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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, TX

Funding
$21.3M
$21,270,665
Awards
50
FY2025 NIH awards in Pediatrics
Principal investigators
42
40 lead a grant here, 2 co-investigators
Department rank
#19
of 90 · 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

40 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. Samuel Kent McBrayer

    Leads 4 awards · $3,507,425

    • 1R01GM158820-01Department: NIH department code
      Development of a nuclear alpha-ketoglutarate biosensor system to study metabolic control of the epigenome
      $1,792,800
      award amount
    • 1R01CA289260-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Metabolic mechanisms of glioma progression

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

      $682,596
      award amount
    • 1R01NS142141-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of glioma initiation by IDH oncogenes
      $656,879
      award amount
    • 5R01CA258586-05Department: NIH department code
      Exploiting Pyrimidine Nucleotide Synthesis Dependence for IDH Mutant Glioma Therapy

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

      $375,150
      award amount
  2. Prashant Mishra

    Leads 1 award · $2,999,512

    • 1R01DK144133-01Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of mitochondrial health in mammalian livers.
      $2,999,512
      award amount
  3. Hao Zhu

    Leads 2 awards · $1,302,755

    • 5DP1DK139976-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating chronic liver disease pathways using somatic genetics
      $754,400
      award amount
    • 5R01AA028791-05Department: NIH department code
      Determining how chronic ETOH influences the regenerative activities of hepatocyte subpopulations
      $548,355
      award amount
  4. Chieko Mineo

    Leads 2 awards · $1,013,533

    • 5R01HL168276-02Department: NIH department code
      A Novel role of Endothelial Breakpoint Cluster Region Protein in Vascular Health and Disease
      $531,191
      award amount
    • 5R01DK130961-03Department: NIH department code
      A novel role of cholesterol and SR-BI in adipocyte biology
      $482,342
      award amount
  5. Kenneth Sung-Man Chen

    Leads 2 awards · $965,965

    • 1R01CA299613-01Department: NIH department code
      Genomic correlates of outcome in pleuropulmonary blastoma
      $528,902
      award amount
    • 5R01CA289259-02Department: NIH department code
      Developmental transcription factors in Drosha-driven cancer
      $437,063
      award amount
  6. Ralph J Deberardinis

    Leads 1 award · $949,015

    • 5R35CA220449-09Department: NIH department code
      Human metabolic variation as a window into cancer initiation and progression
      $949,015
      award amount
  7. Gerta N/a Hoxhaj

    Leads 2 awards · $872,478

    • 1R01CA289251-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Decoding the metabolic routes of purine nucleotides in cancer - Resubmission - 1
      $544,478
      award amount
    • 5R01GM143236-05Department: NIH department code
      Revealing the essential functions of mitochondrial NADPH and NADK2 for cell growth and proliferation
      $328,000
      award amount
  8. Philip W Shaul

    Leads 1 award · $772,275

    • 1R01HL181134-01Department: NIH department code
      Endothelial Cell SR-BI Regulation and Novel Protein Partners in Atherosclerosis
      $772,275
      award amount
  9. Xin Li

    Leads 2 awards · $747,000

    • 1DP2AI192036-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of a novel fungal RNA in intestinal innate immunity and inflammation
      $498,000
      award amount
    • 5R00HL157691-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic Investigation of Gut Mycobiota in the Regulation of Lung Immunity and Disease
      $249,000
      award amount
  10. Steven J Gray

    Leads 1 award · $744,158

    • 5U01NS129339-03Department: NIH department code
      IND-enabling studies for Aspartylglucosaminuria (AGU) to support the initiation of an AAV9/AGA gene transfer clinical trial

      Principal investigators: Steven J Gray (contact PI), Berge A Minassian

      $744,158
      award amount
  11. Michalis Agathocleous

    Leads 2 awards · $727,328

    • 5R01HL161387-04Department: NIH department code
      The role of glycolysis and glucose oxidation in hematopoiesis
      $402,608
      award amount
    • 5R01DK125713-05Department: NIH department code
      The role of ascorbate in myelopoiesis and infection
      $324,720
      award amount
  12. Rachel M Bailey

    Leads 2 awards · $710,777

    • 5R01AG078417-03Department: NIH department code
      Gene Therapy Delivery for Age-related Neurodegenerative Diseases
      $700,777
      award amount
    • 1R13HD120072-01Department: NIH department code
      Okur-Chung Neurodevelopmental Syndrome Joint Scientific and Family Conference
      $10,000
      award amount
  13. Lina F Chalak

    Leads 1 award · $548,542

    • 5R01NS102617-08Department: NIH department code
      A Novel Wavelet Neurovascular Bundle for Real Time Detection of Injury in Neonatal Encephalopathy
      $548,542
      award amount
  14. Lakshmi Raman

    Leads 1 award · $523,509

    • 5R01NS133142-03Department: NIH department code
      Predicting ECMO NeuroLogICal Injuries using mAchiNe Learning (PELICAN)
      $523,509
      award amount
  15. Vishal S Kapadia

    Leads 1 award · $512,109

    • 5R01HD104970-04Department: NIH department code
      Optimization of Saturation Targets And Resuscitation Trial (OptiSTART)
      $512,109
      award amount
  16. Sharmistha Mitra

    Leads 1 award · $410,000

    • 5R01NS138271-02Department: NIH department code
      Uncovering the Mechanisms of Amylopectinosis in LUBAC Deficiency
      $410,000
      award amount
  17. Felix Nitschke

    Leads 1 award · $409,920

    • 5R01NS128437-04Department: NIH department code
      Uncovering cellular mechanisms to keep glycogen water-soluble
      $409,920
      award amount
  18. Myra Helen Wyckoff

    Leads 1 award · $349,633

    • 5UG1HD040689-25Department: NIH department code
      NICHD COPPERATIVE MULTICENTER NEONATAL RESEARCH NETWORK
      $349,633
      award amount
  19. Kosuke Izumi

    Leads 1 award · $264,600

    • 1K02NS140483-01Department: NIH department code
      Role of HP1β-mediated heterochromatin organization in neurodevelopmental disorders: CBX1-related syndrome as a model
      $264,600
      award amount
  20. Puja Jagdish Umaretiya

    Leads 1 award · $249,647

    • 1K08CA304376-01Department: NIH department code
      A Novel Benefits Navigator Intervention to Address Unmet Social Needs in Pediatric Oncology
      $249,647
      award amount
  21. Yun Wei

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00CA278696-03Department: NIH department code
      Chromatin regulators of stemness and therapy resistance in rhabdomyosarcoma
      $249,000
      award amount
  22. Richard A Voit

    Leads 1 award · $228,979

    • 5K08CA286756-03Department: NIH department code
      Uncovering therapeutic vulnerabilities in AML through mechanistic interrogation of MECOM activity
      $228,979
      award amount
  23. Vivian Lee-Kim

    Leads 1 award · $223,416

    • 5R00HL163411-04Department: NIH department code
      Tspan14 expression and function in cardiovascular disease
      $223,416
      award amount
  24. Rachel L Leon

    Leads 1 award · $194,384

    • 5K23HL161617-04Department: NIH department code
      Placental hemodynamic effects on brain development in infants with congenital heart disease
      $194,384
      award amount
  25. Jeffrey L. Waugh

    Leads 1 award · $193,347

    • 5K23NS124978-04Department: NIH department code
      The structural underpinnings of disinhibition in dystonia
      $193,347
      award amount
  26. Amanda J Clark

    Leads 1 award · $168,886

    • 1K08DK138291-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Role of NAD+ and PARylation in Nephron Endowment
      $168,886
      award amount
  27. Walter W Chen

    Leads 1 award · $168,876

    • 1K08DK144600-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating an uncharacterized mitochondrial protein in cellular and hepatic physiology
      $168,876
      award amount
  28. Eric Brum Ortigoza

    Leads 1 award · $167,395

    • 5K23HD108443-03Department: NIH department code
      Integrating Novel Physiological Biomarkers of Feeding Intolerance in Preterm Infants
      $167,395
      award amount
  29. Elie G Abu Jawdeh

    Leads 1 award · $161,019

    • 5K23HD109471-04Department: NIH department code
      Systemic Mediators and Biomarkers of Injury in Preterm Infants with Intermittent Hypoxemia
      $161,019
      award amount
  30. Danielle Arden Callaway

    Leads 1 award · $155,196

    • 5K08HL173564-02Department: NIH department code
      Biophysical force affects type 1 alveolar epithelial cell-mediated regulation of the pulmonary matrisome and lung development
      $155,196
      award amount
  31. John S. Hutton

    Leads 1 award · $139,859

    • 5G08LM014107-04Department: NIH department code
      Reading Bees: Adapting and Testing a Mobile App Designed to Empower Families to Read more Interactively with Children in Distinct Geographical and Cultural Contexts
      $139,859
      award amount
  32. Mohan Kumar Krishnan

    Leads 1 award · $133,660

    • 7R01HD116950-02Department: NIH department code
      RBC transfusion exacerbates brain inflammation in anemic murine neonates and causes long term neurodevelopment impairment
      $133,660
      award amount
  33. Zheng Wu

    Leads 1 award · $125,000

    • 1K99GM154116-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Novel mechanisms of purine regulation and their roles in human pathophysiology
      $125,000
      award amount
  34. Trevor Stanley Tippetts

    Leads 1 award · $81,040

    • 5F32HL174084-02Department: NIH department code
      Using defective lipoylation as a window into cardiac fuel consumption and failure.
      $81,040
      award amount
  35. Jasmine Shirazi

    Leads 1 award · $78,040

    • 5F32HL168918-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanical regulation of hematopoiesis
      $78,040
      award amount
  36. Michael Lee

    Leads 1 award · $50,280

    • 5F30CA275292-04Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting the functional role of LINE1 retrotransposon-mediated interferon signaling in myeloid leukemia
      $50,280
      award amount
  37. Milan Rashmin Savani

    Leads 1 award · $47,280

    • 5F30CA271634-04Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting Mechanisms of Pyrimidine Synthesis Dependence in IDH Mutant Glioma
      $47,280
      award amount
  38. Margaret Brecker Cervantes

    Leads 1 award · $43,691

    • 1F30DK142445-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Uncovering the mechanistic drivers of hepatic dysfunction in LIPT1 deficiency
      $43,691
      award amount
  39. Cameron Joseph Menezes

    Leads 1 award · $40,613

    • 5F30DK137407-02Department: NIH department code
      The role of mitochondrial ATP production in liver failure
      $40,613
      award amount
  40. Roger Jie Liang

    Leads 1 award · $40,523

    • 1F30DK142444-01Department: NIH department code
      Metabolic consequences of zonal defects in gluconeogenesis
      $40,523
      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 1R01CA289260-01A1, led by Samuel Kent McBrayer; 5R01CA258586-05, led by Samuel Kent McBrayer

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

  • Berge A Minassian

    Co-investigator on 5U01NS129339-03, led by Steven J Gray

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