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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pediatrics at University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

Funding
$34.3M
$34,262,486
Awards
75
FY2026 NIH awards in Pediatrics
Principal investigators
76
55 lead a grant here, 21 co-investigators
Department rank
#16
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 Francisco page.

Leads a grant in this department

55 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. Marina Sirota

    Leads 3 awards · $3,390,268

    • 1U01AG090913-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Identifying transcriptomic and exposomic factors that explain sex-specific trajectories AD/ADRD using integrative computational approaches

      Principal investigators: Marina Sirota (contact PI), Chirag J. Patel

      $1,471,123
      award amount
    • 1R01AG100879-01Department: NIH department code
      Cell Type Specific Drug Repurposing for Alzheimer's Disease

      Principal investigators: Marina Sirota (contact PI), Carlo L Condello

      $1,419,145
      award amount
    • 1R56HD122741-01Department: NIH department code
      Single Cell Molecular Characterization and Computational Drug Discovery for Fertility-Sparing Treatment of Uterine Fibroids

      Principal investigators: Marina Sirota (contact PI), Aleksandar Rajkovic

      $500,000
      award amount
  2. Christopher Craig Dvorak

    Leads 1 award · $1,724,763

  3. Deborah Anne Dean

    Leads 2 awards · $1,611,564

    • 1R01AI197356-01Department: NIH department code
      Interplay of heterosexual male-female partner microbiomes, Chlamydia trachomatis and transmission

      Principal investigators: Deborah Anne Dean (contact PI), Timothy D. Read

      $816,421
      award amount
    • 5R01AI158527-05Department: NIH department code
      Impact of ocular microbiome, immune response and Chlamydiae on trachoma following MDA

      Principal investigators: Deborah Anne Dean (contact PI), Timothy D. Read

      $795,143
      award amount
  4. Julie D Saba

    Leads 4 awards · $1,500,955

    • 5R01HD113778-03Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing the natural history of sphingosine phosphate lyase insufficiency syndrome (SPLIS): a fundamental step in the development of a targeted cure for this novel atypical sphingolipidosis
      $671,928
      award amount
    • 4R33HL171786-03Department: NIH department code
      Adeno-associated virus-mediated SGPL1 gene therapy as a first-in-class treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis that acts by reducing sphingosine-1-phosphate and downstream profibrotic signaling
      $574,000
      award amount
    • 5R21OD037868-02Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing a novel mouse model linking sphingolipid metabolism to multi-organ fibrosis
      $205,000
      award amount
    • 3R01HD113778-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing the natural history of sphingosine phosphate lyase insufficiency syndrome (SPLIS): a fundamental step in the development of a targeted cure for this novel atypical sphingolipidosis
      $50,027
      award amount
  5. Elliot Stieglitz

    Leads 2 awards · $1,263,353

    • 5R37CA266550-05Department: NIH department code
      Implementation of an interventional, risk-adapted clinical trial for children with newly diagnosed juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia.
      $675,576
      award amount
    • 1R01CA316529-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Determinants of Response to Pan-RAS Inhibition in Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia
      $587,777
      award amount
  6. Devan Jaganath

    Leads 6 awards · $1,237,759

    • 5R01HL169449-04Department: NIH department code
      Automated lung sound analysis to improve the clinical diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children
      $441,751
      award amount
    • 1R01HL184914-01Department: NIH department code
      The development and expansion of automated chest x-ray reading algorithms for childhood tuberculosis

      Principal investigators: Devan Jaganath (contact PI), James Alexander Seddon

      $369,089
      award amount
    • 3R01HL184914-01S1Department: NIH department code
      The development and expansion of automated chest x-ray reading algorithms for childhood tuberculosis

      Principal investigators: Devan Jaganath (contact PI), James Alexander Seddon

      $183,488
      award amount
    • 3R01HL169449-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Automated lung sound analysis to improve the clinical diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children
      $142,105
      award amount
    • 3R01HL184914-01S2Department: NIH department code
      The development and expansion of automated chest x-ray reading algorithms for childhood tuberculosis

      Principal investigators: Devan Jaganath (contact PI), James Alexander Seddon

      $65,130
      award amount
    • 3R01HL184914-01S3Department: NIH department code
      The development and expansion of automated chest x-ray reading algorithms for childhood tuberculosis

