New Grant Awards July 2025

July 3, 2025 • 3:58 p.m.

Robert Abbott, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
John Sealy School of Medicine

Alexander Bukreyev, PhD
Professor, Departments of Pathology and Microbiology & Immunology
John Sealy School of Medicine

New five-year National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) research grant award: "Circularization of RNA to improve the durability of the vaccine immune response"

	Antonio C. Bianco, MD, PhD Interim Senior Vice President and Dean, John Sealy School of Medicine Chief Research Officer Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology New three-year research grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK): "Metabolic and xenobiotic control of thyroid hormone metabolism"
	Matthieu Gagnon, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology John Sealy School of Medicine New five-year Outstanding Investigator Research Grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS): "Structural bases for protein synthesis quality control"
	Ajay Israni, MD, MS Professor and Division Chief, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology John Sealy School of Medicine New three-year research grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): "New Patient-centered Metric for Transplant Center Report Cards"
	Brendan Prideaux, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology John Sealy School of Medicine New one-year instrumentation research grant from the National Institutes of Health - Office of The Director (NIH-OD): "Waters Desorption Electrospray (DESI) XS TQ Absolute imaging mass spectrometry system"