2018 Faculty Grants

  • Merlin Chowkwanyun, PhD, and David Rosner, PhD, Sociomedical Sciences, will receive $457,649 over three years from the National Science Foundation for “Standard Grant: ToxicDocs Research Infrastructure Project.”
  • Mark Hatzenbuehler, PhD, Sociomedical Sciences, will receive $350,000 over five years from the William T. Grant Foundation for “Evaluating Structural Strategies for Reducing Homophobic Bullying.”
  • Yael Hirsch-Moverman, PhD, ICAP, will receive $362,320 over two years from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for “Provide Options For Treatment Of Exposed Children Against Tuberculosis (PROTECT) Study.”
  • Iuliana Ionita-Laza, PhD, Biostatistics, will receive $1,826,341 over four years from the National Institute of Mental Health for “Novel Statistical Methods for DNA Sequencing Data, and Applications to Autism” in a competitive renewal.
  • Katherine Keyes, PhD, Epidemiology, will receive $1,938,350 over five years from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism for “Age, Period, and Cohort Effects on Gender Differences in Alcohol Use and Alcohol Use Disorders in 47 National, Longitudinally-Followed Cohorts.”
  • Pia Mauro, PhD, Epidemiology, will receive $878,145 over five years from the National Institute on Drug Abuse for “Multi-level Associations Between Medical Marijuana Laws and Substance Use Disorder Treatment.”
  • R. Todd Ogden, PhD, Biostatistics, will receive $770,905 over four years from the National Institute of Mental Health for “Biotyping Placebo and Treatment-Specific Responses for Precision Medicine” in a competitive renewal.
  • Rachel Shelton, ScD, Sociomedical Sciences, will receive $784,559 over four years from the American Cancer Society for “Sustainability of Lay Health Advisor Programs to Address Cancer Disparities.”
  • Gina Wingood, ScD, and Robert Remien, PhD, Sociomedical Sciences, will receive $779,710 over five years from the National Institute of Mental Health for “HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies.”
  • Bereket Alemayehu, MD, ICAP, will receive $25,000,000 over five years from the U.S. Agency for International Development for “Malaria Diagnosis and Treatment Activity.”
  • Andrea Baccarelli, MD, PhD, Environmental Health Sciences, will receive $7,966,550 over five years from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences for “Center for Environmental Health in Northern Manhattan” in a competitive renewal; $2,678,327 over five years from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences for “Effects of Flame Retardants on Brain Function and Attentional Deficits in School-Age Children – Brain Imaging, Neurobehavioral, and Gut Microbiome Studies in a Longitudinal Birth Cohort”; and $314,194 over five years from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences for “The Effects of Environmental Exposures on Semen Quality and the Sperm Epigenome.”
  • Wafaa M. El-Sadr, MD, ICAP, will receive $5,002,992 over three years from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for “HPTN 084: A Phase 3 Double-Blind Safety and Efficacy Study of Long-Acting Injectable Cabotegravir Compared to Daily Oral TDF/FTC for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in HIV-Uninfected Women(link is external and opens in a new window).”
  • Julie Herbstman, PhD, Environmental Health Sciences, will receive $304,918 over one year from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences for “Prenatal Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Social/Cognitive Risk in Mothers and Infants: Potential Biologic Pathways.”
  • Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou, ScD, Environmental Health Sciences, will receive $405,228 over two years from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences for “Air Pollution Exposure and Risk of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).”
  • W. Ian Lipkin, MD, Center for Infection & Immunity, will receive $1,000,000 over one year from the Beroni Group for “Beroni SRA# 51897.”
  • Marita Murrman, EdD, Sociomedical Sciences, will receive $3,069,880 over four years from the Health Resources and Services Administration for “Public Health Training Centers - Affordable Care Act (ACA)” in a competitive renewal.
  • Martina Pavlicova, PhD, Biostatistics, will receive $416,445 over five years from the National Institute of Mental Health for “HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies” in a competitive renewal.
  • Mary Beth Terry, PhD, Epidemiology, will receive $9,998,122 over five years from the National Cancer Institute for “Breast Cancer Family Registry Cohort” in a competitive renewal.
  • Yuanjia Wang, PhD, Biostatistics, will receive $528,000 over four years from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for “Efficient Statistical Learning Methods for Personalized Medicine Using Large-Scale Biomedical Data.”
  • Charles Branas, PhD, Epidemiology, will receive $320,000 over three years from Pfizer for “Outcomes Research Project Agreement-Pfizer.”
  • Lauren C. Houghton, PhD, Epidemiology, will receive $809,510 over five years from the National Cancer Institute for “The Role of Androgens on Breast Cancer Susceptibility Across the Lifecourse.”
  • Virginia Rauh, ScD, and Matthew Perzanowski, PhD, Population & Family Health, will receive $380,118 over one year from the Office of the NIH Director for “Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes in the Northern Plains Safe Passage Study Cohort.”
  • Andrea Baccarelli, MD, PhD, Environmental Health Sciences, will receive $1,802,297 over five years from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences for “Air Particulate, Metals, and Cognitive Performance in an Aging Cohort—Roles of Circulating Extracellular Vesicles and Non-coding RNAs.”
  • Andrea Howard, MD, ICAP, will receive $252,016 over two years from the World Bank for “Southern Africa Tuberculosis and Health Systems Support (SATBHSS) Project.”
  • Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou, ScD, Environmental Health Sciences, will receive $1,819,818 over four years from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences for “Principal Component Pursuit to Assess Exposure to Environmental Mixtures in Epidemiologic Studies.”
  • Andrea Baccarelli, MD, PhD, Environmental Health Sciences, will receive $1,167,450 over five years from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences for “Interdisciplinary Training in Environmental Health” in a competitive renewal.
  • F. DuBois Bowman, PhD, Biostatistics, will receive $400,075 over one year from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for “Multimodal Imaging Biomarkers of Parkinson’s Disease.”
  • Sara Casey, DrPH, Population & Family Health, will receive $583,199 over two years from the Department for International Development for “Overcoming Challenges to Accessing Quality Post-abortion Care in Humanitarian Crises.”
  • Alwyn Cohall, MD, Sociomedical Sciences, will receive $1,018,548 over four years from the New York State Department of Health for “Youth Access Program (YAP) for YMSM, Transgender, and Other High-Risk Adolescents/Young Adults” and $534,692 over four years from Health Research Inc. for “Project STAY - Adolescent/Young Adult HIV Specialized Care Center - (SCC).”
  • Tiffany Harris, PhD, ICAP, will receive $2,238,163 over five years from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - PEPFAR for “Technical Assistance to National Health Information Systems and Health Workforce Development of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).”
  • Julie Herbstman, PhD, Environmental Health Sciences, will receive $747,522 over four years from the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health for “Prenatal WTC Chemical Exposures, Birth Outcomes, and Cardiometabolic Risks.”
  • Maria Lahuerta Sanau, PhD, ICAP, will receive $995,004 over five years from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - PEPFAR for “Supporting Sustainable Surveillance Systems Among Key Populations (KP) and Support the Government of Zambia to Improve HIV-Related Services for KP under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).”
  • W. Ian Lipkin, MD, Center for Infection & Immunity, will receive $9,435,638 over five years from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for “Center for Solutions for ME/CFS.”
  • Terry McGovern, JD, Population & Family Health, will receive $1,000,001 over two years from the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation for “Assessing the Impact of the Expanded Global Gag Rule(link is external and opens in a new window).”
  • Constance Nathanson, PhD, Sociomedical Sciences, will receive $936,550 over five years from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development for “GSH Training Grant(link is external and opens in a new window)” in a competitive renewal.
  • Ana Navas-Acien, MD, PhD, Environmental Health Sciences, will receive $3,346,907 over three years from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences for “Health Effects and Geochemistry of Arsenic and Manganese” in a competitive renewal.
  • R. Todd Ogden, PhD, Biostatistics, will receive $1,467,742 over four years from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering for “Advanced Modeling Techniques for Brain Imaging Data with PET.”
  • Miriam Rabkin, MD, ICAP, will receive $1,988,700 over five years from the Health Resources and Services Administration for “Optimizing Momentum: Toward Sustainable Epidemic Control” and $349,992 over one year from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for “Differentiated Service Delivery and the Lab/Clinical Interface: ASLM Incubator Project.”
  • Lisa Rosen-Metsch, PhD, Sociomedical Sciences, will receive $8,180,899 over five years from the National Institute on Drug Abuse for “A Multi-site Multi-setting RCT of Integrated HIV Prevention and HCV Care for PWID.”
  • Andrew Rundle, DrPH, Jeff Goldsmith, PhD, and Kathryn Neckerman, Epidemiology, will receive $675,382 over three years from the National Institute on Aging for “Communities Designed to Support Cardiovascular Health for Older Adults.”
  • John Santelli, MD, Population & Family Health, will receive $3,514,663 over five years from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development for “Structural and Social Transitions Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Rakai (SSTAR).”
  • Karolynn Siegel, PhD, and Eric Schrimshaw, PhD, Sociomedical Sciences, will receive $2,570,411 over four years from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities for “Exchange Sex and HIV Risk Among MSM Online.”
  • Ezra Susser, MD, DrPH, Epidemiology, will receive $263,312 over three years from the National Institute of Mental Health for “Characterizing Cognition Across the Lifespan in Untreated Psychosis in China.