Physiology at University of Southern California

Leads a grant in this department

23 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. Justin Kawika Ichida

   Leads 2 awards · $1,672,806

   • 5R01NS131409-03Department: NIH department code

     Leveraging natural phenotypic variations of heterogenous ALS populations-in-a-dish to enable scalable drug discovery

     Principal investigators: Justin Kawika Ichida (contact PI), Hani Goodarzi

     $986,054

     award amount
   • 5R01NS097850-09Department: NIH department code

     Validating Secretory Autophagy as a Therapeutic Strategy for Diverse Forms of ALS and FTD
     $686,752

     award amount

2. Huizhong Whit Tao

   Leads 2 awards · $1,317,103

   • 1R01AG089756-01Department: NIH department code

     Understanding Neural Bases for Neuropsychiatric Impairments in Alzheimer's Disease Models

     Principal investigators: Huizhong Whit Tao (contact PI), Zhen Zhao

     $716,919

     award amount
   • 5R01EY019049-17Department: NIH department code

     Processing and transformation of visual signals in the superior colliculus
     $600,184

     award amount

3. Robert Rissman

   Leads 2 awards · $1,217,449

   • 4R01AG073979-02Department: NIH department code

     Precision Medicine for Inflammatory Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease in Down Syndrome

     Principal investigators: Robert Rissman (contact PI), Michael S Rafii

     $623,408

     award amount
   • 1R01AG088623-01Department: NIH department code

     Impact 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

     $594,041

     award amount

4. Li I Zhang

   Leads 2 awards · $1,174,171

   • 2R01DC008983-18Department: NIH department code

     Contribution of striatum to central auditory processing
     $628,087

     award amount
   • 5R01DC020887-02Department: NIH department code

     Cell-type basis for auditory processing in the inferior colliculus
     $546,084

     award amount

5. Ralf Langen

   Leads 2 awards · $1,171,695

   • 5R01NS125769-03Department: NIH department code

     Genetically Encoded Probes of Huntingtin Misfolding

     Principal investigators: Ralf Langen (contact PI), Jeannie Chen, Richard W Roberts

     $625,898

     award amount
   • 5R01NS120704-04Department: NIH department code

     Molecular Mechanism of Huntingtin Misfolding and its Inhibition by Designed and Cellular Proteins

     Principal investigators: Ralf Langen (contact PI), Ansgar B Siemer, Jeannie Chen

     $545,797

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS118859-04, led by Ali Khoshnan; 1R21NS137242-01, led by Ali Khoshnan.

6. Janos Peti-Peterdi

   Leads 2 awards · $1,010,214

   • 5R01DK064324-18Department: NIH department code

     Multiphoton imaging of the juxtaglomerular apparatus
     $554,240

     award amount
   • 5R01DK135290-02Department: NIH department code

     A new paradigm of glomerular immune cell homing
     $455,974

     award amount

7. Zhen Zhao

   Leads 2 awards · $982,067

   • 4R01NS122060-02Department: NIH department code

     A TIMEM252-dependent Microvascular Endophenotype in Alzheimer’s Disease
     $733,129

     award amount
   • 1R21AG085559-01Department: NIH department code

     Probing the heterogeneity of brain pericytes using new genetic tools
     $248,938

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 1R01AG089756-01, led by Huizhong Whit Tao.

8. Patrick D Lyden

   Leads 1 award · $955,240

   • 5U24NS130600-02Department: NIH department code

     The NIH SPAN Coordinating Center
     $955,240

     award amount

9. Ali Khoshnan

   Leads 2 awards · $861,561

   • 5R01NS118859-04Department: NIH department code

     Characterizing the Conformations and Neurotoxic Species of Huntingtin

     Principal investigators: Ali Khoshnan (contact PI), Ralf Langen

     $612,748

     award amount
   • 1R21NS137242-01Department: NIH department code

     Developing novel nanobody-based biosensors and therapeutics for Huntington’s Disease

     Principal investigators: Ali Khoshnan (contact PI), Ralf Langen

     $248,813

     award amount

10. Michael Bonaguidi

    Leads 2 awards · $827,789

    • 5R01AG076956-03Department: NIH department code

      Neural stem cell rejuvenation through single cell pharmacogenomics
      $783,440

      award amount
    • 3R01AG076956-03S1Department: NIH department code

      Neural stem cell rejuvenation through single cell pharmacogenomics
      $44,349

      award amount

11. Hussein N Yassine

    Leads 1 award · $761,538

    • 5R01NS034467-25Department: NIH department code

      Alzheimer's Abeta, Tau, Apolipoproteins and Blood-brain barrier
      $761,538

      award amount

12. Ansgar B Siemer

    Leads 1 award · $689,606

    • 1R01NS133820-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Intrinsically disordered domains of α-synuclein: effect of fibril formation and fibril polymorphs
      $689,606

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS120704-04, led by Ralf Langen.

13. Jeannie Chen

    Leads 1 award · $559,444

    • 2R01EY012155-22Department: NIH department code

      Phototransduction in health and disease
      $559,444

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS125769-03, led by Ralf Langen; 5R01NS120704-04, led by Ralf Langen.

14. Alicia A. McDonough

    Leads 1 award · $511,876

    • 5R01DK083785-12Department: NIH department code

      Renal electrolyte handling in females vs. males over life cycle

      Principal investigators: Alicia A. McDonough (contact PI), Aurelie Edwards

      $511,876

      award amount

15. Jang H. Youn

    Leads 1 award · $400,325

    • 5R01HL146570-04Department: NIH department code

      Soluble epoxide hydrolase: assessment of in vivo activity and regulation by gut microbiota
      $400,325

      award amount

16. Derek Sieburth

    Leads 1 award · $400,125

    • 5R01NS099414-06Department: NIH department code

      Stress regulation of neurotransmission
      $400,125

      award amount

17. Tobias Sebastian Ulmer

    Leads 1 award · $381,263

    • 4R01AG072442-02Department: NIH department code

      Mechanism of CD33 receptor signaling in Alzheimer disease
      $381,263

      award amount

18. Alexandre Bonnin

    Leads 1 award · $369,477

    • 5R01NS126981-02Department: NIH department code

      Prenatal inflammation disrupts blood-brain barrier development and long-term function.
      $369,477

      award amount

19. Charisse N Winston

    Leads 1 award · $248,989

    • 4R00AG070390-03Department: NIH department code

      Ethnoracial Impact on Blood-Based Biomarker Detection of Alzheimer's in Primary Care Patients
      $248,989

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01AG088623-01, led by Robert Rissman.

20. Michael Bienkowski

    Leads 1 award · $125,766

    • 5K01AG066847-04Department: NIH department code

      A Translational 3D Map of Hippocampal Cell Types To Drive Investigations of Alzheimer's Disease
      $125,766

      award amount

21. Maricarmen Pachicano

    Leads 1 award · $51,652

    • 1R36AG087310-01Department: NIH department code

      CA1 cell-type susceptibility in Alzheimer's
      $51,652

      award amount

22. Sayuri Pacheco

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 5F31NS131011-02Department: NIH department code

      Identifying differences in dynamics and residual structure of intrinsically disordered domains between monomer and fibers: using alpha-synuclein as a model
      $48,974

      award amount

23. Jonathan Levi

    Leads 1 award · $34,862

    • 5F31AG084302-02Department: NIH department code

      Uncovering Central Regulators of Neural Stem Cell Aging and Rejuvenation
      $34,862

      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.

• Hani Goodarzi

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS131409-03, led by Justin Kawika Ichida

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of California, San Francisco · Urology (NIH department code, 1 award)
  • University of California, San Francisco · Biochemistry (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Richard W Roberts

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS125769-03, led by Ralf Langen

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

• Michael S Rafii

  Co-investigator on 4R01AG073979-02, led by Robert Rissman

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

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

• Melissa Petersen

  Co-investigator on 1R01AG088623-01, 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 5R01DK083785-12, led by Alicia A. McDonough

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