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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Public Health at Boston University

Boston, MA

Funding
$37M
$37,021,416
Awards
83
FY2026 NIH awards in Public Health
Principal investigators
86
61 lead a grant here, 25 co-investigators
Department rank
#9
of 126 · 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 Public Health row of the Boston University page.

Leads a grant in this department

61 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. Medellena Maria Glymour

    Leads 3 awards · $7,168,197

  2. Chiung-Yu Huang

    Leads 1 award · $6,445,062

  3. Jacqueline Marie Torres

    Leads 1 award · $6,445,062

  4. Kaitlin B Casaletto

    Leads 1 award · $6,445,062

  5. Paola Gilsanz

    Leads 1 award · $6,445,062

  6. Willa Domino Brenowitz

    Leads 1 award · $6,445,062

  7. Lauren A Wise

    Leads 4 awards · $2,964,277

    • 2R01ES024749-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Endocrine disrupting chemicals and risk of reproductive outcomes: a prospective study
      $1,289,415
      award amount
    • 1R01HD119050-01A1Department: NIH department code
      A Randomized Trial of Vitamin D Supplementation to Reduce Fibroid Growth

      Principal investigators: Lauren A Wise (contact PI), Ganesa Rebecca Wegienka

      $754,653
      award amount
    • 5R01HD086742-10Department: NIH department code
      An internet-based preconception cohort study in North America
      $647,293
      award amount
    • 1T32HD117737-01A1Department: NIH department code
      BURPPE: Boston University Reproductive, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology Training Program

      Principal investigators: Lauren A Wise (contact PI), Martha M. Werler, Samantha Parker Kelleher

      $272,916
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01ES028923-07, led by Amelia Kent Wesselink.

  8. Gregory A Wellenius

    Leads 1 award · $2,197,118

  9. Amelia Kent Wesselink

    Leads 2 awards · $1,512,601

    • 5R01ES028923-07Department: NIH department code
      A preconception cohort study of air pollution, fertility, and miscarriage

      Principal investigators: Amelia Kent Wesselink (contact PI), Lauren A Wise

      $810,024
      award amount
    • 1R01HD120576-01A1Department: NIH department code
      A Longitudinal Study of Heat Exposure, Placental Health, And Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
      $702,577
      award amount

  10. Sarah Hall Gordon

    Leads 3 awards · $1,506,476

    • 5R01MD017703-05Department: NIH department code
      Improving Quality of Care for Low-Income Pregnant Women through Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations: A Natural Experiment

      Principal investigators: Sarah Hall Gordon (contact PI), Megan B. Cole

      $683,047
      award amount
    • 5R01MD019661-03Department: NIH department code
      Assessing the role of Federally Qualified Health Centers in advancing quality of care for pregnant and postpartum Medicaid enrollees

      Principal investigators: Sarah Hall Gordon (contact PI), Megan B. Cole

      $678,490
      award amount
    • 5K01MH127253-04Department: NIH department code
      The Effects of Postpartum Medicaid Policies on Postpartum Depression Care Among Low-Income Women
      $144,939
      award amount

  11. Marcia Ixchel Pescador Jimenez

    Leads 3 awards · $1,491,308

    • 5R01NS139186-03Department: NIH department code
      Role of Environmental Stressors as POtential drivers of Dementia and stroke RESPOnD
      $743,256
      award amount
    • 5R01AG087199-03Department: NIH department code
      Environmental Resources for Individual Cognitive Health/Resilience (EnRICH)
      $698,004
      award amount
    • 1R13AG104344-01Department: NIH department code
      Alzheimer's prevention in Women through Analysis of Key Exposome domains (AWAKE)
      $50,048
      award amount

  12. Clarissa Valim

    Leads 7 awards · $1,477,784

  13. Eric S Rubenstein

    Leads 2 awards · $1,447,465

    • 2R01AG073179-03A1Department: NIH department code
      Down Syndrome Toward Optimal Trajectories and Health using Medicaid Analytic eXtract (DS-TO-THE-MAX)
      $816,950
      award amount
    • 5R01HD109135-04Department: NIH department code
      Improving pregnancy outcomes for women with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Medicaid
      $630,515
      award amount

  14. Patricia L Hibberd

    Leads 4 awards · $1,113,196

    • 3UG1HD078439-15S1Department: NIH department code
      Boston University/Lata Medical Research Foundation Global Network for Women's Children's Health Research Unit
      $460,510
      award amount
    • 5R01HD107054-05Department: NIH department code
      Influenza & COVID Obstetric and Perinatal Epidemiology Study in India

      Principal investigators: Patricia L Hibberd (contact PI), Archana Behram Patel

      $338,423
      award amount
    • 3R01HD107054-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Influenza & COVID Obstetric and Perinatal Epidemiology Study in India

      Principal investigators: Patricia L Hibberd (contact PI), Archana Behram Patel

      $168,372
      award amount
    • 5UG1HD078439-15Department: NIH department code
      Boston University/Lata Medical Research Foundation Global Network for Women's Children's Health Research Unit
      $145,891
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AI164686-05, led by Clarissa Valim; 3R01AI164686-05S1, led by Clarissa Valim; 3R01AI164686-05S2, led by Clarissa Valim.

  15. Alana Teresa Brennan

    Leads 2 awards · $918,875

    • 1R01HL189487-01Department: NIH department code
      Real-World Effects of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists on Cardiovascular-Kidney–Metabolic Syndrome Progression and Lifetime Costs in People with HIV and Type 2 Diabetes
      $837,125
      award amount
    • 5R03AI189203-02Department: NIH department code
      Assessing the mediating role of kidney function and weight/BMI in the association between INSTI use and blood pressure changes and hypertension in PWH: a secondary analysis of the REPRIEVE study.
      $81,750
      award amount

  16. Michael D Stein

    Leads 2 awards · $871,291

    • 5R01DA062408-02Department: NIH department code
      BUP - BOOSTeR: Behavioral Optimization for Overcoming Suboptimal Treatment Retention

      Principal investigators: Michael D Stein (contact PI), Emily Elizabeth Hurstak, Lisa A Uebelacker

      $683,906
      award amount
    • 5T32DA041898-10Department: NIH department code
      Integrated Care for Addiction, HIV and HCV Research and Education (ICAHRE)

      Principal investigators: Michael D Stein (contact PI), Rachel Sayko Adams

      $187,385
      award amount

  17. Patrece Joseph

    Leads 1 award · $775,008

    • 1K01DA063919-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Exploring the Impact of Community Violence on Adolescent Substance Use: A Participatory and Place-Based Approach
      $775,008
      award amount

  18. Rachel Sayko Adams

    Leads 1 award · $758,464

    • 1R01AA033066-01Department: NIH department code
      Improving alcohol treatment outcomes for women across the lifespan

      Principal investigators: Rachel Sayko Adams (contact PI), Maureen T Stewart

      $758,464
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32DA041898-10, led by Michael D Stein.

  19. Madeleine Scammell

    Leads 3 awards · $748,327

    • 3U01DK130057-06S2Department: NIH department code
      CKDu in Salvadoran and Nicaraguan Agricultural Communities
      $326,713
      award amount
    • 3U01DK130057-06S1Department: NIH department code
      CKDu in Salvadoran and Nicaraguan Agricultural Communities
      $264,104
      award amount
    • 5U01DK130057-06Department: NIH department code
      CKDu in Salvadoran and Nicaraguan Agricultural Communities
      $157,510
      award amount

  20. Jennifer Jane Cornacchione Ross

    Leads 1 award · $736,732

  21. Danielle Frances Haley

    Leads 1 award · $732,747

    • 1R01DA063053-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Quantifying health effects of cannabis use and cannabis use disorder on geriatric syndromes and HIV outcomes: causal effects analysis in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study and the Mt. Sinai HIV Cohort

      Principal investigators: Danielle Frances Haley (contact PI), Kaku So-Armah

      $732,747
      award amount

  22. Mary D Willis

    Leads 1 award · $678,085

    • 1R01AG102701-01Department: NIH department code
      POWER-MED: Power Outages, Severe Weather Events, and Risk of Mortality among Electricity-dependent Durable Medical Equipment Users in Medicare

      Principal investigators: Mary D Willis (contact PI), Joan A Casey

      $678,085
      award amount

  23. Akshay Nitin Gupte

    Leads 3 awards · $671,840

  24. Anthony Joseph Rosellini

    Leads 1 award · $669,249

    • 5R01MH133670-04Department: NIH department code
      Identifying the longitudinal outcomes of suicide loss in a population-based cohort

      Principal investigators: Anthony Joseph Rosellini (contact PI), Jaimie L. Gradus

      $669,249
      award amount

  25. Kimberly M Nelson

    Leads 1 award · $666,905

    • 5R01HD112411-03Department: NIH department code
      Sexual health behaviors among US adolescents and young adults

      Principal investigators: Kimberly M Nelson (contact PI), Debra Lynne Herbenick

      $666,905
      award amount

  26. Kerrie P Nelson

    Leads 1 award · $651,829

  27. Jacob Bor

    Leads 2 awards · $602,580

    • 3R01MH135774-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Integrating U=U into HIV counseling: a cluster-randomized efficacy trial (INTUIT 2.0)

