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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Ophthalmology at University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

Funding
$15.5M
$15,452,555
Awards
23
FY2026 NIH awards in Ophthalmology
Principal investigators
29
21 lead a grant here, 8 co-investigators
Department rank
#5
of 69 · 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 Michigan page.

Leads a grant in this department

21 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. Joshua Robert Ehrlich

    Leads 3 awards · $5,648,328

    • 3R01AG093721-02S1Department: NIH department code
      The Longitudinal Study of Health and Ageing in Kenya (LOSHAK): A Population study of Health, Wellbeing, Economics, and AD/ADRD in Older Kenyan Adults

      Principal investigators: Joshua Robert Ehrlich (contact PI), Anthony Karanja Ngugi

      $3,207,366
      award amount
    • 5R01AG093721-02Department: NIH department code
      The Longitudinal Study of Health and Ageing in Kenya (LOSHAK): A Population study of Health, Wellbeing, Economics, and AD/ADRD in Older Kenyan Adults

      Principal investigators: Joshua Robert Ehrlich (contact PI), Anthony Karanja Ngugi

      $1,788,324
      award amount
    • 5R01EY034479-04Department: NIH department code
      Vision Impairment in the National Health and Aging Trends Study
      $652,638
      award amount

  2. Paula Anne Newman-Casey

    Leads 2 awards · $1,304,420

    • 5R01EY036082-02Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging technology to enhance eye disease detection: a pragmatic randomized trial
      $695,323
      award amount
    • 2R01EB032328-05Department: NIH department code
      Quantifying and Understanding Glaucoma Eye Drop Medication Instillation and Adherence

      Principal investigators: Paula Anne Newman-Casey (contact PI), Stephen Matthew Cain

      $609,097
      award amount

  3. Maria Anneke Woodward

    Leads 2 awards · $1,224,398

  4. Dolly Ann Padovani-Claudio

    Leads 2 awards · $1,174,302

    • 7R01EY036258-03Department: NIH department code
      Integrative multi-omics for discovery of molecular pathways associated with diabetic retinopathy

      Principal investigators: Dolly Ann Padovani-Claudio (contact PI), Jennifer Below, Kari E. North, Susan P Fisher-Hoch

      $736,801
      award amount
    • 7R01EY036473-03Department: NIH department code
      Biobank phenotyping tools for improved understanding and management of eye diseases and disparities
      $437,501
      award amount

  5. Jillian Nydam Pearring

    Leads 2 awards · $943,535

    • 5R01EY036019-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating Photoreceptor Nuclear Migration Defects Caused by Loss of Retinitis Pigmentosa 2.
      $496,819
      award amount
    • 5R01EY032491-05Department: NIH department code
      Understanding Photoreceptor Trafficking Pathways to the Outer Segment
      $446,716
      award amount

  6. Guan Xu

    Leads 1 award · $705,542

    • 2R01DK125687-05Department: NIH department code
      Measuring Molecular and Mechanical Outcomes of Endoscopic Dilation of Fibrotic Strictures

      Principal investigators: Guan Xu (contact PI), Peter D.r. Higgins

      $705,542
      award amount

  7. Sherry Day

    Leads 1 award · $700,286

    • 5R01EY035016-03Department: NIH department code
      Determining optimal vision care for emotionally distressed patients with inherited retinal diseases

      Principal investigators: Sherry Day (contact PI), Kanishka Thiran Jayasundera

      $700,286
      award amount

  8. David Antonetti

    Leads 1 award · $595,997

  9. James D Weiland

    Leads 1 award · $595,997

  10. Peter F Hitchcock

    Leads 1 award · $595,997

  11. Steven F Abcouwer

    Leads 1 award · $595,997

  12. Lev Prasov

    Leads 1 award · $580,496

    • 5R01EY037225-02Department: NIH department code
      Defining the role of RIG-I in glaucoma pathogenesis and response to viral infection
      $580,496
      award amount

  13. Lindsey Blake De Lott

    Leads 1 award · $546,025

    • 5R01EY036357-03Department: NIH department code
      Central nervous system mechanisms and treatment response in chronic ocular surface pain
      $546,025
      award amount

  14. David N Zacks

    Leads 1 award · $534,892

    • 5K12EY022299-14Department: NIH department code
      Michigan Vision Clinician Scientist Development Program

      Principal investigators: David N Zacks (contact PI), Abigail Fahim

      $534,892
      award amount

  15. Thomas Joseph Wubben

    Leads 1 award · $519,644

    • 1R01EY037747-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Metabolic and molecular mechanisms by which glutamine promotes photoreceptor health
      $519,644
      award amount

  16. Abigail Fahim

    Leads 1 award · $506,262

    • 5R01EY036422-03Department: NIH department code
      Retinal Pigment Epithelium Secreted Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 as a Novel Target in Choroideremia
      $506,262
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5K12EY022299-14, led by David N Zacks.

  17. Shilpa Kodati

    Leads 1 award · $286,534

    • 5K23EY036928-02Department: NIH department code
      Longitudinal changes in the Gut Microbiota in Non-infectious Uveitis
      $286,534
      award amount

  18. Jason Matthew-Lewis Miller

    Leads 1 award · $240,092

    • 5K08EY033420-05Department: NIH department code
      Lipid Trafficking and Metabolism in the Retinal Pigment Epithelium
      $240,092
      award amount

  19. Mark Draelos

    Leads 1 award · $233,764

    • 5R03EB038015-02Department: NIH department code
      Vortex: An open-source library for building real-time optical coherence tomography engines
      $233,764
      award amount

  20. Patrice E. Fort

    Leads 1 award · $175,515

    • 5T32EY013934-24Department: NIH department code
      Vision Research Training Program
      $175,515
      award amount

  21. Patrice Marie Hicks

    Leads 1 award · $128,520

    • 1K01AG095316-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Assessing resources in the built environment for aging and sensory health (AREAS): Built Environment and the National Health and Aging Trends Study
      $128,520
      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.