Current Extramural Funding
Faculty | Role | Award Type | Title | Award Admin Dept. | Sponsor |
Bukiya, Anna | Lead PI | R01 | Cholesterol control of alcohol-induced cerebral artery constriction | Pharmacology | NIAAA |
Bukiya, Anna | PI. (Lead PI: Dopico) | R01 | Regulation of arterial diameter through specific sensing of endogenous steroids and novel nonsteroidal analogs by BK channel subunits. | Pharmacology | NHLBI |
Bukiya, Anna | PI. (Lead PI: Dopico) | R01 | Cholesterol regulation of smooth muscle BK channel proteins and consequent control of cerebral artery diameter | Pharmacology | NHLBI |
Bukiya, Anna | Lead PI | R03 | Fatty acid and alcohol modulation of cerebral artery diameter | Pharmacology | NIAAA |
Bukiya, Anna | Investigator. (Lead PI: Dopico) | R37 | Ethanol actions on slo1 channels from arteries vs. brain | Pharmacology | NIAAA |
Chen, Hao | Investigator. (Lead PI: Williams) | P30 | NIDA Core "Center of Excellence" in Transcriptomics, Systems Genetics and the Addictome | Genetics, Genomics, and Informatics | NIDA |
Chen, Hao | PI of Proj 2. (Lead PI: Palmer, UCSD) | P50 Sub. | Integrated GWAS of Complex Behavioral and Gene Expression Traits in Outbred Rats | Pharmacology | NIDA |
Chen, Hao | Investigator. (Lead PI: Jablonski) | R01 | Genetic Modulators of Glaucoma | Ophthalmology | NEI |
Chen, Hao | Investigator (Lead PI: Nowak) | R01 | Genetics of stroke vulnerability in C57BL/6 mouse substrains | Anatomy & Neurobiology | NINDS |
Chen, Hao | Lead PI | R01 | Reduced complexity mapping of oxycodone self-administration and stress responsiveness in rats | Pharmacology | NIDA |
Chen, Hao | Lead PI | U01 | System genetics of menthol and nicotine addiction | Pharmacology | NIDA |
Dopico, Alejandro | Lead PI | R01 | Regulation of arterial diameter through specific sensing of endogenous steroids and novel nonsteroidal analogs by BK channel subunits. | Pharmacology | NHLBI |
Dopico, Alejandro | Lead PI | R01 | Cholesterol regulation of smooth muscle BK channel proteins and consequent control of cerebral artery diameter | Pharmacology | NHLBI |
Dopico, Alejandro | PI. (Lead PI: Bukiya) | R01 | Cholesterol control of alcohol-induced cerebral artery constriction | Pharmacology | NIAAA |
Dopico, Alejandro | PI. (Co-I: Anna Bukiya and Brendan Tunstall) | R01 | Ethanol actions on slo channels from arteries vs. brain | Pharmacology | NIAAA |
Dopico, Alejandro | Lead PI | R37 | Ethanol actions on slo1 channels from arteries vs. brain | Pharmacology | NIAAA |
Edwards, Park | Lead PI | Merit Award | Secretory phospholipases regulate metabolic rate | Pharmacology | VA |
Elam, Marshall | Lead PI | R21 | Metabolomics of Statin Associated Myalgia | Pharmacology | NIAMS |
Jee, Chang Hoon | Lead PI | Pilot | Cross-species functional validation of overlapping GWAS candidates between tobacco smoking in human and socially acquired nicotine IVSA in rats | Pharmacology | NIDA P50 (UCSD) |
Kirson, Dean | PI | R00 | Hypothalamic oxytocin influence on extended amygdala CRF neurons in alcohol dependence | Pharmacology | NIAAA |
Liao, Francesca-Fang | Lead PI | R01 | Is HSF1 the key in mediating Hsp90 inhibitor effect in AD? | Pharmacology | NIA |
Liao, Francesca-Fang | Lead PI | R01 | Novel mechanistic link between metabolic changes and dementia potential role of miRNA21 | Pharmacology | NIA |
Liao, Francesca-Fang | PI. (Lead PI: McDonald) | R01 | Effects of modified erythropoietin on cognition and neuropathology | Neurology | NINDS |
Liao, Francesca-Fang | Investigator. (Lead PI: Sakata) | R21 | Heat shock factor HSF1 regulation of promoter-specific BDNF transcription | Pharmacology | NINDS |
Malik, Kafait | Lead PI | R01 | Angiotensins, Prostaglandins --Adrenergic Interactions | Pharmacology | NHLBI |
Raghow, Rajendra | PI (Lead PI: Elam) | R21 | Metabolomics of Statin Associated Myalgia | Pharmacology | NIAMS |
Sakata, Kazuko | Lead PI | R21 | Heat shock factor HSF1 regulation of promoter-specific BDNF transcription | Pharmacology | NINDS |
Sun, Wen Lin | Lead PI | R01 | Cocaine addiction: neuropharmacological mechanisms of compulsive cocaine use | Pharmacology | NIDA |
Tavalin, Steve | Lead PI | R21 | Amyloid precursor protein control of NMDA receptor signaling | Pharmacology | NIA |
Tunstall, Brendan | PI | R00 | Opposing Contributions of Oxytocin and Corticotropin-Release Factor to Alcohol Dependence | Pharmacology | NIDA |
Vaithianathan, Thirumalini | PI | R01 | Dynamics of calcium signals control neurotransmitter release in retinal ribbon synapses | Pharmacology | NEI |
Vaithianathan, Thirumalini | Co-I (PI:Johnson: PI on subcontract to UTHSC: Jablonski) | R43 | Neuroprotective Properties of a Novel Glaucoma Drug and Formulation | Pharmacology | NEI/NIH |
Zhou, Fuming | Lead PI | R01 | Ion channel mechanisms of striatal dopaminergic motor stimulation | Pharmacology | NINDS |