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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pediatrics at Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Funding
$30.2M
$30,189,546
Awards
51
FY2026 NIH awards in Pediatrics
Principal investigators
56
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.

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.

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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.

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. Kenneth Michelson

    Leads 1 award · $400,147

    • 5R01HD112321-04Department: investigator's affiliation
      Measuring and Mapping National Pediatric Acute Care Outcomes
      $400,147
      award amount

  23. 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

  24. Divakar Singh Mithal

    Leads 1 award · $225,180

    • 5K08NS135186-03Department: investigator's affiliation
      Mitochondrial Metabolic Regulation of GABAergic Interneurons
      $225,180
      award amount

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. 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

  34. 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

  35. 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

  36. 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

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. 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

  • Allison Kupsco

    Co-investigator on 1R01HD121455-01, led by Jennifer Jao

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Elaine Janine Abrams

    Co-investigator on 1R01HD121455-01, led by Jennifer Jao

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • 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

  • 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