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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, TX

Funding
$21.1M
$21,084,899
Awards
51
FY2026 NIH awards in Pediatrics
Principal investigators
42
41 lead a grant here, 1 co-investigator
Department rank
#27
of 108 · 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 Pediatrics row of the UT Southwestern Medical Center page.

Leads a grant in this department

41 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. Kenneth Sung-Man Chen

    Leads 2 awards · $1,825,611

    • 4R01CA289259-03Department: NIH department code
      Developmental transcription factors in Drosha-driven cancer
      $1,312,551
      award amount
    • 5R01CA299613-02Department: NIH department code
      Genomic correlates of outcome in pleuropulmonary blastoma
      $513,060
      award amount
  2. Chieko Mineo

    Leads 3 awards · $1,752,138

    • 1R01HL189083-01Department: NIH department code
      Novel Role of IgG Glycosylation and Endothelial FcγRIIB in Cardiovascular Complications in Rheumatoid Arthritis
      $749,229
      award amount
    • 5R01HL168276-03Department: NIH department code
      A Novel role of Endothelial Breakpoint Cluster Region Protein in Vascular Health and Disease
      $520,567
      award amount
    • 5R01DK130961-04Department: NIH department code
      A novel role of cholesterol and SR-BI in adipocyte biology
      $482,342
      award amount
  3. Samuel Kent McBrayer

    Leads 2 awards · $1,299,216

    • 5R01CA289260-02Department: NIH department code
      Metabolic mechanisms of glioma progression

      Principal investigators: Samuel Kent McBrayer (contact PI), Kalil G Abdullah

      $666,543
      award amount
    • 5R01NS142141-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of glioma initiation by IDH oncogenes
      $632,673
      award amount
  4. Javier Garcia Bermudez

    Leads 2 awards · $1,175,011

    • 1R01DK145539-01Department: NIH department code
      Identification of metabolic regulators of hepatic phosphatidylcholine synthesis
      $676,279
      award amount
    • 1R01CA316462-01Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting the role of LDL uptake in tumor immunity and immunotherapy efficacy
      $498,732
      award amount
  5. Gerta N/a Hoxhaj

    Leads 2 awards · $1,122,691

    • 1R01AR086828-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Defining the Role of Epidermal NADPH in Linking Skin Homeostasis to Systemic Metabolism.
      $578,211
      award amount
    • 5R01CA289251-02Department: NIH department code
      Decoding the metabolic routes of purine nucleotides in cancer - Resubmission - 1
      $544,480
      award amount
  6. Ralph J Deberardinis

    Leads 1 award · $951,277

    • 5R35CA220449-10Department: NIH department code
      Human metabolic variation as a window into cancer initiation and progression
      $951,277
      award amount
  7. Mohan Kumar Krishnan

    Leads 2 awards · $923,526

    • 7R01HL163043-05Department: NIH department code
      Liver-Gut Axis in Neonatal Anemia and Its Role in RBC Transfusion Associated Gut Injury
      $473,832
      award amount
    • 5R01HD116950-03Department: NIH department code
      RBC transfusion exacerbates brain inflammation in anemic murine neonates and causes long term neurodevelopment impairment
      $449,694
      award amount
  8. Lina F Chalak

    Leads 2 awards · $824,191

    • 5R01NS102617-09Department: NIH department code
      A Novel Wavelet Neurovascular Bundle for Real Time Detection of Injury in Neonatal Encephalopathy
      $520,441
      award amount
    • 1T32NS147935-01Department: NIH department code
      Developmental Brain Science from Bench to Bedside
      $303,750
      award amount
  9. Philip W Shaul

    Leads 1 award · $756,830

    • 5R01HL181134-02Department: NIH department code
      Endothelial Cell SR-BI Regulation and Novel Protein Partners in Atherosclerosis
      $756,830
      award amount
  10. Hao Zhu

    Leads 1 award · $754,400

    • 5DP1DK139976-03Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating chronic liver disease pathways using somatic genetics
      $754,400
      award amount
  11. Lael Yonker

    Leads 1 award · $752,976

    • 7R01HL173059-03Department: NIH department code
      Defining neutrophil pathobiology in pediatric Long COVID
      $752,976
      award amount
  12. Rachel M Bailey

    Leads 1 award · $712,158

    • 5R01AG078417-04Department: NIH department code
      Gene Therapy Delivery for Age-related Neurodegenerative Diseases
      $712,158
      award amount
  13. Xin Chen

    Leads 2 awards · $705,500

    • 1R21TR006182-01Department: NIH department code
      AAV9fyhr gene replacement therapy for PDHA1 deficiency in the E75A mouse model
      $456,500
      award amount
    • 1R21NS146806-01Department: NIH department code
      CMT4A and CMT2K Gene Replacement Therapy with AAV9/GDAP1 in Rats
      $249,000
      award amount
  14. Yuan Zhu

    Leads 1 award · $628,917

    • 5R01NS116421-06Department: NIH department code
      Developmental Origin, Injury and Epigenomic Regulation of NF1-Associated Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors
      $628,917
      award amount
  15. Prashant Mishra

    Leads 1 award · $549,608

    • 1R01AR088052-01Department: NIH department code
      Altered central carbon metabolism in mitochondrial myopathy
      $549,608
      award amount
  16. Lakshmi Raman

    Leads 1 award · $520,180

    • 5R01NS133142-04Department: NIH department code
      Predicting ECMO NeuroLogICal Injuries using mAchiNe Learning (PELICAN)
      $520,180
      award amount
  17. Xin Li

