Biomedical Engineering at Duke University

Leads a grant in this department

52 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. Chilkoti, Ashutosh

   Leads 4 awards · $2,099,069

   • 5R01AI150888-04Department: NIH department code

     A Fully Integrated Point-of-Care Test for Ebola
     $590,199

     award amount
   • 5R01CA248491-04Department: NIH department code

     Point-of-care cellular and molecular pathology of breast tumors on a cell phone
     $584,964

     award amount
   • 5R01AI159992-03Department: NIH department code

     Multiplex point-of-care test for diagnosis, prognosis and serology of COVID19
     $463,414

     award amount
   • 5R01DK124276-03Department: NIH department code

     Injectable PEG-like Conjugate for Sustained Delivery of a Peptide Drug for Type 2 Diabetes Treatment
     $460,492

     award amount

2. Crawford, Gregory E

   Leads 1 award · $1,918,957

   • 5UM1HG012053-03Department: NIH department code

     High-Throughput Functional Annotation of Gene Regulatory Elements and Variants Critical to Complex Cellular Phenotypes
     $1,918,957

     award amount

3. Wax, Adam

   Leads 2 awards · $1,693,566

   • 1R18EB035004-01Department: NIH department code

     Point of care diagnostic for sickle cell disease
     $1,222,122

     award amount
   • 5R01AG072732-02Department: NIH department code

     Retinal Light Scattering Measurements as a Clinical Biomarker of Alzheimer's Disease
     $471,444

     award amount

4. Bursac, Nenad

   Leads 3 awards · $1,547,985

   • 5R01HL164013-02Department: NIH department code

     Engineering Human Heart Tissues with Polyploid Cardiomyocytes
     $544,566

     award amount
   • 1R01AR082979-01Department: NIH department code

     Engineering a Human Skeletal Muscle Tissue Model of LGMD2B
     $525,946

     award amount
   • 5R01EB032726-02Department: NIH department code

     Engineered BacNav and BacCav for Improved Excitability and Contraction
     $477,473

     award amount

5. Musah, Samira

   Leads 1 award · $1,425,761

   • 1DP2DK139544-01Department: NIH department code

     Harnessing stem cells and synthetic gene circuits to repair glomerular injury
     $1,425,761

     award amount

6. Randles, Amanda E

   Leads 2 awards · $1,353,277

   • 5DP1AG082343-02Department: NIH department code

     Dynamic models of the cardiovascular system capturing years, rather than heartbeats
     $1,127,000

     award amount
   • 5R21HL157856-02Department: NIH department code

     Data-Driven Approaches to Identify Biomarkers for Guiding Coronary Artery Bifurcation Lesion Interventions from Patient-Specific Hemodynamic Models
     $226,277

     award amount

7. McIntyre, Cameron

   Leads 3 awards · $1,267,167

   • 5R01MH102238-08Department: NIH department code

     Pathway-Specific Targeting in Subcallosal Cingulate Deep Brain Stimulation for Depression
     $474,918

     award amount
   • 5R01NS119520-03Department: NIH department code

     Biophysical Characterization of Subthalamic Local Field Potentials in Parkinson's Disease
     $458,080

     award amount
   • 5R37NS116079-03Department: NIH department code

     Application of Advanced Imaging and Visualization to Clinical Deep Brain Stimulation
     $334,169

     award amount

8. Collier, Joel H

   Leads 3 awards · $1,224,437

   • 5R01AI172151-02Department: NIH department code

     Supramolecular biomaterials for tuning the inflammatory properties of the complement system
     $549,485

     award amount
   • 5R01AI167300-03Department: NIH department code

     Sublingual Supramolecular Vaccines and Immunotherapies
     $437,499

     award amount
   • 5R21EB033687-02Department: NIH department code

     Engineered immunotherapies neutralizing interleukin-22 binding protein
     $237,453

     award amount

9. You, Lingchong

   Leads 4 awards · $1,175,372

   • 2R01AI125604-05Department: NIH department code

     Tradeoffs between fitness costs and transfer rates in horizontal gene transfer
     $429,201

     award amount
   • 5R01EB031869-03Department: NIH department code

     Targeted control of self-transmissible plasmids by using engineered interfering plasmids
     $364,787

     award amount
   • 5R01GM098642-10Department: NIH department code

     Evolutionary dynamics of combinational antimicrobial treatments
     $303,001

     award amount
   • 3R01GM098642-09S1Department: NIH department code

     Administrative supplement to purchase a sequencing equipment
     $78,383

     award amount

10. Nikiforov, Mikhail

    Leads 2 awards · $1,068,236

    • 1R01CA279129-01Department: NIH department code

      The role of regulation and subcellular localization of GTP biosynthesis in melanoma invasion and metastasis
      $555,172

      award amount
    • 1R01AR082911-01Department: NIH department code

      Bidirectional control of keratinocyte differentiation and proliferation by transcription factor FOXQ1
      $513,064

      award amount

11. Segura, Tatiana

    Leads 3 awards · $983,710

    • 5R01NS112940-04Department: NIH department code

      Biomaterials to promote synapse formation after stroke
      $505,969

      award amount
    • 5R01NS079691-09Department: NIH department code

      VEGF ligand presentation and therapeutic angiogenesis
      $430,764

      award amount
    • 3R01NS112940-04S1Department: NIH department code

      Biomaterials to promote synapse formation after stroke
      $46,977

      award amount

12. Fang, Hui

    Leads 3 awards · $856,309

    • 5U01NS123668-03Department: NIH department code

      Neuro-CROWN:Optimized Ultra-Flexible CMOS Electrode Arrays for 3D, Low-Noise Neural Interfaces
      $692,219

      award amount
    • 3U01NS123668-02S1Department: NIH department code

      Neuro-CROWN:Optimized Ultra-Flexible CMOS Electrode Arrays for 3D, Low-Noise Neural Interfaces
      $82,045

      award amount
    • 3U01NS123668-03S1Department: NIH department code

      Neuro-CROWN:Optimized Ultra-Flexible CMOS Electrode Arrays for 3D, Low-Noise Neural Interfaces
      $82,045

      award amount

13. Tadross, Michael R

    Leads 2 awards · $674,916

    • 4R33DA051530-04Department: NIH department code

      Interrogating the cholinergic basis of opioid use disorder
      $589,244

      award amount
    • 3R33DA051530-04S1Department: NIH department code

      Interrogating the cholinergic basis of opioid use disorder
      $85,672

      award amount

14. Truskey, George A

    Leads 1 award · $672,500

    • 5R01HL138252-06Department: NIH department code

      In Vitro Human Tissue-Engineered Blood Vessel Disease Model of Progeria
      $672,500

      award amount

15. Peterchev, Angel V

    Leads 1 award · $669,641

    • 5R01NS117405-04Department: NIH department code

      Biology and Biophysics of the Cortical Response to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
      $669,641

      award amount

16. Sommer, Marc A

    Leads 1 award · $642,137

    • 5R01NS125843-02Department: NIH department code

      Enhancement, mapping, and validation of viral vectors for primate optogenetics
      $642,137

      award amount

17. Dunn, Jessilyn P

    Leads 1 award · $634,750

    • 1R01DK133531-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Mobile technologies to screen for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes in asymptomatic adults
      $634,750

      award amount

18. Collier, Joel H

    Leads 1 award · $632,963

    • 5R01AI152568-04Department: NIH department code

      Engineering Adaptive Immune Responses from Hydrogel Scaffolds to Promote Tissue Regeneration
      $632,963

      award amount

19. Shepard, Kenneth L

    Leads 1 award · $618,394

    • 5R01DC019498-03Department: NIH department code

      A Wireless micro-ECoG Prosthesis for Speech
      $618,394

      award amount

20. Katz, David Frank

    Leads 1 award · $610,709

    • 5R01CA239268-05Department: NIH department code

      Novel see and treat strategies for cervical cancer prevention in low-resource settings
      $610,709

      award amount

21. Huchko, Megan J.

    Leads 1 award · $571,342

    • 5U01CA269192-02Department: NIH department code

      Development and Validation of an Artificial-Intelligence-enabled Portable Colposcopy Device for Optimizing Triage Alternatives for HPV-based Cervical Cancer Screening
      $571,342

      award amount

22. Nightingale, Kathryn Radabaugh

    Leads 1 award · $541,461

    • 5R01EB033064-02Department: NIH department code

      3D Shearwave Elasticity Biomarker Development for Neuromuscular Disease
      $541,461

      award amount

23. Lee, Walter Tsong

    Leads 1 award · $541,435

    • 5R01DE030455-02Department: NIH department code

      RAPID System for Early Detection of Head and Neck Cancer in Low-Resource Settings
      $541,435

      award amount

24. Dunn, Timothy William

    Leads 1 award · $541,058

    • 5R01NS123275-02Department: NIH department code

      Building and implementing a TBI prognostic model featuring real-time analysis of brain CT images
      $541,058

      award amount

25. Gersbach, Charles A.

    Leads 1 award · $530,535

    • 5T32GM144291-02Department: NIH department code

      University Training Program in Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering
      $530,535

      award amount

26. Reker, Daniel

    Leads 2 awards · $515,347

    • 1R35GM151255-01Department: NIH department code

      Designing Personalized Formulations with Machine Learning
      $322,000

      award amount
    • 1R21EB034443-01Department: NIH department code

      Computational Design of Antibody-Drug-Excipient Nanoparticles
      $193,347

      award amount

27. Trahey, Gregg E.

    Leads 1 award · $494,738

    • 5R01EB017711-10Department: NIH department code

      Coherence-Based Fetal Ultrasonic Imaging
      $494,738

      award amount

28. Grill, Warren M.

    Leads 1 award · $457,076

    • 1R01NS126376-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Optimized Electrical Block of Peripheral Nerves
      $457,076

      award amount

29. Yao, Junjie

    Leads 1 award · $456,518

    • 5R01NS111039-05Department: NIH department code

      High-resolution High-speed Photoacoustic and Ultrasound Imaging of SmallVessel Functions in Ischemic Stroke
      $456,518

      award amount

30. Vo-Dinh, Tuan

    Leads 1 award · $420,223

    • 5R01GM135486-04Department: NIH department code

      Integrated Acoustofluidic Plasmonic Molecular Diagnostic System for Detecting MicroRNA Biomarkers
      $420,223

      award amount

31. Yuan, Fan

    Leads 1 award · $402,500

    • 5R35GM145362-02Department: NIH department code

      Chemically Assisted Electrotransfer of DNA
      $402,500

      award amount

32. Chatterjee, Pranam

    Leads 1 award · $387,702

    • 1R21CA278468-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Programmable peptide-guided protein degradation
      $387,702

      award amount

33. Lynch, Michael David

    Leads 1 award · $306,664

    • 5R21HG011675-02Department: NIH department code

      Automated CRISPR Enabled DNA Synthesis (CEDS)
      $306,664

      award amount

34. Maccarini, Paolo Francesco

    Leads 1 award · $303,419

    • 3R21NS118670-01A1S1Department: NIH department code

      Development of AI/ML-ready shared repository for parametric multiphysics modeling datasets: standardization for predictive modeling of selective brain cooling after traumatic injury
      $303,419

      award amount

35. Kyle, Aaron Matthew

    Leads 1 award · $262,728

    • 5R25GM142072-04Department: NIH department code

      Hk Maker Lab 2.0: Inspiring Engineering Design Thinking in Grades 6 - 12 Students and Teacher
      $262,728

      award amount

36. Dhalla, Al-Hafeez Zahir

    Leads 1 award · $201,250

    • 5R21EY033515-02Department: NIH department code

      Widefield Confocal Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope Optimized for Pediatric and Neonatal Imaging
      $201,250

