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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pediatrics at Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Funding
$50.2M
$50,155,607
Awards
102
FY2026 NIH awards in Pediatrics
Principal investigators
110
75 lead a grant here, 35 co-investigators
Department rank
#8
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 Emory University page.

Leads a grant in this department

75 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. Ann M Chahroudi

    Leads 4 awards · $4,093,794

    • 5P01HD112217-04Department: NIH department code
      Immune determinants of pediatric HIV/SIV reservoir establishment and maintenance

      Principal investigators: Ann M Chahroudi (contact PI), Ashish Arunkumar Sharma (contact PI), Maud Mavigner (contact PI), Susan Pereira Ribeiro (contact PI)

      $1,544,342
      award amount
    • 5R01AI192330-02Department: NIH department code
      Virus and Host Directed Immunotherapies for Cure in SHIV-infected Infant Macaques
      $1,221,471
      award amount
    • 4R37AI157862-06Department: NIH department code
      Enhanced latency reversal and reservoir clearance in macaques
      $909,998
      award amount
    • 5R38HL167243-04Department: NIH department code
      Emory Pediatrics and Pathology Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (Emory-PP StARR).

      Principal investigators: Ann M Chahroudi (contact PI), John D Roback

      $417,983
      award amount

  2. Jason Yustein

    Leads 4 awards · $3,329,876

    • 4R01CA287083-03Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting and targeting PAK4 in Ewing sarcoma

      Principal investigators: Jason Yustein (contact PI), Atreyi Dasgupta

      $1,308,730
      award amount
    • 5T32GM142617-05Department: NIH department code
      Medical Scientist Training Program
      $1,240,368
      award amount
    • 5R01CA288967-02Department: NIH department code
      Modeling and targeting intrinsic and extrinsic features of Myc-driven Osteosarcoma
      $424,298
      award amount
    • 5R01CA277686-04Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting and targeting oncogenic functions of PAK4 in high-risk rhabdomyosarcoma
      $356,480
      award amount

  3. Stefan G Sarafianos

    Leads 4 awards · $2,957,481

    • 2R01AI120860-12Department: NIH department code
      Overcoming Lenacapavir Resistance: Next-Generation Ultra-Potent HIV-1 Capsid Inhibitors

      Principal investigators: Stefan G Sarafianos (contact PI), Zhengqiang Wang

      $897,731
      award amount
    • 5R01AI177696-03Department: NIH department code
      Discovery of Antivirals Targeting Mpox Virus

      Principal investigators: Stefan G Sarafianos (contact PI), Haian Fu, Raymond Felix Schinazi

      $752,112
      award amount
    • 5R01AI167356-05Department: NIH department code
      Discovery of SARS-CoV-2 antivirals using a replicon assay

      Principal investigators: Stefan G Sarafianos (contact PI), Zhengqiang Wang

      $695,135
      award amount
    • 5R37AI076119-18Department: NIH department code
      Ultrapotent Inhibitors of Wild-type and Multi-drug Resistant HIV
      $612,503
      award amount

  4. Raymond Felix Schinazi

    Leads 3 awards · $2,688,629

    • 1R01AI201320-01Department: NIH department code
      Combating yellow fever virus infections with halogen-modified nucleoside analogs

      Principal investigators: Raymond Felix Schinazi (contact PI), Benjamin J Burwitz, Julia C. Lecher

      $1,057,832
      award amount
    • 1R61AI197036-01Department: NIH department code
      Novel Long-Acting HBV Capsid Assembly Modulators

      Principal investigators: Raymond Felix Schinazi (contact PI), David Bernard Smith, Sijia Tao

      $954,603
      award amount
    • 5R01AI132833-09Department: NIH department code
      HBV Capsid Effectors
      $676,194
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AI177696-03, led by Stefan G Sarafianos.

  5. Arlene A Stecenko

    Leads 4 awards · $2,641,662

  6. Philip Lupo

    Leads 2 awards · $2,519,107

  7. Eleftherios Michailidis

    Leads 3 awards · $2,331,636

    • 1DP1DA066168-01Department: NIH department code
      The Metabolic Crossroads: Decoding Fentanyl's Impact on HIV/HBV Co-infection for Targeted Interventions
      $1,095,500
      award amount
    • 5R01AI181682-03Department: NIH department code
      A proteomics atlas of HIV/HBV infections for curing HBV
      $696,062
      award amount
    • 5DP1DK139804-03Department: NIH department code
      Impact of HIV co-infections and comorbidities on circadian rhythm in the liver
      $540,074
      award amount

  8. Dmitry Shayakhmetov

    Leads 3 awards · $2,228,871

    • 2R01AI107960-11Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of adenovirus neutralization

      Principal investigators: Dmitry Shayakhmetov (contact PI), Phoebe L Stewart

      $806,473
      award amount
    • 2R37AI107960-11Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of adenovirus neutralization

      Principal investigators: Dmitry Shayakhmetov (contact PI), Phoebe L Stewart

      $806,473
      award amount
    • 5R01CA267694-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic factors limiting utility of adenovirus vectors for treatment of neopla
      $615,925
      award amount

  9. Wilbur A Lam

    Leads 2 awards · $1,782,161

  10. Grace Yoonheekim Gombolay

    Leads 2 awards · $1,736,760

    • 5U54HD122209-02Department: NIH department code
      ARISEN (Autoimmunity, Rasmussen’s, Inflammation & Status Epilepticus research Network)

      Principal investigators: Grace Yoonheekim Gombolay (contact PI), Kristy Murray (contact PI), Robyn Howarth (contact PI), Scott Gillespie (contact PI)

      $1,517,115
      award amount
    • 5K23NS142667-02Department: NIH department code
      The Role of T cells in children with anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis
      $219,645
      award amount

  11. Nael A McCarty

    Leads 3 awards · $1,694,525

    • 5P30DK125013-07Department: NIH department code
      Georgia Cystic Fibrosis Research and Translation Core Center

      Principal investigators: Arlene A Stecenko (contact PI), Jessica Alejandra Alvarez (contact PI), Nael A McCarty (contact PI)

      $966,549
      award amount
    • 5R01HL176542-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms linking CFTR to dysregulated barrier function, insulin receptor function, and glucose transport in the CF lung

      Principal investigators: Nael A McCarty (contact PI), Michael H. Koval

      $703,576
      award amount
    • 1R13HL186728-01Department: NIH department code
      CF Data Science Workshop
      $24,400
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5U24HL171672-03, led by Arlene A Stecenko; 3U24HL171672-03S1, led by Arlene A Stecenko.

  12. David N Ku

    Leads 1 award · $1,561,849

    • 5U54EB027690-09Department: NIH department code
      Atlanta Center for Microsystems Engineered Point-of-Care Technologies (ACME POCT)

      Principal investigators: David N Ku (contact PI), Gregory S Martin (contact PI), Wilbur A Lam (contact PI), Eric M Vogel

      $1,561,849
      award amount

  13. Gregory S Martin

    Leads 1 award · $1,561,849

    • 5U54EB027690-09Department: NIH department code
      Atlanta Center for Microsystems Engineered Point-of-Care Technologies (ACME POCT)

      Principal investigators: David N Ku (contact PI), Gregory S Martin (contact PI), Wilbur A Lam (contact PI), Eric M Vogel

      $1,561,849
      award amount

  14. Ashish Arunkumar Sharma

    Leads 1 award · $1,544,342

  15. Maud Mavigner

    Leads 1 award · $1,544,342

  16. Susan Pereira Ribeiro

    Leads 1 award · $1,544,342

  17. Kristy Murray

    Leads 2 awards · $1,537,115

    • 5U54HD122209-02Department: NIH department code
      ARISEN (Autoimmunity, Rasmussen’s, Inflammation & Status Epilepticus research Network)

      Principal investigators: Grace Yoonheekim Gombolay (contact PI), Kristy Murray (contact PI), Robyn Howarth (contact PI), Scott Gillespie (contact PI)

      $1,517,115
      award amount
    • 1R13HD122424-01Department: NIH department code
      Annual Southeastern Pediatric Research Conference
      $20,000
      award amount

  18. Shannon Leigh Gourley

    Leads 3 awards · $1,535,456

    • 5R37MH117103-08Department: NIH department code
      Integrated mechanisms for orbitofrontal cortical control of memory and choice
      $666,266
      award amount
    • 5R01MH133740-04Department: NIH department code
      Understanding how social interactions influence reward-seeking behaviors: Developmental mechanisms
      $447,025
      award amount
    • 5R01DA044297-09Department: NIH department code
      Neurotrophic and ontogenic factors in medial orbitofrontal cortical function
      $422,165
      award amount

  19. Baek Kim

    Leads 4 awards · $1,527,504

    • 5R01AI141327-08Department: NIH department code
      Structural and Chemical Analysis of Highly Potent ALLINI Platform
      $473,896
      award amount
    • 2R01AI162633-06A1Department: NIH department code
      SAMHD1 mediated dNTP regulation and HIV in myeloid cells
      $453,721
      award amount
    • 5R01AI136581-09Department: NIH department code
      Lentivirus Replication Strategy and Pathogenesis
      $436,338
      award amount
    • 3R01AI136581-09S1Department: NIH department code
      Lentivirus Replication Strategy and Pathogenesis
      $163,549
      award amount

  20. Robyn Howarth

    Leads 1 award · $1,517,115

  21. Scott Gillespie

    Leads 1 award · $1,517,115

  22. Gregory B Melikian

    Leads 2 awards · $1,005,180

    • 5R37AI150453-33Department: NIH department code
      Biophysics of Protein-Mediated Membrane Fusion
      $541,580
      award amount
    • 5R01AI189249-02Department: NIH department code
      Imaging protease activation and maturation of single HIV-1 particles
      $463,600
      award amount

  23. Jessica Alejandra Alvarez

    Leads 1 award · $966,549

  24. Biplab Dasgupta

    Leads 2 awards · $870,074

    • 5R01NS099162-11Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Biguanide Sensitivity in GBM
      $455,380
      award amount
    • 5R01NS132884-03Department: NIH department code
      ATIC is a novel molecular target in diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma
      $414,694
      award amount

  25. Latania K. Logan

    Leads 1 award · $746,997

    • 5R01AI179686-03Department: NIH department code
      Community Reservoirs of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-producing and Multi-Drug Resistant Enterobacterales
      $746,997
      award amount

  26. Anne Mentro Fitzpatrick

    Leads 1 award · $719,657

    • 5R01HL177826-02Department: NIH department code
      Predictors of Persistent Symptoms in Preschool Children with Recurrent Wheezing
      $719,657
      award amount

  27. Subra Kugathasan

    Leads 2 awards · $681,173

    • 5U01DK134191-05Department: NIH department code
      Integrative and longitudinal multi-omic risk assessment in inflammatory bowel disease progression
      $557,918
      award amount
    • 5T32DK108735-10Department: NIH department code
      Research Training in Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology
      $123,255
      award amount

  28. Satheesh Chonat

    Leads 1 award · $667,885

    • 5R01HL163637-03Department: NIH department code
      Complement in the Pathogenesis of Acute Chest Syndrome
      $667,885
      award amount

  29. Joanna B Goldberg

    Leads 1 award · $659,598

    • 5R01AI176545-04Department: NIH department code
      Monoclonal Antibody to Combat Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
      $659,598
      award amount

  30. Ravi Mangal Patel

    Leads 2 awards · $655,443

    • 5UG1HD027851-36Department: NIH department code
      NICHD Neonatal Research Network
      $344,300
      award amount
    • 5UH3HL173303-03Department: NIH department code
      1/2 Neonatal Platelet Transfusion Threshold Trial (NeoPlaTT)

      Principal investigators: Ravi Mangal Patel (contact PI), Martha C. Sola-Visner

      $311,143
      award amount

  31. Marianne Elaine McPherson Yee

    Leads 1 award · $641,944

    • 5R01HL179200-02Department: NIH department code
      Donor Red Blood Cell Survival in Recipients with Sickle Cell Disease
      $641,944
      award amount

  32. Paul A Dawson

    Leads 1 award · $627,362

    • 5R01DK140485-03Department: NIH department code
      Hepatoprotective Mechanisms of Systemic Bile Acid Transporter Inhibitors
      $627,362
      award amount

  33. Kathryn E Oliver

    Leads 1 award · $602,890

    • 5R01HL173500-02Department: NIH department code
      Tuning translation efficiency to overcome refractory defects in CFTR
      $602,890
      award amount

  34. Vivien Andrea Sheehan

    Leads 1 award · $601,147

    • 5TL1DK136047-05Department: NIH department code
      Atlanta Network for Training In KUH Scientific Research (ATLANTIS)
      $601,147
      award amount

  35. Kelly C Goldsmith

    Leads 1 award · $565,657

    • 5R01CA285566-03Department: NIH department code
      Tumor and host immune signatures associated with patient outcomes to GD2 chemoimmunotherapy in neuroblastoma

      Principal investigators: Kelly C Goldsmith (contact PI), Kavita Madhav Dhodapkar

      $565,657
      award amount

  36. Murali Krishna Kaja

    Leads 2 awards · $549,962

    • 5R01AI186371-03Department: NIH department code
      Immune responses associated with severe disease in patients with primary dengue infection

      Principal investigators: Murali Krishna Kaja (contact PI), Mehul Shamal Suthar

      $520,683
      award amount
    • 3R01AI186371-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Immune responses associated with severe disease in patients with primary dengue infection

      Principal investigators: Murali Krishna Kaja (contact PI), Mehul Shamal Suthar

      $29,279
      award amount

  37. Muxiang Zhou

    Leads 1 award · $536,320

    • 5R01CA276135-03Department: NIH department code
      Discovery of a novel MDM2-tubulin signaling pathway as a therapeutic target in AML

      Principal investigators: Muxiang Zhou (contact PI), Douglas K Graham

      $536,320
      award amount

  38. Andrew L Hong

    Leads 1 award · $523,300

    • 5R01CA289761-02Department: NIH department code
      Functional consequences of SMARCB1 variants
      $523,300
      award amount

  39. Satish Easwar Viswanath

    Leads 1 award · $506,849

  40. Brian C. Zanoni

    Leads 2 awards · $506,335

    • 3R01MH131434-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Interactive Transition Support for Adolescents Living with HIV Comparing Virtual and In-person delivery through a stepped-wedge cluster randomized clinical trial in South Africa

      Principal investigators: Brian C. Zanoni (contact PI), Moherndran Archary

      $370,662
      award amount
    • 5R01MH131434-05Department: NIH department code
      Support for adolescents living with HIV who are transitioning from pediatric to adult care: Comparing Virtual and in-person delivery in a stepped-wedge cluster randomized clinical trial

      Principal investigators: Brian C. Zanoni (contact PI), Moherndran Archary

      $135,673
      award amount

  41. Mindy Scheithauer

    Leads 1 award · $504,858

    • 5R01HD115933-02Department: NIH department code
      Comprehensive Toileting Programming: Enuresis Treatment to a Randomized Clinical Trial of a Caregiver-Mediated Multidisciplinary Intervention for Encopresis

      Principal investigators: Mindy Scheithauer (contact PI), Nathan Call

      $504,858
      award amount

  42. Jocelyn Rebecca Grunwell

    Leads 1 award · $501,519

    • 5R01HL171627-03Department: NIH department code
      Longitudinal Analysis of Blood and Airway Immune Response: Precision Medicine for
      $501,519
      award amount

  43. Karen A Kirby

    Leads 2 awards · $483,400

    • 1R21AI199669-01Department: NIH department code
      Characterization of potent antivirals targeting HBV capsid
      $249,225
      award amount
    • 5R21AI189247-02Department: NIH department code
      Novel HIV capsid-targeting antivirals maintain activity against lenacapavir-resistant viruses
      $234,175
      award amount

  44. Bonney Reed

    Leads 1 award · $465,857

    • 5R01DK139653-03Department: NIH department code
      A Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Enhanced Behavioral Intervention to Improve Psychological and Disease Functioning in Youth with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
      $465,857
      award amount

  45. Gordon James Ramsay

    Leads 1 award · $438,266

    • 1R21HD122964-01Department: NIH department code
      Early Developmental Trajectories of Speech and Language Predict Different Pathways To Later Outcomes in Late-Talking Children
      $438,266
      award amount

  46. Cheng-Kui Qu

    Leads 1 award · $422,159

    • 5R01CA275964-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeting leukemic stem cells in acute myeloid leukemia
      $422,159
      award amount

  47. Moulay Hicham Drissi

    Leads 1 award · $414,612

    • 5R01DE031271-05Department: NIH department code
      Jagged1-based craniofacial bone regeneration

      Principal investigators: Moulay Hicham Drissi (contact PI), Steven L Goudy

      $414,612
      award amount

  48. Shari Barkin

    Leads 1 award · $400,549

    • 5K12HD072245-14Department: NIH department code
      Atlanta Pediatric Scholars Program
      $400,549
      award amount

  49. Shannon L. Meeks

    Leads 1 award · $385,348

    • 5T32HL139443-09Department: NIH department code
      Research Training in Pediatric Non-Malignant Hematology

      Principal investigators: Shannon L. Meeks (contact PI), Clinton H Joiner

      $385,348
      award amount

  50. Joshua D Chandler

    Leads 1 award · $383,936

    • 5R01HL150658-04Department: NIH department code
      Neutrophil hyperexocytosis and hypochlorous acid exposure in early cystic fibrosis lung disease
      $383,936
      award amount

  51. Christopher C Porter

    Leads 1 award · $321,075

    • 1U24CA299989-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Gene Curation Expert Panel for Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Predispositions
      $321,075
      award amount

  52. Jennifer Q. Kwong

    Leads 1 award · $313,000

    • 5R01GM144729-05Department: NIH department code
      Acylations: a novel pathway in the response to mitochondrial energy dysfunction
      $313,000
      award amount

  53. William T Mahle

    Leads 1 award · $293,391

  54. Beatrice E Gee

    Leads 1 award · $265,253

    • 5R25GM154377-03Department: NIH department code
      Elevating Mentoring Possibilities for Overcoming Withstanding Educational Roadblocks in Sickle Cell Disease (EMPOWER SCD): STEMM mentoring for youth with sickle cell disease

      Principal investigators: Beatrice E Gee (contact PI), Elaissa L Hardy

      $265,253
      award amount

  55. Deborah Joyce Luessen

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00DA058712-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of mGlu1 regulation of cortical inhibition and cognitive function: Implications in adolescent cocaine exposure
      $249,000
      award amount

  56. Jens Peter Wrammert

    Leads 1 award · $234,750

    • 1R21AI202536-01Department: NIH department code
      Harnessing the therapeutic potential of IgG3 through molecular engineering
      $234,750
      award amount

  57. Lisa M Cranmer

    Leads 1 award · $234,750

    • 5R21AI192086-02Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging antibody-omics to prevent and detect TB in children affected by HIV

      Principal investigators: Lisa M Cranmer (contact PI), Aniruddh Sarkar

      $234,750
      award amount

  58. Jocelyn Lara Kuhn

    Leads 1 award · $196,990

    • 1K23MH141306-01Department: NIH department code
      Improving Early Access to Autism Services through a Technology-Enhanced Implementation Strategy for Pediatric Primary Care
      $196,990
      award amount

  59. Jason R Fangusaro

    Leads 1 award · $196,792

    • 1R50CA318287-01Department: NIH department code
      Advancing Novel Therapeutics and Functional Outcomes in Pediatric CNS Tumors through National Clinical Trials Leadership, Innovative Trial Development and Mentorship
      $196,792
      award amount

  60. Christopher A. Rees

    Leads 2 awards · $194,577

    • 5K23HL173694-03Department: NIH department code
      Advancing Approaches to Identify Young Children at Risk for Post-Discharge Mortality
      $164,040
      award amount
    • 3K23HL173694-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Advancing Approaches to Identify Young Children at Risk for Post-Discharge Mortality
      $30,537
      award amount

  61. Samantha V Hill

    Leads 1 award · $187,897

    • 5K23MH128128-05Department: NIH department code
      Integration of Trusted Adult Supports into the HealthMpowerment App to Improve Black Adolescent and Young Adult PrEP Use
      $187,897
      award amount

  62. Sharon Marie Castellino

    Leads 1 award · $178,909

    • 5R50CA285492-03Department: NIH department code
      Advancing novel therapeutics and translational science to close the survivorship gap in pediatric, adolescent and young adult (AYA) lymphoma
      $178,909
      award amount

  63. Maria Estefania Barbian

    Leads 1 award · $166,180

    • 1K08HD119290-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Preventing necrotizing enterocolitis by optimization of human milk through prenatal dietary supplements
      $166,180
      award amount

  64. Katherine Pickard

    Leads 1 award · $151,671

    • 5K23MH130651-04Department: NIH department code
      Examining co-production as an implemntation strategy for autism early intervention delivered in Part C service systems
      $151,671
      award amount

  65. Claudia R Morris

    Leads 1 award · $140,897

    • 5K24AT009893-09Department: NIH department code
      Patient-Oriented Research in Arginine Deficiency Syndromes
      $140,897
      award amount

  66. Xu Ji

    Leads 1 award · $129,559

    • 5K01MD018637-04Department: NIH department code
      Disparities in Quality Healthcare Among Childhood Cancer Survivors: Role of Medicaid
      $129,559
      award amount

  67. Jasper Lee

    Leads 1 award · $84,148

    • 5F32AI183770-02Department: NIH department code
      Antiviral Resistance to Acyclic Phosphonates in Orthopoxviruses
      $84,148
      award amount

  68. Trevor Towner

    Leads 1 award · $76,780

    • 5F32MH139279-02Department: NIH department code
      Medial orbitofrontal cortical mechanisms underlying socially guided choice
      $76,780
      award amount

  69. Garrett Cooper

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31CA278008-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of DPF2 stability in SMARCB1-deficient cancers
      $50,114
      award amount

  70. Grace Neilsen

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31AI179181-02Department: NIH department code
      Multidisciplinary studies on overcoming SARS-CoV-2 main protease drug resistance and on fitness costs
      $50,114
      award amount

  71. Lisette Bahena

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31MH143554-01Department: NIH department code
      Integrated Mechanisms for Corticostriatal Control of Action
      $50,114
      award amount

  72. Shreya Meenakshi Ravichandran

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31AI194923-02Department: NIH department code
      Novel Antivirals Targeting Lenacapavir-Resistant HIV
      $50,114
      award amount

  73. William Michael McFadden

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31AI174951-04Department: NIH department code
      Structural and Biochemical Effects of Capsid-targeting Molecules on HIV-1 Capsid Assembly
      $50,114
      award amount

  74. Xin Wen

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31AI179424-04Department: NIH department code
      Characterization of JT-4-173, a Potent Antiviral that Inhibits HIV-1 by a Novel Mechanism of Action
      $50,114
      award amount

  75. Zachary Christian Lorson

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31AI203580-01Department: NIH department code
      Structural and Biochemical Determination of the HIV-1 Capsid Nup214 Interaction
      $50,114
      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.