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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Anatomy & Cell Biology at Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

Funding
$6.2M
$6,211,265
Awards
18
FY2026 NIH awards in Anatomy & Cell Biology
Principal investigators
20
14 lead a grant here, 6 co-investigators
Department rank
#35
of 95 · 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 Anatomy & Cell Biology row of the Drexel University page.

Leads a grant in this department

14 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. Kimberly J Dougherty

    Leads 2 awards · $1,030,615

    • 5R01NS130799-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of locomotor rhythm generation in rodent spinal cord

      Principal investigators: Kimberly J Dougherty (contact PI), Ilya A Rybak

      $523,074
      award amount
    • 5R01NS104194-07Department: NIH department code
      Crucial spinal circuit changes that mediate locomotor benefits and deficits following combined therapies after spinal cord injury

      Principal investigators: Kimberly J Dougherty (contact PI), Simon F Giszter

      $507,541
      award amount

  2. Rodrigo A. España

    Leads 2 awards · $860,988

    • 5R01DA056193-04Department: NIH department code
      Sleep Disturbances During Cocaine Abstinence, Dopamine Adaptations, and Motivation for Cocaine
      $444,922
      award amount
    • 1R21DA065334-01Department: NIH department code
      Novel Circuit Mechanism for Opioid-Induced Dopamine Elevations: Beyond Midbrain Dopamine Neuron Activity
      $416,066
      award amount

  3. Peter W. Baas

    Leads 2 awards · $848,625

    • 1R01NS147575-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Combinatorial Therapy for SPG4 Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia

      Principal investigators: Peter W. Baas (contact PI), Emanuela Piermarini

      $619,937
      award amount
    • 1R21NS149629-01Department: NIH department code
      Testing a new therapy for SPG4 Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia

      Principal investigators: Peter W. Baas (contact PI), Liang Qiang

      $228,688
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2T32NS121768-06, led by Marie-Pascale Cote.

  4. Wen-Jun Gao

    Leads 2 awards · $786,232

    • 1R21MH141229-01Department: NIH department code
      Converging innervation of somatostatin neurons in the lateral septum by the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus

      Principal investigators: Wen-Jun Gao (contact PI), Dong Wang

      $409,824
      award amount
    • 5R01MH131053-05Department: NIH department code
      Corticothalamic control of social motivation
      $376,408
      award amount

  5. Jessica Rose Barson

    Leads 1 award · $564,306

    • 1R01AA031732-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Suppression of ethanol dependence-induced maladaptive appetitive and consummatory behavior by the GLP-1 system

      Principal investigators: Jessica Rose Barson (contact PI), Jacqueline M Barker

      $564,306
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R21NS151737-01, led by Ramesh Raghupathi.

  6. Alexander M Dizhoor

    Leads 1 award · $507,193

    • 5R01EY011522-31Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Cyclic GMP Synthesis in Photoreceptors
      $507,193
      award amount

  7. Veronica Jean Tom

    Leads 1 award · $428,541

    • 5R01NS122371-05Department: NIH department code
      Multipronged approach to diminish sympathetic hyperreflexia and ensuing cardiovascular and immune dysfunction after spinal cord injury
      $428,541
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2T32NS121768-06, led by Marie-Pascale Cote.

  8. Ramesh Raghupathi

    Leads 1 award · $417,225

    • 1R21NS151737-01Department: NIH department code
      Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide as a mediator of depression following repetitive mild traumatic brain injury

      Principal investigators: Ramesh Raghupathi (contact PI), Jessica Rose Barson

      $417,225
      award amount

  9. Megan R Detloff

    Leads 1 award · $412,965

    • 5R01NS097880-09Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of SCI-induced pain by macrophages and exercise
      $412,965
      award amount

  10. Marie-Pascale Cote

    Leads 1 award · $206,616

  11. Anthony Moreno-Sanchez

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31NS141564-02Department: NIH department code
      Dendritic integration of spatial and object features in a Drosophila sensorimotor circuit.
      $50,114
      award amount

  12. Jason Wheeler

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31NS147754-01Department: NIH department code
      Macrophage Derived Small Extracellular Vesicles to Resolve Spinal Cord Injury Induced Pain
      $50,114
      award amount

  13. Mariah J Wulf

    Leads 1 award · $25,089

    • 5F31NS139676-03Department: NIH department code
      Role of KCC2 in sympathetic dysfunction after spinal cord injury
      $25,089
      award amount

  14. Jenna McGrath

    Leads 1 award · $22,642

    • 5F31NS135913-03Department: NIH department code
      Medial deep dorsal glycinergic interneurons as a target for improving locomotion following spinal cord injury
      $22,642
      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.

  • Emanuela Piermarini

    Co-investigator on 1R01NS147575-01A1, led by Peter W. Baas

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

  • Jacqueline M Barker

    Co-investigator on 1R01AA031732-01A1, led by Jessica Rose Barson

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Ilya A Rybak

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS130799-05, led by Kimberly J Dougherty

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Simon F Giszter

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS104194-07, led by Kimberly J Dougherty

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

  • Dong Wang

    Co-investigator on 1R21MH141229-01, led by Wen-Jun Gao

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Liang Qiang

    Co-investigator on 1R21NS149629-01, led by Peter W. Baas

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads