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Neeraj K Surana

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases
Box 103055, Durham, NC 27710
3 Genome Ct, Msrbiii Room 4126, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) - NIAID

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2029

Medical Scientist Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2027

Duke Training Grant in Digestive Diseases and Nutrition

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1988 - 2027

Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026

Determinants of HIV broadly-neutralizing antibody precursor induction in infants

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2023 - 2026

Microbial regulation of intestinal lipid metabolism and its physiological consequences

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2021 - 2025

Interdisciplinary Research Training Program in AIDS

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2025

Regulation of metabolic diseases by Clostridium immunis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2025

Genetic and Genomics Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Gastrointestinal microbiome interventions to reduce infant HIV acquisition via breastfeeding

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Weill Cornell Medicine · 2023 - 2025

Developing bacteria-derived therapies to cure inflammatory bowel diseases

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Hartwell Foundation · 2020 - 2023

Defining the bacterial and host mechanisms of action for immuno-metabolic control of fat gain by commensal Clostridium immunis

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2022 - 2023

Characterizing and Exploiting Ruminococcus gnavus mediated induction of antimicrobial peptides

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2023

Urinary Lactobacilli and microbial interference in the aging urinary microbiome

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Foundation · 2020 - 2022

Medical Scientist Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1997 - 2022

Exploring the protective effect of Clostridium immunis in colitis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2020 - 2021

A comparative genomic analysis of Clostridium immunis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2020

Organization and Function of Cellular Structure

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2020

Deconstructing how the microbiota influences the mucosal innate immune system

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2019

Harnessing the microbiota to target antibiotic-resistant infections

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Harvard Medical School · 2014 - 2019

External Relationships


  • Duke-NUS
  • McGraw-Hill Publishing
  • Pfizer Inc.

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