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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Obstetrics & Gynecology at Northwestern University

Chicago, IL

Funding
$11.3M
$11,325,392
Awards
19
FY2026 NIH awards in Obstetrics & Gynecology
Principal investigators
20
13 lead a grant here, 7 co-investigators
Department rank
#8
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 Obstetrics & Gynecology row of the Northwestern University page.

Leads a grant in this department

13 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. Mazhar Adli

    Leads 2 awards · $2,290,699

    • 5UM1HG012649-05Department: NIH department code
      Molecular and cellular characterization of essential human genes.

      Principal investigators: Mazhar Adli (contact PI), Feng Yue, Paul W. Burridge

      $1,612,686
      award amount
    • 5R01HD117479-02Department: NIH department code
      Modeling and Characterizing the Genomic Consequences of MED12 Mutations in Uterine Fibroids
      $678,013
      award amount
  2. Serdar E. Bulun

    Leads 4 awards · $2,258,110

    • 5R01DK139052-03Department: NIH department code
      Skeletal Muscle Fibrosis and Progesterone Receptor

      Principal investigators: Serdar E. Bulun (contact PI), Hong Zhao

      $657,971
      award amount
    • 5R01CA298456-02Department: NIH department code
      The STAT3 Pathway in Uterine Leiomyoma: A Therapeutic Target

      Principal investigators: Serdar E. Bulun (contact PI), Ping Yin, Thomas G Boyer

      $651,337
      award amount
    • 5R01ES034753-04Department: NIH department code
      Environmental Pollutants and AHR pathway in Uterine Leiomyoma

      Principal investigators: Serdar E. Bulun (contact PI), Ping Yin

      $608,603
      award amount
    • 5K12HD050121-22Department: NIH department code
      Research Career Development in Obstetrics and Gynecology
      $340,199
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01HD113891-03, led by Debabrata Chakravarti; 4R01AG079419-02, led by Hong Zhao.

  3. Betina Yanez

    Leads 1 award · $1,930,673

    • 5U19CA291404-03Department: NIH department code
      Advancing Cancer Control Engaged Research Through Transformative Solutions in Patient Navigation (ACCERT PN)

      Principal investigators: Betina Yanez (contact PI), Marquita W. Lewis (contact PI), Melissa A. Simon (contact PI)

      $1,930,673
      award amount
  4. Marquita W. Lewis

    Leads 1 award · $1,930,673

    • 5U19CA291404-03Department: NIH department code
      Advancing Cancer Control Engaged Research Through Transformative Solutions in Patient Navigation (ACCERT PN)

      Principal investigators: Betina Yanez (contact PI), Marquita W. Lewis (contact PI), Melissa A. Simon (contact PI)

      $1,930,673
      award amount
  5. Melissa A. Simon

    Leads 1 award · $1,930,673

    • 5U19CA291404-03Department: NIH department code
      Advancing Cancer Control Engaged Research Through Transformative Solutions in Patient Navigation (ACCERT PN)

      Principal investigators: Betina Yanez (contact PI), Marquita W. Lewis (contact PI), Melissa A. Simon (contact PI)

      $1,930,673
      award amount
  6. Debabrata Chakravarti

    Leads 2 awards · $1,336,391

  7. Lynn M Yee

    Leads 2 awards · $988,464

    • 5R01MD020130-03Department: NIH department code
      Partnering with Antenatal Navigators to Transform Health in Pregnancy (PATH)
      $665,939
      award amount
    • 5UG1HD040512-27Department: NIH department code
      Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network - Northwestern Study Center
      $322,525
      award amount
  8. Francesca E. Duncan

    Leads 3 awards · $850,000

    • 1R21HD121240-01Department: NIH department code
      Ovarian somatic organoids as a drug discovery model for reproductive longevity
      $440,000
      award amount
    • 1R56AG101802-01Department: NIH department code
      Dysregulated ovulatory debris clearance as a driver of ovarian fibroinflammaging

      Principal investigators: Francesca E. Duncan (contact PI), Aubrey Converse

      $400,000
      award amount
    • 5R13HD113376-04Department: NIH department code
      Upper Midwest Summit for Reproductive Science
      $10,000
      award amount
  9. Emma Barber

    Leads 1 award · $716,390

    • 5R01AG081291-04Department: NIH department code
      PATIENT-TAILORED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTERVENTION AMONG OLDER WOMEN WITH GYNECOLOGIC CANCERS UNDERGOING CHEMOTHERAPY (FIT4TREATMENT)
      $716,390
      award amount
  10. Hong Zhao

    Leads 1 award · $647,479

    • 4R01AG079419-02Department: NIH department code
      Estrogen, Astrocyte Reactivity, and Sex Differences in Alzheimer's Disease

      Principal investigators: Hong Zhao (contact PI), Hongxin Dong, Serdar E. Bulun

      $647,479
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DK139052-03, led by Serdar E. Bulun.

  11. Ji-Yong Julie Kim

    Leads 1 award · $216,532

    • 5T32HD094699-07Department: NIH department code
      Northwestern Center for Reproductive Science Predoctoral Training Program in Reproductive Science, Medicine, and Technology
      $216,532
      award amount
  12. Anna Heinrich

    Leads 1 award · $45,327

    • 1F31HD121348-01Department: NIH department code
      The requirement and function of metabolic activity in cumulus cells during late stages of ovulation.
      $45,327
      award amount
  13. Prianka Huque Hashim

    Leads 1 award · $45,327

    • 5F31HD117521-02Department: NIH department code
      Active surveillance of oocyte quality is moderated by the cGAS-STING pathway
      $45,327
      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.

  • Feng Yue

    Co-investigator on 5UM1HG012649-05, led by Mazhar Adli

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Paul W. Burridge

    Co-investigator on 5UM1HG012649-05, led by Mazhar Adli

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • James Brandon Parker

    Co-investigator on 1R01HD122913-01, led by Debabrata Chakravarti; 5R01HD113891-03, led by Debabrata Chakravarti

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Ping Yin

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA298456-02, led by Serdar E. Bulun; 5R01ES034753-04, led by Serdar E. Bulun

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Thomas G Boyer

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA298456-02, led by Serdar E. Bulun

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Hongxin Dong

    Co-investigator on 4R01AG079419-02, led by Hong Zhao

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Aubrey Converse

    Co-investigator on 1R56AG101802-01, led by Francesca E. Duncan

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

Also counted toward Northwestern University in the Obstetrics & Gynecology ranking

Department rankings count awards at these organizations toward Northwestern University. With Northwestern University's own 19 awards (R&D contracts left out), they make up its ranking row: #8, $11,370,719, 20 awards. Each organization's page lists its investigators.