Pediatrics at University of Pittsburgh

Leads a grant in this department

60 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. Juan Carlos Celedon

   Leads 4 awards · $1,854,993

   • 5R01HL152475-04Department: NIH department code

     Nasal epithelial epigenomics and transcriptomics and asthma in Hispanic adults

     Principal investigators: Juan Carlos Celedon (contact PI), Carmen R. Isasi

     $670,082

     award amount
   • 5R01HL168539-02Department: NIH department code

     Exposure to violence during childhood and Th2-high asthma in young Puerto Rican adults
     $665,250

     award amount
   • 5T32HL129949-08Department: NIH department code

     Pittsburgh Training Grant in Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine
     $395,201

     award amount
   • 5R25HL158295-04Department: NIH department code

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

     Principal investigators: Juan Carlos Celedon (contact PI), Sunder Sims-Lucas

     $124,460

     award amount

2. John F Alcorn

   Leads 3 awards · $1,794,536

   • 5R01AI170108-03Department: NIH department code

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

     Principal investigators: John F Alcorn (contact PI), Harinder Singh, Jishnu Das, Richard K Zimmerman

     $780,295

     award amount
   • 5R01HL167449-02Department: NIH department code

     The Role of Staphylococcus aureus SasD in Lung
     $518,055

     award amount
   • 5R01HL107380-13Department: NIH department code

     Influenza A Inhibits TH17 Host Defense Against Bacterial Pneumonia
     $496,186

     award amount

3. Terence S. Dermody

   Leads 3 awards · $1,322,108

   • 5R01AI174526-03Department: NIH department code

     Reovirus Neuropathogenesis
     $538,059

     award amount
   • 5T32HD071834-10Department: NIH department code

     Research Training Program for Pediatric Subspecialty Fellows
     $464,907

     award amount
   • 5K12HD052892-17Department: NIH department code

     Molecular Basis of Pediatric Disease
     $319,142

     award amount

4. Thomas A Hooven

   Leads 3 awards · $1,257,758

   • 1R01AI182835-01Department: NIH department code

     Group B Streptococcus surface determinants of neonatal intestinal colonization and infection
     $566,960

     award amount
   • 1R01AI177991-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Signal transduction, metabolic shifts, and host interactions during group B Streptococcus infection
     $492,385

     award amount
   • 5R21AI178067-02Department: NIH department code

     Bacterial CRISPR interference to define macrophage responses to group B Streptococcus proteins

     Principal investigators: Thomas A Hooven (contact PI), David M Aronoff

     $198,413

     award amount

5. Marian G Michaels

   Leads 1 award · $1,234,285

   • 5U01IP001152-04Department: NIH department code

     IP21-002, New Vaccine Surveillance Network
     $1,234,285

     award amount

6. Sunder Sims-Lucas

   Leads 3 awards · $1,190,908

   • 1R01DK134346-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Dicarboxylic acid therapy for prevention of kidney injury

     Principal investigators: Sunder Sims-Lucas (contact PI), Eric S Goetzman

     $645,599

     award amount
   • 5R01DK121758-05Department: NIH department code

     The role of Sirtuin 5 in acute kidney injury
     $437,309

     award amount
   • 5R25DK119180-04Department: NIH department code

     The University of Pittsburgh Summer Research Internship Program kidney workshop (SRIP-Kid)

     Principal investigators: Sunder Sims-Lucas (contact PI), Jacqueline Ho

     $108,000

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 5R25HL158295-04, led by Juan Carlos Celedon.

7. Robert S B Clark

   Leads 2 awards · $1,156,982

   • 5R01NS118716-04Department: NIH department code

     Bio-digital Rapid Alert to Identify Neuromorbidity

     Principal investigators: Robert S B Clark (contact PI), Alicia K Au, Christopher Michael Horvat, Harry S Hochheiser

     $604,792

     award amount
   • 5R01NS117000-05Department: NIH department code

     Druggable Mitochondrial Targets for Treatment of Cerebral Ischemia

     Principal investigators: Robert S B Clark (contact PI), Hülya Bayir

     $552,190

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS127372-02, led by Dennis William Simon; 5T32HD040686-24, led by Patrick M Kochanek.

8. Anita K McElroy

   Leads 4 awards · $1,140,600

   • 1R01AI183792-01Department: NIH department code

     Neuropathogenesis of Rift Valley fever virus
     $583,047

     award amount
   • 5R01AI171200-03Department: NIH department code

     Innate immune recognition and response to Rift Valley fever virus
     $434,083

     award amount
   • 3R01AI171200-03S1Department: NIH department code

     Innate immune recognition and response to Rift Valley fever virus
     $85,061

     award amount
   • 3R01AI171200-02S1Department: NIH department code

     Innate immune recognition and response to Rift Valley fever virus
     $38,409

     award amount

9. Maya Ragavan

   Leads 3 awards · $1,131,067

   • 1R01NR021484-01Department: NIH department code

     Novel doula intervention to leverage clinic-community connections to support perinatal intimate partner violence survivors

     Principal investigators: Maya Ragavan (contact PI), Dara Daneen Mendez

     $778,210

     award amount
   • 1R21HD109627-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Developing a parent-adolescent relationship abuse prevention intervention for pediatric primary care
     $198,750

     award amount
   • 5K23HD104925-03Department: NIH department code

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

     award amount

10. Eric S Goetzman

    Leads 3 awards · $1,128,043

    • 5R01DK090242-14Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of Peroxisomal Metabolism by Lysine Acylation
      $416,799

      award amount
    • 5R01DK068196-17Department: NIH department code

      Chaperone Actions in CFTR Biogenesis
      $375,600

      award amount
    • 5R01HD103602-04Department: NIH department code

      Optimizing medium-chain lipids for the treatment of long-chain fatty acid oxidation disorders
      $335,644

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01DK134346-01A1, led by Sunder Sims-Lucas.

11. Timothy Wesley Hand

    Leads 3 awards · $1,042,082

    • 5R01CA269902-02Department: NIH department code

      Identifying the mechanism of anti-colorectal immunity induced by mucoinvasive colonic bacteria
      $535,501

      award amount
    • 5R01DK120697-05Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of maternal Immunoglobulin A control over the neonatal microbiota and the development of Necrotizing Enterocolitis.
      $431,739

      award amount
    • 5R03AI176019-02Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the tissue location and protective function of oral vaccine-specific tissue resident memory CD4 T cells
      $74,842

      award amount

12. Gerard Vockley

    Leads 2 awards · $971,841

    • 5R01DK109907-08Department: NIH department code

      Characterization of Branched Chain Amino Acid Metabolism and Its Deficiency
      $544,348

      award amount
    • 5R01AR078872-03Department: NIH department code

      Therapeutic genetics and disease modeling in LAMA2-CMD
      $427,493

      award amount

13. Arjumand Ghazi

    Leads 3 awards · $846,084

    • 1R01AI176327-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Alternative Splicing & Differential Expression of Lipases in Host-Microbe Interactions
      $526,544

      award amount
    • 5R21AG083329-02Department: NIH department code

      Modulation of Lifespan and Healthspan by Meiosis Genes
      $198,750

      award amount
    • 5K07AG078287-02Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

14. Philana Ling Lin

    Leads 1 award · $739,545

    • 5R01AI155495-05Department: NIH department code

      Dissecting the pathogenesis of HIV-TB Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

      Principal investigators: Philana Ling Lin (contact PI), Joanne L. Flynn

      $739,545

      award amount

15. Elizabeth Miller

    Leads 2 awards · $703,479

    • 5R01AA023260-09Department: NIH department code

      Reducing Alcohol Involved Sexual violence in higher Education (RAISE)
      $572,479

      award amount
    • 3R01AA023260-09S1Department: NIH department code

      Alcohol use and sexual violence among college students with disability – co-creating inclusive research and prevention (Administrative Supplement NOT-OD-24-031 to R01 AA023260)
      $131,000

      award amount

16. Melissa E Kane

    Leads 3 awards · $694,850

    • 5R01AI162172-04Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount
    • 1R21AI178197-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Genetic basis for TLR7-independent antiretroviral antibody responses
      $229,650

      award amount
    • 1R03AI180680-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Genetic basis for interferon-gamma-independent antiviral antibody production
      $70,650

      award amount

17. Joseph A Carcillo

    Leads 2 awards · $680,778

    • 2R01GM108618-09Department: NIH department code

      Inflammation Phenotypes in Pediatric Sepsis Induced Multiple Organ Failure Renewal
      $524,648

      award amount
    • 5RL1HD107779-04Department: NIH department code

      Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network - Clinical Site
      $156,130

      award amount

18. Traci M Kazmerski

    Leads 1 award · $671,564

    • 5R01HL161164-02Department: NIH department code

      Health Outcomes of Parents with Cystic Fibrosis (HOPe:CF)
      $671,564

      award amount

19. Mary Ellen Vajravelu

    Leads 1 award · $594,591

    • 1R01DK137803-01A1Department: NIH department code

      REFLECT2D: Real-time Engagement For Learning to Effectively Control Type 2 Diabetes
      $594,591

      award amount

20. Laurie A. Silva

    Leads 1 award · $582,578

    • 1R01AI173044-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Molecular mechanisms governing chikungunya virus binding, tropism, and pathogenesis
      $582,578

      award amount

21. Brian T Campfield

    Leads 1 award · $567,734

    • 5R01HL158576-03Department: NIH department code

      Follistatin-like 1 Mediated Host Defense in Bacterial Pneumonia
      $567,734

      award amount

22. Dennis William Simon

    Leads 1 award · $544,922

    • 5R01NS127372-02Department: NIH department code

      Impact of microbiota-derived metabolites on traumatic brain injury-related neurodegeneration

      Principal investigators: Dennis William Simon (contact PI), Ava M. Puccio, Michael Morowitz, Robert S B Clark

      $544,922

      award amount

23. Udai B Pandey

    Leads 1 award · $523,554

    • 5R01NS134215-02Department: NIH department code

      Identifying the molecular mechanisms of GEMIN5 mutations in a novel cerebellar ataxia syndrome
      $523,554

      award amount

24. Jiuann-Huey Ivy Lin

    Leads 1 award · $506,984

    • 1R56HL173608-01Department: NIH department code

      Multi-Lineage Modulation of cardiac neural crest cells during cardiac development
      $506,984

      award amount

25. Nader Shaikh

    Leads 1 award · $497,274

    • 5R01DK118033-05Department: NIH department code

      Biomarkers for Urinary Tract Infection and Pyelonephritis
      $497,274

      award amount

26. Radhika Hiren Muzumdar

    Leads 1 award · $470,427

    • 5R01AG069399-04Department: NIH department code

      Cardioprotective role of Humanin in aging

      Principal investigators: Radhika Hiren Muzumdar (contact PI), Partha Dutta

      $470,427

      award amount

27. John V. Williams

    Leads 2 awards · $467,716

    • 5R01AI085062-13Department: NIH department code

      Host Determinants of Human Metapneumovirus Immunity and Pathogenesis
      $466,434

      award amount
    • 1R21AI180460-01Department: NIH department code

      Discovery of human metapneumovirus epitopes
      $1,282

      award amount

28. Bryan H Goldstein

    Leads 1 award · $447,188

    • 1UM1HL172701-01Department: NIH department code

      Pediatric Heart Network University of Pittsburgh

      Principal investigators: Bryan H Goldstein (contact PI), Laura J Olivieri

      $447,188

      award amount

29. Dwi Utami Kemaladewi

    Leads 1 award · $427,964

    • 4DP2AR081047-02Department: NIH department code

      Implications of Genetic Diversity in Muscular Dystrophy
      $427,964

      award amount

30. William H. Depas

    Leads 1 award · $391,237

    • 5R01AI170607-02Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

31. Radha Gopal

    Leads 1 award · $389,555

    • 5R01HL146479-05Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

32. Patrick M Kochanek

    Leads 1 award · $383,109

    • 5T32HD040686-24Department: NIH department code

      Pediatric Neurointensive Care and Resuscitation Research

      Principal investigators: Patrick M Kochanek (contact PI), Robert S B Clark

      $383,109

      award amount

33. Hengjiang Henry Dong

    Leads 1 award · $380,382

    • 5R01DK125001-05Department: NIH department code

      FoxO1 in Gestational Diabetes
      $380,382

      award amount

34. Jacqueline Ho

    Leads 1 award · $303,581

    • 5R01DK137410-02Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of tubulointerstitial crosstalk by microRNAs in renal fibrosis
      $303,581

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R25DK119180-04, led by Sunder Sims-Lucas.

35. Kathryn S. Torok

    Leads 1 award · $296,431

    • 5R01AR078560-04Department: NIH department code

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

      Principal investigators: Kathryn S. Torok (contact PI), Heidi T Jacobe

      $296,431

      award amount

36. Ingrid M Libman

    Leads 1 award · $251,488

    • 5R34DK136020-02Department: 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)

      Principal investigators: Ingrid M Libman (contact PI), Linda M Siminerio

      $251,488

      award amount

37. Megan Culler Freeman

    Leads 2 awards · $217,460

    • 5K08AI171177-03Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount
    • 3K08AI171177-03S1Department: NIH department code

      Investigation of enterovirus D68 pathogenesis in the human spinal cord
      $62,858

      award amount

38. Robert D Nicholls

    Leads 1 award · $196,579

    • 5R21HD108695-02Department: NIH department code

      Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) gene-domain and AAV miniaturization for gene therapy
      $196,579

      award amount

39. Taylor John Eddens

    Leads 1 award · $189,756

    • 1K08AI182486-01Department: NIH department code

      Altered CD4+ T cell responses and resultant asthma following neonatal human metapneumovirus infection
      $189,756

      award amount

40. Christine March

    Leads 1 award · $188,656

    • 5K23DK135800-02Department: NIH department code

      School-Partnered Collaborative Care (SPACE) for Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes
      $188,656

      award amount

41. Catherine S Forster

    Leads 1 award · $186,602

    • 5K23DK129783-03Department: NIH department code

      The association between the urine microbiome, the host immune response and urinary symptoms in children with spina bifida
      $186,602

      award amount

42. Anne-Marie Rick

    Leads 1 award · $174,993

    • 5K23AI159399-04Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

43. Lisa M Maurer

    Leads 1 award · $172,316

    • 5K08AI177744-02Department: NIH department code

      BCL10-MALT1 protein-protein interaction in lymphocyte function and dysfunction
      $172,316

      award amount

44. Aidan Porter

    Leads 1 award · $164,040

    • 1K08DK136914-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Endoplasmic Reticulum Protein Homeostasis in Renal Physiology and Acute Kidney Injury
      $164,040

      award amount

45. Kathryn Mary Kernan

    Leads 1 award · $163,028

    • 5K23GM148827-02Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

46. Christopher Michael Horvat

    Leads 1 award · $162,172

    • 5K23HD099331-05Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS118716-04, led by Robert S B Clark.

47. Franziska Rosser

    Leads 1 award · $160,488

    • 5K08HL159333-04Department: NIH department code

      Chronic outdoor air pollution, airway epithelial "omics" and asthma exacerbations in children
      $160,488

      award amount

48. Alison J. Culyba

    Leads 1 award · $157,295

    • 5R03DE030922-02Department: NIH department code

      Examining Adolescent Social Networks and Dental Utilization in the National Longitudinal AddHealth Study
      $157,295

      award amount

49. Katherine Guyon-Harris

    Leads 1 award · $153,476

    • 5K23DA055092-03Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

50. Kelly Bailey

    Leads 1 award · $152,995

    • 5K08CA252178-04Department: NIH department code

      DNA Damage and Immunogenicity in Ewing Sarcoma
      $152,995

      award amount

51. Soyeon Kim

    Leads 1 award · $139,018

    • 5K01HL153792-04Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

52. Deirdre Nolfi-Donegan

    Leads 1 award · $128,436

    • 5K08HL155488-03Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of platelet stimulation in hemolysis
      $128,436

      award amount

53. Takuto Greco Chiba

    Leads 1 award · $119,857

    • 5K01DK133635-02Department: NIH department code

      The role of maladaptive VEGFR2 signaling in renal stroma for chronic kidney disease
      $119,857

      award amount

54. Hannah Crentsil

    Leads 1 award · $53,974

    • 5F30CA284607-02Department: NIH department code

      MALT1 protease as a regulator of anti-tumor immunity and tumor progression in diffuse midline glioma
      $53,974

      award amount

55. Jessica Marie Medrano

    Leads 1 award · $53,974

    • 1F31AI181616-01Department: NIH department code

      HIV/Mycobacterium tuberculosis co-infection: cellular dynamics in granulomas
      $53,974

      award amount

56. John Walton Little

    Leads 1 award · $53,974

    • 1F30CA294747-01Department: NIH department code

      Immunosuppressive impact of the GPCR/MALT1 protease axis in triple-negative breast cancer
      $53,974

      award amount

57. Christine Melody Tin

    Leads 1 award · $52,694

    • 1F30HD114316-01Department: NIH department code

      Breast Milk IgA Exerts Selective Pressure on the Preterm Gut Microbiome
      $52,694

      award amount

58. Olivia Parks

    Leads 1 award · $50,693

    • 5F30HL159915-03Department: NIH department code

      Age-dependent differences in the immune response to human metapneumovirus
      $50,693

      award amount

59. Juliana Hofstatter Azambuja

    Leads 1 award · $33,393

    • 1K99NS135130-01Department: NIH department code

      Harnessing Tumor Associated Macrophages in Glioblastoma
      $33,393

      award amount

60. Danielle Antos

    Leads 1 award · $10,560

    • 5F31HL164031-02Department: NIH department code

      Impact of interferon λ signaling on lung macrophage function and type 17 immunity during bacterial super-infection following influenza
      $10,560

      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.

• Harinder Singh

  Co-investigator on 5R01AI170108-03, led by John F Alcorn

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of Pittsburgh · Microbiology & Immunology (NIH department code, 2 awards)
  • University of Pittsburgh (no department on record, 1 award)

• Jishnu Das

  Co-investigator on 5R01AI170108-03, led by John F Alcorn

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

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

• Richard K Zimmerman

  Co-investigator on 5R01AI170108-03, led by John F Alcorn

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of Pittsburgh · Family Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Dara Daneen Mendez

  Co-investigator on 1R01NR021484-01, led by Maya Ragavan

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of Pittsburgh · Public Health (NIH department code, 1 award)
  • University of Pittsburgh (no department on record, 1 award)

• Joanne L. Flynn

  Co-investigator on 5R01AI155495-05, led by Philana Ling Lin

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

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

• Carmen R. Isasi

  Co-investigator on 5R01HL152475-04, led by Juan Carlos Celedon

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine (no department on record, 2 awards)

• Alicia K Au

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS118716-04, led by Robert S B Clark

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

• Harry S Hochheiser

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS118716-04, led by Robert S B Clark

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

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

• Hülya Bayir

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS117000-05, led by Robert S B Clark

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Columbia University · Pediatrics (NIH department code, 3 awards)

• Ava M. Puccio

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS127372-02, led by Dennis William Simon

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of Pittsburgh · Neurosurgery (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Michael Morowitz

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS127372-02, led by Dennis William Simon

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

• Partha Dutta

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG069399-04, led by Radhika Hiren Muzumdar

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of Pittsburgh · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Laura J Olivieri

  Co-investigator on 1UM1HL172701-01, led by Bryan H Goldstein

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

• Heidi T Jacobe

  Co-investigator on 5R01AR078560-04, led by Kathryn S. Torok

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

• Linda M Siminerio

  Co-investigator on 5R34DK136020-02, led by Ingrid M Libman

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

• David M Aronoff

  Co-investigator on 5R21AI178067-02, led by Thomas A Hooven

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