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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pharmacology at Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, VA

Funding
$20.9M
$20,925,385
Awards
37
FY2026 NIH awards in Pharmacology
Principal investigators
47
34 lead a grant here, 13 co-investigators
Department rank
#18
of 132 · 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 Pharmacology row of the Virginia Commonwealth University page.

Leads a grant in this department

34 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. Jill C Bettinger

    Leads 3 awards · $3,717,831

  2. Shijun Zhang

    Leads 2 awards · $2,138,577

    • 5U01AG076481-05Department: NIH department code
      Development of novel NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors for intervening in Alzheimer's disease
      $1,513,190
      award amount
    • 4R01AG076912-02Department: NIH department code
      Probing neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease with NLRP3 PET radiotracers
      $625,387
      award amount

  3. Yuesheng Zhang

    Leads 2 awards · $2,133,799

    • 4R01CA285391-03Department: NIH department code
      Targeted Degradation of EGFR and HER2 in NSCLC
      $1,738,616
      award amount
    • 5R01CA282703-04Department: NIH department code
      Restore the Tumor-Suppressive Activities of p53 Mutants
      $395,183
      award amount

  4. Amy Wolven Lasek

    Leads 2 awards · $2,014,125

    • 5P50AA022537-12Department: NIH department code
      Cross-species investigation of gene networks for ethanol-related behaviors

      Principal investigators: Amy Wolven Lasek (contact PI), Brien P Riley (contact PI), Danielle M Dick (contact PI), Jennifer T Wolstenholme (contact PI), Jill C Bettinger (contact PI), Michael F Miles (contact PI)

      $1,587,187
      award amount
    • 5U01AA020912-16Department: NIH department code
      4/11 Neuroimmune and extracellular matrix interactions in alcohol consumption
      $426,938
      award amount

  5. Michael F Miles

    Leads 2 awards · $1,892,514

  6. M. Imad Damaj

    Leads 4 awards · $1,870,756

    • 1R01DA065318-01Department: NIH department code
      Assessing the Abuse Liability of 6-Methyl Nicotine

      Principal investigators: M. Imad Damaj (contact PI), Christie D Fowler, Sven-Eric Jordt

      $657,471
      award amount
    • 5R01CA272147-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P1) receptors for the treatment of Aromatase Inhibitors-induced Musculoskeletal Symptoms

      Principal investigators: M. Imad Damaj (contact PI), Dana E Selley, Laura J Sim-Selley

      $568,609
      award amount
    • 1R21DA062929-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Does Astrocyte Elevated Gene-1 (AEG-1), a Novel Transcriptional Regulator, Mediate an Anti-opioid System?

      Principal investigators: M. Imad Damaj (contact PI), Hamid I Akbarali

      $426,938
      award amount
    • 5R21CA296516-02Department: NIH department code
      Inhibition of NLRP3 inflammasome for the treatment of Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy
      $217,738
      award amount

  7. Aron H Lichtman

    Leads 1 award · $1,749,495

  8. Hamid I Akbarali

    Leads 1 award · $1,749,495

    Also a principal investigator on 1R21DA062929-01A1, led by M. Imad Damaj.

  9. Jolene J Windle

    Leads 1 award · $1,749,495

  10. Matthew Sean Halquist

    Leads 1 award · $1,749,495

  11. Sidney S Negus

    Leads 1 award · $1,749,495

  12. Yan Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $1,749,495

  13. Brien P Riley

    Leads 2 awards · $1,694,999

    • 5P50AA022537-12Department: NIH department code
      Cross-species investigation of gene networks for ethanol-related behaviors

      Principal investigators: Amy Wolven Lasek (contact PI), Brien P Riley (contact PI), Danielle M Dick (contact PI), Jennifer T Wolstenholme (contact PI), Jill C Bettinger (contact PI), Michael F Miles (contact PI)

      $1,587,187
      award amount
    • 3P50AA022537-12S1Department: NIH department code
      Cross-species investigation of gene networks for ethanol-related behaviors
      $107,812
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32AA029975-04, led by Michael F Miles.

