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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pediatrics at University of California, San Diego

La Jolla, CA

Funding
$62.6M
$62,639,743
Awards
79
FY2025 NIH awards in Pediatrics
Principal investigators
71
45 lead a grant here, 26 co-investigators
Department rank
#1
of 90 · 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

45 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. Christina Chambers

    Leads 6 awards · $13,216,334

    • 5U24DA055325-05Department: NIH department code
      The Healthy Brain and Child Development National Consortium Administrative Core

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

      $5,526,673
      award amount
    • 3U24DA055325-05S2Department: NIH department code
      The Healthy Brain and Child Development National Consortium Administrative Core

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

      $3,885,600
      award amount
    • 3U24DA055325-05S1Department: NIH department code
      The Healthy Brain and Child Development National Consortium Administrative Core

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

      $2,234,478
      award amount
    • 5R01AA029594-04Department: 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

      $629,538
      award amount
    • 5U01AA014835-22Department: NIH department code
      Whole Body Effects of PAE Across the Life Span: Early Markers of & Clinical Interventions for Children and Adolescents in Ukraine
      $551,886
      award amount
    • 1U24ES037005-01Department: NIH department code
      Maintaining and Enriching the UCSD Human Milk Research Biorepository (HMB) Cohort to Support Scientific Diversity
      $388,159
      award amount
  2. Terry L. Jernigan

    Leads 2 awards · $7,147,304

    • 5U24DA041147-11Department: NIH department code
      ABCD-USA Consortium: Coordinating Center

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

      $3,760,221
      award amount
    • 3U24DA041147-11S1Department: NIH department code
      ABCD-USA Consortium: Coordinating Center

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

      $3,387,083
      award amount
  3. Stephen A Spector

    Leads 2 awards · $4,249,057

    • 5UM1AI069536-19Department: NIH department code
      CURE CTU
      $2,404,040
      award amount
    • 3UM1AI069536-19S1Department: NIH department code
      CURE CTU
      $1,845,017
      award amount
  4. Alysson R. Muotri

    Leads 6 awards · $3,457,416

    • 5R01DA056908-04Department: NIH department code
      A new brain organoid model for NeuroHIV and the impact of opioids
      $784,742
      award amount
    • 5R01MH127077-04Department: 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

      $781,258
      award amount
    • 5R01AG078959-04Department: NIH department code
      Establishment of a causal link between AD and L1 retrotransposons
      $766,077
      award amount
    • 5R01NS123642-05Department: NIH department code
      The Impact of hiPSC-Derived Microglia in Human Brain Development in Health and Disease
      $442,942
      award amount
    • 5R01HD107788-04Department: NIH department code
      Impact of prenatal inflammation on developing human brain
      $346,647
      award amount
    • 5R01MH123828-05Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome pathophysiology using a human model
      $335,750
      award amount
  5. Jack Anthony Gilbert

    Leads 1 award · $3,324,303

    • 5U24DK131617-04Department: NIH department code
      The UCSD Microbiome and Metagenomics Center

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

      $3,324,303
      award amount
  6. Gretchen E. Bandoli

    Leads 4 awards · $2,396,549

    • 5U01DA055369-05Department: 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
    • 5R01HD112525-02Department: NIH department code
      Maternal and Infant Outcomes among Pregnant Women with Intellectual and Developmental Disability
      $402,298
      award amount
    • 5R21AA031765-02Department: NIH department code
      Parental alcohol and cannabis before and during pregnancy: a pilot study
      $222,800
      award amount
    • 3U01DA055369-05S1Department: NIH department code
      14/24 The Healthy Brain & Child Development National Consortium

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

      $56,944
      award amount
  7. Xin Sun

    Leads 4 awards · $2,370,807

    • 5U01HL175452-02Department: NIH department code
      Cross-Disease Multi-Modality Mapping of the Human Lung
      $743,401
      award amount
    • 5R01HL172027-02Department: NIH department code
      MYRF as an Entry Point to Study Mesothelium Function in Lung Development and Injury Repair
      $570,826
      award amount
    • 5R01HL169853-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanosensor Function in the Control of Gas Exchange Surface Size and Composition
      $565,022
      award amount
    • 5R01AT011676-05Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting the Interoception Circuit that Controls Airway Constriction
      $491,558
      award amount
  8. Victor Nizet

    Leads 3 awards · $2,296,090

    • 5R01AI176554-03Department: 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

      $991,226
      award amount
    • 5T32AI007036-45Department: NIH department code
      Combating Antibiotic Resistance Into the Next Generation (CARING)
      $669,590
      award amount
    • 5R01AI173689-03Department: 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

      $635,274
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32HD087978-10, led by Adriana H Tremoulet.

  9. Kelan G Tantisira

    Leads 1 award · $2,137,425

  10. Kyle Jeffrie Gaulton

    Leads 1 award · $1,993,904

  11. Nicole Gabriele Coufal

    Leads 4 awards · $1,678,769

    • 5R01AG082255-02Department: NIH department code
      Contribution of AD genetic risk and microglial BIN1 to tauopathy

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

      $752,411
      award amount
    • 5R01NS126452-03Department: NIH department code
      Microglial contribution to Down Syndrome Neuropathology
      $469,646
      award amount
    • 5R01NS124637-04Department: NIH department code
      The Contribution of Microglial MEF2C to Brain Development
      $408,929
      award amount
    • 3R01NS126452-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Microglial contribution to Down Syndrome Neuropathology
      $47,783
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS135162-02, led by Stephanie Cherqui.

  12. Gabriel G Haddad

    Leads 3 awards · $1,656,757

    • 5R01HL157445-04Department: NIH department code
      Obstructive sleep apnea, the microbiome and cardiovascular disease
      $712,492
      award amount
    • 5R01DA053372-04Department: NIH department code
      Effect of methadone on the developmental properties of human brain organoids
      $620,265
      award amount
    • 5K12HD105271-05Department: NIH department code
      Developing Diverse Physician-Investigator Leaders for the Future of Child Health
      $324,000
      award amount
  13. George Y Liu

    Leads 2 awards · $1,523,739

    • 5R01AI181321-03Department: NIH department code
      Interrogating human anti-staphylococcal antibody responses for S. aureus vaccine insights

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

      $808,814
      award amount
    • 5R01AI179098-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of vaccine interference by S. aureus-induced imprints
      $714,925
      award amount
  14. Manuela Raffatellu

    Leads 4 awards · $1,363,559

    • 5R01AI176390-03Department: NIH department code
      Harnessing iron acquisition to hinder enterobacterial pathogenesis

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

      $635,769
      award amount
    • 5R37AI126277-09Department: NIH department code
      Nutritional immunity during Salmonella infection
      $456,731
      award amount
    • 5R21AI186034-02Department: NIH department code
      Applied Metatranscriptomics and Metatranslatomics to identify new mechanisms of Salmonella-microbiota competition

      Principal investigators: Manuela Raffatellu (contact PI), Karsten B Zengler

      $178,331
      award amount
    • 3R01AI176390-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Harnessing iron acquisition to hinder enterobacterial pathogenesis

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

      $92,728
      award amount
  15. Kerri N Boutelle

    Leads 2 awards · $1,351,016

    • 5R01DK135599-03Department: NIH department code
      Addressing appetitive traits to promote weight management in children who overeat
      $685,849
      award amount
    • 5R01HD106991-04Department: NIH department code
      Telehealth Parent-Only Treatment for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Overweight/Obesity
      $665,167
      award amount
  16. Elizabeth A Winzeler

    Leads 1 award · $1,123,100

  17. Stephanie Cherqui

    Leads 2 awards · $972,280

    • 5R01NS135162-02Department: NIH department code
      Microgial contribution and therapeutic potential in Friedreich's ataxia

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

      $585,180
      award amount
    • 5R01AG086443-02Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the mechanism of rescue of Alzheimers disease by hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
      $387,100
      award amount
  18. Hojun Li

    Leads 2 awards · $965,184

    • 1R01HL180336-01Department: NIH department code
      Major histocompatibility complex gene editing to prevent hematopoietic stem cell graft rejection
      $725,971
      award amount
    • 1R03DK144353-01Department: NIH department code
      The interface between glucocorticoid signaling and histone acetylation in erythropoiesis
      $239,213
      award amount
  19. Pia S Pannaraj

    Leads 1 award · $815,922

    • 5R01AI173194-05Department: NIH department code
      Longitudinal SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine-induced mucosal, serological, and cellular immunity in children and human milk
      $815,922
      award amount
  20. Eniko Sajti

    Leads 1 award · $778,292

    • 5R01HL170183-03Department: NIH department code
      Role of neonatal lung macrophages in mediating resilience to hyperoxia induced lung injury via TREM2 signaling
      $778,292
      award amount
  21. Seema S Aceves

    Leads 1 award · $700,607

    • 5R01DK114457-06Department: NIH department code
      TWEAK/TNFSF12 and LIGHT/TNFSF14 interactions in allergic esophagitis remodeling

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

      $700,607
      award amount
  22. Paula Aristizabal

    Leads 1 award · $663,439

    • 5R01CA279945-03Department: NIH department code
      Multisite Implementation of COMPRENDO (ChildhOod Malignancy Peer REsearch NavigatiOn) to improve participation of Hispanic children in cancer clinical trials
      $663,439
      award amount
  23. Sanjay K Nigam

    Leads 1 award · $610,415

    • 5R01DK109392-08Department: NIH department code
      The Role in OAT1 in Uremia
      $610,415
      award amount
  24. Harold M Hoffman

    Leads 1 award · $565,420

    • 5R01DK113592-08Department: NIH department code
      Sterile inflammation and pyroptotic cell death in liver fibrosis

