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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Dentistry at University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA

Funding
$6.4M
$6,397,839
Awards
12
FY2026 NIH awards in Dentistry
Principal investigators
9
9 lead a grant here, 0 co-investigators
Department rank
Not ranked
Outside the 27 ranked departments
  • 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 Dentistry row of the University of Southern California page.

Leads a grant in this department

9 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. Yang Chai

    Leads 3 awards · $1,687,941

    • 1R01DE035453-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The Regulatory Mechanism of Craniofacial Morphogenesis and Malformations
      $703,242
      award amount
    • 5R01DE022503-13Department: NIH department code
      The Molecular Regulatory Mechanism of Tooth Root Development
      $550,006
      award amount
    • 5R01DE025221-09Department: NIH department code
      MOLECULAR REGULATORY MECHANISM OF MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS IN ADULT MOUSE INCISOR
      $434,693
      award amount

  2. Jianfu Chen

    Leads 2 awards · $1,238,341

    • 5R01NS136377-03Department: NIH department code
      MSC implantation as a treatment for developmental brain defects in craniosynostosis
      $676,648
      award amount
    • 5R01DE033511-03Department: NIH department code
      Mapping temporomandibular joint (TMJ) degeneration and pain
      $561,693
      award amount

  3. Amy E Merrill

    Leads 1 award · $985,341

    • 5R35DE034346-03Department: NIH department code
      Regulating Skeletal Connectivity in Craniofacial Development and Disease
      $985,341
      award amount

  4. Kristan A. Leech

    Leads 1 award · $615,848

    • 5R01HD115526-02Department: NIH department code
      Examining mobility restrictions through the lens of post-stroke apathy
      $615,848
      award amount

  5. Janet Oldak

    Leads 1 award · $517,017

    • 5R01DE013414-20Department: NIH department code
      MATRIX BASED MINERAL ENAMEL-BIOMIMETICS
      $517,017
      award amount

  6. De-Chen Lin

    Leads 1 award · $497,650

    • 5R01DE033648-03Department: NIH department code
      Pharmacological and dietary inhibition of a novel metabolic-epigenetic crosstalk in head and neck cancer
      $497,650
      award amount

  7. Zhaoyang Liu

    Leads 1 award · $405,546

    • 5R01AR083966-02Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Regulatory Mechanism of a Cartilage-Enriched GPCR in Joint Maintenance
      $405,546
      award amount

  8. Lu Wang

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00NS125106-04Department: NIH department code
      A Phenotypical Brain Organoids for Neurodevelopmental Disorders
      $249,000
      award amount

  9. Lori Ann Michener

    Leads 1 award · $201,155

    • 5R01AR083626-03Department: NIH department code
      Patient-Specific Factors of Recovery in Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy
      $201,155
      award amount