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FY2024 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pediatrics at University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

Funding
$33.9M
$33,940,089
Awards
88
FY2024 NIH awards in Pediatrics
Principal investigators
83
65 lead a grant here, 18 co-investigators
Department rank
#10
of 105 · 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

65 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. Christopher Craig Dvorak

    Leads 1 award · $1,815,882

  2. Julie D Saba

    Leads 3 awards · $1,721,871

    • 1R01HD113778-01Department: 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
      $693,471
      award amount
    • 1R61HL171786-01Department: 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
      $565,250
      award amount
    • 1R21TR005157-01Department: NIH department code
      Proof-of-concept for the use of enzyme replacement therapy as a lifesaving treatment for sphingosine phosphate lyase insufficiency syndrome
      $463,150
      award amount
  3. Deborah Anne Dean

    Leads 2 awards · $1,582,617

    • 5R01AI158527-03Department: 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

      $798,995
      award amount
    • 5R01AI151075-05Department: NIH department code
      Natural History of C. trachomatis urogenital and rectal infections

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

      $783,622
      award amount
  4. Eric Alejandro Sweet-Cordero

    Leads 3 awards · $1,508,428

    • 5R01CA243555-05Department: NIH department code
      Development of Advanced Preclinical Models for Pediatric Solid Tumors

      Principal investigators: Eric Alejandro Sweet-Cordero (contact PI), Olena Morozova Vaske

      $571,418
      award amount
    • 5R01CA250534-04Department: NIH department code
      Identifying and Targeting Mechanisms for Membrane Signaling in Human Cancer

      Principal investigators: Eric Alejandro Sweet-Cordero (contact PI), Peter Kent Jackson

      $526,562
      award amount
    • 5T32CA128583-18Department: NIH department code
      Research Training in Childhood Cancer
      $410,448
      award amount
  5. Margaret E Feeney

    Leads 2 awards · $1,355,964

    • 5U01AI168390-03Department: NIH department code
      T cell immunity to CMV in utero and in early childhood
      $782,216
      award amount
    • 5R01AI093615-14Department: NIH department code
      The role of γδ T cells in fetal and infant immune defense against malaria
      $573,748
      award amount
  6. Thomas Darmody Arnold

    Leads 2 awards · $1,114,999

    • 5R01NS123168-04Department: NIH department code
      Defective heme transport in the development of congenital hydrocephalus
      $599,017
      award amount
    • 5R01EY034615-02Department: NIH department code
      The role of heme in retinal vascular development and disease

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

      $515,982
      award amount
  7. Marisa Wong Medina

    Leads 2 awards · $1,101,783

    • 5R56DK135259-02Department: NIH department code
      TMEM55B as a molecular determinant of NAFLD
      $563,952
      award amount
    • 5R01DK130391-04Department: NIH department code
      Genetic Regulation of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

      Principal investigators: Marisa Wong Medina (contact PI), Aras Nikodemas Mattis

      $537,831
      award amount
  8. James Bayrer

    Leads 3 awards · $1,096,898

    • 5R01DK128346-04Department: NIH department code
      Decoding LRH-1 Activity in Gut Regeneration and Differentiation
      $504,247
      award amount
    • 5T32DK007762-47Department: NIH department code
      Training Program in Pediatric Gastroenterology/Nutrition
      $490,664
      award amount
    • 3T32DK007762-47S1Department: NIH department code
      Training Program in Pediatric Gastroenterology/Nutrition
      $101,987
      award amount
  9. Patrick Sean McQuillen

    Leads 2 awards · $999,444

    • 5R01HL165400-02Department: NIH department code
      Brain Injury and Dysmaturation in Newborns with Congenital Heart Disease Born Preterm
      $852,007
      award amount
    • 5RL1HD107786-04Department: NIH department code
      Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network - Clinical Site
      $147,437
      award amount
  10. Cynthia C Harper

    Leads 2 awards · $959,250

    • 5K12AR084219-26Department: NIH department code
      UCSF-Kaiser Department of Research Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) Program

      Principal investigators: Cynthia C Harper (contact PI), Claire D. Brindis

      $633,659
      award amount
    • 3K12AR084219-26S1Department: NIH department code
      UCSF-Kaiser Department of Research Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) Program

      Principal investigators: Cynthia C Harper (contact PI), Claire D. Brindis

      $325,591
      award amount
  11. Cristina Maria Alvira

    Leads 2 awards · $912,167

    • 7R01HL154002-05Department: NIH department code
      Developmental Heterogeneity of Pulmonary Endothelial Phenotype at Single Cell Resolution
      $601,036
      award amount
    • 7R01HL155828-05Department: NIH department code
      Diverse Homeostatic Roles for Distinct Macrophages in the Developing Lung Vasculature
      $311,131
      award amount
  12. Amy Laura Beck

    Leads 2 awards · $763,812

    • 5R01HD109158-02Department: NIH department code
      Futuros Fuertes 2.0: A primary care-based intervention to prevent obesity in low-income Latino children
      $683,456
      award amount
    • 3R01HD109158-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Sources of on information on pregnancy health and infant care among Latino immigrant parents
      $80,356
      award amount
  13. Devan Jaganath

    Leads 2 awards · $762,570

    • 5R01HL169449-02Department: NIH department code
      Automated lung sound analysis to improve the clinical diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children
      $604,832
      award amount
    • 5K23HL153581-05Department: NIH department code
      Host Proteomic Biosignatures for a Urine-based Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Children
      $157,738
      award amount
  14. Onur Cil

    Leads 2 awards · $706,322

    • 1R01EY036139-01Department: NIH department code
      Roles of CaSR in ocular surface health and disease
      $396,242
      award amount
    • 5R01DK126070-05Department: NIH department code
      SLC26A3 (DRA) Inhibitors for Treatment of Hyperoxaluria and Nephrolithiasis
      $310,080
      award amount
  15. Mark A Petersen

    Leads 2 awards · $701,672

    • 5R01NS126498-02Department: NIH department code
      Overcoming the Inhibitory Neurovascular Niche in Preterm Infant Brain Injury
      $486,050
      award amount
    • 7K02NS110973-05Department: NIH department code
      Fibrinogen-mediated mechanisms of preterm infant brain injury
      $215,622
      award amount
  16. Sanjeev A. Datar

    Leads 1 award · $686,877

    • 5R01HL133034-08Department: NIH department code
      Altered Lymphatic Function and Development in Congenital Heart Disease
      $686,877
      award amount
  17. Jason M Nagata

    Leads 2 awards · $681,350

    • 5R01MH135492-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating relationships between problematic social media use and binge-eating disorder to inform precision guidance for adolescents
      $507,440
      award amount
    • 5K08HL159350-04Department: NIH department code
      Informing national guidelines on adolescent and young adult physical activity and sedentary behavior to prevent cardiovascular disease
      $173,910
      award amount
  18. Michael R Waterfield

    Leads 1 award · $675,743

    • 5R01AI165829-02Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of medullary thymic epithelial cells and thymic central tolerance by Ikaros
      $675,743
      award amount
  19. Mary Prahl

    Leads 1 award · $667,362

    • 5R01HD112339-02Department: NIH department code
      Determinants of Early Childhood Immune Responses to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination
      $667,362
      award amount
  20. Naomi Shula Bardach

    Leads 1 award · $643,936

    • 5R01HD100393-05Department: NIH department code
      The Family Input for Quality and Safety (FIQS) Study
      $643,936
      award amount
  21. Andrea K Garber

    Leads 1 award · $640,186

    • 5R01HD082166-09Department: NIH department code
      Multi-center Randomized Controlled Trial of Refeeding an Anorexia Nervosa
      $640,186
      award amount
  22. Elliot Stieglitz

    Leads 1 award · $634,503

    • 5R37CA266550-03Department: NIH department code
      Implementation of an interventional, risk-adapted clinical trial for children with newly diagnosed juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia.
      $634,503
      award amount
  23. Sunitha Vemula Kaiser

    Leads 1 award · $632,385

    • 5R33HL157804-04Department: NIH department code
      The SIP Study: Simultaneously Implementing Pathways for Improving Asthma, Pneumonia, and Bronchiolitis Care for Hospitalized Children
      $632,385
      award amount
  24. Kieuhoa Tran Vo

    Leads 1 award · $573,379

    • 1R01CA285681-01Department: NIH department code
      Circulating biomarkers of clinical response to combination targeted therapies in neuroblastoma

