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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Ophthalmology at University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Funding
$8.6M
$8,566,638
Awards
15
FY2026 NIH awards in Ophthalmology
Principal investigators
15
12 lead a grant here, 3 co-investigators
Department rank
#16
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 Pennsylvania page.

Leads a grant in this department

12 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 L Dunaief

    Leads 3 awards · $1,613,424

    • 2K12EY015398-21Department: NIH department code
      PENN Vision Clinical Scientist Program
      $585,282
      award amount
    • 5R01EY015240-21Department: NIH department code
      Retinal Iron Health in Transport and Disease
      $584,800
      award amount
    • 5R01EY036292-03Department: NIH department code
      Development of Two Novel AMD Models for Evaluation of RPE Protection by the Novel Antioxidant D-DHA
      $443,342
      award amount
  2. Jessica I.w. Morgan

    Leads 2 awards · $1,160,483

    • 2R01EY030227-04A1Department: NIH department code
      Imaging Photoreceptor Function

      Principal investigators: Jessica I.w. Morgan (contact PI), David H. Brainard

      $639,158
      award amount
    • 5R01EY028601-08Department: NIH department code
      Retinal structure, function and response to gene therapy
      $521,325
      award amount
  3. Dwight Edward Stambolian

    Leads 1 award · $764,025

  4. Yuyan Cheng

    Leads 1 award · $719,199

    • 1R01EY037802-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Intrinsic and Extrinsic Barriers to RGC and Optic Nerve Regeneration
      $719,199
      award amount
  5. Benjamin J. Kim

    Leads 1 award · $668,261

    • 4R01AG083774-02Department: NIH department code
      Human Retinal Imaging Biomarkers for FTLD-Tau in Relation to FTLD-TDP and Nonamnestic AD
      $668,261
      award amount
  6. Ahmara G. Ross

    Leads 1 award · $662,682

    • 1R01EY037749-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The Impact of WDR36 Variants and p53 in Glaucoma
      $662,682
      award amount
  7. Katherine E. Uyhazi

    Leads 1 award · $591,623

    • 5R01EY036824-02Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing photoreceptor precursor cells for retinal transplantation
      $591,623
      award amount
  8. Artur V Cideciyan

    Leads 1 award · $572,025

    • 5R01EY035675-03Department: NIH department code
      Photoreceptor Disease in Inherited Retinal Degenerations
      $572,025
      award amount
  9. Vivian Lee

    Leads 1 award · $505,273

    • 5R01EY033291-05Department: NIH department code
      New models, new approaches, new horizons in corneal nerve regeneration
      $505,273
      award amount
  10. Qi N Cui

    Leads 1 award · $497,143

    • 5R01EY034115-04Department: NIH department code
      Evaluating Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential of (GLP-1R) Agonists for Glaucoma Treatment
      $497,143
      award amount
  11. Lucie Yueqi Guo

    Leads 1 award · $406,250

    • 7DP5OD039444-02Department: NIH department code
      Building precision disease-responsive gene therapy
      $406,250
      award amount
  12. Peter Martin John Quinn

    Leads 1 award · $406,250

    • 5R01EY034952-05Department: NIH department code
      Prime editing for Crumbs homologue 1 (CRB1) Inherited Retinal Dystrophies
      $406,250
      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.

Also counted toward University of Pennsylvania in the Ophthalmology ranking

Department rankings count awards at these organizations toward University of Pennsylvania. With University of Pennsylvania's own 15 awards (R&D contracts left out), they make up its ranking row: #16, $9,066,117, 17 awards. Each organization's page lists its investigators.