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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Ophthalmology at University at Buffalo

Amherst, NY

Funding
$3.8M
$3,829,074
Awards
9
FY2026 NIH awards in Ophthalmology
Principal investigators
7
6 lead a grant here, 1 co-investigator
Department rank
#31
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 University at Buffalo page.

Leads a grant in this department

6 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. Sarah X Zhang

    Leads 3 awards · $1,112,233

    • 5R01EY030970-07Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Mechanisms of Severe Diabetic Retinopathy
      $471,921
      award amount
    • 5R01EY036132-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of Intrinsic Neuroprotective Signaling in Diabetic Retina
      $440,187
      award amount
    • 5R21EY035810-02Department: NIH department code
      Nuclear encoded Humanin Isoforms and Mitochondria in Age-related Macular Degeneration

      Principal investigators: Sarah X Zhang (contact PI), Margaret M Deangelis

      $200,125
      award amount

  2. Xiuqian Mu

    Leads 2 awards · $899,732

    • 5R01EY020545-14Department: NIH department code
      Regulatory mechanisms for retinal ganglion cell genesis
      $459,457
      award amount
    • 1R21EY037546-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Atoh7 interacting proteins involved in retinal ganglion cell genesis
      $440,275
      award amount

  3. Margaret M Deangelis

    Leads 1 award · $545,439

    • 5R01AG093606-02Department: NIH department code
      Impact of Sex on Mitochondrial and Epigenetic Mechanisms in Age-Related Macular Degeneration

      Principal investigators: Margaret M Deangelis (contact PI), Jesse David Slone

      $545,439
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R21EY035810-02, led by Sarah X Zhang.

  4. John M. Sullivan

    Leads 1 award · $544,353

    • 5R01EY035007-04Department: NIH department code
      Optimizing Enhanced Hammerhead Ribozymes for Retinal Nucleic Acid Therapeutics
      $544,353
      award amount

  5. Steven J. Fliesler

    Leads 1 award · $368,881

    • 5R01EY033298-04Department: NIH department code
      Cholesterol homeostasis in the vertebrate retina
      $368,881
      award amount

  6. Sangita Patel

    Leads 1 award · $358,436

    • 5R01EY034906-03Department: NIH department code
      Corneal Endothelium – Extracellular Matrix Interactions
      $358,436
      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.

  • Jesse David Slone

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG093606-02, led by Margaret M Deangelis

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