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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pharmacology at UT Health Science Center Houston

San Antonio, TX

Funding
$8.8M
$8,808,818
Awards
19
FY2026 NIH awards in Pharmacology
Principal investigators
24
21 lead a grant here, 3 co-investigators
Department rank
#36
of 132 · 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 Pharmacology row of the UT Health Science Center Houston page.

Leads a grant in this department

21 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. Adam Salmon

    Leads 2 awards · $2,846,153

  2. Brett C Ginsburg

    Leads 1 award · $1,299,375

  3. James Floyd Nelson

    Leads 1 award · $1,299,375

  4. Peter J Hornsby

    Leads 1 award · $1,299,375

  5. Randy Strong

    Leads 1 award · $1,299,375

    Also a principal investigator on 5U01AG022307-23, led by Adam Salmon.

  6. Xianlin Han

    Leads 1 award · $1,299,375

  7. Yuji Ikeno

    Leads 1 award · $1,299,375

  8. William P Clarke

    Leads 2 awards · $812,430

    • 5R01DA057787-04Department: NIH department code
      Identification of allosteric molecules for DOR-KOR heteromer-mediated peripheral analgesia

      Principal investigators: William P Clarke (contact PI), Stanton Furst McHardy

      $505,856
      award amount
    • 4R33AT012117-03Department: NIH department code
      Development of a phenotypic screening assay for novel compounds that inhibit peripheral pain-sensing neurons
      $306,574
      award amount

  9. David Richard Maguire

    Leads 1 award · $651,857

    • 5R01DA060215-03Department: NIH department code
      Behavioral Pharmacology of Opioid/Xylazine Mixtures
      $651,857
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R13DA029347-16, led by Charles P France.

  10. Hong-Yu Li

    Leads 1 award · $643,268

    • 5R01CA277682-05Department: NIH department code
      Drug Development of Skp2 PROTACs in Cancer

      Principal investigators: Hong-Yu Li (contact PI), Hui-Kuan Lin

      $643,268
      award amount

  11. Xiaoli Sun

    Leads 1 award · $639,990

    • 1R01DK144299-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Role of OxPLs-mediated oxidative damage in MASH
      $639,990
      award amount

  12. Sarah Christine Hopp

    Leads 1 award · $575,001

    • 5R01AG085531-03Department: NIH department code
      L-type calcium channels in Alzheimer’s disease pathophysiology
      $575,001
      award amount

  13. David A Morilak

    Leads 2 awards · $573,546

    • 5R01CA285183-04Department: NIH department code
      Therapy-induced cognitive impairment in a rat model of prostate cancer
      $411,545
      award amount
    • 5T32NS082145-14Department: NIH department code
      Integrated Graduate Training Program in Neuroscience, UTHSCSA
      $162,001
      award amount

  14. Yuguang Shi

    Leads 1 award · $528,581

    • 5R01DK133463-04Department: NIH department code
      Cellular mechanisms of NLRP3 activation by ALCAT1 in diet-induced obesity
      $528,581
      award amount

  15. Takato Hiranita

    Leads 1 award · $427,285

    • 5R01DA058018-04Department: NIH department code
      Gabapentinoid/opioid mixtures: abuse and toxicity
      $427,285
      award amount

  16. Charles P France

    Leads 2 awards · $418,942

    • 2T32DA031115-16Department: NIH department code
      Postdoctoral Training in Drug Abuse Research: Behavior & Neurobiology
      $393,942
      award amount
    • 5R13DA029347-16Department: NIH department code
      Behavior, Biology, and Chemistry: Translational Research in Substance Use Disorders

      Principal investigators: Charles P France (contact PI), David Richard Maguire

      $25,000
      award amount

  17. Stephanie Marie Perez

    Leads 1 award · $317,184

    • 5R01AG076030-04Department: NIH department code
      Aberrant dopamine system function in a rodent model of perimenopause: relevance to psychosis

      Principal investigators: Stephanie Marie Perez (contact PI), Daniel Lodge

      $317,184
      award amount

  18. Michael Joaquin Wedemeyer

    Leads 1 award · $163,350

    • 1K99DA060953-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Regulation of the Kappa Opioid Receptor by 14-3-3 gamma
      $163,350
      award amount

  19. Liang Ma

    Leads 1 award · $118,557

    • 5K01AG084813-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of SNX19 in aging brains at single cell resolution and cerebral organoids
      $118,557
      award amount

  20. Jun Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $78,750

    • 5R03AG086958-02Department: NIH department code
      Pathological cardiolipin remodeling links mitochondrial dysfunction to inflammaging
      $78,750
      award amount

  21. Lindsey Galbo Thomma

    Leads 1 award · $13,924

    • 5F32DA063281-02Department: NIH department code
      Cannabidiol and buprenorphine: A poly-pharmacy approach to treat opioid use disorder
      $13,924
      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.

  • Hui-Kuan Lin

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA277682-05, led by Hong-Yu Li

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Stanton Furst McHardy

    Co-investigator on 5R01DA057787-04, led by William P Clarke

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

  • Daniel Lodge

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG076030-04, led by Stephanie Marie Perez

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