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Lawrence Anthony David

Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
4116 MSRB3 Building, Box 103053, Durham, NC 27710
Box 103053, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Tri-Institutional Molecular Mycology and Pathogenesis Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

The impact of the oral microbiome on pulmonary function among people with HIV in Botswana

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

Duke KURe Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2013 - 2028

A computational pipeline for DNA metabarcoding

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative · 2022 - 2027

Fecal diversion as a model for host-microbe interactions.

ResearchMentor · Awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund · 2024 - 2027

Tri-Institutional Molecular Mycology and Pathogenesis Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

The impact of the oral microbiome on pulmonary function among people with HIV in Botswana

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

Duke KURe Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2013 - 2028

A computational pipeline for DNA metabarcoding

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative · 2022 - 2027

Fecal diversion as a model for host-microbe interactions.

ResearchMentor · Awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund · 2024 - 2027

NSF Engineering Research Center for Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr)

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2022 - 2027

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

Dietary plant diversity and the human gut microbiome

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2027

GGGH Colloquium invitation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by SPRINGER NATURE LIMITED · 2024 - 2026

Dietary strategies for enhancing bacterial pathogen resistance in the gut

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund · 2021 - 2026

Transforming Urine Output Tracking in Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2026

Using DNA sequencing to assess dietary species richness

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2022 - 2026

Insights and Interventions for Infant Diet via DNA metabarcoding

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Gerber Foundation · 2023 - 2025

Genetic and Genomics Training Grant

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

A Randomized Phase 2 Trial to Evaluate Prebiotic Intervention in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Vascular consequences of ultra-processed food consumption in middle-age

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University · 2023 - 2025

Ultra-processed food consumption, gut microbiota, and glucose homeostasis in mid-life adults

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University · 2022 - 2025

Genetic analysis of mucin utilization by Akkermansia muciniphila and its impact on host physiology

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024

Duke CTSA (TL1) Year 5

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024

Dietary determinants of infant microbiome metabolism

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by SPRINGER NATURE LIMITED · 2022 - 2023

Influence of prenatal exposure to air pollution and maternal stress on microglial sculpting of neural circuits

ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2023

Personalized Prebiotics to Optimize Microbiota Metabolism and Improve Transplant Outcomes

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation · 2018 - 2022

Accurate and automated tracking of patient urine and stool

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2019 - 2022

Medical Scientist Training Program

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

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2021

Predicting prebiotic effects on human microbiota, behavior, and cognition.

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2018 - 2021

Using natural bacterial interactions to control host-associated microbial communities

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation · 2015 - 2020

Genetics Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1979 - 2020

AZD9668 and Neutrophil Elastase Inhibition to Prevent Graft-versus-Host Disease

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2019

Personalizing prebiotic therapies for astronauts' gut microbiota

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Baylor College of Medicine · 2017 - 2019

A high througput platform for screening microbial interactions

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund · 2016 - 2019

Personalizing prebiotic treatments that manipulate human gut microbiota

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2017 - 2018

Genetic Analysis in an intractable gut microbe

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2018

Linking oxygen and bacterial ecology in necrotizing enterocolitis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Hartwell Foundation · 2015 - 2018

Quantifying Nitrogen Limitation in the Gut Microbiota

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2015 - 2017

HARDAC+:Reproducible HPC for next-generation genomics

EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2016 - 2017

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship for Dr. Lawrence David in Computational & Evolutionary Molecular Biology

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation · 2014 - 2016

Automated Library Preparation System for Next-Generation Sequencing

EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2014 - 2015

Discovering natural bacterial interactions within the human gut microbiota

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by The Global Probiotic Council · 2014 - 2015

External Relationships


  • Balik Scientist Program
  • De La Salle University
  • Department of Science and Technology, Philippines
  • Duke-NUS
  • Fulbright Scholarship Program
  • Balik Scientist Program
  • De La Salle University
  • Department of Science and Technology, Philippines
  • Duke-NUS
  • Fulbright Scholarship Program
  • Global Grants for Gut Health Colloquium

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