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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Ophthalmology at University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

Funding
$23.9M
$23,886,216
Awards
55
FY2025 NIH awards in Ophthalmology
Principal investigators
40
27 lead a grant here, 13 co-investigators
Department rank
#2
of 67 · 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 Ophthalmology row of the University of California, San Francisco page.

Leads a grant in this department

27 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. Xin Duan

    Leads 3 awards · $2,983,423

    • 5U01NS136405-02Department: NIH department code
      BRAIN CONNECTS: Scalable Approaches for Bidirectional Brain-wide Trans-Neuronal Connectivity Mapping of Defined Cell Types

      Principal investigators: Xin Duan (contact PI), Evan Harriman Feinberg, Shenqin Yao

      $1,795,855
      award amount
    • 5R01NS123912-05Department: NIH department code
      MAPPING RETINOTECTAL CIRCUITS FOR VISUAL-EVOKED INNATE BEHAVIORS

      Principal investigators: Xin Duan (contact PI), Massimo Scanziani

      $677,979
      award amount
    • 2R01EY030138-06Department: NIH department code
      Decoding the Mechanisms for Selective Retinotectal Circuit Wiring
      $509,589
      award amount
  2. Jeremy David Keenan

    Leads 4 awards · $2,475,224

    • 5UG1EY033284-03Department: NIH department code
      Parasitic Ulcer Treatment Trial
      $1,187,979
      award amount
    • 5UG1EY036346-02Department: NIH department code
      Village-Integrated Eye Worker Trial II (VIEW II) Extension
      $785,986
      award amount
    • 5R33EY033690-05Department: NIH department code
      Integrating smartphone photography for trachoma, smartphone visual acuity assessment, and mobile autorefraction to enhance community-based public health monitoring
      $296,259
      award amount
    • 5R21EY036443-02Department: NIH department code
      Exploring the role of metagenomic deep sequencing for trachoma
      $205,000
      award amount
  3. Benjamin F Arnold

    Leads 4 awards · $1,688,662

    • 5R01AI162867-05Department: NIH department code
      Enteric Pathogen Force of Infection among Children using Serology
      $770,344
      award amount
    • 5R01AI166671-04Department: NIH department code
      Serologic measures of enteric pathogen transmission for intervention studies and population monitoring in low-resource settings
      $435,028
      award amount
    • 5R01AI158884-05Department: NIH department code
      Seroepidemiology of trachoma for the elimination endgame
      $403,750
      award amount
    • 1R03AI188012-01Department: NIH department code
      Effect of WASH interventions on population resilience to climate-driven enteric pathogen transmission along a gradient of socio-economic position
      $79,540
      award amount
  4. Catherine Elizabeth Oldenburg

    Leads 5 awards · $1,688,230

    • 5R01HD111532-02Department: NIH department code
      Azithromycin as adjunctive treatment for uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition: the AMOUR trial
      $619,411
      award amount
    • 1R01HD114864-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Vitality in Infants Via Azithromycin for Neonates Trial (VIVANT)
      $450,170
      award amount
    • 1R21MH139015-01Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the role of caregiver mental health in outcomes following childhood severe acute malnutrition
      $237,765
      award amount
    • 1R21AI182714-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging the seasonal malaria chemoprevention platform to address malaria and malnutrition
      $214,160
      award amount
    • 3R01HD114864-01A1S1Department: NIH department code
      Vitality in Infants Via Azithromycin for Neonates Trial (VIVANT)
      $166,724
      award amount
  5. Douglas Gould

    Leads 3 awards · $1,686,246

    • 1R01NS140370-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic and Functional Evaluation of a Model of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease
      $770,502
      award amount
    • 2R01EY019887-11A1Department: NIH department code
      Genetically testing mechanisms of ocular development and disease
      $710,744
      award amount
    • 5R21DK140866-02Department: NIH department code
      Development of novel genetic tools for the study of type IV collagens
      $205,000
      award amount
  6. Yvonne Ou

