FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Ophthalmology at Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
- 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.
- These are the awards in the Ophthalmology row of the Baylor College of Medicine page.
Leads a grant in this department
9 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.
Wei Li
Leads 2 awards · $1,195,469
- 5R01EY036417-03Department: NIH department codeParadoxical role of anti-VEGF therapy in subretinal fibrosis of wet AMD$670,496award amount
- 5R01EY037242-02Department: NIH department codeThe role of vascular ligands and neurovascular dysfunction in glaucoma and therapeutic potential
Principal investigators: Wei Li (contact PI), Zheng Jiang
$524,973award amount
Stephen C Pflugfelder
Leads 1 award · $1,178,265
- 5U01EY034692-05Department: NIH department codeEffects of cornea epithelial barrier disruption on the cornea trigeminal neural circuit
Principal investigators: Stephen C Pflugfelder (contact PI), Cintia S. De Paiva, Mary Ann Stepp, Rui Chen
$1,178,265award amount
Samuel M Wu
Leads 3 awards · $1,161,930
- 2P30EY002520-46Department: NIH department codeP30 - Core Grant for Vision Research$631,149award amount
- 5R01EY033492-05Department: NIH department codeMulti-Cellular Analysis of the Retinal Network
Principal investigators: Samuel M Wu (contact PI), Xiaolong Jiang
$400,000award amount - 5T32EY007001-49Department: NIH department codeResearch Training in Visual Sciences$130,781award amount
Rinki Ratna Priya
Leads 2 awards · $1,134,153
- 1R01EY037307-01A1Department: NIH department codeInvestigations of cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying AMD$646,167award amount
- 1R01EY036365-01A1Department: NIH department codeDissecting retinal glial regulome to refine age-related macular degeneration risk loci and disease network$487,986award amount
Yuqing Huo
Leads 1 award · $400,919
- 5R01EY033737-05Department: NIH department codeAdenosine receptor 2A in subretinal fibrosis
Principal investigators: Yuqing Huo (contact PI), Ruth B Caldwell
$400,919award amount
Yingbin Fu
Leads 2 awards · $400,151
- 5R01EY033805-04Department: NIH department codeMechanistic study and therapeutic application of AIBP in AMD$400,150award amount
- 5U24EY033272-05Department: NIH department codeA two-pronged approach to generating novel models of photoreceptor degeneration for regenerative cell therapy$1award amount
Qian Ma
Leads 1 award · $128,341
- 5K99HL175106-02Department: NIH department codeEndothelial de novo nucleotide synthesis in atherosclerosis$128,341award amount
Devine Jackson
Leads 1 award · $50,114
- 1F31EY039088-01Department: NIH department codeDeciphering Glaucoma Neurovascular Dysfunction: Identifying and Validating Endothelial Mediators with Ligandomics$50,114award amount
Benjamin J Frankfort
Leads 1 award · $1
- 5R01EY035646-03Department: NIH department codeMechanisms of serotonin and serotonin receptor biology in normal and glaucomatous retinas$1award amount
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.
Cintia S. De Paiva
Co-investigator on 5U01EY034692-05, led by Stephen C Pflugfelder
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- Baylor College of Medicine · Ophthalmology (NIH department code, 2 awards)
Mary Ann Stepp
Co-investigator on 5U01EY034692-05, led by Stephen C Pflugfelder
From the FY2024 awards this person leads
- George Washington University · Anatomy & Cell Biology (NIH department code, 1 award)
Rui Chen
Co-investigator on 5U01EY034692-05, led by Stephen C Pflugfelder
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of California-Irvine · Ophthalmology (NIH department code, 3 awards)
Zheng Jiang
Co-investigator on 5R01EY037242-02, led by Wei Li
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- Baylor College of Medicine · Ophthalmology (NIH department code, 1 award)
Ruth B Caldwell
Co-investigator on 5R01EY033737-05, led by Yuqing Huo
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Augusta University · Anatomy & Cell Biology (NIH department code, 1 award)
Xiaolong Jiang
Co-investigator on 5R01EY033492-05, led by Samuel M Wu
From the FY2024 awards this person leads
- Baylor College of Medicine · Neurosciences (NIH department code, 2 awards)