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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Genetics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

Funding
$48.2M
$48,207,427
Awards
62
FY2025 NIH awards in Genetics
Principal investigators
72
43 lead a grant here, 29 co-investigators
Department rank
#1
of 54 · 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

43 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. Melissa A Haendel

    Leads 2 awards · $6,569,987

  2. Jason Louis Stein

    Leads 4 awards · $5,782,394

    • 1OT2OD040436-01Department: NIH department code
      Modeling autism-associated gene-by-environment interactions in human brain organoids

      Principal investigators: Jason Louis Stein (contact PI), Joseph Piven

      $3,934,201
      award amount
    • 5U01AG088667-02Department: NIH department code
      AD GxE: In vivo and in vitro modeling of gene x environment interactions
      $737,826
      award amount
    • 5R01MH130441-03Department: NIH department code
      IBIS-iPSC: Organoid modeling of cortical surface area hyperexpansion in autism spectrum disorder
      $606,258
      award amount
    • 5R01MH122509-05Department: 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

      $504,109
      award amount

  3. Jonathan S Berg

    Leads 2 awards · $5,703,684

    • 5U24HG009650-09Department: NIH department code
      The Clinical Genome Resource – Advancing genomic medicine through biocuration and expert assessment of genes and variants at scale
      $4,838,071
      award amount
    • 5R01HG012271-04Department: 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

      $865,613
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R25HG012219-04, led by Folami Ideraabdullah.

  4. Samir Kelada

    Leads 3 awards · $4,390,862

    • 1R01ES036998-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Discovery of Gene-by-Air Pollution Interactions in Respiratory Disease using Genetically Diverse Mice with Validation in Humans
      $3,082,011
      award amount
    • 1R01ES036228-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Genetic mechanisms underlying maladaptive respiratory responses to air pollution
      $671,165
      award amount
    • 5R01ES034260-04Department: NIH department code
      Regulatory Genomics of Ozone Air Pollution Response in Vitro and In Vivo

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

      $637,686
      award amount

  5. Hyejung Won

    Leads 2 awards · $3,032,931

    • 5UM1HG012003-05Department: NIH department code
      Systematic in vivo characterization of disease-associated regulatory variants

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

      $1,811,655
      award amount
    • 1R61AG094646-01Department: NIH department code
      In vivo single-cell analysis of Alzheimer's disease-associated regulatory elements

      Principal investigators: Hyejung Won (contact PI), Bing Yao

      $1,221,276
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01MH122509-05, led by Jason Louis Stein.

  6. Yun Li

    Leads 3 awards · $2,323,569

    • 5R01AG079291-03Department: NIH department code
      Study of Selective Cell and System Vulnerability in Alzheimer's Disease

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

      $1,284,439
      award amount
    • 5U01HG011720-05Department: NIH department code
      Polygenic risk scores for cardiometabolic disorders: the role of blood cells immune response and evolutionary adaptation

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

      $947,656
      award amount
    • 3R01AG079291-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Administrative Supplement: Enhancing cell-type-specific inference with millions of snRNA-seq and deep learning methods

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

      $91,474
      award amount

  7. Karen L. Mohlke

    Leads 2 awards · $2,182,626

    • 1RC2DK144819-01Department: NIH department code
      Resources to interpret genetic signals and multi-tissue mechanisms for type 2 diabetes and related traits

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

      $1,620,238
      award amount
    • 5R01DK093757-12Department: NIH department code
      Genetic epidemiology of rare and regulatory variants for metabolic traits
      $562,388
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5UM1HG012003-05, led by Hyejung Won; 5R01ES034260-04, led by Samir Kelada.

  8. Jenny P Ting

    Leads 3 awards · $2,115,212

    • 5R35CA232109-07Department: NIH department code
      Intracellular Innate Immune Receptors in Cancer Suppression and Immunotherapy
      $925,890
      award amount
    • 5R01AI158314-04Department: NIH department code
      Role and Mitigation of Inflammasomes and Inflammation During COVID-19

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

      $617,741
      award amount
    • 5R01AI029564-32Department: NIH department code
      Molecular and Functional Analysis of Innate Immune Receptors
      $571,581
      award amount

  9. Patrick F Sullivan

    Leads 2 awards · $1,442,239

    • 5R01MH130671-03Department: NIH department code
      1/3 Sequencing and Trans-Diagnostic Phenotyping of Severe Mental Illness in Diverse Populations
      $723,120
      award amount
    • 5R01MH124871-05Department: NIH department code
      1/7 PGC: Advancing Discovery and Impact

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

      $719,119
      award amount

  10. Jeff J. Sekelsky

    Leads 2 awards · $1,292,417

    • 2T32GM135128-06Department: NIH department code
      NRSA in Genetics

      Principal investigators: Jeff J. Sekelsky (contact PI), Daniel J McKay

      $747,631
      award amount
    • 5R35GM118127-10Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of meiotic and mitotic recombination
      $544,786
      award amount

  11. Charles M Perou

    Leads 2 awards · $1,053,179

    • 1U01CA289839-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the molecular mechanisms of metastasis organ tropism

      Principal investigators: Charles M Perou (contact PI), Lisa A Carey

      $639,882
      award amount
    • 5R01CA148761-15Department: NIH department code
      Therapeutic Targeting of Breast Cancer Tumor Initiating Cells

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

      $413,297
      award amount

  12. Laura M Raffield

    Leads 1 award · $735,074

    • 5R01AG075884-04Department: NIH department code
      Immune Cells in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in the Jackson Heart Study
      $735,074
      award amount

  13. A. Gregory Matera

    Leads 1 award · $725,271

    • 2R35GM136435-06Department: NIH department code
      Role of histone PTMs in epigenetic control of metazoan transcription and RNA processing
      $725,271
      award amount

  14. Michael Isaiah Love

    Leads 1 award · $638,112

    • 2R01HG009937-07Department: NIH department code
      A Modular Framework for Accurate, Interpretable, and Reproducible Analysis of Long Read RNA-Seq Data

      Principal investigators: Michael Isaiah Love (contact PI), Robert Patro

      $638,112
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5UM1HG012003-05, led by Hyejung Won.

  15. William Valdar

    Leads 2 awards · $630,440

    • 5R35GM127000-08Department: NIH department code
      Statistical Modeling of Multiparental and Genetic Reference Populations
      $364,715
      award amount
    • 5T32GM135123-05Department: NIH department code
      Predoctoral Training Program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

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

      $265,725
      award amount

  16. Jeremy Purvis

    Leads 1 award · $621,861

  17. Jeremy R Wang

    Leads 1 award · $598,403

    • 5R01CA293366-02Department: NIH department code
      Characterization of Diverse Pediatric Cancers in LMIC Using Low-Cost Nanopore Sequencing

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

      $598,403
      award amount

  18. James Joseph Crowley

    Leads 2 awards · $584,352

    • 5U01MH125050-05Department: NIH department code
      1/2 Trans-ancestry genomic analysis of obsessive-compulsive disorder

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

      $386,089
      award amount
    • 5R01MH124675-05Department: NIH department code
      2/2 Rare Genetic Variation and Risk for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
      $198,263
      award amount

  19. Frank Leo Conlon

    Leads 1 award · $566,508

    • 5R01HL165785-04Department: 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

      $566,508
      award amount

  20. Robert J Duronio

    Leads 1 award · $559,493

    • 5R35GM145258-04Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic Control of the Cell Cycle During Animal Development
      $559,493
      award amount

  21. Sabrina Toro

    Leads 1 award · $530,528

    • 5R24ES036130-02Department: NIH department code
      Advancing a community-led zebrafish toxicology phenotype atlas

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

      $530,528
      award amount

  22. Christoph Daniel Rau

    Leads 1 award · $489,859

    • 5R01HL162636-03Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Role of Multinuclearity in Healthy and Diseased Mammalian Cardiomyocytes
      $489,859
      award amount

  23. Shawn Cameron Ahmed

    Leads 1 award · $487,001

    • 5R01ES035777-02Department: NIH department code
      Telomere uncapping epigenetically reprograms a stress response and longevity pathway
      $487,001
      award amount

