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FY2021 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurosciences at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York, NY

Funding
$36.8M
$36,832,155
Awards
74
FY2021 NIH awards in Neurosciences
Principal investigators
51
51 lead a grant here, 0 co-investigators
Department rank
#2
of 60 · 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 Neurosciences row of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai page.

Leads a grant in this department

51 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. Nestler, Eric J.

    Leads 5 awards · $5,521,029

    • 5P50MH096890-10Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic Mechanisms of Depression
      $2,000,000
      award amount
    • 5P01DA047233-03Department: NIH department code
      Transcriptional Mechanisms of Drug Addiction
      $1,821,689
      award amount
    • 2R01DA007359-33Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Studies of Cocaine Action in Brain
      $595,378
      award amount
    • 5R01DA014133-22Department: NIH department code
      Neurotrophic Mechanisms in Cocaine and Opiate Action
      $562,873
      award amount
    • 5R01MH051399-30Department: NIH department code
      Pharmacological Actions of Stress and Antidepressants
      $541,089
      award amount
  2. Kenny, Paul J.

    Leads 5 awards · $4,170,655

    • 1U01DA053629-01Department: NIH department code
      Single cell brain transcriptome changes during chronic HIV infection and opiate use in conventional mice
      $2,654,681
      award amount
    • 5R01DA045649-04Department: NIH department code
      Habenular immune signaling and addiction
      $588,716
      award amount
    • 5R01MH112168-05Department: NIH department code
      MicroRNAs in schizophrenia
      $421,237
      award amount
    • 5R37DA020686-14Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of nicotine reinforcement
      $381,375
      award amount
    • 1T32DA053558-01Department: NIH department code
      Training Program in Substance Use Disorders
      $124,646
      award amount
  3. Brennand, Kristen Jennifer

    Leads 1 award · $2,360,820

    • 1RF1AG065926-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Modeling the impact of regulatory and splicing variants on cellular function in Alzheimer's disease
      $2,360,820
      award amount
  4. Kamenecka, Theodore M

    Leads 1 award · $1,972,485

    • 5UH3DA048385-04Department: NIH department code
      Development of novel therapeutics for opioid dependence
      $1,972,485
      award amount
  5. Castellano, Joseph Michael

    Leads 3 awards · $1,971,989

    • 1RF1AG072300-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of youth-associated blood-borne factors regulating CNS rejuvenation
      $1,518,274
      award amount
    • 5R01AG061382-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of TIMP2-mediated hippocampal revitalization in Alzheimer's disease
      $422,502
      award amount
    • 3R01AG061382-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of TIMP2-mediated hippocampal revitalization in Alzheimer's disease
      $31,213
      award amount
  6. Russo, Scott James

    Leads 3 awards · $1,750,673

    • 5R01MH104559-08Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of stress-induced neurovascular damage promoting immune infiltration and depression-like behaviors
      $632,786
      award amount
    • 1R01MH127820-01Department: NIH department code
      Neural Circuit Mechanisms of Stress-Impaired Social Reward
      $590,951
      award amount
    • 5R01MH114882-05Department: NIH department code
      Role of lateral habenula orexin receptor signaling in aggressive social behavior
      $526,936
      award amount
  7. Raj, Towfique

    Leads 2 awards · $1,486,634

    • 5R01AG054005-05Department: NIH department code
      The role of peripheral myeloid cells in Alzheimers disease
      $825,123
      award amount
    • 1R01NS116006-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Myeloid Cells in Parkinson's Disease
      $661,511
      award amount
  8. Knowles, David Arthur

    Leads 2 awards · $1,383,730

    • 5U01AG068880-02Department: NIH department code
      Learning the Regulatory Code of Alzheimer's Disease Genomes
      $1,094,724
      award amount
    • 3U01AG068880-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Learning the Regulatory Code of Alzheimer's Disease Genomes
      $289,006
      award amount
  9. Maze, Ian S.

    Leads 3 awards · $1,285,234

    • 5DP1DA042078-06Department: NIH department code
      Roles for histone monoaminylation in cocaine-induced transcriptional and behavioral plasticity
      $508,500
      award amount
    • 5R01MH116900-03Department: NIH department code
      Molecular studies of neural histone monoaminylation in normal and aberrant brain plasticity
      $423,750
      award amount
    • 5R01HD097088-03Department: NIH department code
      Aberrant chromatin regulatory mechanisms in Down syndrome brain
      $352,984
      award amount
  10. Zachariou, Venetia

    Leads 3 awards · $1,163,916

    • 5R01NS086444-08Department: NIH department code
      Cellular mechanisms of antidepressant drug actions in neuropathic pain models
      $625,723
      award amount
    • 5R01NS111351-02Department: NIH department code
      A Female Specific Role of RGSz1 in Modulation of Chronic Pain
      $506,137
      award amount
    • 3R01NS086444-07S1Department: NIH department code
      Cellular mechanisms of antidepressant drug actions in neuropathic pain models
      $32,056
      award amount
  11. Ehrlich, Michelle E

    Leads 1 award · $984,151

    • 5R01AG062355-04Department: NIH department code
      Systems modeling of shared and distinct molecular mechanisms underlying comorbid Major Depressive Disorder and Alzheimer's disease
      $984,151
      award amount
  12. Clem, Roger L

    Leads 2 awards · $978,364

    • 5R01MH124880-02Department: NIH department code
      Cellular substrates of early life trauma
      $557,127
      award amount
    • 5R01MH116445-04Department: NIH department code
      Prefrontal circuit mechanisms of threat conditioning
      $421,237
      award amount
  13. Schaefer, Anne

    Leads 2 awards · $820,556

    • 5R01MH118329-03Department: NIH department code
      Microglia mediated suppression of dopamine induced neuronal responses and behavior
      $422,231
      award amount
    • 5R01NS106721-02Department: NIH department code
      Transcriptional control of microglia diversification and inflammation
      $398,325
      award amount
  14. Clem, Roger L

    Leads 1 award · $758,394

    • 1R34NS122050-01Department: NIH department code
      Comparative Neuroanatomy at single-neuron resolution
      $758,394
      award amount
  15. Alvarado, Maria C

    Leads 1 award · $677,737

    • 5R01HD099231-02Department: NIH department code
      Mitochondrial Protection to Prevent Neurobehavioral Changes after Postnatal Anesthesia
      $677,737
      award amount
  16. Hurd, Yasmin L.

    Leads 1 award · $605,591

    • 1R01DA051191-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Neurobiology of Human Opioid Use Disorder
      $605,591
      award amount
  17. Ellis-Davies, Graham

    Leads 1 award · $593,252

    • 5R35NS111600-03Department: NIH department code
      Light-driven control of neurons in vitro and in vivo
      $593,252
      award amount
  18. De Araujo, Ivan E

    Leads 1 award · $592,084

    • 1R01AT011697-01Department: NIH department code
      Spinal Sensory Ganglia and Gut Sensation
      $592,084
      award amount
  19. Rudebeck, Peter

    Leads 1 award · $590,014

    • 5R01MH118638-03Department: NIH department code
      Neural mechanisms of affective processing in prefrontal-limbic circuits
      $590,014
      award amount
  20. Benson, Deanna L

    Leads 1 award · $582,928

    • 5R01NS107512-03Department: NIH department code
      Impact of human disease-causing mutation on striatal synaptic and behavioral plasticity
      $582,928
      award amount
  21. Shuman, Tristan

    Leads 2 awards · $558,947

    • 1R01NS116357-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Circuits driving spatial coding deficits in epilepsy
      $512,129
      award amount
    • 3R01NS116357-01A1S1Department: NIH department code
      Circuits driving spatial coding deficits in epilepsy
      $46,818
      award amount
  22. Bartolomucci, Alessandro

    Leads 1 award · $556,723

    • 5R01DK117504-04Department: NIH department code
      Neural mechanisms for VGF regulation of energy balance
      $556,723
      award amount
  23. Cai, Denise Jade

    Leads 1 award · $530,788

    • 5R01MH120162-02Department: NIH department code
      Circuit mechanisms of retrospective memory-linking
      $530,788
      award amount
  24. Rich, Erin L

    Leads 1 award · $460,527

    • 5R01MH121480-02Department: NIH department code
      Circuit mechanisms of self-organized cognitive strategies
      $460,527
      award amount
  25. Friedel, Roland Horst

    Leads 1 award · $454,256

    • 2R01NS092735-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Plexin-B2 Function in Glioma Invasion
      $454,256
      award amount
  26. Benson, Deanna L

    Leads 1 award · $450,536

    • 5R01NS115469-02Department: NIH department code
      Building Synaptic Cytoskeleton
      $450,536
      award amount
  27. Mobbs, Charles V.

    Leads 1 award · $423,750

    • 5R01AG062303-04Department: NIH department code
      Delay of Alzheimer's phenotypes by interventions that increase lifespan
      $423,750
      award amount
  28. Blanchard, Joel William

    Leads 1 award · $398,325

    • 5R01NS114239-02Department: NIH department code
      Understanding cell-type vulnerability and oxidative stress pathology in Parkinson's Disease using isogenic human dopaminergic neurons
      $398,325
      award amount
  29. Yang, Nan

    Leads 1 award · $398,325

    • 5R01NS116057-02Department: NIH department code
      Cellular and molecular mechanisms of brain dysfunction in NF1
      $398,325
      award amount
  30. Cropper, Elizabeth C

    Leads 1 award · $370,781

    • 5R01NS066587-38Department: NIH department code
      Neural Basis of Behavioral Arousal
      $370,781
      award amount
  31. Baxter, Mark G

    Leads 1 award · $295,493

    • 5T32AG049688-07Department: NIH department code
      Research Training in the Neuroscience of Aging
      $295,493
      award amount
  32. Huntley, George W.

    Leads 1 award · $295,493

    • 5T32MH087004-12Department: NIH department code
      Training Program in Neuroscience
      $295,493
      award amount
  33. Martinez-Rivera, Freddyson J

    Leads 1 award · $178,416

    • 1K01DA054306-01Department: NIH department code
      Transcriptional reprogramming of drug-associated memories in the nucleus accumbens
      $178,416
      award amount
  34. Smith, Alexander Wanless

    Leads 1 award · $171,504

    • 5K99DA048119-02Department: NIH department code
      Discovery of novel pharmacotherapeutic targets for opioid addiction
      $171,504
      award amount
  35. Mews, Philipp

    Leads 1 award · $153,576

    • 5K99AA027839-02Department: NIH department code
      Defining the metabolic-epigenetic regulation of neuronal chromatin by alcohol
      $153,576
      award amount
  36. Andrews, Shea J

    Leads 1 award · $128,639

    • 1K99AG070109-01Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the causal associations underlying Alzheimer's disease
      $128,639
      award amount
  37. Tcw, Julia

    Leads 1 award · $124,875

    • 5K01AG062683-03Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering isogenic APOE isoform dependent neurodegenerative response in human glia
      $124,875
      award amount
  38. Christenson Wick, Zoé

    Leads 2 awards · $99,585

    • 5F32NS116416-02Department: NIH department code
      Closed-loop control of dentate inhibitory timing in healthy and epileptic mice
      $66,390
      award amount
    • 3F32NS116416-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Closed-loop control of dentate inhibitory timing in healthy and epileptic mice
      $33,195
      award amount
  39. Chan, Jennifer C

    Leads 1 award · $68,562

    • 1F32MH126534-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Impact of histone serotonylation domain organization on neurodevelopment
      $68,562
      award amount
  40. Mau, William

    Leads 1 award · $65,994

    • 5F32AG067640-02Department: NIH department code
      Manipulating cellular excitability and CREB expression in CA1 to restore spatial processing in aged mice to young-like levels
      $65,994
      award amount
  41. Fulton, Sasha

    Leads 2 awards · $55,444

    • 1F99NS125774-01Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing effects of OFC astrocyte plasticity in inflammation response and stress vulnerability with single-cell resolution
      $45,436
      award amount
    • 5F31MH124425-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating chromatin-based mechanisms of astrocyte pathology during inflammation response and stress-induced behaviors
      $10,008
      award amount
  42. Perkins, Aster

    Leads 1 award · $46,036

    • 1F31MH127901-01Department: NIH department code
      Decision making in the context of multi-attribute options
      $46,036
      award amount
  43. Ellis, Randall Jordan

    Leads 1 award · $44,436

    • 1F31DA051183-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Opioid effects on cognition and addiction: Molecular underpinnings
      $44,436
      award amount
  44. Hwang, Philip Henry

    Leads 1 award · $44,436

    • 1F31AG074652-01Department: NIH department code
      Age-dependent effects on microglia-mediated control of neuronal activity
      $44,436
      award amount
  45. Prytkova, Iya

    Leads 1 award · $44,436

    • 5F31AA027949-03Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Role of KCNJ6 in a Human Neuronal Model of Alcohol Use Disorder
      $44,436
      award amount
  46. Vetere, Lauren

    Leads 1 award · $44,436

    • 5F31AG069496-02Department: NIH department code
      Interneuron and Network Dysfunction in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease
      $44,436
      award amount
  47. Zaki, Yosif

    Leads 1 award · $44,436

    • 1F31MH126543-01Department: NIH department code
      Linking memories through hippocampal ensemble reactivation
      $44,436
      award amount
  48. Strasburger, Hayley

    Leads 1 award · $32,916

    • 1F31MH124400-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Dopamine signaling as a cognate microglia-neuron interaction in the striatum
      $32,916
      award amount
  49. Hussein, Ayan

    Leads 1 award · $29,147

    • 5F31NS117089-02Department: NIH department code
      The Effect of Parkinson's-linked LRRK2-G2019S Mutation on Corticostriatal-based Cognition
      $29,147
      award amount
  50. Roman Ortiz, Ciorana

    Leads 1 award · $7,759

    • 3F99NS113458-02S1Department: NIH department code
      The role of basal forebrain GABAergic neurons in fear expression and inhibition.
      $7,759
      award amount
  51. Khan, Nadia

    Leads 1 award · $3,342

    • 5K00NS105211-04Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of the Role of Polycomb in Epilepsy Development and Progression
      $3,342
      award amount