Pediatrics at University of Pittsburgh

Leads a grant in this department

72 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. Michaels, Marian G

   Leads 2 awards · $5,050,000

   • 5U01IP001152-03Department: NIH department code

     IP21-002, New Vaccine Surveillance Network
     $2,750,000

     award amount
   • 6U01IP001152-03M002Department: NIH department code

     IP21-002, New Vaccine Surveillance Network
     $2,300,000

     award amount

2. Celedon, Juan Carlos

   Leads 4 awards · $1,879,829

   • 1R01HL168539-01Department: NIH department code

     Exposure to violence during childhood and Th2-high asthma in young Puerto Rican adults
     $695,909

     award amount
   • 5R01HL152475-03Department: NIH department code

     Nasal epithelial epigenomics and transcriptomics and asthma in Hispanic adults
     $675,552

     award amount
   • 5T32HL129949-07Department: NIH department code

     Pittsburgh Training Grant in Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine
     $380,668

     award amount
   • 5R25HL158295-03Department: NIH department code

     The Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh -Cardiology, Hematology and Pulmonology Summer Research Internship Program (CHP2-SRIP)
     $127,700

     award amount

3. Alcorn, John F

   Leads 3 awards · $1,853,947

   • 5R01AI170108-02Department: NIH department code

     Uncovering latent factors underlying weak and robust responses to influenza vaccine in healthy and obese older adults
     $775,988

     award amount
   • 1R01HL167449-01A1Department: NIH department code

     The Role of Staphylococcus aureus SasD in Lung
     $571,647

     award amount
   • 5R01HL107380-12Department: NIH department code

     Influenza A Inhibits TH17 Host Defense Against Bacterial Pneumonia
     $506,312

     award amount

4. Dermody, Terence S.

   Leads 4 awards · $1,719,387

   • 5R01AI174526-02Department: NIH department code

     Reovirus Neuropathogenesis
     $547,267

     award amount
   • 5R01AI032539-32Department: NIH department code

     Cell Biology of Reovirus Infection
     $509,806

     award amount
   • 5T32HD071834-09Department: NIH department code

     Research Training Program for Pediatric Subspecialty Fellows
     $427,864

     award amount
   • 2K12HD052892-16Department: NIH department code

     Molecular Basis of Pediatric Disease
     $234,450

     award amount

5. Kuhn, Bernhard

   Leads 4 awards · $1,336,759

   • 5R01HL155597-03Department: NIH department code

     Mechanistic clinical trial of β-blocker administration for reactivating cardiomyocyte division in Tetralogy of Fallot
     $694,289

     award amount
   • 5R01HL151415-04Department: NIH department code

     Lamin B2 regulates nuclear remodeling in cardiomyocyte terminal differentiation
     $327,590

     award amount
   • 5R01HL151386-04Department: NIH department code

     Quantification of the decline of heart muscle cell proliferation and its reversal in pediatric patients
     $237,339

     award amount
   • 3R01HL155597-03S1Department: NIH department code

     Mechanistic clinical trial of β-blocker administration for reactivating cardiomyocyte division in Tetralogy of Fallot
     $77,541

     award amount

6. Miller, Elizabeth

   Leads 2 awards · $1,148,432

   • 5R01AA023260-08Department: NIH department code

     Reducing Alcohol Involved Sexual violence in higher Education (RAISE)
     $578,619

     award amount
   • 5R01MD013797-05Department: NIH department code

     Creating Peace: community-based youth violence prevention to address racism and discrimination
     $569,813

     award amount

7. Hand, Timothy Wesley

   Leads 3 awards · $1,091,829

   • 1R01CA269902-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Identifying the mechanism of anti-colorectal immunity induced by mucoinvasive colonic bacteria
     $578,243

     award amount
   • 5R01DK120697-04Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of maternal Immunoglobulin A control over the neonatal microbiota and the development of Necrotizing Enterocolitis.
     $449,729

     award amount
   • 1R03AI176019-01Department: NIH department code

     Investigating the tissue location and protective function of oral vaccine-specific tissue resident memory CD4 T cells
     $63,857

     award amount

8. Clark, Robert S B

   Leads 2 awards · $929,459

   • 1R01NS127372-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Impact of microbiota-derived metabolites on traumatic brain injury-related neurodegeneration
     $606,431

     award amount
   • 5T32HD040686-23Department: NIH department code

     Pediatric Neurointensive Care and Resuscitation Research
     $323,028

     award amount

9. Pandey, Udai B

   Leads 2 awards · $928,016

   • 1R01NS134215-01Department: NIH department code

     Identifying the molecular mechanisms of GEMIN5 mutations in a novel cerebellar ataxia syndrome
     $539,746

     award amount
   • 5R01NS081303-10Department: NIH department code

     Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of FUS-related ALS/FTD
     $388,270

     award amount

10. Goetzman, Eric S

    Leads 2 awards · $773,124

    • 5R01DK090242-13Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of Peroxisomal Metabolism by Lysine Acylation
      $434,166

      award amount
    • 5R01HD103602-03Department: NIH department code

      Optimizing medium-chain lipids for the treatment of long-chain fatty acid oxidation disorders
      $338,958

      award amount

11. Kazmerski, Traci

    Leads 1 award · $762,616

    • 1R01HL161164-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Health Outcomes of Parents with Cystic Fibrosis (HOPe:CF)
      $762,616

      award amount

12. Flynn, Joanne L.

    Leads 1 award · $750,630

    • 5R01AI155495-04Department: NIH department code

      Dissecting the pathogenesis of HIV-TB Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome
      $750,630

      award amount

13. Ray, Kristin N

    Leads 1 award · $718,199

    • 5R01AI148159-04Department: NIH department code

      Understanding Use of Direct to Consumer Telemedicine for Pediatric Acute Respiratory Infections
      $718,199

      award amount

14. Ho, Jacqueline

    Leads 2 awards · $685,708

    • 5R01DK125015-04Department: NIH department code

      Endothelial miR-17~92 protects against acute kidney injury
      $369,478

      award amount
    • 1R01DK137410-01Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of tubulointerstitial crosstalk by microRNAs in renal fibrosis
      $316,230

      award amount

15. Au, Alicia K

    Leads 1 award · $616,964

    • 5R01NS118716-03Department: NIH department code

      Bio-digital Rapid Alert to Identify Neuromorbidity
      $616,964

      award amount

16. Campfield, Brian T

    Leads 1 award · $579,321

    • 5R01HL158576-02Department: NIH department code

      Follistatin-like 1 Mediated Host Defense in Bacterial Pneumonia
      $579,321

      award amount

17. Bayir, Hülya

    Leads 1 award · $569,269

    • 5R01NS117000-04Department: NIH department code

      Druggable Mitochondrial Targets for Treatment of Cerebral Ischemia
      $569,269

      award amount

18. Vockley, Gerard

    Leads 1 award · $567,029

    • 5R01DK109907-07Department: NIH department code

      Characterization of Branched Chain Amino Acid Metabolism and Its Deficiency
      $567,029

      award amount

19. Shaikh, Nader

    Leads 1 award · $547,540

    • 5R01DK118033-04Department: NIH department code

      Biomarkers for Urinary Tract Infection and Pyelonephritis
      $547,540

      award amount

20. Poholek, Amanda Catherine

    Leads 1 award · $528,168

    • 5R01AI153104-03Department: NIH department code

      Lung-specific expression and function of Blimp-1 in T cells impacting allergic asthma
      $528,168

      award amount

21. Horslen, Simon

    Leads 1 award · $500,000

    • 5U01DK062466-22Department: NIH department code

      The Pittsburgh Cholestatic Liver Disease Consortium
      $500,000

      award amount

22. Turnquist, Heth R

    Leads 1 award · $488,229

    • 5R01HL144556-05Department: NIH department code

      The Role of AMP-activated Protein Kinase in GVHD-causing T Cells
      $488,229

      award amount

23. Olivieri, Laura J

    Leads 1 award · $486,915

    • 7R01HL144494-05Department: NIH department code

      Cardiac MRI increases accuracy and decreases risk of evaluation of children with cardiomyopathy and cardiac transplantation
      $486,915

      award amount

24. Dutta, Partha

    Leads 1 award · $470,427

    • 5R01AG069399-03Department: NIH department code

      Cardioprotective role of Humanin in aging
      $470,427

      award amount

25. Sawalha, Amr H

    Leads 1 award · $469,858

    • 5R01AI097134-09Department: NIH department code

      Role of DNA methylation in lupus
      $469,858

      award amount

26. Williams, John V.

    Leads 1 award · $466,306

    • 2R01AI085062-12A1Department: NIH department code

      Host Determinants of Human Metapneumovirus Immunity and Pathogenesis
      $466,306

      award amount

27. McElroy, Anita K

    Leads 1 award · $464,676

    • 5R01AI171200-02Department: NIH department code

      Innate immune recognition and response to Rift Valley fever virus
      $464,676

      award amount

28. Sims-Lucas, Sunder

    Leads 1 award · $455,531

    • 5R01DK121758-04Department: NIH department code

      The role of Sirtuin 5 in acute kidney injury
      $455,531

      award amount

29. Kemaladewi, Dwi Utami

    Leads 1 award · $441,089

    • 5R01AR078872-02Department: NIH department code

      Therapeutic genetics and disease modeling in LAMA2-CMD
      $441,089

      award amount

30. Lamitina, Samuel T

    Leads 2 awards · $424,434

    • 5R01GM135577-04Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of stress-specific protein translation by the O-GlcNaC transferase ogt-1 and 3' mRNA processing
      $346,826

      award amount
    • 3R01GM135577-03S1Department: NIH department code

      Administrative Supplement Equipment Request for GM135577
      $77,608

      award amount

31. Dong, Hengjiang Henry

    Leads 1 award · $396,101

    • 5R01DK125001-04Department: NIH department code

      FoxO1 in Gestational Diabetes
      $396,101

      award amount

32. Kane, Melissa E

    Leads 1 award · $394,550

    • 5R01AI162172-03Department: NIH department code

      Inhibition of lentiviral nuclear import pathways by Mx2
      $394,550

      award amount

33. Depas, William H.

    Leads 1 award · $391,237

    • 1R01AI170607-01A1Department: NIH department code

      The Impact of the Cystic Fibrosis infection environment on biofilm development of nontuberculous mycobacteria
      $391,237

      award amount

34. Gopal, Radha

    Leads 1 award · $389,555

    • 5R01HL146479-04Department: NIH department code

      Immune mechanisms of influenza‐induced exacerbation of atherosclerosis
      $389,555

      award amount

35. Moulik, Mousumi

    Leads 1 award · $384,470

    • 5R01HL147946-05Department: NIH department code

      Tead1 and Cardiac Adaptation
      $384,470

      award amount

36. Ghazi, Arjumand

    Leads 2 awards · $359,290

    • 1R21AG083329-01Department: NIH department code

      Modulation of Lifespan and Healthspan by Meiosis Genes
      $238,500

      award amount
    • 1K07AG078287-01A1Department: NIH department code

      A Pipeline for Research, Education and Mentoring in Reproductive Aging
      $120,790

      award amount

37. Jacobe, Heidi T

    Leads 1 award · $324,840

    • 5R01AR078560-03Department: NIH department code

      Ancillary studies to define dysregulated immune and fibrotic pathways in a well-characterized morphea cohort
      $324,840

      award amount

38. Ragavan, Maya

    Leads 2 awards · $261,726

    • 5K23HD104925-02Department: NIH department code

      Developing an Adolescent Relationship Abuse Prevention Intervention for Hispanic Immigrant Families
      $154,107

      award amount
    • 3K23HD104925-02S1Department: NIH department code

      Developing an Adolescent Relationship Abuse Prevention Intervention for Hispanic Immigrant Families
      $107,619

      award amount

39. Vajravelu, Mary Ellen

    Leads 2 awards · $257,440

    • 5K23DK125719-05Department: NIH department code

      Behavioral Economics for Activity Motivation in Adolescents and Young Adults with Pediatric Diabetes and Type 2 Diabetes
      $171,625

      award amount
    • 3K23DK125719-05S1Department: NIH department code

      Behavioral Economics for Activity Motivation in Adolescents and Young Adults with Pediatric Diabetes and Type 2 Diabetes
      $85,815

      award amount

40. Libman, Ingrid M

    Leads 1 award · $253,150

    • 1R34DK136020-01Department: NIH department code

      Application of the Telemedicine for Reach, Education, Access, and Treatment delivery model to engage emerging adults in Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (TREAT-ED)
      $253,150

      award amount

41. Aronoff, David M

    Leads 1 award · $252,913

    • 1R21AI178067-01Department: NIH department code

      Bacterial CRISPR interference to define macrophage responses to group B Streptococcus proteins
      $252,913

      award amount

42. Radovic-Stakic, Ana

    Leads 1 award · $234,006

    • 5R21MD016143-02Department: NIH department code

      SOVA (Supporting Our Valued Adolescents) Peer Ambassador Program Pilot Study, Enhancing Resiliency in Low-Resource Youth
      $234,006

      award amount

43. Byersdorfer, Craig Alan

    Leads 1 award · $233,780

    • 5R21AI166697-02Department: NIH department code

      FSTL-1 Regulated Pathways in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Homeostasis and Transplantation
      $233,780

      award amount

44. Nicholls, Robert D

    Leads 1 award · $229,490

    • 1R21HD108695-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) gene-domain and AAV miniaturization for gene therapy
      $229,490

      award amount

45. Wu, Yijen Lin

    Leads 1 award · $194,948

    • 5R21NS121706-02Department: NIH department code

      Bioenergetics and Neuronal Network Remodeling in a Rodent Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
      $194,948

      award amount

46. Forno, Erick

    Leads 1 award · $191,789

    • 5R01HL149693-04Department: NIH department code

      Obesity and Childhood Asthma: The Role of Adipose Tissue
      $191,789

      award amount

47. March, Christine

    Leads 1 award · $189,705

    • 1K23DK135800-01Department: NIH department code

      School-Partnered Collaborative Care (SPACE) for Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes
      $189,705

      award amount

48. Forster, Catherine S

    Leads 1 award · $187,736

    • 5K23DK129783-02Department: NIH department code

      The association between the urine microbiome, the host immune response and urinary symptoms in children with spina bifida
      $187,736

      award amount

49. Lucas, Peter C

    Leads 1 award · $187,132

    • 1R01CA273027-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Role of MALT1 in regulating the breast cancer immune microenvironment
      $187,132

      award amount

50. Ghaloul-Gonzalez, Lina

    Leads 1 award · $182,072

    • 5K08HG010490-05Department: NIH department code

      Precision Genomic Medicine in The Plain Communities and its Impact on The Plain and General Population
      $182,072

      award amount

51. Rick, Anne-Marie

    Leads 1 award · $174,993

    • 5K23AI159399-03Department: NIH department code

      Infant Protection from Influenza through Maternal Influenza Immunization
      $174,993

      award amount

52. Maurer, Lisa M

    Leads 1 award · $173,233

    • 1K08AI177744-01Department: NIH department code

      BCL10-MALT1 protein-protein interaction in lymphocyte function and dysfunction
      $173,233

      award amount

53. Kernan, Kathryn

    Leads 1 award · $163,028

    • 1K23GM148827-01Department: NIH department code

      Genetic Variants of Immune Dysregulation and Thrombotic Microangiopathy in Severe Pediatric Sepsis Induced Organ Dysfunction
      $163,028

      award amount

54. Horvat, Christopher Michael

    Leads 1 award · $162,172

    • 5K23HD099331-04Department: NIH department code

      A Learning Health System Approach to Precision Sedation and Analgesia in Critically-Ill Children
      $162,172

      award amount

55. Rosser, Franziska

    Leads 1 award · $160,304

    • 5K08HL159333-03Department: NIH department code

      Chronic outdoor air pollution, airway epithelial "omics" and asthma exacerbations in children
      $160,304

      award amount

56. Kim-Campbell, Nahmah

    Leads 1 award · $159,183

    • 5K23HD100553-04Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of Cell-Free Plasma Hemoglobin-Mediated Renal Injury after Cardiopulmonary Bypass
      $159,183

      award amount

57. Carcillo, Joseph A

    Leads 1 award · $157,707

    • 5RL1HD107779-03Department: NIH department code

      Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network - Clinical Site
      $157,707

      award amount

58. Culyba, Alison J.

    Leads 1 award · $157,450

    • 5K23HD098277-05Department: NIH department code

      Strengthening Adolescent-Adult Networks to Reduce Youth Violence
      $157,450

      award amount

59. Freeman, Megan Culler

    Leads 1 award · $154,602

    • 5K08AI171177-02Department: NIH department code

      Investigation of enterovirus D68 pathogenesis in the human spinal cord
      $154,602

      award amount

60. Guyon-Harris, Katherine

    Leads 1 award · $153,476

    • 5K23DA055092-02Department: NIH department code

      Promoting positive parenting among pregnant women with opioid use disorder
      $153,476

      award amount

61. Bailey, Kelly

    Leads 1 award · $152,995

    • 5K08CA252178-03Department: NIH department code

      DNA Damage and Immunogenicity in Ewing Sarcoma
      $152,995

      award amount

62. Scheunemann, Leslie Page

    Leads 1 award · $149,180

    • 5K08HS027210-05Department: NIH department code

      Tele-Recovery: Engaging Stakeholders to Adapt and Pilot Test a Scalable Transitional Rehabilitation Intervention for Older, Rural ICU Survivors
      $149,180

      award amount

63. Kim, Soyeon

    Leads 1 award · $139,018

    • 5K01HL153792-03Department: NIH department code

      Identifying Genetic and Epigenetic Risk Factors Regulating Gene Expression for Childhood Asthma
      $139,018

      award amount

64. Anderson, Eric Nathaniel

    Leads 1 award · $128,592

    • 5K99AG075363-02Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the role of traumatic injury in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia (ALS/FTD)
      $128,592

      award amount

65. Nolfi-Donegan, Deirdre

    Leads 1 award · $128,156

    • 5K08HL155488-02Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of platelet stimulation in hemolysis
      $128,156

      award amount

66. Chiba, Takuto Greco

    Leads 1 award · $121,357

    • 1K01DK133635-01A1Department: NIH department code

      The role of maladaptive VEGFR2 signaling in renal stroma for chronic kidney disease
      $121,357

      award amount

67. Ho, Jacqueline

    Leads 1 award · $108,000

    • 5R25DK119180-03Department: NIH department code

      The University of Pittsburgh Summer Research Internship Program kidney workshop (SRIP-Kid)
      $108,000

      award amount

68. Butterfield, Hannah

    Leads 1 award · $52,694

    • 1F30CA284607-01Department: NIH department code

      MALT1 protease as a regulator of anti-tumor immunity and tumor progression in diffuse midline glioma
      $52,694

      award amount

69. Parks, Olivia

    Leads 1 award · $49,413

    • 5F30HL159915-02Department: NIH department code

      Age-dependent differences in the immune response to human metapneumovirus
      $49,413

      award amount

70. Antos, Danielle

    Leads 1 award · $47,694

    • 1F31HL164031-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Impact of interferon λ signaling on lung macrophage function and type 17 immunity during bacterial super-infection following influenza
      $47,694

      award amount

71. Gabriel, George Christopher

    Leads 1 award · $34,206

    • 5F30HD097967-05Department: NIH department code

      Brain Abnormalities and Neurobehavioral Deficits in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
      $34,206

      award amount

72. Huckestein, Brydie Ryan

    Leads 1 award · $18,217

    • 5F31HL158002-03Department: NIH department code

      Targeting metabolism to improve outcomes following severe influenza infection
      $18,217

      award amount