      Principal investigators: Devan Jaganath (contact PI), James Alexander Seddon

      $36,196
      award amount
  7. Naomi Shula Bardach

    Leads 2 awards · $1,145,407

    • 5R01HD119441-02Department: NIH department code
      Family Input for Quality and Safety Dissemination and Implementation
      $708,391
      award amount
    • 1T32TR006371-01Department: NIH department code
      CTSA Postdoctoral T32 at the University of California, San Francisco
      $437,016
      award amount
  8. Thomas Darmody Arnold

    Leads 2 awards · $1,137,783

    • 5R01NS142590-02Department: NIH department code
      Structure-Guiding Tools to Study the Role of Choline in the Development of Congenital Hydrocephalus
      $629,173
      award amount
    • 5R01EY034615-04Department: NIH department code
      The role of heme in retinal vascular development and disease

      Principal investigators: Thomas Darmody Arnold (contact PI), David Antonetti

      $508,610
      award amount
  9. Cynthia C Harper

    Leads 2 awards · $1,085,335

    • 5K12AR084219-28Department: NIH department code
      University of California, San Francisco/Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) K12 Program

      Principal investigators: Cynthia C Harper (contact PI), Monica Gandhi

      $906,701
      award amount
    • 3K12AR084219-28S1Department: NIH department code
      University of California, San Francisco/Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) K12 Program

      Principal investigators: Cynthia C Harper (contact PI), Monica Gandhi

      $178,634
      award amount
  10. Patrick Sean McQuillen

    Leads 3 awards · $1,030,613

    • 5R01HL165400-04Department: NIH department code
      Brain Injury and Dysmaturation in Newborns with Congenital Heart Disease Born Preterm
      $658,949
      award amount
    • 3R01HL165400-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Brain Injury and Dysmaturation in Newborns with Congenital Heart Disease Born Preterm
      $222,739
      award amount
    • 3RL1HD107786-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN)
      $148,925
      award amount
  11. Elizabeth Erin Crouch

    Leads 1 award · $984,000

    • 4DP2MH136391-02Department: NIH department code
      Vascular mural cells in the development of the blood brain barrier
      $984,000
      award amount
  12. Eric Alejandro Sweet-Cordero

    Leads 2 awards · $913,861

    • 5R01CA292790-02Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic analysis of osteosarcoma to define subclasses relevant to chemoresistance and metastasis
      $540,305
      award amount
    • 5T32CA128583-20Department: NIH department code
      Research Training in Childhood Cancer
      $373,556
      award amount
  13. Cristina Maria Alvira

    Leads 1 award · $778,504

    • 1R01HL177070-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Lung Capillary Speciation, Plasticity and Function During Early Postnatal Development
      $778,504
      award amount
  14. Amy Laura Beck

    Leads 1 award · $758,090

    • 5R01HD109158-04Department: NIH department code
      Futuros Fuertes 2.0: A primary care-based intervention to prevent obesity in low-income Latino children
      $758,090
      award amount
  15. Jason M Nagata

    Leads 1 award · $755,450

    • 5R01DA064134-02Department: NIH department code
      Longitudinal pathways between adolescent social media use and substance use: Informing evidence-based guidance
      $755,450
      award amount
  16. Margaret E Feeney

    Leads 1 award · $750,381

    • 5U01AI168390-05Department: NIH department code
      T cell immunity to CMV in utero and in early childhood
      $750,381
      award amount
  17. Matthew Scott Zinter

    Leads 1 award · $706,435

    • 5R01HL180864-02Department: NIH department code
      Pulmonary Immune Regulation of Lung Injury after Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplant
      $706,435
      award amount
  18. Andrea K Garber

    Leads 1 award · $681,405

    • 1R01HD119553-01A1Department: NIH department code
      3-Dimensional optical scanning to assess and monitor malnutrition in Eating Disorders (3D-ED) Study
      $681,405
      award amount
  19. Sanjeev A. Datar

    Leads 1 award · $680,952

    • 5R01HL133034-10Department: NIH department code
      Altered Lymphatic Function and Development in Congenital Heart Disease
      $680,952
      award amount
  20. Michael R Waterfield

    Leads 1 award · $675,984

    • 5R01AI165829-04Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of medullary thymic epithelial cells and thymic central tolerance by Ikaros
      $675,984
      award amount
  21. Benjamin Huang

    Leads 1 award · $675,009

    • 1R01CA311659-01Department: NIH department code
      Covalent Inhibitors of Ras Q61 Mutations in Cancer

      Principal investigators: Benjamin Huang (contact PI), Kevan M Shokat

      $675,009
      award amount
  22. Mary Prahl

    Leads 1 award · $665,165

    • 5R01HD112339-04Department: NIH department code
      Determinants of Early Childhood Immune Responses
      $665,165
      award amount
  23. Kevin M. Shannon

    Leads 1 award · $651,550

    • 2R01CA193994-11Department: NIH department code
      Selectively Targeting Oncogenic NRAS in Cancer
      $651,550
      award amount
  24. Shabnam Peyvandi

    Leads 2 awards · $561,739

    • 5R01NS125404-05Department: NIH department code
      The Risk of Acquired Neonatal Significant brain Injury during perinatal Transition in Congenital Heart Disease: TRANSIT CHD study
      $435,857
      award amount
    • 3R01NS125404-05S1Department: NIH department code
      The Risk of Acquired Neonatal Significant brain Injury during perinatal Transition in Congenital Heart Disease: TRANSIT CHD study
      $125,882
      award amount
  25. Kieuhoa Tran Vo

    Leads 1 award · $535,047

    • 5R01CA285681-03Department: NIH department code
      Circulating biomarkers of clinical response to combination targeted therapies in neuroblastoma

      Principal investigators: Kieuhoa Tran Vo (contact PI), Brian Crompton

      $535,047
      award amount
  26. Amit J. Sabnis

    Leads 1 award · $490,522

    • 5R01CA285680-03Department: NIH department code
      Targeting mTORC1 translational control in FOXO1 fusion positive rhabdomyosarcoma
      $490,522
      award amount
  27. Fernando Francisco Gonzalez

    Leads 1 award · $474,784

    • 5R01NS107039-09Department: NIH department code
      Endothelial tip cell-mediated angiogenesis and repair after neonatal stroke
      $474,784
      award amount
  28. Peter T. Beernink

    Leads 1 award · $457,126

    • 1R21AI199838-01Department: NIH department code
      Development of a bispecific anti-gonococcal immunotherapeutic

      Principal investigators: Peter T. Beernink (contact PI), Sanjay Ram

      $457,126
      award amount
  29. Mark A Petersen

    Leads 1 award · $454,316

    • 5R01NS126498-04Department: NIH department code
      Overcoming the Inhibitory Neurovascular Niche in Preterm Infant Brain Injury
      $454,316
      award amount
  30. Steven John Mack

    Leads 1 award · $449,783

    • 5R01AI128775-13Department: NIH department code
      Integrated Exchange and Storage of Current- and Future-Generation Immunogenomic Data

      Principal investigators: Steven John Mack (contact PI), Jill Allison Hollenbach

      $449,783
      award amount
  31. Raphael Hirsch

    Leads 1 award · $444,960

    • 3K12HD105250-05S1Department: NIH department code
      The Child Health Research Career Development Program at UCSF
      $444,960
      award amount
  32. Jeffrey R Fineman

    Leads 2 awards · $428,828

    • 5T32HL160508-05Department: NIH department code
      Multidisciplinary Research Training in Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease

      Principal investigators: Jeffrey R Fineman (contact PI), Eric Douglas Austin, Steven Herbert Abman

      $251,420
      award amount
    • 5T32HD049303-20Department: NIH department code
      Research Training in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
      $177,408
      award amount
  33. Onur Cil

    Leads 1 award · $410,000

    • 5R01EY036139-03Department: NIH department code
      Roles of CaSR in ocular surface health and disease
      $410,000
      award amount
  34. James Bayrer

    Leads 1 award · $383,879

    • 5T32DK007762-49Department: NIH department code
      Training Program in Pediatric Gastroenterology/Nutrition
      $383,879
      award amount
  35. Ellen B Fung

    Leads 1 award · $382,338

  36. Stefan J Friedrichsdorf

    Leads 1 award · $322,035

    • 5R25CA298919-02Department: NIH department code
      Dissemination of the Education in Palliative and End-of-life Care–Pediatrics (EPEC-Pediatrics) Train-the-Trainer Curriculum: Phase 2

      Principal investigators: Stefan J Friedrichsdorf (contact PI), Andrea Postier

      $322,035
      award amount
  37. Stephen E Gitelman

    Leads 1 award · $297,759

    • 5T32DK007161-51Department: NIH department code
      Training Program in Pediatric Endocrinology

      Principal investigators: Stephen E Gitelman (contact PI), Brian J Feldman

      $297,759
      award amount
  38. Elizabeth M Ozer

    Leads 1 award · $269,999

    • 5R25GM154357-03Department: NIH department code
      AI4Health: Engaging Adolescents in Artificial Intelligence to Promote Pathways to Biomedical Careers
      $269,999
      award amount
  39. Alex Lee

    Leads 1 award · $233,711

    • 5R50CA274213-04Department: NIH department code
      Utilizing Multi-omics to Facilitate Cancer Biology Research
      $233,711
      award amount
  40. Samhita Jain

    Leads 1 award · $205,200

    • 1K99NS138684-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Role of microglia in cortical interneuron development in genetic and environmental disruptions associated with autism spectrum disorder
      $205,200
      award amount
  41. Sujatha Seetharaman

    Leads 1 award · $203,244

    • 1K23DK147767-01Department: NIH department code
      Assessment of Body Composition in Adolescents with T2D on Glucagon-like-peptide receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) (ABC Study)
      $203,244
      award amount
  42. Susan Alicia Maria Gutierrez

    Leads 1 award · $203,244

    • 1K23DK144706-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging Real-World Evidence to Define Effective Treatment Strategies for Enteral Autonomy in Pediatric Intestinal Failure
      $203,244
      award amount
  43. Aaron Bodansky

    Leads 1 award · $200,016

    • 5K08AI187711-02Department: NIH department code
      Identifying mechanisms of immune dysregulation via severe pediatric SARS-CoV-2
      $200,016
      award amount
  44. Matthew J Kan

    Leads 1 award · $200,016

    • 5K08AI187714-02Department: NIH department code
      Autologous Non-viral CRISPR/Cas Homology-directed Repair for Artemis-deficient Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
      $200,016
      award amount
  45. Jana Krystofova Mike

    Leads 1 award · $195,619

    • 5K08NS125042-04Department: NIH department code
      Arginase-1 signaling after neonatal stroke
      $195,619
      award amount
  46. Rachel L. Wattier

    Leads 1 award · $193,747

    • 1K23DK146167-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The Children's Urinary Tract Infection Evaluation (CUE) Study: Caregiver and Clinician Partnerships for Evidence-Informed Care
      $193,747
      award amount
  47. Taylor Nicholas Laflam

    Leads 1 award · $180,144

    • 1K08AR086998-01Department: NIH department code
      The roles of P2RY8 in B cell tolerance and trafficking
      $180,144
      award amount
  48. Jessica Neely

    Leads 1 award · $174,744

    • 5K08AR081983-04Department: NIH department code
      Harnessing single cell RNA sequencing and integrative bioinformatics to identify precision therapeutics for dermatomyositis
      $174,744
      award amount
  49. Sayyed Farshid Moussavi-Harami

    Leads 1 award · $174,744

    • 1K08HL177269-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Modulation of Acute Lung Injury by the Phosphatase SHP1
      $174,744
      award amount
  50. Marie Cornet

    Leads 1 award · $173,880

    • 5K23HD109684-05Department: NIH department code
      Maternal Chorioamnionitis and Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: The MATCH Study
      $173,880
      award amount
  51. Jayme Congdon

    Leads 1 award · $170,748

    • 5K23HD113841-03Department: NIH department code
      Integrating Maternal and Child Health Services: Development and Pilot Testing of a Pediatric Clinic-Based Postpartum Contraception Intervention
      $170,748
      award amount
  52. Kayla Karvonen

    Leads 1 award · $170,748

    • 5K23MD019349-03Department: NIH department code
      Identifying and addressing family-prioritized social drivers of health to improve the long-term health of Black preterm infants
      $170,748
      award amount
  53. Janet Yi Man Lee

    Leads 1 award · $169,020

    • 5K23HD107265-04Department: NIH department code
      Skeletal effects of early pubertal suppression and peer-concordant puberty timing in transgender and gender diverse youth
      $169,020
      award amount
  54. Jonathan Witonsky

    Leads 1 award · $166,612

    • 5K23HL169911-04Department: NIH department code
      Improving Prediction of Asthma-related Outcomes with Genetic Ancestry-informed Lung Function Equations
      $166,612
      award amount
  55. Stefanie Noel Sveiven

    Leads 1 award · $79,348

    • 5F32HL178158-02Department: NIH department code
      The role of lung capillary endothelial cells in NFkB-directed alveolarization
      $79,348
      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.