275

    • 5R01CA283876-03Department: NIH department code
      Antibody-dual drug conjugates for eradicating triple-negative breast cancer with heterogeneity
      $419,275
      award amount

  32. Ana Maria Zaske

    Leads 1 award · $405,777

    • 1S10OD036249-01A1Department: NIH department code
      NanoWizard V Atomic Force Microscope for Biomedical Research
      $405,777
      award amount

  33. Kai Sun

    Leads 1 award · $390,000

    • 5R01DK129815-04Department: NIH department code
      Discovering the new function of DRP1 on lipid metabolism
      $390,000
      award amount

  34. Kristin Eckel Mahan

    Leads 1 award · $390,000

    • 5R01AI158694-05Department: NIH department code
      Complement and Circadian Interactions in Inflammation and Immunity

      Principal investigators: Kristin Eckel Mahan (contact PI), Pooja Shivshankar

      $390,000
      award amount

  35. Robert A Hromas

    Leads 1 award · $387,500

    • 5R01CA205224-08Department: NIH department code
      EEPD1 Repair of Stressed Replication Forks
      $387,500
      award amount

  36. Peter A Doris

    Leads 1 award · $373,534

    • 5R01HG011252-05Department: NIH department code
      Long-read assembly and annotation of rat genomes that are important models of complex genetic disease

      Principal investigators: Peter A Doris (contact PI), Melissa Laird Smith, Theodore Kalbfleisch

      $373,534
      award amount

  37. Wenliang Li

    Leads 1 award · $356,850

    • 5R01CA270096-04Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting and targeting a novel vulnerability in aggressive Rb1 and p53 doubly deficient prostate cancer
      $356,850
      award amount

  38. Shervin Assassi

    Leads 1 award · $319,352

    • 5R01AR081280-03Department: 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

      $319,352
      award amount

  39. Sidney Wang

    Leads 1 award · $303,282

    • 5R01GM139980-05Department: NIH department code
      Expanding the known coding genome: identifying biological function for novel tORFs
      $303,282
      award amount

  40. Chukwuemeka Nkemakonam Okafor

    Leads 1 award · $235,324

    • 5R34DA060078-02Department: NIH department code
      Development of a Behavioral Economic Intervention to Reduce HIV Risk Behaviors

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

      $235,324
      award amount

  41. Jessica Lan Lee

    Leads 1 award · $191,079

    • 5K23AG072042-05Department: NIH department code
      A Meal Delivery and Exercise Intervention to Increase Resilience in Homebound Older Adults
      $191,079
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1T35AG092747-01, led by Elena Volpi.

  42. Alexes Daquinag

    Leads 1 award · $175,500

    • 5R21DK138411-02Department: NIH department code
      Energizing good fat by neurovascular development
      $175,500
      award amount

  43. Brian Skaug

    Leads 1 award · $164,160

    • 5K08AR081402-04Department: NIH department code
      Pathogenic effects of the DNASE1L3 R206C variant in systemic sclerosis
      $164,160
      award amount

  44. David Raul Murdock

    Leads 1 award · $164,127

    • 1K08HL173697-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Artificial Intelligence for Thoracic Aortic Disease Screening and Gene Discovery
      $164,127
      award amount

  45. Mark Chiawei Hwang

    Leads 1 award · $162,540

    • 5K23AR083506-02Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Profiling of Spinal Disease Progression in Ankylosing Spondylitis
      $162,540
      award amount

  46. Eleni Tiniakou

    Leads 1 award · $158,729

    • 7K08AR077732-05Department: NIH department code
      RNA: Polymerase III specific CD8+ T cells: a mechanistic insight into cancer-induced autoimmunity in scleroderma
      $158,729
      award amount

  47. Elena Volpi

    Leads 1 award · $135,286

  48. William Brian Reeves

    Leads 1 award · $117,629

    • 5R25DK121576-07Department: NIH department code
      San Antonio Program for Undergraduate Research in Renal Science (SPURRS)
      $117,629
      award amount

  49. Dongjoo Choi

    Leads 1 award · $102,308

    • 7K01AG083128-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of astrocyte specific NFIA during initiation and progression of AD pathogenesis
      $102,308
      award amount

  50. Jordy F Sepulveda

    Leads 1 award · $89,208

    • 8K00AG097121-03Department: NIH department code
      The effects of APOE genotype in homeostatic microglial function in preclinical APOE mouse model
      $89,208
      award amount

  51. Mekenzie Peshoff

    Leads 1 award · $37,598

    • 1F31NS141605-01Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the role of triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) on microglia and macrophages in gliomas
      $37,598
      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.