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FY2024 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Genetics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

Funding
$42.6M
$42,593,062
Awards
77
FY2024 NIH awards in Genetics
Principal investigators
83
50 lead a grant here, 33 co-investigators
Department rank
#3
of 66 · 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 Genetics row of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill page.

Leads a grant in this department

50 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. Jonathan S Berg

    Leads 5 awards · $5,966,877

    • 5U24HG009650-08Department: NIH department code
      The Clinical Genome Resource – Advancing genomic medicine through biocuration and expert assessment of genes and variants at scale
      $4,836,893
      award amount
    • 5R01HG012271-03Department: NIH department code
      Age-based genomic screening in newborns, infants, and children: a novel paradigm in public health genomics

      Principal investigators: Jonathan S Berg (contact PI), Laura Vogel Milko

      $880,318
      award amount
    • 3U24HG009650-08S1Department: NIH department code
      Administrative Supplement: The Clinical Genome Resource - Advancing genomic medicine through biocuration and expert assessment of genes and variants at scale
      $143,979
      award amount
    • 3R01HG012271-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Age-based genomic screening in newborns, infants, and children: a novel paradigm in public health genomics

      Principal investigators: Jonathan S Berg (contact PI), Laura Vogel Milko

      $89,095
      award amount
    • 3R01HG012271-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Diversity Supplement: Age-based genomic screening in newborns, infants, and children: a novel paradigm in public health genomics

      Principal investigators: Jonathan S Berg (contact PI), Laura Vogel Milko

      $16,592
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R25HG012219-03, led by Folami Ideraabdullah.

  2. Melissa A Haendel

    Leads 3 awards · $3,669,368

  3. Karen L. Mohlke

    Leads 3 awards · $2,975,248

    • 5UM1DK126185-05Department: NIH department code
      Bridging the gap between type 2 diabetes GWAS and therapeutic targets

      Principal investigators: Karen L. Mohlke (contact PI), Anna Louise Gloyn, Melina C Claussnitzer, Stephen Cj Parker

      $1,767,978
      award amount
    • 2R01DK093757-11Department: NIH department code
      Genetic epidemiology of rare and regulatory variants for metabolic traits
      $638,741
      award amount
    • 5R01DK072193-18Department: NIH department code
      Targeted Genetic Analysis of T2D and Quantitative Traits
      $568,529
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5UM1HG012003-04, led by Hyejung Won; 5R01ES034260-03, led by Samir Kelada.

  4. Yun Li

    Leads 2 awards · $2,282,686

    • 5R01AG079291-02Department: NIH department code
      Study of Selective Cell and System Vulnerability in Alzheimer's Disease

      Principal investigators: Yun Li (contact PI), Li Gan, Yin Shen

      $1,320,382
      award amount
    • 5U01HG011720-04Department: NIH department code
      Polygenic risk scores and health disparities: the role of blood cells immune response and evolutionary adaptation

      Principal investigators: Yun Li (contact PI), Alexander P Reiner, Nancy J Cox

      $962,304
      award amount

  5. Patrick F Sullivan

    Leads 3 awards · $2,274,622

    • 5R01MH123724-05Department: NIH department code
      A Trans-Nordic Study of Extreme Major Depression
      $795,198
      award amount
    • 5R01MH130671-02Department: NIH department code
      1/3 Sequencing and Trans-Diagnostic Phenotyping of Severe Mental Illness in Diverse Populations
      $760,305
      award amount
    • 5R01MH124871-04Department: NIH department code
      1/7 PGC: Advancing Discovery and Impact

      Principal investigators: Patrick F Sullivan (contact PI), Cynthia M Bulik

      $719,119
      award amount

  6. Jason Louis Stein

    Leads 3 awards · $2,223,811

    • 5R01MH130441-02Department: NIH department code
      IBIS-iPSC: Organoid modeling of cortical surface area hyperexpansion in autism spectrum disorder
      $922,880
      award amount
    • 1U01AG088667-01Department: NIH department code
      AD GxE: In vivo and in vitro modeling of gene x environment interactions
      $763,225
      award amount
    • 5R01MH122509-04Department: NIH department code
      Discovery and validation of genetic variation impacting the gene regulatory landscape during human cortical development

      Principal investigators: Jason Louis Stein (contact PI), Hyejung Won

      $537,706
      award amount

  7. Jenny P Ting

    Leads 3 awards · $2,054,260

    • 5R35CA232109-06Department: NIH department code
      Intracellular Innate Immune Receptors in Cancer Suppression and Immunotherapy
      $879,456
      award amount
    • 5R01AI158314-03Department: NIH department code
      Role and Mitigation of Inflammasomes and Inflammation During COVID-19

      Principal investigators: Jenny P Ting (contact PI), Beverly H Koller

      $619,067
      award amount
    • 2R01AI029564-31A1Department: NIH department code
      Molecular and Functional Analysis of Innate Immune Receptors
      $555,737
      award amount

  8. Hyejung Won

    Leads 1 award · $1,811,656

    • 5UM1HG012003-04Department: NIH department code
      Systematic in vivo characterization of disease-associated regulatory variants

      Principal investigators: Hyejung Won (contact PI), Karen L. Mohlke, Michael Isaiah Love

      $1,811,656
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01MH122509-04, led by Jason Louis Stein.

  9. Laura M Raffield

    Leads 2 awards · $1,562,906

    • 1U01AG082042-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Proteomic biomarkers of incident cognitive impairment in Black and White adults

      Principal investigators: Laura M Raffield (contact PI), Nels C. Olson

      $805,230
      award amount
    • 5R01AG075884-03Department: NIH department code
      Immune Cells in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in the Jackson Heart Study
      $757,676
      award amount

  10. Jeff J. Sekelsky

    Leads 3 awards · $1,342,590

    • 5T32GM135128-05Department: NIH department code
      NRSA in Genetics
      $769,103
      award amount
    • 5R35GM118127-09Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of meiotic and mitotic recombination
      $544,786
      award amount
    • 3R35GM118127-09S1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of meiotic and mitotic recombination
      $28,701
      award amount

  11. Frank Leo Conlon

    Leads 2 awards · $1,081,185

    • 5R01HL165785-03Department: NIH department code
      Function and regulation of chromatin remodeling complexes in cardiac development and disease

      Principal investigators: Frank Leo Conlon (contact PI), Karl Bryan Shpargel

      $555,179
      award amount
    • 5R01HL156424-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism and Function of Cardiac Transcriptional Repression Networks
      $526,006
      award amount

  12. Mark T Heise

    Leads 2 awards · $964,619

    • 5R01AI157253-05Department: NIH department code
      Genetic Analysis of COVID-19 Susceptibility and Resistance Determinants in the Collaborative Cross

      Principal investigators: Mark T Heise (contact PI), Ralph S Baric

      $766,144
      award amount
    • 5T32AI007419-32Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Biology of Viral Diseases Predoctoral Training Grant

      Principal investigators: Mark T Heise (contact PI), Cary A Moody

      $198,475
      award amount

  13. Victoria L Bautch

    Leads 1 award · $903,848

    • 5R35HL139950-07Department: NIH department code
      MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CONTROL OF ANGIOGENESIS
      $903,848
      award amount

  14. Matthew H. Brush

    Leads 1 award · $878,642

  15. A. Gregory Matera

    Leads 1 award · $652,325

    • 5R35GM136435-05Department: NIH department code
      Ribonucleoprotein Biogenesis and Epigenetic Gene Regulation
      $652,325
      award amount

  16. Samir Kelada

    Leads 1 award · $639,545

    • 5R01ES034260-03Department: NIH department code
      Regulatory Genomics of Ozone Air Pollution Response in Vitro and In Vivo

      Principal investigators: Samir Kelada (contact PI), Karen L. Mohlke

      $639,545
      award amount

  17. William Valdar

    Leads 2 awards · $639,395

    • 5R35GM127000-07Department: NIH department code
      Statistical Modeling of Multiparental and Genetic Reference Populations
      $364,715
      award amount
    • 5T32GM135123-04Department: NIH department code
      Predoctoral Training Program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

      Principal investigators: William Valdar (contact PI), Timothy C Elston

      $274,680
      award amount

  18. Jeremy R Wang

    Leads 1 award · $627,939

    • 1R01CA293366-01Department: NIH department code
      Characterization of Diverse Pediatric Cancers in LMIC Using Low-Cost Nanopore Sequencing

      Principal investigators: Jeremy R Wang (contact PI), Javeria Aijaz, Thomas Blick Alexander

      $627,939
      award amount

  19. Jeremy Purvis

    Leads 1 award · $617,314

  20. Jin Peng Szatkiewicz

    Leads 1 award · $587,548

    • 1R01MH134039-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Integrating developmental and genomic approaches to identify early trajectories of eating and internalizing disorder symptoms

      Principal investigators: Jin Peng Szatkiewicz (contact PI), Nadia Micali

      $587,548
      award amount

  21. James Joseph Crowley

    Leads 3 awards · $576,641

    • 5U01MH125050-04Department: NIH department code
      1/2 Trans-ancestry genomic analysis of obsessive-compulsive disorder

      Principal investigators: James Joseph Crowley (contact PI), Manuel Mattheisen, Michele T Pato

      $362,266
      award amount
    • 5R01MH124675-04Department: NIH department code
      2/2 Rare Genetic Variation and Risk for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
      $194,375
      award amount
    • 1R13MH133380-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Annual Latin American Congress on OCD
      $20,000
      award amount

  22. Daniel J McKay

    Leads 2 awards · $559,609

    • 5R35GM128851-07Department: NIH department code
      Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of developmental gene regulation
      $457,926
      award amount
    • 3R35GM128851-07S1Department: NIH department code
      Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of developmental gene regulation
      $101,683
      award amount

  23. Sabrina Toro

    Leads 1 award · $553,708

    • 1R24ES036130-01Department: NIH department code
      Advancing a community-led zebrafish toxicology phenotype atlas

      Principal investigators: Sabrina Toro (contact PI), Alexa Burger

      $553,708
      award amount

  24. Robert J Duronio

    Leads 2 awards · $549,606

    • 5R35GM145258-03Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic Control of the Cell Cycle During Animal Development
      $482,513
      award amount
    • 3R35GM145258-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic Control of the Cell Cycle During Animal Development
      $67,093
      award amount

  25. Jesse R. Raab

    Leads 3 awards · $491,023

    • 5R35GM147286-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of SWI/SNF complex assembly and function
      $388,750
      award amount
    • 3R35GM147286-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of SWI/SNF complex assembly and function
      $82,440
      award amount
    • 3R35GM147286-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of SWI/SNF complex assembly and function
      $19,833
      award amount

  26. Shawn Cameron Ahmed

    Leads 1 award · $487,001

    • 1R01ES035777-01Department: NIH department code
      Telomere uncapping epigenetically reprograms a stress response and longevity pathway
      $487,001
      award amount

  27. Christoph Daniel Rau

    Leads 1 award · $485,927

    • 5R01HL162636-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Role of Multinuclearity in Healthy and Diseased Mammalian Cardiomyocytes
      $485,927
      award amount

  28. Terrence S. Furey

    Leads 1 award · $459,943

    • 1R01DK138462-01Department: NIH department code
      Multi-omic characterization of genetic variants in IBD risk loci

      Principal investigators: Terrence S. Furey (contact PI), Shehzad Z. Sheikh

      $459,943
      award amount

  29. Donita L Robinson

    Leads 1 award · $425,803

  30. Yuliya Pylayeva-Gupta

    Leads 1 award · $396,171

    • 4R37CA230786-06Department: NIH department code
      Function of IL35+ B cells in pancreatic cancer
      $396,171
      award amount

  31. Charles M Perou

    Leads 1 award · $392,632

    • 5R01CA148761-14Department: NIH department code
      Therapeutic Targeting of Breast Cancer Tumor Initiating Cells

      Principal investigators: Charles M Perou (contact PI), Jeffrey Mark Rosen

      $392,632
      award amount

  32. Parul Johri

    Leads 1 award · $388,750

    • 1R35GM154969-01Department: NIH department code
      Jointly modeling the effects of evolutionary processes on genomic variation
      $388,750
      award amount

  33. Wonho Kim

    Leads 1 award · $388,750

    • 1R35GM155096-01Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the Stepwise Regulatory Mechanisms of Genome Folding
      $388,750
      award amount

  34. Daniel R Schrider

    Leads 1 award · $385,822

    • 5R35GM138286-05Department: NIH department code
      Advancing evolutionary genetic inference in humans and other taxa
      $385,822
      award amount

  35. Ageliki Tsangaratou

    Leads 1 award · $378,288

    • 5R35GM138289-05Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic Regulation of Lineage Specification
      $378,288
      award amount

  36. Karl Bryan Shpargel

    Leads 1 award · $356,474

    • 5R01DE030530-04Department: NIH department code
      Enhancer activation mechanisms in cranial neural crest osteoblast differentiation
      $356,474
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01HL165785-03, led by Frank Leo Conlon.

  37. Katherine A. Hoadley

    Leads 1 award · $344,352

    • 5U24CA264021-04Department: NIH department code
      Specialized RNA analysis center for integrative genomic analyses

      Principal investigators: Katherine A. Hoadley (contact PI), David N Hayes

      $344,352
      award amount

  38. Folami Ideraabdullah

    Leads 1 award · $321,084

    • 5R25HG012219-03Department: NIH department code
      Educational Pathways to increase Diversity in Genomics (EDGE) at UNC Chapel Hill

      Principal investigators: Folami Ideraabdullah (contact PI), Jonathan S Berg

      $321,084
      award amount

  39. Terry R Magnuson

    Leads 1 award · $234,693

    • 3R01GM101974-35S1Department: NIH department code
      Albino Deletion Complex and Early Mouse Development
      $234,693
      award amount

  40. Beverly H Koller

    Leads 1 award · $194,375

    • 5R21AI174225-02Department: NIH department code
      Modeling the contribution of coronavirus cellular tropism to viral pathogenesis
      $194,375
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AI158314-03, led by Jenny P Ting.

  41. Katherine Camille Barnett

    Leads 1 award · $104,722

    • 1K99AI175479-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Pathologic Inflammasome Responses to SARS-CoV-2
      $104,722
      award amount

  42. Mark Stephen Geisler

    Leads 1 award · $48,974

    • 5F31HD113267-02Department: NIH department code
      The Mute button: Turning down the volume of histone expression
      $48,974
      award amount

  43. Gabrielle Alair Quickstad

    Leads 1 award · $43,374

    • 1F31DE033916-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the roles of the H3K4 methyltransferases KMT2C and KMT2D in chondrocyte differentiation and endochondral ossification
      $43,374
      award amount

  44. Nina Nishiyama

    Leads 1 award · $42,574

    • 1F31DK137574-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Using molecular quantitative trait loci mapping approaches to determine candidate gene regulatory mechanisms of functional variants within inflammatory bowel disease GWAS loci.
      $42,574
      award amount

  45. Ana Ericka Berglind

    Leads 1 award · $41,494

    • 1F99NS139548-01Department: NIH department code
      Discovery and functional characterization of somatic variation in intractable focal epilepsy
      $41,494
      award amount

  46. Jeanne-Marie McPherson

    Leads 1 award · $40,496

    • 5F31AG079632-02Department: NIH department code
      Interrogating the roles of canonical versus variant histone H3 in genome function during aging
      $40,496
      award amount

  47. Tarek M Zikry

    Leads 1 award · $40,488

    • 5F31HL156464-04Department: NIH department code
      Deep learning models to predict primitive streak formation in human development
      $40,488
      award amount

  48. Seyoun Byun

    Leads 1 award · $40,418

    • 1F31AR083722-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The effect of genetic variation on mRNA splicing in chondrocytes responding to cartilage matrix damage
      $40,418
      award amount

  49. Sarah Ann Lester

    Leads 1 award · $40,064

    • 1F31HL176167-01Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the Genetic Contributions to Variation in Ozone Exposure Response
      $40,064
      award amount

  50. Marielle Louise Bond

    Leads 1 award · $23,422

    • 5F31AG084224-02Department: NIH department code
      Cell-type Specific Interrogation of Variant Function in Alzheimer's Disease
      $23,422
      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.