Psychiatry at Emory University

Leads a grant in this department

20 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. Zhexing Wen

   Leads 3 awards · $2,591,886

   • 4RF1AG079256-02Department: NIH department code

     Understanding the functional impacts of Aβ variants in Alzheimer's disease with human brain organoids

     Principal investigators: Zhexing Wen (contact PI), Andreas S Bommarius, Bo Liang, David Gilbert Lynn

     $1,785,477

     award amount
   • 1R01MH139822-01Department: NIH department code

     Leveraging human iPSC technology to understand the role of neuroinflammation in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
     $610,784

     award amount
   • 5R21NS136877-02Department: NIH department code

     Leveraging iPSC technology to understand neuro-immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 variants

     Principal investigators: Zhexing Wen (contact PI), Julia C. Lecher

     $195,625

     award amount

2. Jennifer C Felger

   Leads 3 awards · $2,011,994

   • 1R01MH140180-01Department: NIH department code

     JAK Signaling as a Mechanism of Inflammation-related Reward and Motor Circuit Deficits in Depression

     Principal investigators: Jennifer C Felger (contact PI), Andrew H Miller, Christina Gavegnano

     $704,271

     award amount
   • 5R33MH121625-04Department: NIH department code

     Dopaminergic Therapy for Inflammation-Related Anhedonia in Depression
     $696,294

     award amount
   • 5R01MH128872-04Department: NIH department code

     The Role of Inflammation in CNS Mechanisms of Anhedonia and Psychomotor Slowing in Depressed PWH as Determined using a Next Generation TNF Antagonist

     Principal investigators: Jennifer C Felger (contact PI), Andrew H Miller

     $611,429

     award amount

3. James Douglas Bremner

   Leads 1 award · $1,912,347

   • 5UH3DA048502-04Department: NIH department code

     Non-Invasive Vagal Nerve Stimulation in Patients with Opioid Use Disorders

     Principal investigators: James Douglas Bremner (contact PI), Omer Tolga Inan

     $1,912,347

     award amount

4. Julie A Kable

   Leads 1 award · $1,808,123

   • 5U01DA055360-05Department: NIH department code

     4/24 Healthy Brain and Child Development National Consortium

     Principal investigators: Julie A Kable (contact PI), Claire D. Coles

     $1,808,123

     award amount

5. Mar M Sanchez

   Leads 2 awards · $1,709,879

   • 5R01AG070704-05Department: NIH department code

     Early risk factors of accelerated neural aging trajectories and cognitive decline: a nonhuman primate longitudinal model

     Principal investigators: Mar M Sanchez (contact PI), Jessica Raper, Maria C Alvarado

     $986,461

     award amount
   • 5R01DA052909-05Department: NIH department code

     Early Life Stress, Chronic Drug Use and Neuroplasticity in Nonhuman Primate Models of Cocaine Abuse: Relevance to Treatment Strategies

     Principal investigators: Mar M Sanchez (contact PI), Michael A Nader

     $723,418

     award amount

6. Vasiliki Michopoulos

   Leads 2 awards · $1,348,371

   • 5R01AG078248-04Department: NIH department code

     The role of stress exposure on estradiol-induced changes in neuroinflammation and cognition

     Principal investigators: Vasiliki Michopoulos (contact PI), Maria C Alvarado

     $731,232

     award amount
   • 5R01MH128244-04Department: NIH department code

     Neuroendocrine Mechanisms Underlying Perimenopausal Risk for Trauma-Related Hyperarousal in Black Women

     Principal investigators: Vasiliki Michopoulos (contact PI), Jennifer Strafford Stevens

     $617,139

     award amount

7. Negar Fani

   Leads 2 awards · $1,287,681

   • 5R01AT011267-05Department: NIH department code

     Neural Mechanisms of Vibroacoustically Augmented Breath Focused Mindfulness for Dissociative Traumatized People

     Principal investigators: Negar Fani (contact PI), Greg J Siegle

     $657,610

     award amount
   • 1R01MH138893-01Department: NIH department code

     Identifying Neural Signatures of Racial Discrimination in Black individuals with a Multivariate Data Fusion Approach
     $630,071

     award amount

8. Ebrahim Haroon

   Leads 1 award · $688,776

   • 5R01MH132059-03Department: NIH department code

     Leucine as a Probe of Kynurenine-Induced Glutamate and Neural Circuit Dysfunction in Midlife Depression
     $688,776

     award amount

9. Justine Wittenauer Welsh

   Leads 1 award · $640,622

   • 5R01AA030529-04Department: NIH department code

     Improving alcohol and substance use care access and outcomes during the reproductive years: A Type 1 Hybrid Trial in Family Planning Clinics

     Principal investigators: Justine Wittenauer Welsh (contact PI), Heather J Gotham, Kelli Stidham Hall

     $640,622

     award amount

10. Abigail Powers Lott

    Leads 1 award · $639,701

    • 5R01HD109126-04Department: NIH department code

      Mechanistic links between maternal PTSD and early infant emotional development
      $639,701

      award amount

11. W. Edward Craighead

    Leads 1 award · $639,528

    • 5R01MH126985-04Department: NIH department code

      Multi-level Mechanisms of Behavioral Activation Therapy for Adolescent Depression

      Principal investigators: W. Edward Craighead (contact PI), Michael Tilghman Treadway

      $639,528

      award amount

12. Vincent D Costa

    Leads 1 award · $586,111

    • 7R01MH125824-05Department: NIH department code

      Neurocomputational mechanisms of explore-exploit decision making in prefrontal and motivational neural circuits
      $586,111

      award amount

13. Claire D. Coles

    Leads 2 awards · $497,956

    • 5U01AA026108-09Department: NIH department code

      A Multisite Study of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: Effects of Inflammation and Endocrine Dysfunction in Adulthood

      Principal investigators: Claire D. Coles (contact PI), Tamara Sonia Bodnar

      $314,356

      award amount
    • 3U01AA026108-09S1Department: NIH department code

      A Multisite Study of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: Effects of Inflammation and Endocrine Dysfunction in Adulthood

      Principal investigators: Claire D. Coles (contact PI), Tamara Sonia Bodnar

      $183,600

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5U01DA055360-05, led by Julie A Kable.

14. David Ryan Goldsmith

    Leads 1 award · $497,418

    • 5R01MH131910-03Department: NIH department code

      Targeting Inflammation-Induced Changes in Brain Reward Signaling and Motivational Deficits in Patients with Schizophrenia Using an Anti-Inflammatory Challenge
      $497,418

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R25MH101079-10, led by Andrew H Miller.

15. Zachary V Johnson

    Leads 1 award · $446,227

    • 5R35GM155357-02Department: NIH department code

      Cellular, neurogenomic and neuroendocrine mechanisms underlying variation in social behavior
      $446,227

      award amount

16. Andrew H Miller

    Leads 1 award · $199,392

    • 5R25MH101079-10Department: NIH department code

      Emory Psychiatry Clinical Scientist Training Program (CSTP)

      Principal investigators: Andrew H Miller (contact PI), David Ryan Goldsmith, Michael Tilghman Treadway

      $199,392

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01MH140180-01, led by Jennifer C Felger; 5R01MH128872-04, led by Jennifer C Felger.

17. Benson Ku

    Leads 1 award · $194,076

    • 5K23MH129684-04Department: NIH department code

      Impact of Neighborhood Characteristics on Conversion to Psychosis among Youth at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis
      $194,076

      award amount

18. Jessica Cooper Robinson

    Leads 1 award · $180,068

    • 5K01MH126308-04Department: NIH department code

      From stress to anhedonia: examining inflammation and altered glutamate function as distinct or common etiological pathways
      $180,068

      award amount

19. Mandakh Bekhbat

    Leads 1 award · $146,986

    • 5K01MH136861-02Department: NIH department code

      The role of monocyte metabolism and migration in inflammation-related reward circuit deficits and symptoms of anhedonia in people with HIV
      $146,986

      award amount

20. Benjamin Siciliano

    Leads 1 award · $49,538

    • 5F31DA059435-03Department: NIH department code

      Epitranscriptomic mechanisms of the antidepressant response to ketamine in human neurons
      $49,538

      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.

• Omer Tolga Inan

  Co-investigator on 5UH3DA048502-04, led by James Douglas Bremner

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

• Andreas S Bommarius

  Co-investigator on 4RF1AG079256-02, led by Zhexing Wen

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

• Bo Liang

  Co-investigator on 4RF1AG079256-02, led by Zhexing Wen

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Emory University · Biochemistry (NIH department code, 1 award)

• David Gilbert Lynn

  Co-investigator on 4RF1AG079256-02, led by Zhexing Wen

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

• Maria C Alvarado

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG070704-05, led by Mar M Sanchez; 5R01AG078248-04, led by Vasiliki Michopoulos

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

• Jessica Raper

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG070704-05, led by Mar M Sanchez

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

• Michael Tilghman Treadway

  Co-investigator on 5R01MH126985-04, led by W. Edward Craighead; 5R25MH101079-10, led by Andrew H Miller

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Emory University · Psychology (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Michael A Nader

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA052909-05, led by Mar M Sanchez

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Neurosciences (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Christina Gavegnano

  Co-investigator on 1R01MH140180-01, led by Jennifer C Felger

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Emory University · Pathology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Greg J Siegle

  Co-investigator on 5R01AT011267-05, led by Negar Fani

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Pittsburgh (no department on record, 1 award)

• Heather J Gotham

  Co-investigator on 5R01AA030529-04, led by Justine Wittenauer Welsh

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

• Kelli Stidham Hall

  Co-investigator on 5R01AA030529-04, led by Justine Wittenauer Welsh

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Tulane University of Louisiana · Public Health (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Jennifer Strafford Stevens

  Co-investigator on 5R01MH128244-04, led by Vasiliki Michopoulos

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

• Tamara Sonia Bodnar

  Co-investigator on 5U01AA026108-09, led by Claire D. Coles; 3U01AA026108-09S1, led by Claire D. Coles

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

• Julia C. Lecher

  Co-investigator on 5R21NS136877-02, led by Zhexing Wen

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