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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pharmacology at Weill Cornell Medicine

New York, NY

Funding
$26M
$25,958,997
Awards
27
FY2026 NIH awards in Pharmacology
Principal investigators
25
18 lead a grant here, 7 co-investigators
Department rank
#12
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 Weill Cornell Medicine page.

Leads a grant in this department

18 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. Samie R Jaffrey

    Leads 4 awards · $13,989,195

    • 2RM1HG011563-06Department: NIH department code
      Center for Multi-Scale Analysis of the Human Epitranscriptome

      Principal investigators: Samie R Jaffrey (contact PI), Kathryn D Meyer

      $10,044,467
      award amount
    • 4R01CA186702-13Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of epitranscriptomic regulation in cancer

      Principal investigators: Samie R Jaffrey (contact PI), Michael Kharas

      $1,817,788
      award amount
    • 5R35NS111631-08Department: NIH department code
      New mechanisms and technologies for understanding post-transcriptional gene regulation in neurons
      $1,084,800
      award amount
    • 1R01CA325384-01Department: NIH department code
      Control of gene expression by a metabolite-mRNA interaction network
      $1,042,140
      award amount

  2. Jochen Buck

    Leads 3 awards · $3,443,703

    • 1P50HD123367-01Department: NIH department code
      Advancing an ADCY10 inhibitor on-demand male contraceptive into humans

      Principal investigators: Gregory S. Kopf (contact PI), Jochen Buck (contact PI), Lonny R Levin (contact PI)

      $2,070,025
      award amount
    • 5R01HD111549-04Department: NIH department code
      Optimization of lead candidates for an on-demand male contraceptive

      Principal investigators: Jochen Buck (contact PI), Lonny R Levin

      $687,095
      award amount
    • 5R01HD088571-10Department: NIH department code
      Comparative studies on the regulation of metabolism during sperm capacitation

      Principal investigators: Jochen Buck (contact PI), Lonny R Levin, Pablo E. Visconti

      $686,583
      award amount

  3. Gregory S. Kopf

    Leads 1 award · $2,070,025

    • 1P50HD123367-01Department: NIH department code
      Advancing an ADCY10 inhibitor on-demand male contraceptive into humans

      Principal investigators: Gregory S. Kopf (contact PI), Jochen Buck (contact PI), Lonny R Levin (contact PI)

      $2,070,025
      award amount

  4. Lonny R Levin

    Leads 1 award · $2,070,025

    • 1P50HD123367-01Department: NIH department code
      Advancing an ADCY10 inhibitor on-demand male contraceptive into humans

      Principal investigators: Gregory S. Kopf (contact PI), Jochen Buck (contact PI), Lonny R Levin (contact PI)

      $2,070,025
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01HD111549-04, led by Jochen Buck; 5R01HD088571-10, led by Jochen Buck.

  5. John Blenis

    Leads 3 awards · $2,036,262

    • 5R01CA046595-39Department: NIH department code
      Mitogenic and Oncogenic Regulation of ERK/RSK Signaling
      $739,895
      award amount
    • 5R01CA301410-31Department: NIH department code
      Signal Transduction to P70 S6 Kinase 1
      $656,304
      award amount
    • 5R01CA273357-04Department: NIH department code
      Propionate metabolism and cancer
      $640,063
      award amount

  6. Taha Merghoub

    Leads 2 awards · $1,389,160

    • 1R01CA306020-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Identifying targets to mitigate immunotherapy-associated immune-related adverse events

      Principal investigators: Taha Merghoub (contact PI), Jedd D. Wolchok, Nicholas Collins

      $703,423
      award amount
    • 5R01CA297338-02Department: NIH department code
      Determining the role of neutrophils in anti-tumor immunity and immune-related adverse events in the context of T cell-based therapies

      Principal investigators: Taha Merghoub (contact PI), Jedd D. Wolchok, Mikala Egeblad

      $685,737
      award amount

  7. Kristen Elizabeth Pleil

    Leads 2 awards · $1,080,569

    • 5R01AA027645-08Department: NIH department code
      The role of rapid estrogen signaling in alcohol drinking behavior
      $649,232
      award amount
    • 2T32GM141949-06Department: NIH department code
      Predoctoral Training in Pharmacological Sciences
      $431,337
      award amount

  8. Kiran Pandey

    Leads 2 awards · $932,146

    • 1R21NS142816-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Synthetic Biology in Neurons: Chemogenetic Control of Selective Calcium Signaling in Neurons
      $466,125
      award amount
    • 1R21DA066282-01Department: NIH department code
      A novel RNA-based neuromodulation tool to treat chronic pain and reduce opioid dependence
      $466,021
      award amount

  9. Lorraine J Gudas

    Leads 2 awards · $751,337

    • 5R01CA270248-04Department: NIH department code
      CD 1530, an RAR Gamma Agonist for Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma Prevention
      $457,226
      award amount
    • 2T32CA062948-31A1Department: NIH department code
      Cancer Pharmacology
      $294,111
      award amount

  10. Yue Yang

    Leads 1 award · $698,784

    • 5R01DK143009-02Department: NIH department code
      The Role of NAD+ Metabolism in Obesity-Induced Pancreatic Beta-Cell Dysfunction
      $698,784
      award amount

  11. Yazmin Paulina Carrasco

    Leads 1 award · $451,641

    • 5T32GM152396-02Department: NIH department code
      Weill Cornell Initiative for Maximizing Student Development

      Principal investigators: Yazmin Paulina Carrasco (contact PI), Ethel Cesarman

      $451,641
      award amount

  12. Long He

    Leads 1 award · $435,243

    • 1R21CA308920-01Department: NIH department code
      Development of GSK3 relocalizing peptides for cancer treatment
      $435,243
      award amount

  13. Jacob Geri

    Leads 1 award · $423,750

    • 5R35GM147449-05Department: NIH department code
      Optically Gated Discovery of Protein-Biomolecule Interactions
      $423,750
      award amount

  14. Jianheng Liu

    Leads 1 award · $118,751

    • 1K99GM163041-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The function and regulation of mRNA 5' nucleotide expansion
      $118,751
      award amount

  15. Paul Young

    Leads 1 award · $58,114

    • 5F30DK142235-02Department: NIH department code
      Pharmacological inhibition of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR)
      $58,114
      award amount

  16. Irena Pigulevskiy

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31AA032449-02Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing estrogen regulation of neuronal excitability in the extended amygdala
      $50,114
      award amount

  17. Maxim Oleynikov

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31NS139612-02Department: NIH department code
      The role of heme in the oxidative modification of mRNA
      $50,114
      award amount

  18. Tracy Biaco

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31AI197467-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of HBx Recognition and Epigenetic Regulation of HBV cccDNA
      $50,114
      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.