  14. Danielle M Dick

    Leads 1 award · $1,587,187

  15. Jennifer T Wolstenholme

    Leads 1 award · $1,587,187

  16. Kurt F Hauser

    Leads 2 awards · $1,340,525

    • 5R01DA057346-05Department: NIH department code
      Innovative therapeutic approaches to address excitotoxic CNS/neuronal damage in opioid-neuroHIV comorbidity

      Principal investigators: Kurt F Hauser (contact PI), Pamela E Knapp

      $678,736
      award amount
    • 5R01DA060724-03Department: NIH department code
      Opioid and non-opioid receptor mechanisms in neurons and glia underlying fentanyl and HIV comorbidity in the striatum

      Principal investigators: Kurt F Hauser (contact PI), Viktor Yarotskyy

      $661,789
      award amount

  17. Qingguo Xu

    Leads 2 awards · $1,080,982

    • 5UG3EY036558-02Department: NIH department code
      Fenofibrate microemulsion for treating nitrogen mustard induced corneal injury

      Principal investigators: Qingguo Xu (contact PI), Jian-Xing Jay Ma

      $542,954
      award amount
    • 5R01EY033477-05Department: NIH department code
      Sustained release of fenofibrate for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy

      Principal investigators: Qingguo Xu (contact PI), Jian-Xing Jay Ma

      $538,028
      award amount

  18. Cory Trankle

    Leads 1 award · $752,390

    • 1R61HL178692-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Targeted Interleukin-1 Blockade in Acute Systolic Heart Failure

      Principal investigators: Cory Trankle (contact PI), Antonio Abbate

      $752,390
      award amount

  19. Edwin Van Den Oord

    Leads 2 awards · $749,585

  20. Pinlan Li

    Leads 1 award · $714,743

    • 1R01DK149540-01Department: NIH department code
      Renal medullary telocyte in pressure natriuresis and arterial blood pressure control: Piezo1 channel as a pressure sensor

      Principal investigators: Pinlan Li (contact PI), Ningjun Li

      $714,743
      award amount

  21. Ningjun Li

    Leads 2 awards · $648,921

    • 5R01DK140219-03Department: NIH department code
      Renal acid ceramidase-S1P pathway in salt-sensitive hypertension
      $467,473
      award amount
    • 5R21CA289216-02Department: NIH department code
      Inhibition of diacylglycerol lipase α as a novel strategy to mitigate the nephrotoxicity of cisplatin
      $181,448
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01DK149540-01, led by Pinlan Li.

  22. William L. Dewey

    Leads 1 award · $646,128

    • 2T32DA007027-51Department: NIH department code
      Training in the Pharmacology of Abused Drugs
      $646,128
      award amount

  23. Sammanda Ramamoorthy

    Leads 1 award · $620,246

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DA060210-03, led by Lankupalle D Jayanthi.

  24. Paul Whiteaker

    Leads 1 award · $591,405

    • 1R01DA064914-01Department: NIH department code
      Non-nicotine compounds that contribute to abuse liability of electronic nicotine delivery systems
      $591,405
      award amount

  25. Lankupalle D Jayanthi

    Leads 1 award · $565,271

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DA054694-05, led by Sammanda Ramamoorthy.

  26. Andrew Anthony George

    Leads 1 award · $552,883

    • 1R01AG093992-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Selective Vulnerability of Cholinergic Neurons in Alzheimer’s Disease
      $552,883
      award amount

  27. Jiong Li

    Leads 1 award · $528,240

    • 5R01DE033712-03Department: NIH department code
      FOSL1-super-enhancers define cisplatin-enriched cancer stem cells in HNSCC
      $528,240
      award amount

  28. Piyusha P Pagare

    Leads 1 award · $465,750

    • 5DP1DA063098-02Department: NIH department code
      Novel Mu Opioid Receptor Modulators to Counteract Synthetic Opioids
      $465,750
      award amount

  29. Mary Peace McRae

    Leads 1 award · $426,938

    • 1R21DA067366-01Department: NIH department code
      How Buprenorphine and Methadone Differentially Shape Cognitive Outcomes in HIV
      $426,938
      award amount

  30. Matthew L Banks

    Leads 1 award · $349,313

    • 5R01DA055825-04Department: NIH department code
      Pharmacology of Stimulant Choice

      Principal investigators: Matthew L Banks (contact PI), Jose Miguel Eltit

      $349,313
      award amount

  31. Dana Lindsay Kneisley

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31DA065413-01Department: NIH department code
      Site and outcomes of lynx1 allosteric modulation of α3β4-nicotinic receptors with relevance to nicotine use disorder
      $50,114
      award amount

  32. Diane Ingabire

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31DA060668-02Department: NIH department code
      Novel Therapeutics for Treating Opioid Use Disorder
      $50,114
      award amount

  33. Melissa Lewis

    Leads 1 award · $45,530

    • 1F31DA067079-01Department: NIH department code
      Respiratory, Neuroinflammatory, and Motor-impairing Effects of Acute and Chronic Fentanyl and Xylazine Exposure in Mice
      $45,530
      award amount

  34. Grace Jinfeng Rilee

    Leads 1 award · $45,267

    • 1F31DE035007-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Exploration of the role of FOSL1-mediated liquid-liquid phase separation in cisplatin resistance in HNSCC
      $45,267
      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.