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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pediatrics at University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

Funding
$31.4M
$31,406,977
Awards
77
FY2026 NIH awards in Pediatrics
Principal investigators
70
56 lead a grant here, 14 co-investigators
Department rank
#22
of 108 · 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

56 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. Timothy Wesley Hand

    Leads 3 awards · $1,945,471

    • 1DP1DK147861-01Department: NIH department code
      Identifying gene-level host/bacterial interactions that regulate intestinal inflammation
      $698,501
      award amount
    • 5R01DK120697-07Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of maternal Immunoglobulin A control over the neonatal microbiota and the development of Necrotizing Enterocolitis
      $687,461
      award amount
    • 5R01CA269902-04Department: NIH department code
      Identifying the mechanism of anti-colorectal immunity induced by mucoinvasive colonic bacteria
      $559,509
      award amount

  2. Terence S. Dermody

    Leads 4 awards · $1,695,758

    • 5R01AI032539-34Department: NIH department code
      Cell Biology of Reovirus Infection
      $679,958
      award amount
    • 5R01AI174526-05Department: NIH department code
      Reovirus Neuropathogenesis
      $514,461
      award amount
    • 5T32HD071834-12Department: NIH department code
      Research Training Program for Pediatric Subspecialty Fellows
      $263,920
      award amount
    • 5K12HD052892-19Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Basis of Pediatric Disease
      $237,419
      award amount

  3. Kristin N Ray

    Leads 2 awards · $1,369,370

    • 1R01DK147932-01Department: NIH department code
      eConsults to optimize care for children with obesity

      Principal investigators: Kristin N Ray (contact PI), Mary Ellen Vajravelu

      $735,900
      award amount
    • 1R01AI201390-01Department: NIH department code
      Enhanced Primary Care Telemedicine Evaluation and Management of Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in Young Children
      $633,470
      award amount

  4. John F Alcorn

    Leads 2 awards · $1,274,281

    • 5R01AI170108-05Department: 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

      $756,226
      award amount
    • 5R01HL167449-04Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Staphylococcus aureus SasD in Lung
      $518,055
      award amount

  5. Mary Ellen Vajravelu

    Leads 2 awards · $1,229,366

    • 4R01DK142766-02Department: 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

      $644,443
      award amount
    • 5R01DK137803-03Department: NIH department code
      REFLECT2D: Real-time Engagement For Learning to Effectively Control Type 2 Diabetes
      $584,923
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01DK147932-01, led by Kristin N Ray.

  6. Philana Ling Lin

    Leads 1 award · $1,202,881

  7. Udai B Pandey

    Leads 2 awards · $1,189,803

    • 1R01NS145512-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Genetic modifiers of MATR3-associated ALS/FTD in vivo
      $650,057
      award amount
    • 5R01NS134215-04Department: NIH department code
      Identifying the molecular mechanisms of GEMIN5 mutations in a novel cerebellar ataxia syndrome
      $539,746
      award amount

  8. Gerard Vockley

    Leads 2 awards · $1,182,180

    • 1R01DK146891-01Department: NIH department code
      Branched chain amino acid metabolism and citrate homeostasis in disease
      $764,245
      award amount
    • 5R01AR078872-05Department: NIH department code
      Therapeutic genetics and disease modeling in LAMA2-CMD
      $417,935
      award amount

  9. Arjumand Ghazi

    Leads 3 awards · $1,089,320

    • 5R01AI176327-03Department: NIH department code
      Alternative Splicing & Differential Expression of Lipases in Host-Microbe Interactions
      $514,745
      award amount
    • 1R21AG100956-01Department: NIH department code
      Cross-Species Roles of TCER-1/TCERG1 in Fertility and Reproductive Aging
      $453,785
      award amount
    • 5K07AG078287-04Department: NIH department code
      A Pipeline for Research, Education and Mentoring in Reproductive Aging
      $120,790
      award amount

  10. Hengjiang Henry Dong

    Leads 2 awards · $1,071,781

    • 5R01DK141486-02Department: NIH department code
      Liver Prlr signaling in metabolic adaptation to pregnancy
      $570,106
      award amount
    • 5R01HD116019-02Department: NIH department code
      Beta-Cell IRS1 in Pregnancy and Gestational Diabetes
      $501,675
      award amount

  11. Thomas A Hooven

    Leads 2 awards · $983,625

    • 5R01AI182835-03Department: NIH department code
      Group B Streptococcus surface determinants of neonatal intestinal colonization and infection
      $547,710
      award amount
    • 5R01AI177991-03Department: NIH department code
      Signal transduction, metabolic shifts, and host interactions during group B Streptococcus infection
      $435,915
      award amount

  12. Taylor John Eddens

    Leads 2 awards · $962,688

    • 1R01HL187347-01Department: NIH department code
      Immune-mediated lung repair following early life respiratory viral infection
      $772,932
      award amount
    • 5K08AI182486-03Department: NIH department code
      Altered CD4+ T cell responses and resultant asthma following neonatal human metapneumovirus infection
      $189,756
      award amount

  13. Anita K McElroy

    Leads 2 awards · $956,482

    • 5R01AI183792-03Department: NIH department code
      Neuropathogenesis of Rift Valley fever virus
      $580,741
      award amount
    • 5R01AI171200-05Department: NIH department code
      Innate immune recognition and response to Rift Valley fever virus
      $375,741
      award amount

  14. Anne-Marie Rick

    Leads 1 award · $802,421

    • 1R01AI195725-01Department: NIH department code
      Maternal RSV Vaccine Durability and Infant Protection Across Multiple Pregnancies
      $802,421
      award amount

  15. Maya Ragavan

    Leads 1 award · $762,471

    • 5R01NR021484-03Department: 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

      $762,471
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 4R01DK142766-02, led by Mary Ellen Vajravelu.

  16. Sunder Sims-Lucas

    Leads 2 awards · $738,849

    • 5R01DK134346-03Department: 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
    • 2R25DK119180-06Department: 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

  17. Laurie A. Silva

    Leads 1 award · $717,153

    • 5R01AI173044-03Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms governing chikungunya virus binding, tropism, and pathogenesis
      $717,153
      award amount

  18. Amr H Sawalha

    Leads 1 award · $686,302

    • 2R01AI097134-10Department: NIH department code
      Role of DNA methylation in lupus
      $686,302
      award amount

  19. Juan Carlos Celedon

    Leads 2 awards · $679,973

    • 5R01HL168539-04Department: NIH department code
      Exposure to violence during childhood and Th2-high asthma in young Puerto Rican adults
      $557,401
      award amount
    • 5T32HL129949-10Department: NIH department code
      Pittsburgh Training Grant in Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine
      $122,572
      award amount

  20. Christine March

    Leads 2 awards · $660,004

    • 1R21NR022207-01Department: NIH department code
      Technology knowledge optimization for type 1 diabetes in schools (TeKnO T1D: Schools): A Novel e-learning platform for school nurses to advance health outcomes

      Principal investigators: Christine March (contact PI), Seema Meighan

      $472,950
      award amount
    • 5K23DK135800-04Department: NIH department code
      School-Partnered Collaborative Care (SPACE) for Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes
      $187,054
      award amount

  21. Franziska Rosser

    Leads 1 award · $641,451

    • 5R01ES036965-02Department: NIH department code
      Pollution Intervention to Impact Kids Asthma Study (PIKAS)
      $641,451
      award amount

  22. Traci M Kazmerski

    Leads 1 award · $589,934

    • 5R01HL161164-04Department: NIH department code
      Health Outcomes of Parents with Cystic Fibrosis (HOPe:CF)
      $589,934
      award amount

  23. Dennis William Simon

    Leads 1 award · $586,588

  24. Megan Culler Freeman

    Leads 2 awards · $571,475

    • 1R21AI199539-01Department: NIH department code
      EV-D68 and immune modulation in spinal cord organoids
      $416,873
      award amount
    • 5K08AI171177-05Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of enterovirus D68 pathogenesis in the human spinal cord
      $154,602
      award amount

  25. Brian T Campfield

    Leads 1 award · $567,734

    • 5R01HL158576-05Department: NIH department code
      Follistatin-like 1 Mediated Host Defense in Bacterial Pneumonia
      $567,734
      award amount

  26. Rannar Airik

    Leads 1 award · $556,648

    • 1R01DK148060-01Department: NIH department code
      Targeting DNA Damage and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Chronic Kidney Disease
      $556,648
      award amount

  27. Joseph A Carcillo

    Leads 2 awards · $555,885

    • 5R01GM108618-11Department: NIH department code
      Inflammation Phenotypes in Pediatric Sepsis Induced Multiple Organ Failure Renewal
      $398,178
      award amount
    • 3RL1HD107779-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN)
      $157,707
      award amount

  28. Samuel T Lamitina

    Leads 1 award · $501,385

    • 1R35GM164189-01Department: NIH department code
      Integrative physiology of the organismal osmotic stress response
      $501,385
      award amount

  29. Kathryn S. Torok

    Leads 1 award · $469,554

    • 5R01AR086434-02Department: 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

      $469,554
      award amount

  30. Patrick M Kochanek

    Leads 1 award · $430,096

    • 2T32HD040686-26Department: NIH department code
      Pediatric Neurointensive Care and Resuscitation Research

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

      $430,096
      award amount

  31. Bryan H Goldstein

    Leads 1 award · $429,864

    • 5UM1HL172701-03Department: NIH department code
      Pediatric Heart Network University of Pittsburgh

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

      $429,864
      award amount

  32. Eduardo Vieira Neto

    Leads 1 award · $422,500

    • 1R21HD120588-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Pathogenesis of mitochondrial trifunctional protein deficiency: linking fatty acid oxidation and cardiolipin remodeling
      $422,500
      award amount

  33. William H. Depas

    Leads 1 award · $399,187

    • 5R01AI170607-04Department: NIH department code
      The Impact of the Cystic Fibrosis infection environment on biofilm development of nontuberculous mycobacteria
      $399,187
      award amount

  34. Radhika Hiren Muzumdar

    Leads 1 award · $324,106

    • 5T32DK138882-02Department: NIH department code
      Research training in Pediatric Endocrinology
      $324,106
      award amount

  35. Laura Kirkpatrick

    Leads 1 award · $225,314

    • 1K23NS144711-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Counseling Adolescents About Reproductive Health and Epilepsy (CARE): Optimization and Feasibility Testing of a Multi-Level Intervention
      $225,314
      award amount

  36. Jessica Dietz Daley

    Leads 1 award · $214,726

    • 1K08CA317035-01Department: NIH department code
      TGFβ Regulation of Immune Evasion and Metastasis in Ewing Sarcoma
      $214,726
      award amount

  37. Catherine Poholek

    Leads 1 award · $189,540

    • 5K08AI187740-02Department: NIH department code
      Apolipoprotein E governs lymph node stromal cell function and lipid metabolism during autoimmunity
      $189,540
      award amount

  38. Glenn J Rapsinski

    Leads 1 award · $189,146

    • 5K08AI187679-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa adaptation, colonization, and host responses in children with artificial airways
      $189,146
      award amount

  39. Zachary Aldewereld

    Leads 1 award · $185,573

    • 5K23AI190128-02Department: NIH department code
      Personalized Therapies of Pediatric Sepsis
      $185,573
      award amount

  40. Anna Fifi Wang-Erickson

    Leads 1 award · $182,618

    • 1K01AI177755-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Genomic Epidemiology of Human Metapneumovirus in the United States
      $182,618
      award amount

  41. Vikram Kalathur Raghu

    Leads 1 award · $176,671

    • 1K23DK143347-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Addressing disparities in pediatric intestinal failure
      $176,671
      award amount

  42. Lisa M Maurer

    Leads 1 award · $170,400

    • 5K08AI177744-04Department: NIH department code
      BCL10-MALT1 protein-protein interaction in lymphocyte function and dysfunction
      $170,400
      award amount

  43. Kathryn Mary Kernan

    Leads 1 award · $163,188

    • 5K23GM148827-04Department: NIH department code
      Genetic Variants of Immune Dysregulation and Thrombotic Microangiopathy in Severe Pediatric Sepsis Induced Organ Dysfunction
      $163,188
      award amount

  44. Aidan Porter

    Leads 1 award · $162,540

    • 5K08DK136914-03Department: NIH department code
      Endoplasmic Reticulum Protein Homeostasis in Renal Physiology and Acute Kidney Injury
      $162,540
      award amount

  45. Kristina Gaietto

    Leads 1 award · $162,140

    • 5K08HL177170-02Department: NIH department code
      T-helper 2-low pediatric asthma endotypes: omics, biomarkers, and clinical characteristics
      $162,140
      award amount

  46. Robert C Mettelman

    Leads 1 award · $162,000

    • 1K22AI187532-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Investigating mucosal and peripheral immune correlates of protection against pediatric influenza virus
      $162,000
      award amount

  47. Justin Anthony Yu

    Leads 1 award · $160,473

    • 5K23HD115947-02Department: 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
      $160,473
      award amount

  48. Katherine Guyon-Harris

    Leads 1 award · $153,233

    • 5K23DA055092-05Department: NIH department code
      Promoting positive parenting among pregnant women with opioid use disorder
      $153,233
      award amount

  49. Mikal Aaron Woods Acevedo

    Leads 1 award · $130,564

    • 1K99AI198880-01Department: NIH department code
      Host Determinants of Enterovirus D68 Immunity and Neuropathogenesis
      $130,564
      award amount

  50. Deirdre Nolfi-Donegan

    Leads 1 award · $128,436

    • 5K08HL155488-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of platelet stimulation in hemolysis
      $128,436
      award amount

  51. Takuto Greco Chiba

    Leads 1 award · $119,857

    • 5K01DK133635-04Department: NIH department code
      The role of maladaptive VEGFR2 signaling in renal stroma for chronic kidney disease
      $119,857
      award amount

  52. Lina Ghaloul-Gonzalez

    Leads 1 award · $78,516

    • 1R03HG014558-01Department: NIH department code
      Towards a Genetic Atlas of the Plain People in Western Pennsylvania: Improving Diagnosis, Access, and Health Outcomes
      $78,516
      award amount

  53. Aniruddh Ajith

    Leads 1 award · $58,114

    • 1F30MD021083-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Impact of Social Networks on Substance Use Among African American Youth Exposed to Violence
      $58,114
      award amount

  54. John Walton Little

    Leads 1 award · $58,114

    • 5F30CA294747-03Department: NIH department code
      Immunosuppressive impact of the GPCR/MALT1 protease axis in triple-negative breast cancer
      $58,114
      award amount

  55. Christine Melody Tin

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30HD114316-03Department: NIH department code
      Breast Milk IgA Exerts Selective Pressure on the Preterm Gut Microbiome
      $55,114
      award amount

  56. Jessica Marie Medrano

    Leads 1 award · $34,114

    • 5F31AI181616-02Department: NIH department code
      HIV/Mycobacterium tuberculosis co-infection: cellular dynamics in granulomas
      $34,114
      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.