Neurosciences at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Leads a grant in this department

44 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. Paul J. Kenny

   Leads 5 awards · $5,816,732

   • 1R01DA065101-01Department: NIH department code

     Mining SCORCH transcriptomics data to resolve functionally relevant striatal cell types
     $2,350,996

     award amount
   • 5P01DA047233-08Department: NIH department code

     Transcriptional Mechanisms of Drug Addiction

     Principal investigators: Anne Schaefer (contact PI), Eric J. Nestler (contact PI), Li Shen (contact PI), Paul J. Kenny (contact PI), Yasmin L. Hurd (contact PI)

     $1,803,476

     award amount
   • 5R01DA063805-02Department: NIH department code

     Cortical mechanisms of opioid reinforcement
     $808,294

     award amount
   • 2T32DA053558-06Department: NIH department code

     Training Program in Substance Use Disorders
     $436,050

     award amount
   • 5R37DA020686-19Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of nicotine reinforcement
     $417,916

     award amount

2. Anne Schaefer

   Leads 2 awards · $3,813,561

   • 2RF1NS106721-06A1Department: NIH department code

     Transcriptional control of microglia diversification and inflammation

     Principal investigators: Anne Schaefer (contact PI), Alexander Tarakhovsky

     $2,010,085

     award amount
   • 5P01DA047233-08Department: NIH department code

     Transcriptional Mechanisms of Drug Addiction

     Principal investigators: Anne Schaefer (contact PI), Eric J. Nestler (contact PI), Li Shen (contact PI), Paul J. Kenny (contact PI), Yasmin L. Hurd (contact PI)

     $1,803,476

     award amount

3. Eric J. Nestler

   Leads 3 awards · $3,136,519

   • 5P01DA047233-08Department: NIH department code

     Transcriptional Mechanisms of Drug Addiction

     Principal investigators: Anne Schaefer (contact PI), Eric J. Nestler (contact PI), Li Shen (contact PI), Paul J. Kenny (contact PI), Yasmin L. Hurd (contact PI)

     $1,803,476

     award amount
   • 5R01MH129306-04Department: NIH department code

     Epigenetic Mechanisms of Chronic Stress Action
     $674,536

     award amount
   • 5R01DA014133-27Department: NIH department code

     D1 and D2 Dopaminoceptive Ensembles in Limbic Brain Regions in Drug Addiction
     $658,507

     award amount

4. Daniel Almeida Da Silva E Silva

   Leads 1 award · $3,112,314

   • 1R01AA033111-01Department: NIH department code

     Histone Acetylation and Synaptic Mechanisms in D1-MSNs Underlying Resilience to Compulsive-like Alcohol Drinking
     $3,112,314

     award amount

5. Joseph Michael Castellano

   Leads 1 award · $2,944,007

   • 1RF1AG096837-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Delineating systemic roles of APOE genotypes on CNS health
     $2,944,007

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 2T32AG049688-11, led by Patrick R Hof.

6. Ian S. Maze

   Leads 3 awards · $2,253,691

   • 5R01MH116900-08Department: NIH department code

     Molecular studies of neural histone monoaminylation in normal and aberrant brain plasticity
     $844,899

     award amount
   • 5R01HD097088-08Department: NIH department code

     Aberrant chromatin regulatory mechanisms in Down syndrome brain
     $725,919

     award amount
   • 5R01DA056595-05Department: NIH department code

     Contributions of aberrant synaptic protein monoaminylation to opiate use disorder

     Principal investigators: Ian S. Maze (contact PI), David M Dietz

     $682,873

     award amount

7. Tristan Shuman

   Leads 4 awards · $2,037,492

   • 5R01AG072497-03Department: NIH department code

     Entorhinal-hippocampal interactions during progressive memory impairments in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease pathology
     $731,390

     award amount
   • 1R01NS145154-01A1Department: NIH department code

     The Role of Dentate Spikes in Cognition and Epilepsy
     $667,738

     award amount
   • 5R01NS136590-03Department: NIH department code

     Closed-loop Control of Interneuron Spike Timing in Epilepsy
     $525,573

     award amount
   • 3R01NS136590-03S1Department: NIH department code

     Closed-loop Control of Interneuron Spike Timing in Epilepsy
     $112,791

     award amount

8. Li Shen

   Leads 1 award · $1,803,476

   • 5P01DA047233-08Department: NIH department code

     Transcriptional Mechanisms of Drug Addiction

     Principal investigators: Anne Schaefer (contact PI), Eric J. Nestler (contact PI), Li Shen (contact PI), Paul J. Kenny (contact PI), Yasmin L. Hurd (contact PI)

     $1,803,476

     award amount

9. Yasmin L. Hurd

   Leads 1 award · $1,803,476

   • 5P01DA047233-08Department: NIH department code

     Transcriptional Mechanisms of Drug Addiction

     Principal investigators: Anne Schaefer (contact PI), Eric J. Nestler (contact PI), Li Shen (contact PI), Paul J. Kenny (contact PI), Yasmin L. Hurd (contact PI)

     $1,803,476

     award amount

10. Scott James Russo

    Leads 3 awards · $1,755,395

    • 5R01MH104559-13Department: NIH department code

      ROLE OF PERIPHERAL IMMUNE-DERIVED MMP8 IN STRESS SUSCEPTIBILITY
      $842,950

      award amount
    • 5R01MH133299-04Department: NIH department code

      Sex Differences in Neural Circuit Mechanisms of Aggression
      $637,718

      award amount
    • 5T32MH135853-03Department: NIH department code

      Training Program in Social Neuroscience Research

      Principal investigators: Scott James Russo (contact PI), Hirofumi Morishita

      $274,727

      award amount

11. Stephen R Salton

    Leads 2 awards · $1,688,418

    • 5R01AG093879-02Department: NIH department code

      Novel directions for investigating the role of VGF in comorbid Major Depressive Disorder and Alzheimer's disease

      Principal investigators: Stephen R Salton (contact PI), Michelle E Ehrlich, Minghui Wang

      $844,931

      award amount
    • 5R01AG084699-03Department: NIH department code

      Intranasal delivery of VGF-derived peptides in a preclinical model of Alzheimer's disease

      Principal investigators: Stephen R Salton (contact PI), Michelle E Ehrlich

      $843,487

      award amount

12. Xiaoting Wu

    Leads 2 awards · $1,531,093

    • 5R01MH136228-03Department: NIH department code

      Neural Mechanisms of Social Information Processing
      $829,330

      award amount
    • 1R01MH142589-01Department: NIH department code

      The role of the ventral CA1 in distinct social representations
      $701,763

      award amount

13. Patrick R Hof

    Leads 2 awards · $1,280,429

    • 5R01AG087945-03Department: NIH department code

      Lifespan and Cardiovascular Health Effects on The Brain in Humans and Great Ape

      Principal investigators: Patrick R Hof (contact PI), Chester Sherwood, Mary Ann Raghanti, Melissa K. Edler

      $952,510

      award amount
    • 2T32AG049688-11Department: NIH department code

      Research Training in the Neuroscience of Aging

      Principal investigators: Patrick R Hof (contact PI), Joseph Michael Castellano

      $327,919

      award amount

14. George W. Huntley

    Leads 2 awards · $1,106,203

    • 5R01NS135728-03Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the Neurobiology of Early Cognitive Impairment

      Principal investigators: George W. Huntley (contact PI), Deanna L Benson

      $796,284

      award amount
    • 5T32MH087004-17Department: NIH department code

      Training Program in Neuroscience
      $309,919

      award amount

15. Paul A Slesinger

    Leads 2 awards · $1,032,744

    • 5R01NS138507-02Department: NIH department code

      Structural Pharmacology of GIRK Channel Disease Mutants
      $520,062

      award amount
    • 5R01AA018734-15Department: NIH department code

      Structural Analysis of Alcohol-dependent Activation of GIRKs
      $512,682

      award amount

16. Graham Ellis-Davies

    Leads 1 award · $801,902

    • 5R35NS111600-08Department: NIH department code

      Light-Driven Control of Neurons in Vitro and in Vivo
      $801,902

      award amount

17. Peter Rudebeck

    Leads 1 award · $801,423

    • 5R01MH132064-04Department: NIH department code

      Neural circuit mechanisms of affective probabilistic learning
      $801,423

      award amount

18. Jennifer C Chan

    Leads 1 award · $717,688

    • 1K01MH139990-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Projection-specific mechanisms mediating postpartum stress effects on the maternal brain
      $717,688

      award amount

19. Joel William Blanchard

    Leads 1 award · $708,558

    • 5R01AG089533-03Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the combined role of APOE4 and ketogenic diets in Alzheimer's disease
      $708,558

      award amount

20. Towfique Raj

    Leads 1 award · $687,116

    • 2R01NS116006-06Department: NIH department code

      The Role of Myeloid Cells in Parkinson's Disease
      $687,116

      award amount

21. Priti Balchandani

    Leads 1 award · $646,706

    • 1R01NS150462-01Department: NIH department code

      Quantifying Biomechanical and Perfusion Abnormalities in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: Novel MR Imaging Markers of Seizure Foci and Underlying Gliosis
      $646,706

      award amount

22. Roger L Clem

    Leads 1 award · $612,404

    • 5R01MH132224-04Department: NIH department code

      Microcircuits governing conflicting memories of threat and safety
      $612,404

      award amount

23. Zheng Herbert Wu

    Leads 1 award · $602,789

    • 5R01MH133039-04Department: NIH department code

      Molecular and functional architecture of a premotor circuit for decision making
      $602,789

      award amount

24. Denise Jade Cai

    Leads 1 award · $599,024

    • 5R01MH120162-07Department: NIH department code

      Circuit Mechanisms of Retrospective Memory-Linking
      $599,024

      award amount

25. Nan Yang

    Leads 1 award · $569,749

    • 5R01MH129372-05Department: NIH department code

      Functional mapping of noncoding regulatory variants in human neuronal subtypes3.
      $569,749

      award amount

26. Roberto Adamo Gulli

    Leads 1 award · $248,896

    • 4R00NS133475-03Department: NIH department code

      Elucidating the Neural Computations Underlying Spatial Learning, Decision-Making and Generalization in Virtually-Navigating Monkeys
      $248,896

      award amount

27. Louise Alessandra Mesentier Louro

    Leads 1 award · $211,250

    • 5R21EY037046-02Department: NIH department code

      Reconstruction of a human blood-retina barrier and perfused vascular system to investigate the role of APOE variants in age-related macular degeneration
      $211,250

      award amount

28. Veronika Kondev

    Leads 1 award · $181,092

    • 1K99DA065809-01Department: NIH department code

      Dopamine receptor type 2 (D2)-expressing cells in the ventral hippocampus controlrelapse behavior
      $181,092

      award amount

29. Kevin Braunscheidel

    Leads 1 award · $178,136

    • 1K01DA065206-01Department: NIH department code

      Enteroendocrine cells at the intersection of the gut-brain axis in nicotine addiction
      $178,136

      award amount

30. Yun Young Yim

    Leads 1 award · $177,606

    • 5K01DA060334-02Department: NIH department code

      From synapse to function: cocaine-induced cell-type- and circuit-specific accumbal proteome changes
      $177,606

      award amount

31. Benjamin H Weekley

    Leads 1 award · $76,780

    • 5F32MH140478-02Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of Histone Serotonylation and MLL5 in Coordinating the Epigenome during Neurodevelopment
      $76,780

      award amount

32. Christopher David Adam

    Leads 1 award · $75,880

    • 1F32NS146143-01Department: NIH department code

      Controlling epilepsy symptoms with precisely timed inhibition and circuit editing
      $75,880

      award amount

33. Matthew Francis Challman

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30AG079492-04Department: NIH department code

      The regulation of the microglial response to amyloid-beta plaques by the polycomb repressive complex 2
      $55,114

      award amount

34. Winnie Chen

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30AG090096-03Department: NIH department code

      Investigating Histone 3 Dopaminylation in Parkinson's Disease
      $55,114

      award amount

35. Alberto Corona

    Leads 1 award · $52,899

    • 5F32MH136726-02Department: NIH department code

      Norepinephrine-sensing habenular microglia and stress-related behaviors
      $52,899

      award amount

36. Elizabeth Alcantara

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31MH144832-01Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the role of ketamine in modulating intrinsic neural timescales in treatment resistant depression
      $50,114

      award amount

37. Kion Winston

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31DA062494-02Department: NIH department code

      Unraveling Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Heroin-induced Mitochondrial Perturbations
      $50,114

      award amount

38. Sarah Claypool

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31DA066110-01Department: NIH department code

      The role of a novel cortical circuit in opioid reward
      $50,114

      award amount

39. Trevonn Michael Gyles

    Leads 1 award · $49,114

    • 1F99NS143880-01Department: NIH department code

      Gene Expression Profiling of Stress Resilient Mice within the Nucleus Accumbens
      $49,114

      award amount

40. Austin Baggetta

    Leads 1 award · $48,514

    • 5F31AG087649-03Department: NIH department code

      How does the brain accumulate cognitive maps?
      $48,514

      award amount

41. Jeremy Sherman

    Leads 1 award · $29,529

    • 5F30DA057092-04Department: NIH department code

      The Role of Fyn Kinase in the Dorsal Striatum in Heroin Use Disorder
      $29,529

      award amount

42. Paul Andrew Philipsberg

    Leads 1 award · $29,010

    • 5F31NS134301-03Department: NIH department code

      Theta Phase-Locked Stimulation of Entorhinal-Hippocampal Inputs in Healthy and Epileptic Mice
      $29,010

      award amount

43. Leanne Holt

    Leads 1 award · $15,653

    • 5K01DA062014-02Department: NIH department code

      Investigation of the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Astrocytic CREB's Regulation of Cocaine Drug-Seeking
      $15,653

      award amount

44. Mikaela Rosen

    Leads 1 award · $7,269

    • 5F31NS134319-03Department: NIH department code

      Role of T-lymphocytes in Idiopathic and Genetic Parkinson's Disease
      $7,269

      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.

• Alexander Tarakhovsky

  Co-investigator on 2RF1NS106721-06A1, led by Anne Schaefer

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

• Michelle E Ehrlich

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG093879-02, led by Stephen R Salton; 5R01AG084699-03, led by Stephen R Salton

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

• Chester Sherwood

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG087945-03, led by Patrick R Hof

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

• Mary Ann Raghanti

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG087945-03, led by Patrick R Hof

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

• Melissa K. Edler

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG087945-03, led by Patrick R Hof

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Kent State University · Social Sciences (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Minghui Wang

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG093879-02, led by Stephen R Salton

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

• Deanna L Benson

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS135728-03, led by George W. Huntley

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)

• David M Dietz

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA056595-05, led by Ian S. Maze

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University at Buffalo · Pharmacology (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Hirofumi Morishita

  Co-investigator on 5T32MH135853-03, led by Scott James Russo

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · Psychiatry (NIH department code, 2 awards)