Other Health Professions at University of South Carolina at Columbia

Leads a grant in this department

15 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 G Weaver

   Leads 4 awards · $2,371,668

   • 5R01DK133169-04Department: NIH department code

     Increasing Low-income Children's Access to Healthy Structured Programming to Reduce Obesity
     $642,017

     award amount
   • 5R01DK133248-04Department: NIH department code

     Identifying the Ideal Dose of Structured Summer Programming for Mitigating Accelerated Summer BMI Gain
     $631,173

     award amount
   • 5R01HD112351-04Department: NIH department code

     Identifying Patterns of BMI Development and Associated Behavioral, Social, Environmental, Genetic, and Biological Factors for Children from 3-10 Years
     $619,718

     award amount
   • 5R01DK129215-05Department: NIH department code

     Validity and Utility of Consumer-based Wearable Fitness Trackers to Monitor Free-Living Physical Activity Energy Expenditure and Sleep in Children 5-12 Years Old
     $478,760

     award amount

2. Michael W Beets

   Leads 3 awards · $1,916,068

   • 5R01DK116665-09Department: NIH department code

     Etiology of Accelerated Weight Gain during Summer vs. School in Adolescents: What's UP (Undermining Prevention) with Summer 2
     $655,265

     award amount
   • 5R01DK139614-03Department: NIH department code

     Contextual Determinants of Accelerated Weight Gain During Summer Among Preschoolers from Low-income Households
     $633,063

     award amount
   • 5R01HD116435-02Department: NIH department code

     Efficacy of Center-based Childcare to Mitigate Unhealthy Weight Gain in Preschoolers from Low-income Households During the Summer
     $627,740

     award amount

3. Elizabeth Adams

   Leads 2 awards · $1,385,039

   • 1R01HL187686-01Department: NIH department code

     A Prevention-Focused Behavioral Intervention for Preschoolers Via Their Parents
     $744,538

     award amount
   • 5R01DK140677-03Department: NIH department code

     Increasing Use of SNAP Fruit and Vegetable Incentive Programs for Families with Food Insecurity
     $640,501

     award amount

4. Bridget R. Armstrong

   Leads 2 awards · $1,343,129

   • 5R01HL171295-03Department: NIH department code

     Using Open-Source Technology to Measure Energy Expenditure and Sleep Among Children 3 to 8 Years Old
     $707,223

     award amount
   • 5R01HD112311-03Department: NIH department code

     Causes and Consequences of Preschooler's Digital Media Use: The Role of Sleep, Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior and Social Emotional Health
     $635,906

     award amount

5. Sara Wilcox

   Leads 1 award · $1,000,000

   • 5U48DP006780-03Department: NIH department code

     The USC PRC: Community-Based Participatory Research to Study Church Implementation of an Evidence-Based Social Support Intervention to Increase Physical Activity among Older African American Adults
     $1,000,000

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 5U48DP006963-02, led by Chih-Hsiang Yang; 5U48DP006850-03, led by Christine Ann Pellegrini.

6. Christine Ann Pellegrini

   Leads 2 awards · $857,682

   • 5R01AG088083-03Department: NIH department code

     Optimizing a Remote-based Physical Activity Intervention for Adults with Total Knee Replacement

     Principal investigators: Christine Ann Pellegrini (contact PI), Jessica L Unick

     $607,918

     award amount
   • 5U48DP006850-03Department: NIH department code

     Examination of the Dose Response Relationship Between Physical Activity and Arthritis-Attributable Outcomes

     Principal investigators: Christine Ann Pellegrini (contact PI), Sara Wilcox

     $249,764

     award amount

7. Abigail Lee Hogan

   Leads 1 award · $701,375

   • 5R01MH107573-09Department: NIH department code

     Emergence, stability, and predictors of anxiety in Fragile X syndrome
     $701,375

     award amount

8. Delia Smith West

   Leads 1 award · $667,573

   • 5R01DK135227-04Department: NIH department code

     Addressing Rural Health Disparities by Optimizing "High Touch" Intervention Components in Digital Obesity Treatment

     Principal investigators: Delia Smith West (contact PI), Rebecca A. Krukowski

     $667,573

     award amount

9. Suzanne M. Adlof

   Leads 1 award · $632,963

   • 5R01DC021177-04Department: NIH department code

     Measuring Language Comprehension Development in the Primary Grades

     Principal investigators: Suzanne M. Adlof (contact PI), Alison Hendricks

     $632,963

     award amount

10. Lisa Fitton

    Leads 1 award · $620,698

    • 5R01HD114547-03Department: NIH department code

      Diagnostic identification of language and reading disorders among bilingual learners

      Principal investigators: Lisa Fitton (contact PI), John Marc Goodrich

      $620,698

      award amount

11. Jessica Klusek

    Leads 1 award · $562,780

    • 5R01AG073374-05Department: NIH department code

      Aging Symptom Trajectories in Mother Carriers of the FMR1 Premutation
      $562,780

      award amount

12. William Gerald Matchin

    Leads 1 award · $512,640

    • 1R01DC023216-01A1Department: NIH department code

      The Cortical Organization of Syntax: Insights into Grammatical Deficits in Aphasia
      $512,640

      award amount

13. Chih-Hsiang Yang

    Leads 1 award · $509,493

    • 5U48DP006963-02Department: NIH department code

      Optimizing and Projecting Lifestyle Behavioral Interventions to Sustain Long-term Health Behaviors and Outcomes in Focus Populations

      Principal investigators: Chih-Hsiang Yang (contact PI), Brian Chen, Sara Wilcox

      $509,493

      award amount

14. Keagan Kiely

    Leads 1 award · $77,810

    • 1F32HD122313-01Department: NIH department code

      The Impact of Summer on Obesogenic Behaviors and BMI in Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
      $77,810

      award amount

15. Olivia Finnegan

    Leads 1 award · $33,254

    • 5F31HD115296-02Department: NIH department code

      Leveraging Embedded Mobile Device Sensors for Detection of Children's Mobile Screen Use: Examining Feasibility and Performance
      $33,254

      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.

• Rebecca A. Krukowski

  Co-investigator on 5R01DK135227-04, led by Delia Smith West

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Virginia · Public Health (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Alison Hendricks

  Co-investigator on 5R01DC021177-04, led by Suzanne M. Adlof

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• John Marc Goodrich

  Co-investigator on 5R01HD114547-03, led by Lisa Fitton

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Jessica L Unick

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG088083-03, led by Christine Ann Pellegrini

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Miriam Hospital · Psychiatry (investigator's affiliation, 2 awards)

• Brian Chen

  Co-investigator on 5U48DP006963-02, led by Chih-Hsiang Yang

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.