FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Ophthalmology at Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
- 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 Washington University in St. Louis page.
Leads a grant in this department
14 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.
Cecilia Sungmin Lee
Leads 1 award · $7,265,875
- 5R01AG060942-08Department: NIH department codeAging eyes and aging brains in studying alzheimer''s disease: Modern ophthalmic data collection in the adult changes in thought (ACT) study$7,265,875award amount
Daniel Kerschensteiner
Leads 5 awards · $1,980,329
- 2T32NS121881-06Department: NIH department codeNeuroscience Training Program at Washington University
Principal investigators: Daniel Kerschensteiner (contact PI), Martha W Bagnall
$488,654award amount - 2R01EY034001-05Department: NIH department codeMultiplexed retinal coding to align perception and action with the saccade-fixation cycle$476,174award amount
- 2R01EY026978-10Department: NIH department codeSynaptic Organization and Function of Retinal Interneurons and Downstream Visual Pathways$461,953award amount
- 5R01EY027411-09Department: NIH department codeSynapse rescue and neuroprotection in the retina$387,881award amount
- 5T32EY013360-25Department: NIH department codeInterdisciplinary Training in Vision Science
Principal investigators: Daniel Kerschensteiner (contact PI), Shiming Chen
$165,667award amount
Philip Raymond Williams
Leads 2 awards · $991,300
- 1S10OD040221-01Department: NIH department codeDual laser scanning ophthalmoscope and optical coherence tomography scanner with adaptive optics$606,434award amount
- 5R01EY032908-05Department: NIH department codeIdentifying and leveraging strategies of inherently resilient retinal neurons to treat degeneration$384,866award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5R01EY012543-25, led by Shiming Chen.
Andrew J.w. Huang
Leads 1 award · $604,788
- 5R01EY036481-03Department: NIH department codeNeural mechanism underlying corneal injuries by ammonia
Principal investigators: Andrew J.w. Huang (contact PI), Qin Liu
$604,788award amount
Shiming Chen
Leads 1 award · $575,017
- 5R01EY012543-25Department: NIH department codePhotoreceptor cell death and survival in retinal degeneration
Principal investigators: Shiming Chen (contact PI), Philip Raymond Williams
$575,017award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5T32EY013360-25, led by Daniel Kerschensteiner.
Carla J Siegfried
Leads 1 award · $545,166
- 5R01EY034529-04Department: NIH department codeUnderstanding glaucoma risk and assessment of precision therapies: A study of mitochondria and oxidative stress in human trabecular meshwork$545,166award amount
Takeshi Yoshimatsu
Leads 1 award · $483,409
- 5R01EY036090-02Department: NIH department codeVisual feature competition between central and peripheral retinal pathways’$483,409award amount
Steven Bassnett
Leads 1 award · $474,844
- 5R01EY029130-08Department: NIH department codeStructural, mechanical, and cell biological properties of the ciliary zonule$474,844award amount
Brian S Clark
Leads 1 award · $470,700
- 5R01EY035381-03Department: NIH department codeRegulation of Retinal Development by RNA molecules$470,700award amount
Philip Andrew Ruzycki
Leads 1 award · $388,750
- 5R01EY036368-03Department: NIH department codeHomeostasis of the Retinal Epigenome$388,750award amount
Rithwick Rajagopal
Leads 1 award · $388,750
- 5R01EY034172-05Department: NIH department codeModulating retinal lipid biogenesis in diabetes for therapeutic effects$388,750award amount
Qian Wang
Leads 1 award · $248,946
- 5R00EY032171-04Department: NIH department codeSignaling networks and transcriptional programs in lens vesicle formation$248,946award amount
James Walsh
Leads 1 award · $240,262
- 5K08EY034601-04Department: NIH department codeAntigen presentation to the adaptive immune system in the choroid contributes to ocular autoimmune disease$240,262award amount
Margaret Reynolds
Leads 1 award · $168,053
- 5K23HD114877-02Department: NIH department codeRefractive surgery for ASD$168,053award 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.
Qin Liu
Co-investigator on 5R01EY036481-03, led by Andrew J.w. Huang
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Washington University in St. Louis · Anesthesiology (NIH department code, 1 award)
Martha W Bagnall
Co-investigator on 2T32NS121881-06, led by Daniel Kerschensteiner
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Washington University in St. Louis · Neurosciences (NIH department code, 3 awards)