  24. Qingyun Liu

    Leads 1 award · $466,500

    • 1DP2AI192739-01Department: NIH department code
      Population Genomics-Guided Dissection of the Bacterial Genetic Basis of Tuberculosis Transmissibility
      $466,500
      award amount

  25. Terrence S. Furey

    Leads 1 award · $459,943

    • 5R01DK138462-02Department: 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

  26. Daniel J McKay

    Leads 1 award · $457,926

    • 5R35GM128851-08Department: NIH department code
      Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of developmental gene regulation
      $457,926
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2T32GM135128-06, led by Jeff J. Sekelsky.

  27. Jesse R. Raab

    Leads 2 awards · $448,248

    • 5R35GM147286-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of SWI/SNF complex assembly and function
      $388,750
      award amount
    • 3R35GM147286-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of SWI/SNF complex assembly and function
      $59,498
      award amount

  28. Jin Peng Szatkiewicz

    Leads 1 award · $432,501

    • 5R01MH134039-02Department: 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

      $432,501
      award amount

  29. Daniel R Schrider

    Leads 1 award · $422,533

    • 2R35GM138286-06Department: NIH department code
      Advancing evolutionary genetics through deep learning
      $422,533
      award amount

  30. Yuliya Pylayeva-Gupta

    Leads 1 award · $417,022

    • 5R37CA230786-07Department: NIH department code
      Function of IL35+ B cells in pancreatic cancer
      $417,022
      award amount

  31. Parul Johri

    Leads 1 award · $388,750

    • 5R35GM154969-02Department: NIH department code
      Jointly modeling the effects of evolutionary processes on genomic variation
      $388,750
      award amount

  32. Wonho Kim

    Leads 1 award · $388,750

    • 5R35GM155096-02Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the Stepwise Regulatory Mechanisms of Genome Folding
      $388,750
      award amount

  33. Katherine A. Hoadley

    Leads 1 award · $362,166

    • 5U24CA264021-05Department: NIH department code
      Specialized RNA analysis center for integrative genomic analyses

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

      $362,166
      award amount

  34. Folami Ideraabdullah

    Leads 1 award · $321,084

    • 5R25HG012219-04Department: 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

  35. Mark T Heise

    Leads 1 award · $249,505

    • 5T32AI007419-33Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Biology of Viral Diseases Predoctoral Training Grant

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

      $249,505
      award amount

  36. Mark Stephen Geisler

    Leads 1 award · $49,538

    • 5F31HD113267-03Department: NIH department code
      The Mute button: Turning down the volume of histone expression
      $49,538
      award amount

  37. Ana Ericka Berglind

    Leads 1 award · $45,058

    • 5F99NS139548-02Department: NIH department code
      Discovery and functional characterization of somatic variation in intractable focal epilepsy
      $45,058
      award amount

  38. Nina Nishiyama

    Leads 1 award · $42,574

    • 5F31DK137574-02Department: 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

  39. Seyoun Byun

    Leads 1 award · $41,355

    • 5F31AR083722-02Department: NIH department code
      The effect of genetic variation on mRNA splicing in chondrocytes responding to cartilage matrix damage
      $41,355
      award amount

  40. Kylie Rene Vandermolen

    Leads 1 award · $40,828

    • 1F31HD118776-01Department: NIH department code
      Uncovering the role of RFT1 in growth and developmental signaling
      $40,828
      award amount

  41. Jayna Nicholas

    Leads 1 award · $40,752

    • 1F31HL176194-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Cross-Ancestry Comparison of Aptamer and Antibody Proteomics Measures
      $40,752
      award amount

  42. Sarah Ann Lester

    Leads 1 award · $40,628

    • 5F31HL176167-02Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the Genetic Contributions to Variation in Ozone Exposure Response
      $40,628
      award amount

  43. Katherine Camille Barnett

    Leads 1 award · $35,764

    • 5K99AI175479-02Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Pathologic Inflammasome Responses to SARS-CoV-2
      $35,764
      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.