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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pediatrics at University of California, San Diego

La Jolla, CA

Funding
$63.9M
$63,949,926
Awards
79
FY2026 NIH awards in Pediatrics
Principal investigators
82
51 lead a grant here, 31 co-investigators
Department rank
#5
of 108 · 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 Pediatrics row of the University of California, San Diego page.

Leads a grant in this department

51 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. Terry L. Jernigan

    Leads 2 awards · $6,732,946

    • 5U24DA041147-12Department: NIH department code
      ABCD-USA Consortium: Coordinating Center

      Principal investigators: Terry L. Jernigan (contact PI), Sandra A Brown

      $4,732,945
      award amount
    • 3U24DA041147-12S1Department: NIH department code
      ABCD-USA Consortium: Coordinating Center

      Principal investigators: Terry L. Jernigan (contact PI), Sandra A Brown

      $2,000,001
      award amount

  2. Kyle Jeffrie Gaulton

    Leads 2 awards · $5,866,488

  3. Christina Chambers

    Leads 4 awards · $5,246,745

    • 4U24DA055325-06Department: NIH department code
      The Healthy Brain and Child Development National Consortium Administrative Core

      Principal investigators: Christina Chambers (contact PI), Charles Alexander Nelson

      $3,684,374
      award amount
    • 5R01AA029594-05Department: NIH department code
      Maternal mediators of fetal growth restriction linked to prenatal alcohol exposure

      Principal investigators: Christina Chambers (contact PI), Louise Chang Laurent, Rajesh C Miranda

      $603,056
      award amount
    • 5U01AA014835-23Department: NIH department code
      Whole Body Effects of PAE Across the Life Span: Early Markers of & Clinical Interventions for Children and Adolescents in Ukraine
      $580,092
      award amount
    • 5R24ES037005-02Department: NIH department code
      Maintaining and Enriching the UCSD Human Milk Research Biorepository (HMB) Cohort to Support Scientific Diversity
      $379,223
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 3P50HD106463-05S1, led by Adriana H Tremoulet.

  4. Jack Anthony Gilbert

    Leads 2 awards · $4,717,504

    • 5U24DK131617-05Department: NIH department code
      The UCSD Microbiome and Metagenomics Center

      Principal investigators: Jack Anthony Gilbert (contact PI), Rob Knight

      $3,314,158
      award amount
    • 3U24DK131617-05S1Department: NIH department code
      The UCSD Microbiome and Metagenomics Center

      Principal investigators: Jack Anthony Gilbert (contact PI), Rob Knight

      $1,403,346
      award amount

  5. Alysson R. Muotri

    Leads 4 awards · $2,687,963

    • 5R01DA056908-05Department: NIH department code
      A new brain organoid model for NeuroHIV and the impact of opioids
      $782,912
      award amount
    • 5R01AG078959-05Department: NIH department code
      Establishment of a causal link between AD and L1 retrotransposons
      $780,177
      award amount
    • 5R01MH127077-05Department: NIH department code
      Novel SETD5-based Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Tools to Understand and Revert Neuronal Dysfunction Associated with Intellectual disability and Autism

      Principal investigators: Alysson R. Muotri (contact PI), Alon Goren

      $778,227
      award amount
    • 5R01HD107788-05Department: NIH department code
      Impact of prenatal inflammation on developing human brain
      $346,647
      award amount

  6. Xin Sun

    Leads 4 awards · $2,605,263

    • 1R01HL188011-01Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting Bronchiolization Using tRNA-Synthetase Deficiency as an Entry Point
      $766,557
      award amount
    • 5U01HL175452-03Department: NIH department code
      Cross-Disease Multi-Modality Mapping of the Human Lung
      $727,022
      award amount
    • 5R01HL172027-03Department: NIH department code
      MYRF as an Entry Point to Study Mesothelium Function in Lung Development and Injury Repair
      $559,409
      award amount
    • 5R01HL169853-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanosensor Function in the Control of Gas Exchange Surface Size and Composition
      $552,275
      award amount

  7. Tariq M Rana

    Leads 1 award · $2,463,772

    • 5U01DA058402-04Department: NIH department code
      Single cell determinants of brain in the context of viral persistence in SIV/cART/cocaine non-human primates

      Principal investigators: Tariq M Rana (contact PI), Shilpa J Buch

      $2,463,772
      award amount

  8. Seema S Aceves

    Leads 2 awards · $2,193,404

    • 1R01AI202280-01Department: NIH department code
      Allergic eosinophilic esophagitis drives dysregulated innate immunity in esophageal fibroblasts
      $1,496,677
      award amount
    • 5R01DK114457-07Department: NIH department code
      TWEAK/TNFSF12 and LIGHT/TNFSF14 interactions in allergic esophagitis remodeling

      Principal investigators: Seema S Aceves (contact PI), Ferhat Ay

      $696,727
      award amount

  9. Gretchen E. Bandoli

    Leads 2 awards · $2,096,423

    • 4U01DA055369-06Department: NIH department code
      14/24 The Healthy Brain & Child Development National Consortium

      Principal investigators: Gretchen E. Bandoli (contact PI), Carla B Marienfeld

      $1,714,507
      award amount
    • 5R01HD112525-03Department: NIH department code
      Maternal and Infant Outcomes among Pregnant Women with Intellectual and Developmental Disability
      $381,916
      award amount

  10. Kelan G Tantisira

    Leads 1 award · $2,023,054

  11. Victor Nizet

    Leads 3 awards · $1,792,927

    • 5R01AI176554-04Department: NIH department code
      Biomimetic Macrophage Membrane-Coated Nanosponges: A Novel Therapeutic for Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii Hospital-Associated Pneumonia

      Principal investigators: Victor Nizet (contact PI), Angela Meier, Liangfang Zhang

      $972,869
      award amount
    • 5R01AI173689-04Department: NIH department code
      Identifying the Most Effective Adjuvant(s) for Leading Group A Streptococcal Vaccine Antigens in Preclinical Mouse and Nonhuman Primate Models

      Principal investigators: Victor Nizet (contact PI), Mark Joseph Walker

      $766,058
      award amount
    • 3R01AI173689-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Identifying the Most Effective Adjuvant(s) for Leading Group A Streptococcal Vaccine Antigens in Preclinical Mouse and Nonhuman Primate Models

      Principal investigators: Victor Nizet (contact PI), Mark Joseph Walker

      $54,000
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 3P50HD106463-05S1, led by Adriana H Tremoulet.

  12. D Brent Polk

    Leads 2 awards · $1,647,139

    • 1R01DK148982-01Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of colon epithelial repair by TNFR-dependent mechanisms
      $827,905
      award amount
    • 2R01DK108648-07A1Department: NIH department code
      Stem Cell Dynamics in Colonic Epithelial Repair

      Principal investigators: D Brent Polk (contact PI), Cambrian Yangshao Liu

      $819,234
      award amount

  13. Jane C Burns

    Leads 1 award · $1,639,166

    • 1R01HL179031-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Cell-free RNA signature for Diagnosis and Personalized Therapeutics in Children with Kawasaki Disease

      Principal investigators: Jane C Burns (contact PI), Iwijn De Vlaminck, Jihoon Kim

      $1,639,166
      award amount

  14. Nicole Gabriele Coufal

    Leads 3 awards · $1,579,122

    • 5R01AG082255-03Department: NIH department code
      Contribution of AD genetic risk and microglial BIN1 to tauopathy

      Principal investigators: Nicole Gabriele Coufal (contact PI), Mathew Mark Blurton-Jones

      $653,411
      award amount
    • 5R01NS126452-04Department: NIH department code
      Microglial contribution to Down Syndrome Neuropathology
      $516,782
      award amount
    • 5R01NS124637-05Department: NIH department code
      The Contribution of Microglial MEF2C to Brain Development
      $408,929
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS135162-03, led by Stephanie Cherqui.

  15. George Y Liu

    Leads 2 awards · $1,479,793

    • 5R01AI181321-04Department: NIH department code
      Interrogating human anti-staphylococcal antibody responses for S. aureus vaccine insights

      Principal investigators: George Y Liu (contact PI), Clarence Buddy Creech

      $792,726
      award amount
    • 5R01AI179098-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of vaccine interference by S. aureus-induced imprints
      $687,067
      award amount

  16. Stephen A Spector

    Leads 1 award · $1,397,709

    • 5UM1AI069536-20Department: NIH department code
      CURE CTU
      $1,397,709
      award amount

  17. Kerri N Boutelle

    Leads 2 awards · $1,323,479

    • 5R01DK135599-04Department: NIH department code
      Addressing appetitive traits to promote weight management in children who overeat
      $682,432
      award amount
    • 5R01HD106991-05Department: NIH department code
      Telehealth Parent-Only Treatment for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Overweight/Obesity
      $641,047
      award amount

  18. Manuela Raffatellu

    Leads 3 awards · $1,202,462

    • 5R01AI176390-04Department: NIH department code
      Harnessing iron acquisition to hinder enterobacterial pathogenesis

      Principal investigators: Manuela Raffatellu (contact PI), Elizabeth M Nolan

      $655,660
      award amount
    • 5R37AI126277-10Department: NIH department code
      Nutritional immunity during Salmonella infection
      $453,800
      award amount
    • 3R01AI176390-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Harnessing iron acquisition to hinder enterobacterial pathogenesis

      Principal investigators: Manuela Raffatellu (contact PI), Elizabeth M Nolan

      $93,002
      award amount

  19. Adriana H Tremoulet

    Leads 1 award · $1,190,453

  20. Elizabeth A Winzeler

    Leads 1 award · $1,122,490

  21. Stephanie Cherqui

    Leads 2 awards · $976,440

    • 5R01NS135162-03Department: NIH department code
      Microgial contribution and therapeutic potential in Friedreich's ataxia

      Principal investigators: Stephanie Cherqui (contact PI), Nicole Gabriele Coufal

      $581,440
      award amount
    • 5R01AG086443-03Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the mechanism of rescue of Alzheimers disease by hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
      $395,000
      award amount

  22. Alejandro Chavez

    Leads 1 award · $955,050

    • 4DP2NS131566-03Department: NIH department code
      Methods to Rapidly Explore Combinatorial Diversity and their Application to CRISPR-Cas9 Systems
      $955,050
      award amount

  23. Jianhua Shao

    Leads 2 awards · $924,603

    • 5R01DK113007-08Department: NIH department code
      Hypoadiponectinemia and Gestational Diabetes
      $486,228
      award amount
    • 1R21HD119668-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Programming Offspring Metabolism: The Role of Milk Extracellular Vesicles in Fat Development
      $438,375
      award amount

  24. Gabriel G Haddad

    Leads 2 awards · $910,649

    • 5R01DA053372-05Department: NIH department code
      Effect of methadone on the developmental properties of human brain organoids
      $611,277
      award amount
    • 3K12HD105271-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Developing Diverse Physician-Investigator Leaders for the Future of Child Health
      $299,372
      award amount

  25. Pia S Pannaraj

    Leads 1 award · $801,422

    • 5R01AI173194-06Department: NIH department code
      Longitudinal SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine-induced mucosal, serological, and cellular immunity in children and human milk
      $801,422
      award amount

  26. Sandra Lawrynowicz Leibel

    Leads 1 award · $778,127

    • 1R01HL180797-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Enhancing Lamellar Body Function via LRRK2 Inhibition to Reduce Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) Severity
      $778,127
      award amount

  27. Eniko Sajti

    Leads 1 award · $706,985

    • 5R01HL170183-04Department: NIH department code
      Role of neonatal lung macrophages in mediating resilience to hyperoxia induced lung injury via TREM2 signaling
      $706,985
      award amount

  28. Hojun Li

    Leads 1 award · $701,040

    • 5R01HL180336-02Department: NIH department code
      Major histocompatibility complex gene editing to prevent hematopoietic stem cell graft rejection
      $701,040
      award amount

  29. Paula Aristizabal

    Leads 1 award · $646,466

    • 5R01CA279945-04Department: NIH department code
      Multisite Implementation of COMPRENDO (ChildhOod Malignancy Peer REsearch NavigatiOn) to improve participation of Hispanic children in cancer clinical trials
      $646,466
      award amount

  30. Harold M Hoffman

    Leads 1 award · $588,362

    • 5R01DK113592-09Department: NIH department code
      Sterile inflammation and pyroptotic cell death in liver fibrosis

      Principal investigators: Harold M Hoffman (contact PI), Ariel Feldstein

      $588,362
      award amount

  31. Anusha Preethi Ganesan

    Leads 1 award · $525,843

    • 5R37CA288506-02Department: NIH department code
      Targeting T Cells for enhancing anti-tumor immunity in pediatric brain tumors.
      $525,843
      award amount

  32. Vivien Ileana Maltez

    Leads 2 awards · $481,342

    • 5R00GM147841-04Department: NIH department code
      Multiplex imaging in therapy refractory tumors: understanding the spatiotemporal facets of an immunosuppressive environment
      $248,059
      award amount
    • 1R35GM165860-01Department: NIH department code
      Tissue-Tuned Cell Death: How Environment Shapes Neutrophil Fate and Function
      $233,283
      award amount

  33. Kyung E Rhee

    Leads 1 award · $475,278

    • 5R01DK140573-03Department: NIH department code
      Addressing Food Insecurity in the Health Care Setting to Promote Health Equity
      $475,278
      award amount

  34. Fatemah Askarian

    Leads 1 award · $449,578

    • 1R01AI195754-01Department: NIH department code
      Exploring the role of Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenase in Virulence and Immunity of Pseudomonasaeruginosa
      $449,578
      award amount

  35. Phillipp Hartmann

    Leads 1 award · $440,000

    • 1R21HD123190-01Department: NIH department code
      Integrative Single Cell and Serum Biomarker Discovery for Pediatric MASLD Progression
      $440,000
      award amount

  36. Lori Broderick

    Leads 1 award · $398,959

    • 5R01AI189984-02Department: NIH department code
      Crosstalk of Immune Dysregulation and Impaired Wound Healing in inherited STAT4-mediated Autoinflammatory Disease
      $398,959
      award amount

  37. Julie Ann Jaffray

    Leads 2 awards · $360,288

    • 1R21HL181655-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Secondary Analysis of the Children's Healthcare Advancements in Thrombosis (CHAT) Consortium Dataset
      $189,000
      award amount
    • 5K23HL163330-06Department: NIH department code
      Validation of a pediatric thrombosis risk assessment model and characterization of bleeding in hospitalized children through the Children's Hospital Acquired Thrombosis (CHAT) Consortium
      $171,288
      award amount

  38. Lauren Gist

    Leads 1 award · $348,448

    • 5U24AA014815-23Department: NIH department code
      FASD Diagnostic Telemedicine Resource

      Principal investigators: Lauren Gist (contact PI), Sarah N Mattson Weller

      $348,448
      award amount

  39. Francesca Briganti

    Leads 1 award · $247,482

    • 5R00HL165099-04Department: NIH department code
      Using miRNA to identify new therapeutic pathways for dilated cardiomyopathy
      $247,482
      award amount

  40. Yue Huang

    Leads 1 award · $236,115

    • 1K08NS146682-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Examining the impact of cobalamin C deficiency in human brain development
      $236,115
      award amount

  41. Hari Kope Narayan

    Leads 1 award · $196,591

    • 5K23HL163456-04Department: NIH department code
      The Clinical Relevance of Anthracycline-Related Cardiac Remodeling in Childhood Cancer Survivors
      $196,591
      award amount

  42. Thu Anh Duong

    Leads 1 award · $173,259

    • 5K08HL173682-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of KLF6 in Lung Development
      $173,259
      award amount

  43. Clarkson Crane

    Leads 1 award · $171,796

    • 1K08AI202270-01Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the link between infection and rejection in kidney transplant recipients: Defining mechanisms of BK Polyomavirus reactivation and heterologous immunity
      $171,796
      award amount

  44. Helena Yu

    Leads 1 award · $168,795

    • 1K08HL183828-01Department: NIH department code
      Proteostasis in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Development
      $168,795
      award amount

  45. Celina Tien Nguyen

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30HD112148-04Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Chromosome Y in Human Microglia and Neurodevelopment
      $55,114
      award amount

  46. Hunter Lawson Gage

    Leads 1 award · $44,101

    • 5F30AI194733-02Department: NIH department code
      Macrophage-derived nanoparticles as an adjuvant therapy for severe bacterial pneumonia
      $44,101
      award amount

  47. Lucas Noah Patel

    Leads 1 award · $43,784

    • 1F30AG094275-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Assessing the longitudinal impact of Mediterranean diet interventions to reduce cognitive decline on gut microbiota composition and bile acid variety
      $43,784
      award amount

  48. Kaitlyn Ellyse Mostoller

    Leads 1 award · $43,770

    • 1F30HD123816-01Department: NIH department code
      Unraveling the Role of Microglial Innate Immune Activation in Primary Mitochondrial Disease
      $43,770
      award amount

  49. Brian Kai Wells

    Leads 1 award · $43,440

    • 1F31HL186821-01Department: NIH department code
      Blurring of the Airway-Alveolar Boundary: Dissecting the Mechanism Underlying Bronchiolization
      $43,440
      award amount

  50. Genevieve Taplitz Curtin

    Leads 1 award · $43,172

    • 5F30HD117642-02Department: NIH department code
      The Contribution of Microglia to Neurodevelopmental Dysfunction in Down Syndrome
      $43,172
      award amount

  51. Chih-Ming Tsai

    Leads 1 award · $5,325

    • 1R01AI190409-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of vaccine interference induced by pre-existing anti-staphylococcal antibodies and B cells
      $5,325
      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.