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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Veterinary Sciences at University of California at Davis

Davis, CA

Funding
$34.1M
$34,104,378
Awards
45
FY2026 NIH awards in Veterinary Sciences
Principal investigators
60
41 lead a grant here, 19 co-investigators
Department rank
Not ranked
Outside the 27 ranked departments
  • 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 Veterinary Sciences row of the University of California at Davis page.

Leads a grant in this department

41 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. Simon J. Atkinson

    Leads 1 award · $11,857,934

    • 5P51OD011107-65Department: NIH department code
      California National Primate Research Center
      $11,857,934
      award amount

  2. Pamela J Lein

    Leads 5 awards · $4,248,321

    • 5U54NS127758-05Department: NIH department code
      UC Davis CounterACT Center of Excellence: Developing Therapeutic Strategies for Mitigating the Chronic Neurological Consequences of Acute Organophosphate Intoxication

      Principal investigators: Abhijit J Chaudhari (contact PI), Angie Gelli (contact PI), Daniel Joseph Tancredi (contact PI), Gene Gabriel Gurkoff (contact PI), Heike Wulff (contact PI), Pamela J Lein (contact PI), Amy R. Brooks-Kayal

      $2,759,259
      award amount
    • 5R01NS130659-03Department: NIH department code
      Do Atmospheric Ultrafine Particles Lodge in the Brain and Cause Cognitive Decline Leading to Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias?

      Principal investigators: Pamela J Lein (contact PI), Charles Decarli, Michael Kleeman

      $758,680
      award amount
    • 5R01ES014901-15Department: NIH department code
      Molecular and Cellular Basis of PCB Developmental Neurotoxicity

      Principal investigators: Pamela J Lein (contact PI), Hans-Joachim Lehmler

      $608,301
      award amount
    • 3R01ES014901-15S1Department: NIH department code
      Molecular and Cellular Basis of PCB Developmental Neurotoxicity

      Principal investigators: Pamela J Lein (contact PI), Hans-Joachim Lehmler

      $95,141
      award amount
    • 3R01ES014901-15S2Department: NIH department code
      Molecular and Cellular Basis of PCB Developmental Neurotoxicity

      Principal investigators: Pamela J Lein (contact PI), Hans-Joachim Lehmler

      $26,940
      award amount

  3. Abhijit J Chaudhari

    Leads 1 award · $2,759,259

  4. Angie Gelli

    Leads 1 award · $2,759,259

  5. Daniel Joseph Tancredi

    Leads 1 award · $2,759,259

  6. Gene Gabriel Gurkoff

    Leads 1 award · $2,759,259

  7. Heike Wulff

    Leads 1 award · $2,759,259

  8. Xinbin Chen

    Leads 4 awards · $1,696,478

    • 5R01CA292660-02Department: NIH department code
      A novel therapeutic strategy to target mutant p53
      $590,625
      award amount
    • 5R01CA283368-03Department: NIH department code
      The nuclear Ferredoxin reductase and its role in tumor suppression
      $479,793
      award amount
    • 5R01CA272753-05Department: NIH department code
      The Mechanism and Therapeutic Potential of Targeting the Ninjurin Pathway for Tumors Carrying Wild-Type p53
      $436,503
      award amount
    • 2T32CA251007-06Department: NIH department code
      UC Davis Comparative Oncology Training Program

      Principal investigators: Xinbin Chen (contact PI), Michael Sean Kent, Robert J. Canter

      $189,557
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32GM136559-07, led by Bethany Paige Cummings.

  9. Stephen J McSorley

    Leads 3 awards · $1,299,776

    • 5R01AI139410-07Department: NIH department code
      Target Antigen Identification to Generate a Cross-serovar Salmonella Vaccine

      Principal investigators: Stephen J McSorley (contact PI), Renee M Tsolis

      $483,000
      award amount
    • 1R21AI196078-01Department: NIH department code
      Comparison of adaptive immunity between different Salmonella serovers
      $412,206
      award amount
    • 1R21AI189420-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Antigen identification for Chlamydia vaccine development
      $404,570
      award amount

  10. Sara Michelle Thomasy

    Leads 2 awards · $1,298,771

    • 5R01EY033733-04Department: NIH department code
      Advancing novel therapies for optic neuropathy with a nonhuman primate model
      $692,473
      award amount
    • 5T32OD011147-37Department: NIH department code
      Comparative Medical Science Training Program

      Principal investigators: Sara Michelle Thomasy (contact PI), Jeroen Saeij

      $606,298
      award amount

  11. Peter J Havel

    Leads 1 award · $1,271,447

    • 5R01AG085572-03Department: NIH department code
      Neuropathology and inflammation in a nonhuman primate model of insulin resistance/metabolic syndrome