    Leads 1 award · $498,000

    • 5DP2AI192036-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of a novel fungal RNA in intestinal innate immunity and inflammation
      $498,000
      award amount
  18. Vishal S Kapadia

    Leads 1 award · $467,926

    • 5R01HD104970-05Department: NIH department code
      Optimization of Saturation Targets And Resuscitation Trial (OptiSTART)
      $467,926
      award amount
  19. Hijai Regina Shin

    Leads 1 award · $456,500

    • 1R35GM165590-01Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of lysosome GPCR signaling in metabolic regulation
      $456,500
      award amount
  20. Rachel L Leon

    Leads 2 awards · $443,384

    • 1R03HL185218-01Department: NIH department code
      Fetal Congenital Heart Disease and Hypoxia-Induced Inflammation of the Placenta
      $249,000
      award amount
    • 5K23HL161617-05Department: NIH department code
      Placental hemodynamic effects on brain development in infants with congenital heart disease
      $194,384
      award amount
  21. Sharmistha Mitra

    Leads 1 award · $410,000

    • 5R01NS138271-03Department: NIH department code
      Uncovering the Mechanisms of Amylopectinosis in LUBAC Deficiency
      $410,000
      award amount
  22. Felix Nitschke

    Leads 1 award · $409,920

    • 5R01NS128437-05Department: NIH department code
      Uncovering cellular mechanisms to keep glycogen water-soluble
      $409,920
      award amount
  23. Myra Helen Wyckoff

    Leads 1 award · $349,633

    • 5UG1HD040689-26Department: NIH department code
      NICHD COPPERATIVE MULTICENTER NEONATAL RESEARCH NETWORK
      $349,633
      award amount
  24. Kosuke Izumi

    Leads 1 award · $264,600

    • 5K02NS140483-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of HP1β-mediated heterochromatin organization in neurodevelopmental disorders: CBX1-related syndrome as a model
      $264,600
      award amount
  25. Puja Jagdish Umaretiya

    Leads 1 award · $249,647

    • 5K08CA304376-02Department: NIH department code
      A Novel Benefits Navigator Intervention to Address Unmet Social Needs in Pediatric Oncology
      $249,647
      award amount
  26. Henry De Belly

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00GM154115-03Department: NIH department code
      Membrane tension as a long-range integrator of cell physiology
      $249,000
      award amount
  27. Yun Wei

    Leads 1 award · $232,527

    • 5R00CA278696-04Department: NIH department code
      Chromatin regulators of stemness and therapy resistance in rhabdomyosarcoma
      $232,527
      award amount
  28. Richard A Voit

    Leads 1 award · $228,979

    • 5K08CA286756-04Department: NIH department code
      Uncovering therapeutic vulnerabilities in AML through mechanistic interrogation of MECOM activity
      $228,979
      award amount
  29. Vivian Lee-Kim

    Leads 1 award · $223,416

    • 5R00HL163411-05Department: NIH department code
      Tspan14 expression and function in cardiovascular disease
      $223,416
      award amount
  30. Jeffrey L. Waugh

    Leads 1 award · $186,233

    • 5K23NS124978-05Department: NIH department code
      The structural underpinnings of disinhibition in dystonia
      $186,233
      award amount
  31. Amanda J Clark

    Leads 1 award · $167,386

    • 5K08DK138291-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Role of NAD+ and PARylation in Nephron Endowment
      $167,386
      award amount
  32. Walter W Chen

    Leads 1 award · $167,376

    • 5K08DK144600-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating an uncharacterized mitochondrial protein in cellular and hepatic physiology
      $167,376
      award amount
  33. Eric Brum Ortigoza

    Leads 1 award · $166,164

    • 5K23HD108443-04Department: NIH department code
      Integrating Novel Physiological Biomarkers of Feeding Intolerance in Preterm Infants
      $166,164
      award amount
  34. Elie G Abu Jawdeh

    Leads 1 award · $161,019

    • 5K23HD109471-05Department: NIH department code
      Systemic Mediators and Biomarkers of Injury in Preterm Infants with Intermittent Hypoxemia
      $161,019
      award amount
  35. Danielle Arden Callaway

    Leads 1 award · $155,196

    • 5K08HL173564-03Department: NIH department code
      Biophysical force affects type 1 alveolar epithelial cell-mediated regulation of the pulmonary matrisome and lung development
      $155,196
      award amount
  36. Trevor Stanley Tippetts

    Leads 1 award · $84,580

    • 5F32HL174084-03Department: NIH department code
      Using defective lipoylation as a window into cardiac fuel consumption and failure.
      $84,580
      award amount
  37. Jasmine Shirazi

    Leads 1 award · $81,580

    • 5F32HL168918-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanical regulation of hematopoiesis
      $81,580
      award amount
  38. Cameron Joseph Menezes

    Leads 1 award · $50,418

    • 5F30DK137407-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of mitochondrial ATP production in liver failure
      $50,418
      award amount
  39. Margaret Brecker Cervantes

    Leads 1 award · $44,267

    • 5F30DK142445-02Department: NIH department code
      Uncovering the mechanistic drivers of hepatic dysfunction in LIPT1 deficiency
      $44,267
      award amount
  40. Dylan Ray Calhoon

    Leads 1 award · $41,819

    • 1F31CA310232-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Antioxidant Role of Lipoprotein Uptake in Kidney Cancer
      $41,819
      award amount
  41. Roger Jie Liang

    Leads 1 award · $41,099

    • 5F30DK142444-02Department: NIH department code
      Metabolic consequences of zonal defects in gluconeogenesis
      $41,099
      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.

  • Kalil G Abdullah

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA289260-02, led by Samuel Kent McBrayer

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