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FY2021 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Public Health at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

Funding
$28.9M
$28,885,695
Awards
75
FY2021 NIH awards in Public Health
Principal investigators
62
62 lead a grant here, 0 co-investigators
Department rank
#12
of 121 · 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

62 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. Baric, Ralph S

    Leads 4 awards · $3,654,156

    • 5R01AI132178-05Department: NIH department code
      Broad-spectrum antiviral GS-5734 to treat MERS-CoV and related emerging CoV
      $1,166,670
      award amount
    • 5U01AI149644-03Department: NIH department code
      Respiratory Virus Vaccine and Adjuvant Exploration
      $1,000,000
      award amount
    • 5R01AI110700-07Department: NIH department code
      Cell entry, cross-species transmission and pathogenesis of novel coronavirus from
      $748,081
      award amount
    • 5R01AI148260-02Department: NIH department code
      Antibody Landscape following Human Norovirus Infection and Vaccination
      $739,405
      award amount
  2. Avery, Christy Leigh

    Leads 2 awards · $1,554,709

    • 5R01HL147853-02Department: NIH department code
      Inflammatory mediators of cardiometabolic risk in Latinos
      $932,673
      award amount
    • 5R01HL142825-03Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing pleiotropy in cardiometabolic phenotypes among diverse populations
      $622,036
      award amount
  3. Troester, Melissa A.

    Leads 1 award · $1,548,545

    • 2P30ES010126-20Department: NIH department code
      UNC Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility
      $1,548,545
      award amount
  4. Nylander-French, Leena A

    Leads 1 award · $1,381,684

    • 5T42OH008673-16Department: NIH department code
      North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center
      $1,381,684
      award amount
  5. Aiello, Allison E

    Leads 1 award · $1,339,923

    • 1U01AG071450-01Department: NIH department code
      National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health): Wave VI Cognition and Early Risk Factors for Dementia Project
      $1,339,923
      award amount
  6. Franceschini, Nora

    Leads 2 awards · $1,238,668

    • 5R01MD012765-05Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging ancestry to map kidney loci
      $695,434
      award amount
    • 5R01DK117445-04Department: NIH department code
      Genetics of kidney disease in diverse populations
      $543,234
      award amount
  7. Pence, Brian W

    Leads 4 awards · $1,202,485

    • 5R01MH124752-02Department: NIH department code
      Innovations in Suicide Prevention Research (INSPIRE)
      $750,074
      award amount
    • 5T32AI070114-15Department: NIH department code
      Training in Infectious Disease Epidemiology (TIDE)
      $203,305
      award amount
    • 5R34MH119962-03Department: NIH department code
      Tailored Response to Psychiatric Comorbidity to Improve HIV Care Engagement in the United States (TRACE)
      $188,064
      award amount
    • 3R01MH124752-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Innovations in Suicide Prevention Research (INSPIRE)
      $61,042
      award amount
  8. Noble, Rachel Todd

    Leads 1 award · $997,507

    • 1U01DA053899-01Department: NIH department code
      Improved scalability, sensitivity, and interpretability of pathogen detection, including SARS-CoV-2, in wastewater using high-throughput, highly multiplexed digital array PCR technology
      $997,507
      award amount
  9. Desrosiers, Tania A.

    Leads 1 award · $900,000

    • 5U01DD001231-04Department: NIH department code
      Component A: BD-STEPS II Core at North Carolina Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention (NC BDSTEPS II Core)
      $900,000
      award amount
  10. Marshall, Stephen William

    Leads 1 award · $840,285

    • 5R49CE003092-03Department: NIH department code
      CE19-001, UNC INJURY PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER
      $840,285
      award amount
  11. Daniels, Julie L

    Leads 2 awards · $793,079

    • 1U01DD001293-01Department: NIH department code
      Component A: North Carolina - Advancing Developmental Research using SEED and SEED Follow-up data
      $581,307
      award amount
    • 5T32HD052468-14Department: NIH department code
      Training Program in Reproductive, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology
      $211,772
      award amount
  12. Justice, Anne

    Leads 2 awards · $792,360

    • 5R01DK122503-02Department: NIH department code
      Integrative Approaches to Identifying Function and Clinical Significance of Adiposity Susceptibility Genes
      $684,022
      award amount
    • 3R01DK122503-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Integrative Approaches to Identifying Function and Clinical Significance of Adiposity Susceptibility Genes
      $108,338
      award amount
  13. Below, Jennifer

    Leads 1 award · $770,456

    • 5R01HL142302-04Department: NIH department code
      Hispanic Latino Lipid Consortium
      $770,456
      award amount
  14. Richardson, David B

    Leads 2 awards · $724,450

    • 5R01OH011256-04Department: NIH department code
      Trends and disparities in fatal occupational injury in North Carolina
      $453,493
      award amount
    • 5R01OH011409-03Department: NIH department code
      Occupational Exposure to Ionizing Radiation: Models for Policy Making
      $270,957
      award amount
  15. Cole, Stephen R

    Leads 1 award · $721,341

    • 5R01AI157758-02Department: NIH department code
      Improved analysis of experiments and observational studies in HIV
      $721,341
      award amount
  16. Evenson, Kelly R.

    Leads 2 awards · $710,194

    • 5R01CA227122-03Department: NIH department code
      Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Cancer Incidence in Women
      $640,965
      award amount
    • 3R01CA227122-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Accelerometry-derived latent class analysis and cancer in the Women's Health Accelerometry Collaboration
      $69,229
      award amount
  17. Conron, Kerith Jane

    Leads 1 award · $668,481

    • 5R01HD087365-05Department: NIH department code
      Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity, Socioeconomic Status, and Health across the Life Course
      $668,481
      award amount
  18. Tumlinson, Katherine M

    Leads 1 award · $661,607

    • 1R01HD101453-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Randomized Controlled Trial to Address Unintended Pregnancy Rates in Low Resource Settings
      $661,607
      award amount
  19. Engel, Stephanie

    Leads 1 award · $660,858

    • 1R01ES033518-01Department: NIH department code
      Early Life Phthalate Exposures in Relation to Structural and Functional Brain Development
      $660,858
      award amount
  20. Maselko, Joanna

    Leads 1 award · $594,293

    • 5R01HD075875-08Department: NIH department code
      Early life adversities and the emergence of risk and resilience: a longitudinal study of child development
      $594,293
      award amount
  21. Arias-Hidalgo, Mariela

    Leads 1 award · $534,848

    • 1U01DK130044-01Department: NIH department code
      The Chorotega CKDu Epidemiology Field Study
      $534,848
      award amount
  22. Baek, Bok Haeng

    Leads 1 award · $519,092

    • 5R01ES031127-02Department: NIH department code
      Neurological Effects of Environmental Styrene and BTEX Exposure in a Gulf of Mexico Cohort
      $519,092
      award amount
  23. Pearce, Lisa D

    Leads 1 award · $490,172

    • 5T32HD007168-43Department: NIH department code
      Population Science Training Grant
      $490,172
      award amount
  24. Smith, Susan M

    Leads 1 award · $465,803

    • 5R01AA011085-25Department: NIH department code
      Craniofacial Morphogenesis in Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
      $465,803
      award amount
  25. Aiello, Allison E

    Leads 1 award · $446,972

    • 5T32HD091058-05Department: NIH department code
      From Biological to Social Processes: Interdisciplinary Training in Life Course Research
      $446,972
      award amount
  26. Bushnell, Cheryl D

    Leads 1 award · $397,185

    • 5R01HS025723-04Department: NIH department code
      Affordability and Efficiency for COMprehensive Post-Acute Stroke Services (COMPASS)
      $397,185
      award amount
  27. Edwards, Jessie

    Leads 1 award · $357,821

    • 7R01GM140564-02Department: NIH department code
      Merging machine learning and mechanistic models to improve prediction and inference in emerging epidemics
      $357,821
      award amount
  28. Thompson, Caroline Avery

    Leads 1 award · $352,620

    • 7R01CA264176-02Department: NIH department code
      Diagnosis of Cancer in the Emergency Room - Explaining Persistent Disparities
      $352,620
      award amount
  29. Gower, Emily W

    Leads 1 award · $349,063

    • 3UG1EY025992-05S2Department: NIH department code
      Evaluating the Role of Incision Height in Improving Trichiasis Surgery Outcomes
      $349,063
      award amount
  30. Fry, Rebecca

    Leads 1 award · $289,474

    • 5R01ES029531-04Department: NIH department code
      Public health priority setting for environmental metals mixtures and birth defects
      $289,474
      award amount
  31. Mohlke, Karen L.

    Leads 1 award · $271,352

    • 2T32HL129982-06A1Department: NIH department code
      The Genetic Epidemiology of Heart, Lung, and Blood Traits Training Grant (GenHLB)
      $271,352
      award amount
  32. Martin, Chantel L.

    Leads 1 award · $232,433

    • 5R00MD012808-04Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic mechanisms of prenatal environmental stressors and offspring obesity risk
      $232,433
      award amount
  33. Heiss, Gerardo

    Leads 1 award · $218,921

    • 5T32HL007055-45Department: NIH department code
      Cardiovascular Epidemiology Training Grant
      $218,921
      award amount
  34. Lund, Jennifer

    Leads 1 award · $207,610

    • 1R21AG068965-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Improving the prediction of life expectancy among older adults with advanced cancer using geriatric assessment
      $207,610
      award amount
  35. Gralinski, Lisa

    Leads 1 award · $194,375

    • 5R21AI145372-02Department: NIH department code
      Identifying Genetic Regulators and New Models of Wild Type Coronavirus Pathogenesis
      $194,375
      award amount
  36. Jaspers, Ilona

    Leads 1 award · $190,241

    • 5R21ES031740-02Department: NIH department code
      Integrative chemical-biological profiling to determine primary drivers of wildfire smoke-induced toxicity
      $190,241
      award amount
  37. Vines, Anissa I

    Leads 1 award · $187,901

    • 5R21HD105461-02Department: NIH department code
      Early reproductive aging: stress and uterine fibroid risk among black women
      $187,901
      award amount
  38. Parcesepe, Angela

    Leads 1 award · $155,093

    • 5K01MH114721-04Department: NIH department code
      Understanding and addressing mental and substance use disorders among people living with HIV in low-resource settings
      $155,093
      award amount
  39. Luke, Barbara Joan

    Leads 1 award · $124,621

    • 5R01CA211093-03Department: NIH department code
      In vitro fertilization outcomes after cancer
      $124,621
      award amount
  40. Zvara, Bharathi J.

    Leads 1 award · $115,557

    • 5K01HD095535-04Department: NIH department code
      Childhood Maltreatment and the Transition to Parenting: A Psychobiological Model
      $115,557
      award amount
  41. Zhang, Yuan S

    Leads 1 award · $95,409

    • 1K99AG070274-01Department: NIH department code
      A cross-national comparative study on cardiometabolic risk, education, and cognitive aging
      $95,409
      award amount
  42. Kim, Yong Ho

    Leads 1 award · $77,750

    • 1R03ES032539-01Department: NIH department code
      Toxicity testing of fresh and photochemically aged burn pit smoke emissions
      $77,750
      award amount
  43. Lu, Kun

    Leads 1 award · $73,661

    • 5R03ES032067-02Department: NIH department code
      The gut microbiome and glyphosate neurotoxicity
      $73,661
      award amount
  44. Mishra, Aura Ankita

    Leads 1 award · $65,994

    • 5F32HD103400-02Department: NIH department code
      Differential impacts of co-occurring childhood maltreatment and long-term poly-victimization on chronic physical illnesses via inflammation: Do age at exposure and sexual orientation matter?
      $65,994
      award amount
  45. Ramos, Amanda Marie

    Leads 1 award · $65,994

    • 5F32ES031832-02Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the role of prenatal chemical exposure influences on child externalizing behaviors: Incorporating genetic influences
      $65,994
      award amount
  46. Edwards, Jessie

