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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Public Health at University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Funding
$20.6M
$20,585,260
Awards
18
FY2026 NIH awards in Public Health
Principal investigators
31
18 lead a grant here, 13 co-investigators
Department rank
#22
of 126 · 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 Public Health row of the University of Chicago page.

Leads a grant in this department

18 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. Elaina Harper

    Leads 1 award · $10,843,986

  2. James J. Dignam

    Leads 1 award · $10,843,986

  3. Mei-Yin C Polley

    Leads 1 award · $10,843,986

  4. Habibul Ahsan

    Leads 2 awards · $1,847,583

    Also a principal investigator on 5R25ES031873-07, led by Briseis A Aschebrook-Kilfoy.

  5. Briseis A Aschebrook-Kilfoy

    Leads 2 awards · $1,740,109

    Also a principal investigator on 3OT2OD036445-01S4, led by Habibul Ahsan.

  6. Brandon Lee Pierce

    Leads 3 awards · $1,701,866

    • 5U24CA313507-02Department: NIH department code
      A data resource for studying DNA methylation in diverse human tissue types

      Principal investigators: Brandon Lee Pierce (contact PI), Kristin Ardlie

      $820,941
      award amount
    • 5R01CA297773-02Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing cancer susceptibility mechanisms for TERT/CLPTM1L and other telomere-related regions

      Principal investigators: Brandon Lee Pierce (contact PI), Sara Lindstroem

      $445,780
      award amount
    • 1R21ES038615-01Department: NIH department code
      Quantifying cellular concentrations of arsenic species for risk assessment in human populations
      $435,145
      award amount

  7. Gokhan M. Mutlu

    Leads 1 award · $1,605,109

  8. Mallory Rachael Ward

    Leads 1 award · $1,605,109

  9. Richard D Minshall

    Leads 1 award · $1,605,109

  10. Brian C-H Chiu

    Leads 2 awards · $1,124,768

    • 5R01CA280637-04Department: NIH department code
      Integrating liquid biopsy-based epigenetic and imaging modalities to evaluate disease response in multiple myeloma

      Principal investigators: Brian C-H Chiu (contact PI), Benjamin Derman, Wei Zhang

      $643,069
      award amount
    • 1R01MD021741-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating novel epigenetic etiology of risk disparities in multiple myeloma

      Principal investigators: Brian C-H Chiu (contact PI), Wei Zhang

      $481,699
      award amount

  11. Joseph Dov Bruch

    Leads 1 award · $779,000

    • 1DP2AG109047-01Department: NIH department code
      The Impacts of Consultants on Financial, Operational, and Quality Outcomes in the U.S. Health System
      $779,000
      award amount

  12. Donald Hedeker

    Leads 1 award · $607,260

    • 5R01CA240713-07Department: NIH department code
      Novel Statistical Models for Intensive Longitudinal Analyses of Cancer Control Behaviors

      Principal investigators: Donald Hedeker (contact PI), Genevieve Fridlund Dunton

      $607,260
      award amount

  13. Rita Tamara Konetzka

    Leads 1 award · $597,239

    • 1R01AG103064-01Department: NIH department code
      IRF Utilization and Outcomes for Older Adult Patients with and without Dementia
      $597,239
      award amount

  14. Dezheng Huo

    Leads 1 award · $484,714

    • 5R01CA228198-08Department: NIH department code
      Polygenic Risk Prediction of Breast Cancer for Women of African Descent
      $484,714
      award amount

  15. Lin Chen

    Leads 1 award · $437,941

    • 5R01GM154421-03Department: NIH department code
      Integrative multivariate association and genomic analyses
      $437,941
      award amount

  16. Guihong Wan

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00CA286966-03Department: NIH department code
      Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Melanoma Recurrence Prediction via Integrative Modeling of Multiplexed Imaging with Transcriptomics and Histopathology
      $249,000
      award amount

  17. Aresha Maree Martinez-Cardoso

    Leads 1 award · $125,321

    • 5K01MD019318-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating housing, education, and employment conditions and maternal and child health outcomes: a geospatial and data science approach
      $125,321
      award amount

  18. Jincong Q. Freeman

    Leads 1 award · $46,473

    • 1F31CA301846-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The impact of hearing and vestibular problems on physical function, psychosocial well-being, and survival outcomes among breast cancer survivors
      $46,473
      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.

  • Greg Yothers

    Co-investigator on 2U10CA180822-12, led by Elaina Harper and James J. Dignam and Mei-Yin C Polley

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

  • Gail S Prins

    Co-investigator on 5P30ES027792-09, led by Briseis A Aschebrook-Kilfoy and Gokhan M. Mutlu and Mallory Rachael Ward and Richard D Minshall

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

  • Amber Pirzada

    Co-investigator on 3OT2OD036445-01S4, led by Habibul Ahsan

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

  • Joyce Ho

    Co-investigator on 3OT2OD036445-01S4, led by Habibul Ahsan

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

  • Martha L Daviglus

    Co-investigator on 3OT2OD036445-01S4, led by Habibul Ahsan

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Muhammad Kibriya

    Co-investigator on 3OT2OD036445-01S4, led by Habibul Ahsan

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

  • Philip Greenland

    Co-investigator on 3OT2OD036445-01S4, led by Habibul Ahsan

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

  • Wei Zhang

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA280637-04, led by Brian C-H Chiu; 1R01MD021741-01A1, led by Brian C-H Chiu

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

  • Kristin Ardlie

    Co-investigator on 5U24CA313507-02, led by Brandon Lee Pierce

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Benjamin Derman

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA280637-04, led by Brian C-H Chiu

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

  • Genevieve Fridlund Dunton

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA240713-07, led by Donald Hedeker

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Sara Lindstroem

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA297773-02, led by Brandon Lee Pierce

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Rubhana Raqib

    Co-investigator on 5U2RTW010122-10, led by Habibul Ahsan

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads