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Eric James Benner

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics, Neonatology
Box 2739 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
2424 Erwin Road - Suite 504, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Discovering the cell type basis of the IT projection system and its dysregulation after perinatal HIE

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Research Training in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2000 - 2025

Characterizing the oxysterol, 20-hydroxycholesterol, as a mediator of remyelination in multiple sclerosis

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2024

Mechanisms of oxysterol-induced oligodendrogenesis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2024

Unified Program for Therapeutics in Children

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2024

Disruption of oligodendrogenesis following sepsis-induced injury to the postnatal subventricular zone

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Academy of Pediatrics · 2021 - 2023

Study on innate immune inflammation that enhances EAE

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Multiple Sclerosis Society · 2011 - 2022

Therapeutic Potential of Oxysterols in Neonatal White Matter Injury

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Academy of Pediatrics · 2020 - 2022

Duke Research Training Program for Pediatricians

Inst. Training Prgm or CMETraining Faculty · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2002 - 2018

External Relationships


  • Tellus Therapeutics

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