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Micah Thomas McClain

Associate Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Duke Box 102359, Durham, NC 27710
Room 161 Hanes House, Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Novel Host-Response Biomarker Diagnostics for Invasive Aspergillosis

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Host-Pathogen Dynamics in Leptospirosis - P4

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by University of California - Los Angeles · 2023 - 2028

Single Dose Texas 2017 (H3N2) Challenge Study

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Darwin Biosciences · 2024 - 2027

Genetic Contributors to the Impact of Sex on Heterogeneity in Flu Infection

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2022 - 2027

Project Addendum #5

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Biomeme, Inc. · 2022 - 2027

CIVICS Component C - Option 13A.2

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2026

EXHALE: Early Detection of Human Infection using VOCs on Breath

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Owlstone Medical Ltd · 2023 - 2026

EXHALE: Early Detection of Human Infection using VOCs on Breath

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Owlstone Medical Ltd · 2023 - 2026

Sepsis Characterization in Kilimanjaro (R01)

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

CIVICS Component C - Option 13A

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2025

Transplant Infectious Diseases Interdisciplinary Research Training Grant (TIDIRTG)

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

Mapping Epigenetic Memory of Exposure New To Observe (MEMENTO)

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · 2019 - 2024

Prophylaxis and Treatment of COVID19 ¿ Adaptive Platform Trial (PROTECT-APT)

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Henry M. Jackson Foundation · 2020 - 2023

COVID Survivors Long Term Follow Up Study--WMD ECHO Detector

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · 2021 - 2023

Diagnosis and Outcomes of Pulmonary Invasive Mold Infections in Immunocompromised Children

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2023

Acute Respiratory Infections Global Outpatient Study (ARGOS).

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Janssen Research & Development, LLC · 2022 - 2023

Biomeme Addendum #4 SRA-OHL

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Biomeme, Inc. · 2022 - 2022

Duke RDS2 (Respondent-Driven Sampling, Respiratory Disease Surveillance) the SNOWBALL Sampling Study

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2020 - 2022

Resilience Prediction to RSV Infection

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Sanofi US · 2018 - 2022

Adaptive COVID-19 Treatment Trial (ACTT)

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. · 2020 - 2021

IPA- Elizabeth Petzold

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2019 - 2021

IPA - Sunil Suchindran

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2019 - 2021

Human-Based Sensor System for Presymptomatic Biological Exposure Detection

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Research Triangle Institute International · 2019 - 2021

IPA- Deborah Murray

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2019 - 2020

PREdicting contagion using Systems And GEnomic analysis (PRESAGE)

ResearchClinical Investigator · Awarded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · 2017 - 2020

VTEU Task D Protocol FY.2015.D1B1C1.0032

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2020

Host-derived biomarker signatures to differentiate acute viral, bacterial, and fungal infection

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2020

Novel host-based diagnostics of febrile illness in the warfighter

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2016 - 2020

IPA- Mark Sprenz

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2019 - 2020

IPA- Sara Hoffman

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2019 - 2019

Biomarker signatures for diagnosis of acute respiratory syndromes in CF

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics, Inc. · 2017 - 2019

Center for Statistics and Quantitative Infectious Diseases

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center · 2016 - 2017

Baseline Bio-molecular Models to Predict Infectious Disease Susceptibility

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · 2015 - 2016

Center for Statistics and Quantitative Infectious Diseases

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center · 2014 - 2016

Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Immunology and Vaccine Design

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2014

External Relationships


  • Darwin Biosciences
  • METHODS TO DETECT AND TREAT A FUNGAL INFECTION
  • Patent METHODS TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS US 20180245154 A1
  • UpToDate, Inc

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