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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Public Health at Yale University

New Haven, CT

Funding
$26.4M
$26,443,121
Awards
54
FY2026 NIH awards in Public Health
Principal investigators
55
34 lead a grant here, 21 co-investigators
Department rank
#16
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 Yale University page.

Leads a grant in this department

34 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. Nicola Hawley

    Leads 4 awards · $3,416,548

    • 1R01MH144629-01Department: NIH department code
      Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a family skills intervention to supportadolescent mental health in American Samoa

      Principal investigators: Nicola Hawley (contact PI), Sarah Ryan Lowe

      $1,262,708
      award amount
    • 5R01DK139672-03Department: NIH department code
      CREBRF and risk of pregnancy and postpartum dysglycemia in American Samoan women 

      Principal investigators: Nicola Hawley (contact PI), Angela Bengtson, Erin E. Kershaw

      $1,118,300
      award amount
    • 1R01HD120157-01A1Department: NIH department code
      STRONG: a group prenatal care intervention to reduce gestational diabetes among women in American Samoa
      $867,162
      award amount
    • 3R01DK139672-03S1Department: NIH department code
      CREBRF and risk of pregnancy and postpartum dysglycemia in American Samoan women 

      Principal investigators: Nicola Hawley (contact PI), Angela Bengtson, Erin E. Kershaw

      $168,378
      award amount
  2. Albert Icksang Ko

    Leads 9 awards · $3,170,758

  3. Elizabeth B. Claus

    Leads 1 award · $2,299,632

  4. Nicole Deziel

    Leads 2 awards · $2,183,048

  5. Ying Chen

    Leads 2 awards · $2,125,638

    • 5P42ES033815-05Department: NIH department code
      Emerging Water Contaminants: Investigating and Mitigating Exposures and Health Risks

      Principal investigators: Drew R Gentner (contact PI), Hongyu Zhao (contact PI), Iris Herz Kaminski (contact PI), Jaehong Kim (contact PI), Nicole Deziel (contact PI), Vasilis Vasiliou (contact PI), Ying Chen (contact PI)

      $1,748,763
      award amount
    • 5R01AA028859-05Department: NIH department code
      Redox Regulation of O-GlcNAcylation Signaling in the Pathogenesis of Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
      $376,875
      award amount
  6. Vasilis Vasiliou

    Leads 2 awards · $1,883,760

  7. Drew R Gentner

    Leads 1 award · $1,748,763

  8. Hongyu Zhao

    Leads 1 award · $1,748,763

  9. Iris Herz Kaminski

    Leads 1 award · $1,748,763

  10. Jaehong Kim

    Leads 1 award · $1,748,763

  11. Melinda L Irwin

    Leads 2 awards · $1,608,943

    • 5U01CA271278-05Department: NIH department code
      Trial of Exercise and Lifestyle (TEAL) in Women with Ovarian Cancer

      Principal investigators: Melinda L Irwin (contact PI), Tracy E Crane

      $1,182,233
      award amount
    • 5T32CA250803-07Department: NIH department code
      The Yale Cancer Prevention and Control Training Program

      Principal investigators: Melinda L Irwin (contact PI), Xiaomei Ma

      $426,710
      award amount
  12. Michael Cappello

    Leads 4 awards · $1,493,740

    • 5R01AI162826-05Department: NIH department code
      Translational studies of hookworm infection in Ghana
      $695,579
      award amount
    • 5R01AI182301-03Department: NIH department code
      Genomic approaches to define hookworm population diversity and deworming drug response
      $587,049
      award amount
    • 3R01AI182301-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Genomic approaches to define hookworm population diversity and deworming drug response
      $126,283
      award amount
    • 3R01AI162826-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Translational studies of hookworm infection in Ghana
      $84,829
      award amount
  13. Sunil Parikh

    Leads 3 awards · $870,002

    • 5R01HD068174-13Department: NIH department code
      Optimizing HIV-malaria treatment in a shifting treatment and resistance landscape in Africa

      Principal investigators: Sunil Parikh (contact PI), Francesca T. Aweeka

      $676,510
      award amount
    • 3R01HD068174-13S1Department: NIH department code
      Optimizing HIV-malaria treatment in a shifting treatment and resistance landscape in Africa

      Principal investigators: Sunil Parikh (contact PI), Francesca T. Aweeka

      $118,802
      award amount
    • 3R01HD068174-13S2Department: NIH department code
      Optimizing HIV-malaria treatment in a shifting treatment and resistance landscape in Africa

      Principal investigators: Sunil Parikh (contact PI), Francesca T. Aweeka

      $74,690
      award amount
  14. Serap Aksoy

    Leads 1 award · $818,379

    • 5R01AI158805-05Department: NIH department code
      Trypanosome Transmission Biology in Tsetse
      $818,379
      award amount
  15. Nathan Dale Grubaugh