      award amount

37. Wolff, David W

    Leads 1 award · $112,580

    • 5K99CA266920-02Department: NIH department code

      Interrogating the role of GTP metabolism in Rac1-driven phenotypes in melanoma
      $112,580

      award amount

38. Blanchard, Aaron

    Leads 1 award · $91,837

    • 5K00CA245789-04Department: NIH department code

      The mechanical role of the glycocalyx in cancer cell adhesion
      $91,837

      award amount

39. Garcia-Moreno, Sara Alexandra

    Leads 1 award · $76,272

    • 5F32HD104499-03Department: NIH department code

      Epigenome editing of the Prader-Willi syndrome imprinted domain with CRISPR/Cas9
      $76,272

      award amount

40. Dale, Jahrane Antonio

    Leads 1 award · $52,694

    • 1F31NS130997-01Department: NIH department code

      Characterizing Evoked Potentials of Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease
      $52,694

      award amount

41. Deluca, Sophia Bunnell

    Leads 1 award · $42,451

    • 5F31HL162460-02Department: NIH department code

      Investigating Mitogenic Mechanism and Therapeutic Efficacy of Adenosine Deaminase Knockout in Human and Murine Cardiomyocytes
      $42,451

      award amount

42. Sunassee, Enakshi D.

    Leads 1 award · $40,503

    • 1F99CA284283-01Department: NIH department code

      Understanding metabolic and vascular vulnerabilities of residual disease in triple negative breast cancer to inform on treatment strategies
      $40,503

      award amount

43. Broer, Torie M

    Leads 1 award · $40,450

    • 5F31AR080574-02Department: NIH department code

      Engineering Highly Functional Pre-Vascularized Human Skeletal Muscle for In Vitro and In Vivo Applications
      $40,450

      award amount

44. El-Nahal, Hala Galal

    Leads 1 award · $40,156

    • 5F31MH129122-02Department: NIH department code

      Circuit-Specific Interrogation of the Primate Claustrum
      $40,156

      award amount

45. Huang, Ouwen

    Leads 1 award · $39,133

    • 5F30HL156547-02Department: NIH department code

      Deep Learning Image Enhancement for Point of Care Ultrasound
      $39,133

      award amount

46. Alers, Anthony James

    Leads 1 award · $38,555

    • 5F31EY033667-02Department: NIH department code

      Theoretical and Physiological Basis of Priority Maps in the Frontal Eye Field
      $38,555

      award amount

47. Thio, Brandon Joon-Sun

    Leads 1 award · $34,524

    • 5F31NS124094-02Department: NIH department code

      Computational Tools for Improving Stereo-EEG Implantation and Resection Surgery
      $34,524

      award amount

48. Sitton, Madeleine Janette

    Leads 1 award · $34,190

    • 5F99CA274707-02Department: NIH department code

      Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Neurofibromatosis Type I (NF1)
      $34,190

      award amount

49. Strash, Nicholas A

    Leads 1 award · $20,147

    • 5F31HL156453-03Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the Role of Polyploidy in the Maturation of hiPSC-derived Cardiomyocytes
      $20,147

      award amount

50. Chan, Derek Yu Xuan

    Leads 1 award · $16,008

    • 5F31CA257439-03Department: NIH department code

      Development of a combined ARFI/SWEI ultrasound elasticity imaging system for targeted prostate biopsy guidance
      $16,008

      award amount

51. Jones, Ellery Jensen

    Leads 1 award · $8,862

    • 5F31HL162539-02Department: NIH department code

      Atherosclerotic Risk of Branched Chain Amino Acids in a Tissue Engineered Blood Vessel Model
      $8,862

      award amount

52. Gong, Yiyang

    Leads 1 award · $1

    • 1R21GM148901-01Department: NIH department code

      Development of large-scale sequence-function relationship using in situ optical sequencing
      $1

      award amount