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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Ophthalmology at University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Funding
$6.1M
$6,142,302
Awards
16
FY2026 NIH awards in Ophthalmology
Principal investigators
15
13 lead a grant here, 2 co-investigators
Department rank
#21
of 69 · 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 Ophthalmology row of the University of Utah 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. Jun Yang

    Leads 3 awards · $1,694,484

    • 5P30EY014800-22Department: NIH department code
      University of Utah Core Vision Research Grant

      Principal investigators: Behrad Noudoost (contact PI), Bryan William Jones (contact PI), David Krizaj (contact PI), Jun Yang (contact PI), Paul Steven Bernstein (contact PI)

      $762,910
      award amount
    • 5R01EY034524-04Department: NIH department code
      Disease mechanism of Usher syndrome 2
      $469,144
      award amount
    • 5R01EY036877-02Department: NIH department code
      The role of centriole linkage in retinal degeneration and hearing loss
      $462,430
      award amount

  2. David Krizaj

    Leads 3 awards · $1,308,971

    • 5P30EY014800-22Department: NIH department code
      University of Utah Core Vision Research Grant

      Principal investigators: Behrad Noudoost (contact PI), Bryan William Jones (contact PI), David Krizaj (contact PI), Jun Yang (contact PI), Paul Steven Bernstein (contact PI)

      $762,910
      award amount
    • 5R01EY027920-09Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of mechanotransduction in the aqueous outflow pathway
      $385,000
      award amount
    • 5T32EY024234-13Department: NIH department code
      Vision Research Training Grant at the University of Utah

      Principal investigators: David Krizaj (contact PI), Monica L Vetter

      $161,061
      award amount

  3. Paul Steven Bernstein

    Leads 2 awards · $1,153,785

    • 5P30EY014800-22Department: NIH department code
      University of Utah Core Vision Research Grant

      Principal investigators: Behrad Noudoost (contact PI), Bryan William Jones (contact PI), David Krizaj (contact PI), Jun Yang (contact PI), Paul Steven Bernstein (contact PI)

      $762,910
      award amount
    • 5R01EY034497-04Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Role of Very-long-chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Retinal Health and Disease
      $390,875
      award amount

  4. Brian Stagg

    Leads 2 awards · $1,029,633

    • 1R01EY038692-01Department: NIH department code
      Community Eye Connect (CEC) Trial: Using health information technology to improve follow-up after positive diabetic retinopathy screening for Community Health Center patients
      $759,312
      award amount
    • 5K23EY032577-05Department: NIH department code
      Improving Glaucoma Care Using a Scalable Decision Support System
      $270,321
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T35EY026511-09, led by Alessandra Angelucci.

  5. Behrad Noudoost

    Leads 1 award · $762,910

  6. Bryan William Jones

    Leads 1 award · $762,910

  7. Alessandra Angelucci

    Leads 2 awards · $678,714

    • 2R01EY031959-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Connectivity and function of inhibitory neurons in the primate visual cortex
      $653,946
      award amount
    • 5T35EY026511-09Department: NIH department code
      Medical Student Research Program (MSRP) in Eye Health and Disease

      Principal investigators: Alessandra Angelucci (contact PI), Brian Stagg

      $24,768
      award amount

  8. Monika Fleckenstein

    Leads 1 award · $385,000

    • 5R01EY033365-05Department: NIH department code
      The Impact of Non-Exudative Type 1 Macular Neovascularization (MNV) on Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Progression
      $385,000
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01EY034965-04, led by Steffen Schmitz-Valckenberg.

  9. Steffen Schmitz-Valckenberg

    Leads 1 award · $385,000

  10. Ian Franz Pitha

    Leads 1 award · $358,559

    • 5R01EY035669-03Department: NIH department code
      Understanding and optimizing the influence of glaucoma drainage implant surface architecture and design to prevent post-operative fibrosis

      Principal investigators: Ian Franz Pitha (contact PI), Kunal Sailesh Parikh

      $358,559
      award amount

  11. Suva Roy

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00EY032119-06Department: NIH department code
      Bridging gap in comparative biology using the tree shrew visual system
      $249,000
      award amount

  12. Christopher Dale Conrady

    Leads 1 award · $234,732

    • 5K08EY034892-05Department: NIH department code
      Innate Immunity to Viral Infection of the Retina
      $234,732
      award amount

  13. Eileen S Hwang

    Leads 1 award · $190,244

    • 5K08EY034549-04Department: NIH department code
      Cellular, molecular and physical mechanisms of vitreous structural heterogeneity underlying posterior vitreous detachment
      $190,244
      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.