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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pediatrics at Nationwide Children's Hospital

Columbus, OH · Sum of member hospitals

Funding
$44.7M
$44,681,647
Awards
73
FY2026 NIH awards in Pediatrics
Principal investigators
94
62 lead a grant here, 32 co-investigators
Department rank
#10
of 117 with hospitals and health systems listed separately · Ranking
  • NIH names only the principal investigators on an award, so this page lists only them. The department is the award's: it is where ScienceDex counts the award, not a list of the department's members.
  • NIH gives hospital awards no department code. Each counts under its contact PI's own department, from their PubMed affiliations, or under a department inferred from the award's topic when no affiliation names one. Each award below says which. How departments are assigned
  • Awards at Nationwide Children's Hospital's member hospitals under the department-ranking rules: awards with a department, R&D contracts left out. They match Nationwide Children's Hospital's Pediatrics row on the system page.

By member hospital

Where NIH made these awards. Each hospital's page lists its own investigators.

Leads a grant in this department

62 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.

  1. Nilsa Del Carmen Ramirez Milan

    Leads 1 award · $3,395,274

  2. Kevin M Flanigan

    Leads 4 awards · $3,205,857

  3. Jonathan Lee Slaughter

    Leads 1 award · $2,674,849

    Also a principal investigator on 5UH3HL161338-05, led by Carl Backes.

  4. Cynthia Ann Fontanella

    Leads 1 award · $2,485,119

  5. Guy Brock

    Leads 1 award · $2,485,119

  6. Jeffrey A Bridge

    Leads 1 award · $2,485,119

  7. Diana Zepeda-Orozco

    Leads 2 awards · $2,325,066

    • 4R01CA291827-03Department: investigator's affiliation
      Optimizing Theranostic Dosimetry and Kidney Biomarkers for Alpha-Emitter Radioligand Therapy in Neuroendocrine Tumors
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $1,703,256
      award amount
    • 5R01DK138101-03Department: investigator's affiliation
      Targeting Tubular Mitochondrial Superoxide Dismutation in Cisplatin Renal Repair
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $621,810
      award amount

  8. Ruoning Wang

    Leads 3 awards · $1,597,363

    • 1R01CA299046-01A1Department: investigator's affiliation
      Genetically and metabolically defining high-risk neuroblastoma to exploit effective therapeutic strategies
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $608,558
      award amount
    • 5R01AI175004-04Department: investigator's affiliation
      Decipher and target GABA metabolism and GABA receptor-mediated signaling in autoimmune diseases
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $498,589
      award amount
    • 2R37AI114581-11A1Department: investigator's affiliation
      Targeting purine catabolism and signaling in T cell autoimmunity
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $490,216
      award amount

  9. Benjamin T Kopp

    Leads 2 awards · $1,494,960

  10. Nicolas Wein

    Leads 1 award · $1,487,548

  11. Nizar Saad

    Leads 1 award · $1,487,548

  12. Paul Taylor Martin

    Leads 1 award · $1,487,548

  13. Scott Q Harper

    Leads 1 award · $1,487,548

    Also a principal investigator on 1T32NS147929-01, led by Kevin M Flanigan.

  14. Carl Backes

    Leads 2 awards · $1,456,796

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32HL166149-04, led by Vidu Garg; 1T35HL182694-01, led by Sarah H Obrien.

  15. Amit Kapoor

    Leads 2 awards · $1,446,501

    • 5R01AI183877-03Department: investigator's affiliation
      Animal Model to study heterogeneous outcomes of HCV Infection and Pathogenesis
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $780,961
      award amount
    • 5R01AI185926-03Department: investigator's affiliation
      Viral Determinants of Chronic Hepacivirus Infection
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $665,540
      award amount

  16. Jingzhen Ginger Yang

    Leads 2 awards · $1,395,989

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01HD119722-02, led by Motao Zhu.

  17. Rolf W Stottmann

    Leads 2 awards · $1,269,079

    • 1R01HD119141-01A1Department: investigator's affiliation
      Novel craniofacial structural birth defect genes
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $644,771
      award amount
    • 5R01NS141189-02Department: investigator's affiliation
      Forward Genetic Analysis of Cortical Circuits and Structure
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $624,308
      award amount

  18. Vidu Garg

    Leads 2 awards · $1,011,480

    • 5R01HL175924-03Department: investigator's affiliation
      Mechanisms and Therapeutics for Congenital Aortic Valve Disease
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $651,528
      award amount
    • 5T32HL166149-04Department: investigator's affiliation
      Integrative Research Training Program in Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Disease
      Nationwide Children's Hospital

      Principal investigators: Vidu Garg (contact PI), Carl Backes

      $359,952
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1T35HL182694-01, led by Sarah H Obrien.

  19. Allison M Bradbury

    Leads 2 awards · $1,006,291

    Also a principal investigator on 1T32NS147929-01, led by Kevin M Flanigan.

  20. William E Smoyer

    Leads 1 award · $953,728

  21. Timothy P Cripe

    Leads 2 awards · $853,858

    • 5R01CA278995-03Department: investigator's affiliation
      A New Paradigm to Prevent and Treat Micrometastases
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $490,840
      award amount
    • 5T32CA269052-05Department: investigator's affiliation
      Training Program in Basic and Translational Pediatric Oncology Research
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $363,018
      award amount

  22. Alvin Jay Freeman

    Leads 1 award · $822,172

    • 1R01DK147528-01Department: investigator's affiliation
      PAncreatic enzyme USE Reduces the frequency of pancreatitis in children with pancreatic sufficient acute recurrent and chronic pancreatitis
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $822,172
      award amount

  23. Brian Becknell

    Leads 1 award · $795,317

    • 1R01DK141592-01A1Department: investigator's affiliation
      Roles of RNase3, RNase6, and Ribonuclease Inhibitor in Bacterial Urinary Tract Infection
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $795,317
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 7T35DK129192-05, led by John David Spencer.

  24. Ashley R. Jackson

    Leads 1 award · $789,682

    • 1R01DK147092-01Department: investigator's affiliation
      Mechanisms by Which the Renal Urothelium Senses and Responds to Urinary Tract Obstruction and Mitigates Obstructive Nephropathy
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $789,682
      award amount

  25. Anne M Connolly

    Leads 1 award · $763,977

    • 5U01NS124961-04Department: investigator's affiliation
      Clinical Trial Readiness for Children 0-5 years with Congenital Muscular Dystrophy Secondary to LAMA2 Mutations
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $763,977
      award amount

  26. John David Spencer

    Leads 2 awards · $721,999

  27. Sarah H Obrien

    Leads 2 awards · $709,477

    • 1R01HD117481-01A1Department: topic-inferred
      The Teen Period (T-Dot) cohort: a longitudinal study to understand patterns of menstruation and risk factors for iron deficiency in the early post-menarchal years
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $631,127
      award amount
    • 1T35HL182694-01Department: topic-inferred
      Summer Program for Advanced Research in Kids(SPARK) for Heart, Blood and Lung Diseases
      Nationwide Children's Hospital

      Principal investigators: Sarah H Obrien (contact PI), Carl Backes, Vidu Garg

      $78,350
      award amount

  28. Mitchell H Grayson

    Leads 1 award · $688,361

    • 5R01AI171027-04Department: investigator's affiliation
      Pre-Existing Atopy and Respiratory Viral Infections
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $688,361
      award amount

  29. Deqiang Li

    Leads 1 award · $669,388

  30. Motao Zhu

    Leads 1 award · $668,829

  31. Michael T Bailey

    Leads 1 award · $645,254

  32. Sudarshan R Jadcherla

    Leads 1 award · $632,434

    • 5R01DK136762-04Department: investigator's affiliation
      Pathophysiological Evidence Driven Management of GERD in Neonatal ICU Infants: Randomized Controlled Trial
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $632,434
      award amount

  33. Deena Chisolm

    Leads 1 award · $630,763

    • 5R01HD109000-05Department: investigator's affiliation
      Targeted Investment and Meaningful Engagement to Improve MCH Outcomes: The TIME Study
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $630,763
      award amount

  34. Masako Shimamura

    Leads 1 award · $602,116

    • 5R01AI181261-02Department: investigator's affiliation
      Adaptive Immune Responses to Congenital and Postnatal Cytomegalovirus Infection
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $602,116
      award amount

  35. Jamie L. Jackson

    Leads 1 award · $572,943

    • 5R01NR020423-05Department: investigator's affiliation
      Establishing Efficacy for the Congenital Heart Disease Physical Activity Lifestyle Intervention
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $572,943
      award amount

  36. Henry Xiang

    Leads 1 award · $548,516

  37. Cynthia A Gerhardt

    Leads 1 award · $544,357

    • 5R01CA248103-06Department: investigator's affiliation
      Psychosocial Risk in Young Survivors of Early Onset Pediatric Cancer: The Role of Physical and Neurocognitive Late Effects
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $544,357
      award amount

