New Grant Awards September 2025

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Werner Braun, PhD
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, John Sealy School of Medicine

Terumi Midoro-Horiuti, PhD

Professor, Department of Pediatrics, John Sealy School of Medicine

  
New National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases multi-year funded exploratory research grant award for "A new deep learning approach to probe the molecular basis of inhalation allergens"
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Lynn Soong, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, John Sealy School of Medicine

Bing Gong, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, John Sealy School of Medicine

  
New National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases multi-year funded exploratory research grant award for "Rickettsial CspA proteins and host microRNAs in exosome formation and pathogenesis"
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Nisha Garg, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, John Sealy School of Medicine

New National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases multi-year funded exploratory research grant award for "Determining function and mechanism of lncRNA Chast in Trypanosoma cruzi infection and dissemination"

New five-year National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases competing renewal research grant award for "Oxidative Response Networks in Chagasic Cardiomyopathy"

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Cheng Huang, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, John Sealy School of Medicine

New five-year National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases research grant award for "New role of NP Exoribonuclease in Lassa virus infection"
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Minghua Li, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, John Sealy School of Medicine

New National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases multi-year funded exploratory research grant award for "Defining the role of TRIM proteins in vector-borne bunyavirus infection"

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Jere McBride, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology, John Sealy School of Medicine

New five-year National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases research grant award for "Ehrlichia modulation of RNA splicing to influence KIRREL1-regulated Hippo signaling"

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Joseph Wenke, PhD
Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, John Sealy School of Medicine

New Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity research grant award for "Wound Stabilization to Prevent Combat Infections"