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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pediatrics at University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX

Funding
$5.7M
$5,720,614
Awards
11
FY2026 NIH awards in Pediatrics
Principal investigators
15
11 lead a grant here, 4 co-investigators
Department rank
#54
of 108 · 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 Pediatrics row of the University of Texas at Austin page.

Leads a grant in this department

11 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. Johann K Eberhart

    Leads 1 award · $980,511

    • 5R35DE029086-08Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms underlying the multifaceted basis of craniofacial dysmorphogenesis
      $980,511
      award amount
  2. Sandra Vanegas

    Leads 1 award · $696,981

    • 5R01DC022420-02Department: NIH department code
      Identifying and Distinguishing Early indicators of Autism in Latino children (IDEAL)

      Principal investigators: Sandra Vanegas (contact PI), Kristen Padilla

      $696,981
      award amount
  3. Stephen Carl Ekker

    Leads 1 award · $629,508

    • 5R24OD035577-03Department: NIH department code
      Modeling mtDNA Disease in vivo
      $629,508
      award amount
  4. Elizabeth Marie Widen

    Leads 1 award · $609,354

    • 5R01DK135947-03Department: NIH department code
      Mothers and CareGivers Investing in Children: A virtual intervention to support healthy growth in infants and toddlers

      Principal investigators: Elizabeth Marie Widen (contact PI), Deborah B Jacobvitz

      $609,354
      award amount
  5. Srikanta Mishra

    Leads 1 award · $578,061

    • 5R01DC021702-03Department: NIH department code
      Functional Consequences of Early Childhood Otitis Media

      Principal investigators: Srikanta Mishra (contact PI), Chhayakanta Patro

      $578,061
      award amount
  6. Jessica R. Toste

    Leads 1 award · $568,938

    • 5R01HD110533-04Department: NIH department code
      An Integrated Data Approach to Exploring Variability in Reading Intervention Effectiveness
      $568,938
      award amount
  7. Ryan Scott Gray

    Leads 1 award · $439,838

    • 5R01AR072009-09Department: NIH department code
      Investigations of the molecular genetics and pathogenesis of scoliosis.
      $439,838
      award amount
  8. Ankit Sabharwal

    Leads 1 award · $434,480

    • 1R35GM166237-01Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the mechanisms of mtDNA heteroplasmy quality control
      $434,480
      award amount
  9. Chen Yu

    Leads 1 award · $331,729

    • 5R01HD119490-02Department: NIH department code
      Quantity Meets Quality: Examining input statistics for early word learning from the infant’s point of view
      $331,729
      award amount
  10. Kaya De Barbaro

    Leads 1 award · $320,977

    • 5R01DA059423-04Department: NIH department code
      Automated Assessment of Maternal Sensitivity to Infant Distress: Leveraging Wearable Sensors for Substance Use Disorder Prevention and Research
      $320,977
      award amount
  11. Mary M Hayhoe

    Leads 1 award · $130,237

    • 5T32EY021462-15Department: NIH department code
      CPS Training Grant

      Principal investigators: Mary M Hayhoe (contact PI), Alexander C Huk

      $130,237
      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.

  • Kristen Padilla

    Co-investigator on 5R01DC022420-02, led by Sandra Vanegas

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

  • Deborah B Jacobvitz

    Co-investigator on 5R01DK135947-03, led by Elizabeth Marie Widen

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

  • Chhayakanta Patro

    Co-investigator on 5R01DC021702-03, led by Srikanta Mishra

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

  • Alexander C Huk

    Co-investigator on 5T32EY021462-15, led by Mary M Hayhoe

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads