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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurology at UT Health Science Center Houston

San Antonio, TX

Funding
$45.4M
$45,394,160
Awards
51
FY2026 NIH awards in Neurology
Principal investigators
68
45 lead a grant here, 23 co-investigators
Department rank
#5
of 83 · 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

45 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. Sudha Seshadri

    Leads 8 awards · $9,345,166

    Also a principal investigator on 5U19AG076581-04, led by Gabriel Alejandro De Erausquin and John Blangero and Meredith Nahm Zozus and Peter Thornton Fox; 3U19AG076581-04S1, led by Gabriel Alejandro De Erausquin.

  2. Meredith Nahm Zozus

    Leads 2 awards · $8,559,760

  3. Guo-Qiang Zhang

    Leads 2 awards · $6,681,284

    Also a principal investigator on 5R24NS143946-02, led by Samden Lhatoo.

  4. Gabriel Alejandro De Erausquin

    Leads 2 awards · $5,797,392

  5. Jose E Cavazos

    Leads 4 awards · $5,246,792

  6. Agustin Ruiz Laza

    Leads 1 award · $4,585,962

  7. Anna Campbell Sullivan

    Leads 1 award · $4,585,962

  8. Claudia Kimie Suemoto

    Leads 1 award · $4,585,962

  9. Claudia L Satizabal

    Leads 1 award · $4,585,962

    Also a principal investigator on 2R01AG059421-02, led by Sudha Seshadri; 3R01AG059421-02S4, led by Sudha Seshadri; 3R01AG059421-02S2, led by Sudha Seshadri; 3R01AG059421-02S3, led by Sudha Seshadri; 3R01AG059421-02S5, led by Sudha Seshadri; 3R01AG059421-02S1, led by Sudha Seshadri.

  10. Mohamad Habes

    Leads 1 award · $4,585,962

  11. Neela K Patel

    Leads 1 award · $4,585,962

  12. Tiffany Faye Kautz

    Leads 1 award · $4,585,962

  13. Claudio Soto

    Leads 4 awards · $4,396,578

    • 5P01AI077774-15Department: NIH department code
      Pathogenesis, Transmission and Detection of Zoonotic Prion Diseases

      Principal investigators: Claudio Soto (contact PI), Edward Arthur Hoover (contact PI), Glenn C Telling (contact PI), Jason C Bartz (contact PI)

      $2,529,112
      award amount
    • 5U24AG079685-05Department: NIH department code
      Production and Distribution of well-characterized polymorphic variants of alpha-synuclein aggregates
      $764,498
      award amount
    • 1R61NS151436-01Department: NIH department code
      Development and validation of an alpha-synuclein Seed Amplification Assay using peripheral bodily fluids of patients affected by Parkinson's disease and Dementia with Lewy bodies
      $722,153
      award amount
    • 4R33NS136666-03Department: NIH department code
      Development and validation of a high throughput screening assay for identification of tau aggregation inhibitors in Alzheimer's disease
      $380,815
      award amount

  14. John Blangero

    Leads 1 award · $3,973,798

  15. Peter Thornton Fox

    Leads 1 award · $3,973,798

  16. Edward Arthur Hoover

    Leads 1 award · $2,529,112

  17. Glenn C Telling

    Leads 1 award · $2,529,112

  18. Jason C Bartz

    Leads 1 award · $2,529,112

  19. Hung Wen (kevin) Lin

    Leads 3 awards · $2,151,425

    • 4R01NS132291-03Department: NIH department code
      Protein Arginine Methyltransferase-Mediated Vascular Dementia in Sickle Cell Disease
      $779,610
      award amount
    • 5R01AG081258-03Department: NIH department code
      Protein Arginine Methyltransferases in Alzheimer's disease
      $777,788
      award amount
    • 5R01AG081874-04Department: NIH department code
      Using Photobiomodulation to Alleviate Brain Hypoperfusion in Alzheimer's Disease

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

      $594,027
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R25NS147378-01, led by Sean P Marrelli.

  20. Sean P Marrelli

    Leads 3 awards · $1,467,428

    • 5R01AG081942-04Department: NIH department code
      Modifying endothelial Piezo 1 function to improve brain perfusion in AD/ADRD
      $682,211
      award amount
    • 1R01AG094056-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Contribution of intramural von Willebrand factor (VWF) to cerebrovascular dysfunction in amyloidosis
      $650,533
      award amount
    • 1R25NS147378-01Department: NIH department code
      Young BRAINS Summer Research Program

      Principal investigators: Sean P Marrelli (contact PI), Hung Wen (kevin) Lin

      $134,684
      award amount

  21. Fudong Liu

    Leads 2 awards · $1,183,258

    • 1R01NS142133-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The interaction of X chromosome and sex hormonal effects in stroke and neuroinflammation
      $619,975
      award amount
    • 5R01NS129977-04Department: NIH department code
      CD200 signaling mediates the interactions of neurons and endothelia with circulating leukocytes in stroke
      $563,283
      award amount

  22. Louise D. McCullough

    Leads 1 award · $1,170,000

    • 5R35NS132265-04Department: NIH department code
      Sex Differences in Inflammation Across the Lifespan
      $1,170,000
      award amount

  23. Anjail Z Sharrief

    Leads 1 award · $767,869

    • 5R01NS140001-02Department: NIH department code
      The Community Brain Health Collaborative
      $767,869
      award amount

  24. Akihiko Urayama

    Leads 1 award · $766,133

    • 5R01AG087397-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism of ARIA following Anti-Amyloid Immunotherapy

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

      $766,133
      award amount

  25. Costin Leu

    Leads 1 award · $748,471

    • 5R01NS117544-05Department: NIH department code
      Clinical genetics of drug-resistant epilepsy with focal cortical dysplasia

      Principal investigators: Costin Leu (contact PI), Dennis Lal

      $748,471
      award amount

  26. Venugopal Reddy Venna

    Leads 1 award · $741,151

    • 5R01AG088518-03Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering Molecular Mechanisms of Post-Stroke Depression in Aged Mice

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

      $741,151
      award amount

  27. Juneyoung Lee

    Leads 1 award · $696,896

    • 5R01AG085585-02Department: NIH department code
      Impact of the gut microbiome on B cell-mediated neuroinflammation in cerebral amyloid angiopathy
      $696,896
      award amount

  28. Bharti Manwani

    Leads 1 award · $655,218

    • 5R01HL168979-03Department: NIH department code
      On the Basis of Sex: The Role of Sex chromosomal complement in Atrial Fibrillation and Dementia
      $655,218
      award amount

  29. Jun Li

    Leads 1 award · $654,110

    • 1R01AG094006-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Endothelial Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 in Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy and Alzheimer's disease
      $654,110
      award amount

  30. Paul E Schulz

    Leads 1 award · $640,609

    • 5R01AG080137-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms underlying delayed neurocognitive dysfunction in long-covid
      $640,609
      award amount

  31. Rodrigo Morales

    Leads 1 award · $625,513

    • 5R01AI132695-07Department: NIH department code
      Shedding, retention and spreading of chronic wasting disease prions in the environment
      $625,513
      award amount

  32. Anjali Chauhan

    Leads 1 award · $622,827

    • 5R01NS128412-04Department: NIH department code
      Contribution of IL6 trans signaling in older females after ischemic stroke
      $622,827
      award amount

  33. Nuria Lacuey Lecumberri

    Leads 1 award · $612,876

    • 5R01NS133743-04Department: NIH department code
      Breathing Rescue for SUDEP Prevention (BreatheS)
      $612,876
      award amount

  34. Kazim A Sheikh

    Leads 1 award · $569,135

    • 5R01NS134989-03Department: NIH department code
      Modulation of CSF1R Signaling to Treat Inflammatory Neuropathies
      $569,135
      award amount

  35. Samden Lhatoo

    Leads 1 award · $528,810

    • 5R24NS143946-02Department: NIH department code
      International Seizure and SUDEP Research Repository (InSSURR)

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

      $528,810
      award amount

  36. Mohammad Shahnawaz

    Leads 1 award · $517,505

    • 5R01NS119689-05Department: 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

  37. Joo Eun Jung

    Leads 1 award · $513,251

    • 5R01NS133693-03Department: NIH department code
      Pathobiology of ICH in Aging
      $513,251
      award amount

  38. Sunil Sheth

    Leads 1 award · $511,597

    • 5R01NS138765-03Department: 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

  39. Gab Seok Kim

    Leads 1 award · $500,372

    • 5R01NS133324-04Department: NIH department code
      Ifi27l2a as a therapeutic target for stroke
      $500,372
      award amount

  40. Mark Paul Goldberg

    Leads 1 award · $433,125

    • 1R21NS146921-01A1Department: NIH department code
      REST Regulation of Gene Expression in Remote Post-Stroke Plasticity
      $433,125
      award amount

  41. Sean I Savitz

    Leads 1 award · $415,760

    • 5U24NS107322-08Department: NIH department code
      Gulf Regional Area Stroke Program and Oklahoma
      $415,760
      award amount

  42. Devika Soundara Manickam

    Leads 1 award · $405,531

    • 5R01NS136752-03Department: NIH department code
      Engineered extracellular vesicles for the delivery of mitochondria and therapeutic proteins to the BBB
      $405,531
      award amount

  43. Gang Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $234,000

    • 1R21NS146824-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating Novel Immunomodulatory Mechanisms of Neonatal Fc Receptor Blockade by Efgartigimod in a T Cell-Mediated Demyelinating Neuropathy Model
      $234,000
      award amount

  44. Jerome Anand Jeevarajan

    Leads 1 award · $217,080

    • 1K23NS144706-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Novel CT-based Biomarkers to Improve Acute Stroke Triage
      $217,080
      award amount

  45. Jeremy Adam Tanner

    Leads 1 award · $162,960

    • 5K08AG090815-02Department: NIH department code
      Bridging Gaps to Translate Plasma Alzheimer's Disease Biomarkers to Diverse Populations
      $162,960
      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.

  • Hongfang Liu

    Co-investigator on 5U24AG098157-02, led by Guo-Qiang Zhang

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Licong Cui

    Co-investigator on 5U24AG098157-02, led by Guo-Qiang Zhang

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Ronald C Petersen

    Co-investigator on 5U24AG098157-02, led by Guo-Qiang Zhang

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Yong Chen

    Co-investigator on 5U24AG098157-02, led by Guo-Qiang Zhang

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Zoe Arvanitakis

    Co-investigator on 5U24AG098157-02, led by Guo-Qiang Zhang

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Gabriela Gonzalez_aleman

    Co-investigator on 5U19AG076581-04, led by Gabriel Alejandro De Erausquin and John Blangero and Meredith Nahm Zozus and Peter Thornton Fox; 3U19AG076581-04S1, led by Gabriel Alejandro De Erausquin

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Mindy Katz

    Co-investigator on 5U19AG076581-04, led by Gabriel Alejandro De Erausquin and John Blangero and Meredith Nahm Zozus and Peter Thornton Fox; 3U19AG076581-04S1, led by Gabriel Alejandro De Erausquin

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Thomas F. Patterson

    Co-investigator on 5U19AG076581-04, led by Gabriel Alejandro De Erausquin and John Blangero and Meredith Nahm Zozus and Peter Thornton Fox; 3U19AG076581-04S1, led by Gabriel Alejandro De Erausquin

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Stephanie Anne-Carine Debette

    Co-investigator on 2R01AG059421-02, led by Sudha Seshadri; 3R01AG059421-02S4, led by Sudha Seshadri; 3R01AG059421-02S2, led by Sudha Seshadri; 3R01AG059421-02S3, led by Sudha Seshadri; 3R01AG059421-02S5, led by Sudha Seshadri; 3R01AG059421-02S1, led by Sudha Seshadri; 5R13AG097036-02, led by Sudha Seshadri

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Astrid M Suchy-Dicey

    Co-investigator on 2R01AG059421-02, led by Sudha Seshadri; 3R01AG059421-02S4, led by Sudha Seshadri; 3R01AG059421-02S2, led by Sudha Seshadri; 3R01AG059421-02S3, led by Sudha Seshadri; 3R01AG059421-02S5, led by Sudha Seshadri; 3R01AG059421-02S1, led by Sudha Seshadri

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Carole Dufouil

    Co-investigator on 2R01AG059421-02, led by Sudha Seshadri; 3R01AG059421-02S4, led by Sudha Seshadri; 3R01AG059421-02S2, led by Sudha Seshadri; 3R01AG059421-02S3, led by Sudha Seshadri; 3R01AG059421-02S5, led by Sudha Seshadri; 3R01AG059421-02S1, led by Sudha Seshadri

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Mohammad Arfan Ikram

    Co-investigator on 2R01AG059421-02, led by Sudha Seshadri; 3R01AG059421-02S4, led by Sudha Seshadri; 3R01AG059421-02S2, led by Sudha Seshadri; 3R01AG059421-02S3, led by Sudha Seshadri; 3R01AG059421-02S5, led by Sudha Seshadri; 3R01AG059421-02S1, led by Sudha Seshadri

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Gladys E. Maestre

    Co-investigator on 2P30AG066546-06, led by Agustin Ruiz Laza and Anna Campbell Sullivan and Claudia Kimie Suemoto and Claudia L Satizabal and Jose E Cavazos and Meredith Nahm Zozus and Mohamad Habes and Neela K Patel and Sudha Seshadri and Tiffany Faye Kautz

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Hua Xu

    Co-investigator on 5U24MH130988-05, led by Guo-Qiang Zhang

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Wenjin Jim Zheng

    Co-investigator on 5U24MH130988-05, led by Guo-Qiang Zhang

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Xin Ge

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG087397-02, led by Akihiko Urayama

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Dennis Lal

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS117544-05, led by Costin Leu

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Antonio Lucio Teixeira

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG088518-03, led by Venugopal Reddy Venna

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Mengwei Zang

    Co-investigator on 5T32GM145432-04, led by Jose E Cavazos; 3T32GM145432-04S1, led by Jose E Cavazos; 3T32GM145432-03S1, led by Jose E Cavazos

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Ratna K Vadlamudi

    Co-investigator on 5T32GM145432-04, led by Jose E Cavazos; 3T32GM145432-04S1, led by Jose E Cavazos; 3T32GM145432-03S1, led by Jose E Cavazos

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Quanguang Zhang

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG081874-04, led by Hung Wen (kevin) Lin

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Sandra Pritzkow

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS119689-05, led by Mohammad Shahnawaz

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Santiago Ortega-Gutierrez

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS138765-03, led by Sunil Sheth

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads