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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Social Sciences at University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA

Funding
$49.3M
$49,324,015
Awards
26
FY2026 NIH awards in Social Sciences
Principal investigators
23
13 lead a grant here, 10 co-investigators
Department rank
Not ranked
Outside the 27 ranked departments
  • 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 Social Sciences row of the University of Southern California page.

Leads a grant in this department

13 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. Arie Kapteyn

    Leads 1 award · $16,506,942

    • 5U01AG077280-04Department: NIH department code
      A Next Generation Data Infrastructure to Understand Disparities across the Life Course
      $16,506,942
      award amount
  2. Jinkook Lee

    Leads 4 awards · $12,256,425

    • 2R01AG051125-11Department: NIH department code
      Harmonized Diagnostic Assessment of Dementia (DAD) for Longitudinal Aging Surveys in India (LASI)
      $5,953,206
      award amount
    • 5U24AG088894-03Department: NIH department code
      Gateway Exposome Coordinating Center (GECC) For AD/ADRD Research

      Principal investigators: Jinkook Lee (contact PI), David Michael Keith Knapp, Sara Adar

      $4,943,266
      award amount
    • 5R01AG080473-04Department: NIH department code
      Multilingualism as a factor of resilience to Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in India

      Principal investigators: Jinkook Lee (contact PI), Leon Aksman, Miguel Arce

      $773,210
      award amount
    • 1R33AG104101-01Department: NIH department code
      GAmA, Gateway to American Aging Data
      $586,743
      award amount
  3. Tadeja Gracner

    Leads 2 awards · $6,880,154

    • 1R56AG101713-01Department: NIH department code
      A GLIMMER of possibility? GLucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists—Investigating their Influence on the Mind, Metabolism, and Early Risk for ADRDs in the Understanding America Study

      Principal investigators: Tadeja Gracner (contact PI), Ritika Ratnam Chaturvedi

      $6,073,092
      award amount
    • 5R01AG079967-03Department: NIH department code
      Long-term Effects of Educational Investments on Cognitive Health

      Principal investigators: Tadeja Gracner (contact PI), Christine Mulhern

      $807,062
      award amount
  4. Titus Johannes Galama

    Leads 1 award · $4,573,376

    • 4RF1AG079554-04Department: NIH department code
      Genotyping the Understanding America Study to generate novel opportunities for research on cognitive functioning and dementia

      Principal investigators: Titus Johannes Galama (contact PI), Jessica Faul

      $4,573,376
      award amount
  5. Brian K. Finch

    Leads 4 awards · $2,026,933

    • 5R01AG081248-03Department: NIH department code
      Differences in the association of education with ADRD across countries, historical eras, and men and women

      Principal investigators: Brian K. Finch (contact PI), Deborah G Finkel, Margaret Gatz

      $1,212,039
      award amount
    • 1R61AG094612-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Expanding Research Infrastructure for The Interplay of Genes and Environment across Multiple Studies (IGEMS) Consortium

      Principal investigators: Brian K. Finch (contact PI), Deborah G Finkel, Margaret Gatz

      $710,296
      award amount
    • 3R01AG081248-03S2Department: NIH department code
      Differences in the association of education with ADRD across countries, historical eras, and men and women

      Principal investigators: Brian K. Finch (contact PI), Deborah G Finkel, Margaret Gatz

      $67,098
      award amount
    • 3R01AG081248-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Differences in the association of education with ADRD across countries, historical eras, and men and women

      Principal investigators: Brian K. Finch (contact PI), Deborah G Finkel, Margaret Gatz

      $37,500
      award amount
  6. Italo Lopez Garcia

    Leads 3 awards · $1,525,766

    • 5R01HD107116-05Department: NIH department code
      Achieving Sustained Early Child Development Impacts at Scale: a Kenyan RCT
      $689,838
      award amount
    • 5R01HD114947-02Department: NIH department code
      Parental Well-Being and Child Development
      $570,083
      award amount
    • 3R01HD114947-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Parental Well-Being and Child Development
      $265,845
      award amount
  7. Ashlesha Datar

    Leads 2 awards · $1,469,796

    • 2R01CA228058-06A1Department: NIH department code
      The Impact of Improvements in Built and Social Environments and Housing on Obesity in Public Housing Residents: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
      $756,550
      award amount
    • 2R01HD096293-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Impact of Built, Social, and Housing Environments on Obesity in Low-Income Children
      $713,246
      award amount
  8. Soeren Mattke

    Leads 2 awards · $833,563

    • 5R01AG083189-04Department: NIH department code
      Evidence to improve access to memory care for disadvantaged individuals who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid
      $644,965
      award amount
    • 3R01AG083189-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Evidence to improve access to memory care for disadvantaged individuals who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid
      $188,598
      award amount
  9. Silvia Helena Barcellos

    Leads 2 awards · $763,416

    • 5R01AG078522-05Department: NIH department code
      Genetic Differences in the Causal Effect of Education Quantity and Quality on Cognitive Functioning and Dementia Diagnosis Later in Life
      $720,772
      award amount
    • 3R01AG078522-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Genetic Differences in the Causal Effect of Education Quantity and Quality on Cognitive Functioning and Dementia Diagnosis Later in Life
      $42,644
      award amount
  10. Patrick Ansel Turley

    Leads 2 awards · $749,490

    • 5R01AG081518-04Department: NIH department code
      Studying the Genetics of Aging, Behavioral, and Social Phenotypes in Diverse Populations
      $568,923
      award amount
    • 3R01AG081518-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Studying the Genetics of Aging, Behavioral, and Social Phenotypes in Diverse Populations
      $180,567
      award amount
  11. Stefan Schneider

    Leads 1 award · $696,458

    • 2R01AG068190-06Department: NIH department code
      Dynamic Cognitive Phenotyping Using Digital Survey Paradata for Early Detection of Cognitive Decline in Dementia Research

      Principal investigators: Stefan Schneider (contact PI), Doerte Ulrike Junghaenel

      $696,458
      award amount
  12. Zachary Wagner

    Leads 1 award · $585,196

    • 5R01HD104835-06Department: NIH department code
      The Impact of Natural Disasters on Child Health
      $585,196
      award amount
  13. Kyla Thomas

    Leads 1 award · $456,500

    • 1R21NR022209-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Housing Literacy, Insecurity, and Stress: A Mixed-Methods Study
      $456,500
      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.

  • Ritika Ratnam Chaturvedi

    Co-investigator on 1R56AG101713-01, led by Tadeja Gracner

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

  • David Michael Keith Knapp

    Co-investigator on 5U24AG088894-03, led by Jinkook Lee

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

  • Sara Adar

    Co-investigator on 5U24AG088894-03, led by Jinkook Lee

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Jessica Faul

    Co-investigator on 4RF1AG079554-04, led by Titus Johannes Galama

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Deborah G Finkel

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG081248-03, led by Brian K. Finch; 1R61AG094612-01A1, led by Brian K. Finch; 3R01AG081248-03S2, led by Brian K. Finch; 3R01AG081248-03S1, led by Brian K. Finch

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

  • Margaret Gatz

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG081248-03, led by Brian K. Finch; 1R61AG094612-01A1, led by Brian K. Finch; 3R01AG081248-03S2, led by Brian K. Finch; 3R01AG081248-03S1, led by Brian K. Finch

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

  • Christine Mulhern

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG079967-03, led by Tadeja Gracner

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Leon Aksman

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG080473-04, led by Jinkook Lee

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

  • Miguel Arce

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG080473-04, led by Jinkook Lee

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Doerte Ulrike Junghaenel

    Co-investigator on 2R01AG068190-06, led by Stefan Schneider

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