Public Health at University of California, Los Angeles

Leads a grant in this department

20 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. Pamina Mae Gorbach

   Leads 3 awards · $2,755,682

   • 5UH3AI176592-04Department: NIH department code

     Exploring, Predicting, and Intervening on Long-term Viral suppression Electronically (EPI-LoVE)

     Principal investigators: Pamina Mae Gorbach (contact PI), Lisa B Hightow-Weidman, Sean Young

     $1,874,639

     award amount
   • 5R01DA061345-03Department: NIH department code

     People and Place: Impacts on Substance Use and HIV Outcomes in Los Angeles

     Principal investigators: Pamina Mae Gorbach (contact PI), Marjan Javanbakht, Terrell Winder

     $723,562

     award amount
   • 3R01DA061345-03S1Department: NIH department code

     People and Place: Impacts on Substance Use and HIV Outcomes in Los Angeles

     Principal investigators: Pamina Mae Gorbach (contact PI), Marjan Javanbakht, Terrell Winder

     $157,481

     award amount

2. Alexander Thomas Ian Strudwick Young

   Leads 1 award · $2,340,339

   • 4R01CA313942-02Department: NIH department code

     Simulation, modelling, and estimation of direct and indirect genetic architectures and intergenerational dynamics
     $2,340,339

     award amount

3. Beate R. Ritz

   Leads 2 awards · $1,917,870

   • 1RF1NS144120-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Lewy-Body Dementia and Environment (LEBEN)
     $1,217,132

     award amount
   • 4R01NS130691-02Department: NIH department code

     Air Pollution, Metabolome, and Alzheimer disease in Mexican Americans
     $700,738

     award amount

4. Rachael Mary Jones

   Leads 1 award · $1,800,000

   • 5T42OH008412-22Department: NIH department code

     Southern California Education and Research Center
     $1,800,000

     award amount

5. Matthew James Mimiaga

   Leads 1 award · $1,175,229

   • 2U01HL146333-08Department: NIH department code

     MWCCS: Los Angeles CRS for the MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study

     Principal investigators: Matthew James Mimiaga (contact PI), Roger Detels

     $1,175,229

     award amount

6. Roch Nianogo

   Leads 2 awards · $856,493

   • 5R56AG089689-02Department: NIH department code

     Comparative and Cost-effectiveness of Personalized Targeted Multi-Factorial Approaches to Reducing Disparities in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias: The TARDIS-AD Project
     $640,493

     award amount
   • 9R25NR022230-05Department: NIH department code

     Modelers and Storytellers: Advancing Transdisciplinary Community Health Intervention Research

     Principal investigators: Roch Nianogo (contact PI), Hua Zhou

     $216,000

     award amount

7. Candace Sujung Tsai

   Leads 1 award · $743,900

   • 1R01ES038127-01Department: NIH department code

     Airborne impacts to humans working with plastic recycled construction bricks
     $743,900

     award amount

8. Liwei Chen

   Leads 1 award · $643,885

   • 5R01MD018459-04Department: NIH department code

     Elucidating the high and heterogeneous risk of gestational diabetes among Asian Americans: an integrative approach of metabolomics, lifestyles, and social determinants

     Principal investigators: Liwei Chen (contact PI), Yeyi Zhu

     $643,885

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 1D43TW013025-01, led by Jian Li; 3D43TW013025-01S1, led by Jian Li.

9. Elizabeth Rose Mayeda

   Leads 1 award · $623,176

   • 1R01AG104805-01Department: NIH department code

     Understanding Modifiable Risk for Dementia in the Oldest-Old: A Multi-Cohort Framework
     $623,176

     award amount

10. May Sudhinaraset

    Leads 1 award · $576,050

    • 5R01HD109194-05Department: NIH department code

      Use of Reproductive Health Care among Asian Immigrant Women
      $576,050

      award amount

11. Ondine Von Ehrenstein

    Leads 1 award · $465,667

    • 1R21ES038730-01Department: NIH department code

      Urban Wildfires in Los Angeles and Maternal and Infant Health

      Principal investigators: Ondine Von Ehrenstein (contact PI), Claudia Leonie Nau

      $465,667

      award amount

12. Yifang Zhu

    Leads 1 award · $354,375

    • 1R21ES038381-01Department: NIH department code

      Indoor and Outdoor Exposure to LA Urban Wildfire Smoke – A Nature Experiment between the Palisades and Eaton Fires
      $354,375

      award amount

13. Ruijia Chen

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00AG088369-03Department: NIH department code

      Bridging Social Epidemiology and Policy for ADRD Prevention: Effects of Poverty Alleviation Policies on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Risk and Disparities
      $249,000

      award amount

14. Jian Li

    Leads 2 awards · $246,895

    • 1D43TW013025-01Department: NIH department code

      Research Training and Capacity Building for Thailand: Life-cOurse oCcupational, environmentAl, and Lifestyle contribution to CardioMetabolic Diseases (LOCAL-CMD)

      Principal investigators: Jian Li (contact PI), Kwanjai Amnartsatsue, Liwei Chen, Orawan Kaewboonchoo

      $216,895

      award amount
    • 3D43TW013025-01S1Department: NIH department code

      Research Training and Capacity Building for Thailand: Life-cOurse oCcupational, environmentAl, and Lifestyle contribution to CardioMetabolic Diseases (LOCAL-CMD)

      Principal investigators: Jian Li (contact PI), Kwanjai Amnartsatsue, Liwei Chen, Orawan Kaewboonchoo

      $30,000

      award amount

15. Marissa J Seamans

    Leads 1 award · $193,917

    • 5K01DA054359-05Department: NIH department code

      Real-world complexities in opioid use disorder treatment: understanding family comorbidity, high-risk medication use, and costs related to treatment adherence and health outcomes
      $193,917

      award amount

16. Erika Lynn Crable

    Leads 1 award · $193,365

    • 5K01DA056838-06Department: NIH department code

      Dissemination Strategies to Increase Access to Timely Information About Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Medicaid
      $193,365

      award amount

17. Dvora Leah Joseph Davey

    Leads 1 award · $149,118

    • 3R01HD106862-05S1Department: NIH department code

      Stepped care to optimize PrEP effectiveness in pregnant and postpartum women (SCOPE-PP) in South Africa
      $149,118

      award amount

18. Rebecca Delafield

    Leads 1 award · $149,108

    • 7K01MD018447-04Department: NIH department code

      Assessing Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Maternal Outcomes and Health Care Experiences
      $149,108

      award amount

19. Liliana Paloma Rojas Saunero

    Leads 1 award · $123,876

    • 1K99AG093067-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Occupational Determinants of Cognitive and Brain Health Among Middle-Aged and Older Latinos in the U.S.
      $123,876

      award amount

20. Karl O'Sharkey

    Leads 1 award · $120,663

    • 5K99ES037743-02Department: NIH department code

      Uncovering the Impact of Air Pollution Sources on Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Metabolomic Approach to Identifying Critical Biological Pathways
      $120,663

      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.

• Lisa B Hightow-Weidman

  Co-investigator on 5UH3AI176592-04, led by Pamina Mae Gorbach

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Florida State University (no department on record, 3 awards)

• Sean Young

  Co-investigator on 5UH3AI176592-04, led by Pamina Mae Gorbach

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of California-Irvine · Emergency Medicine (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Roger Detels

  Co-investigator on 2U01HL146333-08, led by Matthew James Mimiaga

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

• Marjan Javanbakht

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA061345-03, led by Pamina Mae Gorbach; 3R01DA061345-03S1, led by Pamina Mae Gorbach

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

• Terrell Winder

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA061345-03, led by Pamina Mae Gorbach; 3R01DA061345-03S1, led by Pamina Mae Gorbach

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

• Yeyi Zhu

  Co-investigator on 5R01MD018459-04, led by Liwei Chen

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Kaiser Foundation Research Institute (no department on record, 1 award)

• Claudia Leonie Nau

  Co-investigator on 1R21ES038730-01, led by Ondine Von Ehrenstein

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Kaiser Foundation Research Institute (no department on record, 1 award)

• Kwanjai Amnartsatsue

  Co-investigator on 1D43TW013025-01, led by Jian Li; 3D43TW013025-01S1, led by Jian Li

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

• Orawan Kaewboonchoo

  Co-investigator on 1D43TW013025-01, led by Jian Li; 3D43TW013025-01S1, led by Jian Li

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

• Hua Zhou

  Co-investigator on 9R25NR022230-05, led by Roch Nianogo

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