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FY2024 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Physiology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

Funding
$21.2M
$21,206,228
Awards
64
FY2024 NIH awards in Physiology
Principal investigators
57
41 lead a grant here, 16 co-investigators
Department rank
#3
of 99 · 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 Physiology row of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill page.

Leads a grant in this department

41 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. Mohanish P Deshmukh

    Leads 6 awards · $2,931,148

    • 1T32GM152316-01Department: NIH department code
      UNC Medical Scientist Training Program

      Principal investigators: Mohanish P Deshmukh (contact PI), Toni Darville

      $1,258,654
      award amount
    • 5R01AG082140-02Department: NIH department code
      miR-29: A brain homeostasis molecule for Alzheimer’s disease prevention
      $622,753
      award amount
    • 4R01NS117133-02Department: NIH department code
      Unexpected Function of Inflammasomes in Axon Pruning: Focus on NLRP1
      $558,413
      award amount
    • 5R01NS122399-04Department: NIH department code
      Spatial Restriction of Apoptotic Machinery during Neuronal Apoptosis and Pruning
      $371,456
      award amount
    • 3T32GM152316-01S1Department: NIH department code
      UNC Medical Scientist Training Program

      Principal investigators: Mohanish P Deshmukh (contact PI), Toni Darville

      $59,936
      award amount
    • 3T32GM152316-01S2Department: NIH department code
      UNC Medical Scientist Training Program

      Principal investigators: Mohanish P Deshmukh (contact PI), Toni Darville

      $59,936
      award amount

  2. Gregory Scherrer

    Leads 2 awards · $2,106,770

    • 5R01DA054583-04Department: NIH department code
      A comprehensive dissection of cell types, circuits and molecular adaptations during opioid use

      Principal investigators: Gregory Scherrer (contact PI), Hongkui Zeng, Mark J Schnitzer

      $1,401,388
      award amount
    • 4R01NS118504-02Department: NIH department code
      Targeting GPCRs in amygdalar and cortical neural ensembles to treat pain aversion
      $705,382
      award amount

  3. Douglas H. Phanstiel

    Leads 3 awards · $1,650,729

    • 5R01AG066871-05Department: NIH department code
      Identifying Alzheimer’s Disease Causal Variants and Target Genes Using iPSC-derived Microglia

      Principal investigators: Douglas H. Phanstiel (contact PI), Hyejung Won, Todd Jonathan Cohen

      $709,940
      award amount
    • 5R01AR079538-03Department: NIH department code
      Identifying novel osteoarthritis risk genes using GWAS, chondrocyte genomics, and genome editing

      Principal investigators: Douglas H. Phanstiel (contact PI), Richard F Loeser

      $484,189
      award amount
    • 2R35GM128645-06Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms and impacts of chromatin looping
      $456,600
      award amount

  4. Eva S Anton

    Leads 2 awards · $1,622,891

    • 5R01MH132710-03Department: NIH department code
      Primary Cilia: A Novel Signaling Gateway To Neural Circuit Modulation

      Principal investigators: Eva S Anton (contact PI), Jeff W Lichtman, Ryohei Yasuda

      $1,094,968
      award amount
    • 5R35NS116859-05Department: NIH department code
      DEFINING MECHANISMS OF PROGENITOR BALANCE AND NEURONAL CONNECTIVITY
      $527,923
      award amount

  5. Mark J. Zylka

    Leads 3 awards · $1,432,735

    • 5R35ES028366-06Department: NIH department code
      Environmental-use chemicals that target pathways linked to autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders
      $852,030
      award amount
    • 5R01NS114259-05Department: NIH department code
      Development of a deep neural network to measure spontaneous pain from mouse facial expressions
      $364,782
      award amount
    • 2T32NS007431-26Department: NIH department code
      Neuroscience Predoctoral Training at UNC-Chapel Hill

      Principal investigators: Mark J. Zylka (contact PI), Juan Song

      $215,923
      award amount

  6. Benjamin D Philpot

    Leads 3 awards · $1,427,260

    • 5R01NS131615-02Department: NIH department code
      Small Molecule Therapeutic Discovery for Angelman Syndrome

      Principal investigators: Benjamin D Philpot (contact PI), Jeffrey Aube

      $558,226
      award amount
    • 5T32HD040127-23Department: NIH department code
      Postdoctoral Research in Neurodevelopmental Disorders

      Principal investigators: Benjamin D Philpot (contact PI), Mark D Shen

      $476,795
      award amount
    • 5R01NS129914-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating UBE3A as a driver gene in Duplication 15q syndrome
      $392,239
      award amount

  7. Scott Parnell

    Leads 2 awards · $1,188,974

    • 2R01AA026068-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Cellular Mechanisms in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

