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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pediatrics at University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, AL

Funding
$15.6M
$15,647,945
Awards
33
FY2026 NIH awards in Pediatrics
Principal investigators
32
26 lead a grant here, 6 co-investigators
Department rank
#31
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 University of Alabama at Birmingham page.

Leads a grant in this department

26 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. William Jarvis Britt

    Leads 2 awards · $2,493,559

    • 2R01AI089956-11Department: NIH department code
      Congenital CMV and CNS Infection Mechanisms of Protective Immunity
      $2,012,428
      award amount
    • 5R01AI173778-04Department: NIH department code
      Tegument Envelope Protein Interactions in CMV Envelopment
      $481,131
      award amount

  2. David W. Kimberlin

    Leads 1 award · $2,336,069

    • 1U01AI195199-01Department: NIH department code
      Congenital Syphilis Treatment Trial (CONSISTENT): Phase IV, Open-label, Randomized Controlled Trial of Amoxicillin vs Benzathine Penicillin in Neonates with Possible Congenital Syphilis

      Principal investigators: David W. Kimberlin (contact PI), Jodie Ann Dionne

      $2,336,069
      award amount

  3. Cassandra R. Newsom

    Leads 1 award · $2,161,158

  4. Waldemar A. Carlo Font

    Leads 3 awards · $932,016

    • 3UG1HD078437-14S1Department: NIH department code
      Interventions to Reduce Infant Mortality and Morbidity in Low Resource Settings
      $425,224
      award amount
    • 5UG1HD034216-31Department: NIH department code
      NICHD Neonatal Research Network Clinical Center UAB
      $326,700
      award amount
    • 5UG1HD078437-14Department: NIH department code
      Interventions to Reduce Infant Mortality and Morbidity in Low Resource Settings
      $180,092
      award amount

  5. Colm Peter Travers

    Leads 2 awards · $921,389

    • 1R01HL182817-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Darbepoetin Exposure and Preterm Respiratory Outcomes, Oscillometry, and Function Study (DarbE-PROOF Study)
      $754,328
      award amount
    • 5K23HL157618-05Department: NIH department code
      Non-invasive oscillometry to measure lung mechanics, response to treatments, and predict longer-term pulmonary outcomes among preterm infants: a prospective cohort study
      $167,061
      award amount

  6. Namasivayam Ambalavanan

    Leads 2 awards · $648,691

    • 5R01HL156275-04Department: NIH department code
      Let-7b in BPD
      $543,287
      award amount
    • 5UG1HD104251-04Department: NIH department code
      UAB Outcomes of Babies with Opioid Exposure (OBOE study)

      Principal investigators: Namasivayam Ambalavanan (contact PI), Ada Myriam Peralta-Carcelen

      $105,404
      award amount

  7. Byron Lai

    Leads 1 award · $640,699

    • 1R01HD120345-01Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging Extended Reality Exergaming and Telehealth to Improve Physical Activity and Health in Children with Disabilities
      $640,699
      award amount

  8. Emily Elizabeth Johnston

    Leads 1 award · $617,478

    • 5R37CA296615-02Department: NIH department code
      Quality of End-of-Life Care for Children with Cancer: A COG Observational Study
      $617,478
      award amount

  9. Ariel Salas

    Leads 2 awards · $600,140

    • 5R01HD117932-02Department: NIH department code
      A Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Two Human Milk Volumes to Optimize Growth and Gut Health in Infants Born Very Preterm
      $419,280
      award amount
    • 1R34HL183268-01Department: NIH department code
      High-energy human milk diets in the first two weeks after birth to reduce the severity of respiratory morbidity in extremely preterm infants
      $180,860
      award amount

  10. Julie Anna Wolfson

    Leads 1 award · $523,662

    • 5R01CA248439-06Department: NIH department code
      Predictors of Systemic Exposure to Oral 6MP During Maintenance in Adolescentsand Young Adults with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
      $523,662
      award amount

  11. Jegen Kandasamy

    Leads 1 award · $507,663

    • 5R01HL173194-03Department: NIH department code
      MTDNA HAPLOGROUPS IN BPD
      $507,663
      award amount

  12. Mohammad Athar

    Leads 1 award · $408,374

    • 1R21AR087354-01Department: NIH department code
      cGas-STING pathway based medical countermeasure for vesicant skin injury
      $408,374
      award amount

  13. Rintaro Hashizume

    Leads 1 award · $360,285

    • 5R01NS126513-05Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Transcriptional Elongation in Pediatric Glioma
      $360,285
      award amount

  14. Matthew Scott Alexander

    Leads 2 awards · $336,316

    • 5R21NS140497-02Department: NIH department code
      Dystrophin as a novel regulator of the circadian clock in skeletal muscle and the brain
      $187,316
      award amount
    • 1R03TR005967-01Department: NIH department code
      Molecular and therapeutic correction of XMEA using novel zebrafish and mouse models

      Principal investigators: Matthew Scott Alexander (contact PI), Michael Alonzo Lopez

      $149,000
      award amount

  15. Babajide Ojo

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00DK136971-04Department: NIH department code
      Dysregulation of Epithelial Metabolism and Regeneration by Sulfite Exposure in Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis
      $249,000
      award amount

  16. Kent Avery Willis

    Leads 1 award · $222,750

    • 1R03HL184975-01Department: NIH department code
      Trained immunity in group 2 innate lymphoid cells links neonatal to adult chronic lung disease.
      $222,750
      award amount

  17. Hope Wilson

    Leads 1 award · $195,711

    • 5K23HL175238-02Department: NIH department code
      Venous Thromboembolism: Enhancing Representation in Clinical Trials and Investigation of Sociodemographic and Clinical Factors Associated with Secondary Anticoagulation Use and Outcomes in Children
      $195,711
      award amount

  18. Vivek Vishwanath Shukla

    Leads 1 award · $186,250

    • 1R21NS151859-01Department: NIH department code
      Prediction of Risk of Infant Seizures using Machine Learning (PRISM)
      $186,250
      award amount

  19. Brittanny Polanka

    Leads 1 award · $178,632

    • 1K23HL183762-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Circadian Disruption and Disordered Sleep in Heart Failure Risk and Management among Rural Adults
      $178,632
      award amount

  20. Melissa Mannion

    Leads 1 award · $175,932

    • 5K23AR081410-04Department: NIH department code
      Developing a tool to support shared decision making in JIA between adolescents, parents, and providers
      $175,932
      award amount

  21. James D Odum

    Leads 1 award · $173,232

    • 1K08DK143346-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Renal endothelial cell signaling following viral priming in sepsis-associated acute kidney injury
      $173,232
      award amount

  22. Viral G Jain

    Leads 1 award · $171,095

    • 5K08HL171892-03Department: NIH department code
      IL17 mediates chorioamnionitis induced lung damage
      $171,095
      award amount

  23. Chinenye Rebecca Dike

    Leads 1 award · $171,056

    • 5K23HL173704-03Department: NIH department code
      A Double Blinded Randomized Feasibility Trial on the Use of Plant Based Omega-3-Fatty Acids (Flaxseed) to Improve Inflammation Driven Pain Outcomes in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia
      $171,056
      award amount

  24. Lece Webb

    Leads 1 award · $169,128

    • 1K23AI196266-01Department: NIH department code
      Understanding Barriers to Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Immunization Uptake in Children
      $169,128
      award amount

  25. Brandi Pernell

    Leads 1 award · $153,036

    • 5K23HL159280-05Department: NIH department code
      Promotion of Exclusive Breastfeeding in Children with Sickle Cell Disease for Improved Health Outcomes
      $153,036
      award amount

  26. Donna Murdaugh

    Leads 1 award · $114,624

    • 5K23MD017288-05Department: NIH department code
      Longitudinal study of cognitive remediation to prepare for transition of care in youth with sickle cell disease
      $114,624
      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.

  • Jodie Ann Dionne

    Co-investigator on 1U01AI195199-01, led by David W. Kimberlin

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Lea Georgette Yerby

    Co-investigator on 4U01DA055322-06, led by Cassandra R. Newsom

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

  • Rajesh K Kana

    Co-investigator on 4U01DA055322-06, led by Cassandra R. Newsom

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

  • Yanyu Xiong

    Co-investigator on 4U01DA055322-06, led by Cassandra R. Newsom

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

  • Michael Alonzo Lopez

    Co-investigator on 1R03TR005967-01, led by Matthew Scott Alexander

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Ada Myriam Peralta-Carcelen

    Co-investigator on 5UG1HD104251-04, led by Namasivayam Ambalavanan

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