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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pediatrics at Duke University

Durham, NC

Funding
$46.1M
$46,129,971
Awards
57
FY2026 NIH awards in Pediatrics
Principal investigators
63
43 lead a grant here, 20 co-investigators
Department rank
#9
of 108 · 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 Pediatrics row of the Duke University page.

Leads a grant in this department

43 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. Junfeng Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $15,286,499

    • 5U2COD023375-10Department: NIH department code
      Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Coordinating Center

      Principal investigators: Junfeng Zhang (contact PI), Phillip Brian Smith (contact PI), Linda S Adair

      $15,286,499
      award amount
  2. Phillip Brian Smith

    Leads 1 award · $15,286,499

    • 5U2COD023375-10Department: NIH department code
      Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Coordinating Center

      Principal investigators: Junfeng Zhang (contact PI), Phillip Brian Smith (contact PI), Linda S Adair

      $15,286,499
      award amount
  3. Gregory E Crawford

    Leads 1 award · $9,412,793

    • 2RM1HG011123-04Department: NIH department code
      The Duke Center for Combinatorial Gene Regulation: multigenic control of gene expression in health and disease

      Principal investigators: Gregory E Crawford (contact PI), Raluca Gordan, Timothy E Reddy

      $9,412,793
      award amount
  4. Michael Anthony Moody

    Leads 1 award · $2,242,760

    • 5U01AI182179-03Department: NIH department code
      A Global Syphilis Vaccine Targeting Outer Membrane Proteins of Treponema pallidum

      Principal investigators: Michael Anthony Moody (contact PI), Justin D Radolf

      $2,242,760
      award amount
  5. Sana Syed

    Leads 3 awards · $1,412,450

    • 5R01DK132369-05Department: NIH department code
      Population-Based Characterization of Metabolic Pathways to Predict Pediatric Crohn's Disease Outcomes
      $610,170
      award amount
    • 5R01DK131491-04Department: NIH department code
      Predicting Clinical Phenotypes in Crohn's Disease Using Machine Learning and Single-Cell 'omics
      $594,663
      award amount
    • 5K24AI192996-02Department: NIH department code
      Mentoring in Data Science for Big Data and omics in Immunologic Diseases
      $207,617
      award amount
  6. Mai Elmallah

    Leads 2 awards · $1,361,360

    • 5R01HL177642-02Department: NIH department code
      Alveolar injury and repair in Pompe Disease

      Principal investigators: Mai Elmallah (contact PI), Aleksandra Tata

      $718,315
      award amount
    • 5R01HL171282-03Department: NIH department code
      Optimizing Gene Therapy for Respiratory Insufficiency in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
      $643,045
      award amount
  7. Karl-Dimiter Bissig

    Leads 2 awards · $1,210,061

    • 5R01DK134408-04Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting AAV silencing in humanized mice

      Principal investigators: Karl-Dimiter Bissig (contact PI), Aravind Asokan

      $616,213
      award amount
    • 1R56HD120276-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Therapeutic approaches for glutaric aciduria type I
      $593,848
      award amount
  8. Vandana Shashi

    Leads 2 awards · $1,145,426

    • 5U01NS134350-12Department: NIH department code
      An integrated and diverse genomic medicine program for undiagnosed diseases
      $768,971
      award amount
    • 3U01NS134350-12S1Department: NIH department code
      An integrated and diverse genomic medicine program for undiagnosed diseases
      $376,455
      award amount
  9. Baodong Sun

    Leads 2 awards · $1,144,016

    • 5R01AR079572-05Department: NIH department code
      Gene therapy for glycogen storage disease type III
      $630,339
      award amount
    • 5R01AR085087-02Department: NIH department code
      Skeletal muscle-targeted gene therapy for Pompe disease
      $513,677
      award amount
  10. Jason E. Lang

    Leads 2 awards · $1,007,800

    • 5R01HD113201-04Department: NIH department code
      PRISM

      Principal investigators: Jason E. Lang (contact PI), Daniel Gonzalez, Matthew Laughon

