FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Ophthalmology at University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
- 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 of California, Los Angeles page.
Leads a grant in this department
15 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.
Gregory Darin Field
Leads 4 awards · $6,525,181
- 2R01EY031059-05Department: NIH department codeElucidating Novel Features of Visual Processing and Physiological Connectivity from Retina to Primary Visual Cortex
Principal investigators: Gregory Darin Field (contact PI), Alexander C Huk, Steven Warren Zucker
$2,704,861award amount - 1R01EY038909-01Department: NIH department codeMapping the retinal projectome in primates
Principal investigators: Gregory Darin Field (contact PI), Alexander C Huk, Hong-Wei Dong
$2,685,591award amount - 5P30EY000331-59Department: NIH department codeVision Research Core at UCLA
Principal investigators: David S Williams (contact PI), Gregory Darin Field (contact PI), Joseph Louis Demer (contact PI), Xian-Jie Yang (contact PI)
$629,613award amount - 5R01EY034004-04Department: NIH department codeVisual signaling from retina to superior colliculus
Principal investigators: Gregory Darin Field (contact PI), Marc A Sommer
$505,116award amount
Also a principal investigator on 1U01NS155390-01, led by Yi-Rong Peng.
Yi-Rong Peng
Leads 3 awards · $2,769,111
- 1U01NS155390-01Department: NIH department codeLarge-Scale Identification of Cis-Regulatory Modules for Targeting Retinal Cell Types in Primates
Principal investigators: Yi-Rong Peng (contact PI), Alexander C Huk, Gregory Darin Field, Shannon Elizabeth Boye
$1,792,883award amount - 1R01EY037797-01A1Department: NIH department codeMolecular Mechanisms Underlying the Postnatal Development of Foveal Cone Photoreceptors$582,478award amount
- 5R01EY035324-03Department: NIH department codeTranscriptional Control of Neuronal Position and Connection in the Retina$393,750award amount
Joseph Louis Demer
Leads 2 awards · $1,302,696
- 5R01EY008313-36Department: NIH department codeBiomechanical Analysis in Strabismus Surgery$673,083award amount
- 5P30EY000331-59Department: NIH department codeVision Research Core at UCLA
Principal investigators: David S Williams (contact PI), Gregory Darin Field (contact PI), Joseph Louis Demer (contact PI), Xian-Jie Yang (contact PI)
$629,613award amount
David S Williams
Leads 2 awards · $1,105,055
- 5P30EY000331-59Department: NIH department codeVision Research Core at UCLA
Principal investigators: David S Williams (contact PI), Gregory Darin Field (contact PI), Joseph Louis Demer (contact PI), Xian-Jie Yang (contact PI)
$629,613award amount - 5R01EY036104-02Department: NIH department codeOuter Segment tip ingestion by the RPE$475,442award amount
Alexander C Huk
Leads 2 awards · $1,047,076
- 1R01EY040102-01Department: NIH department codeCRCNS: Ecologically-realistic perceptual decision making$539,808award amount
- 5R01EY033064-05Department: NIH department codeMechanisms of persistent neural activity
Principal investigators: Alexander C Huk (contact PI), Jonathan William Pillow
$507,268award amount
Also a principal investigator on 2R01EY031059-05, led by Gregory Darin Field; 1R01EY038909-01, led by Gregory Darin Field; 1U01NS155390-01, led by Yi-Rong Peng.
Ava K Bittner
Leads 2 awards · $902,330
- 1R34EY038270-01A1Department: NIH department codeDeep Learning for low Vision Enhancement (DELVE)
Principal investigators: Ava K Bittner (contact PI), Sophia Ying Wang
$542,346award amount - 5R01EY034627-04Department: NIH department codeBeacon Sensors and Telerehabilitation to Assess and Improve use of Devices (BeST-AID) for Low Vision$359,984award amount
Edmund Tsui
Leads 1 award · $722,904
- 1R01EY037916-01Department: NIH department codeResearching OCT Biomarkers in UveitiS clinical Trials (ROBUST)
Principal investigators: Edmund Tsui (contact PI), Douglas A Jabs, Michael M Altaweel
$722,904award amount
Alapakkam P Sampath
Leads 2 awards · $691,077
- 5R01EY036811-02Department: NIH department codePhysiology of Retinal Degeneration$544,445award amount
- 5T32EY007026-50Department: NIH department codeVision Science Training Program$146,632award amount
Sophie Deng
Leads 1 award · $630,863
- 5R01EY021797-12Department: NIH department codeDevelopment of Stem Cell-based Therapies for Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency$630,863award amount
Xian-Jie Yang
Leads 1 award · $629,613
- 5P30EY000331-59Department: NIH department codeVision Research Core at UCLA
Principal investigators: David S Williams (contact PI), Gregory Darin Field (contact PI), Joseph Louis Demer (contact PI), Xian-Jie Yang (contact PI)
$629,613award amount
Anne Louise Coleman
Leads 1 award · $594,556
- 1K12EY037241-01A1Department: NIH department codeClinician-Scientist Eye Training (C-SET) Program
Principal investigators: Anne Louise Coleman (contact PI), Anthony John Aldave
$594,556award amount
Irena Tsui
Leads 1 award · $393,233
- 5R01EY033794-04Department: NIH department codeNeonatal Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography to Assess the Effects of Postnatal Exposures on Retinal Development and Predict Neurodevelopmental Outcomes
Principal investigators: Irena Tsui (contact PI), Alison Chu
$393,233award amount
Gordon Lee Fain
Leads 1 award · $351,000
- 5R01EY001844-49Department: NIH department codePhysiology of Photoreceptors$351,000award amount
Adrian C Au
Leads 1 award · $244,379
- 5K23EY037861-02Department: NIH department codeGenetic Variation in AMD Progression and Treatment Response$244,379award amount
Declan P Rowley
Leads 1 award · $132,173
- 1K99EY037839-01Department: NIH department codeLinking physiology, computation and circuitry in the primate visual cortex$132,173award 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.
Steven Warren Zucker
Co-investigator on 2R01EY031059-05, led by Gregory Darin Field
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Hong-Wei Dong
Co-investigator on 1R01EY038909-01, led by Gregory Darin Field
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of California, Los Angeles · Neurosciences (NIH department code, 3 awards)
Shannon Elizabeth Boye
Co-investigator on 1U01NS155390-01, led by Yi-Rong Peng
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Florida · Pediatrics (NIH department code, 1 award)
Douglas A Jabs
Co-investigator on 1R01EY037916-01, led by Edmund Tsui
From the FY2024 awards this person leads
- Johns Hopkins University · Public Health (NIH department code, 1 award)
Michael M Altaweel
Co-investigator on 1R01EY037916-01, led by Edmund Tsui
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Anthony John Aldave
Co-investigator on 1K12EY037241-01A1, led by Anne Louise Coleman
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Sophia Ying Wang
Co-investigator on 1R34EY038270-01A1, led by Ava K Bittner
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Stanford University · Ophthalmology (NIH department code, 1 award)
- Stanford University · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)
Jonathan William Pillow
Co-investigator on 5R01EY033064-05, led by Alexander C Huk
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Princeton University · Neurosciences (NIH department code, 1 award)
Marc A Sommer
Co-investigator on 5R01EY034004-04, led by Gregory Darin Field
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Duke University · Biomedical Engineering (NIH department code, 1 award)
Alison Chu
Co-investigator on 5R01EY033794-04, led by Irena Tsui
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- University of California, Los Angeles · Pediatrics (NIH department code, 1 award)