Pathology at UT Medical Branch Galveston

Leads a grant in this department

11 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. Robert Koehler Abbott

   Leads 2 awards · $1,278,400

   • 1R01AI184768-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Circularization of RNA to improve the durability of the vaccine immune response

     Principal investigators: Robert Koehler Abbott (contact PI), Alexander Bukreyev

     $798,400

     award amount
   • 5DP2AI154410-04Department: NIH department code

     Revealing the Biophysics of the Germinal Center Microenvironment
     $480,000

     award amount

2. Rong Megan Fang

   Leads 2 awards · $1,013,635

   • 5R01AI163857-04Department: NIH department code

     Rational development of a vaccine against tick-borne rickettsioses
     $780,835

     award amount
   • 1R21AI183177-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Identification of diagnostic biomarkers for flea-borne typhus
     $232,800

     award amount

3. Jere W McBride

   Leads 2 awards · $920,128

   • 1R01AI192966-01Department: NIH department code

     Ehrlichia modulation of RNA splicing to influence KIRREL1-regulated Hippo signaling
     $520,128

     award amount
   • 5R01AI158422-04Department: NIH department code

     Ehrlichia Notch SLiM-activated oncoprotein inhibition of apoptosis
     $400,000

     award amount

4. Irma Cisneros

   Leads 1 award · $593,890

   • 5R01DA052263-05Department: NIH department code

     AIM(2)ing at the inflammasome: Impact of MAVS signaling in cocaine-and HIV-1 induced neuroinflammation
     $593,890

     award amount

5. Cheng Huang

   Leads 1 award · $576,501

   • 1R01AI187204-01A1Department: NIH department code

     New role of NP Exoribonuclease in Lassa virus infection
     $576,501

     award amount

6. Bin Gong

   Leads 1 award · $463,698

   • 1R01AI184781-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Pre-clinical studies to repurpose FDA-approved adenosine A2A receptor antagonists for lethal rickettsial infection

     Principal investigators: Bin Gong (contact PI), Yuejin Liang

     $463,698

     award amount

7. Minghua Li

   Leads 1 award · $440,000

   • 1R21AI190681-01Department: NIH department code

     Defining the role of TRIM proteins in vector-borne bunyavirus infection
     $440,000

     award amount

8. Robert Layne Kruse

   Leads 1 award · $440,000

   • 1R21AI193714-01Department: NIH department code

     Creation of a transgenic pig model permissive to HBV infection
     $440,000

     award amount

9. Heather L Stevenson

   Leads 1 award · $388,872

   • 5R01DK125730-05Department: NIH department code

     ANALYSIS OF INTRAHEPATIC MACROPHAGE PROFILES FOR PREDICTING RISK OF FIBROSIS DEVELOPMENT IN PATIENTS WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE
     $388,872

     award amount

10. Patricia Veronica Aguilar

    Leads 1 award · $297,374

    • 5D43TW010331-10Department: NIH department code

      Colombia-U.S. Fogarty training program on the impact of emerging zoonotic and vector-borne diseases in acute undifferentiated febrile illnesses

      Principal investigators: Patricia Veronica Aguilar (contact PI), Juan David Rodas

      $297,374

      award amount

11. Hema Prasad Narra

    Leads 1 award · $278,013

    • 5R61AI179997-02Department: NIH department code

      Generation of Orientia tsutsugamushi mutant strains for pathogenesis research

      Principal investigators: Hema Prasad Narra (contact PI), Lynn Soong

      $278,013

      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.

• Alexander Bukreyev

  Co-investigator on 1R01AI184768-01A1, led by Robert Koehler Abbott

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • UT Medical Branch Galveston (no department on record, 1 award)

• Yuejin Liang

  Co-investigator on 1R01AI184781-01A1, led by Bin Gong

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

• Juan David Rodas

  Co-investigator on 5D43TW010331-10, led by Patricia Veronica Aguilar

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

• Lynn Soong

  Co-investigator on 5R61AI179997-02, led by Hema Prasad Narra

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • UT Medical Branch Galveston · Microbiology & Immunology (NIH department code, 3 awards)