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

      $565,420
      award amount
  25. Anusha Preethi Ganesan

    Leads 1 award · $546,308

    • 1R37CA288506-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Targeting T Cells for enhancing anti-tumor immunity in pediatric brain tumors.
      $546,308
      award amount
  26. Jianhua Shao

    Leads 1 award · $486,228

    • 5R01DK113007-07Department: NIH department code
      Hypoadiponectinemia and Gestational Diabetes
      $486,228
      award amount
  27. Kyung E Rhee

    Leads 1 award · $474,757

    • 5R01DK140573-02Department: NIH department code
      Addressing Food Insecurity in the Health Care Setting to Promote Health Equity
      $474,757
      award amount
  28. Nathan Enoch Lewis

    Leads 2 awards · $441,394

    • 5R35GM119850-10Department: NIH department code
      Unraveling the mammalian secretory pathway through systems biology and algorithm development
      $434,500
      award amount
    • 3R35GM119850-10S1Department: NIH department code
      Unraveling the mammalian secretory pathway through systems biology and algorithm development
      $6,894
      award amount
  29. Shweta Joshi

    Leads 1 award · $398,787

    • 5R01NS122835-05Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Syk to enhance anti-tumor immune responses in neuroblastoma
      $398,787
      award amount
  30. Lori Broderick

    Leads 1 award · $385,575

    • 1R01AI189984-01Department: NIH department code
      Crosstalk of Immune Dysregulation and Impaired Wound Healing in inherited STAT4-mediated Autoinflammatory Disease
      $385,575
      award amount
  31. Lauren Gist

    Leads 1 award · $348,448

    • 5U24AA014815-22Department: NIH department code
      FASD Diagnostic Telemedicine Resource

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

      $348,448
      award amount
  32. Jill C Wildonger

    Leads 1 award · $335,479

    • 5R01NS116373-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic analysis of microtubule dynamics and stability in neurons
      $335,479
      award amount
  33. Vivien Ileana Maltez

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00GM147841-03Department: NIH department code
      Multiplex imaging in therapy refractory tumors: understanding the spatiotemporal facets of an immunosuppressive environment
      $249,000
      award amount
  34. Francesca Briganti

    Leads 1 award · $248,743

    • 5R00HL165099-03Department: NIH department code
      Using miRNA to identify new therapeutic pathways for dilated cardiomyopathy
      $248,743
      award amount
  35. Julie Ann Jaffray

    Leads 2 awards · $241,384

    • 5K23HL163330-05Department: 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
    • 3K23HL163330-05S1Department: 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
      $70,096
      award amount
  36. Hari Kope Narayan

    Leads 1 award · $196,591

    • 5K23HL163456-03Department: NIH department code
      The Clinical Relevance of Anthracycline-Related Cardiac Remodeling in Childhood Cancer Survivors
      $196,591
      award amount
  37. Adriana H Tremoulet

    Leads 1 award · $189,669

    • 5T32HD087978-10Department: NIH department code
      Academic Training in Therapeutic Advancement for Child Health (ATTACH)

      Principal investigators: Adriana H Tremoulet (contact PI), Victor Nizet

      $189,669
      award amount
  38. Thu Anh Duong

    Leads 1 award · $173,259

    • 1K08HL173682-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Role of KLF6 in Lung Development
      $173,259
      award amount
  39. Le Xu

    Leads 1 award · $153,130

    • 5K99HL171830-02Department: NIH department code
      Frontiers at the edge: Subpleural fibroblasts orchestrate pulmonary fibrosis progression
      $153,130
      award amount
  40. Justinn Barr

    Leads 1 award · $152,212

    • 5K99HL169897-02Department: NIH department code
      Rare Airway Cell Function in Post-Viral Chronic Inflammation
      $152,212
      award amount
  41. Alexander G Foote

    Leads 1 award · $78,040

    • 5F32DC021634-03Department: NIH department code
      Neuroimmune interactions for laryngeal sensorimotor neuropathy in postviral influenza infection
      $78,040
      award amount
  42. Celina Tien Nguyen

    Leads 1 award · $54,538

    • 5F30HD112148-03Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Chromosome Y in Human Microglia and Neurodevelopment
      $54,538
      award amount
  43. Hunter Lawson Gage

    Leads 1 award · $43,049

    • 1F30AI194733-01Department: NIH department code
      Macrophage-derived nanoparticles as an adjuvant therapy for severe bacterial pneumonia
      $43,049
      award amount
  44. Grant J Norton

    Leads 1 award · $42,868

    • 5F31AI186410-02Department: NIH department code
      Metatranslatomics enables functional profiling of microbial competition in the Salmonella-perturbed gut
      $42,868
      award amount
  45. Genevieve Taplitz Curtin

    Leads 1 award · $42,596

    • 1F30HD117642-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The Contribution of Microglia to Neurodevelopmental Dysfunction in Down Syndrome
      $42,596
      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.