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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurosciences at UT Medical Branch Galveston

Galveston, TX

Funding
$6.1M
$6,104,987
Awards
12
FY2026 NIH awards in Neurosciences
Principal investigators
15
10 lead a grant here, 5 co-investigators
Department rank
#41
of 75 · 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 Neurosciences row of the UT Medical Branch Galveston page.

Leads a grant in this department

10 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. Eliseo A Eugenin

    Leads 2 awards · $1,432,230

    • 1R01MH146681-01Department: NIH department code
      The role of defective pro-viruses and viral proteins in NeuroHIV and cure
      $742,270
      award amount
    • 5R01MH134761-03Department: NIH department code
      Targeting cell-to-cell communication to prevent bystander damage mediated by viral reservoirs
      $689,960
      award amount

  2. Qing Yang

    Leads 1 award · $1,208,622

    • 4R01CA273001-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of acute excitation of sensory neurons in the development of paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy
      $1,208,622
      award amount

  3. Ping Wu

    Leads 2 awards · $1,147,443

    • 5R01DA050871-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of prenatal opioid exposure on brain and behavior

      Principal investigators: Ping Wu (contact PI), Kathryn A. Cunningham

      $631,388
      award amount
    • 5R01NS125778-05Department: NIH department code
      Role of microglia in neural infection

      Principal investigators: Ping Wu (contact PI), Tian Wang

      $516,055
      award amount

  4. Andres F. Oberhauser

    Leads 1 award · $561,893

    • 5R01AG088215-03Department: NIH department code
      The function of post-translational modifications of myosin and its chaperone UNC-45 that occur with adult aging

      Principal investigators: Andres F. Oberhauser (contact PI), Guy Martin Benian

      $561,893
      award amount

  5. Dustin Pepper Green

    Leads 1 award · $499,611

    • 5R01NS131507-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of neuro-immune interactions in PACAP induced migraine
      $499,611
      award amount

  6. Kae-Jiun Chang

    Leads 1 award · $458,189

    • 5R01NS140424-02Department: NIH department code
      Sculpting Membrane Dynamics: Membrane-Remodeling Factors Shape Oligodendroglial Form and Function
      $458,189
      award amount

  7. Bin Pan

    Leads 1 award · $376,719

    • 5R01NS128410-04Department: NIH department code
      Role of Primary Sensory Neuron CaMKII Signaling in Regulation of Pain

      Principal investigators: Bin Pan (contact PI), Andy Hudmon

      $376,719
      award amount

  8. Silvana A Valdebenito-Silva

    Leads 1 award · $197,345

    • 5K01NS137812-03Department: NIH department code
      Tunneling nanotubes are a novel mechanism for the propagation of HIV infection and neurodegeneration
      $197,345
      award amount

  9. Brendan Prideaux

    Leads 1 award · $183,320

    • 5R34AR084669-03Department: NIH department code
      Integrated spatial omics to elucidate conserved inflammatory mechanisms of vesicant-induced skin injury

      Principal investigators: Brendan Prideaux (contact PI), Celeste Campbell Finnerty

      $183,320
      award amount

  10. Jessica Tierney

    Leads 1 award · $39,615

    • 1F30DA065327-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of prenatal opioid exposure on offspring brain development and behavior
      $39,615
      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.