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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pediatrics at University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

Funding
$29.9M
$29,920,720
Awards
76
FY2025 NIH awards in Pediatrics
Principal investigators
69
53 lead a grant here, 16 co-investigators
Department rank
#12
of 90 · 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 Pediatrics row of the University of Pittsburgh page.

Leads a grant in this department

53 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. Marian G Michaels

    Leads 1 award · $2,254,027

    • 5U01IP001152-05Department: NIH department code
      IP21-002, New Vaccine Surveillance Network
      $2,254,027
      award amount

  2. Terence S. Dermody

    Leads 4 awards · $2,047,516

    • 2R01AI032539-33A1Department: NIH department code
      Cell Biology of Reovirus Infection
      $674,101
      award amount
    • 2T32HD071834-11Department: NIH department code
      Research Training Program for Pediatric Subspecialty Fellows
      $530,074
      award amount
    • 5R01AI174526-04Department: NIH department code
      Reovirus Neuropathogenesis
      $520,317
      award amount
    • 5K12HD052892-18Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Basis of Pediatric Disease
      $323,024
      award amount

  3. Juan Carlos Celedon

    Leads 4 awards · $1,751,255

    • 5R01HL168539-03Department: NIH department code
      Exposure to violence during childhood and Th2-high asthma in young Puerto Rican adults
      $669,828
      award amount
    • 5R01HL152475-05Department: NIH department code
      Nasal epithelial epigenomics and transcriptomics and asthma in Hispanic adults

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

      $666,516
      award amount
    • 5T32HL129949-09Department: NIH department code
      Pittsburgh Training Grant in Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine
      $290,451
      award amount
    • 5R25HL158295-05Department: 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

  4. John F Alcorn

    Leads 2 awards · $1,291,601

    • 5R01AI170108-04Department: 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

      $762,973
      award amount
    • 5R01HL167449-03Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Staphylococcus aureus SasD in Lung
      $528,628
      award amount

  5. Timothy Wesley Hand

    Leads 2 awards · $1,266,093

    • 2R01DK120697-06Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of maternal Immunoglobulin A control over the neonatal microbiota and the development of Necrotizing Enterocolitis
      $702,211
      award amount
    • 5R01CA269902-03Department: NIH department code
      Identifying the mechanism of anti-colorectal immunity induced by mucoinvasive colonic bacteria
      $563,882
      award amount

  6. Philana Ling Lin

    Leads 1 award · $1,162,224

  7. Traci M Kazmerski

    Leads 2 awards · $1,151,038

    • 5R01HL161164-03Department: NIH department code
      Health Outcomes of Parents with Cystic Fibrosis (HOPe:CF)
      $614,352
      award amount
    • 5R01AA023260-10Department: NIH department code
      Reducing Alcohol Involved Sexual violence in higher Education (RAISE)
      $536,686
      award amount

  8. Hengjiang Henry Dong

    Leads 2 awards · $1,035,123

    • 1R01DK141486-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Liver Prlr signaling in metabolic adaptation to pregnancy
      $521,829
      award amount
    • 1R01HD116019-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Beta-Cell IRS1 in Pregnancy and Gestational Diabetes
      $513,294
      award amount

  9. Maya Ragavan

    Leads 2 awards · $1,026,381

    • 5R01NR021484-02Department: 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

      $776,031
      award amount
    • 5R21HD109627-02Department: NIH department code
      Developing a parent-adolescent relationship abuse prevention intervention for pediatric primary care
      $250,350
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01DK142766-01, led by Mary Ellen Vajravelu.

  10. Thomas A Hooven

    Leads 2 awards · $1,018,911

    • 5R01AI182835-02Department: NIH department code
      Group B Streptococcus surface determinants of neonatal intestinal colonization and infection
      $534,916
      award amount
    • 5R01AI177991-02Department: NIH department code
      Signal transduction, metabolic shifts, and host interactions during group B Streptococcus infection
      $483,995
      award amount

  11. Anita K McElroy

    Leads 2 awards · $950,514

    • 5R01AI183792-02Department: NIH department code
      Neuropathogenesis of Rift Valley fever virus
      $580,741
      award amount
    • 5R01AI171200-04Department: NIH department code
      Innate immune recognition and response to Rift Valley fever virus
      $369,773
      award amount

  12. Mary Ellen Vajravelu

    Leads 2 awards · $933,396

    • 5R01DK137803-02Department: NIH department code
      REFLECT2D: Real-time Engagement For Learning to Effectively Control Type 2 Diabetes
      $589,442
      award amount
    • 1R01DK142766-01Department: NIH department code
      ONWARD: Optimizing Navigation for Wellness And Resource utilization in youth with prediabetes and type 2 Diabetes

      Principal investigators: Mary Ellen Vajravelu (contact PI), Maya Ragavan

      $343,954
      award amount

  13. Radhika Hiren Muzumdar

    Leads 2 awards · $775,184

    • 5R01AG069399-05Department: NIH department code
      Cardioprotective role of Humanin in aging

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

      $461,018
      award amount
    • 1T32DK138882-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Research training in Pediatric Endocrinology
      $314,166
      award amount

  14. Franziska Rosser

    Leads 1 award · $744,737

    • 1R01ES036965-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Pollution Intervention to Impact Kids Asthma Study (PIKAS)
      $744,737
      award amount

  15. Sunder Sims-Lucas

    Leads 2 awards · $738,849

    • 5R01DK134346-02Department: NIH department code
      Dicarboxylic acid therapy for prevention of kidney injury

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

      $630,849
      award amount
    • 5R25DK119180-05Department: 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 5R25HL158295-05, led by Juan Carlos Celedon.

  16. Laurie A. Silva

    Leads 1 award · $679,987

    • 5R01AI173044-02Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms governing chikungunya virus binding, tropism, and pathogenesis
      $679,987
      award amount

  17. Melissa E Kane

    Leads 3 awards · $666,900

    • 5R01AI162172-05Department: NIH department code
      Inhibition of lentiviral nuclear import pathways by Mx2
      $394,550
      award amount
    • 5R21AI178197-02Department: NIH department code
      Genetic basis for TLR7-independent antiretroviral antibody responses
      $198,750
      award amount
    • 5R03AI180680-02Department: NIH department code
      Genetic basis for interferon-gamma-independent antiviral antibody production
      $73,600
      award amount

  18. Joseph A Carcillo

    Leads 2 awards · $643,163

    • 5R01GM108618-10Department: NIH department code
      Inflammation Phenotypes in Pediatric Sepsis Induced Multiple Organ Failure Renewal
      $485,456
      award amount
    • 5RL1HD107779-05Department: NIH department code
      Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network - Clinical Site
      $157,707
      award amount

  19. Arjumand Ghazi

    Leads 2 awards · $624,487

    • 5R01AI176327-02Department: NIH department code
      Alternative Splicing & Differential Expression of Lipases in Host-Microbe Interactions
      $503,697
      award amount
    • 5K07AG078287-03Department: NIH department code
      A Pipeline for Research, Education and Mentoring in Reproductive Aging
      $120,790
      award amount

  20. Megan Culler Freeman

    Leads 2 awards · $584,772

    • 1R21AI193384-01Department: NIH department code
      EV-D68 genetic neuropathogenesis determinants
      $430,170
      award amount
    • 5K08AI171177-04Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of enterovirus D68 pathogenesis in the human spinal cord
      $154,602
      award amount

  21. Brian T Campfield

    Leads 1 award · $579,321

    • 5R01HL158576-04Department: NIH department code
      Follistatin-like 1 Mediated Host Defense in Bacterial Pneumonia
      $579,321
      award amount

  22. Robert S B Clark

    Leads 1 award · $569,740

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS127372-03, led by Dennis William Simon; 5T32HD040686-25, led by Patrick M Kochanek.

  23. Udai B Pandey

    Leads 1 award · $539,746

    • 5R01NS134215-03Department: NIH department code
      Identifying the molecular mechanisms of GEMIN5 mutations in a novel cerebellar ataxia syndrome
      $539,746
      award amount

  24. Dennis William Simon

    Leads 1 award · $508,868

  25. Kathryn S. Torok

    Leads 1 award · $504,442

    • 1R01AR086434-01Department: NIH department code
      Integrating Spatial and Single-Cell Transcriptomics with Histology to Define Endotypes in Pediatric Scleroderma

      Principal investigators: Kathryn S. Torok (contact PI), Wei Chen

      $504,442
      award amount

  26. Patrick M Kochanek

    Leads 1 award · $442,788

    • 5T32HD040686-25Department: NIH department code
      Pediatric Neurointensive Care and Resuscitation Research

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

      $442,788
      award amount

  27. Bryan H Goldstein

    Leads 1 award · $438,422

    • 5UM1HL172701-02Department: NIH department code
      Pediatric Heart Network University of Pittsburgh

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

      $438,422
      award amount

  28. Gerard Vockley

    Leads 1 award · $427,117

    • 5R01AR078872-04Department: NIH department code
      Therapeutic genetics and disease modeling in LAMA2-CMD
      $427,117
      award amount

  29. Yijen Lin Wu

    Leads 1 award · $416,544

    • 1R21NS142555-01Department: NIH department code
      Non-invasive Imaging for Therapeutic Efficacy (NITE) in Ndufs4 Mouse Model of Leigh Syndrome
      $416,544
      award amount

  30. William H. Depas

    Leads 1 award · $399,187

    • 5R01AI170607-03Department: NIH department code
      The Impact of the Cystic Fibrosis infection environment on biofilm development of nontuberculous mycobacteria
      $399,187
      award amount

  31. Eric S Goetzman

    Leads 1 award · $339,414

    • 5R01HD103602-05Department: NIH department code
      Optimizing medium-chain lipids for the treatment of long-chain fatty acid oxidation disorders
      $339,414
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DK134346-02, led by Sunder Sims-Lucas.

  32. Jacqueline Ho

    Leads 1 award · $316,230

    • 5R01DK137410-03Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of tubulointerstitial crosstalk by microRNAs in renal fibrosis
      $316,230
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R25DK119180-05, led by Sunder Sims-Lucas.

  33. Taylor John Eddens

    Leads 3 awards · $263,354

    • 5K08AI182486-02Department: NIH department code
      Altered CD4+ T cell responses and resultant asthma following neonatal human metapneumovirus infection
      $189,756
      award amount
    • 3K08AI182486-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Altered CD4+ T cell responses and resultant asthma following neonatal human metapneumovirus infection
      $61,331
      award amount
    • 3K08AI182486-01S1Department: NIH department code
      Altered CD4+ T cell responses and resultant asthma following neonatal human metapneumovirus infection
      $12,267
      award amount

  34. Ingrid M Libman

    Leads 1 award · $253,707

    • 5R34DK136020-03Department: 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

      $253,707
      award amount

  35. Catherine Poholek

    Leads 1 award · $189,540

    • 1K08AI187740-01Department: NIH department code
      Apolipoprotein E governs lymph node stromal cell function and lipid metabolism during autoimmunity
      $189,540
      award amount

  36. Glenn J Rapsinski

    Leads 1 award · $189,146

    • 1K08AI187679-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa adaptation, colonization, and host responses in children with artificial airways
      $189,146
      award amount

  37. Christine March

    Leads 1 award · $187,982

    • 5K23DK135800-03Department: NIH department code
      School-Partnered Collaborative Care (SPACE) for Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes
      $187,982
      award amount

  38. Zachary Aldewereld

    Leads 1 award · $186,221

    • 1K23AI190128-01Department: NIH department code
      Personalized Therapies of Pediatric Sepsis
      $186,221
      award amount

  39. Anne-Marie Rick

    Leads 1 award · $174,993

    • 5K23AI159399-05Department: NIH department code
      Infant Protection from Influenza through Maternal Influenza Immunization
      $174,993
      award amount

  40. Lisa M Maurer

    Leads 1 award · $171,373

    • 5K08AI177744-03Department: NIH department code
      BCL10-MALT1 protein-protein interaction in lymphocyte function and dysfunction
      $171,373
      award amount

  41. Kathryn Mary Kernan

    Leads 1 award · $163,188

    • 5K23GM148827-03Department: NIH department code
      Genetic Variants of Immune Dysregulation and Thrombotic Microangiopathy in Severe Pediatric Sepsis Induced Organ Dysfunction
      $163,188
      award amount

  42. Aidan Porter

    Leads 1 award · $162,540

    • 5K08DK136914-02Department: NIH department code
      Endoplasmic Reticulum Protein Homeostasis in Renal Physiology and Acute Kidney Injury
      $162,540
      award amount

  43. Justin Anthony Yu

    Leads 1 award · $162,519

    • 1K23HD115947-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Refining and Pilot Testing a Meaning-Centered and Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention to Improve the Emotional Well-Being of Family Caregivers of Children with Medical Complexity
      $162,519
      award amount

  44. Kristina Gaietto

    Leads 1 award · $161,935

    • 1K08HL177170-01A1Department: NIH department code
      T-helper 2-low pediatric asthma endotypes: omics, biomarkers, and clinical characteristics
      $161,935
      award amount

  45. Katherine Guyon-Harris

    Leads 1 award · $153,233

    • 5K23DA055092-04Department: NIH department code
      Promoting positive parenting among pregnant women with opioid use disorder
      $153,233
      award amount

  46. Soyeon Kim

    Leads 1 award · $139,018

    • 5K01HL153792-05Department: NIH department code
      Identifying Genetic and Epigenetic Risk Factors Regulating Gene Expression for Childhood Asthma
      $139,018
      award amount

  47. Deirdre Nolfi-Donegan

    Leads 1 award · $128,436

    • 5K08HL155488-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of platelet stimulation in hemolysis
      $128,436
      award amount

  48. Takuto Greco Chiba

    Leads 1 award · $119,857

    • 5K01DK133635-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of maladaptive VEGFR2 signaling in renal stroma for chronic kidney disease
      $119,857
      award amount

  49. Kelly Bailey

    Leads 1 award · $65,113

    • 5K08CA252178-05Department: NIH department code
      DNA Damage and Immunogenicity in Ewing Sarcoma
      $65,113
      award amount

  50. John Walton Little

    Leads 1 award · $57,538

    • 5F30CA294747-02Department: NIH department code
      Immunosuppressive impact of the GPCR/MALT1 protease axis in triple-negative breast cancer
      $57,538
      award amount

  51. Hannah Crentsil

    Leads 1 award · $54,538

    • 5F30CA284607-03Department: NIH department code
      MALT1 protease as a regulator of anti-tumor immunity and tumor progression in diffuse midline glioma
      $54,538
      award amount

  52. Olivia Parks

    Leads 1 award · $54,538

    • 5F30HL159915-04Department: NIH department code
      Age-dependent differences in the immune response to human metapneumovirus
      $54,538
      award amount

  53. Christine Melody Tin

    Leads 1 award · $53,974

    • 5F30HD114316-02Department: NIH department code
      Breast Milk IgA Exerts Selective Pressure on the Preterm Gut Microbiome
      $53,974
      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.