      Principal investigators: Scott Parnell (contact PI), Kevin Peter Williams

      $643,197
      award amount
    • 5R01AA031346-02Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing the Genetics of FASD in Complementary Mouse and Fish Models

      Principal investigators: Scott Parnell (contact PI), Johann K Eberhart, Lisa M Tarantino

      $545,777
      award amount

  8. Graham Hugh Diering

    Leads 2 awards · $889,590

    • 4R01AG068063-02Department: NIH department code
      Sleep-dependent synaptic homeostasis in Alzheimer's disease

      Principal investigators: Graham Hugh Diering (contact PI), Todd Jonathan Cohen

      $702,159
      award amount
    • 1R21MH135250-01Department: NIH department code
      Developmental sleep disruption interacts with underlying CHD8 genetic vulnerability in autism spectrum disorder
      $187,431
      award amount

  9. Jessica E Thaxton

    Leads 3 awards · $750,790

    • 5R01CA248359-05Department: NIH department code
      Expoitation of ER Stress Induced Immune Dysfunction to Improve Immunotherapy
      $335,255
      award amount
    • 5R01CA244361-06Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Chronic ER Stress in T Cells to Improve Cancer Immunotherapy
      $332,665
      award amount
    • 3R01CA244361-06S1Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Chronic ER Stress in T Cells to Improve Cancer Immunotherapy
      $82,870
      award amount

  10. Lori L O'Brien

    Leads 2 awards · $743,759

    • 1R21HD113970-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Use of kidney organoids to investigate developmental programs and the effects of fetal exposures
      $421,067
      award amount
    • 5R01DK121014-05Department: NIH department code
      Trophic interactions directing proper kidney development
      $322,692
      award amount

  11. Sarah Cohen

    Leads 3 awards · $661,171

    • 5R01AG081421-02Department: NIH department code
      Assessing the role of APOE in glial lipid droplet metabolism and function

      Principal investigators: Sarah Cohen (contact PI), Lance Allen Johnson

      $571,695
      award amount
    • 3R01AG081421-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Assessing the role of APOE in glial lipid droplet metabolism and function

      Principal investigators: Sarah Cohen (contact PI), Lance Allen Johnson

      $67,904
      award amount
    • 3R01AG081421-01S1Department: NIH department code
      Assessing the role of APOE in glial lipid droplet metabolism and function

      Principal investigators: Sarah Cohen (contact PI), Lance Allen Johnson

      $21,572
      award amount

  12. Stephanie Gupton

    Leads 3 awards · $643,964

    • 5R35GM135160-05Department: NIH department code
      Coordinated Cytoskeletal Dynamics and Membrane Remodeling in Cellular Shape Change
      $380,281
      award amount
    • 5R21NS132364-02Department: NIH department code
      Netrin Glycosylation Influences Chemotaxis and Haptotaxis
      $233,250
      award amount
    • 3R35GM135160-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Coordinated Cytoskeletal Dynamics and Membrane Remodeling in Cellular Shape Change
      $30,433
      award amount

  13. Kathleen M Caron

    Leads 2 awards · $632,541

    • 5R01HD060860-12Department: NIH department code
      Adrenomedullin Signaling at the Maternal-Fetal Interface
      $414,865
      award amount
    • 5T32GM133364-05Department: NIH department code
      Training Program in Cellular Systems and Integrative Physiology

      Principal investigators: Kathleen M Caron (contact PI), Natasha T Snider

      $217,676
      award amount

  14. Michael C Bressan

    Leads 1 award · $604,786

    • 2R01HL146626-06Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of cardiac pacemaker cell cytoarchitecture
      $604,786
      award amount

  15. James E Bear

    Leads 1 award · $588,330

    • 2R35GM130312-06Department: NIH department code
      Systematic Analysis of the Actin Cytoskeleton and Directed Cell Migration
      $588,330
      award amount

  16. Douglas M Cyr

    Leads 1 award · $410,708

    • 5R01GM151501-02Department: NIH department code
      Hsp40 and Hsp70 in Membrane Protein Triage
      $410,708
      award amount

  17. Adam Hantman

    Leads 1 award · $407,465

    • 5R01NS118030-03Department: NIH department code
      Deconstructing the roles of basal ganglia and cerebellum-related thalamic inputs to motor cortex during control of dexterous behavior
      $407,465
      award amount

  18. Jimena Giudice

    Leads 1 award · $383,755

    • 1R35GM152426-01Department: NIH department code
      When alternative splicing meets cytoskeleton organization, local translation, and transcription regulation
      $383,755
      award amount

  19. Robert Houston Dowen

    Leads 1 award · $381,535

    • 5R35GM137985-05Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of lipid homeostasis by proliferative signaling pathways
      $381,535
      award amount