      $645,310
      award amount
    • 5R01HL168107-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic Study of Inspiratory Training in Childhood Asthma
      $362,490
      award amount
  11. Christoph Hornik

    Leads 3 awards · $941,216

    • 5R01HD106588-04Department: NIH department code
      Digoxin Pharmacodynamics in Infants with Heart Failure due to Single Ventricle Congenital Heart Disease
      $661,643
      award amount
    • 3RL1HD107784-05S1Department: NIH department code
      CPCCRN
      $158,514
      award amount
    • 5K24HL173596-03Department: NIH department code
      Mentoring in Pediatric Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Early Phase Trials
      $121,059
      award amount
  12. Neeraj K Surana

    Leads 1 award · $798,826

    • 1R01DK148478-01Department: NIH department code
      Immunometabolic control of obesity by a human commensal bacterium
      $798,826
      award amount
  13. Eileen Tsai Chambers

    Leads 1 award · $771,059

  14. Rasheed Adebayo Gbadegesin

    Leads 2 awards · $715,715

    • 5R01DK134347-04Department: NIH department code
      REGULATORS OF CALCINEURIN PATHWAYS AS DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TARGETS FOR NEPHROTIC SYNDROME
      $615,845
      award amount
    • 5R25DK126633-05Department: NIH department code
      The Paired Undergraduate Mentoring Program (PUMP) in Uronephrology
      $99,870
      award amount
  15. Stephen X Skapek

    Leads 1 award · $685,186

    • 1R01CA307123-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Computational and functional screens to identify actionable neuroblastoma drivers

      Principal investigators: Stephen X Skapek (contact PI), Mark Andrew Applebaum

      $685,186
      award amount
  16. Monica Lemmon

    Leads 1 award · $676,976

    • 5R01HD118955-02Department: NIH department code
      Building Relationship, Improving Dialogue, and Growing Empathy (BRIDGE): An intervention to support decision-making for critically ill children
      $676,976
      award amount
  17. Rachel G Greenberg

    Leads 1 award · $667,392

  18. Stephen Joseph Balevic

    Leads 1 award · $658,859

    • 1R01AR087482-01Department: NIH department code
      Azathioprine Safety and Pharmacokinetics in Pregnant Women with Rheumatic Disease and their Infants
      $658,859
      award amount
  19. Eric J Benner

    Leads 1 award · $630,892

    • 5R01NS140419-02Department: NIH department code
      Pathogenic Mechanisms of Inflammatory Subventricular Zone Injury in Preterm Infants

      Principal investigators: Eric J Benner (contact PI), Trevor Deon Burt

      $630,892
      award amount
  20. Noelle Elizabeth Younge

    Leads 1 award · $612,587

    • 1R01DK142979-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of microbial regulation of postnatal growth and lipid metabolism
      $612,587
      award amount
  21. Kristin Schroeder

    Leads 2 awards · $426,385

    • 5R33CA284299-03Department: NIH department code
      Multimedia caregiver education program to improve outcomes for children with cancer in low-resource settings
      $367,309
      award amount
    • 3R33CA284299-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Multimedia caregiver education program to improve outcomes for children with cancer in low-resource settings
      $59,076
      award amount
  22. Xiaoping Zhong

    Leads 2 awards · $403,750

    • 1R21AI200130-01Department: NIH department code
      Strawberry Notch Homologs in Regulatory T cell - Mediated Suppression of Anti-Breast Cancer Immunity
      $242,250
      award amount
    • 1R03AI195794-01Department: NIH department code
      Development of new genetic tools for selective targeting plasma cells
      $161,500
      award amount
  23. Charles Michael Cotten

    Leads 1 award · $333,703

  24. Olga Theresa Gupta

    Leads 1 award · $319,402

    • 5R01DK138027-03Department: NIH department code
      Impact of Integrated Pet Care on Glycemic Control and Diabetes Responsibility
      $319,402
      award amount
  25. Dorothy E. Dow

    Leads 2 awards · $296,568

    • 1R01MH140399-01Department: NIH department code
      Integrating SYV within HIV clinical care for youth living with HIV in Tanzania

      Principal investigators: Dorothy E. Dow (contact PI), Akwila Peter Temu

      $211,504
      award amount
    • 3R01MH140399-01S1Department: NIH department code
      Integrating SYV within HIV clinical care for youth living with HIV in Tanzania

      Principal investigators: Dorothy E. Dow (contact PI), Akwila Peter Temu

      $85,064
      award amount
  26. Bruno Pedro Chumpitazi

    Leads 1 award · $279,099

    • 5R01DK135668-03Department: NIH department code
      ASSESSING PSYLLIUM GIVEN WITH MEALS FOR FRUCTAN SENSITIVITY IN CHILDREN WITH IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
      $279,099
      award amount
  27. Angela L. Roger

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00HL161420-05Department: NIH department code
      Novel Adjunctive Therapies for Pompe Disease
      $249,000
      award amount
  28. Angelique Eleni Boutzoukas

    Leads 2 awards · $230,036

    • 5K23HD113839-02Department: NIH department code
      Short-course ampicillin in preterm neonates to promote antimicrobial stewardship
      $155,232
      award amount
    • 3K23HD113839-01A1S1Department: NIH department code
      Short-course ampicillin in preterm neonates to promote antimicrobial stewardship
      $74,804
      award amount
  29. Elizabeth Jaclyn Thompson

    Leads 2 awards · $222,493

    • 5K23HD116971-02Department: NIH department code
      Real-world Data Enables Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic-based Drug Dosing in Critically Ill Children
      $152,524
      award amount
    • 3K23HD116971-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Real-world Data Enables Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic-based Drug Dosing in Critically Ill Children
      $69,969
      award amount
  30. Jeffrey B Russ

    Leads 1 award · $212,760

    • 5K08NS133292-03Department: NIH department code
      Discovering the cell type basis of the IT projection system and its dysregulation after perinatal HIE
      $212,760
      award amount
  31. Jennifer S Li

    Leads 1 award · $207,392

    • 5T32HL176430-02Department: NIH department code
      iPediHeart: Interdisciplinary Research Training Program for Pediatric Heart Disease

      Principal investigators: Jennifer S Li (contact PI), Svati H. Shah

      $207,392
      award amount
  32. Lindsay Atherton Edwards

    Leads 1 award · $177,045

    • 1K23HL183696-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Machine learning-enhanced cardiomyopathy prediction in childhood cancer survivors
      $177,045
      award amount
  33. Daniel K. Benjamin

    Leads 1 award · $161,996

    • 1R25HD117722-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Duke Summer Training in Academic Research - Advanced Methods Training (STAR - AMT)

      Principal investigators: Daniel K. Benjamin (contact PI), Sarah C Armstrong

      $161,996
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5U24HD116261-03, led by Rachel G Greenberg.

  34. Charles T Wood

    Leads 1 award · $161,068

    • 5K23HD107157-05Department: NIH department code
      POWER: Predicting Obesity with Enhanced EHR Resources
      $161,068
      award amount
  35. Kaveh Ardalan

    Leads 1 award · $160,893

    • 5K23AR084475-02Department: NIH department code
      Teams Engaged in Accessible Mental Health Interventions for Lupus Erythematosus and Dermatomyositis Stress
      $160,893
      award amount
  36. Sarah Mabrey Heston

    Leads 1 award · $159,440

    • 5K23HL177148-02Department: NIH department code
      The Gut Microbiome and Development of Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease After Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Children
      $159,440
      award amount
  37. Rachel Leigh Randell

    Leads 1 award · $158,652

    • 5K23AR084424-03Department: NIH department code
      Direct-to-family pharmacokinetics intervention for hydroxychloroquine non-adherence in adolescents with systemic lupus erythematosus
      $158,652
      award amount
  38. Victoria Parente

    Leads 1 award · $157,378

    • 5K23MD018433-03Department: NIH department code
      Pilot testing a Trauma-Informed Clinician Communication Intervention for Family-Centered Rounds
      $157,378
      award amount
  39. Jennifer L Cohen

    Leads 1 award · $153,144

    • 5K23HD113824-03Department: NIH department code
      Developing strategies to identify candidate individuals for early genetic therapies
      $153,144
      award amount
  40. Jillian Heyward Hurst

    Leads 1 award · $127,359

    • 5K01AI173398-04Department: NIH department code
      Clinical and host microbiome features in the development of acute otitis media
      $127,359
      award amount
  41. Ann M. Reed

    Leads 1 award · $71,587

    • 3K12HD105253-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Duke Center for Advancement of Child Health (CAtCH)

      Principal investigators: Ann M. Reed (contact PI), Corinne Mary Linardic

      $71,587
      award amount
  42. Marisa C. Hamilton

    Leads 1 award · $43,266

    • 5F31MH138142-03Department: NIH department code
      Understanding gene regulation in schizophrenia-associated loci using high-throughput epigenetic CRISPR screens
      $43,266
      award amount
  43. Kanecia Obie Zimmerman

    Leads 1 award · $35,682

    • 5T32HD094671-07Department: NIH department code
      Unified Program for Therapeutics in Children

      Principal investigators: Kanecia Obie Zimmerman (contact PI), Ian J Davis

      $35,682
      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.

  • Linda S Adair

    Co-investigator on 5U2COD023375-10, led by Junfeng Zhang and Phillip Brian Smith

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Raluca Gordan

    Co-investigator on 2RM1HG011123-04, led by Gregory E Crawford

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Timothy E Reddy

    Co-investigator on 2RM1HG011123-04, led by Gregory E Crawford

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Justin D Radolf

    Co-investigator on 5U01AI182179-03, led by Michael Anthony Moody

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Matthew Laughon

    Co-investigator on 5R01HD113201-04, led by Jason E. Lang; 5UG1HD040492-26, led by Charles Michael Cotten

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Clarissa Jonas Diamantidis

    Co-investigator on 1R01MD020306-01, led by Eileen Tsai Chambers

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • McLean D Pollock

    Co-investigator on 1R01MD020306-01, led by Eileen Tsai Chambers

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Aleksandra Tata

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL177642-02, led by Mai Elmallah

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Mark Andrew Applebaum

    Co-investigator on 1R01CA307123-01A1, led by Stephen X Skapek

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Katherine Ann Sward

    Co-investigator on 5U24HD116261-03, led by Rachel G Greenberg

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Kevin M Watt

    Co-investigator on 5U24HD116261-03, led by Rachel G Greenberg

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Daniel Gonzalez

    Co-investigator on 5R01HD113201-04, led by Jason E. Lang

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Trevor Deon Burt

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS140419-02, led by Eric J Benner

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Aravind Asokan

    Co-investigator on 5R01DK134408-04, led by Karl-Dimiter Bissig

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Ryan Thomas Moore

    Co-investigator on 5UG1HD040492-26, led by Charles Michael Cotten

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Akwila Peter Temu

    Co-investigator on 1R01MH140399-01, led by Dorothy E. Dow; 3R01MH140399-01S1, led by Dorothy E. Dow

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Svati H. Shah

    Co-investigator on 5T32HL176430-02, led by Jennifer S Li

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Sarah C Armstrong

    Co-investigator on 1R25HD117722-01A1, led by Daniel K. Benjamin

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Corinne Mary Linardic

    Co-investigator on 3K12HD105253-05S1, led by Ann M. Reed

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Ian J Davis

    Co-investigator on 5T32HD094671-07, led by Kanecia Obie Zimmerman

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads