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Nirmish Ramesh Shah

Associate Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Hematology
Department of Medicine, Duke S, Durham, NC 27710
Department of Medicine, Duke S, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Nurse LEADS: Training in Nurse-LEd models of care ADdressing the Social Determinants of Health

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

Predictors of Pain Severity and Pain-Related Outcomes in Individuals with Sickle Cell Disease

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2023 - 2028

REAL (Registry Expansion Analysis to Learn) Answers

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · 2023 - 2028

U2C/TL1 NC KUH TRIO Administrative Core

ResearchPreceptor · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2023 - 2028

TRIO NRSA Training Core-Pre Doc Trainee

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2023 - 2028

Point of care diagnostic for sickle cell disease

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

GBT 440-4R2 Prospective Registry

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. · 2021 - 2026

Hematology & Transfusion Medicine (T32)

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2026

Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of Guided Relaxation and Acupuncture for Chronic Sickle Cell Disease Pain

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Illinois at Chicago · 2020 - 2025

Central Carolinas Clinical Trials Collaboration (C3TC)

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by American Society of Hematology · 2021 - 2025

AKIRA Bio study

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by AkiraBio, Inc · 2022 - 2025

A Phase II trial of topical sodium nitrite in patients with sickle cell disease and leg ulcers Cost Reimbursable

Clinical TrialHematologist · Awarded by Food and Drug Administration · 2021 - 2024

GBT 440-4R1 Retrospective Registry

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. · 2021 - 2024

GBT-2104-132

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. · 2021 - 2024

Epigenetic Age Acceleration and Psychoneurological Symptoms in Sickle Cell Disease

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2024

An Open-Label, Expanded Access Protocol for Patients with Sickle Cell Disease Who Have No Alternative Treatment Options - GBT 440-037

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. · 2019 - 2023

SCH: INT: Collaborative Research: Development and analysis of integrative models for chronic pain

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Northwestern University · 2018 - 2023

Sickle Cell Disease Structured Transition Education Intervention With Peer Mentoring Support to Improving Care Transitions (SCD ST3P-UP Program)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority · 2018 - 2023

An Open label extension study of GBT440 administered orally to patients with sickle cell disease who have participated in GBT440 clinical trials

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. · 2018 - 2022

Disseminating NIH Evidence Based Sickle Cell Recommendations in North Carolina

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality · 2016 - 2021

A Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Study of GBT440 Administered Orally to Subjects with Sickle Cell Disease

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. · 2017 - 2020

Technology-Mediated Symptom Management in Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Care

FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2020

Impact of Sickle-Trait on Transcriptional Regulation in P. Falciparum Parasites

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2020

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

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

SUCCESSOR Chart Review

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation · 2018 - 2019

Use of Mobile Technology to Improve Acute Care Utilization in Sickle Cell Disease

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality · 2015 - 2018

Improving Pain in Sickle Cell Patients With Targeted Antithrombotic Therapy

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2017

Impact of Daily Prophylaxis Dose Anticoagulation with a Factor Xa Inhibitor (Apixaban) in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Bristol-Myers Squibb · 2013 - 2016

Use of Mobile Technology for Intensive Training in Medication Management

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Sickle Soft Incorporated · 2014 - 2016

Population-based Surveillance And Outcomes of Venous Thromboembolism

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2012 - 2015

External Relationships


  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. a subsidiary of AstraZeneca
  • Bluebird bio
  • Emmaus Pharmaceuticals/Chiesi
  • Global Blood Therapeutics/Pfizer

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