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FY2021 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Public Health at University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA

Funding
$44.8M
$44,814,146
Awards
71
FY2021 NIH awards in Public Health
Principal investigators
50
50 lead a grant here, 0 co-investigators
Department rank
#8
of 121 · 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 Public Health row of the University of Southern California page.

Leads a grant in this department

50 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. Bastain, Theresa M

    Leads 3 awards · $7,185,856

    • 5UH3OD023287-06Department: NIH department code
      Lifecourse Approach to Developmental Repercussions of Environmental Agents on Metabolic and Respiratory health (LA DREAMERs)
      $5,552,613
      award amount
    • 5P50MD015705-07Department: NIH department code
      Maternal and Developmental Risks from Environmental and Social Stressors (MADRES)
      $1,513,011
      award amount
    • 3UH3OD023287-06S1Department: NIH department code
      Lifecourse Approach to Developmental Repercussions of Environmental Agents on Metabolic and Respiratory Health (LA DREAMERs)
      $120,232
      award amount
  2. Leventhal, Adam Matthew

    Leads 1 award · $3,999,192

    • 5U54CA180905-09Department: NIH department code
      Tobacco Regulatory Science Investigating the Intersections of Products with Diverse Populations
      $3,999,192
      award amount
  3. Haiman, Christopher Alan

    Leads 3 awards · $3,743,560

    • 5U19CA214253-04Department: NIH department code
      Research on Prostate Cancer in Men of African Ancestry: Defining the Roles of Genetics, Immunity and Stress (RESPOND)
      $3,610,168
      award amount
    • 3U19CA214253-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Research on Prostate Cancer in Men of African Ancestry: Defining the Roles of Genetics, Immunity and Stress (RESPOND)
      $73,392
      award amount
    • 3U19CA214253-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Research on Prostate Cancer in Men of African Ancestry: Defining the Roles of Genetics, Immunity and Stress (RESPOND)
      $60,000
      award amount
  4. Cherry, J. Michael

    Leads 1 award · $2,695,752

    • 5U41HG002273-21Department: NIH department code
      Gene Ontology Consortium
      $2,695,752
      award amount
  5. Klausner, Jeffrey David

    Leads 4 awards · $2,044,616

    • 7R01AI149339-03Department: NIH department code
      Clinical Study of STI Screening to Prevent Adverse Birth and Newborn Outcomes
      $963,145
      award amount
    • 7R01AI155217-02Department: NIH department code
      Clinical Trial Comparing the Effectiveness of Cefixime Versus Penicillin G for Treatment of Early Syphilis
      $665,080
      award amount
    • 7R21AI157817-02Department: NIH department code
      Evaluating STI screening and antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae among PrEP users in Vietnam
      $220,833
      award amount
    • 7R21HD100821-02Department: NIH department code
      The diagnosis and treatment of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in pregnant women to prevent adverse neonatal consequences
      $195,558
      award amount
  6. Chatzi, Vaia Lida

    Leads 3 awards · $1,928,439

    • 5R01ES029944-03Department: NIH department code
      Environmental Chemical Exposures and Longitudinal Changes of Glucose Metabolism, Insulin Sensitivity and B Cell Function in Youth
      $649,213
      award amount
    • 5R01ES030691-02Department: NIH department code
      Hepatotoxic effects of perfluoroalkyl substances: a new epidemiological approach for studying environmental fatty liver disease
      $641,109
      award amount
    • 5R01ES030364-02Department: NIH department code
      Effects of DDE exposure on adipose tissue function, weight loss and metabolic improvement after bariatric surgery: A new paradigm for study of lipophilic chemicals
      $638,117
      award amount
  7. McConnell, Rob S

    Leads 2 awards · $1,770,854

    • 2P30ES007048-26Department: NIH department code
      Environmental Exposures, Host Factors and Human Disease
      $1,643,495
      award amount
    • 3P30ES007048-25S1Department: NIH department code
      Environmental Exposures, Host Factors and Human Disease
      $127,359
      award amount
  8. Mancuso, Nicholas

    Leads 2 awards · $1,417,160

    • 1R01HG012133-01Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing the evolutionary architecture of complex disease within and across diverse populations
      $725,512
      award amount
    • 1R01CA258808-01Department: NIH department code
      An integrative multi-omics approach to characterize prostate cancer risk in diverse populations
      $691,648
      award amount
  9. Farzan, Shohreh F

    Leads 3 awards · $1,404,229

    • 5R01ES029598-04Department: NIH department code
      The Salton Sea and Children's Health: Assessing Imperial Valley Respiratory Health and the Environment
      $683,022
      award amount
    • 1R01ES031590-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Air pollutant exposure and progression of subclinical atherosclerosis during the critical transition from childhood to adulthood
      $573,553
      award amount
    • 3R01ES029598-04S1Department: NIH department code
      The Salton Sea and Children's Health: Assessing Imperial Valley Respiratory Health and the Environment
      $147,654
      award amount
  10. Herting, Megan Marie

    Leads 2 awards · $1,160,732

    • 5R01ES031074-02Department: NIH department code
      Urban air pollution and neurobehavioral trajectories in the ABCD study
      $635,967
      award amount
    • 5R01ES032295-02Department: NIH department code
      The role of air pollution in emotional neurodevelopment and risk for psychiatric disorders
      $524,765
      award amount
  11. Conti, David V

    Leads 1 award · $999,722

    • 1U01CA261339-01Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging Diversity in Cancer Epidemiology Cohorts and Novel Methods to Improve Polygenic Risk Scores
      $999,722
      award amount
  12. Meeker, Daniella

    Leads 2 awards · $917,444

    • 1R01HS028127-01Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Telehealth in COVID-19 Response
      $482,844
      award amount
    • 5R01HS026506-04Department: NIH department code
      Improving Safe Antibiotic Prescribing in Telehealth: A Randomized Trial
      $434,600
      award amount
  13. Gauderman, William James

    Leads 1 award · $889,353

    • 5P01CA196569-06Department: NIH department code
      Statistical Methods for Integrative Genomics in Cancer
      $889,353
      award amount
  14. Barrington-Trimis, Jessica Louise

    Leads 2 awards · $824,893

    • 5R01CA229617-03Department: NIH department code
      Vaping Nicotine and Cannabis Across Adolescence and Young Adulthood
      $705,820
      award amount
    • 3R01CA229617-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Vaping Nicotine and Cannabis Across Adolescence and Young Adulthood
      $119,073
      award amount
  15. Dunton, Genevieve Fridlund

    Leads 3 awards · $754,570

    • 5U01HL146327-04Department: NIH department code
      Microtemporal Processes Underlying Health Behavior Adoption and Maintenance
      $648,337
      award amount
    • 3U01HL146327-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Microtemporal Processes Underlying Health Behavior Adoption and Maintenance
      $84,901
      award amount
    • 3U01HL146327-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Microtemporal Processes Underlying Health Behavior Adoption and Maintenance
      $21,332
      award amount
  16. Chen, Zhanghua

    Leads 2 awards · $715,606

    • 5R01ES032247-02Department: NIH department code
      The Long-term Influence of Persistent Organic Pollutants Exposure During and After Pregnancy on Metabolic Decline in Women After Pregnancies Complicated by Gestational Diabetes
      $466,619
      award amount
    • 5R00ES027870-05Department: NIH department code
      Metabolomic Signatures Linking Air Pollution, Obesity and Diabetes
      $248,987
      award amount
  17. Wipfli, Heather L

    Leads 1 award · $690,762

    • 1U01CA261624-01Department: NIH department code
      Quit4Life+: Adapting and Evaluating a Phone-Based Tobacco Use Cessation Program for People Living with HIV in Uganda and Zambia
      $690,762
      award amount
  18. Conti, David V

    Leads 1 award · $677,928

    • 1U01CA257328-01Department: NIH department code
      Multiethnic GWAS and TWAS to Inform Risk Prediction for Prostate Cancer
      $677,928
      award amount
  19. Cockburn, Myles G

    Leads 1 award · $675,213

    • 1R01CA252182-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Identifying modifiable factors that reduce the burden of late stage melanoma in Hispanics
      $675,213
      award amount
  20. Belcher, Britni Ryan

    Leads 1 award · $674,878

    • 5R01DK123333-02Department: NIH department code
      Testing the efficacy of multi-day interruptions in sedentary behaviors on metabolic, cognitive, and affective outcomes in youth at risk for Type 2 diabetes
      $674,878
      award amount
  21. Milam, Joel E

    Leads 1 award · $670,471

    • 1R01CA261888-01Department: NIH department code
      Individual, cultural, and area-based factors associated with survivorship care among Asian/Asian American childhood cancer survivors
      $670,471
      award amount
  22. Bluthenthal, Ricky N

    Leads 2 awards · $663,129

    • 5R01DA046049-03Department: NIH department code
      Cannabis use and health outcomes among opioid-using people who inject drugs in the context of cannabis legalization
      $583,183
      award amount
    • 3R01DA046049-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Cannabis use and health outcomes among opioid-using people who inject drugs in the context of cannabis legalization
      $79,946
      award amount
  23. Miller, Kimberly Ann

    Leads 1 award · $660,272

    • 1R37CA256867-01Department: NIH department code
      Social Health, Activity Behaviors, and Quality of Life among Young Adult Cancer Survivors: A Longitudinal Study
      $660,272
      award amount
  24. Breton, Carrie Van Doren

    Leads 1 award · $640,540

    • 5R01ES027409-04Department: NIH department code
      Prenatal air pollution, fetal development and early childhood obesity risk
      $640,540
      award amount
  25. Allayee, Hooman

    Leads 1 award · $633,892

    • 5R01HL148110-02Department: NIH department code
      Biological Mechanisms through which TMAO Promotes Atherosclerosis
      $633,892
      award amount
  26. Caceres, Carlos F.

    Leads 1 award · $624,293

    • 5R01AI139265-05Department: NIH department code
      Syphilis Immunology and Biology to Improve Clinical Management and Vaccine Design
      $624,293
      award amount
  27. Breton, Carrie Van Doren

    Leads 1 award · $617,548

    • 5R01MD011698-05Department: NIH department code
      Influence of prenatal psychosocial stressors on maternal and fetal circulating miRNAs
      $617,548
      award amount
  28. Gauderman, William James

    Leads 1 award · $524,413

    • 5T32ES013678-13Department: NIH department code
      Environmental Genomics
      $524,413
      award amount
  29. Valente, Thomas W

    Leads 1 award · $519,309

    • 5R01DA051843-02Department: NIH department code
      Using Social Network Analysis to Understand Peer Influences on ENDS Use
      $519,309
      award amount
  30. De La Haye, Kayla

    Leads 1 award · $502,154

    • 5R01HD092483-05Department: NIH department code
      In-home obesity prevention to reach low-income infants through maternal and social transmission
      $502,154
      award amount
  31. Unger, Jennifer Beth

    Leads 1 award · $472,796

    • 1R01CA260459-01Department: NIH department code
      Evaluating the impact of e-cigarette social media marketing on e-cigarette use among underage youth.
      $472,796
      award amount
  32. Chiang, Charleston

    Leads 1 award · $393,531

    • 1R35GM142783-01Department: NIH department code
      An evolutionary framework to elucidate and interpret the genetic architecture of complex traits in diverse populations
      $393,531
      award amount
  33. Tsui, Jennifer

    Leads 1 award · $371,731

    • 5R37CA242541-02Department: NIH department code
      Advancing the implementation of evidence-based strategies for HPV vaccination in safety-net primary care settings
      $371,731
      award amount
  34. Barrington-Trimis, Jessica Louise

    Leads 2 awards · $332,760

    • 5K01DA042950-05Department: NIH department code
      Understanding Transitions from Vaping to Smoking Across Adolescence
      $280,020
      award amount
    • 3K01DA042950-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Understanding Transitions from Vaping to Smoking Across Adolescence
      $52,740
      award amount
  35. Besaratinia, Ahmad

    Leads 1 award · $247,500

    • 1R21CA268197-01Department: NIH department code
      Development of biomarkers of exposure and effects for electronic cigarette vs. combustible cigarette use
      $247,500
      award amount
  36. Lewinger, Juan Pablo

    Leads 1 award · $247,285

    • 5R25HL147236-03Department: NIH department code
      LA’s Biostatistics Education Summer Training Program (LA’s BEST @USC)
      $247,285
      award amount
  37. Gazal, Steven

    Leads 1 award · $240,590

    • 5R00HG010160-04Department: NIH department code
      From common to rare variant functional architectures of human diseases
      $240,590
      award amount
  38. Tackett, Alayna Pauline

    Leads 1 award · $196,772

    • 5K01HL148907-04Department: NIH department code
      Respiratory effects of e-cigarette use among youth: a prospective, longitudinal investigation
      $196,772
      award amount
  39. Leventhal, Adam Matthew

    Leads 1 award · $188,836

    • 5K24DA048160-03Department: NIH department code
      Tobacco Use Treatment Research for Vulnerable Populations
      $188,836
      award amount
  40. Mason, Tyler

    Leads 1 award · $147,059

    • 5K01DK124435-02Department: NIH department code
      Biobehavioral Effects of Inhibitory Control on Eating and Diet Behaviors Among Adolescents
      $147,059
      award amount
  41. Darst, Burcu Frances

    Leads 1 award · $123,029

    • 5K99CA246063-02Department: NIH department code
      Integrating Genomics and Metabolomics to Develop Predictive Models of Prostate Cancer in Multiethnic Men
      $123,029
      award amount
  42. Huang, Brian

    Leads 1 award · $119,917

    • 1K99CA256525-01Department: NIH department code
      Integrating epidemiologic, clinical, genomic and metabolomic profiles to predict pancreatic cancer risk in a multiethnic population
      $119,917
      award amount
  43. Avol, Edward

    Leads 1 award · $108,000

    • 5R25ES031867-02Department: NIH department code
      Environmental Health MethodologicAl, Training, and Teaching EnterpRiSe (EH MATTERS)
      $108,000
      award amount
  44. Malin, Ashley

    Leads 1 award · $101,628

    • 1K99ES031676-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Childhood fluoride exposure and sleep patterns
      $101,628
      award amount
  45. De Smith, Adam

    Leads 1 award · $81,744

    • 5R03CA245998-02Department: NIH department code
      Exploring the shared genetic architecture of white blood cell variation and childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
      $81,744
      award amount
  46. Dinh, Bryan Ly

    Leads 1 award · $46,036

    • 1F31HG012159-01Department: NIH department code
      Genomic resources and references for genetic investigation of an understudied population
      $46,036
      award amount
  47. Goldshear, Jesse Lloyd

    Leads 1 award · $46,036

    • 1F31DA054763-01Department: NIH department code
      Risk Environment Effects on Ontological Security Among People Who Use Drugs: An Ethnographic Study
      $46,036
      award amount
  48. Naya, Christine Hotaru

    Leads 1 award · $46,036

    • 5F31HL154716-02Department: NIH department code
      Prenatal Sleep Health, Cortisol, and Gestational Weight Gain
      $46,036
      award amount
  49. Ochoa-Dominguez, Carol

    Leads 1 award · $38,862

    • 1F99CA264294-01Department: NIH department code
      The Role of dyadic factors on psychosocial wellbeing and healthcare interactions among childhood cancer survivors, parents, and medical providers: A mixed method approach
      $38,862
      award amount
  50. Miller, Sydney Nicole

    Leads 1 award · $37,218

    • 1F31HL160131-01Department: NIH department code
      Social networks, neighborhood food environments, diet, and obesity risk in low-income adults
      $37,218
      award amount