    Leads 1 award · $59,158

    • 5K01AI125087-05Department: NIH department code
      Comparative effectiveness of tailored HIV treatment plans and mortality
      $59,158
      award amount
  47. Oh, Nul L

    Leads 2 awards · $58,955

    • 5F30CA254064-02Department: NIH department code
      Detection and treatment of breast and colorectal cancer in dual eligible beneficiaries in the Medicare Sharing Savings Program
      $38,062
      award amount
    • 1R36HS028536-01Department: NIH department code
      Cancer detection and care for dually-enrolled beneficiaries in the Medicare Shared Savings Program
      $20,893
      award amount
  48. Thomas, Alvin G.

    Leads 1 award · $47,536

    • 1F99AG073565-01Department: NIH department code
      Genetic and Environmental Drivers of Cognitive Resilience in Aging Populations
      $47,536
      award amount
  49. Lodge, Evans

    Leads 1 award · $39,028

    • 1F30ES032302-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Socioenvironmental Causes of Elevated Toxic Metal Levels and Epigenetic Aging
      $39,028
      award amount
  50. Lee, Moa Park

    Leads 1 award · $38,571

    • 3F32HL149256-01A1S1Department: NIH department code
      A Phenome-Wide Association Study to Identify and Characterize Phenotypic Effects of Lp(a)
      $38,571
      award amount
  51. Jardel, Hanna

    Leads 1 award · $38,463

    • 1F31ES033509-01Department: NIH department code
      Exposure to volatile organic compounds and glycemic dysregulation among oil spill cleanup workers
      $38,463
      award amount
  52. Tulenko, Samantha

    Leads 1 award · $38,463

    • 1F30AI164818-01Department: NIH department code
      The impact of a Hepatitis B birth dose vaccine on HBV immunogenicity and incidence in children in the DRC
      $38,463
      award amount
  53. Brathwaite, Danielle Marie

    Leads 1 award · $38,303

    • 5F30MH122154-02Department: NIH department code
      Emergency Department-Based Psychiatric Services for Children and Adolescents: An In-depth Investigation of Care in North Carolina
      $38,303
      award amount
  54. Bukowski, Alexandra

    Leads 1 award · $38,062

    • 1F30CA257181-01Department: NIH department code
      The effect of epigenetic DNA methylation on the progression of HPV-associated precancerous cervical lesions
      $38,062
      award amount
  55. Glover, Lashaunta Marie

    Leads 1 award · $38,062

    • 1F31HL159910-01Department: NIH department code
      Methylome-wide association study of socioeconomic status, incident type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease events among African Americans
      $38,062
      award amount
  56. Rhoden, Joyce

    Leads 1 award · $38,062

    • 5F31CA247251-02Department: NIH department code
      Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Vitamin D and Breast Cancer
      $38,062
      award amount
  57. Zhu, Deanna

    Leads 1 award · $38,062

    • 1F30AI160898-01Department: NIH department code
      Age in dengue antibody response and risk after primary natural infection
      $38,062
      award amount
  58. Meernik, Clare E

    Leads 1 award · $35,909

    • 1F31CA260787-01Department: NIH department code
      Assisted Reproductive Technology Use After Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer in North Carolina
      $35,909
      award amount
  59. Lemasters, Katherine Helen

    Leads 1 award · $35,171

    • 1F31MD017136-01Department: NIH department code
      Mass Probation: Probation’s Individual and Community Effects on Mental Health Disparities
      $35,171
      award amount
  60. Sweeney, Marina Rose

    Leads 1 award · $34,833

    • 1F31ES033062-01Department: NIH department code
      Indoor and outdoor light at night: Associations with sleep and breast cancer
      $34,833
      award amount
  61. Benefield, Halei

    Leads 1 award · $34,013

    • 5F30CA236199-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of estrogen receptor in breast cancer outcomes and the effect of exposure history
      $34,013
      award amount
  62. Robinson, Whitney Ragan

    Leads 1 award · $1

    • 5R01MD011680-05Department: NIH department code
      Racial Differences in Treatment with Hysterectomy: a Multilevel Investigation
      $1
      award amount