  20. Toshihide Hige

    Leads 1 award · $324,367

    • 5R01DC018874-04Department: NIH department code
      Molecular and circuit mechanisms of learning supported by heterogeneous dopaminergic neurons
      $324,367
      award amount

  21. Edward M Bahnson

    Leads 1 award · $200,000

    • 1R56DK140967-01Department: NIH department code
      Differential redox regulation of vein and arterial smooth muscle cells in AVF stenosis
      $200,000
      award amount

  22. Hokyung Kay Chung

    Leads 1 award · $159,840

    • 7K01EB034321-02Department: NIH department code
      Next-generation T cell therapy: SMARTER T cells for enhanced and durable anti-tumor immunity
      $159,840
      award amount

  23. Heather A McCauley

    Leads 1 award · $158,485

    • 5K01DK125341-04Department: NIH department code
      Enteroendocrine Regulation of Intestinal Metabolism
      $158,485
      award amount

  24. Ukrae Cho

    Leads 1 award · $111,818

    • 7K01AR080828-03Department: NIH department code
      Caspase-mediated nuclear pore complex trimming in myogenesis and muscular dystrophies
      $111,818
      award amount

  25. Jesse Niehaus

    Leads 1 award · $76,756

    • 5F32DA057779-02Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing the connectivity and molecular composition of opioid-sensitive neurons in the periaqueductal gray
      $76,756
      award amount

  26. Stefan Lemke

    Leads 1 award · $76,756

    • 5F32NS131217-02Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the Distributed Control of Flexible Behavior
      $76,756
      award amount

  27. Jessica Leigh Cote

    Leads 1 award · $74,284

    • 1F32AR084326-01Department: NIH department code
      Clathrin alternative splicing in skeletal muscle development
      $74,284
      award amount

  28. Nicole Elise Ochandarena

    Leads 1 award · $47,367

    • 5F30DA057839-02Department: NIH department code
      Circuit mechanisms for opioid analgesia and addiction in prefrontal cortex
      $47,367
      award amount

  29. Donald Stephen Serafin

    Leads 1 award · $43,481

    • 5F31HL163885-03Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the GPCR protein networks that drive lymphatic growth
      $43,481
      award amount

  30. Gabrielle Bais

    Leads 1 award · $41,627

    • 1F31HL176049-01Department: NIH department code
      The roles of Fragile-X related protein 1 in cardiomyocyte and heart biology
      $41,627
      award amount

  31. Juliet Stanton King

    Leads 1 award · $41,218

    • 1F31DE033915-01Department: NIH department code
      Determining the role of cell-cell adhesions in palate closure
      $41,218
      award amount

  32. Emily Claire Bulik-Sullivan

    Leads 1 award · $40,620

    • 1F30HL172628-01Department: NIH department code
      Therapeutic potential of CC-90009 for cystic fibrosis
      $40,620
      award amount

  33. Whitney Jean Bell

    Leads 1 award · $40,491

    • 5F31CA278589-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of Gastrokine 2 in pancreatic cancer development
      $40,491
      award amount

  34. Keith Breau

    Leads 1 award · $40,418

    • 5F31DK136305-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating a role for Wnt-associated planar polarity in collective migration of human intestinal epithelium
      $40,418
      award amount

  35. Christina So

    Leads 1 award · $40,064

    • 1F31HL176142-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism of Intracellular ANGPTL3 and ANGPTL8 Trafficking
      $40,064
      award amount

  36. Gabrielle Marie Gentile

    Leads 1 award · $40,064

    • 5F31HL170617-02Department: NIH department code
      Alternative splicing regulation of CLTC in the heart
      $40,064
      award amount

  37. Joseph Krzeski

    Leads 1 award · $40,064

    • 1F31NS139445-01Department: NIH department code
      The Role of UBE3A Isoforms in AS-associated Seizure Susceptibility
      $40,064
      award amount

  38. Nicholas W Ringelberg

    Leads 1 award · $39,214

    • 1F30HD111296-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Neural Circuit Mechanisms of Seizure Susceptibility in a Mouse Model of Angelman Syndrome
      $39,214
      award amount

  39. Kimberly Lukasik

    Leads 1 award · $38,079

    • 1F99CA294269-01Department: NIH department code
      The interface of neurons and cancer
      $38,079
      award amount

  40. Reginald James Edwards

    Leads 1 award · $36,954

    • 5F31NS129292-02Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of spectrin-dependent axonal organization and function in cerebellar granule cells
      $36,954
      award amount

  41. Rachel Nell Dumez

    Leads 1 award · $35,360

    • 5F31AT012138-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Host Metabolic Response to Consumption of Kombucha-associated Microorganisms
      $35,360
      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.