Ophthalmology at University of Pittsburgh

Leads a grant in this department

17 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. Anthony J St Leger

   Leads 3 awards · $2,707,371

   • 5U01EY034711-05Department: NIH department code

     Assessing how ocular surface nerves, immune cells, and epithelial cells communicate to encourage neuro-immune homeostasis

     Principal investigators: Anthony J St Leger (contact PI), Daniel H Kaplan, Harinder Singh

     $1,502,370

     award amount
   • 5P30EY008098-38Department: NIH department code

     Core Grant for Vision Research

     Principal investigators: Anthony J St Leger (contact PI), Ethan A Rossi (contact PI), Ian A Sigal (contact PI), John D Ash (contact PI), Marlene Behrmann (contact PI), Paul R. Kinchington (contact PI), Yuanyuan Chen (contact PI)

     $795,000

     award amount
   • 5R01EY026891-09Department: NIH department code

     Contribution of sympathetic nerves to herpes stromal keratitis
     $410,001

     award amount

2. Paul R. Kinchington

   Leads 3 awards · $1,540,473

   • 5P30EY008098-38Department: NIH department code

     Core Grant for Vision Research

     Principal investigators: Anthony J St Leger (contact PI), Ethan A Rossi (contact PI), Ian A Sigal (contact PI), John D Ash (contact PI), Marlene Behrmann (contact PI), Paul R. Kinchington (contact PI), Yuanyuan Chen (contact PI)

     $795,000

     award amount
   • 5R01AI158510-05Department: NIH department code

     VZV vaccine attenuation and the DNA damage response
     $634,966

     award amount
   • 5T32EY017271-18Department: NIH department code

     Interdisciplinary Visual Sciences (IVS) Training Program

     Principal investigators: Paul R. Kinchington (contact PI), Marlene Behrmann

     $110,507

     award amount

3. Ethan A Rossi

   Leads 2 awards · $1,474,650

   • 5P30EY008098-38Department: NIH department code

     Core Grant for Vision Research

     Principal investigators: Anthony J St Leger (contact PI), Ethan A Rossi (contact PI), Ian A Sigal (contact PI), John D Ash (contact PI), Marlene Behrmann (contact PI), Paul R. Kinchington (contact PI), Yuanyuan Chen (contact PI)

     $795,000

     award amount
   • 1R01EY038853-01Department: NIH department code

     In vivo imaging of the immune response in human uveitis: linking cellular level optical biomarkers to the immune environment of the living eye
     $679,650

     award amount

4. Ian A Sigal

   Leads 2 awards · $1,417,942

   • 5P30EY008098-38Department: NIH department code

     Core Grant for Vision Research

     Principal investigators: Anthony J St Leger (contact PI), Ethan A Rossi (contact PI), Ian A Sigal (contact PI), John D Ash (contact PI), Marlene Behrmann (contact PI), Paul R. Kinchington (contact PI), Yuanyuan Chen (contact PI)

     $795,000

     award amount
   • 2R01EY023966-10A1Department: NIH department code

     Optic nerve head microstructure, biomechanics and susceptibility to glaucoma
     $622,942

     award amount

5. Yuanyuan Chen

   Leads 2 awards · $1,320,957

   • 5P30EY008098-38Department: NIH department code

     Core Grant for Vision Research

     Principal investigators: Anthony J St Leger (contact PI), Ethan A Rossi (contact PI), Ian A Sigal (contact PI), John D Ash (contact PI), Marlene Behrmann (contact PI), Paul R. Kinchington (contact PI), Yuanyuan Chen (contact PI)

     $795,000

     award amount
   • 2R01EY030991-06Department: NIH department code

     Pharmacological studies of RHO-associated retinitis pigmentosa
     $525,957

     award amount

6. Marlene Behrmann

   Leads 2 awards · $1,263,731

   • 5P30EY008098-38Department: NIH department code

     Core Grant for Vision Research

     Principal investigators: Anthony J St Leger (contact PI), Ethan A Rossi (contact PI), Ian A Sigal (contact PI), John D Ash (contact PI), Marlene Behrmann (contact PI), Paul R. Kinchington (contact PI), Yuanyuan Chen (contact PI)

     $795,000

     award amount
   • 2R01EY027018-10Department: NIH department code

     Reorganization of visual function in patients with posterior cortical research: Selectivity and plasticity
     $468,731

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 5T32EY017271-18, led by Paul R. Kinchington.

7. John D Ash

   Leads 1 award · $795,000

   • 5P30EY008098-38Department: NIH department code

     Core Grant for Vision Research

     Principal investigators: Anthony J St Leger (contact PI), Ethan A Rossi (contact PI), Ian A Sigal (contact PI), John D Ash (contact PI), Marlene Behrmann (contact PI), Paul R. Kinchington (contact PI), Yuanyuan Chen (contact PI)

     $795,000

     award amount

8. Bryan William Jones

   Leads 1 award · $672,791

   • 7R01EY028927-07Department: NIH department code

     Retinal Circuitry
     $672,791

     award amount

9. Joseph Patrick Mayo

   Leads 1 award · $462,120

   • 5R01EY035673-03Department: NIH department code

     Multi-scale Dissection of Frontal Lobe Circuits for Interacting Eye Movements
     $462,120

     award amount

10. Robert M Shanks

    Leads 1 award · $445,859

    • 5R01EY036686-03Department: NIH department code

      Extensively drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa keratitis outbreak strain:  virulence mechanisms and mitigation
      $445,859

      award amount

11. Kun-Che Chang

    Leads 1 award · $433,324

    • 1R21EY039420-01Department: NIH department code

      Harnessing Microfluidic Innovation to Discover Axon Growth Boosters for Regeneration Therapies

      Principal investigators: Kun-Che Chang (contact PI), Yu-Chih Chen

      $433,324

      award amount

12. Issam Al Diri

    Leads 1 award · $413,741

    • 5R01EY035619-03Department: NIH department code

      Wiring and rewiring of the chromatin landscape during retinogenesis
      $413,741

      award amount

13. Susana Isabel M M A Da Silva

    Leads 1 award · $395,258

    • 5R01EY033385-05Department: NIH department code

      Role of retinoic acid signaling in fovea development
      $395,258

      award amount

14. Kevin K. Fuller

    Leads 1 award · $367,099

    • 5R01EY033866-05Department: NIH department code

      The unfolded protein response as a therapeutic target for fungal keratitis
      $367,099

      award amount

15. Shawn Willett

    Leads 1 award · $122,473

    • 5K99EY037819-02Department: NIH department code

      Dissecting the neural basis of visual continuity using blinks
      $122,473

      award amount

16. Kelly C Martin

    Leads 1 award · $79,348

    • 5F32DC022192-02Department: NIH department code

      Language plasticity after childhood hemispherectomy: Neuroimaging and computational modeling
      $79,348

      award amount

17. Alessandra Larimer-Picciani

    Leads 1 award · $53,070

    • 5F30EY036249-03Department: NIH department code

      Advancing treatment and molecular understanding of oculocutaneous albinism through gene therapy
      $53,070

      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.

• Daniel H Kaplan

  Co-investigator on 5U01EY034711-05, led by Anthony J St Leger

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Pittsburgh · Dermatology (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Harinder Singh

  Co-investigator on 5U01EY034711-05, led by Anthony J St Leger

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Pittsburgh · Microbiology & Immunology (NIH department code, 2 awards)
  • University of Pittsburgh · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Yu-Chih Chen

  Co-investigator on 1R21EY039420-01, led by Kun-Che Chang

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Pittsburgh · Anatomy & Cell Biology (NIH department code, 3 awards)