FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pediatrics at Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Funding

$30.2M

$30,189,546

Awards

FY2026 NIH awards in Pediatrics

Principal investigators

41 lead a grant here, 15 co-investigators

Department rank

#18

Northwestern University, 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.
NIH gives hospital awards no department code. Each counts under its contact PI's own department, from their PubMed affiliations, or under a department inferred from the award's topic when no affiliation names one. Each award below says which. How departments are assigned
These are the awards in the Pediatrics row of the Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago page. Department rankings count Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago's awards toward Northwestern University. It is part of Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago's Pediatrics.

Leads a grant in this department

41 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.

Estella M. Alonso
Leads 1 award · $2,560,333
- 5U01DK127995-05Department: investigator's affiliation
  Pediatric Acute Liver Failure Immune Response Network (PALF IRN): Treatment for Immune Mediated Pathophysiology (TRIUMPH)
  Principal investigators: Estella M. Alonso (contact PI), Valerie L Durkalski
  $2,560,333
  award amount
Jennifer Jao
Leads 1 award · $2,453,772
- 1R01HD121455-01Department: investigator's affiliation
  Investigating the role of the human milk metabolome and microRNAs on metabolic health in breastfeeding children with and without perinatal HIV exposure
  Principal investigators: Jennifer Jao (contact PI), Allison Kupsco, Elaine Janine Abrams
  $2,453,772
  award amount
You-Yang Zhao
Leads 3 awards · $2,304,011
- 1R01HL179839-01A1Department: investigator's affiliation
  Novel role of neutrophils in mediating endothelial regeneration and vascular repair in sepsis and ARDS
  $781,860
  award amount
- 1R01HL187966-01Department: investigator's affiliation
  Targeting inflammaging to inhibit endothelial injury and ARDS development in aging lungs
  $778,202
  award amount
- 5R01HL172447-03Department: investigator's affiliation
  Novel intrinsic endothelial stem cells responsible for lung endothelial regeneration and vascular repair in ARDS
  $743,949
  award amount
Aaron Hamvas
Leads 2 awards · $2,157,112
- 5R01HL164570-03Department: investigator's affiliation
  Long-term Endotypes of Prematurity Associated Respiratory Disease (LEOPARD)
  Principal investigators: Aaron Hamvas (contact PI), Dara Torgerson, Paul E Moore
  $1,835,233
  award amount
- 5UG1HD112079-04Department: investigator's affiliation
  Neonatal Research Network: the Lurie Children's - Northwestern University Study Center
  $321,879
  award amount
Wendy J Brickman
Leads 2 awards · $1,866,122
- 5R01HL160921-04Department: investigator's affiliation
  Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome Study-Cardiovascular Health of HAPO Offspring (HAPO CVH)
  Principal investigators: Wendy J Brickman (contact PI), Donald M Lloyd-Jones
  $1,762,069
  award amount
- 3R01HL160921-04S1Department: investigator's affiliation
  Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome Study-Cardiovascular Health of HAPO Offspring (HAPO CVH)
  Principal investigators: Wendy J Brickman (contact PI), Donald M Lloyd-Jones
  $104,053
  award amount
Jami L Josefson
Leads 1 award · $1,816,987
- 5R01HD109260-04Department: investigator's affiliation
  The GROWTH Study, Glycemia Range and Offspring Weight and adiposity in response To Human milk
  Principal investigators: Jami L Josefson (contact PI), Brigid Ellen Gregg, Daniel T. Robinson
  $1,816,987
  award amount
Ruchi S Gupta
Leads 1 award · $1,626,709
- 5R01AI180079-02Department: investigator's affiliation
  Refinement and validation of a symptom report-based food allergy prevalence questionnaire for population-based studies
  Principal investigators: Ruchi S Gupta (contact PI), Christopher Michael Warren
  $1,626,709
  award amount
Isabelle G De Plaen
Leads 2 awards · $1,586,328
- 1R01DK144279-01A1Department: investigator's affiliation
  Intestinal embryonic macrophage dysfunction and necrotizing enterocolitis
  $799,603
  award amount
- 1R01DK146174-01Department: investigator's affiliation
  Role of Flt-1 in necrotizing enterocolitis development
  $786,725
  award amount
Carolyn C. Foster
Leads 3 awards · $1,443,224
- 1R01HL183395-01A1Department: investigator's affiliation
  Advancing Acute Respiratory Infection Treatment in Pediatric Invasive Home Mechanical Ventilation
  $876,614
  award amount
- 1R21HD118352-01A1Department: investigator's affiliation
  Co-Designing a Digital Pathway to Implement Pediatric Down Syndrome Health Supervision Guidelines
  $448,860
  award amount
- 5R03HL176736-02Department: investigator's affiliation
  Implementation of Remote Patient Monitoring in Pediatric Invasive Home Mechanical Ventilation Using Wireless Devices
  $117,750
  award amount
Todd Adam Florin
Leads 2 awards · $1,205,273
- 5R01HL163692-04Department: investigator's affiliation
  Derivation and Validation of the Pediatric Community-Acquired Pneumonia Severity (PedCAPS) Score
  $979,709
  award amount
- 1T32HL182705-01A1Department: investigator's affiliation
  Pediatric Acute Care Research (PACeR) Training Program.
  Principal investigators: Todd Adam Florin (contact PI), Bria M Coates
  $225,564
  award amount
Juan Espinoza
Leads 1 award · $1,150,000
- 5P50FD007963-04Department: investigator's affiliation
  The Consortium for Technology & Innovation in Pediatrics: CTIP 3.0
  Principal investigators: Juan Espinoza (contact PI), Melissa Bent, Yaniv Bar-Cohen
  $1,150,000
  award amount
Amanda K Marma
Leads 2 awards · $872,056
- 5R01HL167876-03Department: topic-inferred
  Interpregnancy as a Critical Period for Maternal-Child Cardiovascular Health in Pediatric Clinics: Ancillary to Young Hearts
  $678,382
  award amount
- 5R34HL171722-03Department: topic-inferred
  Developing a Novel Adolescent Cardiovascular Health Promotion Program (CPP)
  $193,674
  award amount
Nia Jenee' Heard-Garris
Leads 1 award · $768,946
- 5R01MD017610-03Department: investigator's affiliation
  Rise & Thrive: Community-Engagement Intervention to Address Chronic Stress and Prevent Depression in Adolescents and Young Adults
  Principal investigators: Nia Jenee' Heard-Garris (contact PI), Elan Hope
  $768,946
  award amount
Miriam A. Bornhorst
Leads 1 award · $760,888
- 5R01CA288496-03Department: investigator's affiliation
  Optical Genome Mapping As a Novel Diagnostic Approach in Pediatric Brain Tumors
  Principal investigators: Miriam A. Bornhorst (contact PI), Hayk Barseghyan
  $760,888
  award amount
Carlos Enrique Prada
Leads 1 award · $725,444
- 5R33NS122094-04Department: investigator's affiliation
  Developing Novel Biomarkers of Plexiform Neurofibroma Tumor Burden
  $725,444
  award amount
Bria M Coates
Leads 1 award · $618,889
- 5R01HL168672-04Department: investigator's affiliation
  Elucidating the role of type I interferon signaling and macrophage-derived inflammation in the juvenile host with viral pneumonia
  $618,889
  award amount
Also a principal investigator on 1T32HL182705-01A1, led by Todd Adam Florin.
Lisa Nowoslawski Akhtar
Leads 1 award · $604,164
- 5R01NS136691-02Department: investigator's affiliation
  The contribution of HSV-2 ICP34.5 variation to neurovirulence during neonatal infection
  $604,164
  award amount
Pei-Ni Jone
Leads 2 awards · $579,391
- 1R01HL176603-01A1Department: investigator's affiliation
  Ultrafast ultrasound in pediatric pulmonary hypertension
  Principal investigators: Pei-Ni Jone (contact PI), Luc Mertens, Michael Markl
  $509,622
  award amount
- 3R01HL176603-01A1S1Department: investigator's affiliation
  Ultrafast ultrasound in pediatric pulmonary hypertension
  Principal investigators: Pei-Ni Jone (contact PI), Luc Mertens, Michael Markl
  $69,769
  award amount
Lazaro Nelson Sanchez-Pinto
Leads 1 award · $457,455
- 5R01HD113695-03Department: investigator's affiliation
  Phenotype prediction and therapeutic targets in high-risk pediatric sepsis-associated MODS
  $457,455
  award amount
Rajesh Kumar
Leads 1 award · $449,416
- 5U01AI160018-06Department: investigator's affiliation
  Soy Isoflavones for Inner City Infants at Risk for Asthma (SIRA)
  $449,416
  award amount
Laura C Torchen
Leads 1 award · $410,107
- 5R01HD108399-04Department: investigator's affiliation
  Developmental Origins of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Very Early Phenotypes During the Mini Puberty of Infancy and Beyond
  $410,107
  award amount
Kenneth Michelson
Leads 1 award · $400,147
- 5R01HD112321-04Department: investigator's affiliation
  Measuring and Mapping National Pediatric Acute Care Outcomes
  $400,147
  award amount
Xiaonan Li
Leads 1 award · $310,604
- 3U01CA199288-10S2Department: investigator's affiliation
  In vivo Drug Testing of Pediatric CNS Tumors Using Patient Derived Orthotopic Xenograft Models
  $310,604
  award amount
Divakar Singh Mithal
Leads 1 award · $225,180
- 5K08NS135186-03Department: investigator's affiliation
  Mitochondrial Metabolic Regulation of GABAergic Interneurons
  $225,180
  award amount
Sahera Dirajlal-Fargo
Leads 1 award · $197,619
- 5R21HD118587-02Department: investigator's affiliation
  MAGIC-PHIV: Microbiome and Gut Inflammation in Cardiometabolic Health in Youth with Perinatally Acquired HIV
  $197,619
  award amount
Jennifer Ann Hoffmann
Leads 1 award · $190,080
- 5K23MH135206-03Department: investigator's affiliation
  Caring Contacts via text message for suicidal adolescents after emergency department discharge
  $190,080
  award amount
John James Parker
Leads 1 award · $190,080
- 5K23HL179465-02Department: investigator's affiliation
  CHAMPION Fathers: Cardiovascular Health AssessMent and Primary Care CoordinatION for Fathers
  $190,080
  award amount
Waheeda Samady
Leads 1 award · $190,080
- 5K23AI159517-05Department: investigator's affiliation
  Infant Peanut Allergy Prevention: Understanding and Supporting Caregivers to Achieve Adherence
  $190,080
  award amount
Monica Bianco
Leads 1 award · $189,172
- 5K23DK139457-02Department: investigator's affiliation
  Developing a predictive risk score for pre-diabetes in youth.
  $189,172
  award amount
Alexander James Kula
Leads 1 award · $184,335
- 5K23DK138313-03Department: investigator's affiliation
  Advancing the Approach to Subclinical Diastolic Dysfunction in Youth with Chronic Kidney Disease
  $184,335
  award amount
Kristin Kan
Leads 1 award · $179,139
- 5K23HL157615-05Department: investigator's affiliation
  Technology-Enhanced Asthma Care in Children at Clinic and Home (TEACCCH) Study
  $179,139
  award amount
Jennifer Kusma Saper
Leads 1 award · $168,480
- 5K23HL165426-04Department: investigator's affiliation
  RSV I-PREP: Improving Evidence-Based Implementation of RSV Immuno-Prophylaxis Within Ethical and Policy Contexts
  $168,480
  award amount
Joyce L Woo
Leads 1 award · $168,480
- 5K01HL171819-02Department: investigator's affiliation
  Prenatal Care and Postnatal Outcomes for Publicly Insured Children with Congenital Heart Defects
  $168,480
  award amount
Sriram Ramgopal
Leads 1 award · $168,480
- 5K01HL169921-03Department: investigator's affiliation
  Precision medicine approaches in the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia in children
  $168,480
  award amount
Vidhi Dalal
Leads 1 award · $164,580
- 1K08DK147611-01Department: investigator's affiliation
  Immune mediated mechanisms of tubulointerstitial injury in childhood nephrotic syndrome
  $164,580
  award amount
Andrew Prigge
Leads 1 award · $163,080
- 5K08HL176208-03Department: topic-inferred
  Multidimensional analysis of the regulatory T cell response in children with severe viral pneumonia
  $163,080
  award amount
Colleen M Badke
Leads 1 award · $163,080
- 5K23HD113816-03Department: investigator's affiliation
  Predicting Clinical Deterioration in Mechanically Ventilated Children using High-Frequency Physiologic Data
  $163,080
  award amount
Kathleen L Boyne
Leads 1 award · $163,080
- 5K08HL179453-02Department: investigator's affiliation
  Carbonic Anhydrase Mediated Regulation of Microtubule Dynamics and Infection in Cystic Fibrosis
  $163,080
  award amount
Alyssa Kriegermeier
Leads 1 award · $163,012
- 5K08DK132456-03Department: investigator's affiliation
  The Unfolded Protein Response in Murine and Pediatric Cholestatic Liver Diseases
  $163,012
  award amount
Faith Summersett Williams
Leads 1 award · $150,497
- 5K23AA032056-03Department: investigator's affiliation
  Adaptation and Implementation of SBIRT for Adolescents with Chronic Medical Conditions Hospitalized in Pediatric Inpatient Units
  $150,497
  award amount
Brian Jeffrey Miller
Leads 1 award · $43,714
- 5F31NS141711-02Department: investigator's affiliation
  The Impact of Natural Sequence Variation in HSV-2 Gamma 34.5 on Neurovirulence
  $43,714
  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.

Valerie L Durkalski
Co-investigator on 5U01DK127995-05, led by Estella M. Alonso
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Medical University of South Carolina · Public Health (NIH department code, 1 award)
Allison Kupsco
Co-investigator on 1R01HD121455-01, led by Jennifer Jao
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Columbia University · Public Health (NIH department code, 2 awards)
Elaine Janine Abrams
Co-investigator on 1R01HD121455-01, led by Jennifer Jao
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Columbia University · Public Health (NIH department code, 1 award)
Donald M Lloyd-Jones
Co-investigator on 5R01HL160921-04, led by Wendy J Brickman; 3R01HL160921-04S1, led by Wendy J Brickman
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Dara Torgerson
Co-investigator on 5R01HL164570-03, led by Aaron Hamvas
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Paul E Moore
Co-investigator on 5R01HL164570-03, led by Aaron Hamvas
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Brigid Ellen Gregg
Co-investigator on 5R01HD109260-04, led by Jami L Josefson
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Wisconsin-Madison · Pediatrics (NIH department code, 1 award)
Daniel T. Robinson
Co-investigator on 5R01HD109260-04, led by Jami L Josefson
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Christopher Michael Warren
Co-investigator on 5R01AI180079-02, led by Ruchi S Gupta
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Melissa Bent
Co-investigator on 5P50FD007963-04, led by Juan Espinoza
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Yaniv Bar-Cohen
Co-investigator on 5P50FD007963-04, led by Juan Espinoza
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Elan Hope
Co-investigator on 5R01MD017610-03, led by Nia Jenee' Heard-Garris
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Hayk Barseghyan
Co-investigator on 5R01CA288496-03, led by Miriam A. Bornhorst
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Luc Mertens
Co-investigator on 1R01HL176603-01A1, led by Pei-Ni Jone; 3R01HL176603-01A1S1, led by Pei-Ni Jone
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Michael Markl
Co-investigator on 1R01HL176603-01A1, led by Pei-Ni Jone; 3R01HL176603-01A1S1, led by Pei-Ni Jone
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Northwestern University · Radiology (NIH department code, 2 awards)