FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Ophthalmology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear

Boston, MA

Funding

$14.4M

$14,441,443

Awards

FY2026 NIH awards in Ophthalmology

Principal investigators

19 lead a grant here, 4 co-investigators

Department rank

Harvard Medical School, 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.
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
These are the awards in the Ophthalmology row of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear page. Department rankings count Massachusetts Eye and Ear's awards toward Harvard Medical School. It is part of Mass General Brigham's Ophthalmology.

Leads a grant in this department

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

Sunil K Chauhan
Leads 3 awards · $1,930,740
- 5P30EY003790-45Department: investigator's affiliation
  Core Grant for Vision Research
  Principal investigators: Pablo Argueso (contact PI), Patricia Ann D'amore (contact PI), Sunil K Chauhan (contact PI), Tobias Elze (contact PI)
  $945,740
  award amount
- 5R01EY029727-08Department: investigator's affiliation
  Contribution of Mast Cells in Non-Allergic Ocular Inflammation
  $492,500
  award amount
- 5R01EY036033-02Department: investigator's affiliation
  Alloimmune-compatible stem cells for ocular diseases
  $492,500
  award amount
Mengyu Wang
Leads 2 awards · $1,538,977
- 1R01EY038687-01Department: investigator's affiliation
  Developing Multimodal Foundation Models for Eye Disease Screening and Prognosis
  $858,394
  award amount
- 5R01EY036222-03Department: investigator's affiliation
  Developing Population-Generalizable Deep Learning Models for Automated Glaucoma Screening
  $680,583
  award amount
Tobias Elze
Leads 2 awards · $1,451,770
- 5P30EY003790-45Department: investigator's affiliation
  Core Grant for Vision Research
  Principal investigators: Pablo Argueso (contact PI), Patricia Ann D'amore (contact PI), Sunil K Chauhan (contact PI), Tobias Elze (contact PI)
  $945,740
  award amount
- 1R01EY039476-01Department: investigator's affiliation
  Export and Integration of Ophthalmic Optical Coherence Tomography Data Across Institutions (OCT)
  $506,030
  award amount
Anil K. Chekuri
Leads 2 awards · $1,253,470
- 5R01EY036009-02Department: investigator's affiliation
  Optic neuropathy in familial dysautonomia: determination of disease mechanisms and functional rescue.
  $795,539
  award amount
- 1R21EY037359-01A1Department: investigator's affiliation
  Development of mini-USH2A gene therapy to treat Usher syndrome type 2A.
  $457,931
  award amount
Gang Luo
Leads 2 awards · $1,236,106
- 1R01EY037707-01Department: investigator's affiliation
  Navigation assistance using multimodal LLM and computer vision
  $878,988
  award amount
- 5R33EY034345-05Department: investigator's affiliation
  Overcome the barriers of vision care in Africa using smartphones
  Principal investigators: Gang Luo (contact PI), John H Kempen
  $357,118
  award amount
Patricia Ann D'amore
Leads 2 awards · $1,189,446
- 5P30EY003790-45Department: investigator's affiliation
  Core Grant for Vision Research
  Principal investigators: Pablo Argueso (contact PI), Patricia Ann D'amore (contact PI), Sunil K Chauhan (contact PI), Tobias Elze (contact PI)
  $945,740
  award amount
- 5T32EY007145-27Department: investigator's affiliation
  Training Program in the Molecular Bases of Eye Disease
  Principal investigators: Patricia Ann D'amore (contact PI), Meredith Gregory-Ksander
  $243,706
  award amount
Reza Dana
Leads 2 awards · $1,080,062
- 5R01EY020889-16Department: investigator's affiliation
  Immunopathogenic Mechanisms of Dry Eye Disease
  $587,562
  award amount
- 5R01EY033288-05Department: investigator's affiliation
  The Impact of Donor Diabetes on Corneal Immune Cells and Graft Survival
  $492,500
  award amount