      Principal investigators: Peter J Havel (contact PI), Stephen D Ginsberg

      $1,271,447
      award amount

  12. Gregory Brion Timmel

    Leads 1 award · $1,190,470

  13. Jeffrey A Roberts

    Leads 1 award · $1,190,470

  14. Koen K Van Rompay

    Leads 1 award · $1,190,470

  15. Rhonda S Oates

    Leads 1 award · $1,190,470

  16. Jeroen Saeij

    Leads 2 awards · $1,095,112

    • 5R01AI173803-03Department: NIH department code
      Restriction of Toxoplasma growth in human cells
      $623,349
      award amount
    • 5R01AI166715-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of host leukocyte-mediated Toxoplasma dissemination in its host

      Principal investigators: Jeroen Saeij (contact PI), Baoyu Chen

      $471,763
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32OD011147-37, led by Sara Michelle Thomasy.

  17. Amy Celeste Morrison

    Leads 1 award · $951,602

    • 1U01AI190394-01Department: NIH department code
      Latin American Center for Emerging Infectious Disease Research (LACER)

      Principal investigators: Amy Celeste Morrison (contact PI), Mariana Leguia

      $951,602
      award amount

  18. Wilson Kiiza Rumbeiha

    Leads 2 awards · $774,785

    • 5R25GM160671-02Department: NIH department code
      A Mentoring and Skills Development Training Program in One Health

      Principal investigators: Wilson Kiiza Rumbeiha (contact PI), Laura S Van Winkle

      $536,069
      award amount
    • 5R21AI185883-02Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering mechanisms of hydrogen sulfide-induced susceptibility to influenza A virus infection
      $238,716
      award amount

  19. Karen Shapiro

    Leads 1 award · $760,405

  20. Hong Ji

    Leads 1 award · $749,640

    • 1R01ES038328-01Department: NIH department code
      Interplay between TET1-mediated epigenomic mechanisms and m6A RNA modification in pulmonary inflammation induced by particulate matter
      $749,640
      award amount

  21. Melanie G Gareau

    Leads 1 award · $739,895

    • 1R01DK144748-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Neonatal development of the microbiota-gut-brain axis

      Principal investigators: Melanie G Gareau (contact PI), Colin Reardon

      $739,895
      award amount

  22. Clare E Yellowley-Genetos

    Leads 1 award · $645,934

    • 2R01AR073772-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Osteocytic Vhl: Unlocking HIF-Independent Pathways in Bone Anabolism

      Principal investigators: Clare E Yellowley-Genetos (contact PI), Damian C Genetos

      $645,934
      award amount

  23. Christine M Toedebusch

    Leads 1 award · $621,660

    • 1R37CA309054-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Correlating the clinical and molecular features of canine high-grade glioma for improved translation to human high-grade glioma
      $621,660
      award amount

  24. Robert B Rebhun

    Leads 1 award · $586,599

    • 5U01CA281905-04Department: NIH department code
      Clinical, molecular, and immune characterization of naturally occurring osteosarcoma in dogs
      $586,599
      award amount

  25. Russell C Hovey

    Leads 1 award · $442,187

  26. Karyn Bischoff

    Leads 1 award · $415,000

    • 5U19FD008633-02Department: NIH department code
      Enhance the Capacity and Capability to Test Animal and Human Foods in the Area of Chemical Testing through the Development of Special Projects and Food and Feed Monitoring Activities
      $415,000
      award amount

  27. Bethany Paige Cummings

    Leads 1 award · $413,170

    • 5T32GM136559-07Department: NIH department code
      UC Davis DVM/PhD Medical Scientist Training Program

      Principal investigators: Bethany Paige Cummings (contact PI), Xinbin Chen

      $413,170
      award amount

  28. Terza Brostoff

    Leads 1 award · $402,068

    • 1R21CA313790-01Department: NIH department code
      Cross-species transfer learning for liquid biopsy-based cancer detection

      Principal investigators: Terza Brostoff (contact PI), Randy Carney

      $402,068
      award amount

  29. Laura S Van Winkle

    Leads 1 award · $345,627

    • 5T32ES007059-49Department: NIH department code
      Advanced Training in Environmental Health Sciences
      $345,627
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R25GM160671-02, led by Wilson Kiiza Rumbeiha.

  30. Tamer Ahmed Mansour Ahmed

    Leads 1 award · $322,000

    • 1R03HD123301-01Department: NIH department code
      Unlocking Pediatric Genomic Variation: A Proposal to Index and Genotype the Kids First Cohort with The Great Genotyper

      Principal investigators: Tamer Ahmed Mansour Ahmed (contact PI), C. Titus Brown

      $322,000
      award amount

  31. Tierra Smiley Evans

    Leads 1 award · $314,510

    • 5R33TW012608-04Department: NIH department code
      Advancing One Health Data Capture at the Point of Zoonotic Spillover in the Congo Basin Forest Perimeter

      Principal investigators: Tierra Smiley Evans (contact PI), Michael S Wilkes

      $314,510
      award amount

  32. Crystal D Rogers

    Leads 1 award · $301,086

    • 1R03DE035523-01Department: NIH department code
      Cyclooxygenase signaling in neural crest migration and craniofacial development
      $301,086
      award amount

  33. Roger Sciammas

    Leads 1 award · $234,151

    • 1R21AI193443-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism of mRNA polyadenylation of Ig heavy chain genes
      $234,151
      award amount

  34. Cassie M Bonavita

    Leads 1 award · $205,956

    • 1K01AI201805-01Department: NIH department code
      Surveillance and Risk Prioritization of Bat-Borne Paramyxoviruses
      $205,956
      award amount

  35. Christopher August Lucchesi

    Leads 1 award · $194,408

    • 5K22CA279075-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of ANGEL2 in TP53-dependent tumor suppression
      $194,408
      award amount

  36. Meng Zhao

    Leads 1 award · $187,292

    • 5R00AR081618-04Department: NIH department code
      Investigating Isthmin as an adipose-to-muscle messenger that promotes muscle protein synthesis
      $187,292
      award amount

  37. Hannah P Savage

    Leads 1 award · $180,109

    • 1K08DK141949-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Restoring intestinal innate immune barriers after chemotherapy by replacing microbiota-derived signals with Faux-Biotics
      $180,109
      award amount

  38. Danika L Bannasch

    Leads 1 award · $138,162

    • 5T35OD010956-27Department: NIH department code
      Students Training in Advanced Research (STAR) Program
      $138,162
      award amount

  39. Devon Griggs

    Leads 1 award · $109,595

    • 5K25AG086663-02Department: NIH department code
      Microscopy characterization of a novel tau model of Alzheimer's Disease in monkeys
      $109,595
      award amount

  40. Erin Alissa Hisey

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30EY035132-04Department: NIH department code
      Redefining the factors that determine tear film stability to develop novel therapeutics for evaporative dry eye disease
      $55,114
      award amount

  41. Olivia Cords

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30AI183819-03Department: NIH department code
      Coronavirus Infection Dynamics and Cross-species Transmission in Bats
      $55,114
      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.

  • Amy R. Brooks-Kayal

    Co-investigator on 5U54NS127758-05, led by Abhijit J Chaudhari and Angie Gelli and Daniel Joseph Tancredi and Gene Gabriel Gurkoff and Heike Wulff and Pamela J Lein

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Stephen D Ginsberg

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG085572-03, led by Peter J Havel

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Mariana Leguia

    Co-investigator on 1U01AI190394-01, led by Amy Celeste Morrison

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

  • Elizabeth Vanwormer

    Co-investigator on 5R01GM157739-03, led by Karen Shapiro

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

  • Jonathan A. Eisen

    Co-investigator on 5R01GM157739-03, led by Karen Shapiro

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

  • Seth Newsome

    Co-investigator on 5R01GM157739-03, led by Karen Shapiro

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

  • Charles Decarli

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS130659-03, led by Pamela J Lein

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Michael Kleeman

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS130659-03, led by Pamela J Lein

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

  • Colin Reardon

    Co-investigator on 1R01DK144748-01A1, led by Melanie G Gareau

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Hans-Joachim Lehmler

    Co-investigator on 5R01ES014901-15, led by Pamela J Lein; 3R01ES014901-15S1, led by Pamela J Lein; 3R01ES014901-15S2, led by Pamela J Lein

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Damian C Genetos

    Co-investigator on 2R01AR073772-06A1, led by Clare E Yellowley-Genetos

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

  • Renee M Tsolis

    Co-investigator on 5R01AI139410-07, led by Stephen J McSorley

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Baoyu Chen

    Co-investigator on 5R01AI166715-05, led by Jeroen Saeij

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Josephine Frances Trott

    Co-investigator on 1R21HD118459-01A1, led by Russell C Hovey

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

  • Randy Carney

    Co-investigator on 1R21CA313790-01, led by Terza Brostoff

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • C. Titus Brown

    Co-investigator on 1R03HD123301-01, led by Tamer Ahmed Mansour Ahmed

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

  • Michael S Wilkes

    Co-investigator on 5R33TW012608-04, led by Tierra Smiley Evans

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

  • Michael Sean Kent

    Co-investigator on 2T32CA251007-06, led by Xinbin Chen

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

  • Robert J. Canter

    Co-investigator on 2T32CA251007-06, led by Xinbin Chen

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