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

      $573,379
      award amount
  25. Elizabeth Theusch

    Leads 2 awards · $571,813

    • 1R21AG086775-01Department: NIH department code
      Changes in cardiometabolic tissue gene regulation and omics profiles with menopause
      $450,688
      award amount
    • 5R21HL167188-02Department: NIH department code
      Transcriptomic signatures of menopause across human tissues
      $121,125
      award amount
  26. Jeffrey R Fineman

    Leads 2 awards · $568,728

    • 5T32HL160508-03Department: NIH department code
      Multidisciplinary Research Training in Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease

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

      $387,294
      award amount
    • 5T32HD049303-18Department: NIH department code
      Research Training in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
      $181,434
      award amount
  27. Xianhua Piao

    Leads 1 award · $562,579

    • 5R01NS094164-08Department: NIH department code
      Adhesion G Protein-Coupled Receptors in CNS Development and Regeneration
      $562,579
      award amount
  28. Shabnam Peyvandi

    Leads 1 award · $533,321

    • 5R01NS125404-03Department: NIH department code
      The Risk of Acquired Neonatal Significant brain Injury during perinatal Transition in Congenital Heart Disease: TRANSIT CHD study
      $533,321
      award amount
  29. Jenise C Wong

    Leads 1 award · $496,670

    • 5R01DK135000-03Department: NIH department code
      Optimizing diabetes technology use for Latinx youth through DREAM (Device use Reimagined through Education And Mentorship) virtual peer groups

      Principal investigators: Jenise C Wong (contact PI), Jennifer K Raymond

      $496,670
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32DK007161-49, led by Stephen E Gitelman.

  30. Kevin M. Shannon

    Leads 1 award · $490,596

    • 5R01CA193994-09Department: NIH department code
      Selectively Targeting Oncogenic NRAS in Cancer
      $490,596
      award amount
  31. Amit J. Sabnis

    Leads 1 award · $482,175

    • 1R01CA285680-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Targeting mTORC1 translational control in FOXO1 fusion positive rhabdomyosarcoma
      $482,175
      award amount
  32. Fernando Francisco Gonzalez

    Leads 1 award · $460,447

    • 5R01NS107039-07Department: NIH department code
      Endothelial tip cell-mediated angiogenesis and repair after neonatal stroke
      $460,447
      award amount
  33. Steven John Mack

    Leads 1 award · $449,783

    • 5R01AI128775-11Department: 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
  34. Philip L. Ballard

    Leads 1 award · $403,750

    • 5R01HL153429-04Department: NIH department code
      Integrative metabolomics of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely low gestational age infants

      Principal investigators: Philip L. Ballard (contact PI), Dara Torgerson

      $403,750
      award amount
  35. Raphael Hirsch

    Leads 1 award · $384,502

    • 5K12HD105250-04Department: NIH department code
      The Child Health Research Career Development Program at UCSF
      $384,502
      award amount
  36. Brian J Feldman

    Leads 1 award · $362,056

    • 5R01DK132404-03Department: NIH department code
      Molecular responses and physiological implications to systemic stimuli in adipocyte progenitor cells
      $362,056
      award amount
  37. Luke M Judge

    Leads 1 award · $359,232

    • 5R01NS119678-04Department: NIH department code
      Allele-specific inactivation for dominant negative NEFL Mutations
      $359,232
      award amount
  38. Shylaja Srinivasan

    Leads 2 awards · $340,446

    • 5K23DK120932-05Department: NIH department code
      A comprehensive approach to understanding the determinants of metformin pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in youth with type 2 diabetes
      $219,321
      award amount
    • 1R03DK138213-01Department: NIH department code
      Pathophysiological sub-typing of pediatric type 2 diabetes based on clinical and genetic clustering methods
      $121,125
      award amount
  39. Matthew Scott Zinter

    Leads 2 awards · $327,514

    • 5K23HL146936-05Department: NIH department code
      Pathobiologic Transcriptional Signatures of Pulmonary Complications in Pediatric Hematopoietic Cellular Transplantation
      $193,391
      award amount
    • 1R03HL171423-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of pulmonary fibrosis biology in pediatric hematopoietic cell transplant patients
      $134,123
      award amount
  40. Elizabeth M Ozer

    Leads 1 award · $272,000

    • 1R25GM154357-01Department: NIH department code
      AI4Health: Engaging Adolescents in Artificial Intelligence to Promote Pathways to Biomedical Careers
      $272,000
      award amount
  41. Sharad Wadhwani

    Leads 2 awards · $271,620

    • 5K23DK132454-03Department: NIH department code
      Addressing social adversity to improve outcomes among children undergoing liver transplant: the role for a health advocate on the transplant team
      $196,020
      award amount
    • 3K23DK132454-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Addressing social adversity to improve outcomes among children undergoing liver transplant: the role for a health advocate on the transplant team
      $75,600
      award amount
  42. Stephen E Gitelman

    Leads 1 award · $270,673

    • 5T32DK007161-49Department: NIH department code
      Training Program in Pediatric Endocrinology

      Principal investigators: Stephen E Gitelman (contact PI), Jenise C Wong

      $270,673
      award amount
  43. Benjamin Huang

    Leads 1 award · $247,985

    • 5K08CA256489-04Department: NIH department code
      Co-targeting BET Bromodomain Proteins and Aberrant Signaling in AML.
      $247,985
      award amount
  44. Alex Lee

    Leads 1 award · $233,657

    • 5R50CA274213-02Department: NIH department code
      Utilizing Multi-omics to Facilitate Cancer Biology Research
      $233,657
      award amount
  45. Elizabeth Erin Crouch

    Leads 1 award · $229,878

    • 5K08NS116161-04Department: NIH department code
      Mural stem cells in normal development and germinal matrix hemorrhage in the preterm human brain
      $229,878
      award amount
  46. Victoria Tien-Yu Chu

    Leads 1 award · $197,748

    • 1K23AI185326-01Department: NIH department code
      Metagenomic surveillance of pathogen and antimicrobial resistance gene transmission in hospitalized neonates
      $197,748
      award amount
  47. Teresa Kortz

    Leads 1 award · $197,692

    • 5K23AI144029-05Department: NIH department code
      Fever Etiology and Prognostic Point-of-Care Biomarkers in African Children with Severe Febrile Illness
      $197,692
      award amount
  48. Jana Krystofova Mike

    Leads 1 award · $196,705

    • 5K08NS125042-02Department: NIH department code
      Arginase-1 signaling after neonatal stroke
      $196,705
      award amount
  49. Laya Ekhlaspour

    Leads 1 award · $193,654

    • 5K23DK121942-05Department: NIH department code
      Modeling and modulating insulin delivery in automated insulin delivery systems to accommodate for meal compositions
      $193,654
      award amount
  50. Jason Boehme

    Leads 1 award · $174,798

    • 5K08HL148512-05Department: NIH department code
      Pulmonary vascular glutamine metabolism at the intersection of hemodynamic forces and smooth muscle proliferation in congenital heart disease
      $174,798
      award amount
  51. Jessica Neely

    Leads 1 award · $174,744

    • 5K08AR081983-02Department: NIH department code
      Harnessing single cell RNA sequencing and integrative bioinformatics to identify precision therapeutics for dermatomyositis
      $174,744
      award amount
  52. Jonathan Witonsky

    Leads 1 award · $174,016

    • 5K23HL169911-02Department: NIH department code
      Improving Prediction of Asthma-related Outcomes with Genetic Ancestry-informed Lung Function Equations
      $174,016
      award amount
  53. Marie Cornet

    Leads 1 award · $173,535

    • 5K23HD109684-03Department: NIH department code
      Maternal Chorioamnionitis and Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: The MATCH Study
      $173,535
      award amount
  54. Jayme Congdon

    Leads 1 award · $170,748

    • 1K23HD113841-01A1Department: 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
  55. Kayla Karvonen

    Leads 1 award · $170,748

    • 1K23MD019349-01Department: 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
  56. Janet Yi Man Lee

    Leads 1 award · $169,020

    • 5K23HD107265-02Department: NIH department code
      Skeletal effects of early pubertal suppression and peer-concordant puberty timing in transgender and gender diverse youth
      $169,020
      award amount
  57. Karen R Rabin

    Leads 1 award · $129,939

    • 7R01CA249867-04Department: NIH department code
      Molecular epidemiology of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children with Down syndrome

      Principal investigators: Karen R Rabin (contact PI), Philip Lupo

      $129,939
      award amount
  58. Ellen B Fung

    Leads 1 award · $128,520

    • 5R25HL125451-10Department: NIH department code
      STIMULUS - Science & Technology Immersion for Underrepresentd Learners in the U.S.

      Principal investigators: Ellen B Fung (contact PI), Marsha J Treadwell

      $128,520
      award amount
  59. Beika Zhu

    Leads 1 award · $115,096

    • 1K99AG081694-01A1Department: NIH department code
      GPCR-dependent microglial function in Alzheimer's disease
      $115,096
      award amount
  60. Stanley Ray Vance

    Leads 1 award · $85,839

    • 5K23MD015044-03Department: NIH department code
      Examining Contributors to Disparities in Gender Affirmation and Mental Health among Black and Latinx Transgender Youth
      $85,839
      award amount
  61. David Randall Blair

    Leads 1 award · $67,964

    • 5K38HL164956-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Genotype-Phenotype Relationships that Underlie Congenital Disorders with Cardiovascular Symptoms through Population-scale Analyses
      $67,964
      award amount
  62. Alice Summer Tang

    Leads 1 award · $53,974

    • 5F30AG079504-03Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging Clinical Data for Phenotyping and Predictive Modelling of Alzheimer’s Disease
      $53,974
      award amount
  63. Silvia Miramontes Lizarraga

    Leads 1 award · $44,892

    • 1F31AG085938-01Department: NIH department code
      Evaluating social and clinical risk factors for the progression from Mild CognitiveImpairment to Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias using Real World ClinicalData
      $44,892
      award amount
  64. Kaylee Wedderburn-Pugh

    Leads 1 award · $41,632

    • 1F31NS137776-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of the blood-brain barrier in trafficking prenatal liver-derived immune cells into the brain
      $41,632
      award amount
  65. Jennifer M. Puck

    Leads 1 award · $20,000

    • 5R13AI094943-12Department: NIH department code
      Annual Primary Immune Deficiency Treatment Consortium (PIDTC) Workshop and Education Day
      $20,000
      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.

  • Elie Haddad

    Co-investigator on 1R24AI184316-01, led by Christopher Craig Dvorak

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

  • Michael Wagner

    Co-investigator on 1R24AI184316-01, led by Christopher Craig Dvorak

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

  • Rebecca Marsh

    Co-investigator on 1R24AI184316-01, led by Christopher Craig Dvorak

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

  • Troy R Torgerson

    Co-investigator on 1R24AI184316-01, led by Christopher Craig Dvorak

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

  • Timothy D. Read

    Co-investigator on 5R01AI158527-03, led by Deborah Anne Dean; 5R01AI151075-05, led by Deborah Anne Dean

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

  • Claire D. Brindis

    Co-investigator on 5K12AR084219-26, led by Cynthia C Harper; 3K12AR084219-26S1, led by Cynthia C Harper

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

  • Brian Crompton

    Co-investigator on 1R01CA285681-01, led by Kieuhoa Tran Vo

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Olena Morozova Vaske

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA243555-05, led by Eric Alejandro Sweet-Cordero

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

  • Aras Nikodemas Mattis

    Co-investigator on 5R01DK130391-04, led by Marisa Wong Medina

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Peter Kent Jackson

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA250534-04, led by Eric Alejandro Sweet-Cordero

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • David Antonetti

    Co-investigator on 5R01EY034615-02, led by Thomas Darmody Arnold

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Jennifer K Raymond

    Co-investigator on 5R01DK135000-03, led by Jenise C Wong

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

  • Jill Allison Hollenbach

    Co-investigator on 5R01AI128775-11, led by Steven John Mack

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Dara Torgerson

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL153429-04, led by Philip L. Ballard

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

  • Eric Douglas Austin

    Co-investigator on 5T32HL160508-03, led by Jeffrey R Fineman

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Steven Herbert Abman

    Co-investigator on 5T32HL160508-03, led by Jeffrey R Fineman

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

  • Philip Lupo

    Co-investigator on 7R01CA249867-04, led by Karen R Rabin

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Marsha J Treadwell

    Co-investigator on 5R25HL125451-10, led by Ellen B Fung

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads