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Michael Dee Gunn

Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Cardiology
Duke Box 102143, Durham, NC 27710
CARL Building Room 180B, Durham, NC 27703

Selected Grants


Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) - NIAID

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2029

Clinical Neuroimmunology of CCL3 in Brain Tumors

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

Determining the Role of Spp1+ Macrophages in Muscle Regeneration in Peripheral Arterial Disease

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2027

Development of point-of-care testing for Lassa and other hemorrhagic fever arenaviruses

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

Duke Program of Training in Pulmonary ReSearch to Promote, Engage and Retain Academic Researchers (PROSPER)

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2026

Development of Novel Rapid Immunoassays for Emerging Toxins--Full proposal

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Advanced Technology International · 2024 - 2026

Synergestic microglial activation and tumor cell killing for improved GBM response

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2021 - 2025

Adjuvant Comparison for Peanut Allergy Immunotherapy

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

NINDS Research Education Programs for Residents and Fellows in Neurosurgery

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2009 - 2025

Basic Immunology Training Program

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

Humanized Antibody to Treat Pulmonary Fibrosis

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2022 - 2023

Duke Training Grant in Nephrology

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1995 - 2023

Acquisition of a Biacore T200 Surface Plasmon Resonance Instrument for Shared Use

EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2022 - 2023

Generation of antibodies specific for optimal non-HRP2 malaria diagnostic antigens

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2023

BATF3+ Dendritic Cells for the Treatment of Malignant Gliomas

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2020 - 2022

Systemic Inflammation in Microphysiological Models of Muscle and Vascular Disease

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2022

CCL3 as a Developmental Therapeutic to Enhance Brain Tumor Therapy

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2021

Role of Resident Monocytes in the Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2021

Role of Dendritic Cell-mediated T Cell Activation in Salt-sensitive Hypertension

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2021

Development of anti-Salmonella Single-chain Abs as serum diagnostics

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2019

SO150005: Smartphone Enabled Point-of-care Diagnostics for Operationally Significant Pathogens

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity · 2016 - 2019

Generation of Zika virus-specific recombinant antibodies

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

Development of therapeutics for chlorine-induced airway and lung injury

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2008 - 2018

Physician-Scientist Institutional Award: Increasing Opportunities for the M.D. Interested in a Research Career

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund · 2017 - 2018

The role of dendritic cell-mediated T cell activation in hypertension

FellowshipCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2017

Regulation of Lung Fibrosis by Alternatively Activated Macrophages and Arginase-1

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

Enhancing dendritic cell migration to drive potent anti-tumor immune responses

FellowshipMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2017

Development of anti-Aspergillus single chain Abs as serum and imaging diagnostics

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2015

Role of Vascular Dendritic Cells in Atherosclerosis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2008 - 2013

Prevention of Immune Pathology during Avian Influenza Infection

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2011

Novel TLR Ligand Mimetics as Adjuvants and Therapeutics

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2009

The role of chemokines in antigen-specific immunity

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2002 - 2006

External Relationships


  • Myeloid Therapeutics

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