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FY2021 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pediatrics at University of California, San Diego

La Jolla, CA

Funding
$54.3M
$54,308,826
Awards
97
FY2021 NIH awards in Pediatrics
Principal investigators
60
60 lead a grant here, 0 co-investigators
Department rank
#5
of 95 · 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

60 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. Chambers, Christina

    Leads 5 awards · $7,010,108

    • 1U24DA055325-01Department: NIH department code
      The Healthy Brain and Child Development National Consortium Administrative Core
      $5,839,998
      award amount
    • 5U01AA014835-18Department: NIH department code
      Early Predictors of FASD in Ukraine
      $357,381
      award amount
    • 5R01AA026579-04Department: NIH department code
      International Collaboration to Develop Scalable Methods for Early Detection of Neurodevelopmental Disorder Due to Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
      $327,323
      award amount
    • 3R21HD104412-01S1Department: NIH department code
      Home vs. Clinic Collection of Human Milk in Evaluating the Pharmacokinetics of Four Medications
      $260,215
      award amount
    • 1R21HD104412-01Department: NIH department code
      Home vs. Clinic Collection of Human Milk in Evaluating the Pharmacokinetics of Four Medications
      $225,191
      award amount
  2. Brown, Sandra A

    Leads 3 awards · $4,559,103

    • 5U24DA041147-07Department: NIH department code
      ABCD-USA Consortium: Coordinating Center
      $3,705,028
      award amount
    • 3U24DA041147-07S1Department: NIH department code
      ABCD-USA Consortium: Coordinating Center
      $654,075
      award amount
    • 3U24DA041147-07S2Department: NIH department code
      ABCD-USA Consortium: Coordinating Center
      $200,000
      award amount
  3. Rana, Tariq M

    Leads 3 awards · $3,650,627

    • 1U01DA053630-01Department: NIH department code
      Revealing the single cell determinants of brain relevant to persistent HIV infection and opioid use disorder
      $2,251,781
      award amount
    • 5R01DA049524-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the molecular mechanisms of HIV/AIDS associated neurological disorders using microglia and cerebral organoids derived from induced pluripotent stem cells
      $782,711
      award amount
    • 5R01DA046171-04Department: NIH department code
      Identification and Regulation of RNA Modification by HIV infection and Methamphetamine
      $616,135
      award amount
  4. Sun, Xin

    Leads 6 awards · $2,970,872

    • 5U01HL148867-03Department: NIH department code
      Decoding the Cellular Niches Critical for Lung Maturation and Pathogenesis
      $848,982
      award amount
    • 1R01AT011676-01Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting the Interoception Circuit that Controls Airway Constriction
      $555,290
      award amount
    • 5R01HL146141-03Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the Mechanisms Underlying Neuroendocrine Cell Hyperplasia of Infancy
      $553,853
      award amount
    • 1R01HL160019-01Department: NIH department code
      Balancing Airway Progenitor versus Progeny: a Pathway from Mitochondria
      $528,047
      award amount
    • 5R01HL142215-04Department: NIH department code
      Genetic Basis of Normal and Pathological Alveologenesis in Lung Development
      $464,366
      award amount
    • 3U01HL148867-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Decoding the Cellular Niches Critical for Lung Maturation and Pathogenesis
      $20,334
      award amount
  5. Spector, Stephen A

    Leads 2 awards · $2,696,835

    • 2UM1AI069536-15Department: NIH department code
      HIV Centers for Underrepresented Populations in Research Clinical Trials Unit (CURE CTU)
      $2,047,069
      award amount
    • 5R01NS104015-05Department: NIH department code
      Nanopeptide Targeting of HIV-CNS Reservoirs without Reactivation
      $649,766
      award amount
  6. Bandoli, Gretchen E.

    Leads 3 awards · $2,362,465

    • 1U01DA055369-01Department: NIH department code
      14/24 The Healthy Brain & Child Development National Consortium
      $1,697,564
      award amount
    • 5R01AA027785-02Department: NIH department code
      Reassessing FASD: Novel Approaches for Evaluating Exposure, Diagnosis and Outcomes in Children Prenatally Exposed to Alcohol
      $487,772
      award amount
    • 5K01AA027811-03Department: NIH department code
      Applying Machine Learning in the Prediction and Identification of Children Affected by Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
      $177,129
      award amount
  7. Boutelle, Kerri N

    Leads 3 awards · $1,668,140

    • 5R01DK116616-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Emotional Eating and Weight Loss in Adolescents
      $653,860
      award amount
    • 5R01DK111106-05Department: NIH department code
      Cue-Reward Learning and Weight Gain in Youth
      $537,835
      award amount
    • 5R01DK114794-05Department: NIH department code
      Behavioral Phenotypes of Reward and Inhibition in Parent-Child Weight Loss
      $476,445
      award amount
  8. Gaulton, Kyle Jeffrie

    Leads 3 awards · $1,471,774

    • 5R01DK122607-03Department: NIH department code
      Genetic mechanisms of type 1 diabetes risk in stress-induced pancreatic islets
      $960,228
      award amount
    • 5R01DK114650-04Department: NIH department code
      Diabetes risk variants affecting transcription factor-regulated cellular networks
      $387,500
      award amount
    • 3R01DK122607-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Genetic mechanisms of type 1 diabetes risk in stress-induced pancreatic islets
      $124,046
      award amount
  9. Burns, Jane C

    Leads 2 awards · $1,429,056

    • 5R01HL140898-04Department: NIH department code
      Innate Immune Activation and Endothelial Cell Dysfunction in Acute Kawasaki Disease
      $730,641
      award amount
    • 1R61HD105590-01Department: NIH department code
      Diagnosing and predicting risk in children with SARS-CoV-2- related illness
      $698,415
      award amount
  10. Feldstein, Ariel

    Leads 3 awards · $1,403,613

    • 5R01AA028134-02Department: NIH department code
      Hepatocyte-derived extracellular vesicles in alcoholic liver disease
      $580,403
      award amount
    • 5R01DK113592-05Department: NIH department code
      Sterile inflammation and pyroptotic cell death in liver fibrosis
      $494,042
      award amount
    • 5R01AA024206-05Department: NIH department code
      Gain of function mutations in inflammasome related genes in human and experimental alcoholic liver disease
      $329,168
      award amount
  11. Haddad, Gabriel G

    Leads 3 awards · $1,347,788

    • 5R01HL146530-03Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Basis of Hypoxia-Induced Excessive Erythrocytosis
      $599,006
      award amount
    • 1R21NS120023-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms underlying Notch function in hypoxia
      $434,500
      award amount
    • 1K12HD105271-01Department: NIH department code
      Developing Diverse Physician-Investigator Leaders for the Future of Child Health
      $314,282
      award amount
  12. Sander, Maike

    Leads 3 awards · $1,292,448

    • 2R01DK068471-15Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic determinants of beta cell development and function
      $483,480
      award amount
    • 5R01DK078803-12Department: NIH department code
      Novel insights into nutrient-dependent regulation of beta cell proliferation
      $430,733
      award amount
    • 5R01DK114427-04Department: NIH department code
      Promotion of beta cell proliferation by epigenetically reprogrammed macrophages
      $378,235
      award amount
  13. Carter, Hannah Kathryn

    Leads 1 award · $1,280,000

    • 1U01HG012059-01Department: NIH department code
      The impact of genomic variation on environment-induced changes in pancreatic beta cell states
      $1,280,000
      award amount
  14. Bode, Lars

    Leads 1 award · $1,250,000

    • 1P50HD106463-01Department: NIH department code
      Optimization of Antibiotics in Mothers and their Breastfed Infants Using Pharmacomicrobiomic and Metabolomic Analyses
      $1,250,000
      award amount
  15. Knight, Rob

    Leads 1 award · $1,106,000

    • 5DP1AT010885-03Department: NIH department code
      Mapping host-microbe-metabolite interactions in 3D to find diet-derived enhancers of immunity
      $1,106,000
      award amount
  16. Hughes, Christopher C. W.

    Leads 1 award · $1,009,567

    • 4UH3DK122639-03Department: NIH department code
      A 3D vascularized islet biomimetic to model type 1 diabetes
      $1,009,567
      award amount
  17. Winzeler, Elizabeth A

    Leads 2 awards · $896,285

    • 5R01AI152533-02Department: NIH department code
      Discovery of long-acting, chemoprotective antimalarial compounds
      $712,608
      award amount
    • 5R21AI152511-02Department: NIH department code
      Exploring the parasite genomics of severe falciparum malaria in Mozambique
      $183,677
      award amount
  18. Muotri, Alysson R.

    Leads 2 awards · $837,421

    • 1R01NS123642-01Department: NIH department code
      The impact of hiPSC-derived microglia in human brain development in health and disease
      $442,942
      award amount
    • 1R01MH123828-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome pathophysiology using a human model
      $394,479
      award amount
  19. Nizet, Victor

    Leads 2 awards · $784,016

    • 5R01AI145325-03Department: NIH department code
      C3-Dependent Intracellular Killing in Innate Immunity and Bacterial Pathogenesis
      $628,647
      award amount
    • 2T32HD087978-06Department: NIH department code
      Academic Training in Therapeutic Advancement for Child Health (ATTACH)
      $155,369
      award amount
  20. Shao, Jianhua

    Leads 2 awards · $782,500

    • 5R01DK095132-08Department: NIH department code
      The maternal-fetal adiponectin differential and fetal fat deposition
      $395,000
      award amount
    • 5R01DK113007-04Department: NIH department code
      Hypoadiponectinemia and Gestational Diabetes
      $387,500
      award amount
  21. Tantisira, Kelan G

    Leads 1 award · $774,627

    • 2R01HL162570-04A1Department: NIH department code
      Genomics and Pharmacogenomics of Symptoms in Asthma
      $774,627
      award amount
  22. Gaulton, Kyle Jeffrie

    Leads 1 award · $757,810

    • 5U01DK120429-04Department: NIH department code
      Single cell analysis of the human pancreas in type 1 diabetes
      $757,810
      award amount
  23. Lewis, Nathan Enoch

    Leads 2 awards · $656,874

    • 2R35GM119850-06Department: NIH department code
      Unraveling the mammalian secretory pathway through systems biology and algorithm development
      $460,962
      award amount
    • 5UH2AI153029-02Department: NIH department code
      ImmCellFIE: producing high-resolution snapshots of the functions of immune cells
      $195,912
      award amount
  24. Lawrence, Shelley M

    Leads 1 award · $636,457

    • 5R01HD099250-02Department: NIH department code
      NeoChip for specific and rapid identification of congenital CMV and neonatal HSV infections on minimal sample volume
      $636,457
      award amount
  25. Nigam, Sanjay K

    Leads 2 awards · $592,256

    • 5R01GM132938-03Department: NIH department code
      Role of the renal organic anion transporter OAT1 in metabolism and physiology
      $547,010
      award amount
    • 3R01GM132938-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Role of the renal organic anion transporter OAT1 in metabolism and physiology
      $45,246
      award amount
  26. Chavez, Alejandro

    Leads 1 award · $563,644

    • 7R21HG011855-02Department: NIH department code
      Protein tagging at scale to enable functional genomic studies
      $563,644
      award amount
  27. Joshi, Shweta

    Leads 2 awards · $560,017

    • 1R01NS122835-01Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Syk to enhance anti-tumor immune responses in neuroblastoma
      $398,787
      award amount
    • 5K22CA229594-02Department: NIH department code
      Myeloid Syk promotes tumor immunosuppression and inhibits anti-tumor adaptive immunity
      $161,230
      award amount
  28. Liu, George Y

    Leads 1 award · $543,136

    • 5R01AI144694-03Department: NIH department code
      Staphylococcus aureus interference with IsdB vaccination
      $543,136
      award amount
  29. Prince, Lawrence S

    Leads 1 award · $516,867

    • 5R01HL143256-04Department: NIH department code
      Impact of Early-in-life Disruption of Lung Development on Adult Lung Progenitor Function
      $516,867
      award amount
  30. Kumaraswamy, Monika

    Leads 1 award · $474,000

    • 5R01AI145310-02Department: NIH department code
      Surprising Efficacy of Discounted Antibiotics vs. MDR Gram-Negative Pathogens Occurring Through Innate Immune Sensitization
      $474,000
      award amount
  31. Bradley, John S

    Leads 1 award · $471,213

    • 5R01HD095547-04Department: NIH department code
      Longitudinal Assessment of Beta-lactam Antibiotic Exposure in in Critically Ill Children with Sepsis in the PICU to Predict Dosing Requirements
      $471,213
      award amount
  32. Franco, Alessandra I

    Leads 1 award · $436,964

    • 5R01AI143586-03Department: NIH department code
      How immunodominant Fc peptide epitopes expand natural regulatory T cells and downregulate inflammation
      $436,964
      award amount
  33. Nizet, Victor

    Leads 1 award · $427,360

    • 2T32AI007036-41Department: NIH department code
      Combating Antibiotic Resistance Into the Next Generation (CARING)
      $427,360
      award amount
  34. McCulley, David J

    Leads 1 award · $408,011

    • 7R01HL146859-03Department: NIH department code
      GENETIC AND DEVELOPMENTAL MECHANISMS OF CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA
      $408,011
      award amount
  35. Bode, Lars

    Leads 2 awards · $395,959

    • 1R21HD105186-01Department: NIH department code
      Exploring Associations between Human Milk Oligosaccharides and Atherosclerosis Risk Factors in Infancy and Early Childhood
      $225,959
      award amount
    • 5R21AI149452-02Department: NIH department code
      Exploring human milk oligosaccharides and malaria risk in breastfed infants
      $170,000
      award amount
  36. Campbell, Grant R

    Leads 1 award · $395,000

    • 1R01MH128021-01Department: NIH department code
      Targeting HIV Myeloid Reservoirs in the CNS by IAP and TREM1 Inhibition
      $395,000
      award amount
  37. Croker, Ben Adam

    Leads 1 award · $395,000

    • 5R01AI155869-02Department: NIH department code
      The Neutrophil Lineage in Inflammasomopathies
      $395,000
      award amount
  38. Fan, Chun Chieh

    Leads 1 award · $393,907

    • 5R01MH122688-02Department: NIH department code
      Identifying and quantifying genetic effects on neurodevelopmental trajectories in adolescents
      $393,907
      award amount
  39. Jhala, Ulupi S

    Leads 1 award · $387,500

    • 5R01DK116038-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Pancreatic Beta Cell Dysfunction
      $387,500
      award amount
  40. Bansal, Vikas

    Leads 1 award · $382,268

    • 5R01HG010759-02Department: NIH department code
      Computational methods for variant calling and haplotyping using long-read sequencing technologies
      $382,268
      award amount
  41. Aceves, Seema S

    Leads 2 awards · $376,944

    • 5R21AI154353-02Department: NIH department code
      Probing the Mechanisms of Fibroblast-Extracellular Matrix Interactions to Assess Disease Severity in Allergic Eosinophilic Esophagitis
      $197,396
      award amount
    • 5K24AI135034-04Department: NIH department code
      Mentoring Patient Oriented Research in Allergic Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders
      $179,548
      award amount
  42. Sahoo, Debashis

    Leads 2 awards · $368,046

    • 5R01GM138385-02Department: NIH department code
      Annotation of cell types in human colon tissue using Boolean analysis
      $355,406
      award amount
    • 3R01GM138385-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Summer Student Research on the Application of Boolean Analysis
      $12,640
      award amount
  43. Wildonger, Jill C

    Leads 1 award · $350,283

    • 1R01NS116373-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic analysis of microtubule dynamics and stability in neurons
      $350,283
      award amount
  44. Cherqui, Stephanie

    Leads 1 award · $345,625

    • 5R01NS108965-04Department: NIH department code
      Hematopoietic Stem Cell Gene Therapy for Friedreich's ataxia
      $345,625
      award amount
  45. Das, Soumita

    Leads 1 award · $312,575

    • 5UG3TR003355-02Department: NIH department code
      Precision therapeutics of inflammatory bowel disease guided by Boolean logic
      $312,575
      award amount
  46. Ganesan, Anusha Preethi

    Leads 1 award · $275,019

    • 5K08CA230164-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms underlying tumor-infiltrating tissue resident memory T cell generation and maintenance
      $275,019
      award amount
  47. Austin, Christine

    Leads 1 award · $269,861

    • 1UH2AA029062-01Department: NIH department code
      Development of biomarkers in deciduous teeth of children with FASD that predict neurobehavioral performance
      $269,861
      award amount
  48. Jones, Kenneth Lyons

    Leads 1 award · $262,217

    • 5U24AA014815-18Department: NIH department code
      Dysmorphology Research Resource
      $262,217
      award amount
  49. Aristizabal, Paula

    Leads 1 award · $254,821

    • 5K08CA230306-04Department: NIH department code
      COMPRENDO: Adaptation and Implementation of a Peer-Navigation Intervention to Improve Research Literacy and Diversity in Pediatric Leukemia Clinical Trials
      $254,821
      award amount
  50. Mak, Robert H

    Leads 1 award · $236,938

    • 5R01DK125811-02Department: NIH department code
      Targeting NLRP3 inflammasome for treating muscle complications of chronic kidney disease
      $236,938
      award amount
  51. Coufal, Nicole Gabriele

    Leads 1 award · $205,020

    • 5K08NS109200-04Department: NIH department code
      Examining Microglial Environmental Dependent Transcriptional Networks
      $205,020
      award amount
  52. Eichen, Dawn

    Leads 1 award · $198,032

    • 5K23DK114480-04Department: NIH department code
      Novel Executive Function Training for Obesity
      $198,032
      award amount
  53. Nolan, Elizabeth M

    Leads 1 award · $193,800

    • 5R21AI154644-02Department: NIH department code
      Antimicrobial activity of Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 microcin M
      $193,800
      award amount
  54. Ordonez Naranjo, Paulina M

    Leads 1 award · $187,366

    • 5R21AA027893-02Department: NIH department code
      Progression from steatosis to steatohepatitis in alcoholic liver disease is enhanced by the risk allele of PNPLA3 via remodeling of lipid droplets and disruption of bioactive lipid composition
      $187,366
      award amount
  55. Sajti, Eniko

    Leads 1 award · $177,120

    • 5K08HL140198-04Department: NIH department code
      Epigenomics of mononuclear phagocytes in prematurity associated lung disease
      $177,120
      award amount
  56. Perens, Elliot A

    Leads 1 award · $177,039

    • 5K08DK117056-04Department: NIH department code
      Identification of genetic pathways that regulate kidney cell fate: Hand2 inhibits intermediate mesoderm development
      $177,039
      award amount
  57. Barr, Justinn

    Leads 1 award · $66,390

    • 5F32HL151168-02Department: NIH department code
      Not all those who wander are lost: Specification of lung innervating sensory neurons
      $66,390
      award amount
  58. Coker, Joanna

    Leads 1 award · $38,758

    • 5F30HL152666-02Department: NIH department code
      Harnessing Neu5Gc sialidases to treat Neu5Gc-associated atherosclerosis
      $38,758
      award amount
  59. Poore, Gregory Derrick

    Leads 1 award · $35,483

    • 5F30CA243480-02Department: NIH department code
      Comprehensive characterization of the cancer microbiome and its immuno-oncology interface
      $35,483
      award amount
  60. Bakhoum, Christine

    Leads 1 award · $1

    • 1K23DK129836-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Significance of Nocturnal Blood Pressure Patterns in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease
      $1
      award amount