Onyinye Iweala is a Rheumatology/Immunology physician affiliated with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. OpenAlex indexes 59 publications with 1,295 citations (h-index 16).
Overview
Scholarship
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Total citations across indexed works.
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Clinical & industry
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Practice address
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5 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Blueprint Medicines CorporationProgram year20251 payment
- Genentech, Inc.Program year20251 payment
- Genentech, Inc.Program year20241 payment
Payment records matched to this physician's NPI in CMS Open Payments, program years 2021 onward.
NIH funding
2 NIH research awards on record, funded 2020–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Tick Infestation and T cell responses in alpha-gal syndrome.
Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
FY2026$790,085R01AI201533 - A role for glycolipids and unconventional T cell subsets in alpha-gal allergy
Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
FY2024$197,151K08AI141691 - A role for glycolipids and unconventional T cell subsets in alpha-gal allergy
Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
FY2023$198,279K08AI141691
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.
- Ticked Off: Allergic Effector Cells in the Pathogenesis of Alpha-gal Syndrome
Current Allergy and Asthma Reports
2025 - Rapid rise in unspecified mast cell activation diagnosis code usage in the United States
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
2025
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