FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Anatomy & Cell Biology at Boston University
Boston, MA
- 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 Anatomy & Cell Biology row of the Boston University page.
Leads a grant in this department
15 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.
Rhoda Au
Leads 7 awards · $2,637,730
- 5R01AG062109-03Department: NIH department codeCognitive heterogeneity in those with high Alzheimer's Disease Risk
Principal investigators: Rhoda Au (contact PI), Vijaya B. Kolachalama
$817,044award amount - 5R01AG083735-03Department: NIH department codeDigital Cognitive Assessment of Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
Principal investigators: Rhoda Au (contact PI), Honghuang Lin, Vijaya B. Kolachalama
$794,693award amount - 5R01AG072654-03Department: NIH department codePrecision Brain Health Monitoring for Alzheimer's Disease Risk Detection in the Framingham Study
Principal investigators: Rhoda Au (contact PI), Lee E. Goldstein
$580,505award amount - 5UG3AG090672-02Department: NIH department codeLeading expandable research in Alzheimer's disease in Africa (LEAD Africa)
Principal investigators: Rhoda Au (contact PI), Jean Ngeyeye Ikanga, Samuel Odei Danso, Sherral A. Devine, Ssenku Safic
$191,812award amount - 3UG3AG090672-02S3Department: NIH department codeLeading expandable research in Alzheimer's disease in Africa (LEAD Africa)
Principal investigators: Rhoda Au (contact PI), Jean Ngeyeye Ikanga, Samuel Odei Danso, Ssenku Safic
$95,288award amount - 3UG3AG090672-02S2Department: NIH department codeLeading expandable research in Alzheimer's disease in Africa (LEAD Africa)
Principal investigators: Rhoda Au (contact PI), Jean Ngeyeye Ikanga, Samuel Odei Danso, Ssenku Safic
$80,200award amount - 3UG3AG090672-02S1Department: NIH department codeLeading expandable research in Alzheimer's disease in Africa (LEAD Africa)
Principal investigators: Rhoda Au (contact PI), Jean Ngeyeye Ikanga, Samuel Odei Danso, Ssenku Safic
$78,188award amount
Tarik F Haydar
Leads 3 awards · $1,717,674
- 1R01NS148440-01Department: NIH department codeDecoding neural precursors' role in shaping the convoluted fetal cortex
Principal investigators: Tarik F Haydar (contact PI), Nobuyuki Ishibashi
$647,496award amount - 5R01NS136246-03Department: NIH department codeDirect and Indirect Neurogenesis in the Mammalian Neocortex$620,553award amount
- 1R21HD123205-01Department: NIH department codeA trisomic porcine model for studying Down syndrome in the gyrencephalic brain
Principal investigators: Tarik F Haydar (contact PI), Nobuyuki Ishibashi
$449,625award amount
Benjamin L Wolozin
Leads 2 awards · $1,538,263
- 5R01AG095773-02Department: NIH department codetRNA Epitranscriptome and Translational Dysfunction in ADRD
Principal investigators: Benjamin L Wolozin (contact PI), Peter C Dedon
$801,569award amount - 5R01AG080810-04Department: NIH department codeThe role of N6-methyladenosine modified RNA in Alzheimer's disease
Principal investigators: Benjamin L Wolozin (contact PI), Xiaoling Zhang
$736,694award amount
Maria Medalla
Leads 2 awards · $1,307,299
- 4R01AG083206-02Department: NIH department codePrefrontal-cingulate functional networks in aging monkeys: neural circuit substrates of cognitive aging
Principal investigators: Maria Medalla (contact PI), Bang-Bon Koo, Tara L Moore
$771,466award amount - 5R01MH116008-08Department: NIH department codeCircuit structure and dynamics in prefrontal-limbic networks$535,833award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5R01AG078460-05, led by Tara L Moore.
Michael L Wallace
Leads 2 awards · $1,015,329
- 5R01MH133608-04Department: NIH department codeSerotonergic modulation of the circuits and cell-types of the lateral habenula$565,704award amount
- 1R21MH142768-01Department: NIH department codeBehavioral functions of cotransmission in cost/benefit choices$449,625award amount
Richard Jarrett Rushmore
Leads 2 awards · $791,095
- 5R01NS125307-05Department: NIH department codeUnraveling the Superficial White Matter of the Primate Brain: Tracer-Based Histology and dMRI Tractography Validation
Principal investigators: Richard Jarrett Rushmore (contact PI), Douglas L Rosene, Nikolaos Makris, Yogesh Rathi
$661,087award amount - 5R25NS125607-03Department: NIH department codeStrengthening the Biomedical Workforce through Excellence in Boston University's Summer Program in Neuroscience
Principal investigators: Richard Jarrett Rushmore (contact PI), James W Holsapple, Jonathan J. Wisco
$130,008award amount
Karin Schon
Leads 1 award · $789,034
- 5R01MH128280-04Department: NIH department codePsychosocial stress, cardio-respiratory fitness, and the medial temporal hippocampal system in emerging adults$789,034award amount
Ella Zeldich
Leads 1 award · $763,348
- 1R01AG093434-01Department: NIH department codeHMNG1 exacerbates neuropathology in Down Syndrome-associated Alzheimer's through its epigenetic and alarmin activity.
Principal investigators: Ella Zeldich (contact PI), Julia Tcw
$763,348award amount
Jean-Pierre Roussarie
Leads 1 award · $732,087
- 5R01AG085444-03Department: NIH department codeRegulation of entorhinal cortex layer II vulnerability by a cell-type specific miRNA$732,087award amount
Nobuyuki Ishibashi
Leads 1 award · $684,944
- 5R01HL139712-08Department: NIH department codeCell Therapy for Neuroprotection in Congenital Heart Disease$684,944award amount
Also a principal investigator on 1R01NS148440-01, led by Tarik F Haydar; 1R21HD123205-01, led by Tarik F Haydar.
Tara L Moore
Leads 1 award · $628,360
- 5R01AG078460-05Department: NIH department codeMechanisms underlying extracellular vesicle mediated changes in inflammation, neural circuitry and plasticity following cortical injury in aged monkeys
Principal investigators: Tara L Moore (contact PI), Maria Medalla
$628,360award amount
Also a principal investigator on 4R01AG083206-02, led by Maria Medalla.
Jennifer I Luebke
Leads 1 award · $588,063
- 5R01AG092516-02Department: NIH department codeMultiscale modeling and empirical studies of normal and pathological brain aging$588,063award amount
Mary Katherine Patricia Joyce
Leads 1 award · $122,649
- 1K01AG098112-01A1Department: NIH department codeNMDAR contributions to cognitive-emotional prefrontal circuits in aging$122,649award amount
Irena Feng
Leads 1 award · $55,114
- 1F30AG096996-01A1Department: NIH department codeA novel cellular model of entorhinal cortex layer II vulnerability in Alzheimer's disease$55,114award amount
Davis Philip Reina-Guerra
Leads 1 award · $50,114
- 1F31MH143506-01A1Department: NIH department codeCircuit-specified channels of the entopeduncular nucleus during conflict between reward-seeking and threat-avoidance$50,114award 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.
Vijaya B. Kolachalama
Co-investigator on 5R01AG062109-03, led by Rhoda Au; 5R01AG083735-03, led by Rhoda Au
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Boston University · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)
Peter C Dedon
Co-investigator on 5R01AG095773-02, led by Benjamin L Wolozin
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Engineering (NIH department code, 1 award)
Honghuang Lin
Co-investigator on 5R01AG083735-03, led by Rhoda Au
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester · Biostatistics & Math Sciences (NIH department code, 1 award)
Bang-Bon Koo
Co-investigator on 4R01AG083206-02, led by Maria Medalla
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- Boston University · Anatomy & Cell Biology (NIH department code, 1 award)
Julia Tcw
Co-investigator on 1R01AG093434-01, led by Ella Zeldich
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Boston University · Pharmacology (NIH department code, 2 awards)
Xiaoling Zhang
Co-investigator on 5R01AG080810-04, led by Benjamin L Wolozin
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Boston University · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)
Douglas L Rosene
Co-investigator on 5R01NS125307-05, led by Richard Jarrett Rushmore
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Nikolaos Makris
Co-investigator on 5R01NS125307-05, led by Richard Jarrett Rushmore
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Yogesh Rathi
Co-investigator on 5R01NS125307-05, led by Richard Jarrett Rushmore
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (no department on record, 1 award)
Lee E. Goldstein
Co-investigator on 5R01AG072654-03, led by Rhoda Au
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Boston University · Neurology (NIH department code, 1 award)
- Boston University · Radiology (NIH department code, 3 awards)
Jean Ngeyeye Ikanga
Co-investigator on 5UG3AG090672-02, led by Rhoda Au; 3UG3AG090672-02S3, led by Rhoda Au; 3UG3AG090672-02S2, led by Rhoda Au; 3UG3AG090672-02S1, led by Rhoda Au
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Samuel Odei Danso
Co-investigator on 5UG3AG090672-02, led by Rhoda Au; 3UG3AG090672-02S3, led by Rhoda Au; 3UG3AG090672-02S2, led by Rhoda Au; 3UG3AG090672-02S1, led by Rhoda Au
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Ssenku Safic
Co-investigator on 5UG3AG090672-02, led by Rhoda Au; 3UG3AG090672-02S3, led by Rhoda Au; 3UG3AG090672-02S2, led by Rhoda Au; 3UG3AG090672-02S1, led by Rhoda Au
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Sherral A. Devine
Co-investigator on 5UG3AG090672-02, led by Rhoda Au
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
James W Holsapple
Co-investigator on 5R25NS125607-03, led by Richard Jarrett Rushmore
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Jonathan J. Wisco
Co-investigator on 5R25NS125607-03, led by Richard Jarrett Rushmore
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.