FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Public Health at University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

Funding

$11.3M

$11,322,936

Awards

FY2026 NIH awards in Public Health

Principal investigators

15 lead a grant here, 11 co-investigators

Department rank

#37

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 Virginia page.

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.

Jamie Zoellner
Leads 3 awards · $2,294,060
- 2R01MD015033-06Department: NIH department code
  Optimizing iSIPsmarter: A Factorial Trial to Enhance Engagement and Effectiveness on Sugary Beverages and Weight among rural Appalachian adults
  Principal investigators: Jamie Zoellner (contact PI), Lee M Ritterband
  $818,012
  award amount
- 1R01MD021373-01Department: NIH department code
  Leveraging digital tools and adaptive precision facilitation to enhance teacher implementation fidelity and promote student health in rural Appalachian schools: A hybrid Type 3 trial
  $806,797
  award amount
- 5R01CA282436-03Department: NIH department code
  weSipSmarter: An efficacy trial to reduce sugary beverages among rural Head Start parent-child dyads
  $669,251
  award amount
Melissa Ashley Little
Leads 2 awards · $1,687,333
- 5R01CA267963-04Department: NIH department code
  Leveraging Community Pharmacists to Optimize Smoking Cessation Services for Rural Smokers in Appalachia
  $1,017,423
  award amount
- 1R01CA309123-01A1Department: NIH department code
  Optimizing Pharmacist-Led Tobacco Treatment for Individuals who Smoke and are Not Ready to Make a Quit Attempt in Federally Qualified Health Centers
  $669,910
  award amount
Mark R Conaway
Leads 2 awards · $998,950
- 1R01CA302815-01A1Department: NIH department code
  Adaptive randomization for identifying multiple doses in early phase trials
  Principal investigators: Mark R Conaway (contact PI), Gina R. Petroni
  $514,563
  award amount
- 1R01CA299473-01A1Department: NIH department code
  Novel methods for the design, analysis and implementation of ELISpot experiments
  Principal investigators: Mark R Conaway (contact PI), Gina R. Petroni
  $484,387
  award amount
Guofen Yan
Leads 1 award · $776,121
- 2R01DK112008-05A1Department: NIH department code
  Racial and ethnic disparities in kidney outcomes among people at risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD)
  Principal investigators: Guofen Yan (contact PI), Julia J Scialla
  $776,121
  award amount
Rebecca A. Krukowski
Leads 1 award · $744,590
- 1R01DK144066-01A1Department: NIH department code
  An efficient factorial design to optimize behavioral changes and improve health outcomes in adults prescribed next-generation obesity medications
  Principal investigators: Rebecca A. Krukowski (contact PI), Kathryn Marie Ross
  $744,590
  award amount
Yaohua Yang
Leads 1 award · $730,007
- 1R37CA309508-01A1Department: NIH department code
  Identification of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) marks and genes influencing lung cancer risk
  $730,007
  award amount
Ani Wang Manichaikul
Leads 1 award · $709,327
- 5R01HL173613-02Department: NIH department code
  Interrogating the pathogenesis of COPD using metabolomics and genomics data
  Principal investigators: Ani Wang Manichaikul (contact PI), Hae Kyung Im, Michael H. Cho
  $709,327
  award amount
Kara P Wiseman
Leads 1 award · $585,038
- 5R01AA029074-05Department: NIH department code
  The effectiveness of text-based messaging strategies for preventing subsequent problematic alcohol use among technical trainees in the U.S. Air force
  Principal investigators: Kara P Wiseman (contact PI), Meghan E. McDevitt-Murphy
  $585,038
  award amount
Sarah J Ratcliffe
Leads 1 award · $555,047
- 5U24HL152304-05Department: NIH department code
  2/2 The Diaphragmatic Initiated Ventilatory Assist (DIVA) Trial
  $555,047
  award amount
Lois L Shepherd
Leads 1 award · $454,810
- 1R21EB038165-01Department: NIH department code
  Anticipating bioethical issues in enhancement prosthetics
  Principal investigators: Lois L Shepherd (contact PI), Max Shepherd
  $454,810
  award amount
Nao Hagiwara
Leads 1 award · $444,952
- 5R01NR020030-05Department: NIH department code
  Pain care disparities: A comprehensive integration of patient‐ and provider‐level mechanisms with dyadic communication processes using a mixed‐methods research design
  Principal investigators: Nao Hagiwara (contact PI), Peter Mende-Siedlecki
  $444,952
  award amount
Chongzhi Zang
Leads 1 award · $444,125
- 5R35GM133712-08Department: NIH department code
  Integrative computational models for functional epigenomics and transcriptional regulation
  $444,125
  award amount
Kathleen Joyce Porter
Leads 1 award · $415,257
- 1R21CA308930-01A1Department: NIH department code
  Development of comprehensive intervention to address financial toxicity among cancer survivors and caregivers
  Principal investigators: Kathleen Joyce Porter (contact PI), Wen You
  $415,257
  award amount
Jennifer Mason Lobo
Leads 1 award · $367,899
- 5R01CA284057-04Department: NIH department code
  Optimizing Treatment Decision Making for Patients with Localized Renal Mass
  Principal investigators: Jennifer Mason Lobo (contact PI), Stephen Hembree Culp
  $367,899
  award amount
Kelsey Day
Leads 1 award · $115,420
- 1K99CA300506-01A1Department: NIH department code
  Multilevel, Faith-based Intervention to Promote Rural Physical Activity
  $115,420
  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.

Gina R. Petroni
Co-investigator on 1R01CA302815-01A1, led by Mark R Conaway; 1R01CA299473-01A1, led by Mark R Conaway
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Lee M Ritterband
Co-investigator on 2R01MD015033-06, led by Jamie Zoellner
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Virginia · Psychiatry (NIH department code, 1 award)
Julia J Scialla
Co-investigator on 2R01DK112008-05A1, led by Guofen Yan
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Kathryn Marie Ross
Co-investigator on 1R01DK144066-01A1, led by Rebecca A. Krukowski
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Aurora Health Care, Inc. (no department on record, 1 award)
Hae Kyung Im
Co-investigator on 5R01HL173613-02, led by Ani Wang Manichaikul
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Michael H. Cho
Co-investigator on 5R01HL173613-02, led by Ani Wang Manichaikul
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Brigham and Women's Hospital · Internal Medicine (investigator's affiliation, 2 awards)
Meghan E. McDevitt-Murphy
Co-investigator on 5R01AA029074-05, led by Kara P Wiseman
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Max Shepherd
Co-investigator on 1R21EB038165-01, led by Lois L Shepherd
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Northeastern University · Other Health Professions (NIH department code, 1 award)
Peter Mende-Siedlecki
Co-investigator on 5R01NR020030-05, led by Nao Hagiwara
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Wen You
Co-investigator on 1R21CA308930-01A1, led by Kathleen Joyce Porter
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Virginia · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)
Stephen Hembree Culp
Co-investigator on 5R01CA284057-04, led by Jennifer Mason Lobo
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.