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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Radiology at University of California, San Diego

La Jolla, CA

Funding
$13.1M
$13,142,150
Awards
24
FY2026 NIH awards in Radiology
Principal investigators
27
20 lead a grant here, 7 co-investigators
Department rank
#21
of 75 · 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 Radiology row of the University of California, San Diego page.

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. Ahmed El Kaffas

    Leads 2 awards · $2,112,022

    • 4R01CA286505-03Department: NIH department code
      A 3D DCE-US Interconnected Voxel Analysis Framework for Bedside Characterization of Tumor Vascular Properties in Liver Malignancies.

      Principal investigators: Ahmed El Kaffas (contact PI), Dimitre Hristov Hristov

      $1,939,244
      award amount
    • 5R01CA195443-09Department: NIH department code
      Three-Dimensional Multi-Parametric Ultrasound for Monitoring Therapy of Liver Metastasis
      $172,778
      award amount
  2. Mitsue Miyazaki

    Leads 2 awards · $1,524,180

    • 5R01AG087407-03Department: NIH department code
      Intrinsic CSF outflow metrics for mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease
      $765,357
      award amount
    • 5R01AG076692-03Department: NIH department code
      Aging and Exercise Effects of Dural Lymphatic Clearance in Healthy Human and Diabetic Brains
      $758,823
      award amount
  3. Lawrence R Frank

    Leads 1 award · $1,484,173

    • 5R01AG079280-04Department: NIH department code
      Joint Estimate Diffusion Imaging (JEDI) for improved Tissue Characterization and Neural Connectivity in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease

      Principal investigators: Lawrence R Frank (contact PI), Elizabeth B Hutchinson, Mark W Bondi

      $1,484,173
      award amount
  4. Eric T. Ahrens

    Leads 2 awards · $1,311,398

    • 5R01CA290014-03Department: NIH department code
      Imaging tumor-associated macrophages in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma using fluorine-19 MRI

      Principal investigators: Eric T. Ahrens (contact PI), Joseph A Califano

      $655,700
      award amount
    • 5R01CA279271-04Department: NIH department code
      Metallo-fluorocarbon nanoemulsion for PET detection of cancer inflammation
      $655,698
      award amount
  5. Jiang Du

    Leads 2 awards · $1,257,869

    • 5R01AG075717-03Department: NIH department code
      Quantitative UTE MR Imaging of Myelin: Novel Biomarkers for Alzheimer's Disease
      $635,850
      award amount
    • 5R01AR085008-02Department: NIH department code
      Ultrashort Echo Time Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Knee Joint
      $622,019
      award amount
  6. Carrie R McDonald

    Leads 1 award · $720,816

    • 5R01NS120976-05Department: NIH department code
      BRain Aging and Cognition in Epilepsy (BRACE): A longitudinal investigation of vascular, genetic, and biomarker risk profiles in elderly patients with epilepsy
      $720,816
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01CA289833-02, led by Jona A Hattangadi-Gluth.

  7. Chi-Hua Chen

    Leads 1 award · $670,491

    • 5R01MH132783-03Department: NIH department code
      Genetic heterogeneity and pleiotropy of neuroimaging and psychiatric phenotypes
      $670,491
      award amount
  8. Claude B Sirlin

    Leads 1 award · $669,527

    • 5R01DK135951-03Department: NIH department code
      Quantitative Ultrasound To Diagnose Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Children.

      Principal investigators: Claude B Sirlin (contact PI), Jeffrey Barnett Schwimmer

      $669,527
      award amount
  9. Jona A Hattangadi-Gluth

    Leads 1 award · $654,111

    • 5R01CA289833-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Radiation-Induced Neurocognitive Decline (MIND): Longitudinal Study of Imaging Biomarkers and Risk and Resilience Factors Underlying Cognitive Phenotypes in Patients with Glioma

      Principal investigators: Jona A Hattangadi-Gluth (contact PI), Carrie R McDonald

      $654,111
      award amount
  10. Andrew B. Sharabi

    Leads 1 award · $650,597

    • 1R01CA292622-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Role of B-cells in Durable Complete Responses to Immunotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer
      $650,597
      award amount
  11. Sunil J Advani

    Leads 1 award · $533,079

    • 5R01CA268513-04Department: NIH department code
      Spatially precise radio-chemo-immunotherapy using antibody conjugates
      $533,079
      award amount
  12. Yajun Ma

    Leads 1 award · $397,433

    • 5R01AR079484-05Department: NIH department code
      Ultrashort Echo Time Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Lumbar Intervertebral Disc.
      $397,433
      award amount
  13. Alena Stasenko

    Leads 1 award · $221,943

    • 5K23NS142707-02Department: NIH department code
      Chronic Monitoring for a Chronic Condition: Leveraging Digital Assessment to Determine Lifestyle Impacts on Cognitive Aging in Epilepsy
      $221,943
      award amount
  14. Jyoti Mayadev

    Leads 1 award · $173,920

    • 5R50CA282102-04Department: NIH department code
      NCI Clinical Trial Research Strategy, Harnessing Innovation, and Implementation
      $173,920
      award amount
  15. Rebecca Ann Rakow-Penner

    Leads 1 award · $149,985

    • 5T32EB005970-18Department: NIH department code
      Training Clinical Scientists in Radiological Imaging

      Principal investigators: Rebecca Ann Rakow-Penner (contact PI), Eric Y Chang

      $149,985
      award amount
  16. James D Murphy

    Leads 1 award · $133,241

    • 5R25CA274175-05Department: NIH department code
      University of California San Diego Outreach Program To Inspire Minority and Underrepresented Students (OPTIMUS)

      Principal investigators: James D Murphy (contact PI), Christopher P Halter

      $133,241
      award amount
  17. Melody K Schiaffino

    Leads 1 award · $130,860

    • 5K01AG068592-06Department: NIH department code
      Improving age-related risk assessment and documentation for diverse older adults with cancer
      $130,860
      award amount
  18. Saeed Jerban

    Leads 1 award · $120,368

    • 5K01AR080257-05Department: NIH department code
      Knee evaluation under mechanical loading by cones ultrashort echo time MR imaging
      $120,368
      award amount
  19. Soo Hyun Shin

    Leads 1 award · $117,426

    • 1K99AR086311-01A1Department: NIH department code
      A novel MRI method for noninvasive imaging of bone quality in type 2 diabetes
      $117,426
      award amount
  20. Vadim Malis

    Leads 1 award · $108,711

    • 5K99HL177415-02Department: NIH department code
      Early Changes of T2* Measures in Lung Tissues using deltaTE-UTE MRI on healthy and COPD Patients
      $108,711
      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.

  • Dimitre Hristov Hristov

    Co-investigator on 4R01CA286505-03, led by Ahmed El Kaffas

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

  • Elizabeth B Hutchinson

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG079280-04, led by Lawrence R Frank

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

  • Mark W Bondi

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG079280-04, led by Lawrence R Frank

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Jeffrey Barnett Schwimmer

    Co-investigator on 5R01DK135951-03, led by Claude B Sirlin

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

  • Joseph A Califano

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA290014-03, led by Eric T. Ahrens

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Eric Y Chang

    Co-investigator on 5T32EB005970-18, led by Rebecca Ann Rakow-Penner

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

  • Christopher P Halter

    Co-investigator on 5R25CA274175-05, led by James D Murphy

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