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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Microbiology & Immunology at UT Medical Branch Galveston

Galveston, TX

Funding
$22.1M
$22,081,055
Awards
23
FY2026 NIH awards in Microbiology & Immunology
Principal investigators
32
25 lead a grant here, 7 co-investigators
Department rank
#11
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 Medical Branch Galveston page.

Leads a grant in this department

25 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. Corrie Ntiforo

    Leads 1 award · $11,499,999

  2. David Beasley

    Leads 1 award · $11,499,999

  3. Dennis A Bente

    Leads 1 award · $11,499,999

  4. Gene Garrard Olinger

    Leads 1 award · $11,499,999

  5. Kenith Roland Adcox

    Leads 1 award · $11,499,999

  6. Thomas Gary Ksiazek

    Leads 1 award · $11,499,999

  7. Alfredo G Torres

    Leads 2 awards · $2,014,869

    • 1P01AI199402-01Department: NIH department code
      Host-Pathogen Interactions in Melioidosis

      Principal investigators: Alfredo G Torres (contact PI), Narisara Chantratita (contact PI), Timothy Eoin West (contact PI)

      $1,310,827
      award amount
    • 3P01AI199402-01S1Department: NIH department code
      Host-Pathogen Interactions in Melioidosis
      $704,042
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R21AI189278-01A1, led by Christopher Shane Massey.

  8. Narisara Chantratita

    Leads 1 award · $1,310,827

  9. Timothy Eoin West

    Leads 1 award · $1,310,827

  10. Robert W Cross

    Leads 1 award · $1,294,377

    • 2U01AI151801-06Department: NIH department code
      West African Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases

      Principal investigators: Robert W Cross (contact PI), Scott C Weaver

      $1,294,377
      award amount

  11. Thomas William Geisbert

    Leads 1 award · $1,064,364

    • 5R01AI160226-05Department: NIH department code
      Preclinical development of a vaccine for Nipah virus
      $1,064,364
      award amount

  12. Scott C Weaver

    Leads 2 awards · $1,055,898

    • 1R24AI198145-01Department: NIH department code
      Support for Emerging Virus and Arbovirus Research

      Principal investigators: Scott C Weaver (contact PI), Kenneth Steven Plante

      $807,498
      award amount
    • 5D43TW012246-05Department: NIH department code
      Training and Research on Arboviruses and Zoonoses In Nigeria and Sierra Leone (TRAIN)

      Principal investigators: Scott C Weaver (contact PI), Nikos Vasilakis

      $248,400
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2U01AI151801-06, led by Robert W Cross; 5T32AI060549-23, led by Ashok K Chopra.

  13. Ashok K Chopra

    Leads 4 awards · $892,877

    • 1R01AI190007-01A1Department: NIH department code
      A versatile new generation platform for prophylactic treatment against highly consequential bacterial pathogens: Yersinia pestis as a prototype

      Principal investigators: Ashok K Chopra (contact PI), Dan Peer, Ofer Cohen

      $517,568
      award amount
    • 5T32AI060549-23Department: NIH department code
      Biodefense Training Program

      Principal investigators: Ashok K Chopra (contact PI), Janice J Endsley, Scott C Weaver

      $160,860
      award amount
    • 3R01AI190007-01A1S2Department: NIH department code
      A versatile new generation platform for prophylactic treatment against highly consequential bacterial pathogens: Yersinia pestis as a prototype

      Principal investigators: Ashok K Chopra (contact PI), Dan Peer, Ofer Cohen

      $111,849
      award amount
    • 3R01AI190007-01A1S1Department: NIH department code
      A versatile new generation platform for prophylactic treatment against highly consequential bacterial pathogens: Yersinia pestis as a prototype

      Principal investigators: Ashok K Chopra (contact PI), Dan Peer, Ofer Cohen

      $102,600
      award amount

  14. Janice J Endsley

    Leads 1 award · $765,681

    • 5R01HL181469-02Department: NIH department code
      C type Lectin Pathway Regulates Macrophage Immune Metabolism in Mtb-Infected Lung

      Principal investigators: Janice J Endsley (contact PI), Brendan Prideaux, Mark Endsley

      $765,681
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32AI060549-23, led by Ashok K Chopra.

  15. Tian Wang

    Leads 1 award · $751,347

    • 5R01AI176670-04Department: NIH department code
      Porous silicon microparticle-based subunit vaccines for SARS-CoV-2
      $751,347
      award amount

  16. Shinji Makino

    Leads 1 award · $655,774

    • 5R01AI187192-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of RNA packaging in Rift Valley fever virus
      $655,774
      award amount

  17. Nisha Jain Garg

    Leads 1 award · $602,299

    • 5R01AI136031-11Department: NIH department code
      Oxidative Response Networks in Chagasic Cardiomyopathy
      $602,299
      award amount

  18. Lynn Soong

    Leads 1 award · $480,000

    • 5R01AI132674-07Department: NIH department code
      Pathogenic Mechanisms of Vascular Dysfunction in Scrub Typhus

      Principal investigators: Lynn Soong (contact PI), Yuejin Liang

      $480,000
      award amount

  19. Matthieu Gagnon

    Leads 1 award · $441,920

    • 5R35GM158272-02Department: NIH department code
      Structural bases for protein synthesis quality control
      $441,920
      award amount

  20. Christopher Shane Massey

    Leads 1 award · $200,000

    • 1R21AI189278-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Assembly of B. pseudomallei proteins to virus-like particles as a vaccine platform against melioidosis

      Principal investigators: Christopher Shane Massey (contact PI), Alfredo G Torres

      $200,000
      award amount

  21. Kenneth Steven Plante

    Leads 1 award · $200,000

    • 5R21NS140036-02Department: NIH department code
      Utilizing a novel hamster model to determine neurologic and behavioral abnormalities of offspring from mothers infected with SARS-CoV-2

      Principal investigators: Kenneth Steven Plante (contact PI), Eliseo A Eugenin

      $200,000
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R24AI198145-01, led by Scott C Weaver.

  22. Blake Neil

    Leads 1 award · $42,585

    • 1F31AI197328-01Department: NIH department code
      Bacterial histamine production as a novel mechanism of host immune evasion
      $42,585
      award amount

  23. Layne Pruitt

    Leads 1 award · $40,021

    • 1F31AI200609-01Department: NIH department code
      Harnessing germinal center hypoxia to develop an effective HIV vaccine
      $40,021
      award amount

  24. Meagan Rippee-Brooks

    Leads 1 award · $39,532

    • 1F31AG099446-01Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing Myeloid Nuclear Differentiation Antigen (MNDA) in Alzheimer's Disease
      $39,532
      award amount

  25. Kirsten Littlefield

    Leads 1 award · $39,512

    • 5F31AI191804-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism of Lassa virus-associated sensorineural hearing loss
      $39,512
      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.

  • Brendan Prideaux

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL181469-02, led by Janice J Endsley

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Mark Endsley

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL181469-02, led by Janice J Endsley

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

  • Dan Peer

    Co-investigator on 1R01AI190007-01A1, led by Ashok K Chopra; 3R01AI190007-01A1S2, led by Ashok K Chopra; 3R01AI190007-01A1S1, led by Ashok K Chopra

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

  • Ofer Cohen

    Co-investigator on 1R01AI190007-01A1, led by Ashok K Chopra; 3R01AI190007-01A1S2, led by Ashok K Chopra; 3R01AI190007-01A1S1, led by Ashok K Chopra

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

  • Yuejin Liang

    Co-investigator on 5R01AI132674-07, led by Lynn Soong

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

  • Nikos Vasilakis

    Co-investigator on 5D43TW012246-05, led by Scott C Weaver

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Eliseo A Eugenin

    Co-investigator on 5R21NS140036-02, led by Kenneth Steven Plante

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads