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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biomedical Engineering at Duke University

Durham, NC

Funding
$26.8M
$26,798,481
Awards
50
FY2026 NIH awards in Biomedical Engineering
Principal investigators
48
36 lead a grant here, 12 co-investigators
Department rank
#3
of 80 · 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 Biomedical Engineering row of the Duke University page.

Leads a grant in this department

36 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. Charles A. Gersbach

    Leads 2 awards · $2,373,434

    • 3UM1HG012053-05S1Department: NIH department code
      High-Throughput Functional Annotation of Gene Regulatory Elements and Variants Critical to Complex Cellular Phenotypes

      Principal investigators: Charles A. Gersbach (contact PI), Gregory E Crawford, Timothy E Reddy

      $1,794,006
      award amount
    • 5R01CA289574-03Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic Programming of T Cells for Enhanced Cellular Immunotherapy
      $579,428
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32GM144291-05, led by Tatiana Segura.

  2. Nicole A. Pelot

    Leads 1 award · $1,782,639

    • 1RF1NS146067-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Model-Based Design of Peripheral Nerve Interfaces
      $1,782,639
      award amount

  3. Nirmala Ramanujam

    Leads 3 awards · $1,664,505

    • 5U01CA269192-05Department: NIH department code
      Development and Validation of an Artificial-Intelligence-enabled Portable Colposcopy Device for Optimizing Triage Alternatives for HPV-based Cervical Cancer Screening

      Principal investigators: Nirmala Ramanujam (contact PI), Francesca Akoth Odhiambo, Megan J. Huchko

      $1,031,758
      award amount
    • 5R01EB028148-07Department: NIH department code
      Development of CapCell Scope for Metabolic Imaging of Tissue Heterogeneity and Therapy Response

      Principal investigators: Nirmala Ramanujam (contact PI), Andrei Goga

      $591,347
      award amount
    • 3U01CA269192-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Development and Validation of an Artificial-Intelligence-enabled Portable Colposcopy Device for Optimizing Triage Alternatives for HPV-based Cervical Cancer Screening

      Principal investigators: Nirmala Ramanujam (contact PI), Francesca Akoth Odhiambo, Megan J. Huchko

      $41,400
      award amount

  4. Joel H Collier

    Leads 4 awards · $1,662,366

    • 1R01AI201850-01Department: NIH department code
      Multi-target mucosal immunotherapies via engineered biomaterials
      $684,405
      award amount
    • 1R01EB039025-01Department: NIH department code
      Biomaterial immunomodulators engaging natural antibody responses
      $586,406
      award amount
    • 1R21EB039276-01Department: NIH department code
      Helminth-inspired immunomodulatory biomaterials
      $197,354
      award amount
    • 1R21AI201881-01Department: NIH department code
      Mucosally active biomaterial immunomodulators for chronic rhinosinusitis
      $194,201
      award amount

  5. Emma J Chory

    Leads 2 awards · $1,392,107

    • 1R01GM164468-01Department: NIH department code
      Autonomous Evolution of Ultra-Specific Affinity Reagents for Epigenetic and Post-Translational Modifications
      $1,313,618
      award amount
    • 1R03EB039189-01Department: NIH department code
      Enhancing PyLabRobot for Scalable and Accessible Open-Source Laboratory Automation
      $78,489
      award amount

  6. Michael R Tadross

    Leads 1 award · $1,373,988

    • 5R01MH135932-03Department: NIH department code
      DART.3-Revolutionizing Neuropsychiatric Treatment through Noninvasive, Programmable Cell-Type-Specific Neuropharmacology
      $1,373,988
      award amount

  7. Cameron McIntyre

    Leads 1 award · $1,203,065

    • 5R35NS143008-02Department: NIH department code
      Model-Based Analysis of Brain Stimulation and Recording
      $1,203,065
      award amount

  8. Tuan Vo-Dinh

    Leads 2 awards · $1,151,476

    • 1R01AG100293-01Department: NIH department code
      Characterization and Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease Using mRNA Biomarkers

