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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Ophthalmology at West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

Funding
$2.3M
$2,336,306
Awards
5
FY2026 NIH awards in Ophthalmology
Principal investigators
5
5 lead a grant here, 0 co-investigators
Department rank
#39
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 West Virginia University page.

Leads a grant in this department

5 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. Saravanan Kolandaivelu

    Leads 1 award · $550,584

    • 1R01EY037294-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism Behind Nuclear-Specific Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NAD+) Synthase, Nicotinamide Mononucleotide Adenylyl Transferase-1 (NMNAT1) in Retinal Photoreceptor Biogenesis and Health
      $550,584
      award amount
  2. Joel R Palko

    Leads 1 award · $496,541

    • 1R01EY037891-01Department: NIH department code
      Unraveling the interplay of hemodynamic and biomechanical determinants in glaucoma pathophysiology
      $496,541
      award amount
  3. Visvanathan Ramamurthy

    Leads 1 award · $447,681

    • 5R01EY028035-08Department: NIH department code
      Importance of small GTPases in photoreceptor function
      $447,681
      award amount
  4. Michael Robichaux

    Leads 1 award · $420,750

    • 1R21EY038912-01Department: NIH department code
      A method for combined pulse chase labeling and super-resolution microscopy in mouse rod photoreceptor neurons

      Principal investigators: Michael Robichaux (contact PI), Wen-Tao Deng

      $420,750
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R21EY039436-01, led by Wen-Tao Deng.

  5. Wen-Tao Deng

    Leads 1 award · $420,750

    • 1R21EY039436-01Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Regulators of Cone Opsin Trafficking

      Principal investigators: Wen-Tao Deng (contact PI), Michael Robichaux

      $420,750
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R21EY038912-01, led by Michael Robichaux.