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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Surgery at Duke University

Durham, NC

Funding
$43.7M
$43,652,638
Awards
50
FY2026 NIH awards in Surgery
Principal investigators
63
46 lead a grant here, 17 co-investigators
Department rank
#2
of 79 · 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 Surgery row of the Duke University page.

Leads a grant in this department

46 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. Kevin O Saunders

    Leads 4 awards · $7,513,347

    • 5U19AI160546-05Department: NIH department code
      Conjugate nanoparticle platform development for HIV-1 envelope immunogens

      Principal investigators: Jason Dickens (contact PI), Kevin O Saunders (contact PI)

      $4,755,401
      award amount
    • 1R56AI200612-01Department: NIH department code
      A T and B Cell Therapeutic Countermeasure to Functionally Cure Lentiviral Infection
      $1,171,275
      award amount
    • 1R01AI195543-01Department: NIH department code
      Discovery and Optimization of Broadly Protective Merbecovirus Neutralizing Antibodies
      $829,735
      award amount
    • 1R01AI201438-01Department: NIH department code
      Development of broadly protective merbecovirus and sarbecovirus countermeasures
      $756,936
      award amount

  2. Priyamvada Acharya

    Leads 3 awards · $6,792,402

    • 5U54AI170752-05Department: NIH department code
      Duke Center for HIV Structural Biology

      Principal investigators: Derek Wilson Cain (contact PI), Maria Blasi (contact PI), Priyamvada Acharya (contact PI), Rory Henderson (contact PI), S. Munir Alam (contact PI)

      $5,238,505
      award amount
    • 5R01AI145687-07Department: NIH department code
      Structural definition of CD4-induced HIV-1 Env conformational changes required for infection
      $791,914
      award amount
    • 5R01AI165947-05Department: NIH department code
      Effect of natural and engineered variations on structure and biophysics of SARS-CoV-2 spike

      Principal investigators: Priyamvada Acharya (contact PI), Rory Henderson

      $761,983
      award amount

  3. Wilton B Williams

    Leads 3 awards · $5,950,297

    • 5UM1AI169633-05Department: NIH department code
      SOSIP-NP/mRNA combination for novel preventive and therapeutic HIV-1 vaccine regimens

      Principal investigators: Wilton B Williams (contact PI), Guido Ferrari

      $3,971,845
      award amount
    • 5U01AI192382-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Early-life Immunity Associated with HIV-1 Vaccine-induced Neutralizing Antibody Responses

      Principal investigators: Wilton B Williams (contact PI), Justin Joseph Pollara, Todd Christopher Bradley

      $1,196,522
      award amount
    • 5R37AI140897-08Department: NIH department code
      Neonatal Immunity to novel TF SHIVs
      $781,930
      award amount

  4. Derek Wilson Cain

    Leads 1 award · $5,238,505

  5. Maria Blasi

    Leads 1 award · $5,238,505

  6. Rory Henderson

    Leads 1 award · $5,238,505

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AI165947-05, led by Priyamvada Acharya.

  7. S. Munir Alam

    Leads 1 award · $5,238,505

  8. Jason Dickens

    Leads 1 award · $4,755,401

    • 5U19AI160546-05Department: NIH department code
      Conjugate nanoparticle platform development for HIV-1 envelope immunogens

      Principal investigators: Jason Dickens (contact PI), Kevin O Saunders (contact PI)

      $4,755,401
      award amount

  9. Stuart Johnston Knechtle

    Leads 3 awards · $4,436,753

    • 5U19AI131471-10Department: NIH department code
      The Risks and Opportunities of Homeostatic Repopulation

      Principal investigators: Allan D. Kirk (contact PI), Andrew Serghios Barbas (contact PI), Jean Kwun (contact PI), Stuart Johnston Knechtle (contact PI), Xunrong Luo (contact PI)

      $3,208,387
      award amount
    • 1R01AI198588-01Department: NIH department code
      Donor-specific transplant tolerance by immune reset

      Principal investigators: Stuart Johnston Knechtle (contact PI), Jean Kwun

      $1,228,365
      award amount
    • 5U01AI163065-06Department: NIH department code
      Targeting the B Cell Response to Treat Antibody-Mediated Rejection
      $1
      award amount

  10. Jean Kwun

    Leads 3 awards · $4,157,047

    • 5U19AI131471-10Department: NIH department code
      The Risks and Opportunities of Homeostatic Repopulation

      Principal investigators: Allan D. Kirk (contact PI), Andrew Serghios Barbas (contact PI), Jean Kwun (contact PI), Stuart Johnston Knechtle (contact PI), Xunrong Luo (contact PI)

      $3,208,387
      award amount
    • 5R01AI175411-04Department: NIH department code
      Overcoming humoral rejection after xenotransplantation in sensitized nonhuman primate recipients
      $785,868
      award amount
    • 1R21AI202489-01Department: NIH department code
      Engineering AMR-on-a-chip to probe rejection and accommodation pathways

      Principal investigators: Jean Kwun (contact PI), Samira Musah

      $162,792
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01AI198588-01, led by Stuart Johnston Knechtle.

  11. Roger Keith Reeves

    Leads 2 awards · $3,750,033

  12. Andrew Serghios Barbas

    Leads 2 awards · $3,674,430

  13. Allan D. Kirk

    Leads 2 awards · $3,437,917

    Also a principal investigator on 5U01AI170064-05, led by Andrew Serghios Barbas.

  14. Xunrong Luo

    Leads 1 award · $3,208,387

  15. Guido Ferrari

    Leads 2 awards · $2,933,369

    Also a principal investigator on 5UM1AI169633-05, led by Wilton B Williams.

  16. Amy Lynn Corneli

    Leads 1 award · $2,883,369

  17. Cliburn C Chan

    Leads 1 award · $2,883,369

  18. Georgia Doris Tomaras

    Leads 1 award · $2,883,369

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32AI141342-08, led by Allan D. Kirk.

  19. Nwora Lance Okeke

    Leads 1 award · $2,883,369

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01MH143269-01, led by Nrupen Bhavsar.

  20. Thuy Le

    Leads 1 award · $2,883,369

  21. Nrupen Bhavsar

    Leads 1 award · $1,221,740

    • 1R01MH143269-01Department: NIH department code
      AI-driven Multimodal Model for PrEP Candidacy Assessment in Women (AiM-PrEP)

      Principal investigators: Nrupen Bhavsar (contact PI), Nwora Lance Okeke

      $1,221,740
      award amount

  22. Aravind Asokan

    Leads 2 awards · $1,172,623

    • 5R01HL089221-16Department: NIH department code
      Determinants of AAV Tropism
      $680,850
      award amount
    • 5R01EB034573-04Department: NIH department code
      Engineering the biology of AAV secretion and production
      $491,773
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5U01AI170064-05, led by Andrew Serghios Barbas.

  23. E. Shelley Hwang

    Leads 1 award · $1,065,977

    • 1U01CA301639-01A1Department: NIH department code
      A Multiscale Approach to Defining High-Risk Lesions and Neighborhoods for Breast Precancers

      Principal investigators: E. Shelley Hwang (contact PI), Robert B West

      $1,065,977
      award amount

  24. David H. Harpole

    Leads 3 awards · $924,194

    • 5R38AI140297-07Department: NIH department code
      Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) - NIAID

      Principal investigators: David H. Harpole (contact PI), Rachel G Greenberg, Scott M Palmer

      $315,471
      award amount
    • 5R38HL143612-08Department: NIH department code
      Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) - NHLBI

      Principal investigators: David H. Harpole (contact PI), Mai Elmallah, Scott M Palmer

      $314,820
      award amount
    • 5T32CA288316-03Department: NIH department code
      Duke Research Training Program in Surgical Oncology

      Principal investigators: David H. Harpole (contact PI), Peter J Allen

      $293,903
      award amount

  25. Justin Joseph Pollara

    Leads 1 award · $832,783

    • 1R01DK146765-01Department: NIH department code
      Defining cellular and molecular signatures of inflammation in people with suppressed HIV that promote chronic kidney disease

      Principal investigators: Justin Joseph Pollara (contact PI), Todd Christopher Bradley

      $832,783
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5U01AI192382-02, led by Wilton B Williams.

  26. Stephanie Jost

    Leads 1 award · $807,044

    • 1R01AI189613-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Impact of NK Cells on Control of BK Polyomavirus

      Principal investigators: Stephanie Jost (contact PI), Chen Sabrina Tan

      $807,044
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01AI197971-01, led by Roger Keith Reeves.

