FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Ophthalmology at University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
- 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 Iowa page.
Leads a grant in this department
7 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.
Robert Foster Mullins
Leads 3 awards · $1,367,341
- 5R01EY036994-02Department: NIH department codeEditing AMD Risk Alleles in Human Cells
Principal investigators: Robert Foster Mullins (contact PI), Budd A Tucker, Krzysztof Palczewski
$575,437award amount - 5R01EY024605-12Department: NIH department codeChoriocapillaris Protection and Replacement in AMD
Principal investigators: Robert Foster Mullins (contact PI), Budd A Tucker
$405,654award amount - 5R01EY033308-05Department: NIH department codeMolecular Studies of the Choriocapillaris in AMD
Principal investigators: Robert Foster Mullins (contact PI), Budd A Tucker, Todd E Scheetz
$386,250award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5R01EY037073-02, led by Budd A Tucker; 5R01EY035676-03, led by Budd A Tucker.
Budd A Tucker
Leads 2 awards · $980,721
- 5R01EY037073-02Department: NIH department codeNon-destructive assessment of retinal differentiation capacity and developmental maturity
Principal investigators: Budd A Tucker (contact PI), Edwin M Stone, Kimerly Ann Powell, Robert Foster Mullins
$614,198award amount - 5R01EY035676-03Department: NIH department codeSustained Treatment of wet AMD
Principal investigators: Budd A Tucker (contact PI), Robert Foster Mullins
$366,523award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5R01EY036994-02, led by Robert Foster Mullins; 5R01EY024605-12, led by Robert Foster Mullins; 5R01EY033308-05, led by Robert Foster Mullins.
Markus H. Kuehn
Leads 1 award · $593,428
- 5R01EY034534-04Department: NIH department codeT-cell mediated RGC damage in glaucoma$593,428award amount
Mark Aaron Greiner
Leads 1 award · $571,357
- 5R01EY037135-02Department: NIH department codeModulating Ferroptosis in Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy
Principal investigators: Mark Aaron Greiner (contact PI), Aliasger K Salem, Sara Michelle Thomasy
$571,357award amount
Elliott H Sohn
Leads 1 award · $540,439
- 5R01EY035435-04Department: NIH department codeMMP-9 based immune-driven mechanisms of neovascular AMD
Principal investigators: Elliott H Sohn (contact PI), Jon C.d. Houtman, Milan Sonka
$540,439award amount
Seongjin Seo
Leads 1 award · $427,625
- 1R21EY038431-01A1Department: NIH department codeTreatment of CEP290-associated retinal degeneration$427,625award amount
John H Fingert
Leads 1 award · $400,478
- 5R01EY035266-04Department: NIH department codeGenetic Factors for Glaucoma in the OHTS; Risk, Progression and Mechanism
Principal investigators: John H Fingert (contact PI), Mae O Gordon, Todd E Scheetz
$400,478award 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.
Todd E Scheetz
Co-investigator on 5R01EY035266-04, led by John H Fingert; 5R01EY033308-05, led by Robert Foster Mullins
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- University of Iowa (no department on record, 1 award)
Edwin M Stone
Co-investigator on 5R01EY037073-02, led by Budd A Tucker
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Kimerly Ann Powell
Co-investigator on 5R01EY037073-02, led by Budd A Tucker
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- Ohio State University (no department on record, 1 award)
Krzysztof Palczewski
Co-investigator on 5R01EY036994-02, led by Robert Foster Mullins
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of California-Irvine · Ophthalmology (NIH department code, 2 awards)
Aliasger K Salem
Co-investigator on 5R01EY037135-02, led by Mark Aaron Greiner
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Sara Michelle Thomasy
Co-investigator on 5R01EY037135-02, led by Mark Aaron Greiner
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of California at Davis · Veterinary Sciences (NIH department code, 2 awards)
- University of California at Davis · Neurology (NIH department code, 1 award)
Jon C.d. Houtman
Co-investigator on 5R01EY035435-04, led by Elliott H Sohn
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Iowa · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)
- University of Iowa · Microbiology & Immunology (NIH department code, 1 award)
Milan Sonka
Co-investigator on 5R01EY035435-04, led by Elliott H Sohn
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Mae O Gordon
Co-investigator on 5R01EY035266-04, led by John H Fingert
From the FY2024 awards this person leads
- Washington University in St. Louis · Ophthalmology (NIH department code, 1 award)
- Washington University in St. Louis (no department on record, 1 award)