      Principal investigators: Jacob Bor (contact PI), Dorina Onoya

      $415,602
      award amount
    • 5R01MH135774-03Department: NIH department code
      Integrating U=U into HIV counseling: a cluster-randomized efficacy trial (INTUIT 2.0)

      Principal investigators: Jacob Bor (contact PI), Dorina Onoya

      $186,978
      award amount

  28. Maria Argos

    Leads 1 award · $594,877

    • 5R01ES033883-04Department: NIH department code
      Impact of Metals on Biological Aging and Cardiometabolic Traits in Adolescents
      $594,877
      award amount

  29. Birgit Gunhild Claus Henn

    Leads 1 award · $587,546

    • 5T32ES014562-20Department: NIH department code
      Environmental Epidemiology in Community Settings
      $587,546
      award amount

  30. Astrid M Suchy-Dicey

    Leads 1 award · $586,737

    • 7R01AG080398-04Department: NIH department code
      Bilingualism as a protective factor of ADRD in American Indian adults: the Strong Heart Study
      $586,737
      award amount

  31. Julie Moriarty Herlihy

    Leads 2 awards · $557,797

    • 5R01HD113615-03Department: NIH department code
      Project Chisoni: a study to define the burden of SUDI and its modifiable risk factors in Zambia and other African countries

      Principal investigators: Julie Moriarty Herlihy (contact PI), Somwe Wa Somwe

      $318,364
      award amount
    • 3R01HD113615-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Project Chisoni: a study to define the burden of SUDI and its modifiable risk factors in Zambia and other African countries

      Principal investigators: Julie Moriarty Herlihy (contact PI), Somwe Wa Somwe

      $239,433
      award amount

  32. Andrew Stokes

    Leads 1 award · $465,607

    • 1P30AG097147-01Department: NIH department code
      The Boston University-Quantitative Population Science and Healthy Cognitive Aging Research Program (BU-SHARP)

      Principal investigators: Andrew Stokes (contact PI), Deborah S. Carr (contact PI), Medellena Maria Glymour (contact PI)

      $465,607
      award amount

  33. Deborah S. Carr

    Leads 1 award · $465,607

    • 1P30AG097147-01Department: NIH department code
      The Boston University-Quantitative Population Science and Healthy Cognitive Aging Research Program (BU-SHARP)

      Principal investigators: Andrew Stokes (contact PI), Deborah S. Carr (contact PI), Medellena Maria Glymour (contact PI)

      $465,607
      award amount

  34. Julia Craig Bond

    Leads 1 award · $408,750

    • 5DP5OD039736-02Department: NIH department code
      Female Sexual Dysfunction and Distress in the Preconception and Perinatal Period
      $408,750
      award amount

  35. Collette N Ncube

    Leads 1 award · $326,201

    • 1R21HD122202-01Department: NIH department code
      The validity of the severe maternal morbidity algorithm.
      $326,201
      award amount

  36. Kendra D Sims

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00AG083121-03Department: NIH department code
      Community Empowerment, Vascular Risk, and ADRD Disparities: Translating Research to Public Policy
      $249,000
      award amount

  37. Kipruto Kirwa

    Leads 1 award · $245,250

    • 1R21ES039043-01Department: NIH department code
      Beyond Outdoor Monitoring: Integrated Air Pollution Exposure Assessment for Reproductive Health Research
      $245,250
      award amount

  38. Katrina L Kezios

    Leads 1 award · $245,031

    • 5R00AG084769-04Department: NIH department code
      Investigating financial wellbeing, biological aging, and risk of Alzheimers disease and related dementias in a life course synthetic cohort
      $245,031
      award amount

  39. Katherine A Moon

    Leads 1 award · $242,261

    • 5R00ES031998-05Department: NIH department code
      The role of toxic and essential metal mixtures, and co-exposures to social stressors, in cognitive aging, mild cognitive impairment, and novel epigenetic age biomarkers: The Baltimore Memory Study
      $242,261
      award amount

  40. Gabriel R Murchison

    Leads 1 award · $228,622

    • 5R00AA030601-05Department: NIH department code
      Developing a Brief Online Intervention Addressing Young Adult Romantic Relationship Functioning and Alcohol Use
      $228,622
      award amount

  41. Lynsie Ranker

    Leads 1 award · $193,752

    • 1K01DA064820-01Department: NIH department code
      Adolescent exposure to nicotine and tobacco content on social media: incorporating adolescent experiences and social media analytics to inform exposure assessment
      $193,752
      award amount

  42. Samantha Auty

    Leads 1 award · $193,180

    • 1K01DA064935-01Department: NIH department code
      Medicaid Managed Care Network Adequacy and Its Impact on Access to Care for Pregnant Women with Opioid Use Disorder
      $193,180
      award amount

