Dr. Noelle Younge receives 5-year NIH grant to study microbial regulation among newborns

In just the first three months of 2026, Duke Microbiome Center members were awarded nearly a dozen grants, with funding sources ranging from public research institutes and medical associations to foundations and private corporations. Among the grant recipients is Dr. Noelle Younge, a research faculty member in the Department of Pediatrics, who received a five-year NIH grant for her proposal, “Mechanisms of microbial regulation of postnatal growth and lipid metabolism.”