Neurosurgery at UT Health Science Center Houston

Leads a grant in this department

16 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. John P Seymour

   Leads 1 award · $1,320,707

   • 5UG3NS125487-03Department: NIH department code

     DIrectional and SCalable (DISC) Microelectrode Array for Speech Decoding

     Principal investigators: John P Seymour (contact PI), Nitin Tandon

     $1,320,707

     award amount

2. Huimahn Alex Choi

   Leads 2 awards · $1,065,187

   • 5R01NS131469-03Department: NIH department code

     Radiographic markers and therapeutic targets of cerebral edema after SAH
     $557,202

     award amount
   • 5R33NS119640-05Department: NIH department code

     Discovery of Plasma Biomarkers of Delayed Cerebral Ischemia after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

     Principal investigators: Huimahn Alex Choi (contact PI), Jude Pj Savarraj

     $507,985

     award amount

3. Aaron Mark Gusdon

   Leads 2 awards · $816,001

   • 1R01NS142408-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Systemic Lipid Metabolism After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SLIM-SAH)
     $632,144

     award amount
   • 5K23NS121628-05Department: NIH department code

     Metabolic alterations after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
     $183,857

     award amount

4. Nitin Tandon

   Leads 2 awards · $752,885

   • 5U01NS128921-05Department: NIH department code

     The Neural Code and Dynamics of the Reading Network
     $693,636

     award amount
   • 5UE5NS113757-07Department: NIH department code

     Research Training for Residents & Fellows in Neurological Disorders

     Principal investigators: Nitin Tandon (contact PI), Samden Lhatoo

     $59,249

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 5UG3NS125487-03, led by John P Seymour.

5. Eunhee Kim

   Leads 1 award · $516,794

   • 5R01NS135153-03Department: NIH department code

     Endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition in mutant KRAS-induced brain as a cause of arteriovenous malformations
     $516,794

     award amount

6. Ji Young Yoo

   Leads 1 award · $493,744

   • 5R01CA276942-04Department: NIH department code

     Enhanced Viro-Immunotherapy for Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis
     $493,744

     award amount

7. Jiaqian Wu-Huber

   Leads 1 award · $481,521

   • 5R01NS088353-10Department: NIH department code

     Identifying Novel Molecular Targets for Chronic SCI
     $481,521

     award amount

8. Xuefang Sophie Ren

   Leads 1 award · $453,397

   • 5R01NS117606-04Department: NIH department code

     MicroRNAs, Mitochondria and the Blood-Brain Barrier - Therapeutic Targets for Stroke
     $453,397

     award amount

9. Sunil Krishnan

   Leads 1 award · $446,602

   • 5R01CA257241-06Department: NIH department code

     Rational translation of gold nanoparticle mediated radiosensitization to the clinic

     Principal investigators: Sunil Krishnan (contact PI), Sang Hyun Cho

     $446,602

     award amount

10. Devin William McBride

    Leads 1 award · $429,000

    • 1R21NS142863-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Skull Neutrophils after SAH
      $429,000

      award amount

11. Naomi Ledene Sayre

    Leads 2 awards · $426,185

    • 5R01NS132778-04Department: NIH department code

      LRP1 as a novel regulator of CXCR4 in adult neural stem cells and post-stroke response
      $396,347

      award amount
    • 3R01NS132778-04S1Department: NIH department code

      LRP1 as a novel regulator of CXCR4 in adult neural stem cells and post-stroke response
      $29,838

      award amount

12. Mark J Burish

    Leads 1 award · $392,223

    • 1R61NS144491-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Development of a multi-modal mouse model of cluster headache

      Principal investigators: Mark J Burish (contact PI), Seung-Hee Yoo

      $392,223

      award amount

13. Eunsu Park

    Leads 1 award · $390,000

    • 5R01NS126415-05Department: NIH department code

      Microglia/macrophages as target to prevent intracerebral hemorrhage in KRAS mutation-induced brain arteriovenous malformations
      $390,000

      award amount

14. Zhen Xu

    Leads 1 award · $389,998

    • 5R01NS126664-04Department: NIH department code

      The Role of Podosomes in Cerebrovascular Integrity and Intracranial Aneurysm
      $389,998

      award amount

15. Yanning Rui

    Leads 1 award · $382,114

    • 5R01NS126820-04Department: NIH department code

      Role of Selective Autophagy of Focal Adhesion in Intracranial Aneurysm
      $382,114

      award amount

16. Junghwan Kim

    Leads 1 award · $379,340

    • 5R01NS121040-06Department: NIH department code

      Characterization of neurovascular and neurometabolic coupling of the negative BOLD response in human
      $379,340

      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.

• Jude Pj Savarraj

  Co-investigator on 5R33NS119640-05, led by Huimahn Alex Choi

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

• Sang Hyun Cho

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA257241-06, led by Sunil Krishnan

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

• Seung-Hee Yoo

  Co-investigator on 1R61NS144491-01A1, led by Mark J Burish

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • UT Health Science Center Houston · Biochemistry (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Samden Lhatoo

  Co-investigator on 5UE5NS113757-07, led by Nitin Tandon

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • UT Health Science Center Houston · Neurology (NIH department code, 1 award)