Skip to main content
ConductScienceScienceDex

FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurology at Columbia University

New York, NY

Funding
$53.5M
$53,540,960
Awards
71
FY2026 NIH awards in Neurology
Principal investigators
91
59 lead a grant here, 32 co-investigators
Department rank
#4
of 83 · 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 Neurology row of the Columbia University page.

Leads a grant in this department

59 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. Scott A Small

    Leads 2 awards · $7,937,935

  2. Adam M Brickman

    Leads 5 awards · $7,844,136

    Also a principal investigator on 5P30AG059303-08, led by Allison E Aiello and Jeanne A. Teresi and Jennifer Jaie Manly.

  3. Richard P Mayeux

    Leads 2 awards · $7,341,622

  4. Neil Alan Shneider

    Leads 2 awards · $6,134,304

    • 5U01NS134684-03Department: NIH department code
      Silence ALS: A Platform for the Discovery and Development of Antisense Therapeutics for Patients with Ultra-Rare Forms of ALS
      $5,151,818
      award amount
    • 3U01NS134684-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Silence ALS: A Platform for the Discovery and Development of Antisense Therapeutics for Patients with Ultra-Rare Forms of ALS
      $982,486
      award amount

  5. Christiane Reitz

    Leads 2 awards · $5,490,690

    Also a principal investigator on 5U24AG056270-10, led by Richard P Mayeux.

  6. James McCallum Noble

    Leads 2 awards · $4,944,541

  7. Gao Wang

    Leads 3 awards · $4,931,730

    • 5R01AG086467-02Department: NIH department code
      FunGen-xQTL: Unraveling the genetic basis of molecular functions in Alzheimer's Disease

      Principal investigators: Gao Wang (contact PI), Julia Tcw, Xiaoling Zhang

      $3,563,350
      award amount
    • 5R01AG095819-02Department: NIH department code
      Genetic Mapping of m6A and Pseudouridine RNA Modifications in the Aging Human Brain and Their Impact on Alzheimer's Disease

      Principal investigators: Gao Wang (contact PI), Julia Tcw, Xin He

      $820,023
      award amount
    • 5R01AG076901-04Department: NIH department code
      Multiomics data integration methods to discover putative causal variants, genes and patient heterogeneity for Alzheimers disease
      $548,357
      award amount

  8. Andrew Franklin Teich

    Leads 1 award · $4,750,232

  9. Miguel Arce

    Leads 1 award · $4,750,232

  10. Philip L De Jager

    Leads 1 award · $4,750,232

  11. Stephanie Ann Cosentino

    Leads 1 award · $4,750,232

  12. Ying Wei

    Leads 1 award · $4,750,232

  13. Sabrina Alves Simoes Spassov

    Leads 2 awards · $3,586,278

    • 5P01AG090268-02Department: NIH department code
      SORL1 and its involvement in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis and pathophysiology

      Principal investigators: Gregory A Petsko (contact PI), Jessica E Young (contact PI), Richard P Mayeux (contact PI), Sabrina Alves Simoes Spassov (contact PI), Scott A Small (contact PI), Ulrich Hengst (contact PI)

      $3,187,703
      award amount
    • 5R01AG071868-05Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Endosomal dysfunction as a new source of biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease
      $398,575
      award amount

  14. Sheng-Han Kuo

    Leads 4 awards · $3,387,459

    • 4UH3NS140720-02Department: NIH department code
      Human Cerebellar Deep Brain Stimulation and Recordings in Spinocerebellar Ataxias

      Principal investigators: Sheng-Han Kuo (contact PI), Andre Guelman MacHado, Gordon H Baltuch, Kenneth B Baker

      $1,900,375
      award amount
    • 5R01NS136686-02Department: NIH department code
      Developing Purkinje Cell Synaptic Therapies to Restore Circuit Function in Cerebellar Degeneration
      $600,292
      award amount
    • 5R01NS124854-05Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Cerebellar Endoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Handling in Essential Tremor

      Principal investigators: Sheng-Han Kuo (contact PI), Phyllis L Faust

      $585,748
      award amount
    • 5UE5NS070697-17Department: NIH department code
      Neurology Research Education and Mentorship Program

      Principal investigators: Sheng-Han Kuo (contact PI), Jason Brant Carmel, Raymond F Sekula

      $301,044
      award amount

  15. Gregory A Petsko

    Leads 1 award · $3,187,703

  16. Jessica E Young

    Leads 1 award · $3,187,703

  17. Ulrich Hengst

    Leads 1 award · $3,187,703

  18. Sachin Agarwal

    Leads 1 award · $2,184,105

    • 5R01NS127959-03Department: NIH department code
      Patterns of Survivors' Recovery Trajectories in the ICECAP Trial (POST-ICECAP)

      Principal investigators: Sachin Agarwal (contact PI), Clifton W. Callaway

      $2,184,105
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T35AG044303-14, led by James McCallum Noble.

  19. Ai Yamamoto

    Leads 3 awards · $2,022,559

    • 5R01AG090542-02Department: NIH department code
      Calcium signaling and autophagy defects in Alzheimer's disease neurons
      $723,234
      award amount
    • 2R01NS077111-10Department: NIH department code
      Modulating selective autophagy to modify Huntington's disease
      $664,445
      award amount
    • 2R01NS101663-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Selective autophagy in Parkinson's disease
      $634,880
      award amount

  20. Suzanne M Leal

    Leads 5 awards · $1,985,364

    • 5R01DC017712-07Department: NIH department code
      Innovative approaches to elucidate the etiology of age-related hearing loss and tinnitus in diverse populations

      Principal investigators: Suzanne M Leal (contact PI), Andrew Dewan, Paul L. Auer

      $694,750
      award amount
    • 5R01HD109342-04Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Genetic Etiology of Intellectual Disability in African, Asian, and European Families

      Principal investigators: Suzanne M Leal (contact PI), Isabelle Veerle Suzanne Schrauwen

      $657,616
      award amount
    • 5R01DC003594-24Department: NIH department code
      Identification of Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic Hearing Impairment Genes
      $562,998
      award amount
    • 3R01DC003594-24S1Department: NIH department code
      Identification of Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic Hearing Impairment Genes
      $60,000
      award amount
    • 3R01DC003594-24S2Department: NIH department code
      Identification of Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic Hearing Impairment Genes
      $10,000
      award amount

  21. Soojin Park

    Leads 2 awards · $1,261,248

    • 5R01NS131606-04Department: NIH department code
      Machine Learning to Optimize Management of Acute Hydrocephalus
      $630,988
      award amount
    • 5R01NS129760-04Department: NIH department code
      ContinuOuS Monitoring Tool for Delayed Cerebral IsChemia (COSMIC)
      $630,260
      award amount

  22. Olajide Williams

    Leads 1 award · $1,240,991

    • 5U01NS135533-03Department: NIH department code
      The SDOH-Homecare Intervention Focus Team (SHIFT) Trial to Mitigate SDOH in Stroke Outcomes and Build Community Capacity

      Principal investigators: Olajide Williams (contact PI), Randolph S Marshall

      $1,240,991
      award amount

  23. Randolph S Marshall

    Leads 2 awards · $1,058,383

    Also a principal investigator on 5U01NS135533-03, led by Olajide Williams.

  24. David Roh

    Leads 2 awards · $974,469

    • 5R01HL173606-02Department: NIH department code
      FunctIonal coaGulation and HemosTasis after IntraCerebral Hemorrhage (FIGHT-ICH)
      $727,719
      award amount
    • 1R21HL189042-01Department: NIH department code
      RBc transfusion Characteristics in IntraCranial Hemorrhage (RBC-ICH)
      $246,750
      award amount

  25. Amy E Rumora

    Leads 1 award · $798,942

    • 1R01DK149012-01Department: NIH department code
      The impact of dietary fatty acids and TNF-alpha on neuropathy associated with metabolic syndrome
      $798,942
      award amount

  26. Hyunmi Choi

    Leads 1 award · $754,601

    • 5R01AG074355-05Department: NIH department code
      Effects of vascular risk factors on risk for dementia and stroke after late-onset epilepsy (EpilepsyCOG)

      Principal investigators: Hyunmi Choi (contact PI), Evan Lloyd Thacker

      $754,601
      award amount

  27. Vilas Menon

    Leads 1 award · $745,431

    • 5R01AG072167-03Department: NIH department code
      Identifying cell type-specific autonomous and non-autonomous interactions in AD

      Principal investigators: Vilas Menon (contact PI), Tracy L Young-Pearse

      $745,431
      award amount

  28. Jan Claassen

    Leads 1 award · $661,867

    • 1R01NS145481-01A1Department: NIH department code
      SPRINT- Sleep to Predict Recovery In uNconscious patients with acute brain injury

      Principal investigators: Jan Claassen (contact PI), Catherine A Schevon

      $661,867
      award amount

  29. Allison E Aiello

    Leads 1 award · $640,244

  30. Jeanne A. Teresi

    Leads 1 award · $640,244

  31. Jennifer Jaie Manly

    Leads 1 award · $640,244

    Also a principal investigator on 5T35AG044303-14, led by James McCallum Noble.

  32. Marla J Hamberger

    Leads 1 award · $639,066

    • 5R01NS130838-03Department: NIH department code
      Development of Culturally Appropriate Spanish Language Tests for Neuropsychological Assessment and Brain Mapping

      Principal investigators: Marla J Hamberger (contact PI), Catherine A Schevon

      $639,066
      award amount

  33. Joriene De Nooij

    Leads 1 award · $621,752

    • 5R01NS106715-07Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Dissection of Proprioceptor Subclass Identity
      $621,752
      award amount

  34. Giuseppe Tosto

    Leads 2 awards · $617,289

    • 4R01AG082009-02Department: NIH department code
      Polygenic Risk Scores for Alzheimer's Disease across global Populations

      Principal investigators: Giuseppe Tosto (contact PI), Guillaume Pare

      $546,030
      award amount
    • 3R01AG082009-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Polygenic Risk Scores for Alzheimer's Disease across global Populations

      Principal investigators: Giuseppe Tosto (contact PI), Guillaume Pare

      $71,259
      award amount

  35. Christopher D Makinson

    Leads 1 award · $532,762

    • 1R56NS146841-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms and Treatment of SCN3A-Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy
      $532,762
      award amount

  36. Danny Mauricio Florez Paz

    Leads 2 awards · $495,644

    • 1R03DE036052-01Department: NIH department code
      Genetic characterization of MesV sensory cells in normal development and in the neurodegenerative disease spinal muscular atrophy
      $329,000
      award amount
    • 5K01DE033040-03Department: NIH department code
      Developmental mechanisms in the formation and function of sensory-motor circuits responsible for suckling and mastication.
      $166,644
      award amount

  37. Umrao Monani

    Leads 1 award · $484,338

    • 5R01NS123292-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms and SMN-Independent Therapies for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
      $484,338
      award amount

  38. Catarina M. Quinzii

    Leads 1 award · $457,159

    • 5R01AG096102-02Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting the role of Tau-induced changes of SUMO and succinylCoA conjugation in mitochondrial-nuclear anterograde and retrograde signaling in FTD
      $457,159
      award amount

  39. Caghan Kizil

    Leads 1 award · $452,375

    • 1R21NS149249-01Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting the role of LAMA1 genetic variant in modulating blood-brain barrier integrity and protection against APOE4-driven Alzheimer's disease
      $452,375
      award amount

  40. Guomei Tang

    Leads 1 award · $452,375

    • 1R21AG098840-01Department: NIH department code
      Astrocyte-mediated tonic inhibition in a mouse model of Lewy body dementia
      $452,375
      award amount

  41. Serge E Przedborski

    Leads 1 award · $452,375

    • 1R21AG093148-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Gene Therapy for Non-Motor Defects in Synucleinopathy
      $452,375
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T35AG044303-14, led by James McCallum Noble.

  42. Dritan Agalliu

    Leads 1 award · $446,864

    • 5R01EY033994-05Department: NIH department code
      Neuronal Regulation of Vascular Development and Maturation in the Retina
      $446,864
      award amount

  43. Karen S Marder

    Leads 1 award · $433,011

    • 5U24NS107168-09Department: NIH department code
      Clinical Research Sites for the Network of Excellence in Neuroscience Clinical Trials (NeuroNEXT sites) (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

      Principal investigators: Karen S Marder (contact PI), Claudia Chiriboga, Harini Sarva

      $433,011
      award amount

  44. Tristan T Sands

    Leads 1 award · $288,201

    • 5R33NS130226-03Department: NIH department code
      Therapeutic Targeting of KCNQ3 in KCNQ3 Gain-of-Function Disorder
      $288,201
      award amount

  45. Imama A Naqvi

    Leads 2 awards · $281,404

    • 5K23NS138698-03Department: NIH department code
      Optimizing Telehealth to Improve Secondary Stroke Prevention
      $227,404
      award amount
    • 3K23NS138698-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Optimizing Telehealth to Improve Secondary Stroke Prevention
      $54,000
      award amount

  46. Justina Frances Avila-Rieger

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00AG078440-04Department: NIH department code
      Social Mechanisms Underlying Sex Differences in Alzheimer’s Disease.
      $249,000
      award amount

  47. Emanuele Barca

    Leads 1 award · $230,580

    • 5K08NS138707-02Department: NIH department code
      From Metabolic Stress to Energy Enhancement: Unraveling Complex V Dimerization in Mitochondrial Disorders
      $230,580
      award amount

  48. Ikjae Lee

    Leads 1 award · $229,635

    • 5K23NS131586-04Department: NIH department code
      Metabolic Alteration in Presymptomatic and Symptomatic ALS Study (MAPS ALS Study)
      $229,635
      award amount

  49. Chinwe Ibeh

    Leads 1 award · $194,400

    • 1K23AG095295-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Left Ventricular Dysfunction, Cognition, and Brain Aging in a Multi-Ethnic Cohort
      $194,400
      award amount

  50. Ami Kumar

    Leads 1 award · $126,900

    • 1K99NS149219-01Department: NIH department code
      Defining Physiological Subtypes in Essential Tremor
      $126,900
      award amount

  51. Annie J Lee

    Leads 1 award · $126,333

    • 5K01AG084849-03Department: NIH department code
      Genetic Association Between Alzheimer's Disease and Cardio-Cerebrovascular Risk Factors
      $126,333
      award amount

  52. James Robert McIntosh

    Leads 1 award · $82,250

    • 5R03NS141040-02Department: NIH department code
      Enhancing Speed and Accuracy of Motor Evoked Potential Recruitment Curve Analysis Using Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling
      $82,250
      award amount

  53. Jason Quirino Garcia

    Leads 1 award · $75,880

    • 1F32NS148709-01Department: NIH department code
      Targeting CCR5 as a Combination Therapy for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
      $75,880
      award amount

  54. Frankie Gabriel Garcia

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31AG099663-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic Regulation of Microglial Identity and Function by ARID5B in Alzheimer's Disease
      $50,114
      award amount

  55. Jack Thomas Whiteley

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31NS143361-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating SCN8A developmental and epileptic encephalopathy mechanisms and treatments in a human cellular model of the thalamocortical circuit
      $50,114
      award amount

  56. John Brandon Wetmore

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31AG099593-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Acculturation and Aging: Multidimensional Insights into Alzheimer's Disease Knowledge and Memory Performance
      $50,114
      award amount

  57. Kyle Helms

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31NS137770-03Department: NIH department code
      Interrogation of Non-Canonical Roles of VGSCs in Neurodevelopmental Epilepsy
      $50,114
      award amount

  58. Natalie Catherine Edwards

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31AG090091-03Department: NIH department code
      Synergistic contributions of cerebrovascular disease and neuroinflammation to Alzheimer's disease in adults with Down syndrome
      $50,114
      award amount

  59. Kiran Teresa Thakur

    Leads 1 award · $20,000

    • 1R13NS151457-01Department: NIH department code
      Accelerating Implementation Science Research in Neuroinfectious Diseases
      $20,000
      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.

