Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Leads a grant in this department

12 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. Sam C. Wang

   Leads 2 awards · $1,321,703

   • 5R01CA276690-03Department: NIH department code

     Using artificial intelligence to discover spatial, genomic, and pathologic biomarkers to guide and augment immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy for gastric cancer

     Principal investigators: Sam C. Wang (contact PI), Tae Hyun Hwang

     $661,533

     award amount
   • 5R37CA265967-05Department: NIH department code

     Determining the role of germline CDH1 variants in gastric cancer outcome disparities in Hispanic/Latino patients
     $660,170

     award amount

2. Benjamin Levi

   Leads 1 award · $613,036

   • 1R01AR086509-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Leveraging lymphatics to reverse heterotopic ossification
     $613,036

     award amount

3. Xinxin Song

   Leads 2 awards · $570,922

   • 1R01CA307561-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Targeting a Novel Ferroptosis Defense Pathway in Pancreatic Cancer
     $404,922

     award amount
   • 1R03CA308472-01Department: NIH department code

     Targeting cell death pathways to prevent KRAS inhibitor resistance
     $166,000

     award amount

4. Robert Tower

   Leads 1 award · $560,819

   • 5R01AI186118-03Department: NIH department code

     Neutrophil Metabolism Regulates Hematopoiesis After Trauma
     $560,819

     award amount

5. Huocong Huang

   Leads 1 award · $501,803

   • 1R01CA303246-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Decoding the stromal niches of antigen-presenting cancer-associated fibroblast in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
     $501,803

     award amount

6. Michael Thomas Dellinger

   Leads 1 award · $498,267

   • 5R01HL176788-02Department: NIH department code

     “Two-hit” model for lymphatic malformations.
     $498,267

     award amount

7. Rui Kang

   Leads 1 award · $484,720

   • 1R01DK144077-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Ferroptotic damage in acute pancreatitis
     $484,720

     award amount

8. Matteo Ligorio

   Leads 1 award · $458,086

   • 4R37CA242070-06Department: NIH department code

     Targeting tumor architecture as a novel therapeutic strategy for pancreatic cancer
     $458,086

     award amount

9. Vanessa Nomellini

   Leads 1 award · $424,615

   • 1R35GM164256-01Department: NIH department code

     Understanding Energy Utilization to Predict Immune Dysfunction and Chronic Critical Illness
     $424,615

     award amount

10. Ganesh Sankaranarayanan

    Leads 1 award · $400,000

    • 5R01HS029874-03Department: NIH department code

      Developing strategies for implementation and use of the Operating Room Black Box

      Principal investigators: Ganesh Sankaranarayanan (contact PI), Courtney J Balentine

      $400,000

      award amount

11. Rolf A Brekken

    Leads 1 award · $389,598

    • 5T32CA291654-03Department: NIH department code

      Translational Cancer Biology (TCB) T32 Training Program

      Principal investigators: Rolf A Brekken (contact PI), Jerry William Shay

      $389,598

      award amount

12. Daolin Tang

    Leads 1 award · $336,200

    • 5R01GM127791-08Department: NIH department code

      Targeting ACOD1 to attenuate innate immune responses to lethal infections
      $336,200

      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.

• Tae Hyun Hwang

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA276690-03, led by Sam C. Wang

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

• Courtney J Balentine

  Co-investigator on 5R01HS029874-03, led by Ganesh Sankaranarayanan

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison · Surgery (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Jerry William Shay

  Co-investigator on 5T32CA291654-03, led by Rolf A Brekken

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • UT Southwestern Medical Center · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)