FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Otolaryngology at Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
- 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 Otolaryngology row of the Ohio State University page.
Leads a grant in this department
8 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.
Shuman He
Leads 2 awards · $1,306,516
- 1R01DC023897-01Department: NIH department codeNeural Encoding and Auditory Perception in Electrical Hearing$664,740award amount
- 5R01DC022051-02Department: NIH department codeDeveloping evidence-based objective tools for managing children with auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder
Principal investigators: Shuman He (contact PI), John H Grose
$641,776award amount
Kai Zhao
Leads 2 awards · $928,536
- 5R01DC020737-04Department: NIH department codeShort-term and long-term impact of COVID-19 on multiple sensory systems$534,786award amount
- 5R01DC020302-05Department: NIH department codeNovel mechanisms and therapeutic approaches for nasal obstruction and olfactory losses$393,750award amount
Ruili Xie
Leads 1 award · $475,409
- 5R01DC020582-05Department: NIH department codeAuditory nerve synaptopathy and the central mechanisms underlying noise-induced hearing loss$475,409award amount
Thomas L. Cherpes
Leads 1 award · $393,750
- 1R56AG099541-01Department: NIH department codeUsing basic science and clinical research to define the molecular basis of vaginal epithelial dysfunction that negatively impacts reproductive health after menopause$393,750award amount
Emily Kate Plowman
Leads 1 award · $207,624
- 1R25DC023185-01Department: NIH department codeBuckeye Otolaryngology Surgeon-Scientist Training (BOOST) Program
Principal investigators: Emily Kate Plowman (contact PI), Oliver Franz Adunka (contact PI), James W Rocco
$207,624award amount
Oliver Franz Adunka
Leads 1 award · $207,624
- 1R25DC023185-01Department: NIH department codeBuckeye Otolaryngology Surgeon-Scientist Training (BOOST) Program
Principal investigators: Emily Kate Plowman (contact PI), Oliver Franz Adunka (contact PI), James W Rocco
$207,624award amount
Yin Ren
Leads 1 award · $123,150
- 5K08DC020761-04Department: NIH department codeEngineering protease biomarkers to guide surgical therapy for vestibular schwannoma and Neurofibromatosis Type 2$123,150award amount
Shauntelle Cannon
Leads 1 award · $93,976
- 5F32DC022769-02Department: NIH department codeInvestigating the Impacts of Vestibular and Auditory Function on Spatiotemporal Gait Characteristics and Spatial Navigation$93,976award 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.
John H Grose
Co-investigator on 5R01DC022051-02, led by Shuman He
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Otolaryngology (NIH department code, 1 award)
James W Rocco
Co-investigator on 1R25DC023185-01, led by Emily Kate Plowman and Oliver Franz Adunka
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Also counted toward Ohio State University in the Otolaryngology ranking
Department rankings count awards at these organizations toward Ohio State University. With Ohio State University's own 9 awards (R&D contracts left out), they make up its ranking row: #15, $4,292,177, 10 awards. Each organization's page lists its investigators.