FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Physiology at University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
- 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 Physiology row of the University of Southern California page.
Leads a grant in this department
15 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.
Huizhong Whit Tao
Leads 1 award · $2,150,757
- 4R01AG089756-03Department: NIH department codeUnderstanding Neural Bases for Neuropsychiatric Impairments in Alzheimer's Disease Models
Principal investigators: Huizhong Whit Tao (contact PI), Zhen Zhao
$2,150,757award amount
Janos Peti-Peterdi
Leads 3 awards · $1,650,751
- 5R01DK123564-07Department: NIH department codeNovel regulatory mechanisms of the glomerular endothelium$600,419award amount
- 5R01DK064324-20Department: NIH department codeMultiphoton imaging of the juxtaglomerular apparatus$575,360award amount
- 5R01DK135290-04Department: NIH department codeA new paradigm of glomerular immune cell homing$474,972award amount
Patrick D Lyden
Leads 1 award · $1,245,000
- 1RF1NS146594-01A1Department: NIH department codeMechanisms and Treatment Implications of Differential Vulnerability in the Central Nervous System$1,245,000award amount
Robert Rissman
Leads 2 awards · $1,221,981
- 4R01AG079303-02Department: NIH department codeImpact of TBI and Cognitive Decline on Alzheimer's Disease Brain-Derived Exosome Cargo
Principal investigators: Robert Rissman (contact PI), Victoria B Risbrough
$645,437award amount - 5R01AG088623-03Department: NIH department codeImpact of Ethnicity on the Utility of Plasma Amyloid and Tau to Predict Alzheimer's Disease
Principal investigators: Robert Rissman (contact PI), Charisse N Winston, Melissa Petersen
$576,544award amount
Li I Zhang
Leads 2 awards · $1,118,859
- 5R01DC008983-20Department: NIH department codeContribution of striatum to central auditory processing$581,337award amount
- 5R01DC020887-04Department: NIH department codeCell-type basis for auditory processing in the inferior colliculus$537,522award amount
Marcelo Pablo Coba
Leads 1 award · $829,683
- 5R01AG076921-03Department: NIH department codePICALM: Role in the pathogenesis and treatment of Alzheimer vascular blood-brain barrier clearance dysfunction, neuronal dysfunction, and amyloid-beta, tau and neurodegenerative disorders$829,683award amount
Michael Bonaguidi
Leads 1 award · $738,890
- 5R01AG076956-05Department: NIH department codeNeural stem cell rejuvenation through single cell pharmacogenomics$738,890award amount
Ansgar B Siemer
Leads 1 award · $664,382
- 5R01NS133820-03Department: NIH department codeIntrinsically disordered domains of α-synuclein: effect of fibril formation and fibril polymorphs$664,382award amount
Ralf Langen
Leads 1 award · $619,406
- 5R01NS125769-05Department: NIH department codeGenetically Encoded Probes of Huntingtin Misfolding
Principal investigators: Ralf Langen (contact PI), Jeannie Chen, Richard W Roberts
$619,406award amount
Georgina Gyarmati
Leads 1 award · $599,437
- 1R01DK144444-01A1Department: NIH department codeThe immunomodulatory role of NECs in kidney health and disease$599,437award amount
Jeannie Chen
Leads 1 award · $559,584
- 5R01EY012155-24Department: NIH department codePhototransduction in health and disease$559,584award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS125769-05, led by Ralf Langen.
Alicia A. McDonough
Leads 1 award · $533,204
- 5R01DK083785-14Department: NIH department codeRenal electrolyte handling in females vs. males over life cycle
Principal investigators: Alicia A. McDonough (contact PI), Aurelie Edwards
$533,204award amount
Karen T Chang
Leads 1 award · $522,439
- 5R01NS080946-12Department: NIH department codeRole of DYRK1A/MNB in synaptic growth and function$522,439award amount
Ruslan Rust
Leads 1 award · $415,000
- 1R01NS147362-01Department: NIH department codeFunctionally engineered pericytes for Alzheimer’s Disease$415,000award amount
Derek Sieburth
Leads 1 award · $412,500
- 5R01NS099414-08Department: NIH department codeStress regulation of neurotransmission$412,500award 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.
Zhen Zhao
Co-investigator on 4R01AG089756-03, led by Huizhong Whit Tao
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- University of Southern California · Physiology (NIH department code, 2 awards)
- Tulane University of Louisiana · Neurosciences (NIH department code, 1 award)
Victoria B Risbrough
Co-investigator on 4R01AG079303-02, led by Robert Rissman
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Richard W Roberts
Co-investigator on 5R01NS125769-05, led by Ralf Langen
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Charisse N Winston
Co-investigator on 5R01AG088623-03, led by Robert Rissman
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- University of Southern California · Physiology (NIH department code, 1 award)
Melissa Petersen
Co-investigator on 5R01AG088623-03, led by Robert Rissman
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Aurelie Edwards
Co-investigator on 5R01DK083785-14, led by Alicia A. McDonough
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.