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Joshua Aaron Granek

Assistant Professor in Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Division of Integrative Genomics
Box 2721, 10044 Hock Plaza, Durham, NC 27710
2424 Erwin Rd,, 10044 Hock Plaza, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Prenatal maternal obesity and neurodevelopment: The mediating role of the microbiome and metabolome

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

Quantitative Methods for HIV/AIDS Research

Inst. Training Prgm or CMETraining Faculty · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2018 - 2028

NSF Engineering Research Center for Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr)

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2022 - 2027

Genetic determinants of Bacteroides vulgatus colonization fitness and host inflammatory responses

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2027

ACC Harmonized Adjuvant Comparison Study

ResearchAssistant Contact Center Manager · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2026

Prenatal maternal obesity and neurodevelopment: The mediating role of the microbiome and metabolome

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

Quantitative Methods for HIV/AIDS Research

Inst. Training Prgm or CMETraining Faculty · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2018 - 2028

NSF Engineering Research Center for Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr)

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2022 - 2027

Genetic determinants of Bacteroides vulgatus colonization fitness and host inflammatory responses

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2027

ACC Harmonized Adjuvant Comparison Study

ResearchAssistant Contact Center Manager · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2026

Characterizing Epigenetic Regulators of Virulence and Lifestyle Shifts in an Entomopathogenic Fungus

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by US-Israel Binational Science Foundation · 2022 - 2025

Adjuvant Comparison for Peanut Allergy Immunotherapy

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

Adjuvant Comparison for Peanut Allergy Immunotherapy

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2025

Training Program in Bioinformatics at the Intersection of Cancer Immunology and Microbiome

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2020 - 2025

Coordinated Regulation of Virulence Genes in C. neoformans

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2022

NRT: Integrative Bioinformatics for Investigating and Engineering Microbiomes (IBIEM)

Inst. Training Prgm or CMECo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2015 - 2021

A hands-on, integrative next-generation sequencing course: design, experiment, and analysis

Inst. Training Prgm or CMETraining Faculty · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2020

The Genetic Basis of Bone Disease in Mycobacterial Infection

ResearchBiostatistician · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2017

Forward and Reverse Genetics in Chlamydia

ResearchBiostatistician · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2017

External Relationships


  • Adobe Systems
  • Alphabet Inc
  • Amazon, Inc
  • Facebook Corporation (Meta)
  • Home Depot Inc
  • Adobe Systems
  • Alphabet Inc
  • Amazon, Inc
  • Facebook Corporation (Meta)
  • Home Depot Inc
  • Microsoft Corporation
  • Paypal Hldgs Inc Com
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
  • UnitedHealth Group
  • Visa Inc Com CL A
  • Zoetis Inc

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