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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Physiology at University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA

Funding
$13.3M
$13,281,873
Awards
19
FY2026 NIH awards in Physiology
Principal investigators
21
15 lead a grant here, 6 co-investigators
Department rank
#12
of 89 · 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

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.

  1. Huizhong Whit Tao

    Leads 1 award · $2,150,757

    • 4R01AG089756-03Department: NIH department code
      Understanding Neural Bases for Neuropsychiatric Impairments in Alzheimer's Disease Models

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

      $2,150,757
      award amount
  2. Janos Peti-Peterdi

    Leads 3 awards · $1,650,751

    • 5R01DK123564-07Department: NIH department code
      Novel regulatory mechanisms of the glomerular endothelium
      $600,419
      award amount
    • 5R01DK064324-20Department: NIH department code
      Multiphoton imaging of the juxtaglomerular apparatus
      $575,360
      award amount
    • 5R01DK135290-04Department: NIH department code
      A new paradigm of glomerular immune cell homing
      $474,972
      award amount
  3. Patrick D Lyden

    Leads 1 award · $1,245,000

    • 1RF1NS146594-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms and Treatment Implications of Differential Vulnerability in the Central Nervous System
      $1,245,000
      award amount
  4. Robert Rissman

    Leads 2 awards · $1,221,981

    • 4R01AG079303-02Department: NIH department code
      Impact of TBI and Cognitive Decline on Alzheimer's Disease Brain-Derived Exosome Cargo

      Principal investigators: Robert Rissman (contact PI), Victoria B Risbrough

      $645,437
      award amount
    • 5R01AG088623-03Department: 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

      $576,544
      award amount
  5. Li I Zhang

    Leads 2 awards · $1,118,859

    • 5R01DC008983-20Department: NIH department code
      Contribution of striatum to central auditory processing
      $581,337
      award amount
    • 5R01DC020887-04Department: NIH department code
      Cell-type basis for auditory processing in the inferior colliculus
      $537,522
      award amount
  6. Marcelo Pablo Coba

    Leads 1 award · $829,683

    • 5R01AG076921-03Department: 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
      $829,683
      award amount
  7. Michael Bonaguidi

    Leads 1 award · $738,890

    • 5R01AG076956-05Department: NIH department code
      Neural stem cell rejuvenation through single cell pharmacogenomics
      $738,890
      award amount
  8. Ansgar B Siemer

    Leads 1 award · $664,382

    • 5R01NS133820-03Department: NIH department code
      Intrinsically disordered domains of α-synuclein: effect of fibril formation and fibril polymorphs
      $664,382
      award amount
  9. Ralf Langen

    Leads 1 award · $619,406

  10. Georgina Gyarmati

    Leads 1 award · $599,437

    • 1R01DK144444-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The immunomodulatory role of NECs in kidney health and disease
      $599,437
      award amount
  11. Jeannie Chen

    Leads 1 award · $559,584

    • 5R01EY012155-24Department: NIH department code
      Phototransduction in health and disease
      $559,584
      award amount

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

  12. Alicia A. McDonough

    Leads 1 award · $533,204

    • 5R01DK083785-14Department: NIH department code
      Renal electrolyte handling in females vs. males over life cycle

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

      $533,204
      award amount
  13. Karen T Chang

    Leads 1 award · $522,439

    • 5R01NS080946-12Department: NIH department code
      Role of DYRK1A/MNB in synaptic growth and function
      $522,439
      award amount
  14. Ruslan Rust

    Leads 1 award · $415,000

    • 1R01NS147362-01Department: NIH department code
      Functionally engineered pericytes for Alzheimer’s Disease
      $415,000
      award amount
  15. Derek Sieburth

    Leads 1 award · $412,500

    • 5R01NS099414-08Department: NIH department code
      Stress regulation of neurotransmission
      $412,500
      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.

  • Zhen Zhao

    Co-investigator on 4R01AG089756-03, led by Huizhong Whit Tao

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • 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

  • 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.