FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Obstetrics & Gynecology at Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
- 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.
Mazhar Adli
Leads 2 awards · $2,290,699
- 5UM1HG012649-05Department: NIH department codeMolecular and cellular characterization of essential human genes.
Principal investigators: Mazhar Adli (contact PI), Feng Yue, Paul W. Burridge
$1,612,686award amount - 5R01HD117479-02Department: NIH department codeModeling and Characterizing the Genomic Consequences of MED12 Mutations in Uterine Fibroids$678,013award amount
Serdar E. Bulun
Leads 4 awards · $2,258,110
- 5R01DK139052-03Department: NIH department codeSkeletal Muscle Fibrosis and Progesterone Receptor
Principal investigators: Serdar E. Bulun (contact PI), Hong Zhao
$657,971award amount - 5R01CA298456-02Department: NIH department codeThe STAT3 Pathway in Uterine Leiomyoma: A Therapeutic Target
Principal investigators: Serdar E. Bulun (contact PI), Ping Yin, Thomas G Boyer
$651,337award amount - 5R01ES034753-04Department: NIH department codeEnvironmental Pollutants and AHR pathway in Uterine Leiomyoma
Principal investigators: Serdar E. Bulun (contact PI), Ping Yin
$608,603award amount - 5K12HD050121-22Department: NIH department codeResearch Career Development in Obstetrics and Gynecology$340,199award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5R01HD113891-03, led by Debabrata Chakravarti; 4R01AG079419-02, led by Hong Zhao.
Betina Yanez
Leads 1 award · $1,930,673
- 5U19CA291404-03Department: NIH department codeAdvancing 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)
$1,930,673award amount
Marquita W. Lewis
Leads 1 award · $1,930,673
- 5U19CA291404-03Department: NIH department codeAdvancing 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)
$1,930,673award amount
Melissa A. Simon
Leads 1 award · $1,930,673
- 5U19CA291404-03Department: NIH department codeAdvancing 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)
$1,930,673award amount
Debabrata Chakravarti
Leads 2 awards · $1,336,391
- 1R01HD122913-01Department: NIH department codeMechanistic investigation of transcriptional and epigenome dysregulation in leiomyomas/uterine fibroids
Principal investigators: Debabrata Chakravarti (contact PI), James Brandon Parker
$684,253award amount - 5R01HD113891-03Department: NIH department codeRoles of GATA Transcription Factors in Endometriosis
Principal investigators: Debabrata Chakravarti (contact PI), James Brandon Parker, Serdar E. Bulun
$652,138award amount
Lynn M Yee
Leads 2 awards · $988,464
- 5R01MD020130-03Department: NIH department codePartnering with Antenatal Navigators to Transform Health in Pregnancy (PATH)$665,939award amount
- 5UG1HD040512-27Department: NIH department codeMaternal Fetal Medicine Units Network - Northwestern Study Center$322,525award amount
Francesca E. Duncan
Leads 3 awards · $850,000
- 1R21HD121240-01Department: NIH department codeOvarian somatic organoids as a drug discovery model for reproductive longevity$440,000award amount
- 1R56AG101802-01Department: NIH department codeDysregulated ovulatory debris clearance as a driver of ovarian fibroinflammaging
Principal investigators: Francesca E. Duncan (contact PI), Aubrey Converse
$400,000award amount - 5R13HD113376-04Department: NIH department codeUpper Midwest Summit for Reproductive Science$10,000award amount
Emma Barber
Leads 1 award · $716,390
- 5R01AG081291-04Department: NIH department codePATIENT-TAILORED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTERVENTION AMONG OLDER WOMEN WITH GYNECOLOGIC CANCERS UNDERGOING CHEMOTHERAPY (FIT4TREATMENT)$716,390award amount
Hong Zhao
Leads 1 award · $647,479
- 4R01AG079419-02Department: NIH department codeEstrogen, Astrocyte Reactivity, and Sex Differences in Alzheimer's Disease
Principal investigators: Hong Zhao (contact PI), Hongxin Dong, Serdar E. Bulun
$647,479award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5R01DK139052-03, led by Serdar E. Bulun.
Ji-Yong Julie Kim
Leads 1 award · $216,532
- 5T32HD094699-07Department: NIH department codeNorthwestern Center for Reproductive Science Predoctoral Training Program in Reproductive Science, Medicine, and Technology$216,532award amount
Anna Heinrich
Leads 1 award · $45,327
- 1F31HD121348-01Department: NIH department codeThe requirement and function of metabolic activity in cumulus cells during late stages of ovulation.$45,327award amount
Prianka Huque Hashim
Leads 1 award · $45,327
- 5F31HD117521-02Department: NIH department codeActive surveillance of oocyte quality is moderated by the cGAS-STING pathway$45,327award 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
- Northwestern University · Biochemistry (NIH department code, 2 awards)
Paul W. Burridge
Co-investigator on 5UM1HG012649-05, led by Mazhar Adli
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Northwestern University · Pharmacology (NIH department code, 1 award)
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
- UT Health Science Center Houston · Genetics (NIH department code, 2 awards)
Hongxin Dong
Co-investigator on 4R01AG079419-02, led by Hong Zhao
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Northwestern University · Psychiatry (NIH department code, 1 award)
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.