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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Ophthalmology at Duke University

Durham, NC

Funding
$11M
$11,009,753
Awards
22
FY2026 NIH awards in Ophthalmology
Principal investigators
20
16 lead a grant here, 4 co-investigators
Department rank
#10
of 69 · 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 Ophthalmology row of the Duke University page.

Leads a grant in this department

16 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. Daniel Raphael Saban

    Leads 2 awards · $1,882,683

    • 5U01EY034687-05Department: NIH department code
      Blink, Lacrimation, and Nociception: Precision Mapping and Integrated Atlas Generation of Corneal Trigeminal Afferents

      Principal investigators: Daniel Raphael Saban (contact PI), Sina Farsiu, Victor L Perez

      $1,299,030
      award amount
    • 5R01EY030906-07Department: NIH department code
      Cellular and Molecular Dynamics of Retinal Microglial in the Context of Photoreceptor Degeneration
      $583,653
      award amount

  2. Vadim Y Arshavsky

    Leads 3 awards · $1,683,344

    • 5R01EY035525-04Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of photoreceptor disc morphogenesis

      Principal investigators: Vadim Y Arshavsky (contact PI), Peter Deane Calvert

      $648,451
      award amount
    • 1R01EY038335-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The role of the CNG channel-NCKX exchanger complex in maintaining photoreceptor outer segment integrity

      Principal investigators: Vadim Y Arshavsky (contact PI), Mark H Ellisman

      $629,520
      award amount
    • 1R21EY037882-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Characterization of bicornuate cones in the human retina

      Principal investigators: Vadim Y Arshavsky (contact PI), Mark H Ellisman

      $405,373
      award amount

  3. Cynthia Ann Toth

    Leads 2 awards · $1,278,627

    • 2R01EY025009-10Department: NIH department code
      Analyzing Retinal Microanatomy in Retinopathy of Prematurity to Improve Care

      Principal investigators: Cynthia Ann Toth (contact PI), Xi Chen

      $743,844
      award amount
    • 1K12EY038877-01Department: NIH department code
      Duke Ophthalmology Mentored Physician Scientist Program

      Principal investigators: Cynthia Ann Toth (contact PI), Anthony Nanlin Kuo

      $534,783
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5U01EY037666-02, led by Anthony Nanlin Kuo.

  4. Anthony Nanlin Kuo

    Leads 2 awards · $1,138,110

    • 5U01EY037666-02Department: NIH department code
      Academic/Industry Partnership for Next-Generation Robotically Guided Intraoperative Ophthalmic OCT

      Principal investigators: Anthony Nanlin Kuo (contact PI), Cynthia Ann Toth

      $770,327
      award amount
    • 5R01EY035534-04Department: NIH department code
      Self-aligning, motion-stabilized ocular imaging for eye care in urgent and emergent care settings
      $367,783
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1K12EY038877-01, led by Cynthia Ann Toth.

  5. P Vasantha Rao

    Leads 2 awards · $899,133

    • 5R01EY036373-03Department: NIH department code
      Role of Glypicans in Trabecular Meshwork Function, IOP, and Glaucoma
      $496,633
      award amount
    • 5R01EY034450-04Department: NIH department code
      Role of the S100 Family of Proteins in Lens Physiology and Cataract
      $402,500
      award amount

  6. Paloma Liton

    Leads 1 award · $692,335

    • 2R01EY026885-10Department: NIH department code
      Autophagy and Mechanotransduction in the Trabecular Meshwork
      $692,335
      award amount

  7. Catherine Bowes Rickman

    Leads 1 award · $682,606

    • 5R01EY037682-02Department: NIH department code
      Gene therapy targeting CFH and lipoprotein dynamics in AMD
      $682,606
      award amount

  8. Goldis Malek

    Leads 1 award · $459,739

    • 5R01EY035126-04Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the role of osteopontin in the aging eye and age-related macular degeneration
      $459,739
      award amount

  9. Katy C Liu

    Leads 1 award · $458,606

    • 1R01EY039250-01Department: NIH department code
      Macrophages in Intraocular Pressure Homeostasis and Glaucoma
      $458,606
      award amount

  10. Xi Chen

    Leads 1 award · $398,940

    • 5R01EY034134-05Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating perifoveal vascular development in infants
      $398,940
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2R01EY025009-10, led by Cynthia Ann Toth.

  11. Sidney M Gospe

    Leads 1 award · $391,479

    • 5R01EY030969-05Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of the retinal ganglion cell repair program by the mitochondrial protein Armcx1
      $391,479
      award amount

  12. Glenn Jaffe

    Leads 1 award · $265,370

    • 5UG1EY033287-05Department: NIH department code
      NAC Attack, a phase-3, multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled trial with retinitis pigmentosa: OCT Reading Center

      Principal investigators: Glenn Jaffe (contact PI), Sina Farsiu

      $265,370
      award amount

  13. James Harris

    Leads 1 award · $206,797

    • 1K08EY039523-01Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the role of subretinal microglia in geographic atrophy
      $206,797
      award amount

  14. Kelly Donovan

    Leads 1 award · $206,797

    • 1K08EY039501-01Department: NIH department code
      Characterization of molecular scaffolding in photoreceptor disc morphogenesis
      $206,797
      award amount

  15. Joanne Wen

    Leads 1 award · $194,483

    • 5R21EY036170-02Department: NIH department code
      Measuring Ocular Pulse Amplitude with Fixed Force Applanation on Normotensive and Hypertensive Eyes
      $194,483
      award amount

  16. Oleg Alekseev

    Leads 1 award · $170,704

    • 5K08EY033857-05Department: NIH department code
      Role of Proteasome Overload in Pathogenesis of Retinitis Pigmentosa
      $170,704
      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.