Dominique Higgins is a Neurology physician affiliated with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. OpenAlex indexes 73 publications with 1,435 citations (h-index 16); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1 registered study matched to this name.
Overview
Scholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Publications indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID. Counts exclude supporting files.
Citations across these publications.
H-index from these publications.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingClinical trials
- Dietary Cysteine and Methionine Deprivation (CMD) in Glioma Patients
Sponsor: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov where the overall official or a site investigator name-matches this physician, confirmed against known institution/geography. Latest few shown; the full list is part of the full profile.
Industry payments
2 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- GT Medical TechnologiesProgram year20252 paymentsResearch
- MedtronicProgram year20251 payment
- MedtronicProgram year20241 payment
Services and research payments matched to this physician's NPI in CMS Open Payments. Meals, travel and gifts are counted in the company total and not listed here. Research funding is listed under each investigator the record names.
NIH funding
1 NIH research award on record, funded 2025–2025 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Ferroptosis sensitization in glioblastoma
Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
FY2025$229,078K01NS142018
Awards in the NIH RePORTER records where a principal investigator name matches this physician at an organization in their practice state. Latest award years shown; each row links to the project record on RePORTER.
Publications
Matched to this physician's OpenAlex author record; most-cited works shown first.
- Emerging roles of ferroptosis in modulating the immune landscape of glial tumours
Nature Cell Biology
2026 - Invasive sellar extraventricular neurocytoma: illustrative case
Journal of Neurosurgery Case Lessons
2026 - Dietary modulation of ferroptosis sensitivity in glioblastoma and other treatment-resistant cancers
Ferroptosis and Oxidative Stress
2026
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