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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurology at UT Health Science Center Houston

San Antonio, TX

Funding
$27.9M
$27,913,268
Awards
48
FY2025 NIH awards in Neurology
Principal investigators
56
34 lead a grant here, 22 co-investigators
Department rank
#8
of 71 · 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 Neurology row of the UT Health Science Center Houston page.

Leads a grant in this department

34 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. Guo-Qiang Zhang

    Leads 3 awards · $5,141,832

    • 1U24AG098157-01Department: NIH department code
      ReCARDO: Using Real-World Data to Derive Common Data Elements for Alzheimer's Disease and AD-Related Dementias Research Through Ontological Innovation

      Principal investigators: Guo-Qiang Zhang (contact PI), Hongfang Liu, Licong Cui, Ronald C Petersen, Yong Chen, Zoe Arvanitakis

      $3,995,531
      award amount
    • 5U24MH130988-04Department: NIH department code
      Engagement and outreach to achieve a FAIR data ecosystem for the BICAN

      Principal investigators: Guo-Qiang Zhang (contact PI), Hua Xu, Wenjin Jim Zheng

      $876,302
      award amount
    • 5R01NS126690-04Department: NIH department code
      SCH: Neurophysiological AI-Ready Data Resource
      $269,999
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R24NS143946-01, led by Samden Lhatoo.

  2. Louise D. McCullough

    Leads 2 awards · $1,940,698

    • 5R35NS132265-03Department: NIH department code
      Sex Differences in Inflammation Across the Lifespan
      $1,170,000
      award amount
    • 5R01MH127856-05Department: NIH department code
      Sex specific immune response to SARS-CoV-2 leads to chronic neurologic symptoms

      Principal investigators: Louise D. McCullough (contact PI), Fudong Liu

      $770,698
      award amount

  3. Rodrigo Morales

    Leads 3 awards · $1,728,950

    • 2R01AI132695-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Shedding, retention and spreading of chronic wasting disease prions in the environment
      $675,513
      award amount
    • 5R01AG072491-03Department: NIH department code
      Infection-driven mechanisms associated with Alzheimer's disease pathology

      Principal investigators: Rodrigo Morales (contact PI), Tatiana Barichello

      $624,437
      award amount
    • 1R21AG080592-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Seeding activity of misfolded Abeta in eyes of Alzheimer's disease patients
      $429,000
      award amount

  4. Hung Wen (kevin) Lin

    Leads 2 awards · $1,336,245

    • 5R01AG081258-02Department: NIH department code
      Protein Arginine Methyltransferases in Alzheimer's disease
      $754,098
      award amount
    • 5R01AG081874-03Department: NIH department code
      Using Photobiomodulation to Alleviate Brain Hypoperfusion in Alzheimer's Disease

      Principal investigators: Hung Wen (kevin) Lin (contact PI), Quanguang Zhang

      $582,147
      award amount

  5. Bharti Manwani

    Leads 2 awards · $1,242,488

    • 5R01HL168979-02Department: NIH department code
      On the Basis of Sex: The Role of Sex chromosomal complement in Atrial Fibrillation and Dementia
      $671,438
      award amount
    • 5R01AG079314-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms underlying Sex differences in Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy: The Fibrin-Microglia Crosstalk
      $571,050
      award amount

  6. Gabriel Alejandro De Erausquin

    Leads 5 awards · $1,176,593

    • 3U19AG076581-03S2Department: NIH department code
      Interactions of SARS-CoV-2 infection and genetic variation on the risk of cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease in Ancestral and Admixed Populations

      Principal investigators: Gabriel Alejandro De Erausquin (contact PI), Gabriela Gonzalez_aleman, Mindy Katz, Sudha Seshadri, Thomas F. Patterson

      $806,739
      award amount
    • 3U19AG076581-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Interactions of SARS-CoV-2 infection and genetic variation on the risk of cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease in Ancestral and Admixed Populations

      Principal investigators: Gabriel Alejandro De Erausquin (contact PI), Gabriela Gonzalez_aleman, Mindy Katz, Sudha Seshadri, Thomas F. Patterson

      $110,683
      award amount
    • 5D43TW011793-10Department: NIH department code
      Multidisciplinary Training Program on Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Disorders in First Nations (NEUFIN)
      $96,457
      award amount
    • 3D43TW011793-10S1Department: NIH department code
      Multidisciplinary Training Program on Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Disorders in First Nations (NEUFIN)
      $89,216
      award amount
    • 3D43TW011793-10S2Department: NIH department code
      Multidisciplinary Training Program on Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Disorders in First Nations (NEUFIN)
      $73,498
      award amount

  7. Anjail Z Sharrief

    Leads 2 awards · $1,123,392

    • 1R01NS140001-01Department: NIH department code
      Brain Health Equity Research Collaborative
      $617,687
      award amount
    • 5R01MD016465-05Department: NIH department code
      The Video-based Intervention to Reduce Hypertension Treatment and OUtcome Differences in Adults Living with Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack (VIRTUAL)
      $505,705
      award amount

  8. Claudio Soto

    Leads 2 awards · $964,924

    • 5U24AG079685-04Department: NIH department code
      Production and Distribution of well-characterized polymorphic variants of alpha-synuclein aggregates
      $770,698
      award amount
    • 5R61NS136666-02Department: NIH department code
      Development and validation of a high throughput screening assay for identification of tau aggregation inhibitors in Alzheimer's disease
      $194,226
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R21NS147229-01, led by Fei Wang.

  9. Sunil Sheth

    Leads 2 awards · $910,352

    • 5R01NS138765-02Department: NIH department code
      Addressing the paradox of poor outcomes despite successful recanalization in stroke

      Principal investigators: Sunil Sheth (contact PI), Santiago Ortega-Gutierrez

      $511,597
      award amount
    • 5R01NS121154-05Department: NIH department code
      Deep Learning Enabled Endovascular Stroke Therapy Screening in Community Hospitals

      Principal investigators: Sunil Sheth (contact PI), Luca Giancardo

      $398,755
      award amount

  10. Akihiko Urayama

    Leads 1 award · $766,133

    • 1R01AG087397-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism of ARIA following Anti-Amyloid Immunotherapy

      Principal investigators: Akihiko Urayama (contact PI), Xin Ge

      $766,133
      award amount

  11. Venugopal Reddy Venna

    Leads 1 award · $726,328

    • 5R01AG088518-02Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering Molecular Mechanisms of Post-Stroke Depression in Aged Mice

      Principal investigators: Venugopal Reddy Venna (contact PI), Antonio Lucio Teixeira

      $726,328
      award amount

  12. Juneyoung Lee

    Leads 1 award · $696,896

    • 1R01AG085585-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Impact of the gut microbiome on B cell-mediated neuroinflammation in cerebral amyloid angiopathy
      $696,896
      award amount

  13. Sean P Marrelli

    Leads 1 award · $668,567

    • 5R01AG081942-03Department: NIH department code
      Modifying endothelial Piezo 1 function to improve brain perfusion in AD/ADRD
      $668,567
      award amount

  14. Paul E Schulz

    Leads 1 award · $627,797

    • 5R01AG080137-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms underlying delayed neurocognitive dysfunction in long-covid
      $627,797
      award amount

  15. Anjali Chauhan

    Leads 1 award · $622,827

    • 5R01NS128412-03Department: NIH department code
      Contribution of IL6 trans signaling in older females after ischemic stroke
      $622,827
      award amount

  16. Nuria Lacuey Lecumberri

    Leads 1 award · $612,876

    • 5R01NS133743-03Department: NIH department code
      Breathing Rescue for SUDEP Prevention (BreatheS)
      $612,876
      award amount

  17. John Compton Mosher

    Leads 1 award · $609,289

    • 5R01AG074204-03Department: NIH department code
      Digital biomarker for a low cost ambulatory test for early detection of Alzheimer's disease

      Principal investigators: John Compton Mosher (contact PI), Michael Funke

      $609,289
      award amount

  18. Bhanu Priya Ganesh

    Leads 1 award · $574,907

    • 5R01AG070934-05Department: NIH department code
      Link between early gut dysfunction and amyloid beta aggregation in Alzheimer's Disease related dementia
      $574,907
      award amount

  19. Fudong Liu

    Leads 1 award · $561,996

    • 5R01NS129977-03Department: NIH department code
      CD200 signaling mediates the interactions of neurons and endothelia with circulating leukocytes in stroke
      $561,996
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01MH127856-05, led by Louise D. McCullough.

  20. Jose E Cavazos

    Leads 1 award · $548,831

  21. Samden Lhatoo

    Leads 1 award · $528,810

    • 1R24NS143946-01Department: NIH department code
      International Seizure and SUDEP Research Repository (InSSURR)

      Principal investigators: Samden Lhatoo (contact PI), Guo-Qiang Zhang

      $528,810
      award amount

  22. Mohammad Shahnawaz

    Leads 1 award · $517,505

    • 5R01NS119689-04Department: NIH department code
      Differentiation and characterization of conformational alpha-synuclein strains associated with Parkinson's disease and related synucleinopathies

      Principal investigators: Mohammad Shahnawaz (contact PI), Sandra Pritzkow

      $517,505
      award amount

  23. Kazim A Sheikh

    Leads 1 award · $512,221

    • 5R01NS134989-02Department: NIH department code
      Modulation of CSF1R Signaling to Treat Inflammatory Neuropathies
      $512,221
      award amount

  24. Gab Seok Kim

    Leads 1 award · $500,372

    • 5R01NS133324-03Department: NIH department code
      Ifi27l2a as a therapeutic target for stroke
      $500,372
      award amount

  25. Jaroslaw Aronowski

    Leads 1 award · $471,323

    • 5R01NS119804-05Department: NIH department code
      Aryl hydrocarbon receptor and bilirubin as therapeutic target for ICH
      $471,323
      award amount

  26. Joo Eun Jung

    Leads 1 award · $461,926

    • 5R01NS133693-02Department: NIH department code
      Pathobiology of ICH in Aging
      $461,926
      award amount

  27. Fei Wang

    Leads 1 award · $429,000

    • 1R21NS147229-01Department: NIH department code
      Explore the prion pathogenic mechanisms by investigating the structure-function relationships of PrP fibrils

      Principal investigators: Fei Wang (contact PI), Claudio Soto

      $429,000
      award amount

  28. Jose Felix Moruno Manchon

    Leads 1 award · $417,800

    • 1R21AG091823-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Senescence induced by iron overload in the brain vasculature
      $417,800
      award amount

  29. Yuri Alexander Dabaghian

    Leads 1 award · $386,708

    • 5R01AG074226-05Department: NIH department code
      Waves and noise in hippocampo-cortical circuit: a study of Alzheimer's disease

      Principal investigators: Yuri Alexander Dabaghian (contact PI), Daoyun Ji

      $386,708
      award amount

  30. Sean I Savitz

    Leads 1 award · $374,185

    • 5U24NS107322-07Department: NIH department code
      Gulf Regional Area Stroke Program and Oklahoma
      $374,185
      award amount

  31. Devika Soundara Manickam

    Leads 1 award · $323,417

    • 7R01NS136752-02Department: NIH department code
      Engineered extracellular vesicles for the delivery of mitochondria and therapeutic proteins to the BBB
      $323,417
      award amount

  32. Rodney Ritzel

    Leads 1 award · $195,000

    • 5R21AG089655-02Department: NIH department code
      Cellular senescence as a potential sex-specific driver of small vessel disease and post-stroke cognitive impairment in late adulthood
      $195,000
      award amount

  33. Jeremy Adam Tanner

    Leads 1 award · $163,080

    • 1K08AG090815-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Bridging Gaps to Translate Plasma Alzheimer's Disease Biomarkers to Diverse Populations
      $163,080
      award amount

  34. Sudha Seshadri

    Leads 1 award · $50,000

    • 1R13AG097036-01Department: NIH department code
      International Workshops to Grow and Support Global Network of Interdisciplinary Researchers Fluent in Neurology, Brain Imaging, Epidemiology, Genetics, Multiomics, and Ethics

      Principal investigators: Sudha Seshadri (contact PI), Stephanie Anne-Carine Debette

      $50,000
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 3U19AG076581-03S2, led by Gabriel Alejandro De Erausquin; 3U19AG076581-03S1, led by Gabriel Alejandro De Erausquin.

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.