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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Physiology at University of California, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

Funding
$12.8M
$12,793,580
Awards
32
FY2026 NIH awards in Physiology
Principal investigators
29
24 lead a grant here, 5 co-investigators
Department rank
#13
of 89 · 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 Physiology row of the University of California, Los Angeles page.

Leads a grant in this department

24 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. Xinshu Grace Xiao

    Leads 3 awards · $1,578,207

    • 5R01AG078950-05Department: NIH department code
      Regulation and function of dsRNAs derived from retrotransposable elements in AD
      $636,922
      award amount
    • 5R01AG075206-05Department: NIH department code
      Systematic analysis of functional 3’ UTR genetic variants and their relevance to Alzheimer’s Disease
      $551,285
      award amount
    • 5R01CA262686-05Department: NIH department code
      Exploiting public genomic and transcriptomic data to uncover cancer-RNA editing relationships
      $390,000
      award amount

  2. Baljit Khakh

    Leads 2 awards · $1,394,162

    • 5R35NS111583-08Department: NIH department code
      Fundamental astrocyte biology in intact neural circuits
      $1,000,412
      award amount
    • 5R01MH134926-03Department: NIH department code
      Functions and mechanisms of a subpopulation of striatal astrocytes
      $393,750
      award amount

  3. Laura Anne Denardo

    Leads 2 awards · $1,160,422

    • 5R01MH137461-03Department: NIH department code
      Role of prefrontal dopamine circuits in threat avoidance learning

      Principal investigators: Laura Anne Denardo (contact PI), Scott Allen Wilke

      $720,164
      award amount
    • 5R01MH127214-05Department: NIH department code
      Prefrontal circuits underlying the maturation of learned avoidance
      $440,258
      award amount

  4. Stephanie Correa

    Leads 2 awards · $890,634

    • 5R01DK136073-04Department: NIH department code
      Hypothalamic gating of the anorexic effects of estradiol
      $508,161
      award amount
    • 2R56AG066821-06Department: NIH department code
      Estrogenic modulation of neural circuits that control temperature

      Principal investigators: Stephanie Correa (contact PI), John Edward Van Veen

      $382,473
      award amount

  5. Navid Bavi

    Leads 2 awards · $866,250

    • 1R21DC023679-01Department: NIH department code
      Engineering PresTen: a novel membrane tension biosensor for probing cellular mechanotransduction
      $433,125
      award amount
    • 1R35GM166245-01Department: NIH department code
      Molecular and biophysical principles of membrane-mediated electromechanical feedback
      $433,125
      award amount

  6. Pearl Jennine Quijada

    Leads 1 award · $717,519

    • 5R01HL172852-02Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of angiogenesis by cardiac fibroblasts
      $717,519
      award amount

  7. Yousang Gwack

    Leads 2 awards · $712,076

    • 5R01AI181072-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic link between mitochondrial cristae integrity and Th1 responses
      $515,201
      award amount
    • 1R21AI201639-01Department: NIH department code
      Timing-dependent role of CRAC channels in Th17 metabolism and effector function
      $196,875
      award amount

  8. Amy C Rowat

    Leads 2 awards · $617,203

    • 1R35GM161448-01Department: NIH department code
      Mapping the Mechanome: A Systems-level Understanding of Mechanical Mediators and Pathways
      $433,125
      award amount
    • 5R21CA289090-02Department: NIH department code
      Identifying novel targets for cancer using high throughput deformability screening
      $184,078
      award amount

  9. Stephen C. Cannon

    Leads 1 award · $582,309

    • 5R01AR063182-13Department: NIH department code
      Disease Pathogenesis and Modification for CaV1.1-Associated Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis
      $582,309
      award amount

  10. David W Walker

    Leads 1 award · $554,549

    • 5R01AG037514-14Department: NIH department code
      Role of Mitochondrial Homeostasis in Animal Aging
      $554,549
      award amount

  11. Claudio J Villanueva

    Leads 1 award · $533,171

    • 1R01GM154435-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Inter-organ crosstalk and the regulation of lipid metabolism
      $533,171
      award amount

  12. Elaine Hsiao

    Leads 1 award · $511,399

    • 5R01HD111079-04Department: NIH department code
      Uncovering Microbial Modifiers of Antidepressant Responses during Pregnancy
      $511,399
      award amount

  13. Mark Arthur Frye

    Leads 1 award · $478,687

    • 2R01EY026031-10A1Department: NIH department code
      Neural circuits for visual feature detection

      Principal investigators: Mark Arthur Frye (contact PI), Patrick A Shoemaker

      $478,687
      award amount

  14. Beau Alward

    Leads 1 award · $421,922

    • 2R35GM142799-06Department: NIH department code
      Steroid hormone dependent gene expression and neuroplasticity in the brain.
      $421,922
      award amount

  15. Rachelle Hope Crosbie

    Leads 1 award · $419,785

  16. Lindsay Mitchell De Biase

    Leads 1 award · $325,094

    • 5R01AG075909-05Department: NIH department code
      Microglial lysosomes and selective neuronal vulnerability
      $325,094
      award amount

  17. Valerie Angela Tornini

    Leads 1 award · $248,998

    • 5R00HD105001-05Department: NIH department code
      Functional analysis of histone modifier Autism Spectrum Disorders risk genes in vertebrate development
      $248,998
      award amount

  18. Kacie Deters

    Leads 1 award · $214,704

    • 5K01NS127947-04Department: NIH department code
      The Impact of Social, Genetic and Neuroimaging Factors on Cognitive Functioning in the Black Community
      $214,704
      award amount

  19. Laura Cortes

    Leads 1 award · $123,876

    • 1K99HD120648-01Department: NIH department code
      The neural basis of thermoregulatory adaptations during pregnancy
      $123,876
      award amount

  20. Lingyun Xiong

    Leads 1 award · $123,204

    • 1K99AG093043-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Male-female dynamic differences in the aging kidney
      $123,204
      award amount

  21. John Paul Currea

    Leads 1 award · $114,789

    • 1K99EY038903-01Department: NIH department code
      Feature Detection Mechanisms Driving Saccades in Drosophila
      $114,789
      award amount

  22. Giovanni Frighetto

    Leads 1 award · $112,033

    • 5K99EY036889-02Department: NIH department code
      Neuronal mechanisms of selective visual attention
      $112,033
      award amount

  23. Angelina Marybelle Flores

    Leads 1 award · $46,783

    • 5F31CA288105-03Department: NIH department code
      Defining the role of NUDT5 in ovarian cancer
      $46,783
      award amount

  24. Julia M Adams

    Leads 1 award · $45,804

    • 5F31DA062444-02Department: NIH department code
      Functions and mechanisms of Crym-positive astrocytes in the nucleus accumbens
      $45,804
      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.