  43. Allison Portnoy

    Leads 1 award · $188,196

    • 5K01AI190051-02Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing Respiratory Syncytial Virus Burden and Prevention in the United States
      $188,196
      award amount

  44. Sylvia Shangani

    Leads 1 award · $179,299

    • 5K01MH136935-02Department: NIH department code
      Developing a Community Health Worker-delivered PrEP Decision Aid to Facilitate PrEP Initiation in Black Women Seeking HIV Testing Services in Eastern Virginia
      $179,299
      award amount

  45. Noel Adam Vest

    Leads 1 award · $175,694

    • 5K01DA053391-05Department: NIH department code
      Collegiate recovery programming in the U.S.: An implementation science and mixed methods study
      $175,694
      award amount

  46. Nafisa Halim

    Leads 2 awards · $166,277

    • 5K01HL168214-03Department: NIH department code
      Pilot-testing and Implementation of an Integrated Sickle-cell Screening and Violence Prevention Program in Antenatal Care Settings in India (PIVOT)
      $149,537
      award amount
    • 3K01HL168214-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Pilot-testing and Implementation of an Integrated Sickle-cell Screening and Violence Prevention Program in Antenatal Care Settings in India (PIVOT)
      $16,740
      award amount

  47. Ruijia Chen

    Leads 1 award · $131,814

    • 5K99AG088369-02Department: NIH department code
      Bridging Social Epidemiology and Policy for ADRD Prevention: Effects of Poverty Alleviation Policies on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Risk and Disparities
      $131,814
      award amount

  48. Jonathan Jay

    Leads 1 award · $128,412

    • 5K01MD016956-05Department: NIH department code
      Reducing violent injuries among American youth
      $128,412
      award amount

  49. Anoop Jain

    Leads 1 award · $126,404

    • 5K01AG090704-02Department: NIH department code
      Geriatric depression in India: Inadequate access to water and sanitation as risk factors
      $126,404
      award amount

  50. Samantha Schildroth

    Leads 1 award · $121,134

    • 5K99ES036288-02Department: NIH department code
      A Prospective Study of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Mixtures and Pregnancy Outcomes among Black Women
      $121,134
      award amount

  51. Meredith Blair Brooks

    Leads 1 award · $120,425

    • 5K01AI151083-05Department: NIH department code
      Tuberculosis in teens: a geospatial approach to predict community transmission
      $120,425
      award amount

  52. Jeroen Maarten Van Baar

    Leads 1 award · $119,610

    • 1K99MH143671-01Department: NIH department code
      Using experimental and quasi-experimental designs to assess effects of insurance and eviction ban coverage on mental health and neurodevelopment
      $119,610
      award amount

  53. Phillip Hwang

    Leads 1 award · $107,152

    • 5K01AG080119-04Department: NIH department code
      Physical activity over the adult life course and cognitive resilience to Alzheimer's disease and related dementias
      $107,152
      award amount

  54. Sachelly Julian-Serrano

    Leads 1 award · $80,800

    • 1F32HD121270-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Diet quality, the vaginal microbiome, and risk of early pregnancy loss: A preconception cohort study
      $80,800
      award amount

  55. Erin Major

    Leads 1 award · $53,301

    • 1R36DA065865-01Department: NIH department code
      Disaster Resilience and Opioid Treatment Access: Investigating Hurricane Impacts on Rural MOUD Systems
      $53,301
      award amount

  56. Lauren Linde

    Leads 1 award · $53,114

    • 1F31AI194952-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Effect of wildfire smoke exposure on the development of tuberculosis and mortality due to COVID-19
      $53,114
      award amount

  57. Emily Rose Leonard

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31ES037551-02Department: NIH department code
      Early-life Exposure to Ferroalloy Metal Mixtures and Adolescent Cognition
      $50,114
      award amount

  58. Margaret Quaid

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31ES038753-01Department: NIH department code
      The Longitudinal Effect of Arsenic on DNA Methylation and Blood Pressure in Pediatric Populations
      $50,114
      award amount

  59. Noelle Blanco Henderson

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31ES038739-01Department: NIH department code
      Persistent Endocrine Disrupting Chemical Mixtures and Maternal-Infant Health
      $50,114
      award amount

  60. Sarah Weber

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31AI200140-01Department: NIH department code
      Effect of depressive and PTSD symptoms on risk for tuberculosis disease among mothers and children
      $50,114
      award amount

  61. Jennifer Weuve

    Leads 1 award · $49,970

    • 5R13AG064971-08Department: NIH department code
      Methods in Longitudinal Dementia (MELODEM) Initiative
      $49,970
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1T32AG099817-01, led by Medellena Maria Glymour.

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.