Pharmacology at Virginia Commonwealth University

Leads a grant in this department

31 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. Yan Zhang

   Leads 1 award · $1,445,627

   • 5UH3DA050311-04Department: NIH department code

     Mu Opioid Receptor Modulator Development to Treat Opioid Use Disorder
     $1,445,627

     award amount

2. Shijun Zhang

   Leads 1 award · $1,403,321

   • 5U01AG076481-03Department: NIH department code

     Development of novel NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors for intervening in Alzheimer's disease
     $1,403,321

     award amount

3. Kurt F Hauser

   Leads 2 awards · $1,340,525

   • 5R01DA057346-03Department: 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
   • 1R01DA060724-01A1Department: 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

4. Yuesheng Zhang

   Leads 3 awards · $1,288,547

   • 1R01CA285391-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Targeted Degradation of EGFR and HER2 in NSCLC
     $503,685

     award amount
   • 5R01CA244601-05Department: NIH department code

     Overcoming Drug Resistance in HER2-positive Breast Cancer
     $443,163

     award amount
   • 5R01CA282703-02Department: NIH department code

     Restore the Tumor-Suppressive Activities of p53 Mutants
     $341,699

     award amount

5. Sidney S Negus

   Leads 1 award · $861,479

   • 4R33NS133217-02Department: NIH department code

     A Novel Assay to Improve Translation in Analgesic Drug Development
     $861,479

     award amount

6. Qingguo Xu

   Leads 2 awards · $761,523

   • 5R01EY033477-03Department: 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
   • 1R21EY035974-01Department: NIH department code

     DSP nanoparticles for treating nitrogen mustard induced corneal injury
     $223,495

     award amount

7. Jiong Li

   Leads 2 awards · $746,178

   • 1R01DE033712-01A1Department: NIH department code

     FOSL1-super-enhancers define cisplatin-enriched cancer stem cells in HNSCC
     $517,993

     award amount
   • 1R21DE033842-01Department: NIH department code

     Connecting liquid-liquid phase separation with super-enhancers and key oncogene transcription in HNSCC
     $228,185

     award amount

8. Karolina Anna Aberg

   Leads 1 award · $734,202

   • 5R01MH124981-04Department: NIH department code

     Developmental methylomics of autism spectrum disorder

     Principal investigators: Karolina Anna Aberg (contact PI), Edwin Van Den Oord

     $734,202

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 5R01AA030116-02, led by Edwin Van Den Oord.

9. Sammanda Ramamoorthy

   Leads 1 award · $628,468

   • 5R01DA054694-03Department: NIH department code

     Kappa Opioid Receptors and Phospho-Dopamine Transporters Drive Cocaine Reward

     Principal investigators: Sammanda Ramamoorthy (contact PI), Lankupalle D Jayanthi, Sara Raulerson Jones

     $628,468

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 1R01DA060210-01, led by Lankupalle D Jayanthi.

10. Edwin Van Den Oord

    Leads 1 award · $612,749

    • 5R01AA030116-02Department: NIH department code

      Single cell transcriptomic study of alcohol use

      Principal investigators: Edwin Van Den Oord (contact PI), Karolina Anna Aberg, Shaunna L Clark

      $612,749

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01MH124981-04, led by Karolina Anna Aberg.

11. M. Imad Damaj

    Leads 1 award · $598,671

    • 5R01CA272147-02Department: 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

      $598,671

      award amount

12. Lankupalle D Jayanthi

    Leads 1 award · $587,162

    • 1R01DA060210-01Department: NIH department code

      The role of norepinephrine transporter phosphorylation in amphetamine reward

      Principal investigators: Lankupalle D Jayanthi (contact PI), Lynette C Daws, Sammanda Ramamoorthy

      $587,162

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DA054694-03, led by Sammanda Ramamoorthy.

13. David A. Gewirtz

    Leads 2 awards · $537,452

    • 5R01CA260819-04Department: NIH department code

      A sequential therapeutic strategy of senescence induction and senolytics for elimination of surviving residual breast tumor cells

      Principal investigators: David A. Gewirtz (contact PI), Hisashi Harada, Joseph William Landry

      $491,519

      award amount
    • 3R01CA260819-04S1Department: NIH department code

      A sequential therapeutic strategy of senescence induction and senolytics for elimination of surviving residual breast tumor cells

      Principal investigators: David A. Gewirtz (contact PI), Hisashi Harada, Joseph William Landry

      $45,933

      award amount

14. Pinlan Li

    Leads 1 award · $530,255

    • 5R01HL075316-16Department: NIH department code

      Subendothelial Exosomes in Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction
      $530,255

      award amount

15. William L. Dewey

    Leads 1 award · $512,017

    • 5T32DA007027-49Department: NIH department code

      Training in the pharmacology of abused drugs
      $512,017

      award amount

16. Hamid I Akbarali

    Leads 2 awards · $503,870

    • 5T32GM148403-02Department: NIH department code

      VCU Initiative for Maximizing Student Development Program (IMSD)

      Principal investigators: Hamid I Akbarali (contact PI), Carlos R Escalante

      $270,995

      award amount
    • 1R21HD114125-01Department: NIH department code

      Gastrointestinal Dysfunction in Down Syndrome

      Principal investigators: Hamid I Akbarali (contact PI), Andrew Anthony George

      $232,875

      award amount

17. Umesh Ramanlal Desai

    Leads 1 award · $489,038

    • 4R33HL161813-03Department: NIH department code

      Lead identification and pre-clinical studies on allosteric inhibitors of coagulation factor XIa
      $489,038

      award amount

18. Ningjun Li

    Leads 1 award · $467,473

    • 1R01DK140219-01Department: NIH department code

      Renal acid ceramidase-S1P pathway in salt-sensitive hypertension
      $467,473

      award amount

19. Mary Peace McRae

    Leads 1 award · $446,215

    • 7R01DA053153-05Department: NIH department code

      Opioid- and HIV-mediated effects on the integrity of the blood-brain barrier, on immune cell recruitment, and on antiretroviral penetration into the brain
      $446,215

      award amount

20. Jill C Bettinger

    Leads 1 award · $440,027

    • 1R01AA031471-01Department: NIH department code

      State-dependent modulation of learning
      $440,027

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AA027254-05, led by Andrew G Davies.

21. Amy Wolven Lasek

    Leads 1 award · $426,938

    • 5U01AA020912-14Department: NIH department code

      4/11 Neuroimmune and extracellular matrix interactions in alcohol consumption
      $426,938

      award amount

22. Michael F Miles

    Leads 1 award · $408,009

    • 5T32AA029975-02Department: NIH department code

      Cross-Species Multidisciplinary Training in Alcohol Research

      Principal investigators: Michael F Miles (contact PI), Brien P Riley

      $408,009

      award amount

23. Yana Cen

    Leads 1 award · $363,738

    • 5R01GM143176-03Department: NIH department code

      Small molecule approach to activate human SIRT5
      $363,738

      award amount

24. Andrew G Davies

    Leads 1 award · $349,313

    • 5R01AA027254-05Department: NIH department code

      Neuropeptide receptors, behavioral states and acute ethanol effects

      Principal investigators: Andrew G Davies (contact PI), Jill C Bettinger

      $349,313

      award amount

25. Matthew L Banks

    Leads 1 award · $349,313

    • 5R01DA055825-02Department: NIH department code

      Pharmacology of Stimulant Choice

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

      $349,313

      award amount

26. Sara Nass

    Leads 1 award · $187,151

    • 1K99DA059324-01Department: NIH department code

      The influence of astroglial mu opioid receptors in opioid potentiation of HIV neuropathogenesis
      $187,151

      award amount

27. Luana Martins Carvalho

    Leads 1 award · $149,730

    • 5K99AA031313-02Department: NIH department code

      RNA splicing regulation during alcohol withdrawal
      $149,730

      award amount

28. Walker David Rogers

    Leads 1 award · $43,404

    • 5F31AA030918-02Department: NIH department code

      Elucidating causal mechanisms of ethanol-induced analgesia in BXD recombinant inbred mouse lines
      $43,404

      award amount

29. Zachary Tatom

    Leads 1 award · $43,015

    • 5F31AA031189-02Department: NIH department code

      Genetic and Transcriptomic Mechanisms of Progressive Ethanol Consumption in the Diversity Outbred Mouse
      $43,015

      award amount

30. Emma Gnatowski

    Leads 1 award · $42,911

    • 5F31AA030727-03Department: NIH department code

      The Role of Ninein in Ethanol Anxiolysis
      $42,911

      award amount

31. Samantha Ann Gottlieb

    Leads 1 award · $18,310

    • 5F31AA030216-03Department: NIH department code

      The Role of GSK3B in Progressive Alcohol Consumption
      $18,310

      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.

• Pamela E Knapp

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA057346-03, led by Kurt F Hauser

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Virginia Commonwealth University · Neurosciences (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Viktor Yarotskyy

  Co-investigator on 1R01DA060724-01A1, led by Kurt F Hauser

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

• Sara Raulerson Jones

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA054694-03, led by Sammanda Ramamoorthy

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Neurosciences (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Shaunna L Clark

  Co-investigator on 5R01AA030116-02, led by Edwin Van Den Oord

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

• Dana E Selley

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA272147-02, led by M. Imad Damaj

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

• Laura J Sim-Selley

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA272147-02, led by M. Imad Damaj

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

• Lynette C Daws

  Co-investigator on 1R01DA060210-01, led by Lankupalle D Jayanthi

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • UT Health Science Center Houston · Physiology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Jian-Xing Jay Ma

  Co-investigator on 5R01EY033477-03, led by Qingguo Xu

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Biochemistry (NIH department code, 4 awards)

• Hisashi Harada

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA260819-04, led by David A. Gewirtz; 3R01CA260819-04S1, led by David A. Gewirtz

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

• Joseph William Landry

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA260819-04, led by David A. Gewirtz; 3R01CA260819-04S1, led by David A. Gewirtz

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Virginia Commonwealth University · Genetics (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Brien P Riley

  Co-investigator on 5T32AA029975-02, led by Michael F Miles

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

• Jose Miguel Eltit

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA055825-02, led by Matthew L Banks

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

• Carlos R Escalante

  Co-investigator on 5T32GM148403-02, led by Hamid I Akbarali

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Virginia Commonwealth University · Physiology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Andrew Anthony George

  Co-investigator on 1R21HD114125-01, led by Hamid I Akbarali

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