      Principal investigators: Tuan Vo-Dinh (contact PI), Heather E. Whitson

      $627,830
      award amount
    • 5R01DE030455-05Department: NIH department code
      RAPID System for Early Detection of Head and Neck Cancer in Low-Resource Settings

      Principal investigators: Tuan Vo-Dinh (contact PI), Walter Tsong Lee

      $523,646
      award amount

  9. Amanda E Randles

    Leads 1 award · $1,127,000

    • 5DP1AG082343-05Department: NIH department code
      Dynamic models of the cardiovascular system capturing years, rather than heartbeats
      $1,127,000
      award amount

  10. Ophelia Venturelli

    Leads 2 awards · $1,053,310

    • 1R56AI197391-01Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating Bacterial Therapeutic Mechanisms Against C. difficile via Physics-Informed Active Machine Learning
      $609,185
      award amount
    • 5R35GM124774-07Department: NIH department code
      A multi-scale systems biology framework for understanding and engineering the human gut microbiome
      $444,125
      award amount

  11. Timothy William Dunn

    Leads 2 awards · $1,038,073

    • 5R01NS123275-05Department: NIH department code
      Building and implementing a TBI prognostic model featuring real-time analysis of brain CT images
      $591,422
      award amount
    • 1R01DA066620-01Department: NIH department code
      Assimilating high-resolution behavioral and neural data across heterogeneous experimental configurations
      $446,651
      award amount

  12. Tatiana Segura

    Leads 2 awards · $1,010,775

    • 5R01NS112940-07Department: NIH department code
      Biomaterials Strategies to Promote Functional Recovery After Ischemic Stroke
      $555,572
      award amount
    • 5T32GM144291-05Department: NIH department code
      University Training Program in Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering

      Principal investigators: Tatiana Segura (contact PI), Charles A. Gersbach

      $455,203
      award amount

  13. Nenad Bursac

    Leads 2 awards · $1,007,530

    • 5R01AR082979-04Department: NIH department code
      Engineering a Human Skeletal Muscle Tissue Model of LGMD2B
      $507,665
      award amount
    • 5R01AR083155-03Department: NIH department code
      Engineering Heterocellular Human Skeletal Muscle Tissues to Recreate and Study Native Stem Cell Niche Function
      $499,865
      award amount

  14. Mikhail Nikiforov

    Leads 2 awards · $960,586

    • 5R01CA279129-04Department: NIH department code
      The role of regulation and subcellular localization of GTP biosynthesis in melanoma invasion and metastasis
      $490,104
      award amount
    • 5R01AR082911-04Department: NIH department code
      Bidirectional control of keratinocyte differentiation and proliferation by transcription factor FOXQ1
      $470,482
      award amount

  15. Samira Musah

    Leads 1 award · $928,660

    • 4DP2DK139544-02Department: NIH department code
      Harnessing stem cells and synthetic gene circuits to repair glomerular injury
      $928,660
      award amount

  16. Daniel Reker

    Leads 2 awards · $846,625

    • 1R21ES038343-01Department: NIH department code
      Identifying Endocrine-Disrupting Plastic Additives using Machine Learning

      Principal investigators: Daniel Reker (contact PI), Jason Andrew Somarelli

      $444,125
      award amount
    • 5R35GM151255-04Department: NIH department code
      Designing Personalized Formulations with Machine Learning
      $402,500
      award amount

  17. Sina Farsiu

    Leads 1 award · $698,478

    • 5R01EY030124-07Department: NIH department code
      Quantitative assessment of glaucomatous conventional outflow dynamics

      Principal investigators: Sina Farsiu (contact PI), C Ross Ethier, W Daniel Stamer

      $698,478
      award amount

  18. Jessilyn P Dunn

    Leads 1 award · $632,475

    • 5R01DK133531-04Department: NIH department code
      Mobile technologies to screen for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes in asymptomatic adults
      $632,475
      award amount

  19. Sharon Gerecht

    Leads 1 award · $599,539

    • 5R01EY035853-03Department: NIH department code
      Engineering three-dimensional perfusable microphysiological models of the human inner blood-retina barrier
      $599,539
      award amount

  20. Junjie Yao

    Leads 1 award · $596,703

    • 5R01DK139109-03Department: NIH department code
      3D real-time super-resolution cavitation mapping in laser lithotripsy of urinary stone disease

      Principal investigators: Junjie Yao (contact PI), Michael E Lipkin, Pei Zhong

      $596,703
      award amount

  21. Marc A Sommer

    Leads 1 award · $589,591

    • 5R01NS125843-05Department: NIH department code
      Enhancement, mapping, and validation of viral vectors for primate optogenetics
      $589,591
      award amount

  22. Warren M. Grill

    Leads 1 award · $541,002

    • 5R01NS126376-04Department: NIH department code
      Optimized Electrical Block of Peripheral Nerves
      $541,002
      award amount

  23. Adam Wax

    Leads 1 award · $491,598

    • 5R01AG072732-05Department: NIH department code
      Retinal Light Scattering Measurements as a Clinical Biomarker of Alzheimer's Disease
      $491,598
      award amount

  24. Lingchong You

    Leads 1 award · $442,081

    • 5R01AI125604-08Department: NIH department code
      Tradeoffs between fitness costs and transfer rates in horizontal gene transfer
      $442,081
      award amount

  25. Fan Yuan

    Leads 1 award · $402,500

    • 5R35GM145362-05Department: NIH department code
      Chemically Assisted Electrotransfer of DNA
      $402,500
      award amount

  26. Brenton D Hoffman

    Leads 1 award · $387,662

    • 5R35GM156302-02Department: NIH department code
      Force-sensitive Linker Proteins as Mediators of Cellular Mechanosensitivity
      $387,662
      award amount

  27. Philip Anthony Romero

    Leads 1 award · $355,037

    • 5R01GM150929-05Department: NIH department code
      Self-driving laboratories for autonomous exploration of protein sequence space
      $355,037
      award amount

  28. Adam Matthew Beitz

    Leads 1 award · $88,170

    • 5K00CA284280-04Department: NIH department code
      Mapping p53 dynamics to cell-fate outcomes in reprogramming and oncogenesis
      $88,170
      award amount

  29. Jason Frederick Luck

    Leads 1 award · $76,805

    • 1R03NS145096-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Improving Accurate Detection of Head Impact Exposure through Auxiliary Sensor Input and Post-Processing Algorithms
      $76,805
      award amount

  30. Ryan Michael Boileau

    Leads 1 award · $75,520

    • 5F32GM157893-02Department: NIH department code
      Highly parallelized characterization of histone reader dysfunction
      $75,520
      award amount

  31. Marisa Patsy

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31HL184673-01Department: NIH department code
      Engineered Innervated Human Heart Tissues for In Vitro Studies of Cardiac Injury Response
      $50,114
      award amount

  32. Rachael Louise Putman

    Leads 1 award · $43,592

    • 1F31NS149524-01Department: NIH department code
      An Injectable Recombinant Polypeptide Scaffold for Peripheral Nerve Repair
      $43,592
      award amount

  33. Hayoung Jeong

    Leads 1 award · $43,517

    • 5F31HL179990-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic Insights into Health Disparities: Leveraging Longitudinal Wearable Data to Assess the Impact of Built Environment on Physical Activity and Health Outcomes
      $43,517
      award amount

  34. Harvey Yizhuang Shi

    Leads 1 award · $43,404

    • 1F30EY037559-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Dynamic OCT tracking for enhanced visualization of ophthalmic surgery
      $43,404
      award amount

  35. Andra Marija Rudzite

    Leads 1 award · $43,242

    • 5F31EY036716-02Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting inhibitory mechanisms and their contribution to information processing in retinal ganglion cells.
      $43,242
      award amount

  36. Cameron Michael Kim

    Leads 1 award · $21,312

    • 5R25EB035497-03Department: NIH department code
      From Biotech to Benchside: Team-Based Undergraduate Experiences in Design Thinking and Learning
      $21,312
      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.