  38. Yusen Liu

    Leads 1 award · $527,960

    • 5R01AI193143-02Department: investigator's affiliation
      Glutathione reductase (Gsr) regulates cell metabolism and signaling during neutrophil-pathogen interactions
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $527,960
      award amount

  39. Christopher M. Walker

    Leads 1 award · $525,277

    • 5R01AI190069-02Department: investigator's affiliation
      Defining successful intrahepatic CD4+ T cell responses against the hepatitis C virus
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $525,277
      award amount

  40. Patrick G Gallagher

    Leads 1 award · $517,589

    • 1R01DK142085-01A1Department: investigator's affiliation
      A Novel Regulator of Erythrocyte Hydration and Red Blood Cell Traits
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $517,589
      award amount

  41. Jennifer Muszynski

    Leads 1 award · $464,028

    • 5R01HL157208-05Department: investigator's affiliation
      Transfusion and Organ Dysfunction in Pediatric Septic Shock (TROPICS) study
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $464,028
      award amount

  42. Genevieve Claire Kendall

    Leads 2 awards · $454,644

    • 5R01CA272872-05Department: topic-inferred
      Understanding Infantile Rhabdomyosarcoma Biology and Therapeutic Targets
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $382,872
      award amount
    • 3R01CA272872-05S1Department: topic-inferred
      Understanding Infantile Rhabdomyosarcoma Biology and Therapeutic Targets
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $71,772
      award amount

  43. Kevin M Mason

    Leads 1 award · $448,686

    • 1R21ES038306-01A1Department: investigator's affiliation
      The effect of electronic cigarette vapor on formation of intracellular bacterial communities and recurrence of otitis media
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $448,686
      award amount

  44. Ahna Luise Pai

    Leads 1 award · $406,258

    • 1R21CA309321-01A1Department: investigator's affiliation
      MedMemos: A Program to Promote Medication Adherence in Pediatric Hematopoeitic Stem Cell Transplantation
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $406,258
      award amount

  45. Jason Newland

    Leads 1 award · $400,000

  46. Ryan D. Roberts

    Leads 1 award · $372,261

    • 5R01CA260178-05Department: investigator's affiliation
      Targeting cooperative mechanisms of metastatic colonization in osteosarcoma
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $372,261
      award amount

  47. Benjamin Stanton

    Leads 1 award · $372,142

  48. Leena Nahata

    Leads 1 award · $365,597

    • 5R01CA284073-04Department: investigator's affiliation
      Adaptation and implementation of a web-based Family centered Adolescent Sperm banking decision Tool for adolescent males with cancer
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $365,597
      award amount

  49. Joan Christine Han

    Leads 1 award · $351,553

  50. Farah Wadia Brink

    Leads 1 award · $242,901

    • 1R21LM015417-01Department: investigator's affiliation
      Deep Learning of Child Abuse Imaging: Improving Outcomes of Children Evaluated for Physical Abuse
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $242,901
      award amount

  51. Rohan Kumthekar

    Leads 1 award · $232,465

  52. Emily Louise Moscato

    Leads 1 award · $185,795

    • 5K08CA290060-02Department: topic-inferred
      A digital health parent coaching intervention to improve neurodevelopmental outcomes for young childhood cancer survivors in underserved communities
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $185,795
      award amount

  53. Katherine Bline

    Leads 1 award · $180,199

    • 5K23HL171862-03Department: investigator's affiliation
      Myeloid-derived suppressor cells modulate disease severity in children with viral lower respiratory tract infections
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $180,199
      award amount

  54. Kristen L Benninger

    Leads 1 award · $180,059

    • 5K23DA058763-03Department: investigator's affiliation
      Optimizing Developmental Outcomes in Early Childhood After Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $180,059
      award amount

  55. Hunter Johnson Wynkoop

    Leads 1 award · $179,010

    • 1K23AI202745-01Department: investigator's affiliation
      Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome in Children with Severe Malaria
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $179,010
      award amount

  56. Matthew Kielt

    Leads 1 award · $178,767

    • 5K23HL175207-02Department: investigator's affiliation
      Lung Injury Biomarkers to Endotype Respiratory Trajectories in Established Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: The LIBERATE-BPD Study
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $178,767
      award amount

  57. Kristen R. Fox

    Leads 1 award · $174,420

    • 5K23HL166771-04Department: topic-inferred
      A Tailored mHealth Vaping Prevention Intervention for Adolescents with Congenital Heart Defects
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $174,420
      award amount

  58. Mark W Hall

    Leads 1 award · $153,999

    • 3RL1HD107783-05S1Department: investigator's affiliation
      Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network - Clinical Site
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $153,999
      award amount

  59. Gabriel Miguel Cara Fuentes

    Leads 1 award · $153,651

    • 5K08DK134761-03Department: investigator's affiliation
      Evidence For Endothelial Involvement in Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome: A Role for CD93
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $153,651
      award amount

  60. Leah Katherine Middelberg

    Leads 1 award · $152,442

    • 5K23HD117012-02Department: investigator's affiliation
      Social Media Challenges and Adolescents: Who is at Risk and How Can We Prevent Injuries?
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $152,442
      award amount

  61. Matthew Alonzo

    Leads 1 award · $84,148

    • 5F32HL170581-03Department: topic-inferred
      A Dynamic and Three-Dimensional Human Model of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome to Probe Compromised Cardiomyocyte Proliferation
      Nationwide Children's Hospital
      $84,148
      award amount

  62. Leena Mamilly

    Leads 1 award · $1

Co-investigators

Named as principal investigators on these awards, which someone else leads. They may belong to another department or institution: their own, below, comes from the awards they lead.

  • Mignon Lee-Cheun Loh

    Co-investigator on 3U24CA196173-11S1, led by Nilsa Del Carmen Ramirez Milan

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Stephen X Skapek

    Co-investigator on 3U24CA196173-11S1, led by Nilsa Del Carmen Ramirez Milan

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Courtney Denning-Johnson Lynch

    Co-investigator on 5UH3OD035536-04, led by Jonathan Lee Slaughter

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Kartik Kailas Venkatesh

    Co-investigator on 5UH3OD035536-04, led by Jonathan Lee Slaughter

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Sarah Keim

    Co-investigator on 5UH3OD035536-04, led by Jonathan Lee Slaughter

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Anup C Katheria

    Co-investigator on 5UH3HL166794-04, led by Carl Backes

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Kevin Dennis Hill

    Co-investigator on 5UH3HL166794-04, led by Carl Backes

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Jon Klein

    Co-investigator on 5U01DK100866-14, led by William E Smoyer

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Laurence A Greenbaum

    Co-investigator on 5U01DK100866-14, led by William E Smoyer

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Robert B Weiss

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS085238-10, led by Kevin M Flanigan

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Veronica J. Vieland

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS085238-10, led by Kevin M Flanigan

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Emanuela Marina Bruscia

    Co-investigator on 2R01HL148171-06A1, led by Benjamin T Kopp

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Asuncion Mejias

    Co-investigator on 7R01HL178923-02, led by Benjamin T Kopp

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Darryl Brice Hood

    Co-investigator on 7R01HL178923-02, led by Benjamin T Kopp

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Matthew Z Anderson

    Co-investigator on 7R01HL178923-02, led by Benjamin T Kopp

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Susan Creary

    Co-investigator on 7R01HL178923-02, led by Benjamin T Kopp

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Vivien Andrea Sheehan

    Co-investigator on 7R01HL178923-02, led by Benjamin T Kopp

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Dakuo Wang

    Co-investigator on 1R01HD120364-01, led by Jingzhen Ginger Yang

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Ping Zhang

    Co-investigator on 1R01HD120364-01, led by Jingzhen Ginger Yang

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Lara Beth McKenzie

    Co-investigator on 5R01HD116730-02, led by Jingzhen Ginger Yang

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Gail E Besner

    Co-investigator on 5R01HD116839-03, led by Michael T Bailey

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Steven D Goodman

    Co-investigator on 5R01HD116839-03, led by Michael T Bailey

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Mark Hester

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS134923-03, led by Allison M Bradbury

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Bo Lu

    Co-investigator on 5R01HD107280-04, led by Henry Xiang

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Jonathan Groner

    Co-investigator on 5R01HD107280-04, led by Henry Xiang

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Virginia R McKay

    Co-investigator on 5R18HS030070-03, led by Jason Newland

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Joshua Leitch Bonkowsky

    Co-investigator on 1R61NS140718-01A1, led by Allison M Bradbury

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Paul Joseph Tesar

    Co-investigator on 1R61NS140718-01A1, led by Allison M Bradbury

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Reshmi Srinath

    Co-investigator on 7R01DK142434-02, led by Joan Christine Han

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Justin Opfermann

    Co-investigator on 1R21EB038760-01, led by Rohan Kumthekar

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Ihuoma U Eneli

    Co-investigator on 5U01DK135015-04, led by Leena Mamilly

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Rohan Kevin Henry

    Co-investigator on 5U01DK135015-04, led by Leena Mamilly

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.