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FY2024 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Public Health at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

Funding
$31.6M
$31,607,078
Awards
77
FY2024 NIH awards in Public Health
Principal investigators
82
59 lead a grant here, 23 co-investigators
Department rank
#13
of 136 · 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

59 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. Robert A Hummer

    Leads 4 awards · $6,896,718

    • 5U01AG071450-04Department: NIH department code
      National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health): Wave VI Cognition and Early Risk Factors for Dementia Project

      Principal investigators: Robert A Hummer (contact PI), Allison E Aiello

      $5,737,400
      award amount
    • 5T32HD091058-08Department: NIH department code
      From Biological to Social Processes: Interdisciplinary Training in Life Course Research

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

      $477,842
      award amount
    • 3U01AG071450-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Hearing Assessment Supplement for Wave VI of Add Health

      Principal investigators: Robert A Hummer (contact PI), Allison E Aiello

      $355,068
      award amount
    • 3U01AG071450-04S2Department: NIH department code
      Add Health Wave VI Fieldwork Supplement

      Principal investigators: Robert A Hummer (contact PI), Allison E Aiello

      $326,408
      award amount

  2. Brian W Pence

    Leads 4 awards · $2,499,956

    • 5R01MH133028-02Department: NIH department code
      Aligning facility leadership and climate to advance mental health services integration in Malawi

      Principal investigators: Brian W Pence (contact PI), Kazione Kulisewa

      $1,205,224
      award amount
    • 1R01MH134660-01A1Department: 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

      $785,514
      award amount
    • 5T32AI070114-18Department: NIH department code
      Training in Infectious Disease Epidemiology (TIDE)
      $291,786
      award amount
    • 5R34MH131234-03Department: NIH department code
      Enhancing post-acute mental health outcomes for patients with psychosis in Malawi through nurse-delivered community-based rehabilitation: The ENHANCE Pilot Trial

      Principal investigators: Brian W Pence (contact PI), Kazione Kulisewa

      $217,432
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01CE003471-03, led by Shabbar I Ranapurwala.

  3. Nora Franceschini

    Leads 5 awards · $1,847,826

    • 1R01HG013163-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Multi-omics study of ancestry enriched associations in Hispanics/Latinos

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

      $707,304
      award amount
    • 5R01HL163972-03Department: NIH department code
      Genetics of Cardiovascular Disease in Chronic Kidney Disease

      Principal investigators: Nora Franceschini (contact PI), Yun Li

      $446,845
      award amount
    • 1R01HL175681-01Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic biomarkers of cardiovascular risk in African American Women

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

      $324,440
      award amount
    • 5U01DK130044-04Department: NIH department code
      The Chorotega CKDu Epidemiology Field Study

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

      $300,000
      award amount
    • 5K26DK138425-02Department: NIH department code
      Mentored Training in Molecular Epidemiology of Chronic Kidney Disease in Diverse Populations
      $69,237
      award amount

  4. Leena A Nylander-French

    Leads 1 award · $1,800,000

    • 5T42OH008673-19Department: NIH department code
      North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Centers
      $1,800,000
      award amount

  5. Ralph S Baric

    Leads 2 awards · $1,480,553

    • 5R01AI110700-10Department: NIH department code
      Cell entry, cross-species transmission and pathogenesis of novel coronavirus from

      Principal investigators: Ralph S Baric (contact PI), Fang Li

      $748,081
      award amount
    • 5R01AI148260-05Department: NIH department code
      Antibody Landscape following Human Norovirus Infection and Vaccination
      $732,472
      award amount

  6. Kari E. North

    Leads 2 awards · $995,440

    • 5R01DK122503-05Department: NIH department code
      Integrative Approaches to Identifying Function and Clinical Significance of Adiposity Susceptibility Genes

      Principal investigators: Kari E. North (contact PI), Anne Justice, Ching-Ti Liu

      $640,718
      award amount
    • 5T32HL129982-09Department: NIH department code
      The Genetic Epidemiology of Heart, Lung, and Blood Traits Training Grant (GenHLB)

      Principal investigators: Kari E. North (contact PI), Karen L. Mohlke

      $354,722
      award amount

  7. Julie L Daniels

    Leads 2 awards · $891,360

    • 5U01DD001293-04Department: NIH department code
      Component A: North Carolina - Advancing Developmental Research using SEED and SEED Follow-up data
      $615,600
      award amount
    • 5T32HD052468-17Department: NIH department code
      Training Program in Reproductive, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology
      $275,760
      award amount

  8. Saif Khairat

    Leads 1 award · $752,840

    • 5RC2TR004380-02Department: NIH department code
      Center for Virtual Care Value and Equity (ViVE)
      $752,840
      award amount

  9. Shabbar I Ranapurwala

    Leads 2 awards · $749,830

    • 5R01CE003579-02Department: NIH department code
      RFA-CE-23-004: Structural factors Impacting community Violence (STRIVE): The Role of Minimum Wage, COVID-19, and Discrimination

      Principal investigators: Shabbar I Ranapurwala (contact PI), N. Jeanie Santaularia Gomez

      $399,942
      award amount
    • 5R01CE003471-03Department: NIH department code
      RFA-CE-22-011: Risk and Protective factors of Polydrug Overdose in North Carolina

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

      $349,888
      award amount

  10. Joanna Maselko

    Leads 2 awards · $738,193

    • 5R01HD075875-11Department: NIH department code
      Early life adversities and the emergence of risk and resilience: a longitudinal study of child development
      $492,772
      award amount
    • 1R21MH131866-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Women's adversity exposure, HPA axis regulation, and internalizing symptoms: a longitudinal study of a depression intervention

      Principal investigators: Joanna Maselko (contact PI), Victoria Baranov

      $245,421
      award amount

  11. Stephen R Cole

    Leads 1 award · $719,009

    • 5R01AI157758-05Department: NIH department code
      Improved analysis of experiments and observational studies in HIV

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

      $719,009
      award amount

  12. Lynne I. Wagner

    Leads 1 award · $709,050

    • 1R01CA282682-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Randomized controlled trial of FoRtitude: Targeted eHealth intervention to reduce fear of recurrence among breast cancer survivors in community oncology settings
      $709,050
      award amount

  13. Mariaelisa Graff

    Leads 1 award · $705,552

    • 5R01HL163262-02Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging Hispanic/Latino diversity to map and characterize cardiovascular disease loci

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

      $705,552
      award amount

  14. Emily W Gower

    Leads 1 award · $702,579

    • 5R01EY033907-02Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing Vision Impairment and Its Impact on Independence in Older Adults
      $702,579
      award amount

  15. Chantel L. Martin

    Leads 1 award · $692,216

    • 5R01AG077947-03Department: NIH department code
      Multilevel Forms of Structural Racism and Racial Inequalities in ADRD Risk

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

      $692,216
      award amount

  16. Stephanie Engel

    Leads 1 award · $660,863

    • 5R01ES033518-03Department: NIH department code
      Early Life Phthalate Exposures in Relation to Structural and Functional Brain Development

      Principal investigators: Stephanie Engel (contact PI), Weili Lin

      $660,863
      award amount

  17. Katherine M Tumlinson

    Leads 1 award · $624,144

    • 5R01HD101453-04Department: NIH department code
      Randomized Controlled Trial to Address Unintended Pregnancy Rates in Low Resource Settings
      $624,144
      award amount

  18. Til Sturmer

    Leads 1 award · $614,717

    • 5R01AG056479-07Department: NIH department code
      Propensity scores and preventive drug use in the elderly
      $614,717
      award amount

  19. Julia Rager

    Leads 1 award · $591,076

    • 1R01ES035878-01Department: NIH department code
      Wildland Urban Interface Exposure Toxicity in Cells, Animals, and Humans
      $591,076
      award amount

  20. Caroline Avery Thompson

    Leads 2 awards · $587,823

    • 5R01CA264176-05Department: NIH department code
      Diagnosis of Cancer in the Emergency Room - Explaining Persistent Disparities
      $467,569
      award amount
    • 3R01CA264176-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Diagnosis of Cancer in the Emergency Room - Explaining Persistent Disparities - Diversity Supplement
      $120,254
      award amount

  21. Jaime Catherine Slaughter-Acey

    Leads 1 award · $584,035

    • 7R01AG069003-04Department: NIH department code
      Looking Back to Look Forward: Social Environment Across the Life Course, Epigenetics, and Birth Outcomes in Black Families
      $584,035
      award amount

  22. Andrew Olshan

    Leads 1 award · $570,000

    • 5U01DD001308-02Department: NIH department code
      Component A: BD-STEPS Core at the NC Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention

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

      $570,000
      award amount

  23. Jessie P Buckley

    Leads 1 award · $554,037

    • 5R01ES033252-04Department: NIH department code
      Endocrine disrupting chemical mixtures and bone health in adolescence
      $554,037
      award amount

  24. Wayne D. Rosamond

    Leads 1 award · $522,782

    • 5T32HL007055-48Department: NIH department code
      Cardiovascular Epidemiology Training Grant
      $522,782
      award amount

  25. Justin Lessler

    Leads 1 award · $458,952

    • 5R01GM140564-05Department: NIH department code
      Merging machine learning and mechanistic models to improve prediction and inference in emerging epidemics

      Principal investigators: Justin Lessler (contact PI), Jessie Edwards

      $458,952
      award amount

  26. Jennifer Lund

    Leads 2 awards · $406,375

    • 5R01CA277756-02Department: 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

      $331,216
      award amount
    • 3R01CA277756-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Applying causal inference methods to improve estimation of the real-world benefits and harms of lung cancer screening - NCI Diversity Supplement

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

      $75,159
      award amount

  27. Evan Mayo-Wilson

    Leads 1 award · $400,000

    • 1R01HS029877-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Improving results and conclusions about harms in systematic reviews of drugs

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

      $400,000
      award amount

  28. Ganga Sarasvati Bey

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00AG075327-03Department: NIH department code
      Identity influences on psychosocial traits, biologic age, and cardiovascular disease disparities
      $249,000
      award amount

  29. Nicholas S Ingwersen

    Leads 2 awards · $233,250

    • 1R03HD114956-01Department: NIH department code
      Cognitive performance following a natural disaster and demographic and socioeconomic outcomes
      $155,500
      award amount
    • 5R03HD111816-02Department: NIH department code
      Long-term impacts on human capital of children exposed to a natural disaster
      $77,750
      award amount

  30. Anissa I Vines

    Leads 1 award · $229,393

    • 1R21HD114037-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Early Life Adversities and the Risk of Uterine Fibroids
      $229,393
      award amount

  31. Bharathi J. Zvara

    Leads 1 award · $225,306

    • 1R21HD110824-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Exploring Mechanisms Linking Maternal Childhood Adversity to Adolescent Psychopathology: The Role of Early Childhood Deprivation and Threat
      $225,306
      award amount

  32. Angela Parcesepe

    Leads 1 award · $203,981

    • 5R34AA030939-02Department: NIH department code
      Enhancing HIV prevention and reducing alcohol use among people receiving STI care in Malawi: An HIV status neutral approach

      Principal investigators: Angela Parcesepe (contact PI), Kathryn Elizabeth Lancaster

      $203,981
      award amount

  33. Juan Manuel Hincapie Castillo

    Leads 1 award · $154,958

    • 1K01DE033698-01Department: NIH department code
      Real-world Evidence Study with Patient Input to evaluate Treatment Effects in Trigeminal Neuralgia (RESPITE-TN)
      $154,958
      award amount

  34. Shakia Tranece Hardy

    Leads 1 award · $146,062

    • 5K01HL164763-04Department: NIH department code
      Peer Support for Lowering Blood Pressure among Adolescents: A Pilot, Randomized Controlled Trial
      $146,062
      award amount

  35. Paul Nicholas Zivich

    Leads 1 award · $136,327

    • 5K01AI177102-02Department: NIH department code
      Combining sources of information to improve HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
      $136,327
      award amount

  36. Sara Nicole Levintow

    Leads 1 award · $135,135

    • 5K01AI171088-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics in jails to address the COVID-19 public health emergency
      $135,135
      award amount

  37. Lisa Patterson Spees

    Leads 1 award · $134,832

    • 5K01MD016989-02Department: NIH department code
      Patient Navigation in Gynecologic Oncology: Improving Care among Rural Endometrial Cancer Patients
      $134,832
      award amount

  38. Sean Y Sylvia

    Leads 1 award · $124,335

    • 5K01AI159233-03Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the Drivers of Antibiotic use in the Treatment of Childhood Diarrhea and Relationship to Antibiotic Resistance in China
      $124,335
      award amount

  39. Chelsea Anderson

    Leads 1 award · $77,750

    • 5R03CA267327-02Department: NIH department code
      Claims-based measures of care coordination and long-term health among older women with endometrial cancer
      $77,750
      award amount

  40. Nul L Oh

    Leads 1 award · $53,974

    • 5F30CA254064-04Department: NIH department code
      Detection and treatment of breast and colorectal cancer in dual eligible beneficiaries in the Medicare Sharing Savings Program
      $53,974
      award amount

  41. Alexandra Bukowski

    Leads 1 award · $53,787

    • 5F30CA257181-04Department: NIH department code
      The effect of epigenetic DNA methylation on the progression of HPV-associated precancerous cervical lesions
      $53,787
      award amount

  42. Deanna Zhu

    Leads 1 award · $51,435

    • 5F30AI160898-04Department: NIH department code
      Age in dengue antibody response and risk after primary natural infection
      $51,435
      award amount

  43. Samantha Tulenko

    Leads 1 award · $49,270

    • 5F30AI164818-04Department: NIH department code
      The impact of a Hepatitis B birth dose vaccine on HBV immunogenicity and incidence in children in the DRC
      $49,270
      award amount

  44. Camille Morgan

    Leads 1 award · $47,428

    • 5F30AI169752-03Department: NIH department code
      Spatial and molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B transmission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
      $47,428
      award amount

  45. Austin Richard Waters

    Leads 1 award · $45,170

    • 1R36HS030175-01Department: NIH department code
      Financial Hardship among LGBTQ+ Cancer Survivors and Caregivers: Prevalence, Determinants, and Access to Care
      $45,170
      award amount

  46. Ruthly Francois

    Leads 1 award · $44,012

    • 1F30AI179110-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Characterization of the antimalarial drug resistance landscape in Kinshasa Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
      $44,012
      award amount

  47. Monica E Swilley-Martinez

    Leads 1 award · $41,253

    • 1F31MD020240-01Department: NIH department code
      Developing Racially Equitable post-release supervision Assignment guidelines to prevent overdose and suicide Mortality among formerly incarcerated people (DREAM)
      $41,253
      award amount

  48. Cambray Smith

    Leads 1 award · $41,241

    • 1F30HD116454-01Department: NIH department code
      Helping clinicians address digital information about contraception with adolescents
      $41,241
      award amount

  49. Jeremy David Fine

    Leads 1 award · $41,241

    • 1F30MH136702-01Department: NIH department code
      Mobile Crisis Workforce Pipeline: Meeting the Needs of Illinois
      $41,241
      award amount

  50. Catherine Xin-Di Li

    Leads 1 award · $41,012

    • 1F30HD115415-01Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing adherence and estimating per-protocol effects for pediatric dolutegravir use
      $41,012
      award amount

  51. Kelly Carey-Ewend

    Leads 1 award · $41,012

    • 1F30AI179111-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Population genomics and relapse epidemiology of Plasmodium ovale in sub-Saharan Africa
      $41,012
      award amount

  52. Theo Beltran

    Leads 1 award · $41,011

    • 5F31MH132187-02Department: NIH department code
      Applying Computational Phenotypes To Assess Mental Health Disorders Among Transgender Patients in the United States
      $41,011
      award amount

  53. Jacob Kahrs

    Leads 1 award · $39,732

    • 1F31HD115361-01Department: NIH department code
      Comparison of Antimicrobial Safety and Effectiveness for the Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections During Pregnancy
      $39,732
      award amount

  54. Brooke Whitney Bullington

    Leads 1 award · $39,440

    • 1F31HD113332-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Assessing the impact of a postpartum intrauterine device intervention on contraceptive decision-making
      $39,440
      award amount

  55. Taniqua Ingol

    Leads 1 award · $36,993

    • 5F31HD112124-02Department: NIH department code
      Accounting for selection and information bias in studies of Autism Spectrum Disorder
      $36,993
      award amount

  56. Julia Reddy

    Leads 1 award · $34,097

    • 5F31DA057756-02Department: NIH department code
      Implementation and Outcomes of Child Protection System Reporting Policies Regarding Infants Born with Prenatal Substance Exposure
      $34,097
      award amount

  57. Michelle Terese Delahanty

    Leads 1 award · $25,825

    • 1F31HD116585-01Department: NIH department code
      Variability in the Perinatal Hormone Environment and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder
      $25,825
      award amount

  58. Zhang Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $24,993

    • 1F31HL172678-01Department: NIH department code
      The Impact of Telehealth on Healthcare Utilization, Health Behavior and Quality of Care for Middle-aged and Older Adults with Cardiometabolic Risk
      $24,993
      award amount

  59. Griffin Bell

    Leads 1 award · $7,897

    • 5F31AI167672-03Department: NIH department code
      Epidemiological, Geospatial, and Phylogenetic Evidence to Inform Interventions Against HIV Transmission during Acute and Early HIV Infection in Lilongwe, Malawi
      $7,897
      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.