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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Ophthalmology at University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

Funding
$10.4M
$10,443,348
Awards
18
FY2026 NIH awards in Ophthalmology
Principal investigators
18
12 lead a grant here, 6 co-investigators
Department rank
#11
of 69 · 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 Ophthalmology row of the University of Rochester page.

Leads a grant in this department

12 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. Ruchira Singh

    Leads 4 awards · $2,806,859

    • 1UG3NS142998-01A1Department: NIH department code
      A small molecule PROTAC for macular degeneration
      $744,451
      award amount
    • 3UG3NS142998-01A1S1Department: NIH department code
      A Small Molecule PROTAC for Macular Degeneration
      $726,561
      award amount
    • 1R01EY038055-01A1Department: NIH department code
      iPSC-derived retina
      $684,914
      award amount
    • 5R01EY035887-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of PLA2G2A/sPLA2-IIA in macular degeneration

      Principal investigators: Ruchira Singh (contact PI), Vera L Bonilha

      $650,933
      award amount

  2. Krystel R Huxlin

    Leads 3 awards · $2,060,674

    • 2R01EY027314-10A1Department: NIH department code
      Attention-enhanced perceptual learning in neurotypicals and cortical blindness

      Principal investigators: Krystel R Huxlin (contact PI), Marisa Carrasco

      $969,578
      award amount
    • 5U01NS136338-02Department: NIH department code
      Circuit and Computational Principles of Plasticity Following Damage

      Principal investigators: Krystel R Huxlin (contact PI), Robbe L Goris

      $713,037
      award amount
    • 2T32EY007125-36Department: NIH department code
      Training in Vision Science

      Principal investigators: Krystel R Huxlin (contact PI), Duje Tadin

      $378,059
      award amount

  3. Gregory C Deangelis

    Leads 3 awards · $1,556,537

    • 5P30EY001319-52Department: NIH department code
      Core grant for vision research

      Principal investigators: Gregory C Deangelis (contact PI), Michele Rucci (contact PI), Susana Marcos (contact PI), William H Merigan (contact PI)

      $616,002
      award amount
    • 5R01EY013644-21Department: NIH department code
      Influences of viewing geometry on neural computations of motion and depth
      $472,926
      award amount
    • 5R01EY016178-20Department: NIH department code
      Neural mechanisms of optic flow processing for visually-guided control of steering
      $467,609
      award amount

  4. Susana Marcos

    Leads 2 awards · $1,103,763

    • 5P30EY001319-52Department: NIH department code
      Core grant for vision research

      Principal investigators: Gregory C Deangelis (contact PI), Michele Rucci (contact PI), Susana Marcos (contact PI), William H Merigan (contact PI)

      $616,002
      award amount
    • 5R01EY035009-04Department: NIH department code
      Interplay between multifocal optics and accommodation: implications for myopia progression
      $487,761
      award amount

  5. Rachel A F Wozniak

    Leads 2 awards · $1,065,354

    • 1R61EY036951-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Development of a Novel Antimicrobial Drug Combination for the Treatment of Bacterial Keratitis

      Principal investigators: Rachel A F Wozniak (contact PI), Paul M. Dunman

      $678,201
      award amount
    • 5R01EY033735-04Department: NIH department code
      Virulence of Staphylococcus aureus Corneal Infections
      $387,153
      award amount

  6. David R Williams

    Leads 1 award · $671,319

    • 2R01EY031467-06Department: NIH department code
      A plausible retinal mechanism for defocus sensing
      $671,319
      award amount

  7. Richard T Libby

    Leads 1 award · $639,044

    • 5R01EY035093-04Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting the complex role of microglia states in glaucoma

      Principal investigators: Richard T Libby (contact PI), Gareth R Howell

      $639,044
      award amount

  8. Michele Rucci

    Leads 1 award · $616,002

  9. William H Merigan

    Leads 1 award · $616,002

  10. Martina Poletti

    Leads 1 award · $472,249

    • 5R01EY029788-08Department: NIH department code
      Vision, Attention and Eye Movements at the Scale of the Foveola
      $472,249
      award amount

  11. Michael Telias

    Leads 1 award · $433,247

    • 5R01EY036020-02Department: NIH department code
      Molecular and physiological mechanisms of inner retinal remodeling
      $433,247
      award amount

  12. Sara S Patterson

    Leads 1 award · $250,304

    • 5R00EY035323-05Department: NIH department code
      Linking rare primate ganglion cells to downstream visual functions
      $250,304
      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.