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Devi Swain Lenz

Assistant Research Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Selected Grants


Advancing a Holistic Understanding of Variability in Lived Experience with Sickle Cell Pain

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2030

Developing strategies to identify candidate individuals for early genetic therapies

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2024 - 2029

Micah McClain VA PAXGene samples for RNA Sequencing

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2025 - 2026

Applied Physiology of CNS Oxygen Toxicity: Mechanisms in Humans

ResearchStatistician · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2023 - 2026

Firefly Automated Liquid Handling Robot for High-throughput Next-Generation Sequencing Library Preparation at Duke University

EquipmentPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2026

EPA Metagenomics - Molina

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Environmental Protection Agency · 2023 - 2024

PacBio Sequel IIe for GCB Sequencing Core

EquipmentCore Director · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2024

VA MERL RNA Seq Contract

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2023 - 2024

External Relationships


  • AlphaSights
  • GLG
  • Qiagen

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