    Leads 1 award · $796,363

    • 5R01AI180209-03Department: NIH department code
      Evolution, transmission, and control of drug-resistant tuberculosis
      $796,363
      award amount
  16. Daniel Martin Weinberger

    Leads 1 award · $792,513

    • 1R01AI195985-01Department: NIH department code
      Serotype re-emergence and vaccine impact in the era of next-generation pneumococcal vaccines
      $792,513
      award amount
  17. Laura Forastiere

    Leads 1 award · $742,419

    • 5R01MH134715-04Department: NIH department code
      Developing causal inference methods to evaluate and leverage spillover effects through social Interactions for designing improved HIV prevention interventions
      $742,419
      award amount
  18. Kai Chen

    Leads 1 award · $729,439

    • 5R01HL169171-04Department: NIH department code
      Extreme Heat and Acute Myocardial Infarction: Effect Modifications by Sex, Medical History, and Air Pollution
      $729,439
      award amount
  19. Zeyan Liew

    Leads 2 awards · $724,876

    • 5R01HD109213-04Department: NIH department code
      Neurodevelopmental Effect of Acetaminophen Exposures
      $486,111
      award amount
    • 5R01ES034756-03Department: NIH department code
      Environmental Chemical Exposures and Biologic Markers for Cerebral Palsy (EXPOSE CP)
      $238,765
      award amount
  20. John Lucian Davis

    Leads 3 awards · $711,847

    • 3R01HL176337-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Peer-led Implementation of TB-HIV Education and Adherence Counseling in Uganda

      Principal investigators: John Lucian Davis (contact PI), Achilles Katamba

      $370,557
      award amount
    • 5R01HL176337-03Department: NIH department code
      Peer-led Implementation of TB-HIV Education and Adherence Counseling in Uganda

      Principal investigators: John Lucian Davis (contact PI), Achilles Katamba

      $215,517
      award amount
    • 1K24HL186289-01Department: NIH department code
      Mentoring for Enhanced TB-HIV Outcomes and Recovery (MENTOR)
      $125,773
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R24AI194905-02, led by Debbie Humphries.

  21. Robert Heimer

    Leads 1 award · $690,308

    • 5R01DA062622-02Department: NIH department code
      Applying a multiple methods approach to examine spatial and temporal variability in a state's illicit drug market
      $690,308
      award amount
  22. Amy Kristine Bei

    Leads 2 awards · $688,485

    • 5R01AI168238-05Department: NIH department code
      Evaluating the Functional Impact of Genetic Diversity on Malaria Vaccine Candidates
      $584,019
      award amount
    • 3R01AI168238-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Evaluating the Functional Impact of Genetic Diversity on Malaria Vaccine Candidates
      $104,466
      award amount
  23. Gregg Steven Gonsalves

    Leads 1 award · $678,603

    • 5R01DA060716-03Department: NIH department code
      Predict, Detect, Diagnose: Confronting Outbreaks of HIV and Other Infectious Diseases Among People Who Use Drugs

      Principal investigators: Gregg Steven Gonsalves (contact PI), Joshua Lindsey Warren

      $678,603
      award amount
  24. Caroline Helen Johnson

    Leads 1 award · $672,461

    Also a principal investigator on 2R25ES029052-06, led by Vasilis Vasiliou.

  25. Debbie Humphries

    Leads 1 award · $646,573

    • 5R24AI194905-02Department: NIH department code
      R3EDI - Rigorous, Rapid, & Relevant Evidence aDaptation & Implementation to EHE

      Principal investigators: Debbie Humphries (contact PI), John Lucian Davis

      $646,573
      award amount
  26. Judith H Lichtman

    Leads 1 award · $639,845

    • 5R01AG056628-08Department: NIH department code
      Disparities in Patterns of Recurrent Stroke in the Elderly
      $639,845
      award amount
  27. Erika Linnander

    Leads 1 award · $563,438

  28. Donna L Spiegelman

    Leads 3 awards · $561,228

    • 5R01HL169421-04Department: NIH department code
      Community Health Worker Led Hypertension Prevention and Control (CHPC) in Nepal: An Implementation Trial

      Principal investigators: Donna L Spiegelman (contact PI), Archana Shrestha

      $232,739
      award amount
    • 3R01HL169421-04S2Department: NIH department code
      Community Health Worker Led Hypertension Prevention and Control (CHPC) in Nepal: An Implementation Trial

      Principal investigators: Donna L Spiegelman (contact PI), Archana Shrestha

      $231,529
      award amount
    • 3R01HL169421-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Community Health Worker Led Hypertension Prevention and Control (CHPC) in Nepal: An Implementation Trial

      Principal investigators: Donna L Spiegelman (contact PI), Archana Shrestha

      $96,960
      award amount
  29. Ke Li

    Leads 1 award · $130,923

    • 1K99AI199123-01Department: NIH department code
      Data-Science Approaches to Evaluating and Forecasting Transmission of Respiratory Syncytial Virus
      $130,923
      award amount
  30. Oladimeji Aladelokun

    Leads 1 award · $130,490

    • 1K99CA304369-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Early onset colorectal cancer
      $130,490
      award amount
  31. Christina Paraggio

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31AI197571-01Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Hookworm Glycoproteins in Parasite Biology and Disease Pathogenesis
      $50,114
      award amount
  32. Katherine Hill

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31DA062410-02Department: NIH department code
      Utilizing Multi-Methods to Examine the Impact of Xylazine in the Unregulated Drug Supply
      $50,114
      award amount
  33. Abbey Porzucek

    Leads 1 award · $35,098

    • 5F31AI186435-03Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the Impact of Dengue Virus Lineage Persistence on Outbreak Potential
      $35,098
      award amount
  34. Kelly Hagadorn

    Leads 1 award · $35,062

    • 5F31AI176818-03Department: NIH department code
      The Kinetics and Dynamics of Functional Immune Responses to Plasmodium falciparum Strains
      $35,062
      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.

  • Eva Harris

    Co-investigator on 5D43TW010540-10, led by Albert Icksang Ko; 3D43TW010540-10S1, led by Albert Icksang Ko; 3D43TW010540-10S2, led by Albert Icksang Ko; 3D43TW010540-10S4, led by Albert Icksang Ko; 3D43TW010540-10S6, led by Albert Icksang Ko; 3D43TW010540-10S5, led by Albert Icksang Ko; 3D43TW010540-10S3, led by Albert Icksang Ko

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Michele Barry

    Co-investigator on 5D43TW010540-10, led by Albert Icksang Ko; 3D43TW010540-10S1, led by Albert Icksang Ko; 3D43TW010540-10S2, led by Albert Icksang Ko; 3D43TW010540-10S4, led by Albert Icksang Ko; 3D43TW010540-10S6, led by Albert Icksang Ko; 3D43TW010540-10S5, led by Albert Icksang Ko; 3D43TW010540-10S3, led by Albert Icksang Ko

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

  • Purnima Madhivanan

    Co-investigator on 5D43TW010540-10, led by Albert Icksang Ko; 3D43TW010540-10S1, led by Albert Icksang Ko; 3D43TW010540-10S2, led by Albert Icksang Ko; 3D43TW010540-10S4, led by Albert Icksang Ko; 3D43TW010540-10S6, led by Albert Icksang Ko; 3D43TW010540-10S5, led by Albert Icksang Ko; 3D43TW010540-10S3, led by Albert Icksang Ko

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

  • Bethany Matthews Kwan

    Co-investigator on 5U2CCA252979-06, led by Elizabeth B. Claus

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

  • Roel Gw Verhaak

    Co-investigator on 5U2CCA252979-06, led by Elizabeth B. Claus

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Angela Bengtson

    Co-investigator on 5R01DK139672-03, led by Nicola Hawley; 3R01DK139672-03S1, led by Nicola Hawley

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Erin E. Kershaw

    Co-investigator on 5R01DK139672-03, led by Nicola Hawley; 3R01DK139672-03S1, led by Nicola Hawley

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

  • Sarah Ryan Lowe

    Co-investigator on 1R01MH144629-01, led by Nicola Hawley

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

  • Tracy E Crane

    Co-investigator on 5U01CA271278-05, led by Melinda L Irwin

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Francesca T. Aweeka

    Co-investigator on 5R01HD068174-13, led by Sunil Parikh; 3R01HD068174-13S1, led by Sunil Parikh; 3R01HD068174-13S2, led by Sunil Parikh

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

  • Derek A Cummings

    Co-investigator on 5R01AI174105-04, led by Albert Icksang Ko; 3R01AI174105-04S1, led by Albert Icksang Ko

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Federico Costa

    Co-investigator on 5R01AI174105-04, led by Albert Icksang Ko; 3R01AI174105-04S1, led by Albert Icksang Ko

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

  • Joshua Lindsey Warren

    Co-investigator on 5R01DA060716-03, led by Gregg Steven Gonsalves

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

  • Jatin Roper

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA289440-02, led by Caroline Helen Johnson

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Sajid A Khan

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA289440-02, led by Caroline Helen Johnson

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

  • Achilles Katamba

    Co-investigator on 3R01HL176337-03S1, led by John Lucian Davis; 5R01HL176337-03, led by John Lucian Davis

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

  • Dowin Boatright

    Co-investigator on 5R01GM146463-05, led by Erika Linnander

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Leslie Curry

    Co-investigator on 5R01GM146463-05, led by Erika Linnander

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

  • Archana Shrestha

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL169421-04, led by Donna L Spiegelman; 3R01HL169421-04S2, led by Donna L Spiegelman; 3R01HL169421-04S1, led by Donna L Spiegelman

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

  • Michelle L Bell

    Co-investigator on 3OT2ES038705-01S1, led by Nicole Deziel

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Xiaomei Ma

    Co-investigator on 5T32CA250803-07, led by Melinda L Irwin

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads