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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Public Health at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

Funding
$26.7M
$26,731,592
Awards
63
FY2026 NIH awards in Public Health
Principal investigators
72
53 lead a grant here, 19 co-investigators
Department rank
#15
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 North Carolina at Chapel Hill page.

Leads a grant in this department

53 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. Brian W Pence

    Leads 4 awards · $2,849,969

    • 5R01MH140761-02Department: NIH department code
      INSPIRE: Innovations in Suicide Prevention Research

      Principal investigators: Brian W Pence (contact PI), Shabbar I Ranapurwala

      $980,614
      award amount
    • 5R01MH133028-04Department: NIH department code
      Aligning facility leadership and climate to advance mental health services integration in Malawi

      Principal investigators: Brian W Pence (contact PI), Bradley N Gaynes

      $975,680
      award amount
    • 5R01MH134660-03Department: NIH department code
      Enhanced problem-solving therapy and HIV engagement support to improve perinatal mental health and HIV outcomes in Malawi: A randomized controlled trial

      Principal investigators: Brian W Pence (contact PI), Angela Bengtson

      $680,129
      award amount
    • 5T32AI070114-20Department: NIH department code
      Training in Infectious Disease Epidemiology (TIDE)
      $213,546
      award amount

  2. Stephanie Engel

    Leads 2 awards · $2,198,090

  3. Melissa A. Troester

    Leads 2 awards · $1,926,651

  4. Leena A Nylander-French

    Leads 1 award · $1,800,000

    • 5T42OH008673-21Department: NIH department code
      North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Centers
      $1,800,000
      award amount

  5. Nora Franceschini

    Leads 5 awards · $1,762,208

    • 5R01HG013163-03Department: NIH department code
      Multi-omics study of ancestry enriched associations in Hispanics/Latinos

      Principal investigators: Nora Franceschini (contact PI), Tamar Sofer

      $695,047
      award amount
    • 5R01HL175681-03Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic biomarkers of cardiovascular risk in African American Women

      Principal investigators: Nora Franceschini (contact PI), Andres Cardenas

      $563,443
      award amount
    • 3U01DK130044-06S1Department: NIH department code
      The Chorotega CKDu Epidemiology Field Study

      Principal investigators: Nora Franceschini (contact PI), Lawrence Stuart Engel, Mariela Arias-Hidalgo

      $384,480
      award amount
    • 5K26DK138425-04Department: NIH department code
      Mentored Training in Molecular Epidemiology of Chronic Kidney Disease in Diverse Populations
      $69,237
      award amount
    • 5U01DK130044-06Department: NIH department code
      The Chorotega CKDu Epidemiology Field Study

      Principal investigators: Nora Franceschini (contact PI), Lawrence Stuart Engel, Mariela Arias-Hidalgo

      $50,001
      award amount

  6. Christy Leigh Avery

    Leads 2 awards · $1,711,122

    • 5R01HL172887-02Department: NIH department code
      Phenotypic consequences of lipoprotein(a)

      Principal investigators: Christy Leigh Avery (contact PI), Mariaelisa Graff

      $1,252,602
      award amount
    • 2T32HL129982-11A1Department: NIH department code
      The Genetic Epidemiology of Heart, Lung, and Blood Traits Training Grant (GenHLB)

      Principal investigators: Christy Leigh Avery (contact PI), Karen L. Mohlke

      $458,520
      award amount

  7. Hazel B Nichols

    Leads 1 award · $1,548,327

  8. Katherine A. Hoadley

    Leads 1 award · $1,548,327

  9. Kathleen M Gray

    Leads 1 award · $1,548,327

  10. Stephen R Cole

    Leads 1 award · $1,359,232

    • 2R01AI157758-06Department: NIH department code
      Improved Analyses of Randomized and Nonrandomized HIV Studies

      Principal investigators: Stephen R Cole (contact PI), Jessie Edwards

      $1,359,232
      award amount

  11. Emily W Gower

    Leads 2 awards · $970,109

    • 5R01EY033907-04Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing Vision Impairment and Its Impact on Independence in Older Adults
      $666,923
      award amount
    • 5R33EY034351-04Department: NIH department code
      Using Image Recognition Technology and Smartphones to Improve Trichiasis Surgery Outcomes
      $303,186
      award amount

  12. Kathryn Elizabeth Moracco

    Leads 1 award · $850,000

    • 5R49CE003568-03Department: NIH department code
      CE24-001, UNC INJURY PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER
      $850,000
      award amount

  13. Jessie Edwards

    Leads 1 award · $780,474

    • 1R01AI198037-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Answering important questions in HIV with mismeasured clinical endpoints
      $780,474
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2R01AI157758-06, led by Stephen R Cole.

  14. Anne E. Sanders

    Leads 1 award · $751,290

    • 4UH3DE033354-02Department: NIH department code
      Safety and analgesic efficacy of marine lipid precursors of specialized pro-resolving mediators in adults with chronic temporomandibular pain.
      $751,290
      award amount

  15. Saif Khairat

    Leads 1 award · $742,275

    • 5RC2TR004380-04Department: NIH department code
      Center for Virtual Care Value and Excellence (ViVE).
      $742,275
      award amount

  16. Mariaelisa Graff

    Leads 1 award · $706,741

    • 5R01HL163262-04Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging Hispanic/Latino diversity to map and characterize cardiovascular disease loci

      Principal investigators: Mariaelisa Graff (contact PI), Lindsay Fernandez-Rhodes

      $706,741
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01HL172887-02, led by Christy Leigh Avery.

  17. Chantel L. Martin

    Leads 1 award · $686,550

    • 5R01AG077947-05Department: NIH department code
      Life-Course Contexts, Biological Aging, and AD/ADRD Risk: Evidence from a Nationally Representative, Longitudinal Study of Early Midlife Adults

      Principal investigators: Chantel L. Martin (contact PI), Taylor Hargrove

      $686,550
      award amount

  18. Eric A. Whitsel

    Leads 1 award · $671,367

    • 4R01ES034050-02Department: NIH department code
      The Epidemiology and Somatic Genomic Pathogenesis of Radon-Related Stroke
      $671,367
      award amount

  19. Lynne I. Wagner

    Leads 1 award · $648,804

    • 5R01CA282682-03Department: NIH department code
      Randomized controlled trial of FoRtitude: Targeted eHealth intervention to reduce fear of recurrence among breast cancer survivors in community oncology settings
      $648,804
      award amount

  20. Jennifer Susan Smith

    Leads 1 award · $645,317

    • 1R01CA312709-01Department: NIH department code
      Effect of Bundling Home-Based Self-Collection for Cervical and Colorectal Cancer Screening: The My Body, My Test-4 Trial
      $645,317
      award amount

  21. Julia Rager

    Leads 1 award · $610,382

    • 5R01ES035878-03Department: NIH department code
      Wildland Urban Interface Exposure Toxicity in Cells, Animals, and Humans
      $610,382
      award amount

  22. Allison Frost

    Leads 2 awards · $609,077

    • 5R01HL180944-02Department: NIH department code
      Promoting child respiratory health through novel psychosocial targets: An investigation of a maternal mental health intervention
      $454,019
      award amount
    • 3R01HL180944-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Promoting child respiratory health through novel psychosocial targets: An investigation of a maternal mental health intervention
      $155,058
      award amount

  23. Gaurav Dave

    Leads 1 award · $607,403

    • 1R01CA317486-01Department: NIH department code
      Enhancing Cervical Cancer Screening through Integrated Care in Rural North Carolina

      Principal investigators: Gaurav Dave (contact PI), Lisa Rahangdale

      $607,403
      award amount

  24. Til Sturmer

    Leads 1 award · $602,178

    • 5R01AG056479-09Department: NIH department code
      Propensity scores and preventive drug use in the elderly
      $602,178
      award amount

  25. Stephen William Marshall

    Leads 1 award · $576,130

  26. Bethany Hedt-Gauthier

    Leads 3 awards · $500,687

    • 5R01HD112403-03Department: NIH department code
      Image-based algorithms for remote cesarean surgical site infection diagnoses in diverse populations
      $267,385
      award amount
    • 3R01HD112403-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Image-based algorithms for remote cesarean surgical site infection diagnoses in diverse populations
      $116,934
      award amount
    • 3R01HD112403-03S2Department: NIH department code
      Image-based algorithms for remote cesarean surgical site infection diagnoses in diverse populations
      $116,368
      award amount

  27. Tania A. Desrosiers

    Leads 1 award · $427,500

    • 5U01DD001308-04Department: NIH department code
      Component A: BD-STEPS Core at the NC Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention

      Principal investigators: Tania A. Desrosiers (contact PI), Andrew Olshan

      $427,500
      award amount

  28. Evan Mayo-Wilson

    Leads 1 award · $381,815

    • 5R01HS029877-03Department: NIH department code
      Improving results and conclusions about harms in systematic reviews of drugs

      Principal investigators: Evan Mayo-Wilson (contact PI), Halil Kilicoglu

      $381,815
      award amount

  29. Robert A Hummer

    Leads 1 award · $362,814

    • 5T32HD091058-10Department: NIH department code
      From Biological to Social Processes: Interdisciplinary Training in Life Course Research

      Principal investigators: Robert A Hummer (contact PI), Amanda L Thompson

      $362,814
      award amount

  30. Jennifer Lund

    Leads 1 award · $355,706

    • 5R01CA277756-04Department: NIH department code
      Applying causal inference methods to improve estimation of the real-world benefits and harms of lung cancer screening

      Principal investigators: Jennifer Lund (contact PI), Louise Henderson

      $355,706
      award amount

  31. Wayne D. Rosamond

    Leads 1 award · $352,441

    • 5T32HL007055-50Department: NIH department code
      Cardiovascular Epidemiology Training Grant
      $352,441
      award amount

  32. Anna Swift Young

    Leads 1 award · $248,942

    • 4R00ES036289-03Department: NIH department code
      Mapping the cosmetic chemical exposome and its role in female fertility
      $248,942
      award amount

  33. Mya-Lee Roberson

    Leads 1 award · $203,954

    • 1K01CA312688-01Department: NIH department code
      Evaluating the Role of Cancer Care Fragmentation on Breast Cancer Outcomes
      $203,954
      award amount

  34. Shakia Tranece Hardy

    Leads 1 award · $145,649

    • 5K01HL164763-06Department: NIH department code
      Peer Support for Lowering Blood Pressure among Adolescents: A Pilot, Randomized Controlled Trial
      $145,649
      award amount

  35. Paul Nicholas Zivich

    Leads 1 award · $136,327

    • 5K01AI177102-04Department: NIH department code
      Combining sources of information to improve HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
      $136,327
      award amount

  36. Lisa Patterson Spees

    Leads 1 award · $134,835

    • 5K01MD016989-04Department: NIH department code
      Patient Navigation in Gynecologic Oncology: Improving Care among Rural Endometrial Cancer Patients
      $134,835
      award amount

  37. Susanna Taylor Riley

    Leads 1 award · $108,421

    • 1K99HD120647-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The impact of state-level factors on infant health
      $108,421
      award amount

  38. Julie L Daniels

    Leads 1 award · $102,467

    • 5T32HD052468-19Department: NIH department code
      Training Program in Reproductive, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology
      $102,467
      award amount

  39. Qoua Liang Her

    Leads 1 award · $93,976

    • 5F32DK143609-02Department: NIH department code
      Comparative safety of insulin glargine-yfgn (a biosimilar insulin) in a real-world population with novel pharmacoepidemiology methods: prevalent new-user study and clone-censored weight approach
      $93,976
      award amount

  40. Brianah McCoy

    Leads 1 award · $85,539

    • 5K00AG088576-03Department: NIH department code
      Effects of environmental adversity on molecular aging in the immune system of companion dogs
      $85,539
      award amount

  41. Catherine Xin-Di Li

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30HD115415-03Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing adherence and estimating per-protocol effects for pediatric dolutegravir use
      $55,114
      award amount

  42. Kelly Carey-Ewend

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30AI179111-03Department: NIH department code
      Population genomics and relapse epidemiology of Plasmodium ovale in sub-Saharan Africa
      $55,114
      award amount

  43. Cambray Smith

    Leads 1 award · $48,857

    • 5F30HD116454-03Department: NIH department code
      Facilitating shared decision-making about contraception with adolescents
      $48,857
      award amount

  44. Jeremy David Fine

    Leads 1 award · $48,857

    • 5F30MH136702-03Department: NIH department code
      The Mobile Crisis Workforce Pipeline: Meeting the Needs of Individuals in Crisis
      $48,857
      award amount

  45. Alena Sorensen D'alessio

    Leads 1 award · $45,583

    • 1F31AG101858-01Department: NIH department code
      A longitudinal cohort fusion approach for aging research: Application to hypertension and type 2 diabetes
      $45,583
      award amount

  46. Lauren F Spigel

    Leads 1 award · $45,276

    • 5F31HD118796-02Department: NIH department code
      The association of a person-centered care intervention during childbirth with clinical and patient-reported outcomes in Washington state hospitals
      $45,276
      award amount

  47. Ruthly Francois

    Leads 1 award · $45,152

    • 5F30AI179110-03Department: NIH department code
      Characterization of the antimalarial drug resistance landscape in Kinshasa Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
      $45,152
      award amount

  48. Claudia Gaither

    Leads 1 award · $42,336

    • 1F31AI202961-01Department: NIH department code
      Malaria treatment outcomes and human-to-mosquito transmission in eastern Tanzania
      $42,336
      award amount

  49. Lindsay Elizabeth Browne

    Leads 1 award · $42,336

    • 1F31MH144953-01Department: NIH department code
      Evaluating Outpatient HIV Care Engagement and Its Impact on Hospitalization and Readmission Risk
      $42,336
      award amount

  50. Sam Jean Neally

    Leads 1 award · $42,276

    • 5F31ES036864-02Department: NIH department code
      Effects of Gestational Exposure to Extreme Heat and Heat Vulnerability on Early Life Blood Pressure Trajectories
      $42,276
      award amount

  51. Sarah H. Koenigsberg

    Leads 1 award · $42,276

    • 5F31HL177899-02Department: NIH department code
      Triangulating causal effects of sleep, inflammation, and cardiometabolic disease
      $42,276
      award amount

  52. Alexandra Bukowski

    Leads 1 award · $32,976

    • 5F30CA257181-05Department: NIH department code
      The effect of epigenetic DNA methylation on the progression of HPV-associated precancerous cervical lesions
      $32,976
      award amount

  53. Camille Morgan

    Leads 1 award · $27,324

    • 5F30AI169752-05Department: NIH department code
      Spatial and molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B transmission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
      $27,324
      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.