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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Surgery at Duke University

Durham, NC

Funding
$27.2M
$27,161,474
Awards
42
FY2025 NIH awards in Surgery
Principal investigators
44
29 lead a grant here, 15 co-investigators
Department rank
#1
of 76 · 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

29 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. Wilton B Williams

    Leads 3 awards · $6,671,087

    • 5UM1AI169633-04Department: 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

      $4,630,856
      award amount
    • 1U01AI192382-01Department: 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

      $1,239,565
      award amount
    • 5R37AI140897-07Department: NIH department code
      Neonatal Immunity to novel TF SHIVs
      $800,666
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AI165147-05, led by Priyamvada Acharya.

  2. Aravind Asokan

    Leads 3 awards · $4,356,130

    • 1R01AI194953-01Department: NIH department code
      Immunomodulation in AAV gene therapy
      $3,192,404
      award amount
    • 5R01HL089221-15Department: NIH department code
      Determinants of AAV Tropism
      $706,729
      award amount
    • 5R01EB034573-03Department: NIH department code
      Engineering the biology of AAV secretion and production
      $456,997
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5U01AI170064-04, led by Andrew Serghios Barbas.

  3. Stuart Johnston Knechtle

    Leads 1 award · $2,489,690

    • 5U01AI163065-05Department: NIH department code
      Targeting the B Cell Response to Treat Antibody-Mediated Rejection
      $2,489,690
      award amount

  4. Priyamvada Acharya

    Leads 3 awards · $2,207,843

    • 2R01AI145687-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Structural definition of CD4-induced HIV-1 Env conformational changes required for infection
      $807,497
      award amount
    • 5R01AI165947-04Department: 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

      $739,280
      award amount
    • 5R01AI165147-05Department: NIH department code
      Structural characterization of Fab-dimerized glycan-reactive antibodies that neutralize HIV-1

      Principal investigators: Priyamvada Acharya (contact PI), Wilton B Williams

      $661,066
      award amount

  5. Jean Kwun

    Leads 2 awards · $1,206,417

    • 5R01AI175411-03Department: NIH department code
      Overcoming humoral rejection after xenotransplantation in sensitized nonhuman primate recipients
      $762,292
      award amount
    • 1R21AI188089-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Simultaneous Targeting of Immunoglobulin G and M Using Endopeptidase for Humoral Rejection in Xenotransplantation
      $444,125
      award amount

  6. Rishikesan Kamaleswaran

    Leads 2 awards · $1,156,446

    • 1R01HL170175-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Resilience Endotype-derivation through Parsimonious Analysis and causal Inference of Recovery from Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (REPAIR-ARDS)

      Principal investigators: Rishikesan Kamaleswaran (contact PI), Felipe Assis Lisboa, Seth Schobel-McHugh, Suresh Kumar Agarwal

      $689,726
      award amount
    • 5R01GM139967-06Department: NIH department code
      Sepsis Physiomarkers for Appropriate Risk Knowledge of monitored patients in the ICU (SPARK-ICU)
      $466,720
      award amount

  7. Roger Keith Reeves

    Leads 2 awards · $1,004,343

    • 5R01AI161010-05Department: NIH department code
      Fine Mechanisms of Adaptive NK Cell Formation Against HIV and SIV

      Principal investigators: Roger Keith Reeves (contact PI), Stephanie Jost

      $803,093
      award amount
    • 5R21AI184422-02Department: NIH department code
      Harnessing CD89+ NK Cells for Novel Therapeutic Interventions Against HIV/SIV
      $201,250
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AI158516-05, led by Stephanie Jost.

  8. David H. Harpole

    Leads 3 awards · $1,003,847

    • 5T32CA288316-02Department: NIH department code
      Duke Research Training Program in Surgical Oncology

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

      $373,556
      award amount
    • 5R38AI140297-06Department: 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
    • 5R38HL143612-07Department: 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

  9. David Andrew Brown

    Leads 1 award · $804,844

    • 5R01HD115266-02Department: 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

      $804,844
      award amount

  10. Stephanie Jost

    Leads 1 award · $744,953

    • 5R01AI158516-05Department: NIH department code
      Heterosubtypic immunity to influenza virus mediated by MHC-E-restricted memory NK cells

      Principal investigators: Stephanie Jost (contact PI), Roger Keith Reeves

      $744,953
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AI161010-05, led by Roger Keith Reeves.

  11. Joseph Turek

    Leads 1 award · $725,892

    • 1R01HL176571-01Department: NIH department code
      Tolerance to Allogeneic Hearts via Implantation of Cultured Donor Thymus

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

      $725,892
      award amount

  12. Gayathri Devi

    Leads 1 award · $721,200

    • 5R01CA264529-05Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Determinants of Inflammatory Breast Cancer
      $721,200
      award amount

  13. Bruce Alan Sullenger

    Leads 1 award · $638,056

    • 5R01CA283740-02Department: 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

      $638,056
      award amount

  14. Andrew Serghios Barbas

    Leads 1 award · $469,775

    • 5U01AI170064-04Department: NIH department code
      Genetic engineering of kidney allografts by ex vivo perfusion delivery of adeno-associated viral vectors

      Principal investigators: Andrew Serghios Barbas (contact PI), Allan D. Kirk, Aravind Asokan

      $469,775
      award amount

  15. Samantha D Minc

    Leads 2 awards · $422,079

    • 1R03DK144348-01Department: NIH department code
      Understanding Diabetes and Peripheral Artery Disease-Related Amputation Disparities in North Carolina
      $242,250
      award amount
    • 5K23DK128569-06Department: NIH department code
      Implementing a Community-Engaged Amputation Prevention Intervention in Rural Patients with Diabetes and Peripheral Arterial Disease
      $179,829
      award amount

  16. Peter J Allen

    Leads 1 award · $406,824

    • 5R01CA182076-08Department: NIH department code
      Biomarker validation for intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas
      $406,824
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32CA288316-02, led by David H. Harpole.

  17. Joshua Clair Snyder

    Leads 1 award · $365,225

    • 5R01CA255372-05Department: NIH department code
      Visualizing tumor heterogeneity in an immune intact and autochthonous mouse model of breast cancer
      $365,225
      award amount

  18. Tamara N Fitzgerald

    Leads 2 awards · $310,263

    • 5U01CA269190-04Department: NIH department code
      KeyScope: The Key to Sustainable Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment in Uganda
      $181,419
      award amount
    • 3U01CA269190-04S1Department: NIH department code
      KeyScope: The Key to Sustainable Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment in Uganda
      $128,844
      award amount

  19. Allan D. Kirk

    Leads 1 award · $281,722

    • 5T32AI141342-07Department: NIH department code
      Advanced Immunobiology Traning Program for Surgeons

      Principal investigators: Allan D. Kirk (contact PI), Georgia Doris Tomaras

      $281,722
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5U01AI170064-04, led by Andrew Serghios Barbas.

  20. Dieter Mielke

    Leads 1 award · $208,875

    • 1K01AI194968-01Department: NIH department code
      Multivalent mRNA HIV vaccine using Envelopes from recently circulating viruses.
      $208,875
      award amount

  21. Joseph S. Fernandez-Moure

    Leads 1 award · $166,860

    • 5K08AR079609-05Department: NIH department code
      Resorbable, Phsophorylated Poly(ester urea) Surgical Adhesive to Enhance Fracture Healing
      $166,860
      award amount

  22. Kunal Jatinkumar Patel

    Leads 1 award · $158,652

    • 1K08HL181178-01Department: NIH department code
      The Post-Lung Transplant Impact of Alveolar Macrophage Senescence in Aged Donor Lungs
      $158,652
      award amount

  23. Kevin William Southerland

    Leads 1 award · $153,144

    • 5K08HL171949-02Department: NIH department code
      Determining the Role of Spp1+ Macrophages in Muscle Regeneration in Peripheral Arterial Disease
      $153,144
      award amount

  24. Telmo Llanga

    Leads 1 award · $104,265

    • 4K00HG013438-02Department: NIH department code
      CRISPR Guide RNA Exponential Directed Evolution Synergy with Machine Learning to Improve Gene Editing Efficiency
      $104,265
      award amount

  25. Jacob Daggett Ramsey

    Leads 1 award · $92,882

    • 4K00CA274702-03Department: NIH department code
      Poly-Nucleic acid complexes for chemokine modulation of the tumor microenvironment
      $92,882
      award amount

  26. Margaret O'Connor

    Leads 1 award · $81,040

    • 5F32CA294631-02Department: NIH department code
      The frequency and function of Type 3 Innate Lymphoid Cells regulates the melanoma tumor microenvironment
      $81,040
      award amount

  27. Chelsea Harris

    Leads 1 award · $80,020

    • 1F32HL182159-01Department: NIH department code
      Biomaterials for Cardiac Regeneration
      $80,020
      award amount

  28. Lisa M McElroy

    Leads 1 award · $79,100

    • 5K08MD017632-04Department: NIH department code
      Increasing Access to Transplant through Improved Clinical Decision Making
      $79,100
      award amount

  29. Guido Ferrari

    Leads 1 award · $50,000

    Also a principal investigator on 5UM1AI169633-04, led by Wilton B Williams.

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.