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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pediatrics at Columbia University

New York, NY

Funding
$27.6M
$27,629,663
Awards
47
FY2026 NIH awards in Pediatrics
Principal investigators
48
36 lead a grant here, 12 co-investigators
Department rank
#24
of 108 · 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.
  • These are the awards in the Pediatrics row of the Columbia University page.

Leads a grant in this department

36 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. Shan Zha

    Leads 4 awards · $4,204,696

    • 4R01CA293675-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of HPF1 in radiation and genotoxic cancer therapy
      $1,825,734
      award amount
    • 4R01CA158073-13Department: NIH department code
      The role of ATM in the suppression of lymphoid malignancy
      $1,289,269
      award amount
    • 5R01CA271595-05Department: NIH department code
      The non-catalytic function of PARP2 in DNA repair and cancer therapy
      $592,164
      award amount
    • 5R01CA275184-05Department: NIH department code
      The role of DNA-PKcs in DNA repair, lymphocyte development, RNA metabolism and tumor suppression
      $497,529
      award amount
  2. Matteo Porotto

    Leads 3 awards · $2,438,883

    • 1R01AI190902-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Thermostable measles fusion glycoprotein as a new vaccine strategy

      Principal investigators: Matteo Porotto (contact PI), Erica Ollmann Saphire

      $883,295
      award amount
    • 1R01AI195589-01Department: NIH department code
      Passive immunotherapy for measles infection

      Principal investigators: Matteo Porotto (contact PI), Erica Ollmann Saphire

      $855,113
      award amount
    • 5R01AI176833-04Department: NIH department code
      Design of fusion inhibitors to block measles host-to-host infection
      $700,475
      award amount
  3. Rudolph L Leibel

    Leads 3 awards · $2,322,177

  4. Dima Amso

    Leads 1 award · $2,274,140

  5. Jeremy Veenstra-Vanderweele

    Leads 1 award · $2,274,140

  6. Melanie M Wall

    Leads 1 award · $2,274,140

  7. Paul Stuart Appelbaum

    Leads 1 award · $2,274,140

  8. Stephen M Kanne

    Leads 1 award · $2,274,140

  9. Wendy K Chung

    Leads 1 award · $2,274,140

  10. Zhiguo Zhang

    Leads 3 awards · $1,839,684

    • 2R35GM118015-11Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism of Epigenetic Inheritance
      $885,520
      award amount
    • 5R01NS132344-04Department: NIH department code
      Roles of Chromatin Remodeler CHD2 in Diffuse Midline Glioma with Onco-Histone Mutations
      $485,354
      award amount
    • 5R01CA277605-04Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic dependence of diffuse midline glioma with H3K27M mutation
      $468,810
      award amount
  11. Emily Margaret Mace

    Leads 3 awards · $1,267,440

    • 5R01AI189818-02Department: NIH department code
      Differential regulation of cell cycle entry and apoptosis in cytolytic lymphocytes informed by primary immunodeficiency
      $737,300
      award amount
    • 1R35GM161229-01Department: NIH department code
      Cellular and molecular determinants of human lymphocyte migration
      $447,890
      award amount
    • 5R03AI187610-02Department: NIH department code
      Lineage tracing origins of human innate lymphoid cells from hematopoietic precursors
      $82,250
      award amount
  12. Alice S Prince

    Leads 2 awards · $1,142,352

    • 5R01HL170129-03Department: NIH department code
      Airway metabolites shape susceptibility to pneumonia
      $689,977
      award amount
    • 1R21AI194139-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Identification of transcription factors that promote pulmonary infection
      $452,375
      award amount
  13. Hülya Bayir

    Leads 2 awards · $1,000,199

    • 5R01NS076511-14Department: NIH department code
      Lipid Imaging in Traumatic Brain Injury by High Resolution GCIB-secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

      Principal investigators: Hülya Bayir (contact PI), Hua Tian, Valerian E Kagan

      $602,698
      award amount
    • 5R37NS061817-16Department: NIH department code
      Oxidative Lipidomics in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
      $397,501
      award amount
  14. Dusan Bogunovic

    Leads 2 awards · $968,399

    • 5R01HD108467-06Department: NIH department code
      Immunologic and Predictive Features of MIS-C
      $503,349
      award amount
    • 5R01AI127372-10Department: NIH department code
      Human ISG15 and USP18 Deficiencies Underlying Type I Interferonopathies
      $465,050
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R24AI167802-04, led by Joshua D. Milner.

  15. Kimara L Targoff

    Leads 2 awards · $960,382

    • 5R01HL170188-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of outflow tract morphogenesis regulated by extracellular matrix
      $490,550
      award amount
    • 5R01HL162989-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of myocardial regeneration mediated by Nkx2.5 in zebrafish
      $469,832
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2T35HL007616-46, led by Rudolph L Leibel.

  16. Stephanie Lovinsky-Desir

    Leads 1 award · $868,048

    • 1R01HL184124-01Department: NIH department code
      Predictors of Airway Dysanapsis in Early Life (PADEL)
      $868,048
      award amount
  17. Joshua D. Milner

    Leads 1 award · $802,501

    • 5R24AI167802-04Department: NIH department code
      New York Regional Inborn Errors of Immunity Resource Initiative League (NY-ROYAL)

      Principal investigators: Joshua D. Milner (contact PI), Dusan Bogunovic

      $802,501
      award amount
  18. Melissa S Stockwell

    Leads 1 award · $784,566

    • 5R01AI182165-03Department: NIH department code
      Text4Vax: Understanding the Implementation of Informational Text Messages for Pediatric Influenza Vaccines

      Principal investigators: Melissa S Stockwell (contact PI), Alexander Gabriel Fiks

      $784,566
      award amount
  19. Anne Moscona

    Leads 1 award · $717,050

    • 5R01AI175362-04Department: NIH department code
      Broad spectrum inhibitors of paramyxovirus envelope proteins
      $717,050
      award amount
  20. Vidhu V. Thaker

    Leads 1 award · $694,979

    • 5R01DK136134-03Department: NIH department code
      Defining the pathways of cardiometabolic health after weight loss
      $694,979
      award amount
  21. Dieter Meinrad Egli

    Leads 1 award · $681,232

    • 5R01HD113698-03Department: NIH department code
      Causes and Consequences of DNA Replication Stress in the Mammalian Preimplantation Embryo
      $681,232
      award amount
  22. Anne A. Gershon

    Leads 1 award · $632,280

    • 5R01DK093094-13Department: NIH department code
      VZV in the enteric nervous system: pathogenesis and consequences

      Principal investigators: Anne A. Gershon (contact PI), Michael D Gershon

      $632,280
      award amount
  23. Sebastian Alejandro Riquelme Colet

    Leads 2 awards · $616,875

    • 5R35GM146776-05Department: NIH department code
      Impact of nucleotide metabolism on bacterial clearance
      $411,250
      award amount
    • 5R21AI181780-02Department: NIH department code
      Impact of Regulatory T Cells on Host Susceptibility to Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Infection
      $205,625
      award amount
  24. Gustavo Henrique Boff Maegawa

    Leads 1 award · $599,226

    • 5R01NS137638-03Department: NIH department code
      A Novel Molecular Neutralization Strategy for Cytotoxic Sphingolipid in a Neurogenetic Disorder
      $599,226
      award amount
  25. Anna A Penn

    Leads 1 award · $501,250

    • 5R01HD092593-09Department: NIH department code
      Novel Roles of Placental Allopregnanolone in Brain Development and Injury
      $501,250
      award amount
  26. Marc Eric Richmond

    Leads 1 award · $465,943

  27. Meyer Kattan

    Leads 1 award · $444,070

    • 5U01AI160075-06Department: NIH department code
      CAUSE Clinical Research Center New York (CAUSE-CRC)
      $444,070
      award amount
  28. Sharon E. Oberfield

    Leads 1 award · $238,077

    • 5T32DK065522-22Department: NIH department code
      Training Grant in Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
      $238,077
      award amount
  29. Kanwal Majeed Farooqi

    Leads 1 award · $170,856

    • 5K23HL165083-05Department: NIH department code
      A Study Implementing Models for Mechanical Circulatory Support Presurgical Assessment in Congenital Heart Disease Treatment (IMMPACT)
      $170,856
      award amount
  30. Cristina R. Fernandez

    Leads 1 award · $167,400

    • 1K23HD120654-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Investigating Influences of Early Life Relational Health and Maternal Unpredictability on Infant Adiposity
      $167,400
      award amount
  31. Nooralam Rai

    Leads 1 award · $167,199

    • 5K08HL166967-02Department: NIH department code
      The Effect of Hyperoxia on Neonatal Respiratory Progenitor Cell Function
      $167,199
      award amount
  32. Thomas Hays

    Leads 1 award · $166,644

    • 5K23HD113827-04Department: NIH department code
      The Genetic Basis of Morbidity and Mortality in Small for Gestational Age Preterm Infants
      $166,644
      award amount
  33. Pamela Isabel Good

    Leads 1 award · $165,456

    • 5K08DK132519-04Department: NIH department code
      Cellular and Molecular Response to Gentamicin-Induced Injury in Underdeveloped Kidneys
      $165,456
      award amount
  34. Jennifer Hammond

    Leads 1 award · $154,170

    • 5K23DC020967-03Department: NIH department code
      The Impact of the Auditory Environment on Auditory Processing of Maternal Voice and Auditory Cortex Maturation in Preterm and Term Infants
      $154,170
      award amount
  35. Dominique Bailey

    Leads 1 award · $123,375

    • 1R03DK145963-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of epithelial cell biology in preclinical mouse models of early-onset EoE
      $123,375
      award amount
  36. Madrikha Daphnee Henry Saturne

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31AI200284-01Department: NIH department code
      Origin Licensing and MCM Complex Regulation in Human Lymphocytes
      $50,114
      award 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.

  • Dympna Gallagher

    Co-investigator on 5UH3DK128302-06, led by Rudolph L Leibel; 3UH3DK128302-06S1, led by Rudolph L Leibel

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Laurel Es Mayer

    Co-investigator on 5UH3DK128302-06, led by Rudolph L Leibel; 3UH3DK128302-06S1, led by Rudolph L Leibel

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

  • Michael Rosenbaum

    Co-investigator on 5UH3DK128302-06, led by Rudolph L Leibel; 3UH3DK128302-06S1, led by Rudolph L Leibel

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

  • Erica Ollmann Saphire

    Co-investigator on 1R01AI190902-01A1, led by Matteo Porotto; 1R01AI195589-01, led by Matteo Porotto

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Alexander Gabriel Fiks

    Co-investigator on 5R01AI182165-03, led by Melissa S Stockwell

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Michael D Gershon

    Co-investigator on 5R01DK093094-13, led by Anne A. Gershon

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

  • Hua Tian

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS076511-14, led by Hülya Bayir

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

  • Valerian E Kagan

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS076511-14, led by Hülya Bayir

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Brett Romeo Anderson

    Co-investigator on 5UM1HL172720-03, led by Marc Eric Richmond

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Bruce D Gelb

    Co-investigator on 5UM1HL172720-03, led by Marc Eric Richmond

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Matthew Lewis

    Co-investigator on 5UM1HL172720-03, led by Marc Eric Richmond

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

  • Markus Y Mapara

    Co-investigator on 2T35HL007616-46, led by Rudolph L Leibel

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