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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Microbiology & Immunology at UT Health Science Center Houston

San Antonio, TX

Funding
$14.7M
$14,707,491
Awards
34
FY2026 NIH awards in Microbiology & Immunology
Principal investigators
30
28 lead a grant here, 2 co-investigators
Department rank
#33
of 119 · 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 Microbiology & Immunology row of the UT Health Science Center Houston page.

Leads a grant in this department

28 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. Guangming Zhong

    Leads 1 award · $2,150,524

    • 5U01AI182210-03Department: NIH department code
      An oral vaccine against Chlamydia trachomatis
      $2,150,524
      award amount

  2. Laurence Morel

    Leads 3 awards · $1,718,422

    • 5R01AI045050-26Department: NIH department code
      Characterization of SLE-susceptibility loci on mouse chromosome 1
      $721,482
      award amount
    • 5R01AI143313-08Department: NIH department code
      Gut dysbiosis and tryptophan metabolism in lupus

      Principal investigators: Laurence Morel (contact PI), Gregg Joshua Silverman

      $531,940
      award amount
    • 5R37AI128901-10Department: NIH department code
      Targeting follicular helper CD4 T cells in SLE
      $465,000
      award amount

  3. Anna Konovalova

    Leads 2 awards · $1,077,817

    • 1R56AI189808-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism of the signal transduction across the bacterial cell envelope
      $687,817
      award amount
    • 5R35GM156651-02Department: NIH department code
      Biogenesis of the gram-negative bacterial cell envelope
      $390,000
      award amount

  4. Xinzhu Yu

    Leads 1 award · $936,000

    • 4DP2NS136871-03Department: NIH department code
      Functional, Structural and Molecular Decoding of Astrocyte-Neuron Interaction
      $936,000
      award amount

  5. Jose Christian Perez

    Leads 2 awards · $908,480

    • 5R01AI175081-04Department: NIH department code
      Fungal regulatory systems directing mammalian host colonization
      $479,480
      award amount
    • 1R21AI196365-01Department: NIH department code
      Spatial analysis of gene expression in fungal infections
      $429,000
      award amount

  6. Anne-Marie Krachler

    Leads 2 awards · $885,811

    • 5R01AI132354-08Department: NIH department code
      Mechanoregulation of EHEC virulence
      $465,977
      award amount
    • 1R21AI199107-01Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting the Role of Host-Derived Proteins in Enhancing E. coli Infectivity and Persistence
      $419,834
      award amount

  7. Michael C Lorenz

    Leads 1 award · $713,142

    • 5R01AI183606-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism of Fungal Virulence Inhibition by a Bacterial Peptide

      Principal investigators: Michael C Lorenz (contact PI), Danielle A Garsin

      $713,142
      award amount

  8. Daniel James Salamango

    Leads 1 award · $610,527

    • 5R01AI189230-02Department: NIH department code
      Impact of Vpr-induced epigenetic remodeling on HIV persistence
      $610,527
      award amount

  9. Yan Xiang

    Leads 1 award · $554,370

    • 5R01AI151638-07Department: NIH department code
      Novel Translational Control Mechanisms in Host Range Restriction of Poxvirus
      $554,370
      award amount

  10. Na Xiong

    Leads 2 awards · $529,698

    • 5R01AI174181-03Department: NIH department code
      Development and function of skin-resident innate-like T cells at early postnatal stages
      $475,421
      award amount
    • 3R01AI174181-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Development and function of skin-resident innate-like T cells at early postnatal stages
      $54,277
      award amount

  11. William Margolin

    Leads 1 award · $521,040

    • 5R35GM131705-08Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms and Regulation of Cell Division in Bacteria
      $521,040
      award amount

  12. Ann Venables Griffith

    Leads 1 award · $494,677

    • 5R01AG086271-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of paracrine growth factor signaling in thymus function and age-associated dysfunction
      $494,677
      award amount

  13. Peter J. Christie

    Leads 1 award · $482,040

    • 5R35GM131892-08Department: NIH department code
      Biological and structural diversity of bacterial type IV secretion systems
      $482,040
      award amount

  14. Nu Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $441,601

    • 5R01AI177345-03Department: NIH department code
      Lymphoid residency of Tcf-1+ CD8+ T cells during tumor vaccine responses
      $441,601
      award amount

  15. Chenggang Wu

    Leads 1 award · $429,000

    • 1R21DE036472-01Department: NIH department code
      The Effect of Dietary Composition on Fusobacterium nucleatum Physiology
      $429,000
      award amount

  16. Elizabeth Ann Leadbetter

    Leads 1 award · $421,223

    • 1R21AI196999-01Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting the role of CD36 on Tbet+ B cells during obesity and autoimmunity
      $421,223
      award amount

  17. Kevin Anthony Morano

    Leads 1 award · $386,931

    • 5R35GM149196-04Department: NIH department code
      Chaperone-mediated mechanisms of cellular proteostasis
      $386,931
      award amount

  18. Bo Hu

    Leads 1 award · $381,052

    • 5R01DE033452-03Department: NIH department code
      Structure and Function of Porphyromonas gingivalis Type IX Secretion System

      Principal investigators: Bo Hu (contact PI), Richard J Lamont

      $381,052
      award amount

  19. Alexei V Tumanov

    Leads 1 award · $234,715

    • 1R21AI185790-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Lymphotoxin-dependent control of long COVID
      $234,715
      award amount

  20. Peng Zhou

    Leads 1 award · $234,000

    • 1R21DE036367-01Department: NIH department code
      Decoy Adhesion by Veillonella atypica: Hag1-Mediated Shielding of Oral Epithelium from Porphyromonas gingivalis - Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential
      $234,000
      award amount

  21. Danielle A Garsin

    Leads 1 award · $195,000

    • 5R21AI190470-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the parameters of intracellular ethanolamine utilization
      $195,000
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AI183606-03, led by Michael C Lorenz.

  22. Jennifer Nicole Walker

    Leads 1 award · $137,938

    • 5K01DK128381-05Department: NIH department code
      Defining Host-pathogen Interactions in CAUTI to Guide Novel Drug Development
      $137,938
      award amount

  23. Sara Kathryn Gaiser

    Leads 1 award · $55,914

    • 5F30DE035386-02Department: NIH department code
      Control of Virulence Properties in the Major Human Oral Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans by the Asc1 Translational Regulator
      $55,914
      award amount

  24. Carlos Oscar Ontiveros

    Leads 1 award · $48,977

    • 5F31CA281345-04Department: NIH department code
      The role of tumor cell-of-origin-specific PDL1 on tumorigenesis and tumor progression
      $48,977
      award amount

  25. Freedom Marie Green

    Leads 1 award · $40,529

    • 1F30AI202858-01Department: NIH department code
      Neurological Sequelae of Chikungunya Virus Infection in a Genetically Susceptible Mouse Model
      $40,529
      award amount

  26. Brenden Fitzgerald Determann

    Leads 1 award · $40,114

    • 1F31AI200335-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating The Role of The Human Mannose Receptor (CD206) During M. tuberculosis Infection in a Novel Transgenic Mouse
      $40,114
      award amount

  27. Jan Simper

    Leads 1 award · $39,670

    • 5F30AI176699-03Department: NIH department code
      Macrophage NR4A nuclear receptors in tuberculosis pathogenesis
      $39,670
      award amount

  28. Ryan Lee Sloan

    Leads 1 award · $38,279

    • 5F31AI194806-02Department: NIH department code
      Transcriptional regulation of essential tissues by pioneer factor FoxA in schistosome parasites
      $38,279
      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.