Joseph B. Ciolino
Leads 2 awards · $950,956
- 5R01EY005665-41Department: investigator's affiliation
  Corneal Epithelial-Stromal Interactions During Regeneration and Fibrosis
  $616,322
  award amount
- 5UH3NS131518-03Department: investigator's affiliation
  Anesthetic-Eluting Contact Lens for Corneal Pain
  $334,634
  award amount
Pablo Argueso
Leads 1 award · $945,740
- 5P30EY003790-45Department: investigator's affiliation
  Core Grant for Vision Research
  Principal investigators: Pablo Argueso (contact PI), Patricia Ann D'amore (contact PI), Sunil K Chauhan (contact PI), Tobias Elze (contact PI)
  $945,740
  award amount
Alexandra Rae Bowers
Leads 1 award · $903,101
- 2R01EY025677-10Department: topic-inferred
  Scanning and Detection at Intersections
  $903,101
  award amount
Dong Feng Chen
Leads 1 award · $834,935
- 2R01EY031696-06Department: investigator's affiliation
  Innate and Adaptive Immunity in the Pathogenesis of Glaucoma
  Principal investigators: Dong Feng Chen (contact PI), Jianzhu Chen, Lucy Q Shen
  $834,935
  award amount
Yihe Chen
Leads 3 awards · $738,751
- 5R01EY034111-04Department: investigator's affiliation
  Mechanisms of immunological memory-mediated pathogenesis in chronic autoimmune uveitis
  $492,500
  award amount
- 5R21EY035970-02Department: investigator's affiliation
  Cytoprotective and Pro-regenerative Neuropeptide as Countermeasure to Mustard Gas Ocular Damage
  $246,250
  award amount
- 5R01EY035215-03Department: investigator's affiliation
  Immune Mechanisms of Chronic Ocular Damage after Acute Exposure to Nitrogen Mustard
  $1
  award amount
Meredith Gregory-Ksander
Leads 1 award · $639,352
- 5R01EY036910-02Department: investigator's affiliation
  In vivo epigenetic reprogramming of retinal ganglion cells in aging mice with glaucoma
  Principal investigators: Meredith Gregory-Ksander (contact PI), Bruce R Ksander
  $639,352
  award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5T32EY007145-27, led by Patricia Ann D'amore.
Ula V. Jurkunas
Leads 1 award · $607,779
- 5R01EY020581-17Department: investigator's affiliation
  Role of Oxidative Stress in Pathogenesis of Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy
  $607,779
  award amount
Daniel Sun
Leads 1 award · $545,948
- 1R01EY037230-01A1Department: investigator's affiliation
  Understanding the role of reactive astrocytes in glaucoma
  $545,948
  award amount
Thomas Dohlman
Leads 1 award · $545,532
- 5R01EY037257-02Department: investigator's affiliation
  The Fibrosis-Immunity Interface in Corneal Transplantation
  $545,532
  award amount
Milica Margeta
Leads 1 award · $492,500
- 5R01EY035312-04Department: investigator's affiliation
  Mechanisms of microglial neuroinflammatory response in glaucoma
  $492,500
  award amount
Levi N Kanu
Leads 1 award · $260,661
- 5K08EY037382-02Department: investigator's affiliation
  Nanomaterials to improve growth factor delivery to the cornea
  $260,661
  award amount
Amit Chatterjee
Leads 1 award · $132,837
- 1K99EY037781-01A1Department: investigator's affiliation
  Hormonal Dynamics and Extracellular Vesicle Function in Keratoconus: Exploring Pathophysiology and Developing Targeted Therapies
  $132,837
  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.

Jianzhu Chen
Co-investigator on 2R01EY031696-06, led by Dong Feng Chen
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Lucy Q Shen
Co-investigator on 2R01EY031696-06, led by Dong Feng Chen
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Bruce R Ksander
Co-investigator on 5R01EY036910-02, led by Meredith Gregory-Ksander
From the FY2024 awards this person leads
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (no department on record, 1 award)
John H Kempen
Co-investigator on 5R33EY034345-05, led by Gang Luo
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (no department on record, 1 award)