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FY2023 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pharmacology at Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, VA

Funding
$21.5M
$21,510,150
Awards
49
FY2023 NIH awards in Pharmacology
Principal investigators
36
36 lead a grant here, 0 co-investigators
Department rank
#14
of 138 · 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

36 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. Zhang, Shijun

    Leads 3 awards · $3,543,195

    • 1RF1AG076912-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Probing neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease with NLRP3 PET radiotracers
      $1,889,973
      award amount
    • 5U01AG076481-02Department: NIH department code
      Development of novel NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors for intervening in Alzheimer's disease
      $1,403,321
      award amount
    • 3U01AG076481-01S1Department: NIH department code
      Development of NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors for intervening in Alzheimer's disease
      $249,901
      award amount

  2. Miles, Michael F

    Leads 3 awards · $2,281,917

    • 5P50AA022537-09Department: NIH department code
      Cross-species investigation of gene networks for ethanol-related behaviors
      $1,544,301
      award amount
    • 1T32AA029975-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Cross-Species Multidisciplinary Training in Alcohol Research
      $388,303
      award amount
    • 5R01AA027581-05Department: NIH department code
      Gsk3b in ethanol consumption and as a therapeutic target for alcohol use disorder
      $349,313
      award amount

  3. Dewey, William L.

    Leads 2 awards · $2,168,343

    • 5P30DA033934-10Department: NIH department code
      The Central Virginia Center on Drug Abuse Research
      $1,380,163
      award amount
    • 5T32DA007027-48Department: NIH department code
      Training in the pharmacology of abused drugs
      $788,180
      award amount

  4. Zhang, Yan

    Leads 1 award · $1,431,556

    • 4UH3DA050311-03Department: NIH department code
      Mu Opioid Receptor Modulator Development to Treat Opioid Use Disorder
      $1,431,556
      award amount

  5. Damaj, M. Imad

    Leads 2 awards · $1,072,728

    • 1R01CA272147-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P1) receptors for the treatment of Aromatase Inhibitors-induced Musculoskeletal Symptoms
      $613,882
      award amount
    • 5R01AA027175-05Department: NIH department code
      Identification of gene variants for alcohol analgesia
      $458,846
      award amount

  6. Li, Pinlan

    Leads 2 awards · $1,041,431

    • 5R01HL075316-15Department: NIH department code
      Subendothelial Exosomes in Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction
      $541,077
      award amount
    • 5R01DK054927-24Department: NIH department code
      Hypertension and glomerular injury in hyperhomocysteinemia - role of inflammatory exosomes
      $500,354
      award amount

  7. Gewirtz, David A.

    Leads 4 awards · $883,675

    • 5R01CA260819-03Department: NIH department code
      A sequential therapeutic strategy of senescence induction and senolytics for elimination of surviving residual breast tumor cells
      $499,191
      award amount
    • 5R01CA239706-05Department: NIH department code
      Use of senolytics to enhance chemotherapeutic efficacy in lung cancer
      $273,905
      award amount
    • 3R01CA239706-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Use of senolytics to enhance chemotherapeutic efficacy in lung cancer
      $66,687
      award amount
    • 3R01CA260819-03S1Department: NIH department code
      A sequential therapeutic strategy of senescence induction and senolytics for elimination of surviving residual breast tumor cells
      $43,892
      award amount

  8. Zhang, Yuesheng

    Leads 2 awards · $817,233

    • 5R01CA244601-04Department: NIH department code
      Overcoming Drug Resistance in HER2-positive Breast Cancer
      $442,064
      award amount
    • 1R01CA282703-01Department: NIH department code
      Restore the Tumor-Suppressive Activities of p53 Mutants
      $375,169
      award amount

  9. Lasek, Amy Wolven

    Leads 2 awards · $775,109

    • 7U01AA020912-13Department: NIH department code
      4/11 Neuroimmune and extracellular matrix interactions in alcohol consumption
      $426,938
      award amount
    • 5R01AA027231-06Department: NIH department code
      Compulsive Alcohol Drinking and Cortical Extracellular Matrix
      $348,171
      award amount

  10. Hauser, Kurt F

    Leads 1 award · $678,736

    • 5R01DA057346-02Department: NIH department code
      Innovative therapeutic approaches to address excitotoxic CNS/neuronal damage in opioid-neuroHIV comorbidity
      $678,736
      award amount

  11. Aberg, Karolina Anna

    Leads 1 award · $667,973

    • 5R01MH124981-03Department: NIH department code
      Developmental methylomics of autism spectrum disorder
      $667,973
      award amount

  12. Aberg, Karolina Anna

    Leads 1 award · $633,582

    • 1R01AA030116-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Single cell transcriptomic study of alcohol use
      $633,582
      award amount

  13. Jayanthi, Lankupalle D

    Leads 1 award · $619,544

    • 5R01DA054694-02Department: NIH department code
      Kappa Opioid Receptors and Phospho-Dopamine Transporters Drive Cocaine Reward
      $619,544
      award amount

  14. Abdulmalik, Osheiza Y

    Leads 1 award · $572,290

    • 4R33HL156158-03Department: NIH department code
      Targeted Identification of Dual Acting Antisickling Agents for Sickle Cell Disease Therapy
      $572,290
      award amount

  15. Cen, Yana

    Leads 2 awards · $563,671

    • 5R01GM143176-02Department: NIH department code
      Small molecule approach to activate human SIRT5
      $363,738
      award amount
    • 3R01GM143176-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Administrative Supplements for Equipment Purchases for NIGMS Awardees NOT-GM-22-017 (1 R01GM143176-01A1)
      $199,933
      award amount

  16. Zhu, Guizhi

    Leads 1 award · $552,247

    • 5R01AI168684-02Department: NIH department code
      Small circular mRNA vaccines
      $552,247
      award amount

  17. Desai, Umesh Ramanlal

    Leads 1 award · $543,375

    • 5R61HL161813-02Department: NIH department code
      Lead identification and pre-clinical studies on allosteric inhibitors of coagulation factor XIa
      $543,375
      award amount

  18. Ma, Jian-Xing

    Leads 1 award · $538,028

    • 5R01EY033477-02Department: NIH department code
      Sustained release of fenofibrate for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy
      $538,028
      award amount

  19. Banks, Matthew L

    Leads 1 award · $349,313

    • 1R01DA055825-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Pharmacology of Stimulant Choice
      $349,313
      award amount

  20. Bettinger, Jill C

    Leads 1 award · $349,313

    • 5R01AA027254-04Department: NIH department code
      Neuropeptide receptors, behavioral states and acute ethanol effects
      $349,313
      award amount

  21. Negus, Sidney S

    Leads 1 award · $243,988

    • 1R61NS133217-01Department: NIH department code
      A Novel Assay to Improve Translation in Analgesic Drug Development
      $243,988
      award amount

  22. Hauser, Kurt F

    Leads 1 award · $232,875

    • 5R21DA057153-02Department: NIH department code
      Chloride channel-dependent mechanisms of opiate and HIV-induced synaptodendritic injury
      $232,875
      award amount

  23. Afosah, Daniel Kwame

    Leads 1 award · $179,388

    • 5K99HL161423-02Department: NIH department code
      Synthetic glycosaminoglycan mimetics as regulators of megakaryopoiesis and thrombopoiesis
      $179,388
      award amount

  24. Li, Ningjun

    Leads 1 award · $174,276

    • 5R21CA274012-02Department: NIH department code
      Inhibition of fatty acid amide hydrolase as a novel strategy to prevent nephrotoxicity of cisplatin.
      $174,276
      award amount

  25. Carvalho, Luana Martins

    Leads 1 award · $149,730

    • 1K99AA031313-01Department: NIH department code
      RNA splicing regulation during alcohol withdrawal
      $149,730
      award amount

  26. Akbarali, Hamid I

    Leads 1 award · $105,065

    • 1T32GM148403-01Department: NIH department code
      VCU Initiative for Maximizing Student Development Program (IMSD)
      $105,065
      award amount

  27. Rogers, Walker David

    Leads 1 award · $42,124

    • 1F31AA030918-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating causal mechanisms of ethanol-induced analgesia in BXD recombinant inbred mouse lines
      $42,124
      award amount

  28. Tatom, Zachary

    Leads 1 award · $41,735

    • 1F31AA031189-01Department: NIH department code
      Genetic and Transcriptomic Mechanisms of Progressive Ethanol Consumption in the Diversity Outbred Mouse
      $41,735
      award amount

  29. Hernandez, Martina Laura

    Leads 1 award · $41,694

    • 5F99NS125825-02Department: NIH department code
      Effects of ICP elevation on NeuN Negative Membrane Disrupted Neurons
      $41,694
      award amount

  30. Gnatowski, Emma

    Leads 1 award · $41,631

    • 5F31AA030727-02Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Ninein in Ethanol Anxiolysis
      $41,631
      award amount

  31. Robinson, Hannah

    Leads 1 award · $41,535

    • 1R36DA057546-01Department: NIH department code
      DREADD Manipulations of Drug Choice
      $41,535
      award amount

  32. Bent, Maria Alexis

    Leads 1 award · $41,294

    • 5F31AA029305-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of intermittent binge ethanol, sex, and age on memory and CREB binding protein (CBP) expression
      $41,294
      award amount

  33. Gottlieb, Samantha Ann

    Leads 1 award · $40,843

    • 5F31AA030216-02Department: NIH department code
      The Role of GSK3B in Progressive Alcohol Consumption
      $40,843
      award amount

  34. Marcus, Madison M

    Leads 1 award · $19,379

    • 1F31DA059209-01Department: NIH department code
      Impact of Cocaine History on Pharmacotherapy Effectiveness
      $19,379
      award amount

  35. Evington, Edna J

    Leads 1 award · $18,661

    • 5F31NS122525-02Department: NIH department code
      Intrinsic Efficacy as a Determinant of Opioid Effectiveness in Treatment of Pain-Depressed Behavior
      $18,661
      award amount

  36. Karin, Kimberly Nicole

    Leads 1 award · $12,673

    • 5F31DA056228-02Department: NIH department code
      Oleoyl Glycine-induced reduction of Nicotine Seeking: Bioanalytical & Behavioral Approaches
      $12,673
      award amount