  27. David Andrew Brown

    Leads 1 award · $804,998

    • 5R01HD115266-03Department: NIH department code
      Gene therapy methods for enhancing limb regeneration based on conserved transcriptional programs

      Principal investigators: David Andrew Brown (contact PI), Kenneth D Poss

      $804,998
      award amount

  28. Zachary Conrad Hartman

    Leads 1 award · $690,011

    • 1R01CA310024-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Functionally selective signaling of HER2 isoforms controls early dissemination and immune escape

      Principal investigators: Zachary Conrad Hartman (contact PI), Jose Javier Bravo-Cordero

      $690,011
      award amount

  29. Joseph Turek

    Leads 1 award · $686,336

    • 5R01HL176571-02Department: NIH department code
      Tolerance to Allogeneic Hearts via Implantation of Cultured Donor Thymus

      Principal investigators: Joseph Turek (contact PI), Laura P. Hale

      $686,336
      award amount

  30. Tamara N Fitzgerald

    Leads 2 awards · $683,485

    • 5U01CA269190-05Department: NIH department code
      KeyScope: The Key to Sustainable Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment in Uganda
      $554,641
      award amount
    • 3U01CA269190-05S1Department: NIH department code
      KeyScope: The Key to Sustainable Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment in Uganda
      $128,844
      award amount

  31. Rishikesan Kamaleswaran

    Leads 1 award · $644,410

  32. Bruce Alan Sullenger

    Leads 1 award · $637,221

    • 5R01CA283740-03Department: NIH department code
      Utilizing nucleic acid scavengers to elucidate how DNA/RNA-containing DAMPs promote pancreatic cancer metastasis and to mitigate such processes

      Principal investigators: Bruce Alan Sullenger (contact PI), Rebekah White

      $637,221
      award amount

  33. Jennifer Kay Plichta

    Leads 1 award · $616,652

    • 1R01CA303112-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Post-Recurrence Survival in Patients with Recurrent Breast Cancer: Identifying Key Predictors and Standardizing Assessments
      $616,652
      award amount

  34. Matthew Galen Hartwig

    Leads 1 award · $597,613

    • 1R01AI197208-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Ex Vivo Delivery of Viral-Mediated Gene Therapy for the Amelioration of Post-Transplant Rejection
      $597,613
      award amount

  35. Dawn E Bowles

    Leads 1 award · $444,125

    • 1R21AI196275-01Department: NIH department code
      Speeding Immune Reconstitution after Thymus Transplantation

      Principal investigators: Dawn E Bowles (contact PI), Laura P. Hale

      $444,125
      award amount

  36. Peter J Allen

    Leads 1 award · $406,824

    • 5R01CA182076-09Department: NIH department code
      Biomarker validation for intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas
      $406,824
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32CA288316-03, led by David H. Harpole.

  37. Marina Tuyishime

    Leads 1 award · $211,008

    • 1K01AI200492-01Department: NIH department code
      Neutralizing and FcR-mediating antibody specificities and function in control of HHV-8 infection
      $211,008
      award amount

  38. Dieter Mielke

    Leads 1 award · $203,776

    • 5K01AI194968-02Department: NIH department code
      Multivalent mRNA HIV vaccine using Envelopes from recently circulating viruses.
      $203,776
      award amount

  39. Kunal Jatinkumar Patel

    Leads 1 award · $154,440

    • 5K08HL181178-02Department: NIH department code
      The Post-Lung Transplant Impact of Alveolar Macrophage Senescence in Aged Donor Lungs
      $154,440
      award amount

  40. Kevin William Southerland

    Leads 1 award · $153,144

    • 5K08HL171949-03Department: NIH department code
      Determining the Role of Spp1+ Macrophages in Muscle Regeneration in Peripheral Arterial Disease
      $153,144
      award amount

  41. Telmo Llanga

    Leads 1 award · $104,265

    • 5K00HG013438-03Department: NIH department code
      CRISPR Guide RNA Exponential Directed Evolution Synergy with Machine Learning to Improve Gene Editing Efficiency
      $104,265
      award amount

  42. Gwenyth Jean Joseph

    Leads 1 award · $98,702

    • 4K00CA294171-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating CD200 Signaling as a Regulator of Immunosuppression and Osteoclastogenesis in Bone Metastatic Niche
      $98,702
      award amount

  43. Lisa M McElroy

    Leads 1 award · $93,012

    • 5K08MD017632-05Department: NIH department code
      Increasing Access to Transplant through Improved Clinical Decision Making
      $93,012
      award amount

  44. Jacob Daggett Ramsey

    Leads 1 award · $91,262

    • 5K00CA274702-04Department: NIH department code
      Poly-Nucleic acid complexes for chemokine modulation of the tumor microenvironment
      $91,262
      award amount

  45. Michael Kofi Okoreeh

    Leads 1 award · $86,080

    • 1F32AI197463-01Department: NIH department code
      Role of PTEN in Homeostatic Repopulation After Induction Therapy in Kidney Transplantation
      $86,080
      award amount

  46. Chelsea Harris

    Leads 1 award · $83,848

    • 5F32HL182159-02Department: NIH department code
      Biomaterials for Cardiac Regeneration
      $83,848
      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.