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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pediatrics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

Funding
$20.3M
$20,287,958
Awards
37
FY2026 NIH awards in Pediatrics
Principal investigators
50
35 lead a grant here, 15 co-investigators
Department rank
#29
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 North Carolina at Chapel Hill page.

Leads a grant in this department

35 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. Toni Darville

    Leads 1 award · $1,888,917

    • 5U01AI182180-03Department: NIH department code
      Development of a recombinant protein vaccine for Chlamydia trachomatis

      Principal investigators: Toni Darville (contact PI), Aaron P Esser-Kahn, Jeff C Fairman

      $1,888,917
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AI170959-03, led by Catherine Mary O'Connell.

  2. Michelle Hernandez

    Leads 2 awards · $1,852,980

    • 5K12TR004416-04Department: NIH department code
      CTSA K12 Program at UNC

      Principal investigators: Michelle Hernandez (contact PI), Jonathan J Juliano

      $1,619,730
      award amount
    • 5R34HL179910-02Department: NIH department code
      Rescue anakinra treatment for moderate asthma attacks
      $233,250
      award amount

  3. Catherine Mary O'Connell

    Leads 3 awards · $1,666,356

    • 1R01AI192677-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Uncovering Molecular Markers of Protection and Disease in Chlamydial Infections for Vaccine Development

      Principal investigators: Catherine Mary O'Connell (contact PI), Xiaojing Zheng

      $753,256
      award amount
    • 5R01AI170959-03Department: NIH department code
      Natural History of Chlamydia trachomatis genital tract infection in women

      Principal investigators: Catherine Mary O'Connell (contact PI), Toni Darville

      $679,850
      award amount
    • 1R21AI199575-01Department: NIH department code
      Developing probe-based transcriptional profiling of mucosal infections in humans
      $233,250
      award amount

  4. Johanna M Smeekens

    Leads 1 award · $1,463,898

  5. Ilona Jaspers

    Leads 2 awards · $1,277,149

    • 5R01HL171967-03Department: NIH department code
      Health effects of cannabidiol vaping products
      $667,046
      award amount
    • 5R01ES036209-03Department: NIH department code
      Effects of wildfire smoke on respiratory antiviral defense responses

      Principal investigators: Ilona Jaspers (contact PI), Meghan Elizabeth Rebuli (contact PI)

      $610,103
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32ES007126-44, led by Bernard E. Weissman and Meghan Elizabeth Rebuli.

  6. Corinne Keet

    Leads 2 awards · $1,255,601

    • 5R01AI179774-03Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Food Sensitization in Cardiovascular Disease

      Principal investigators: Corinne Keet (contact PI), Jeffrey M Wilson

      $802,543
      award amount
    • 3R01AI179774-03S1Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Food Sensitization in Cardiovascular Disease

      Principal investigators: Corinne Keet (contact PI), Jeffrey M Wilson

      $453,058
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5U01AI182033-03, led by Edwin Kim.

  7. Meghan Elizabeth Rebuli

    Leads 2 awards · $1,183,832

  8. Brian M Button

    Leads 1 award · $1,166,250

  9. Martina Gentzsch

    Leads 1 award · $1,166,250

  10. Scott H Donaldson

    Leads 1 award · $1,166,250

  11. Scott H Randell

    Leads 1 award · $1,166,250

  12. Melissa Schweikhart Bauserman

    Leads 2 awards · $761,701

    • 3UG1HD076465-14S1Department: NIH department code
      The University of North Carolina-Kinshasa School of Public Health Research Partnership in the Democratic Republic of Congo; a Model for Improving Women's and Children's Health Through Research
      $629,137
      award amount
    • 5UG1HD076465-14Department: NIH department code
      The University of North Carolina-Kinshasa School of Public Health Research Partnership in the Democratic Republic of Congo; a Model for Improving Women's and Children's Health Through Research
      $132,564
      award amount

  13. Michael David Kulis

    Leads 1 award · $755,684

    • 1R01AI195954-01Department: NIH department code
      Adjuvanted Peptide-Displaying VLPs for Treating Peanut Allergy
      $755,684
      award amount

  14. Nancie MacIver

    Leads 1 award · $753,296

    • 5R01DK139107-02Department: NIH department code
      Identifying mechanisms by which metformin regulates T cell responses in obesity
      $753,296
      award amount

  15. Misty L Good

    Leads 1 award · $725,184

    • 5DP1DK140012-03Department: NIH department code
      Reprogramming intestinal immunity in preterm neonates to prevent and cure necrotizing enterocolitis
      $725,184
      award amount

  16. Samantha S Schilling

    Leads 1 award · $659,672

    • 5R01DK140178-03Department: NIH department code
      A type I hybrid effectiveness-implementation study of a parent-centered tool to promote shared decision-making in hypospadias care
      $659,672
      award amount

  17. Chengwen Li

    Leads 1 award · $622,925

    • 5R01AI168242-05Department: NIH department code
      Novel strategy to block Nabs for AAV gene delivery

      Principal investigators: Chengwen Li (contact PI), Timothy Charles Nichols

      $622,925
      award amount

  18. Matthew R Vogt

    Leads 1 award · $611,746

    • 5R01AI169461-05Department: NIH department code
      Human Antibody Cross-Reactivity in Non-Polio Enteroviruses
      $611,746
      award amount

  19. Bernard E. Weissman

    Leads 1 award · $573,729

  20. Erin J Plosa

    Leads 1 award · $553,153

    • 7R01HL163195-05Department: NIH department code
      Integrins in the Developing Lung
      $553,153
      award amount

  21. Timothy Moran

    Leads 1 award · $467,385

    • 5R01ES032544-05Department: NIH department code
      Role of the indoor exposome in peanut allergy development
      $467,385
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01AI192829-01A1, led by Johanna M Smeekens.

  22. Samuel Matthew Young

    Leads 1 award · $439,588

    • 1R21NS149682-01Department: NIH department code
      Development of Gene Therapy Approaches to Cerebellar CACNA1A disorders

      Principal investigators: Samuel Matthew Young (contact PI), Jeffrey Noebels

      $439,588
      award amount

  23. Ian J Davis

    Leads 1 award · $422,129

    • 5R01CA276663-04Department: NIH department code
      Developmental control of chromatin states in cancer
      $422,129
      award amount

  24. Edwin Kim

    Leads 1 award · $390,000

    • 5U01AI182033-03Department: NIH department code
      UNC Food Allergy Initiative

      Principal investigators: Edwin Kim (contact PI), Corinne Keet

      $390,000
      award amount

  25. Yamini V Virkud

    Leads 1 award · $327,727

    • 1R21AI202343-01Department: NIH department code
      Longitudinal metabolomics of FPIAP and IgE-mediated food allergy in a large infant cohort

      Principal investigators: Yamini V Virkud (contact PI), Victoria MacKenzie Martin

      $327,727
      award amount

  26. Charles Richard Esther

    Leads 1 award · $233,250

    • 1R21HL189039-01Department: NIH department code
      Pharmacogenomic Predictors of Clinical Responses in Cystic Fibrosis: A Targeted WGS Analysis

      Principal investigators: Charles Richard Esther (contact PI), Wanda K O'Neal

      $233,250
      award amount

  27. David B. Peden

    Leads 1 award · $213,383

    • 5T32AI007062-47Department: NIH department code
      Research Training in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

      Principal investigators: David B. Peden (contact PI), John W. Sleasman

      $213,383
      award amount

  28. Erica June Brenner

    Leads 1 award · $208,386

    • 1K23DK146181-01Department: NIH department code
      Safety and Effectiveness of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Women with Crohn's Disease
      $208,386
      award amount

  29. Nadia Eritrea Hoekstra

    Leads 1 award · $200,137

    • 1K23HL189267-01Department: NIH department code
      Aspiration Risk Assessment in Infants Using AI-Enabled Cervical Auscultation and Clinical Scoring
      $200,137
      award amount

  30. Camilia Kamoun

    Leads 1 award · $172,623

    • 1K23HD118189-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Gathering Evidence for Patient-Informed Clinical Care of Early Female Puberty
      $172,623
      award amount

  31. Bianca Ansu Allison

    Leads 1 award · $171,873

    • 1K23HD122241-01Department: NIH department code
      Evaluation of a Clinic-Based Program to Improve Adolescent Contraceptive Counseling and Care Delivery
      $171,873
      award amount

  32. Wesley M Jackson

    Leads 1 award · $171,807

    • 5K23HD111623-04Department: NIH department code
      Dose Optimization for Novel Drugs for Infants with Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
      $171,807
      award amount

  33. Elizabeth Marie Corteselli

    Leads 1 award · $151,885

    • 5R21DA062849-02Department: NIH department code
      Effects of vaping-induced oxidation on nicotine analogs e-cigarettes
      $151,885
      award amount

  34. Kathleen M Gray

    Leads 1 award · $129,543

    • 5R25ES031870-07Department: NIH department code
      21st Century Environmental Health Scholars: Collaboration to Support Undergraduate Research Opportunities

      Principal investigators: Kathleen M Gray (contact PI), Antonio Thomas Baines

      $129,543
      award amount

  35. Michael O'Shea

    Leads 1 award · $1

    • 5UH3OD023348-11Department: NIH department code
      Environment, Epigenetics, Neurodevelopment & Health of Extremely Preterm Children

      Principal investigators: Michael O'Shea (contact PI), Rebecca Fry

      $1
      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.