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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Physiology at University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA

Funding
$17.5M
$17,475,685
Awards
30
FY2025 NIH awards in Physiology
Principal investigators
25
20 lead a grant here, 5 co-investigators
Department rank
#5
of 86 · 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 Physiology row of the University of Southern California page.

Leads a grant in this department

20 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. Janos Peti-Peterdi

    Leads 4 awards · $2,744,193

    • 1S10OD038245-01Department: NIH department code
      Multimodal Intravital Microscope for USC Shared Resource
      $1,131,640
      award amount
    • 2R01DK123564-06Department: NIH department code
      Novel regulatory mechanisms of the glomerular endothelium
      $608,719
      award amount
    • 5R01DK064324-19Department: NIH department code
      Multiphoton imaging of the juxtaglomerular apparatus
      $576,359
      award amount
    • 5R01DK135290-03Department: NIH department code
      A new paradigm of glomerular immune cell homing
      $427,475
      award amount
  2. Justin Kawika Ichida

    Leads 1 award · $1,968,019

    • 4R01NS131409-04Department: 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

      $1,968,019
      award amount
  3. Robert Rissman

    Leads 3 awards · $1,672,358

    • 5R01AG073979-03Department: NIH department code
      Precision Medicine for Inflammatory Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease in Down Syndrome

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

      $604,405
      award amount
    • 5R01AG088623-02Department: 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

      $582,487
      award amount
    • 7R01AG072053-03Department: NIH department code
      Novel Systemic Delivery of Peptide-Mediated Anti-Sense Oligonucleotides for Dementia with Lewy Bodies
      $485,466
      award amount
  4. Huizhong Whit Tao

    Leads 2 awards · $1,302,765

    • 5R01AG089756-02Department: NIH department code
      Understanding Neural Bases for Neuropsychiatric Impairments in Alzheimer's Disease Models

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

      $702,581
      award amount
    • 5R01EY019049-18Department: NIH department code
      Processing and transformation of visual signals in the superior colliculus
      $600,184
      award amount
  5. Ralf Langen

    Leads 2 awards · $1,184,278

    • 5R01NS125769-04Department: NIH department code
      Genetically Encoded Probes of Huntingtin Misfolding

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

      $632,519
      award amount
    • 5R01NS120704-05Department: 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

      $551,759
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS118859-05, led by Ali Khoshnan; 5R21NS137242-02, led by Ali Khoshnan.

  6. Li I Zhang

    Leads 2 awards · $1,127,421

    • 5R01DC008983-19Department: NIH department code
      Contribution of striatum to central auditory processing
      $581,337
      award amount
    • 5R01DC020887-03Department: NIH department code
      Cell-type basis for auditory processing in the inferior colliculus
      $546,084
      award amount
  7. Patrick D Lyden

    Leads 1 award · $879,383

    • 5U24NS130600-03Department: NIH department code
      The NIH SPAN Coordinating Center
      $879,383
      award amount
  8. Ali Khoshnan

    Leads 2 awards · $874,488

    • 5R01NS118859-05Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing the Conformations and Neurotoxic Species of Huntingtin

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

      $666,988
      award amount
    • 5R21NS137242-02Department: NIH department code
      Developing novel nanobody-based biosensors and therapeutics for Huntington’s Disease

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

      $207,500
      award amount
  9. Marcelo Pablo Coba

    Leads 1 award · $806,232

    • 4R01AG076921-02Department: NIH department code
      PICALM: Role in the pathogenesis and treatment of Alzheimer vascular blood-brain barrier clearance dysfunction, neuronal dysfunction, and amyloid-beta, tau and neurodegenerative disorders
      $806,232
      award amount
  10. Zhen Zhao

    Leads 2 awards · $797,428

    • 5R01NS122060-03Department: NIH department code
      A TIMEM252-dependent Microvascular Endophenotype in Alzheimer’s Disease
      $733,435
      award amount
    • 5R21AG085559-02Department: NIH department code
      Probing the heterogeneity of brain pericytes using new genetic tools
      $63,993
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AG089756-02, led by Huizhong Whit Tao.

  11. Michael Bonaguidi

    Leads 1 award · $755,600

    • 5R01AG076956-04Department: NIH department code
      Neural stem cell rejuvenation through single cell pharmacogenomics
      $755,600
      award amount
  12. Ansgar B Siemer

    Leads 1 award · $597,888

    • 5R01NS133820-02Department: NIH department code
      Intrinsically disordered domains of α-synuclein: effect of fibril formation and fibril polymorphs
      $597,888
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS120704-05, led by Ralf Langen.

  13. Jeannie Chen

    Leads 1 award · $559,584

    • 5R01EY012155-23Department: NIH department code
      Phototransduction in health and disease
      $559,584
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS125769-04, led by Ralf Langen; 5R01NS120704-05, led by Ralf Langen.

  14. Alicia A. McDonough

    Leads 1 award · $533,911

    • 5R01DK083785-13Department: NIH department code
      Renal electrolyte handling in females vs. males over life cycle

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

      $533,911
      award amount
  15. Karen T Chang

    Leads 1 award · $502,735

    • 2R01NS080946-11Department: NIH department code
      Role of DYRK1A/MNB in synaptic growth and function
      $502,735
      award amount
  16. Derek Sieburth

    Leads 1 award · $412,500

    • 5R01NS099414-07Department: NIH department code
      Stress regulation of neurotransmission
      $412,500
      award amount
  17. Tobias Sebastian Ulmer

    Leads 1 award · $363,163

    • 5R01AG072442-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism of CD33 receptor signaling in Alzheimer disease
      $363,163
      award amount
  18. Charisse N Winston

    Leads 1 award · $218,435

    • 5R00AG070390-04Department: NIH department code
      Ethnoracial Impact on Blood-Based Biomarker Detection of Alzheimer's in Primary Care Patients
      $218,435
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AG088623-02, led by Robert Rissman.

  19. Michael Bienkowski

    Leads 1 award · $125,766

    • 5K01AG066847-05Department: NIH department code
      A Translational 3D Map of Hippocampal Cell Types To Drive Investigations of Alzheimer's Disease
      $125,766
      award amount
  20. Sayuri Pacheco

    Leads 1 award · $49,538

    • 5F31NS131011-03Department: NIH department code
      Identifying differences in dynamics and residual structure of intrinsically disordered domains between monomer and fibers: using alpha-synuclein as a model
      $49,538
      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 4R01NS131409-04, led by Justin Kawika Ichida

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Richard W Roberts

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS125769-04, 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 5R01AG073979-03, led by Robert Rissman

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Melissa Petersen

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG088623-02, 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 5R01DK083785-13, led by Alicia A. McDonough

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