    Leads 4 awards · $1,672,664

    • 5R01EY034973-03Department: NIH department code
      Retinal circuit disassembly in primate glaucoma

      Principal investigators: Yvonne Ou (contact PI), Benjamin M Sivyer, Brad Fortune

      $725,589
      award amount
    • 2K12EY031372-06Department: NIH department code
      UCSF-Proctor Clinician Vision Scholars K12 Program

      Principal investigators: Yvonne Ou (contact PI), Thomas M Lietman

      $640,451
      award amount
    • 1R38EY037091-01Department: NIH department code
      UCSF Program in Resident Opportunities for Mentored Ophthalmic Training in Experimentation (PROMOTE)
      $252,573
      award amount
    • 3R01EY034973-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Retinal circuit disassembly in primate glaucoma

      Principal investigators: Yvonne Ou (contact PI), Benjamin M Sivyer, Brad Fortune

      $54,051
      award amount
  7. Thuy A Doan

    Leads 4 awards · $1,449,529

    • 5R01EY036058-02Department: NIH department code
      Multi-omics Strategies to Improve Clinical Outcomes in Uveitis

      Principal investigators: Thuy A Doan (contact PI), Jessica Shantha

      $432,027
      award amount
    • 5R01EY032861-04Department: NIH department code
      Improving Corneal Ulcer Outcomes with Unbiased Pathogen and Antimicrobial Resistance Detection
      $407,641
      award amount
    • 5R01EY032041-05Department: NIH department code
      Seasonal Conjunctivitis Outbreak Reporting for Prevention and Improved Outcomes (SCORPIO)
      $404,861
      award amount
    • 5R21EY036683-02Department: NIH department code
      Programmable Phage Display Peptidomes to Characterize Uveitis

      Principal investigators: Thuy A Doan (contact PI), Nisha Acharya

      $205,000
      award amount
  8. Felice A Dunn

    Leads 4 awards · $1,364,713

    • 5R01EY029772-07Department: NIH department code
      Synaptic and circuit mechanisms of compensation following loss of cone inputs in the mature retina
      $559,715
      award amount
    • 5R01EY035028-02Department: NIH department code
      Retinal mechanisms underlying the optokinetic reflex

      Principal investigators: Felice A Dunn (contact PI), Alex L Kolodkin

      $454,292
      award amount
    • 1R21EY036209-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Development of a novel, noninvasive, sensitive measure of retinal dysfunction

      Principal investigators: Felice A Dunn (contact PI), Austin Roorda, Jacque Lynne Duncan, Taras V Litvin

      $245,733
      award amount
    • 3R01EY035028-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Retinal mechanisms underlying the optokinetic reflex

      Principal investigators: Felice A Dunn (contact PI), Alex L Kolodkin

      $104,973
      award amount
  9. Kayarat Saidas Nair

    Leads 3 awards · $1,233,503

    • 1R21EY038004-01Department: NIH department code
      Multimodal Characterization of a Novel Inherited Mouse Model of Glaucoma
      $451,000
      award amount
    • 5R01EY032666-04Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing the Molecular Mechanisms of PRSS56-Dependent Ocular Growth and Refractive Error
      $403,750
      award amount
    • 5R01EY033015-04Department: NIH department code
      Determining Molecular Mechanisms of Human Glaucoma Genes
      $378,753
      award amount
  10. Ying Han

    Leads 1 award · $1,038,103

    • 5UG1EY033703-03Department: NIH department code
      Glaucoma Drainage Device and Endothelial Cell Density Loss Compare (DECLARE) Trial

      Principal investigators: Ying Han (contact PI), Jennifer Rose-Nussbaumer

      $1,038,103
      award amount
  11. Kieran O'Brien

    Leads 1 award · $777,408

    • 5R01AI175250-02Department: NIH department code
      Résistance Evaluée contre la Vie des Enfants au Niger-Implementation et Recherche (REVENIR). Community antimicrobial resistance after azithromycin distribution: selection, spillover, co-selection

      Principal investigators: Kieran O'Brien (contact PI), Thomas M Lietman

      $777,408
      award amount
  12. O'Rese J Knight

    Leads 1 award · $713,964

    • 1R01EY036103-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Novel Approach to 24-hr IOP Assessment

      Principal investigators: O'Rese J Knight (contact PI), Noel Marysa Ziebarth

      $713,964
      award amount
  13. Matilda F Chan

    Leads 2 awards · $649,750

    • 5R01EY032161-05Department: NIH department code
      Analysis of chemical modulators for corneal endothelial dystrophies

      Principal investigators: Matilda F Chan (contact PI), Jason E Gestwicki

      $403,750
      award amount
    • 1R21EY035829-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Serum components to support corneal health
      $246,000
      award amount
  14. Aparna Lakkaraju

    Leads 2 awards · $621,569

    • 5R01EY035514-02Department: NIH department code
      Triple threat therapeutics for inherited retinal degenerations
      $471,569
      award amount
    • 3R01EY035514-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Triple threat therapeutics for inherited retinal degenerations
      $150,000
      award amount
  15. Nisha Acharya

    Leads 1 award · $606,382

    • 5R01EY028739-08Department: NIH department code
      The Impact of the Herpes Zoster Vaccine on Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus
      $606,382
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R21EY036683-02, led by Thuy A Doan.

  16. Gerami D Seitzman

    Leads 1 award · $492,000

    • 1R34EY037743-01Department: NIH department code
      Decentralized Dry Eye Study, Planning & Feasibility
      $492,000
      award amount
  17. Thomas M Lietman

    Leads 2 awards · $443,659

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AI175250-02, led by Kieran O'Brien; 2K12EY031372-06, led by Yvonne Ou.

  18. Erik M Ullian

    Leads 1 award · $403,750

    • 5R01EY032197-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic analysis and allellic genome editing of iPSC-derived dominant LCA model
      $403,750
      award amount
  19. Seth Blumberg

    Leads 1 award · $403,750

    • 5R35GM147702-04Department: NIH department code
      Modeling the dynamics of disease elimination
      $403,750
      award amount
  20. Maxence V Nachury

    Leads 1 award · $384,801

    • 5R01GM089933-16Department: NIH department code
      Quality Control of the cilia proteome
      $384,801
      award amount
  21. Catherine Qing Sun

    Leads 1 award · $256,003

    • 5K23EY032637-05Department: NIH department code
      Real-world outcomes of proliferative diabetic retinopathy
      $256,003
      award amount
  22. Tyson Nam Kim

    Leads 1 award · $228,444

    • 5K08EY033030-05Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the developmental and molecular mechanism of chorioretinal anastomoses in a model of type 3 neovascular age-related macular degeneration
      $228,444
      award amount
  23. Neel Dave Pasricha

    Leads 1 award · $219,343

    • 5K08EY033859-03Department: NIH department code
      Human Ocular Surface Electrophysiology
      $219,343
      award amount
  24. Jacque Lynne Duncan

    Leads 1 award · $163,188

    • 5UG1EY033292-04Department: NIH department code
      NAC Attack AOSLO Reading Center

      Principal investigators: Jacque Lynne Duncan (contact PI), Joseph Carroll

      $163,188
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R21EY036209-01A1, led by Felice A Dunn.

  25. Fei Wang

    Leads 1 award · $116,888

    • 5K99EY036489-02Department: NIH department code
      Defining Roles of Perivascular Retinal Neurons by Integrating Visual Stimuli and Vascular Tones
      $116,888
      award amount
  26. Annika Balraj

    Leads 1 award · $80,020

    • 1F32EY037105-01Department: NIH department code
      Neural mechanisms of sensory encoding after photoreceptor degeneration
      $80,020
      award amount
  27. Jessica Shantha

    Leads 1 award · $45,000

    • 1R13EY038087-01Department: NIH department code
      Global Ophthalmology Summit
      $45,000
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01EY036058-02, led by Thuy A Doan.

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.