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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Genetics at Duke University

Durham, NC

Funding
$23M
$22,995,552
Awards
49
FY2026 NIH awards in Genetics
Principal investigators
41
33 lead a grant here, 8 co-investigators
Department rank
#12
of 59 · 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 Genetics row of the Duke University page.

Leads a grant in this department

33 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. Nicholas S Heaton

    Leads 5 awards · $6,468,912

    • 1P01AI202707-01Department: NIH department code
      The Duke Catalyzing Observations into Mechanistic Models of Influenza Transmission (COMMIT) Center

      Principal investigators: Cliburn C Chan (contact PI), Emmanuel B Walter (contact PI), Georgia Doris Tomaras (contact PI), Michael Anthony Moody (contact PI), Nicholas S Heaton (contact PI), Purushothama Rao Tata (contact PI)

      $3,608,544
      award amount
    • 5R01AI168107-04Department: NIH department code
      Control of influenza virus induced type I interferon signaling during pregnancy
      $743,779
      award amount
    • 5R01AI137031-07Department: NIH department code
      ETS-family Transcription Factor Mediated Control of Pulmonary Inflammation Induced by Influenza Viruses
      $718,361
      award amount
    • 1R01AI201207-01Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering Immune Responses Induced by Complex Antigen Mixtures
      $703,187
      award amount
    • 1R01AI198137-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms underlying combination adjuvant-driven improvement of influenza vaccine responses
      $695,041
      award amount

  2. Cliburn C Chan

    Leads 1 award · $3,608,544

  3. Emmanuel B Walter

    Leads 1 award · $3,608,544

  4. Georgia Doris Tomaras

    Leads 1 award · $3,608,544

  5. Michael Anthony Moody

    Leads 1 award · $3,608,544

  6. Purushothama Rao Tata

    Leads 1 award · $3,608,544

  7. John F Rawls

    Leads 4 awards · $2,388,412

    • 1R01HD119025-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Transcriptional and environmental regulation of lysosome-rich enterocytes
      $686,184
      award amount
    • 5R01DK136231-04Department: NIH department code
      Genetic determinants of Bacteroides vulgatus colonization fitness and host inflammatory responses
      $638,260
      award amount
    • 5R01DK141168-03Department: NIH department code
      Microbial regulation of intestinal epithelial gene expression
      $619,843
      award amount
    • 1R21OD040020-01Department: NIH department code
      Zebrafish tools for enteroendocrine hormone biology
      $444,125
      award amount

  8. David M. Tobin

    Leads 4 awards · $2,186,706

    • 5R01AI166304-05Department: NIH department code
      Linking Human TB Genetic Susceptibility Loci to Granuloma Biology
      $692,604
      award amount
    • 5R01AI127715-07Department: NIH department code
      The Bacterial Genetic Basis of Bone Disease and Dissemination in Mycobacterial Infection: Roles of ESX-5 Secreted WXG Effectors

      Principal investigators: David M. Tobin (contact PI), Clare Margaret Smith

      $536,328
      award amount
    • 5R01AI125517-10Department: NIH department code
      Genetic dissection of angiogenesis during mycobacterial infection
      $479,130
      award amount
    • 5R01AI130236-10Department: NIH department code
      Macrophage Reprogramming During Granuloma Formation in the Zebrafish
      $478,644
      award amount

  9. Joseph Heitman

    Leads 4 awards · $2,091,136

    • 5R01AI170543-05Department: NIH department code
      RNAi-dependent epimutation roles in antimicrobial drug resistance and pathogenesis
      $728,332
      award amount
    • 5R01AI172451-04Department: NIH department code
      Calcineurin signaling cascades governing Cryptococcus virulence
      $672,938
      award amount
    • 5T32AI052080-23Department: NIH department code
      Tri-Institutional Molecular Mycology and Pathogenesis Training Program

      Principal investigators: Joseph Heitman (contact PI), Andrew Alspaugh, Paul Mitaari Magwene

      $447,616
      award amount
    • 1R21AI199262-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of a novel mycovirus and its impacts on the biology and pathogenesis of Cryptococcus neoformans
      $242,250
      award amount

  10. Debra L. Silver

    Leads 2 awards · $1,428,466

    • 5R37NS110388-08Department: NIH department code
      Distal mRNA localization and translation in neural stem cells of the developing brain
      $746,785
      award amount
    • 5R01MH132089-04Department: NIH department code
      Roles for uniquely human enhancers in brain development and WNT signaling
      $681,681
      award amount

  11. Hiroaki Matsunami

    Leads 2 awards · $1,292,731

    • 5R01DC020353-05Department: NIH department code
      Enhancing olfactory receptor expression for biochemical studies of odorant-receptor interactions

      Principal investigators: Hiroaki Matsunami (contact PI), Aashish Manglik, Nagarajan Vaidehi

      $658,057
      award amount
    • 5R01DC022770-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Odor Detection and Discrimination

      Principal investigators: Hiroaki Matsunami (contact PI), Dale M Wachowiak

      $634,674
      award amount

  12. Micah Alan Luftig

    Leads 3 awards · $1,253,846

    • 5U01CA275306-05Department: NIH department code
      Defining and exploiting EBV-infected cell heterogeneity in non-Hodgkin lymphomas
      $567,973
      award amount
    • 2R01DE025994-11Department: NIH department code
      Defining the mechanisms of Epstein-Barr virus persistence and recurrence
      $488,772
      award amount
    • 5R21NS138981-02Department: NIH department code
      Defining Epstein-Barr virus reservoirs and EBV-regulated gene expression in multiple sclerosis

      Principal investigators: Micah Alan Luftig (contact PI), Simon G Gregory

      $197,101
      award amount

  13. Lawrence Anthony David

    Leads 2 awards · $1,236,132

    • 2R01DK128611-05Department: NIH department code
      DNA Biomarkers of Ultraprocessed Food Intake
      $774,571
      award amount
    • 5R01DK116187-09Department: NIH department code
      Dietary plant diversity and the human gut microbiome
      $461,561
      award amount

  14. Joern Coers

    Leads 2 awards · $1,066,825

    • 5R37AI103197-13Department: NIH department code
      Interferon-inducible cell-intrinsic host defense against Chlamydia trachomatis
      $541,485
      award amount
    • 5R01AI139425-07Department: NIH department code
      Interferon-inducible cell-autonomous immunity to cytosolic bacterial pathogens
      $525,340
      award amount

  15. Kenneth Matthew Scaglione

    Leads 3 awards · $804,641

    • 5R35GM119544-11Department: NIH department code
      Investigation into protein quality control pathways in Dictyostelium discoideum
      $402,500
      award amount
    • 4R33NS138384-02Department: NIH department code
      Development of therapeutics for SCA48
      $340,232
      award amount
    • 3R35GM119544-11S1Department: NIH department code
      Investigation into protein quality control pathways in Dictyostelium discoideum
      $61,909
      award amount

  16. Dong Yan

    Leads 1 award · $493,267

    • 5R01AG073994-05Department: NIH department code
      Use of C. elegans as a model to study aging-associated neurodegeneration
      $493,267
      award amount

  17. Dennis Chun-Yone Ko

    Leads 1 award · $450,719

    • 5R01AI170089-05Department: NIH department code
      Genetic Contributors to the Impact of Sex on Heterogeneity in Flu Infection
      $450,719
      award amount

  18. Adrianna K San Roman

    Leads 1 award · $444,125

    • 1R35GM165325-01Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Consequences of Sex Chromosome Copy Number Variation
      $444,125
      award amount

  19. Li Lan

    Leads 1 award · $368,288

    • 5R01CA282939-04Department: NIH department code
      Understanding and Targeting the R-Loop-Mediated DNA Damage Response at Telomeres
      $368,288
      award amount

  20. Craig Barrett Lowe

    Leads 1 award · $242,250

    • 5R21HD112673-02Department: NIH department code
      Developmental Origins of the Sturge Weber Syndrome Somatic Mutation
      $242,250
      award amount

  21. Jen-Tsan Ashley Chi

    Leads 1 award · $237,831

    • 1R21AI200131-01Department: NIH department code
      MESH1 Regulates RNA Sensing Through Nucleotide Metabolism

      Principal investigators: Jen-Tsan Ashley Chi (contact PI), Stacy Michelle Horner

      $237,831
      award amount

  22. Vishwas Rao

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30AI183629-02Department: NIH department code
      Characterization of an RNA binding protein required for influenza virus replication
      $55,114
      award amount

  23. Anna E Lehmann

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31AI197252-01Department: NIH department code
      Full-chromosome disomy as a novel antifungal resistance strategy in Aspergillus fumigatus
      $50,114
      award amount

  24. Margaret Ryan Gaggioli

    Leads 1 award · $44,018

    • 5F31AI176719-03Department: NIH department code
      The Molecular Mechanism and Pathophysiology of Robust STAT3 Signaling During Oral Salmonella Typhimurium Infection
      $44,018
      award amount

  25. Emma Ann Johnston

    Leads 1 award · $43,922

    • 1F31AI203009-01Department: NIH department code
      Characterization of a novel antimicrobial coatomer formed by giant human GTPase GVIN1
      $43,922
      award amount

  26. Anna MacKey

    Leads 1 award · $43,775

    • 1F31AI197296-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of heat stress-induced transposable element mobilization in Cryptococcus neoformans
      $43,775
      award amount

  27. Jacob Lowy

    Leads 1 award · $43,742

    • 5F31AI191426-02Department: NIH department code
      Defining the role of the RGS12 locus in macrophage function
      $43,742
      award amount

  28. Rachel Loney

    Leads 1 award · $43,704

    • 1F31AI197477-01Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating natural resistance among Salmonellae to MCOLN2-mediated nutritional immunity
      $43,704
      award amount

  29. Connor Joseph Larmore

    Leads 1 award · $43,622

    • 1F31AI200090-01Department: NIH department code
      Roles of DNA and Histone Methylation in Transposon Silencing, High-Temperature Growth, and Genome Stability in Cryptococcus neoformans
      $43,622
      award amount

  30. Jeffrey R Reitano

    Leads 1 award · $43,613

    • 5F31AI183546-02Department: NIH department code
      Chlamydia trachomatis evades a novel IL32-mediated immune resistance program
      $43,613
      award amount

  31. Yelizaveta Rassadkina

    Leads 1 award · $43,459

    • 5F31AI181537-03Department: NIH department code
      Genetic analysis of competition dependent fitness determinants in the human gut bacterium Phocaeicola vulgatus
      $43,459
      award amount

  32. Aruna Rajendran Menon

    Leads 1 award · $43,126

    • 5F31AI179076-03Department: NIH department code
      The Sigma factor SigE's role in mycobacterial granulomas
      $43,126
      award amount

  33. Margaret Morash

    Leads 1 award · $43,056

    • 5F30DK135357-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Enteroendocrine Cell Adaptation to High Fat Diet in Zebrafish
      $43,056
      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.