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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurosciences at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York, NY

Funding
$30.4M
$30,370,385
Awards
64
FY2025 NIH awards in Neurosciences
Principal investigators
55
42 lead a grant here, 13 co-investigators
Department rank
#2
of 71 · 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

42 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 4 awards · $3,412,442

    • 5U01DA053629-05Department: NIH department code
      Single cell brain transcriptome changes during chronic HIV infection and opiate use in conventional mice

      Principal investigators: Paul J. Kenny (contact PI), David J Volsky

      $1,641,558
      award amount
    • 1R01DA063805-01Department: NIH department code
      Cortical mechanisms of opioid reinforcement
      $787,594
      award amount
    • 5T32DA053558-05Department: NIH department code
      Training Program in Substance Use Disorders
      $565,374
      award amount
    • 5R37DA020686-18Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of nicotine reinforcement
      $417,916
      award amount

  2. Peter Rudebeck

    Leads 2 awards · $3,208,586

    • 4RF1MH132789-03Department: NIH department code
      Establishing the anatomical and functional mechanisms of white matter deep brain stimulation

      Principal investigators: Peter Rudebeck (contact PI), Brian E Russ, Helen S Mayberg

      $2,399,556
      award amount
    • 5R01MH132064-03Department: NIH department code
      Neural circuit mechanisms of affective probabilistic learning
      $809,030
      award amount

  3. Scott James Russo

    Leads 4 awards · $2,340,684

    • 5R01MH104559-12Department: NIH department code
      ROLE OF PERIPHERAL IMMUNE-DERIVED MMP8 IN STRESS SUSCEPTIBILITY
      $842,950
      award amount
    • 5R01MH133299-03Department: NIH department code
      Sex Differences in Neural Circuit Mechanisms of Aggression
      $637,718
      award amount
    • 5R01MH127820-05Department: NIH department code
      Neural Circuit Mechanisms of Stress-Impaired Social Reward
      $589,933
      award amount
    • 5T32MH135853-02Department: NIH department code
      Training Program in Social Neuroscience Research

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

      $270,083
      award amount

  4. Ian S. Maze

    Leads 3 awards · $2,257,195

    • 5R01MH116900-07Department: NIH department code
      Molecular studies of neural histone monoaminylation in normal and aberrant brain plasticity
      $844,899
      award amount
    • 5R01HD097088-07Department: NIH department code
      Aberrant chromatin regulatory mechanisms in Down syndrome brain
      $725,919
      award amount
    • 5R01DA056595-04Department: NIH department code
      Contributions of aberrant synaptic protein monoaminylation to opiate use disorder

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

      $686,377
      award amount

  5. Eric J. Nestler

    Leads 3 awards · $1,927,104

    • 5R01MH129306-03Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic Mechanisms of Chronic Stress Action
      $674,536
      award amount
    • 2R01DA014133-26Department: NIH department code
      D1 and D2 Dopaminoceptive Ensembles in Limbic Brain Regions in Drug Addiction
      $658,507
      award amount
    • 5R01DA007359-37Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Studies of Cocaine Action in Brain
      $594,061
      award amount

  6. Tristan Shuman

    Leads 5 awards · $1,851,001

    • 4R01AG072497-02Department: NIH department code
      Entorhinal-hippocampal interactions during progressive memory impairments in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease pathology
      $716,760
      award amount
    • 5R01NS116357-05Department: NIH department code
      Circuits Driving Spatial Coding Deficits in Epilepsy
      $503,318
      award amount
    • 5R01NS136590-02Department: NIH department code
      Closed-loop Control of Interneuron Spike Timing in Epilepsy
      $473,016
      award amount
    • 3R01NS136590-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Closed-loop Control of Interneuron Spike Timing in Epilepsy
      $135,349
      award amount
    • 3R01NS136590-01S1Department: NIH department code
      Closed-loop Control of Interneuron Spike Timing in Epilepsy
      $22,558
      award amount

  7. Towfique Raj

    Leads 3 awards · $1,843,433

    • 5R01AG065926-03Department: NIH department code
      Modeling the impact of regulatory and splicing variants on cellular function in Alzheimer's disease

      Principal investigators: Towfique Raj (contact PI), Kristen Jennifer Brennand

      $772,791
      award amount
    • 5R01NS116006-05Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Myeloid Cells in Parkinson's Disease
      $605,892
      award amount
    • 1R21AG091272-01Department: NIH department code
      Genetic determinants of TF binding in pooled microglia
      $464,750
      award amount

  8. Stephen R Salton

    Leads 2 awards · $1,672,757

    • 1R01AG093879-01Department: 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
    • 5R01AG084699-02Department: 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

      $827,826
      award amount

  9. Patrick R Hof

    Leads 2 awards · $1,164,278

  10. George W. Huntley

    Leads 2 awards · $1,079,272

    • 5R01NS135728-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Neurobiology of Early Cognitive Impairment

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

      $717,056
      award amount
    • 2T32MH087004-16Department: NIH department code
      Training Program in Neuroscience
      $362,216
      award amount

  11. Paul A Slesinger

    Leads 2 awards · $1,032,574

    • 1R01NS138507-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Structural Pharmacology of GIRK Channel Disease Mutants
      $525,436
      award amount
    • 5R01AA018734-14Department: NIH department code
      Structural Analysis of Alcohol-dependent Activation of GIRKs
      $507,138
      award amount

  12. Xiaoting Wu

    Leads 1 award · $827,640

    • 5R01MH136228-02Department: NIH department code
      Neural Mechanisms of Social Information Processing
      $827,640
      award amount

  13. Graham Ellis-Davies

    Leads 2 awards · $801,902

    • 5R35NS111600-07Department: NIH department code
      Light-Driven Control of Neurons in Vitro and in Vivo
      $593,252
      award amount
    • 3R35NS111600-07S1Department: NIH department code
      Light-Driven Control of Neurons in Vitro and in Vivo
      $208,650
      award amount

  14. Denise Jade Cai

    Leads 1 award · $696,351

    • 2R01MH120162-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Circuit Mechanisms of Retrospective Memory-Linking
      $696,351
      award amount

  15. Joel William Blanchard

    Leads 1 award · $695,802

    • 5R01AG089533-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the combined role of APOE4 and ketogenic diets in Alzheimer's disease
      $695,802
      award amount

  16. Nan Yang

    Leads 1 award · $639,707

    • 5R01MH129372-04Department: NIH department code
      Functional mapping of noncoding regulatory variants in human neuronal subtypes3.
      $639,707
      award amount

  17. Zheng Herbert Wu

    Leads 1 award · $622,618

    • 5R01MH133039-03Department: NIH department code
      Molecular and functional architecture of a premotor circuit for decision making
      $622,618
      award amount

  18. Roger L Clem

    Leads 1 award · $612,404

    • 5R01MH132224-03Department: NIH department code
      Microcircuits governing conflicting memories of threat and safety
      $612,404
      award amount

  19. Yasmin L. Hurd

    Leads 1 award · $586,397

    • 5R01DA051191-05Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Neurobiology of Human Opioid Use Disorder
      $586,397
      award amount

  20. Ivan E De Araujo

    Leads 1 award · $532,350

  21. Joseph Michael Castellano

    Leads 1 award · $495,645

    • 5R01AG072300-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of youth-associated blood-borne factors regulating CNS rejuvenation
      $495,645
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 3T32AG049688-10S1, led by Patrick R Hof.

  22. Roland Horst Friedel

    Leads 1 award · $256,459

    • 5R21NS134158-02Department: NIH department code
      Novel Mechanisms of Confined Migration of GBM Cells
      $256,459
      award amount

  23. Louise Alessandra Mesentier Louro

    Leads 1 award · $253,500

    • 1R21EY037046-01Department: 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
      $253,500
      award amount

  24. Chrystian Junqueira Alves

    Leads 1 award · $240,354

    • 5K01NS127948-03Department: NIH department code
      Generation of Neurons by Force-Mediated Epigenetic Mechanisms through Manipulation of Intrinsic Mechanoregulators
      $240,354
      award amount

  25. Leanne Holt

    Leads 1 award · $180,646

    • 1K01DA062014-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Astrocytic CREB's Regulation of Cocaine Drug-Seeking
      $180,646
      award amount

  26. Yun Young Yim

    Leads 1 award · $180,606

    • 1K01DA060334-01A1Department: NIH department code
      From synapse to function: cocaine-induced cell-type- and circuit-specific accumbal proteome changes
      $180,606
      award amount

  27. Justin Lines

    Leads 1 award · $132,705

    • 5K99AG084853-02Department: NIH department code
      Holographic activation of ensemble activity during sleep in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease
      $132,705
      award amount

  28. Davide Folloni

    Leads 1 award · $127,305

    • 5K99MH137315-02Department: NIH department code
      Neural Mechanisms and Neuromodulation of Affective States
      $127,305
      award amount

  29. Benjamin H Weekley

    Leads 1 award · $75,052

    • 1F32MH140478-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Histone Serotonylation and MLL5 in Coordinating the Epigenome during Neurodevelopment
      $75,052
      award amount

  30. Jeremy Sherman

    Leads 1 award · $54,538

    • 5F30DA057092-03Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Fyn Kinase in the Dorsal Striatum in Heroin Use Disorder
      $54,538
      award amount

  31. Jessica Crowley

    Leads 1 award · $54,538

    • 5F30AG079491-03Department: NIH department code
      Transcriptional regulation of neuroprotective microglia subtypes in health and disease
      $54,538
      award amount

  32. Matthew Francis Challman

    Leads 1 award · $54,538

    • 5F30AG079492-03Department: NIH department code
      The regulation of the microglial response to amyloid-beta plaques by the polycomb repressive complex 2
      $54,538
      award amount

  33. Alexander Tielemans

    Leads 1 award · $49,538

    • 1F31NS143362-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Investigating Rab8 Phosphorylation and AMPA Receptor Trafficking in the LRRK2G2019S Mutation
      $49,538
      award amount

  34. Kion Winston

    Leads 1 award · $49,538

    • 1F31DA062494-01Department: NIH department code
      Unraveling Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Heroin-induced Mitochondrial Perturbations
      $49,538
      award amount

  35. Sarah Elizabeth Williams

    Leads 1 award · $49,538

    • 5F31MH133365-03Department: NIH department code
      Cell-type specific and activity-dependent characterization of non-coding autism de novo variants in human stem cell-derived neurons
      $49,538
      award amount

  36. Trevonn Michael Gyles

    Leads 1 award · $49,538

    • 5F31MH133297-03Department: NIH department code
      Gene Expression Profiling of Stress Resilient Mice within the Nucleus Accumbens
      $49,538
      award amount

  37. Austin Baggetta

    Leads 1 award · $47,938

    • 5F31AG087649-02Department: NIH department code
      How does the brain accumulate cognitive maps?
      $47,938
      award amount

  38. Emma Hays

    Leads 1 award · $47,938

    • 5F31DA059266-03Department: NIH department code
      Microglia-neuron dopamine signaling - a novel mechanism of dopamine circuit modulation
      $47,938
      award amount

  39. Mikaela Rosen

    Leads 1 award · $47,938

    • 5F31NS134319-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of T-lymphocytes in Idiopathic and Genetic Parkinson's Disease
      $47,938
      award amount

  40. Paul Andrew Philipsberg

    Leads 1 award · $47,938

    • 5F31NS134301-02Department: NIH department code
      Theta Phase-Locked Stimulation of Entorhinal-Hippocampal Inputs in Healthy and Epileptic Mice
      $47,938
      award amount

  41. Winnie Chen

    Leads 1 award · $47,938

    • 5F30AG090096-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating Histone 3 Dopaminylation in Parkinson's Disease
      $47,938
      award amount

  42. Camille Goldman

    Leads 1 award · $22,160

    • 5F31NS130909-03Department: NIH department code
      Determining the Interacting Effects of GBA, SNCA, and APOE on a-Synuclein Pathology Severity in Dementia with Lewy Bodies and Parkinson's Disease
      $22,160
      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.