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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Public Health at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

Funding
$28.3M
$28,287,171
Awards
68
FY2025 NIH awards in Public Health
Principal investigators
68
49 lead a grant here, 19 co-investigators
Department rank
#11
of 117 · 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

49 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 · $2,880,575

    • 5R01MH133028-03Department: 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

      $964,486
      award amount
    • 1R01MH140761-01Department: NIH department code
      INSPIRE: Innovations in Suicide Prevention Research

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

      $955,405
      award amount
    • 5R01MH134660-02Department: 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

      $577,537
      award amount
    • 5T32AI070114-19Department: NIH department code
      Training in Infectious Disease Epidemiology (TIDE)
      $383,147
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1U01CE003821-01, led by Shabbar I Ranapurwala.

  2. Robert A Hummer

    Leads 2 awards · $2,425,533

    • 5U01AG071450-05Department: 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

      $1,887,467
      award amount
    • 5T32HD091058-09Department: NIH department code
      From Biological to Social Processes: Interdisciplinary Training in Life Course Research

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

      $538,066
      award amount

  3. Nora Franceschini

    Leads 6 awards · $1,953,641

    • 5R01HG013163-02Department: NIH department code
      Multi-omics study of ancestry enriched associations in Hispanics/Latinos

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

      $699,000
      award amount
    • 5R01HL163972-04Department: NIH department code
      Genetics of Cardiovascular Disease in Chronic Kidney Disease

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

      $475,485
      award amount
    • 3U01DK130044-05S1Department: NIH department code
      The Chorotega CKDu Epidemiology Field Study

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

      $432,000
      award amount
    • 5R01HL175681-02Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic biomarkers of cardiovascular risk in African American Women

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

      $277,918
      award amount
    • 5K26DK138425-03Department: NIH department code
      Mentored Training in Molecular Epidemiology of Chronic Kidney Disease in Diverse Populations
      $69,237
      award amount
    • 5U01DK130044-05Department: NIH department code
      The Chorotega CKDu Epidemiology Field Study

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

      $1
      award amount

  4. Christy Leigh Avery

    Leads 2 awards · $1,880,358

    • 1R01HL172887-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Phenotypic consequences of lipoprotein(a) in diverse populations

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

      $1,602,792
      award amount
    • 5T32HL129982-10Department: 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

      $277,566
      award amount

  5. Leena A Nylander-French

    Leads 2 awards · $1,872,500

    • 5T42OH008673-20Department: NIH department code
      North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Centers
      $1,800,000
      award amount
    • 6T42OH008673-20M002Department: NIH department code
      North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Centers
      $72,500
      award amount

  6. Emily W Gower

    Leads 3 awards · $1,759,156

    • 5R01EY033907-03Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing Vision Impairment and Its Impact on Independence in Older Adults
      $757,004
      award amount
    • 3UG1EY036891-01S1Department: NIH department code
      Maximizing Outcomes of Repeat Trichiasis Surgery Performed by Integrated Eye Care Workers
      $698,817
      award amount
    • 4R33EY034351-03Department: NIH department code
      Using Image Recognition Technology and Smartphones to Improve Trichiasis Surgery Outcomes
      $303,335
      award amount

  7. Julie L Daniels

    Leads 3 awards · $1,136,779

    • 5U01DD001293-05Department: NIH department code
      Component A: North Carolina - Advancing Developmental Research using SEED and SEED Follow-up data
      $616,974
      award amount
    • 5T32HD052468-18Department: NIH department code
      Training Program in Reproductive, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology
      $269,805
      award amount
    • 6U01DD001293-05M002Department: NIH department code
      Component A: North Carolina - Advancing Developmental Research using SEED and SEED Follow-up data
      $250,000
      award amount

  8. Julia Rager

    Leads 2 awards · $959,631

    • 5R01ES035878-02Department: NIH department code
      Wildland Urban Interface Exposure Toxicity in Cells, Animals, and Humans
      $677,273
      award amount
    • 3R01ES035878-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Wildland Urban Interface Exposure Toxicity in Cells, Animals, and Humans
      $282,358
      award amount

  9. Kathryn Elizabeth Moracco

    Leads 1 award · $850,000

    • 5R49CE003568-02Department: NIH department code
      CE24-001, UNC INJURY PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER
      $850,000
      award amount

  10. Saif Khairat

    Leads 1 award · $749,745

    • 5RC2TR004380-03Department: NIH department code
      Center for Virtual Care Value and Excellence (ViVE).
      $749,745
      award amount

  11. Shabbar I Ranapurwala

    Leads 2 awards · $749,253

    • 5R01CE003579-03Department: 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

      $399,995
      award amount
    • 1U01CE003821-01Department: NIH department code
      CE25-149 - The effect of Medicaid expansion on medications for opioid use disorder, mental health care, and overdose mortality among formerly incarcerated people

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

      $349,258
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01MH140761-01, led by Brian W Pence.

  12. Bethany Hedt-Gauthier

    Leads 2 awards · $731,616

    • 7R01HD112403-02Department: NIH department code
      Image-based algorithms for remote cesarean surgical site infection diagnoses in diverse populations
      $443,361
      award amount
    • 7R33HD103052-05Department: NIH department code
      mHealth-Community Health Worker tool for comprehensive post-cesarean follow-up in rural Rwanda
      $288,255
      award amount

  13. Mariaelisa Graff

    Leads 1 award · $718,738

    • 5R01HL163262-03Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging Hispanic/Latino diversity to map and characterize cardiovascular disease loci

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

      $718,738
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01HL172887-01A1, led by Christy Leigh Avery.

  14. Chantel L. Martin

    Leads 1 award · $690,359

    • 5R01AG077947-04Department: NIH department code
      Multilevel Forms of Structural Racism and Racial Inequalities in ADRD Risk

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

      $690,359
      award amount

  15. Lynne I. Wagner

    Leads 1 award · $657,618

    • 5R01CA282682-02Department: NIH department code
      Randomized controlled trial of FoRtitude: Targeted eHealth intervention to reduce fear of recurrence among breast cancer survivors in community oncology settings
      $657,618
      award amount

  16. Allison Frost

    Leads 2 awards · $653,349

    • 1R01HL180944-01Department: NIH department code
      Promoting child respiratory health through novel psychosocial targets: An investigation of a maternal mental health intervention
      $560,559
      award amount
    • 3R01HL180944-01S1Department: NIH department code
      Promoting child respiratory health through novel psychosocial targets: An investigation of a maternal mental health intervention
      $92,790
      award amount

  17. Stephanie Engel

    Leads 1 award · $647,118

    • 5R01ES033518-04Department: NIH department code
      Early Life Phthalate Exposures in Relation to Structural and Functional Brain Development

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

      $647,118
      award amount

  18. Anne E. Sanders

    Leads 1 award · $603,502

    • 1UG3DE033354-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Safety and analgesic efficacy of marine lipid precursors of specialized pro-resolving mediators in adults with chronic temporomandibular pain.
      $603,502
      award amount

  19. Katherine M Tumlinson

    Leads 1 award · $600,548

    • 5R01HD101453-05Department: NIH department code
      Randomized Controlled Trial to Address Unintended Pregnancy Rates in Low Resource Settings
      $600,548
      award amount

  20. Andrew Olshan

    Leads 1 award · $570,000

    • 5U01DD001308-03Department: 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

  21. Til Sturmer

    Leads 1 award · $558,408

    • 5R01AG056479-08Department: NIH department code
      Propensity scores and preventive drug use in the elderly
      $558,408
      award amount

  22. Jessie P Buckley

    Leads 1 award · $499,790

    • 5R01ES033252-05Department: NIH department code
      Endocrine disrupting chemical mixtures and bone health in adolescence
      $499,790
      award amount

  23. John A Staley

    Leads 1 award · $413,295

    • 1R21ES037935-01Department: NIH department code
      First Responder Safety and Well-being Amid the Hurricane Helene Response
      $413,295
      award amount

  24. Wayne D. Rosamond

    Leads 1 award · $399,145

    • 5T32HL007055-49Department: NIH department code
      Cardiovascular Epidemiology Training Grant
      $399,145
      award amount

  25. Evan Mayo-Wilson

    Leads 1 award · $390,983

    • 5R01HS029877-02Department: NIH department code
      Improving results and conclusions about harms in systematic reviews of drugs

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

      $390,983
      award amount

  26. Jennifer Lund

    Leads 1 award · $355,706

    • 5R01CA277756-03Department: 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

  27. Caroline Avery Thompson

    Leads 1 award · $347,139

    • 5R01CA264176-06Department: NIH department code
      Diagnosis of Cancer in the Emergency Room - Explaining Persistent Disparities
      $347,139
      award amount

  28. Ganga Sarasvati Bey

    Leads 1 award · $244,020

    • 5R00AG075327-04Department: NIH department code
      Identity influences on psychosocial traits, biologic age, and cardiovascular disease disparities
      $244,020
      award amount

  29. Angela Parcesepe

    Leads 1 award · $203,440

    • 5R34AA030939-03Department: 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

      $203,440
      award amount

  30. Bharathi J. Zvara

    Leads 1 award · $202,319

    • 5R21HD110824-02Department: NIH department code
      Exploring Mechanisms Linking Maternal Childhood Adversity to Adolescent Psychopathology: The Role of Early Childhood Deprivation and Threat
      $202,319
      award amount

  31. Anissa I Vines

    Leads 1 award · $186,661

    • 5R21HD114037-02Department: NIH department code
      Early Life Adversities and the Risk of Uterine Fibroids
      $186,661
      award amount

  32. Joanna Maselko

    Leads 1 award · $172,109

    • 5R21MH131866-02Department: 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

      $172,109
      award amount

  33. Shakia Tranece Hardy

    Leads 1 award · $145,660

    • 5K01HL164763-05Department: NIH department code
      Peer Support for Lowering Blood Pressure among Adolescents: A Pilot, Randomized Controlled Trial
      $145,660
      award amount

  34. Paul Nicholas Zivich

    Leads 1 award · $136,327

    • 5K01AI177102-03Department: NIH department code
      Combining sources of information to improve HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
      $136,327
      award amount

  35. Lisa Patterson Spees

    Leads 1 award · $134,829

    • 5K01MD016989-03Department: NIH department code
      Patient Navigation in Gynecologic Oncology: Improving Care among Rural Endometrial Cancer Patients
      $134,829
      award amount

  36. Sean Y Sylvia

    Leads 1 award · $129,170

    • 5K01AI159233-04Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the Drivers of Antibiotic use in the Treatment of Childhood Diarrhea and Relationship to Antibiotic Resistance in China
      $129,170
      award amount

  37. Qoua Liang Her

    Leads 1 award · $92,464

    • 1F32DK143609-01Department: 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
      $92,464
      award amount

  38. Brianah McCoy

    Leads 1 award · $83,584

    • 4K00AG088576-02Department: NIH department code
      Effects of environmental adversity on molecular aging in the immune system of companion dogs
      $83,584
      award amount

  39. Camille Morgan

    Leads 1 award · $54,385

    • 5F30AI169752-04Department: NIH department code
      Spatial and molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B transmission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
      $54,385
      award amount

  40. Katherine Nicole Gora Combs

    Leads 1 award · $53,523

    • 1R36DA062854-01Department: NIH department code
      Impact of state-level gabapentin schedule V controlled substance classification on utilization and fatal overdose
      $53,523
      award amount

  41. Catherine Xin-Di Li

    Leads 1 award · $48,167

    • 5F30HD115415-02Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing adherence and estimating per-protocol effects for pediatric dolutegravir use
      $48,167
      award amount

  42. Kelly Carey-Ewend

    Leads 1 award · $48,166

    • 5F30AI179111-02Department: NIH department code
      Population genomics and relapse epidemiology of Plasmodium ovale in sub-Saharan Africa
      $48,166
      award amount

  43. Lauren F Spigel

    Leads 1 award · $44,700

    • 1F31HD118796-01Department: NIH department code
      The association of a person-centered care intervention during childbirth with clinical and patient-reported outcomes in Washington state hospitals
      $44,700
      award amount

  44. Ruthly Francois

    Leads 1 award · $44,576

    • 5F30AI179110-02Department: NIH department code
      Characterization of the antimalarial drug resistance landscape in Kinshasa Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
      $44,576
      award amount

  45. Cambray Smith

    Leads 1 award · $41,805

    • 5F30HD116454-02Department: NIH department code
      Facilitating shared decision-making about contraception with adolescents
      $41,805
      award amount

  46. Jeremy David Fine

    Leads 1 award · $41,805

    • 5F30MH136702-02Department: NIH department code
      Mobile Crisis Workforce Pipeline: Meeting the Needs of Illinois
      $41,805
      award amount

  47. Sam Jean Neally

    Leads 1 award · $41,700

    • 1F31ES036864-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Effects of Gestational Exposure to Extreme Heat and Heat Vulnerability on Early Life Blood Pressure Trajectories
      $41,700
      award amount

  48. Sarah H. Koenigsberg

    Leads 1 award · $41,700

    • 1F31HL177899-01Department: NIH department code
      Triangulating causal effects of sleep, inflammation, and cardiometabolic disease
      $41,700
      award amount

  49. Jacob Kahrs

    Leads 1 award · $41,576

    • 5F31HD115361-02Department: NIH department code
      Comparison of Antimicrobial Safety and Effectiveness for the Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections During Pregnancy
      $41,576
      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.