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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Psychiatry at McLean Hospital

Belmont, MA

Funding
$28.2M
$28,162,899
Awards
46
FY2026 NIH awards in Psychiatry
Principal investigators
48
38 lead a grant here, 10 co-investigators
Department rank
#1
Harvard Medical School, of 87 · 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.
  • NIH gives hospital awards no department code. Each counts under its contact PI's own department, from their PubMed affiliations, or under a department inferred from the award's topic when no affiliation names one. Each award below says which. How departments are assigned
  • These are the awards in the Psychiatry row of the McLean Hospital page. Department rankings count McLean Hospital's awards toward Harvard Medical School. It is part of Mass General Brigham's Psychiatry.

Leads a grant in this department

38 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. Rajeev Indrajit Desai

    Leads 1 award · $3,657,445

    • 4UH3DA058544-02Department: investigator's affiliation
      Antibody-based therapy for fentanyl-related opioid use disorder

      Principal investigators: Rajeev Indrajit Desai (contact PI), Paul T Bremer

      $3,657,445
      award amount
  2. Brian D. Kangas

    Leads 1 award · $2,876,123

    • 4RF1MH136052-02Department: investigator's affiliation
      MDMA Mechanisms of Prohedonic Efficacy: A Reverse Translational Approach

      Principal investigators: Brian D. Kangas (contact PI), Bruce E Blough

      $2,876,123
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DA047575-07, led by Jack Bergman.

  3. Dost Ongur

    Leads 2 awards · $2,364,884

    • 5P50MH115846-08Department: investigator's affiliation
      Laboratory for Early Psychosis Research (LEAP)

      Principal investigators: Dost Ongur (contact PI), Miguel Hernan (contact PI), John Hsu

      $1,951,130
      award amount
    • 5R01MH134885-03Department: investigator's affiliation
      3/5- Biomarkers to Enhance Early Schizophrenia Treatment (BEEST)
      $413,754
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01MH135093-03, led by Fei Du; 5R21MH138861-02, led by Xi Chen.

  4. Miguel Hernan

    Leads 1 award · $1,951,130

    • 5P50MH115846-08Department: investigator's affiliation
      Laboratory for Early Psychosis Research (LEAP)

      Principal investigators: Dost Ongur (contact PI), Miguel Hernan (contact PI), John Hsu

      $1,951,130
      award amount
  5. Joshua C Brown

    Leads 2 awards · $1,452,531

    • 1R01MH143749-01Department: investigator's affiliation
      Synaptic Mechanisms of Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation for Major Depressive Disorder
      $771,937
      award amount
    • 5R01MH139697-02Department: investigator's affiliation
      Synaptic Mechanisms of Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation in Depression
      $680,594
      award amount
  6. Rebecca Kathryn McHugh

    Leads 3 awards · $1,291,710

    • 1R01DA066062-01Department: topic-inferred
      Longitudinal Cohort Study of Opioid Use Disorder
      $736,811
      award amount
    • 5UG3DA062906-02Department: topic-inferred
      Development and Validation of a Measure of Substance-Related Consequences: A Novel Clinical Outcome Assessment for Substance Use Disorder Trials
      $346,324
      award amount
    • 5K24DA061976-02Department: topic-inferred
      Mentoring in Patient-Oriented Research on Substance Use Disorders
      $208,575
      award amount
  7. Alessandro Stevens De Nadai

    Leads 2 awards · $1,264,258

    • 5R01DA058315-04Department: investigator's affiliation
      Impact of prescription stimulants on the drug overdose epidemic
      $714,786
      award amount
    • 5R01MH137075-03Department: investigator's affiliation
      Personalized Quality of Life Measurement
      $549,472
      award amount
  8. Jack Bergman

    Leads 1 award · $1,235,789

    • 5R01DA047575-07Department: investigator's affiliation
      Neural and Behavioral Consequences of Chronic THC Exposure During Adolescence

      Principal investigators: Jack Bergman (contact PI), Brian D. Kangas, Stephen John Kohut

      $1,235,789
      award amount
  9. Laura A Payne

    Leads 2 awards · $1,163,745

    • 1R01HD120801-01A1Department: investigator's affiliation
      Decoding Dysmenorrhea: Longitudinal Modeling of Pelvic Pain Phenotypes in Adolescents and Young Adults

      Principal investigators: Laura A Payne (contact PI), Christine Barrett Sieberg

      $695,377
      award amount
    • 1R21HD123315-01Department: investigator's affiliation
      Gut Microbiome Mechanisms of Multisensory Sensitivity in Primary Dysmenorrhea
      $468,368
      award amount
  10. Kwang-Soo Kim

    Leads 2 awards · $1,121,540

    • 5R01NS129188-04Department: investigator's affiliation
      Human iPSC-Based Personalized Cell Therapy of PD

      Principal investigators: Kwang-Soo Kim (contact PI), Sek Won Kong

      $689,100
      award amount
    • 5R01NS127391-04Department: investigator's affiliation
      Crosstalk Between Nurr1 and Risk Factors of Parkinson's Disease and its Regulation by Nurr1's Ligands
      $432,440
      award amount
  11. Martin H Teicher

    Leads 1 award · $981,978

    • 1R01DA065290-01A1Department: investigator's affiliation
      Neurobiological Correlates of Susceptibility, Resilience, and Recovery to Substance Abuse in Participants with Childhood Maltreatment

      Principal investigators: Martin H Teicher (contact PI), Kyoko Ohashi

      $981,978
      award amount
  12. Kerry J. Ressler

    Leads 1 award · $902,371

    • 5R01MH117292-07Department: investigator's affiliation
      Site 3/3, Understanding PTSD through Postmortem Targeted Brain Multiomics

      Principal investigators: Kerry J. Ressler (contact PI), Nikolaos Daskalakis

      $902,371
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 3T32MH125786-05S1, led by William A. Carlezon.

  13. Fei Du

    Leads 1 award · $888,999

    • 5R01MH135093-03Department: topic-inferred
      Molecular Mechanisms of Aging in Schizophrenia: Implications of Bioenergetic Metabolism and Redox Biology

      Principal investigators: Fei Du (contact PI), Dost Ongur

      $888,999
      award amount
  14. Mohammad Sadegh Eslampanah Sendi

    Leads 1 award · $819,998

    • 1R01MH145639-01Department: topic-inferred
      Trauma Recovery via EEG and Actigraphy Tracking (TREAT): Biomarkers of Written Exposure Therapy in PTSD
      $819,998
      award amount
  15. Courtney Beard Elias

    Leads 1 award · $743,794

    • 5R01MH129374-04Department: topic-inferred
      Parent interpretation bias as a key mechanism of intergenerational transmission of anxiety
      $743,794
      award amount
  16. Emily Belleau

    Leads 1 award · $705,959

    • 5R01MH137441-02Department: investigator's affiliation
      Tracking the dynamic trajectory of behavioral, physiological, and neurobiological stress responses in female adolescents at high and low familial risk for depression.
      $705,959
      award amount
  17. Christian Anthony Webb

    Leads 1 award · $669,159

    • 5R01MH135844-02Department: investigator's affiliation
      Harnessing smartphones for real-time detection of affective disturbance and future depression risk in adolescents
      $669,159
      award amount
  18. Sivan Subburaju

    Leads 1 award · $666,559

    • 5R01MH134074-03Department: topic-inferred
      Imaging the Functional State of the D2high Receptor in drug induced dopamine supersensitivity in schizophrenia
      $666,559
      award amount
  19. Scott E Lukas

    Leads 2 awards · $599,319

    • 1R21DA062815-01A1Department: investigator's affiliation
      Development of a biometrics-based platform to predict relapse
      $451,000
      award amount
    • 5T32DA015036-25Department: investigator's affiliation
      Training in Drug Abuse and Brain Imaging
      $148,319
      award amount
  20. Martha J Falkenstein

    Leads 2 awards · $591,743

    • 1R01MH146063-01Department: topic-inferred
      Pilot Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of a Scalable Intervention Targeting Postpartum Intrusive Thoughts
      $410,000
      award amount
    • 5K23MH126193-05Department: topic-inferred
      Interpretation Bias as a Mechanism of Treatment Response in OCD
      $181,743
      award amount
  21. Mark A Halko

    Leads 1 award · $572,264

    • 5R01MH126000-05Department: investigator's affiliation
      Empirical validation of a cerebellar-cortical hallucination circuit

      Principal investigators: Mark A Halko (contact PI), Roscoe O. Brady

      $572,264
      award amount
  22. Junghyup Suh

    Leads 1 award · $516,261

    • 5R01AA030585-04Department: investigator's affiliation
      Insula-amygdala circuits in alcohol abuse
      $516,261
      award amount
  23. Sabina Berretta

    Leads 1 award · $463,229

    • 1R21MH141189-01A1Department: investigator's affiliation
      Synaptic function programs in neuron-astrocyte co-cultures from human post-mortem brain tissue

      Principal investigators: Sabina Berretta (contact PI), Ralda Nehme

      $463,229
      award amount
  24. Julie M. McCarthy

    Leads 1 award · $453,654

    • 1R61DA064788-01Department: topic-inferred
      Recovery Inspired Support Engagement (RISE)
      $453,654
      award amount
  25. Xi Chen

    Leads 1 award · $205,000

    • 5R21MH138861-02Department: topic-inferred
      Observing brain lactate dynamics during a working memory task in first episode and chronic schizophrenia

      Principal investigators: Xi Chen (contact PI), Dost Ongur

      $205,000
      award amount
  26. Yong Hoon Kim

    Leads 1 award · $194,400

    • 1K08MH143068-01A1Department: topic-inferred
      Examining the role of BDNF in the synaptic neuron-astrocyte program underlying genetic risk for schizophrenia
      $194,400
      award amount
  27. Allen James Bailey

    Leads 1 award · $194,206

    • 1K23DA063863-01A1Department: topic-inferred
      Identifying individual clinical and environmental predictors of buprenorphine response to inform treatment for opioid use disorder
      $194,206
      award amount
  28. Olga Y Ponomareva

    Leads 1 award · $193,993

    • 5K08MH130802-04Department: investigator's affiliation
      Understanding Foxp2-Mediated Molecular Signaling in Fear Learning
      $193,993
      award amount
  29. Julianne G. Wilner

    Leads 1 award · $193,320

    • 1K23MH137400-01A1Department: investigator's affiliation
      Online social networking mechanisms of suicide in adolescents
      $193,320
      award amount
  30. Robyn Alyssa Ellis

    Leads 1 award · $193,320

    • 1K23DA061913-01A1Department: investigator's affiliation
      Written Exposure Therapy embedded into residential substance use treatment: Efficacy and mechanisms for co-occurring substance use and PTSD
      $193,320
      award amount
  31. Nathaniel G Harnett

    Leads 1 award · $179,707

    • 5K01MH129828-04Department: investigator's affiliation
      Multimodal characterization of affective visual processing in the early aftermath of trauma
      $179,707
      award amount
  32. Kevin Clancy

    Leads 1 award · $179,117

    • 5K23MH137459-03Department: topic-inferred
      A Multilevel Characterization of Sensory Cortical Disinhibition in Post-Traumatic Intrusions
      $179,117
      award amount
  33. Andrea Cataldo

    Leads 1 award · $179,096

    • 1K01MH138555-01A1Department: topic-inferred
      Neurocognitive mechanisms of the negative retrieval bias in depression
      $179,096
      award amount
  34. Zachary Ben Millman

    Leads 1 award · $178,416

    • 5K23MH132900-03Department: investigator's affiliation
      Shared and differential vulnerabilities of stress and reward processing in psychosis-risk syndromes or early-stage depression
      $178,416
      award amount
  35. Marisa M Silveri

    Leads 1 award · $162,796

    • 5K24AA025977-10Department: investigator's affiliation
      Mentoring in Patient-Oriented Neuroscience Research
      $162,796
      award amount
  36. Josephine McGowan

    Leads 1 award · $103,215

    • 5K00HD112293-06Department: investigator's affiliation
      Elucidating interactions among early life adversity, sleep architecture, and immune function
      $103,215
      award amount
  37. William A. Carlezon

    Leads 1 award · $3,000

    • 3T32MH125786-05S1Department: investigator's affiliation
      Training to Enhance Alignment of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

      Principal investigators: William A. Carlezon (contact PI), Kerry J. Ressler

      $3,000
      award amount
  38. Jennie M Kuckertz

    Leads 1 award · $1

    • 5R01MH135899-03Department: investigator's affiliation
      Leveraging Machine Learning Approaches to Understand Mechanisms of Exposure Therapy in Real-World Settings
      $1
      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.

  • Paul T Bremer

    Co-investigator on 4UH3DA058544-02, led by Rajeev Indrajit Desai

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

  • Bruce E Blough

    Co-investigator on 4RF1MH136052-02, led by Brian D. Kangas

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

  • John Hsu

    Co-investigator on 5P50MH115846-08, led by Dost Ongur and Miguel Hernan

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Stephen John Kohut

    Co-investigator on 5R01DA047575-07, led by Jack Bergman

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

  • Kyoko Ohashi

    Co-investigator on 1R01DA065290-01A1, led by Martin H Teicher

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

  • Nikolaos Daskalakis

    Co-investigator on 5R01MH117292-07, led by Kerry J. Ressler

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Christine Barrett Sieberg

    Co-investigator on 1R01HD120801-01A1, led by Laura A Payne

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Sek Won Kong

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS129188-04, led by Kwang-Soo Kim

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

  • Roscoe O. Brady

    Co-investigator on 5R01MH126000-05, led by Mark A Halko

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Ralda Nehme

    Co-investigator on 1R21MH141189-01A1, led by Sabina Berretta

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads