Pharmacology at Virginia Commonwealth University

Leads a grant in this department

25 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. Shijun Zhang

   Leads 1 award · $1,482,927

   • 5U01AG076481-04Department: NIH department code

     Development of novel NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors for intervening in Alzheimer's disease
     $1,482,927

     award amount

2. Yan Zhang

   Leads 1 award · $1,459,982

   • 5UH3DA050311-05Department: NIH department code

     Mu Opioid Receptor Modulator Development to Treat Opioid Use Disorder
     $1,459,982

     award amount

3. Kurt F Hauser

   Leads 2 awards · $1,340,525

   • 5R01DA057346-04Department: 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
   • 5R01DA060724-02Department: 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. Qingguo Xu

   Leads 4 awards · $1,316,577

   • 1UG3EY036558-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Fenofibrate microemulsion for treating nitrogen mustard induced corneal injury

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

     $570,579

     award amount
   • 5R01EY033477-04Department: 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
   • 5R21EY035974-02Department: NIH department code

     DSP nanoparticles for treating nitrogen mustard induced corneal injury
     $184,682

     award amount
   • 3R01EY033477-03S1Department: NIH department code

     Sustained release of fenofibrate for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy

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

     $23,288

     award amount

5. Yuesheng Zhang

   Leads 2 awards · $897,527

   • 5R01CA285391-02Department: NIH department code

     Targeted Degradation of EGFR and HER2 in NSCLC
     $499,281

     award amount
   • 5R01CA282703-03Department: NIH department code

     Restore the Tumor-Suppressive Activities of p53 Mutants
     $398,246

     award amount

6. Edwin Van Den Oord

   Leads 2 awards · $874,294

   • 5R01AA030116-03Department: NIH department code

     Single cell transcriptomic study of alcohol use

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

     $602,606

     award amount
   • 1R21MH138949-01Department: NIH department code

     Studying normal and disease processes in brain with extracellular vesicles

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

     $271,688

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 5R01MH124981-05, led by Karolina Anna Aberg.

7. M. Imad Damaj

   Leads 2 awards · $807,882

   • 5R01CA272147-03Department: 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

     $626,434

     award amount
   • 1R21CA296516-01Department: NIH department code

     Inhibition of NLRP3 inflammasome for the treatment of Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy
     $181,448

     award amount

8. William L. Dewey

   Leads 1 award · $787,486

   • 5T32DA007027-50Department: NIH department code

     Training in the pharmacology of abused drugs
     $787,486

     award amount

9. Jiong Li

   Leads 2 awards · $717,612

   • 5R01DE033712-02Department: NIH department code

     FOSL1-super-enhancers define cisplatin-enriched cancer stem cells in HNSCC
     $528,240

     award amount
   • 5R21DE033842-02Department: NIH department code

     Connecting liquid-liquid phase separation with super-enhancers and key oncogene transcription in HNSCC
     $189,372

     award amount

10. Ningjun Li

    Leads 2 awards · $694,694

    • 5R01DK140219-02Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount
    • 1R21CA289216-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Inhibition of diacylglycerol lipase α as a novel strategy to mitigate the nephrotoxicity of cisplatin
      $227,221

      award amount

11. Sammanda Ramamoorthy

    Leads 1 award · $626,911

    • 5R01DA054694-04Department: 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

      $626,911

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DA060210-02, led by Lankupalle D Jayanthi.

12. Karolina Anna Aberg

    Leads 1 award · $585,546

    • 5R01MH124981-05Department: NIH department code

      Developmental methylomics of autism spectrum disorder

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

      $585,546

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AA030116-03, led by Edwin Van Den Oord; 1R21MH138949-01, led by Edwin Van Den Oord.

13. Lankupalle D Jayanthi

    Leads 1 award · $565,271

    • 5R01DA060210-02Department: NIH department code

      The role of norepinephrine transporter phosphorylation in amphetamine reward

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

      $565,271

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DA054694-04, led by Sammanda Ramamoorthy.

14. David A. Gewirtz

    Leads 1 award · $517,388

    • 5R01CA260819-05Department: 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

      $517,388

      award amount

15. Mary Peace McRae

    Leads 1 award · $491,220

    • 5R01DA053153-06Department: 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
      $491,220

      award amount

16. Piyusha P Pagare

    Leads 1 award · $465,750

    • 1DP1DA063098-01Department: NIH department code

      Novel Mu Opioid Receptor Modulators to Counteract Synthetic Opioids
      $465,750

      award amount

17. Hamid I Akbarali

    Leads 2 awards · $465,058

    • 5T32GM148403-03Department: 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
    • 5R21HD114125-02Department: NIH department code

      Gastrointestinal Dysfunction in Down Syndrome

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

      $194,063

      award amount

18. Amy Wolven Lasek

    Leads 1 award · $426,938

    • 5U01AA020912-15Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

19. Jill C Bettinger

    Leads 1 award · $420,027

    • 5R01AA031471-02Department: NIH department code

      State-dependent modulation of learning
      $420,027

      award amount

20. Michael F Miles

    Leads 1 award · $404,329

    • 5T32AA029975-03Department: NIH department code

      Cross-Species Multidisciplinary Training in Alcohol Research

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

      $404,329

      award amount

21. Yana Cen

    Leads 1 award · $363,738

    • 5R01GM143176-04Department: NIH department code

      Small molecule approach to activate human SIRT5
      $363,738

      award amount

22. Matthew L Banks

    Leads 1 award · $349,313

    • 5R01DA055825-03Department: NIH department code

      Pharmacology of Stimulant Choice

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

      $349,313

      award amount

23. Sara Nass

    Leads 1 award · $187,151

    • 5K99DA059324-02Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

24. Diane Ingabire

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 1F31DA060668-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Novel Therapeutics for Treating Opioid Use Disorder
      $48,974

      award amount

25. Walker David Rogers

    Leads 1 award · $17,175

    • 5F31AA030918-03Department: NIH department code

      Elucidating causal mechanisms of ethanol-induced analgesia in BXD recombinant inbred mouse lines
      $17,175

      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.

• Jian-Xing Jay Ma

  Co-investigator on 1UG3EY036558-01A1, led by Qingguo Xu; 5R01EY033477-04, led by Qingguo Xu; 3R01EY033477-03S1, led by Qingguo Xu

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

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

• Pamela E Knapp

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA057346-04, led by Kurt F Hauser

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

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

• Viktor Yarotskyy

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA060724-02, 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 5R01DA054694-04, led by Sammanda Ramamoorthy

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

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

• Dana E Selley

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA272147-03, 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 5R01CA272147-03, led by M. Imad Damaj

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

• Shaunna L Clark

  Co-investigator on 5R01AA030116-03, led by Edwin Van Den Oord

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

• Lynette C Daws

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA060210-02, led by Lankupalle D Jayanthi

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

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

• Hisashi Harada

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA260819-05, 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 5R01CA260819-05, led by David A. Gewirtz

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

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

• Brien P Riley

  Co-investigator on 5T32AA029975-03, led by Michael F Miles

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Virginia Commonwealth University (no department on record, 1 award)

• Jose Miguel Eltit

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA055825-03, 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 5T32GM148403-03, led by Hamid I Akbarali

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

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

• Andrew Anthony George

  Co-investigator on 5R21HD114125-02, led by Hamid I Akbarali

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