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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurosciences at Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, SC

Funding
$16.7M
$16,672,067
Awards
36
FY2026 NIH awards in Neurosciences
Principal investigators
36
33 lead a grant here, 3 co-investigators
Department rank
#11
of 74 · 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 Medical University of South Carolina page.

Leads a grant in this department

33 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. Christopher W Cowan

    Leads 2 awards · $2,778,909

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DA062041-02, led by James M Otis.

  2. John J. Woodward

    Leads 3 awards · $2,436,136

    • 2P50AA010761-31Department: NIH department code
      Alcohol Research Center - Treatment and Implications

      Principal investigators: Howard C. Becker (contact PI), Jennifer Anne Rinker (contact PI), John J. Woodward (contact PI), Lisa M McTeague (contact PI), Patrick J. Mulholland (contact PI)

      $1,562,852
      award amount
    • 5R01AA031689-02Department: NIH department code
      OFC Astrocytes and Ethanol
      $459,707
      award amount
    • 5T32AA007474-39Department: NIH department code
      Training in Alcohol Research
      $413,577
      award amount

  3. Jennifer Anne Rinker

    Leads 3 awards · $2,347,165

    • 2P50AA010761-31Department: NIH department code
      Alcohol Research Center - Treatment and Implications

      Principal investigators: Howard C. Becker (contact PI), Jennifer Anne Rinker (contact PI), John J. Woodward (contact PI), Lisa M McTeague (contact PI), Patrick J. Mulholland (contact PI)

      $1,562,852
      award amount
    • 5U01AA029972-05Department: NIH department code
      4/8: INIA Stress and Chronic Alcohol Interactions: Role of corticotropin-releasing factor in cortico- and thalamo-striatal pathways in regulating alcohol-stress interactions
      $447,129
      award amount
    • 5R01AA030796-04Department: NIH department code
      Loss of Inhibitory Control in Alcohol Seeking and Dependence: Role of Thalamostriatal Circuitry

      Principal investigators: Jennifer Anne Rinker (contact PI), James M Otis

      $337,184
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DA062041-02, led by James M Otis.

  4. Estefania Pereira Cardoso Azevedo

    Leads 1 award · $2,264,373

  5. Jose H Ledo

    Leads 1 award · $2,264,373

  6. Rachel Penrod-Martin

    Leads 1 award · $2,264,373

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32DA007288-35, led by Christopher W Cowan.

  7. Rosmary Ros-Demarize

    Leads 1 award · $2,264,373

  8. Patrick J. Mulholland

    Leads 2 awards · $2,050,929

    Also a principal investigator on 5U24AA029968-05, led by Marcelo F. Lopez.

  9. Howard C. Becker

    Leads 2 awards · $2,015,852

    • 2P50AA010761-31Department: NIH department code
      Alcohol Research Center - Treatment and Implications

      Principal investigators: Howard C. Becker (contact PI), Jennifer Anne Rinker (contact PI), John J. Woodward (contact PI), Lisa M McTeague (contact PI), Patrick J. Mulholland (contact PI)

      $1,562,852
      award amount
    • 5U01AA014095-24Department: NIH department code
      1/8: INIA Stress and Chronic Alcohol Interactions: Role of Dynorphin/KOR and Oxytocin Systems in Stress-Enhanced Alcohol Drinking, Relapse, and Impaired Behavioral Flexibility
      $453,000
      award amount

  10. Andreana Benitez

    Leads 3 awards · $1,933,147

    • 5R01AG054159-09Department: NIH department code
      Quantitative Neuroimaging Assessment of White Matter Integrity in the Context of Aging and AD
      $985,752
      award amount
    • 5R01AG081237-04Department: NIH department code
      Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for MCI: A Phase II Dose-Response Study
      $748,467
      award amount
    • 1K24AG088840-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mid-Career Mentoring and Research on Blood-Based Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease
      $198,928
      award amount

  11. Lisa M McTeague

    Leads 1 award · $1,562,852

  12. James M Otis

    Leads 3 awards · $1,318,042

    • 5R01DA062041-02Department: NIH department code
      Multiplexed dissection of neuronal ensembles in circuits that underlie the facilitation and disinhibition of opioid and alcohol seeking

      Principal investigators: James M Otis (contact PI), Christopher W Cowan, Jennifer Anne Rinker, Stefano Berto

      $968,242
      award amount
    • 5R01DA054271-05Department: NIH department code
      Thalamostriatal Circuitry in Opioid Seeking
      $339,750
      award amount
    • 5R13DA061596-03Department: NIH department code
      Winter Conference on Brain Research
      $10,050
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AA030796-04, led by Jennifer Anne Rinker.

  13. Constance Guille

    Leads 1 award · $903,762

    • 9K12AR086522-16A1Department: NIH department code
      The Kathleen T. Brady BIRCWH K12 Career Development Program

      Principal investigators: Constance Guille (contact PI), Aimee L McRae-Clark

      $903,762
      award amount

  14. Jens H Jensen

    Leads 1 award · $660,489

    • 5R01AG057602-05Department: NIH department code
      Diffusion and Functional MRI Monitoring of Therapy Response in Alzheimer’s Disease Mouse Model

      Principal investigators: Jens H Jensen (contact PI), Maria F Falangola

      $660,489
      award amount

  15. Gonzalo Javier Revuelta

    Leads 1 award · $577,744

    • 5R01NS131396-03Department: NIH department code
      Imaging Biomarkers of Freezing of Gait Response to Deep Brain Stimulation
      $577,744
      award amount

  16. Stefano Berto

    Leads 1 award · $470,895

    • 5R01HD113594-03Department: NIH department code
      Role of CHAMP1, a neurodevelopmental disorder high risk gene, in human brain development and function
      $470,895
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DA062041-02, led by James M Otis.

  17. Paula Andrea Zamudio-Bulcock

    Leads 1 award · $447,754

    • 1R01AA032283-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Cerebellar Modulation of Ethanol Consumption in Dependent Mice
      $447,754
      award amount

  18. Brandon A Miller

    Leads 1 award · $414,566

    • 5R01NS134626-03Department: NIH department code
      IGF-1 and Innate Immunity in Neonatal Brain Injury
      $414,566
      award amount

  19. Marcelo F. Lopez

    Leads 1 award · $400,150

    • 5U24AA029968-05Department: NIH department code
      CORE 2/2: INIA Stress and Chronic Alcohol Interactions: CIE-Stress Mouse Brain Activity Mapping Core (BAMC)

      Principal investigators: Marcelo F. Lopez (contact PI), Patrick J. Mulholland

      $400,150
      award amount

  20. Makoto Taniguchi

    Leads 1 award · $377,500

    • 5R01MH129521-04Department: NIH department code
      Long non-coding enhancer RNA controls stress-induced changes in reward-related behaviors
      $377,500
      award amount

  21. Takashi Sato

    Leads 1 award · $377,500

    • 5R01NS131549-04Department: NIH department code
      Cortical Circuits Underlying Functional Recovery Following Stroke
      $377,500
      award amount

  22. Tanya N Turan

    Leads 1 award · $368,739

    • 5U24NS107232-08Department: NIH department code
      Southeast Collaborative Alliance for Stroke Trials (SE-CoAST)

      Principal investigators: Tanya N Turan (contact PI), Christine Holmstedt

      $368,739
      award amount

  23. Daniel Lench

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00NS131447-04Department: NIH department code
      A Neural Basis for Cognitive Decline Following Deep Brain Stimulation
      $249,000
      award amount

  24. Meghan Elizabeth Flanigan

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00AA030628-05Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of alcohol-induced social disturbances by lateral habenula serotonin receptors
      $249,000
      award amount

  25. Jessica Huebschman

    Leads 1 award · $211,680

    • 1K99DA064784-01A1Department: NIH department code
      NPAS4+ Neuronal Ensembles: Mechanisms of Reward-Cue Associations and Relapse-Like Behavior
      $211,680
      award amount

  26. Jacqueline Elizabeth Paniccia

    Leads 1 award · $210,168

    • 1K99DA065878-01Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting Glutamatergic Pathway-Specific Ensembles Guiding Motivated Behavior
      $210,168
      award amount

  27. Xiao Song

    Leads 1 award · $188,750

    • 1R21NS148843-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Glioma Cell State Transition and Therapy Response by RNA Alternative Splicing
      $188,750
      award amount

  28. Antonieta Lavin

    Leads 1 award · $127,086

    • 5R25DA033680-14Department: NIH department code
      Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Neuroscience of Addiction
      $127,086
      award amount

  29. Kathryn Anne Carter

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31AA032195-02Department: NIH department code
      Exploring a role for mPFC CRF circuitry in promoting stress-enhanced alcohol consumption
      $50,114
      award amount

  30. Logan Manusky

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31DA065469-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Functional Role of the Thalamus in Coordinating Dorsolateral Striatum Encoding of Habit Learning
      $50,114
      award amount

  31. Skylar Hodgins

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31AA033517-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating Cortico-Limbic Ensemble Dynamics During Alcohol Consumption
      $50,114
      award amount

  32. Amy L Ward

    Leads 1 award · $47,749

    • 5F31AA032197-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating Ensemble Activity Dynamics of a Thalamo-Striatal Circuit Regulating Alcohol Seeking
      $47,749
      award amount

  33. Megan Jane Francis

    Leads 1 award · $47,569

    • 5F31DA063346-02Department: NIH department code
      Therapeutic potential of psilocybin on stress-cued reinstatement
      $47,569
      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.

  • Aimee L McRae-Clark

    Co-investigator on 9K12AR086522-16A1, led by Constance Guille

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Maria F Falangola

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG057602-05, led by Jens H Jensen

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

  • Christine Holmstedt

    Co-investigator on 5U24NS107232-08, led by Tanya N Turan

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