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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurosciences at Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

Funding
$15.9M
$15,883,943
Awards
36
FY2026 NIH awards in Neurosciences
Principal investigators
28
24 lead a grant here, 4 co-investigators
Department rank
#13
of 75 · Ranking
  • NIH names only the principal investigators on an award, so this page lists only them. The department is the award's: it is where ScienceDex counts the award, not a list of the department's members.
  • These are the awards in the Neurosciences row of the Baylor College of Medicine page.

Leads a grant in this department

24 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.

  1. Francois St-Pierre

    Leads 3 awards · $2,158,367

    • 5U01NS133971-04Department: NIH department code
      ENABLING SUBMILLISECOND-TIMESCALE TWO-PHOTON RECORDING OF VOLTAGE DYNAMICS IN THREE DIMENSIONS IN VIVO

      Principal investigators: Francois St-Pierre (contact PI), Jacob Reimer

      $933,004
      award amount
    • 5R01NS146078-02Department: NIH department code
      Advanced Voltage Indicators Tailored for Two-Photon Resonant Scanning Applications

      Principal investigators: Francois St-Pierre (contact PI), Jacob Reimer

      $635,806
      award amount
    • 5R01NS136027-03Department: NIH department code
      Red-shifted voltage indicators for two-photon all-optical physiology and multi-spectral imaging

      Principal investigators: Francois St-Pierre (contact PI), Jacob Reimer

      $589,557
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS146023-02, led by Jacob Reimer.

  2. Matthew N Rasband

    Leads 4 awards · $2,115,161

    • 5R35NS122073-06Department: NIH department code
      The Molecular Architecture of Axons in Health and Disease
      $959,648
      award amount
    • 2R01MH121544-06Department: NIH department code
      Oligodendroglial ANK3 and its role in CNS function
      $558,467
      award amount
    • 5R01AR074988-07Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of sodium channel clustering at the neuromuscular junction
      $323,000
      award amount
    • 5T32NS116024-32Department: NIH department code
      Graduate Training in the Neurosciences
      $274,046
      award amount

  3. Daoyun Ji

    Leads 2 awards · $1,873,358

    • 4R01MH134897-03Department: NIH department code
      Neural circuit mechanisms in observational spatial working memory
      $1,513,358
      award amount
    • 5R01DA054977-05Department: NIH department code
      Neurophysiological impacts of hallucinogens on hippocampal and cortical neural circuits
      $360,000
      award amount

  4. Jacob Reimer

    Leads 3 awards · $1,667,913

    • 5R01NS128901-03Department: NIH department code
      The Spatial and Temporal Scale of Neuromodulation in Mouse Sensory Cortex
      $679,675
      award amount
    • 5R01NS146023-02Department: NIH department code
      IN VIVO IMAGING OF STATE-DEPENDENT ASTROCYTE VOLTAGE DYNAMICS AND NEURAL ACTIVITY IN MOUSE VISUAL CORTEX

      Principal investigators: Jacob Reimer (contact PI), Francois St-Pierre

      $632,776
      award amount
    • 5R34NS137454-02Department: NIH department code
      Cross-Species comparison of cholinergic neuromodulation in mice and primates
      $355,462
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5U01NS133971-04, led by Francois St-Pierre; 5R01NS146078-02, led by Francois St-Pierre; 5R01NS136027-03, led by Francois St-Pierre.

  5. Jeannie Chin

    Leads 2 awards · $1,282,968

    • 2R56AG065290-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Thalamic Reticular Nucleus Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease

      Principal investigators: Jeannie Chin (contact PI), Michael Beierlein

      $680,197
      award amount
    • 5R01NS124145-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism and role of mTORC2 in seizure reduction

      Principal investigators: Jeannie Chin (contact PI), Jeffrey Noebels

      $602,771
      award amount

  6. Melanie A Samuel

    Leads 2 awards · $1,094,952

    • 5R01EY032566-05Department: NIH department code
      Dopamine Mediated Control of Retinal Vascular Integrity
      $612,894
      award amount
    • 5R01EY035254-04Department: NIH department code
      Microglial plasticity mechanisms in the developing retina
      $482,058
      award amount

  7. Javier F Medina

    Leads 2 awards · $1,082,696

    • 5R01MH093727-16Department: NIH department code
      Coding and processing of error signals in inferior olivary-cerebellar networks
      $574,163
      award amount
    • 1R01NS142192-01A1Department: NIH department code
      STATE-DEPENDENT MODULATION OF CEREBELLAR FUNCTION
      $508,533
      award amount

  8. Shelly A Buffington

    Leads 2 awards · $911,869

    • 5R01HD109095-05Department: NIH department code
      Targeting opportunistic pathogens to improve maternal obesity-associated health outcomes in offspring
      $469,864
      award amount
    • 5R01HD109780-04Department: NIH department code
      Maternal gut microbiota in fetal programming of neurodevelopment and related disorders
      $442,005
      award amount

  9. Kimberly R Tolias

    Leads 1 award · $718,600

    • 5R01MH137505-03Department: NIH department code
      BAI Adhesion-GPCRs: Key Regulators of Synapse Development and Plasticity in Health and Disease
      $718,600
      award amount

  10. Yudong Gao

    Leads 1 award · $701,256

    • 1R01MH140972-01A1Department: NIH department code
      MECHANISMS OF PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION AT THE AXON INITIAL SEGMENT
      $701,256
      award amount

  11. Matthew J McGinley

    Leads 1 award · $684,114

    • 1R01DC023005-01A1Department: NIH department code
      State dependence of spatial computations in dorsal cochlear nucleus cell types

      Principal investigators: Matthew J McGinley (contact PI), Xiaolong Jiang

      $684,114
      award amount

  12. Jeffrey M Yau

    Leads 1 award · $495,194

    • 5R01NS127777-05Department: NIH department code
      Encoding and modulation of vibration representations in human neocortex
      $495,194
      award amount

  13. Fabrizio Gabbiani

    Leads 1 award · $293,719

    • 5R01NS130917-05Department: NIH department code
      CRCNS: Understanding Single-Neuron Computation Using Nonlinear Model Optimization

      Principal investigators: Fabrizio Gabbiani (contact PI), Matthias Heinkenschloss

      $293,719
      award amount

  14. Joseph G Duman

    Leads 1 award · $183,634

    • 5R01CA283569-03Department: NIH department code
      Molecular and cellular mechanisms of neuronal damage caused by anticancer therapies
      $183,634
      award amount

  15. Andersen Chang

    Leads 1 award · $134,708

    • 1K25HL188354-01Department: NIH department code
      Machine Learning for Prediction of Failure of the Autoresuscitation Reflex in SIDS
      $134,708
      award amount

  16. Xiaoyun Ding

    Leads 1 award · $120,902

    • 1K99EY037780-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of axoglial interactions at the paranodal junction
      $120,902
      award amount

  17. Kevin Jiang

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30HD114410-03Department: NIH department code
      Inhibitory neuron dysfunction in intellectual disability and epilepsy
      $55,114
      award amount

  18. Juan Carlos Ramirez

    Leads 1 award · $53,114

    • 5F31NS135914-03Department: NIH department code
      Determining a Central Locus for Temperature Modulation of Touch Sensitivity
      $53,114
      award amount

  19. Corey St. Romain

    Leads 1 award · $50,349

    • 5F30AG085919-03Department: NIH department code
      Genetic resiliency to disease progression in Alzheimer's disease
      $50,349
      award amount

  20. Dipak Patel

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31HL168962-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of the Htr1B serotonin receptor in the neonate autoresuscitation reflex and embryonic serotonergic neurogenesis as a potential mechanism in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
      $50,114
      award amount

  21. Elise Denghausen

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31NS141317-02Department: NIH department code
      Causal Inference in Bimanual Touch
      $50,114
      award amount

  22. Victoria Palfini

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31NS139435-03Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of Kv1 channel localization at the axon initial segment
      $50,114
      award amount

  23. Brooke Horist

    Leads 1 award · $31,201

    • 5F31NS141322-02Department: NIH department code
      Disease mechanism and genetic therapy for a pathogenic STXBP1 variant
      $31,201
      award amount

  24. Nicoletta K Memos

    Leads 1 award · $24,412

    • 5F32HL170536-03Department: NIH department code
      Mu Opioid Receptors and Splice Variant Expression in Neonate Autoresuscitation
      $24,412
      award amount

Co-investigators

Named as principal investigators on these awards, which someone else leads. They may belong to another department or institution: their own, below, comes from the awards they lead.

  • Xiaolong Jiang

    Co-investigator on 1R01DC023005-01A1, led by Matthew J McGinley

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Michael Beierlein

    Co-investigator on 2R56AG065290-06A1, led by Jeannie Chin

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Jeffrey Noebels

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS124145-05, led by Jeannie Chin

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Matthias Heinkenschloss

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS130917-05, led by Fabrizio Gabbiani

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.