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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Ophthalmology at University of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, NE

Funding
$1.6M
$1,641,817
Awards
6
FY2026 NIH awards in Ophthalmology
Principal investigators
5
4 lead a grant here, 1 co-investigator
Department rank
#51
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 Nebraska Medical Center page.

Leads a grant in this department

4 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. Steven Yeh

    Leads 3 awards · $644,790

    • 1R01EY038077-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Clinical and molecular biomarker surveillance in Mpox-related ocular disease

      Principal investigators: Steven Yeh (contact PI), Jean-Claude Mwanza

      $593,177
      award amount
    • 3R01EY038077-01A1S1Department: NIH department code
      Clinical and molecular biomarker surveillance in Mpox-related ocular disease

      Principal investigators: Steven Yeh (contact PI), Jean-Claude Mwanza

      $29,160
      award amount
    • 3R01EY038077-01A1S2Department: NIH department code
      Clinical and molecular biomarker surveillance in Mpox-related ocular disease

      Principal investigators: Steven Yeh (contact PI), Jean-Claude Mwanza

      $22,453
      award amount

  2. Dhirendra P Singh

    Leads 1 award · $384,364

    • 5R01EY036404-02Department: NIH department code
      Molecular approach to ameliorate the age-dependent loss of Clock protein Bmal1 and Nrf2-antioxidant response in eye lens: Implications for eye lens health span
      $384,364
      award amount

  3. Bhavana Chhunchha

    Leads 1 award · $383,750

    • 1R01EY037700-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Oxidative stress and Nlrp3 inflammasome activation in eye lens pathobiology during aging
      $383,750
      award amount

  4. Wallace B Thoreson

    Leads 1 award · $228,913

    • 5R21EY037036-02Department: NIH department code
      Using optical sensors to measure synaptic glutamate release from retinal rod photoreceptor cells
      $228,913
      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.

  • Jean-Claude Mwanza

    Co-investigator on 1R01EY038077-01A1, led by Steven Yeh; 3R01EY038077-01A1S1, led by Steven Yeh; 3R01EY038077-01A1S2, led by Steven Yeh

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