Microbiology & Immunology at University of Southern California

Leads a grant in this department

21 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. David T Scadden

   Leads 1 award · $3,663,180

   • 5P01HL183483-02Department: NIH department code

     In vivo cell engineering for HIV cure.

     Principal investigators: David T Scadden (contact PI), Hans-Peter Kiem (contact PI), Paula M Cannon (contact PI)

     $3,663,180

     award amount

2. Hans-Peter Kiem

   Leads 1 award · $3,663,180

   • 5P01HL183483-02Department: NIH department code

     In vivo cell engineering for HIV cure.

     Principal investigators: David T Scadden (contact PI), Hans-Peter Kiem (contact PI), Paula M Cannon (contact PI)

     $3,663,180

     award amount

3. Paula M Cannon

   Leads 1 award · $3,663,180

   • 5P01HL183483-02Department: NIH department code

     In vivo cell engineering for HIV cure.

     Principal investigators: David T Scadden (contact PI), Hans-Peter Kiem (contact PI), Paula M Cannon (contact PI)

     $3,663,180

     award amount

4. Julie M Zissimopoulos

   Leads 1 award · $1,566,634

   • 5U01AG086827-03Department: NIH department code

     The United States Cost of Dementia Model: Quantifying Current and Future Impacts of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias

     Principal investigators: Julie M Zissimopoulos (contact PI), Dana P Goldman

     $1,566,634

     award amount

5. Brian Michael Luna

   Leads 2 awards · $1,516,543

   • 1R01AI198971-01Department: NIH department code

     Characterizing trained innate immunity mediated by AMMO

     Principal investigators: Brian Michael Luna (contact PI), Brad J Spellberg

     $835,021

     award amount
   • 5R01AI179046-02Department: NIH department code

     Identifying Synergistic Rifabutin-Containing Combinations Against A. baumannii
     $681,522

     award amount

6. Zhaoxia Qu

   Leads 2 awards · $1,203,159

   • 5R01HL177140-02Department: NIH department code

     The NF-kappaB modulator PDLIM2 as an intrinsic checkpoint of alveolar macrophages critical for lung innate immunity, inflammation and diseases
     $813,398

     award amount
   • 5R01CA258614-05Department: NIH department code

     Mechanistic difference of NF-kappaB in lung physiology and tumorigenesis

     Principal investigators: Zhaoxia Qu (contact PI), Gutian Xiao

     $389,761

     award amount

7. J.-H. James Ou

   Leads 2 awards · $1,116,698

   • 5R01AI189583-02Department: NIH department code

     Molecular analysis of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus
     $621,698

     award amount
   • 5R37AI129540-09Department: NIH department code

     Hepatitis B virus e antigen in viral persistence
     $495,000

     award amount

8. Omid Akbari

   Leads 2 awards · $1,003,170

   • 5R01AI181866-02Department: NIH department code

     Study the role of ICOS on murine and human ILC2s
     $590,670

     award amount
   • 5R01AI169687-05Department: NIH department code

     Transcriptional and metabolomic regulation of IL-10 in pulmonary ILC2s
     $412,500

     award amount

9. Ha Youn Lee

   Leads 1 award · $671,745

   • 2R56AI095066-16Department: NIH department code

     Blueprint for Open-Access HIV Care: Core Technology Development for Autonomous Drug Resistance Testing and Regimen Selection with Cognitive Robots and LLM-Powered Voice-Driven Clinical Insight System
     $671,745

     award amount

10. Hyungjin Eoh

    Leads 1 award · $645,686

    • 5R01AI168088-04Department: NIH department code

      Interplay of M. tuberculosis trehalose metabolism and its pathogenesis and drug resistance
      $645,686

      award amount

11. Steven J Bensinger

    Leads 1 award · $644,923

    • 7R01AI175831-04Department: NIH department code

      Targeting host lipid metabolism to limit tissue damage in necrotizing fasciitis

      Principal investigators: Steven J Bensinger (contact PI), Philip Scumpia

      $644,923

      award amount

12. Zhiheng He

    Leads 1 award · $612,367

    • 5R01AI173277-04Department: NIH department code

      Dissecting functions of IL-23-dependent inflammatory Th17 cells
      $612,367

      award amount

13. Myron Goodman

    Leads 1 award · $535,315

    • 5R01ES036941-02Department: NIH department code

      An Analysis of ICE R391 Pathogen-encoded Rum DNA Polymerase in Generating Mutations Driving Rapid Acquisition of Antibiotic Drug Resistance in Diverse Recipient Bacterial Species
      $535,315

      award amount

14. Lucio Comai

    Leads 1 award · $515,087

    • 5R01NS126219-04Department: NIH department code

      Small molecule therapeutics for myotonic dystrophy type 1

      Principal investigators: Lucio Comai (contact PI), Sita Reddy

      $515,087

      award amount

15. Bingfei Yu

    Leads 1 award · $456,500

    • 1R35GM162709-01Department: NIH department code

      Mechanism and Function of XIST in X Chromosome Inactivation Maintenance
      $456,500

      award amount

16. Judith Kribelbauer-Swietek

    Leads 1 award · $426,145

    • 1R35GM165813-01Department: NIH department code

      Reconstituting gene regulatory landscapes to identify mechanisms of transcriptional control and dysregulation
      $426,145

      award amount

17. Fabien Pinaud

    Leads 1 award · $335,113

    • 5R01AR085676-02Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms and regulation of emerin self-assembly at the nuclear envelope: Implication for Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy
      $335,113

      award amount

18. Atishay Mathur

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30AI186662-03Department: NIH department code

      Engineering B cells for enhanced HIV control
      $55,114

      award amount

19. Benjamin Davidorf

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31AI200197-01Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the Role of GZMA-Producing Tissue-Resident Memory Th17 Cells in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
      $50,114

      award amount

20. Christina Girgis

    Leads 1 award · $46,548

    • 1F31AI203664-01Department: NIH department code

      Uncovering the Principles of Transcription Factor Cooperativity in Human White Blood Cells
      $46,548

      award amount

21. Nina Alexis Barr

    Leads 1 award · $46,168

    • 5F31NS139645-02Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the Molecular and Cellular Basis of RNA Exosome-linked Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia Type1b in Human 3D Brain Organoids
      $46,168

      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.

• Dana P Goldman

  Co-investigator on 5U01AG086827-03, led by Julie M Zissimopoulos

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

• Brad J Spellberg

  Co-investigator on 1R01AI198971-01, led by Brian Michael Luna

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

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

• Philip Scumpia

  Co-investigator on 7R01AI175831-04, led by Steven J Bensinger

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of California, Los Angeles · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Sita Reddy

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS126219-04, led by Lucio Comai

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

• Gutian Xiao

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA258614-05, led by Zhaoxia Qu

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