Current Funding
Principal Investigator |
Project Title |
Funding Period |
Funding Agency |
Grant Number |
Total Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Gladys Maestre, M.D., Ph.D. Principal Investigator Michael Mahaney, Ph.D. Research Education Core Leader John Blangero, Ph.D. Genomics Core Leader Sarah Williams-Blangero, Ph.D. Population Neuroscience Core Leader Marcio Almeida, Ph.D. Scholar |
South Texas Alzheimers Disease Research Center (STAC) | 09/01/2021 - 06/30/2026 | NIMH | P30 AG066546 | $1,824,602.00 |
| Marcio Almeida, Ph.D. Principal Investigator | Identification of Endophenotypes Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease Progression in a Hispanic Population | 08/01/2022 - 07/31/2025 | NIH | R21 AG077501 | $404,953.00 |
| John L. VandeBerg, Ph.D. Principal Investigator | Creation of Knockout Laboratory Opossums | 04/21/2023 - 04/20/2026 | NIH | R21 OD026625 | $407,000.00 |
| John L. VandeBerg, Ph.D. Principal Investigator | Gestation Bioanalysis | 05/15/2023 - 04/30/2028 | Colossal Biosciences Inc. | Sponsored Research Agreement | $397,840.00 |
| John Blangero, Ph.D. Principal Investigator UTRGV Subcontract | Shared Genetic and Environmental Influences on Age-Related Hearing Loss, Cognitive Decline, and Dementia Risk | 08/15/2023 - 06/30/2028 | NIH | R01 AG078423 | $1,714,377.00 |
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Gladys Maestre, M.D., Ph.D. Principal Investigator John Blangero, Ph.D. Analysis Core Leader Michael Mahaney, Ph.D. Research Education Core Leader |
Rio Grande Valley Alzheimer's Resource Center for Minority Aging Research: Partnerships for Aging | 08/15/2023 - 07/31/2028 | NIH | P30 AG059305 | $1,696,355.00 |
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John Blangero, Ph.D. Contact Principal Investigator at UTRGV
Sarah Williams-Blangero, Ph.D. Principal Investigator
|
Interactions of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Genetic Variation on the Risk of Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer’s Disease in Ancestral and Admixed Populations | 09/01/2023 - 01/31/2026 | NIH | U19 AG076581 | $3,231,440.00 |
| Joanne Curran, PH.D. Principal Investigator | Assessing the Influence of the Human Lipidome on Risk of Diabetes in a Minority Population (Supplement) | 09/07/2023 - 08/31/2028 | NIH | R01 DK127636 | $369,720.00 |
|
Joanne Curran, Ph.D. Contact Principal Investigator
John Blangero, Ph.D. Principal Investigator
Jacob Galan, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Satish Kumar, Ph.D. Principal Investigator
Jason Parsons, Ph.D. Principal Investigator
|
Experimental Cellular Approaches to Genotype × Environment Interaction | 09/18/2023 - 05/31/2028 | NIH | RM1 GM149403 | $8,007,078.00 |
| Sarah Williams-Blangero, Ph.D. Principal Investigator | UTRGV Center for Genome Research | 09/30/2023 - 05/31/2028 | NIH | U54 HG013247 | $10,619,627.00 |
| Mark Kos, Ph.D. Principal Investigator UTRGV Subcontract | DNA Methylation Signatures of Alzheimer's Disease in Aged Astrocytes | 07/01/2024 - 06/30/2025 | NIH | R21 AG085428 | $29,313.00 |
| John L. VandeBerg, Ph.D. Principal Investigator | Individually Ventilated Cage System for Laboratory Opossum Vivarium | 09/01/2024 - 06/30/2028 | NIH | R24 OD037714 | $349,788.00 |
|
Tom Howard, M.D., Ph.D.
Contact Principal Investigator
Sarah Williams-Blangero, Ph.D. Principal Investigator
|
Omic Approaches to Factor VIII Inhibitor Development in Hemophilia Patients of Mexican Descent | 09/18/2024 - 08/31/2028 | NIH | R01 HL169763 | $2,701,976.00 |
| Mark Kos, Ph.D. Principal Investigator | Preclinical Modeling of Neural Regulatory Networks in Baboon Epilepsy | 12/01/2024 - 11/30/2026 | NIH | R56 NS135399 | $65,906.00 |
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John Blangero, Ph.D. Contact Principal Investigator
Jacob Galan, Ph.D. Principal Investigator
|
Experimental Cellular Approaches to Genotype × Environment Interaction (Supplement) | 09/01/2024 -08/31/2025 | NIH | RM1 GM149403-02S1 | $122,685.00 |
| Anderson Winkler, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc. Contact Principal Investigator | Enhancing PALM with novel statistical methods, cloud integration, parallelization, and imaging standards. | 09/01/2025 - 08/31/2028 | NIH | R01 MH139547 | $1,540,922.00 |
| Anderson Winkler, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc. Contact Principal Investigator | Understanding Heterogeneity Across PTSD, MDD, and Anxiety by Leveraging Large-Scale Multimodal Neuroimaging Data Sets | 07/31/2025 - 04/30/2030 | NIH | R01 MH138425 | $102,350.00 |
| Ms. Natasha Garcia-Rodriguez Fellow Joanne Curran, Ph.D. Sponsor | CTSA Predoctoral T32 at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Fellowship | 01/01/2026 - 12/31/2026 | NIH | T32 TR004905 | $45,498.00 |