  • Gary Wayne Beecham

    Co-investigator on 5U24AG056270-10, led by Richard P Mayeux; 5U01AG079850-04, led by Christiane Reitz

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

  • Julia Tcw

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG086467-02, led by Gao Wang; 5R01AG095819-02, led by Gao Wang

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Alison M Goate

    Co-investigator on 5U24AG056270-10, led by Richard P Mayeux

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Tatiana M. Foroud

    Co-investigator on 5U24AG056270-10, led by Richard P Mayeux

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

    Verified profile: Indiana University School of Medicine

  • Xiaoling Zhang

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG086467-02, led by Gao Wang

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Clifton W. Callaway

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS127959-03, led by Sachin Agarwal

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Andre Guelman MacHado

    Co-investigator on 4UH3NS140720-02, led by Sheng-Han Kuo

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

  • Gordon H Baltuch

    Co-investigator on 4UH3NS140720-02, led by Sheng-Han Kuo

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

  • Kenneth B Baker

    Co-investigator on 4UH3NS140720-02, led by Sheng-Han Kuo

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Catherine A Schevon

    Co-investigator on 1R01NS145481-01A1, led by Jan Claassen; 5R01NS130838-03, led by Marla J Hamberger

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

  • Elizabeth Head

    Co-investigator on 4R01AG079519-02, led by Adam M Brickman

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Xin He

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG095819-02, led by Gao Wang

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Evan Lloyd Thacker

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG074355-05, led by Hyunmi Choi

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

  • Tracy L Young-Pearse

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG072167-03, led by Vilas Menon

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Edward D Huey

    Co-investigator on 5U01AG079850-04, led by Christiane Reitz

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

  • Andrew Dewan

    Co-investigator on 5R01DC017712-07, led by Suzanne M Leal

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

  • Paul L. Auer

    Co-investigator on 5R01DC017712-07, led by Suzanne M Leal

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

  • Isabelle Veerle Suzanne Schrauwen

    Co-investigator on 5R01HD109342-04, led by Suzanne M Leal

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • David Sigmund Liebeskind

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS097876-10, led by Randolph S Marshall

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • James F Meschia

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS097876-10, led by Randolph S Marshall

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Ronald M Lazar

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS097876-10, led by Randolph S Marshall

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

  • Guillaume Pare

    Co-investigator on 4R01AG082009-02, led by Giuseppe Tosto; 3R01AG082009-02S1, led by Giuseppe Tosto

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

  • Phyllis L Faust

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS124854-05, led by Sheng-Han Kuo

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Stephen Tollman

    Co-investigator on 3UG3AG090558-02S1, led by Adam M Brickman; 5UG3AG090558-02, led by Adam M Brickman

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Victor Mngomezulu

    Co-investigator on 3UG3AG090558-02S1, led by Adam M Brickman; 5UG3AG090558-02, led by Adam M Brickman

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

  • Claudia Chiriboga

    Co-investigator on 5U24NS107168-09, led by Karen S Marder

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

  • Harini Sarva

    Co-investigator on 5U24NS107168-09, led by Karen S Marder

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

  • Babak Benjamin Navi

    Co-investigator on 5U24NS107237-08, led by Randolph S Marshall

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

  • Edward Sander Connolly

    Co-investigator on 5U24NS107237-08, led by Randolph S Marshall

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

  • Philip Stieg

    Co-investigator on 5U24NS107237-08, led by Randolph S Marshall

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

  • Jason Brant Carmel

    Co-investigator on 5UE5NS070697-17, led by Sheng-Han Kuo

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Raymond F Sekula

    Co-investigator on 5UE5NS070697-17, led by Sheng-Han Kuo

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