Integrated Health Research Grants
Integrated Health Research Grants List
Michael Blanton
Research supported by TTUHSC/GSBS
Funding Amount: $9,000.00
Funding Institute: TTUHSC/Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Year(s): 2024-2025
Role: -
Nutrition Bench-to-Community Engaged Scholars in Texas (Nutrition BEST) REEU Program
Funding Amount: $1,162,500.00
Funding Institute: NIH
Year(s): 2024-2027
Role: Faculty
Jannette Dufour
Nutrition Bench-to-Community Engaged Scholars in Texas (Nutrition BEST) REEU Program
Funding Amount: $500,000.00
Funding Institute: NIFA, USDA
Year(s): 2021-2026
Role: Principal Investigator
Promotion of basic and clinical research
Funding Amount: $120,000/year
Funding Institute: -
Year(s): 2023-no end date
Role: Principal Investigator
Novel Mechanisms of Wnt Pathway Modulation
Funding Amount: $54,689.00
Funding Institute: University of North Carolina
Year(s): 2024
Role: Principal Investigator
Diabetes Research
Funding Amount: $15,000.00
Funding Institute: RH Pickering Foundation
Year(s): 2024-no end date
Role: Principal Investigator
Shannon Galyean
Growing Wellness: A Holistic Approach to Health and Empowerment with Culinary Medicine and Home-Grown Tomatoes
Funding Amount: $20,000.00
Funding Institute: TTU College of Health and Human Sciences
Year(s): 2024-2025
Role: Principal Investigator
Tirzaepatide Impact Assessment: Exploring Health and Wellness Outcomes
Funding Amount: $10,000.00
Funding Institute: Texas Tech University: College of Human Sciences Health and Wellness Research Seed Grant.
Year(s): 2024-2025
Role: Principal Investigator
The Feasibility of a Smartphone App Utilizing Culinary Medicine to Promote the Self-Management of Chronic Disease
Funding Amount: $5,000.00
Funding Institute: College of Human Sciences General Funding Grant
Year(s): 2023-2025
Role: Principal Investigator
The role of synbiotics in age-related biomarkers and cognitive function in older adults
Funding Amount: $14,195.00
Funding Institute: College of Human Sciences General Funding Grant
Year(s): 2023-2025
Role: Principal Investigator
The Effect of Culinary Medicine to Enhance Protein Intake on Muscle Quality in Older Adults
Funding Amount: $53,731.00
Funding Institute: National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
Year(s): 2023-2025
Role: Principal Investigator
Christine Garner
The Future of Rural Health: Accelerating Biomedical Excellence at TTUHSC
Funding Amount: $1,163,500.00
Funding Institute: NIH
Year(s): 2024-2027
Role: Co-I
CenteringPregnancy®
Funding Amount: $24,995.00
Funding Institute: Centering Healthcare Institute HCSC Grant
Year(s): 2024-2026
Role: Principal Investigator
Validation of a novel lactation-specific medical claims- phenotype
Funding Amount: $20,000.00
Funding Institute: TTUHSC School of Medicine Collaborative Seed Grant
Year(s): 2024-2025
Role: Co-I
VIBRANT MOMS
Funding Amount: $1,385,989.00
Funding Institute: NIH – National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Year(s): 2023-2025
Role: Principal Investigator
Kwanghee Jung
Innovating and advancing in STEM education
Funding Amount: $4,783,323.00
Funding Institute: -
Year(s): 2021-2026
Role: -
Developing Early Alert Dashboard Using Power BI and Machine Learning Techniques
Funding Amount: $10,000.00
Funding Institute: Competitive Edge Seed Grant (TTU)
Year(s): 2023-2024
Role: -
Chanaka Kahathuduwa
Adaptive Auditory Binaural Beats Guided by Electroencephalographic Bio-feedback system
Funding Amount: $50,000.00
Funding Institute: NSF I-Corps
Year(s): 2024-2025
Role: Co-I
Combining L-theanine and Paraxanthine for Transient Improvement of Cognitive Deficits among Patients with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Series of Translational Pilot Neuroimaging Studies
Funding Amount: $20,000.00
Funding Institute: TTUHSC School of Medicine School of Medicine Dean’s Seed Grant Program
Year(s): 2024-2025
Role: Co-I
Ginger And The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Connection In Sciatic Pain Individuals
Funding Amount: $607,561.00
Funding Institute: NIFA, USDA
Year(s): 2024-2026
Role: Co-I
John Lawrence
Transcriptional Dysfunction in Dentate Gyrus Cell Types: Roles of Retinoic Acid Responsive Genes in Protection Against Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis
Funding Amount: $1,872,220.00
Funding Institute: NIH
Year(s): 2022-2026
Role: Principal Investigator
The hippocampal dentate gyrus in aging and Alzheimer's disease: boosting transcription of retinoic acid-sensitive genes through HDAC inhibition and vitamin A supplementation
Funding Amount: $3,158,615.00
Funding Institute: NIH
Year(s): 2022-2027
Role: Principal Investigator
Jaehoon Lee
Localized mHealth approach to boosting COVID-19 testing and vaccine literacy, access, and uptake among women with criminal legal system involvement
Funding Amount: $2,458.00
Funding Institute: -
Year(s): 2022-2026
Role: Co-I
Innovating and advancing in STEM education
Funding Amount: $4,783,323.00
Funding Institute: -
Year(s): 2021-2026
Role: Co-I
Curcumin and retinal amyloid-beta pilot study
Funding Amount: $94,991.00
Funding Institute: Sabinsa Corporation
Year(s): 2022
Role: Co-I
Effect of annatto-derived geranylgeraniol (GG) on statin-associated myopathy
Funding Amount: $266,294.00
Funding Institute: American River Nutrition
Year(s): 2022-2023
Role: Co-I
Oral diadochokinesis among Malaysian-Malay speakers: A comparative study of neurotypical adults and individuals with Parkinson’s disease
Funding Amount: $22,000.00
Funding Institute: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Year(s): 2022-2023
Role: Co-I
Sueann Lee
Third year of NIDCR grant
Funding Amount: -
Funding Institute: -
Year(s): -
Role: -
Danielle Levitt
Glycemic control and frailty risk in older people at risk for type 2 diabetes: Impact of local heat therapy
Funding Amount: $3,501,732.00
Funding Institute: NIH/NIA
Year(s): 2024-2029
Role: Co-PI
Resveratrol-mediated changes in extracellular vesicle microRNA cargo as a novel contributor to resistance training-induced skeletal muscle adaptations in older adults
Funding Amount: $24,000.00
Funding Institute: National Strength and Conditioning Association Foundation
Year(s): 2024-2026
Role: Principal Investigator
Neural correlates and biological markers of pre-death grief and psychosocial distress in persons with life limiting illnesses and their family caregivers
Funding Amount: $30,000.00
Funding Institute: Center of Excellence for Translational Neuroscience and Therapeutics
Year(s): 2024-2026
Role: Co-I
Understanding the relationship among substance (mis)use (alcohol and cannabis), physical activity, and physiological and psychological stress in college students
Funding Amount: $5,000.00
Funding Institute: TrUE Transformers Program
Year(s): 2024
Role: Principal Investigator
Seahorse XF Pro and Cytation C10
Funding Amount: $150,172.00
Funding Institute: Office of Research and Innovation Funding Requests
Year(s): 2023-2024
Role: Co-PI
Metabolomic signature of EtOH-treated skeletal muscle precursor cells
Funding Amount: $2,000.00
Funding Institute: College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Experience
Year(s): 2023-2024
Role: Principal Investigator
Mitochondrial DNA signatures of poor aerobic exercise trainability in young adults born preterm
Funding Amount: $154,000.00
Funding Institute: American Heart Association
Year(s): 2024-2025
Role: Co-I
HuiYing Luk
Glycemic control and frailty risk in older people at risk for type 2 diabetes: Impact of local heat therapy
Funding Amount: $3,501,732.00
Funding Institute: NIH/NIA
Year(s): 2024-2029
Role: Co-PI
Volker Neugebauer
Smartphone-based Cognitive Impairment Assessment Tool: A Pilot Study of Feasibility and Validation
Funding Amount: $20,000.00
Funding Institute: Alzheimer's Research Seed Grant,Texas Tech University College of Health and Human Sciences
Year(s): 2024-2025
Role: MPI
Ginger and the microbiota-gut-brain connection in sciatic pain individuals
Funding Amount: $607,561.00
Funding Institute: USDA/NIFA
Year(s): 2024-2027
Role: MPI
Innovative mental health services, recreational intervention, and imaging-based biomarker screening for AD/ADRD patients and caregivers
Funding Amount: $65,000.00
Funding Institute: Garrison Family Foundation
Year(s): 2024-2025
Role: Principal Investigator
fMRI studies of the reward system in persons with AD/ADRD and their caregivers
Funding Amount: $30,000.00
Funding Institute: CTNT-OR-GIA JSBDVN Seed Fund Program
Year(s): 2023-2025
Role: Co-I
Curcumin and Retinal Amyloid-beta Pilot Study
Funding Amount: $94,991.00
Funding Institute: Sabinsa Corporation
Year(s): 2023-2025
Role: Co-I
Brain Circuits of Migraine Pain
Funding Amount: $3,118,625.00
Funding Institute: NIH/NINDS
Year(s): 2022-2027
Role: MPI
Amygdala Pain Mechanisms
Funding Amount: $3,278,187.00
Funding Institute: NIH/NINDS
Year(s): 2021-2026
Role: Principal Investigator
A prolactin-mediated neuroendocrine link between stress-induced latent sensitization and female-selective pain
Funding Amount: $2,297,350.00
Funding Institute: NIH/NINDS
Year(s): 2021-2026
Role: MPI
Ginger root extract for neuropathic pain
Funding Amount: $500,000.00
Funding Institute: USDA/NIFA
Year(s): 2021-2024
Role: MPI
Trans-Synaptic Signaling Complex in Amygdala Pain Mechanisms
Funding Amount: $2,674,615.00
Funding Institute: NIH/NINDS
Year(s): 2020-2025
Role: MPI
Pronociceptive and Antinociceptive Opioid Mechanisms in the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala
Funding Amount: $2,544,148.00
Funding Institute: NIH/NINDS
Year(s): 2019-2025
Role: Co-I
Ginger extract in anxio-depressive disorders: gut-brain-axis
Funding Amount: $10,000.00
Funding Institute: Davis Foundation
Year(s): 2022-2024
Role: MPI
The Neuroimmune Model of Excessive Alcohol Consumption: Transition to Alcohol Use Disorder
Funding Amount: $2,868,750.00
Funding Institute: NIH/NIAAA
Year(s): 2019-2024
Role: Co-I
Stress-Induced Descending Facilitation from Amygdala Kappa Opioid Receptors in Functional Pain
Funding Amount: $2,740,180.00
Funding Institute: NIH/NINDS
Year(s): 2018-2024
Role: MPI
Ty Palmer
Acute effects of static stretching on wrist flexibility and handgrip strength in older adults
Funding Amount: $500.00
Funding Institute: Texas Society for Hand Therapy
Year(s): 2024
Role: Principal Investigator
Oak Hee Park
From Bytes to Bites: Understanding How Exemplification in an Online Community Improves Healthy Diet and Family Mealtime Interactions
Funding Amount: $50,000.00
Funding Institute: College of Human Sciences, TTU
Year(s): -
Role: Principal Investigator
Narissra Punyanunt
MACRO TRU
Funding Amount: $10,000.00
Funding Institute: Texas Tech University
Year(s): 2024
Role: -
Chwan-Li Shen
Medication Development for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder
Funding Amount: $7,404,680.00
Funding Institute: NIH/NIAAA
Year(s): 2020-2025
Role: MPI
Ginger root extract for neuropathic pain
Funding Amount: $500,000.00
Funding Institute: NIH/NIAAA
Year(s): 2021-2024
Role: Principal Investigator
Effect of annatto-derived geranylgeraniol (GG) on statin-associated myopathy
Funding Amount: $266,294.00
Funding Institute: American River Nutrition
Year(s): 2022-2024
Role: Principal Investigator
Curcumin and Retinal Amyloid-beta Pilot Study
Funding Amount: $94,991.00
Funding Institute: Sabinsa Corporation
Year(s): 2022-2024
Role: Principal Investigator
Ginger and the microbiota-gut-brain connection in sciatic pain individuals
Funding Amount: $607,561.00
Funding Institute: USDA/NIFA
Year(s): 2024-2027
Role: Principal Investigator
The Future of Rural Health: Accelerating Biomedical Excellence at TTUHSC
Funding Amount: $1,162,500.00
Funding Institute: NIH
Year(s): 2024-2027
Role: Faculty
Glycemic control and frailty risk in older people at risk for type 2 diabetes: Impact of local heat therapy
Funding Amount: $3,505,732.00
Funding Institute: NIH/NIA
Year(s): 2024-2029
Role: Consultant
Andrew Shin
The role of BCAAs in the brain reward system and food appetite
Funding Amount: $199,976.00
Funding Institute: American Heart Association
Year(s): 2025-2026
Role: Principal Investigator
The acute effects of BCAAs on glycemic control, insulin sensitivity, and their underlying mechanisms
Funding Amount: $50,000.00
Funding Institute: Diabetes Action Foundation
Year(s): 2025
Role: Principal Investigator
Serotonin-modulated mitochondrial dysfunction in dementia, depression and diabetes
Funding Amount: $2,428,686.00
Funding Institute: NIH/NIA
Year(s): 2022-2027
Role: Co-I
The hippocampal dentate gyrus in aging and Alzheimer's disease: boosting transcription of retinoic acid-sensitive genes through vitamin A supplementation and HDAC inhibition
Funding Amount: $3,140,235.00
Funding Institute: NIH/NIA
Year(s): 2022-2027
Role: Co-I
Transcranial ultrasound neuromodulation for obesity treatment
Funding Amount: $6,000.00
Funding Institute: Cross-Disciplinary Research Excellence Award, Office of the Provost, TTU
Year(s): 2024-2025
Role: Principal Investigator
Identifying multi-dimensional druggable targets for obesity treatment
Funding Amount: $1,200,000.00
Funding Institute: National Research Foundation, South Korea
Year(s): 2024-2029
Role: Ex-I
Semaglutide impact assessment: Exploring health and wellness outcomes
Funding Amount: $10,000.00
Funding Institute: College of Human Sciences, TTU
Year(s): 2024-2025
Role: Principal Investigator
The role of BCAAs in food reward
Funding Amount: $20,000.00
Funding Institute: College of Human Sciences, TTU
Year(s): 2024-2025
Role: Principal Investigator
A BCAA-lowering compound as a novel approach to delay the onset of AD
Funding Amount: $199,918.00
Funding Institute: Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer’s Association Research Grant
Year(s): 2023-2026
Role: Principal Investigator
To attend Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB) Conference
Funding Amount: $1,000.00
Funding Institute: Travel Incentive Funding, College of Human Sciences, TTU
Year(s): 2024
Role: Principal Investigator
Julie St-John
Centering Pregnancy Grant (in-kind training and certification as a Centering Pregnancy program)
Funding Amount: $38,000.00
Funding Institute: Centering Pregnancy
Year(s): 2024-2026
Role: Co-I
ACTION for Big Country
Funding Amount: $997,266.00
Funding Institute: Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas
Year(s): 2023-2026
Role: Principal Investigator
C3P2: C3 CHW Curriculum for Prepared Populations
Funding Amount: $250,000.00
Funding Institute: Texas Epidemic Public Health Institute (TEPHI), UTHealth Houston, University of Texas School of Public Health
Year(s): 2025-2026
Role: Principal Investigator
PROJECT CLEAR: Propagating Resilience Outwardly & Jointly Elevating CHWs and Community Lead Engagement And Research
Funding Amount: $250,000.00
Funding Institute: Texas Epidemic Public Health Institute (TEPHI), UTHealth Houston, University of Texas School of Public Health
Year(s): 2025-2026
Role: Principal Investigator
Validation of a Performance-Based Assessment to Assess Readiness for Occupational Therapy Fieldwork
Funding Amount: $5,000.00
Funding Institute: Seed grant, Office of Research and Innovations, School of Health Professions (TTUHSC)
Year(s): 2024-2025
Role: Mentor
VIBRANT MOMS: Verifying & Implementing evidence-Based pRograms Addressing Needed Transformations for Maternal health Outcomes, Measures, & Support
Funding Amount: $1,385,969.65
Funding Institute: National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: IMPROVE Community Implementation Program (IMPROVE-CIP)
Year(s): 2023-2025
Role: Co-PI
The Future of Rural Health: Accelerating Biomedical Excellence at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC)
Funding Amount: $1,162,500.00
Funding Institute: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD/NIH)
Year(s): 2024-2027
Role: Co-I
Grant Tinsley
Influence of Structured Medium- and Long-Chain Triglycerides on Muscular Recovery Following Damaging Resistance Exercise
Funding Amount: $80,241.00
Funding Institute: Bunge Loders Croklann USA LLC
Year(s): 2024-present
Role: Principal Investigator
Smartphone-based Digital Anthropometry and Body Composition Estimation using 3-Dimensional Optical Imaging
Funding Amount: $35,000.00
Funding Institute: Greyscale Holdings Inc
Year(s): 2023- present
Role: Principal Investigator
Chronic Thermogenic Dietary Supplement Consumption: Effects on Body Composition, Anthropometrics, Metabolism, and Subjective Variables
Funding Amount: $85,378.00
Funding Institute: EHP Labs
Year(s): 2022-2024
Role: Principal Investigator
Digital Anthropometry and Body Composition Estimation Using a Generation 2 Prototype 3-Dimensional Optical Scanner
Funding Amount: $32,756.00
Funding Institute: Greyscale Holdings Inc (DBA Prism Labs)
Year(s): 2022-2024
Role: Principal Investigator
TUF Investment Opportunity: KSM Musculoskeletal and Body Composition Imaging: Acquiring Advanced Capabilities
Funding Amount: $220,000.00
Funding Institute: TTU
Year(s): 2024
Role: Co-PI
Yujiao Zu
Novel prebiotic nanoparticles to enhance tart cherry anthocyanin bioavailability and improve gut health in obesity
Funding Amount: $285,038.00
Funding Institute: USDA/NIFA
Year(s): 2023-2025
Role: Principal Investigator
The Role of Glycolytic Beige Fat in Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
Funding Amount: $154,000.00
Funding Institute: AHA AIREA
Year(s): 2023-2025
Role: Principal Investigator
Nutrition Bench-to-Community Scholars at Texas Tech REEU
Funding Amount: $500,000.00
Funding Institute: USDA/NIFA REEU
Year(s): 2021-2026
Role: Mentor
Burning fat by nanoparticles for obesity treatment (FatBuringNanoTM)
Funding Amount: $50,000.00
Funding Institute: NSF I-Corps
Year(s): 2018-2019
Role: Entrepreneurial Lead
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