FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Biochemistry at Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Winston-Salem, NC
- 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 Biochemistry row of the Wake Forest University Health Sciences page.
Leads a grant in this department
6 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.
Keith Thomas Gagnon
Leads 3 awards · $1,630,968
- 5R33AI169661-06Department: NIH department codeCoupling Epitranscriptomics to Molecular Disease Mechanisms and Nucleic Acid Therapeutics in Persistent Residual HIV Infection$747,835award amount
- 4R33AI180006-03Department: NIH department codeToward a Curative Treatment for HBV with cccDNA-Targeting Peptide Nucleic Acids$476,493award amount
- 1R21NS145112-01Department: NIH department codeAssessing outcomes and therapeutic potential of targeted C9ORF72 methylation$406,640award amount
Jian-Xing Jay Ma
Leads 3 awards · $1,393,749
- 5R01EY034510-04Department: NIH department codeDysregulation of PPARα in RPE degeneration
Principal investigators: Jian-Xing Jay Ma (contact PI), Yusuke Takahashi
$532,135award amount - 5R01EY019309-16Department: NIH department codeA new pathogenic mechanism for diabetic retinopathy$474,114award amount
- 5R01EY033330-05Department: NIH department codecGAS-STING signaling in diabetic retinopathy
Principal investigators: Jian-Xing Jay Ma (contact PI), Yusuke Takahashi
$387,500award amount
W Todd Lowther
Leads 1 award · $660,730
- 5R01DK137305-03Department: NIH department codeHydroxyproline Dehydrogenase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Primary Hyperoxaluria$660,730award amount
Marina Gorbatyuk
Leads 1 award · $558,853
- 5R01EY035539-04Department: NIH department codeRXR-based therapy for diabetic retinopathy
Principal investigators: Marina Gorbatyuk (contact PI), Maria Bartolomeo Grant, Qingguo Xu
$558,853award amount
Hu Huang
Leads 1 award · $450,252
- 5R01EY027824-10Department: NIH department codeRegulation of blood-retina barrier by placental growth factor$450,252award amount
Leslie B Poole
Leads 1 award · $215,668
- 5T32GM149818-04Department: NIH department codeRedox Biology and Medicine Training Program
Principal investigators: Leslie B Poole (contact PI), Cristina Maria Furdui
$215,668award 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.
Yusuke Takahashi
Co-investigator on 5R01EY034510-04, led by Jian-Xing Jay Ma; 5R01EY033330-05, led by Jian-Xing Jay Ma
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Biochemistry (NIH department code, 1 award)
Maria Bartolomeo Grant
Co-investigator on 5R01EY035539-04, led by Marina Gorbatyuk
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Alabama at Birmingham · Ophthalmology (NIH department code, 4 awards)
Qingguo Xu
Co-investigator on 5R01EY035539-04, led by Marina Gorbatyuk
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Virginia Commonwealth University · Pharmacology (NIH department code, 2 awards)
Cristina Maria Furdui
Co-investigator on 5T32GM149818-04, led by Leslie B Poole
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)