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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Psychiatry at Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, SC

Funding
$35M
$34,961,457
Awards
53
FY2026 NIH awards in Psychiatry
Principal investigators
56
50 lead a grant here, 6 co-investigators
Department rank
#12
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.
  • These are the awards in the Psychiatry row of the Medical University of South Carolina page.

Leads a grant in this department

50 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. Kelly S. Barth

    Leads 2 awards · $5,297,885

    • 5UG1DA013727-27Department: NIH department code
      Southern Consortium Node of the Clinical Trials Network

      Principal investigators: Kelly S. Barth (contact PI), Kathleen T. Brady

      $4,228,366
      award amount
    • 4R01DA058620-02Department: NIH department code
      Sequential Trial of Adding Buprenorphine, Cognitive Behavioral Treatment, and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Improve Outcomes of Long-Term Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain (ACTION)

      Principal investigators: Kelly S. Barth (contact PI), Jeffrey J Borckardt

      $1,069,519
      award amount

  2. Aimee L McRae-Clark

    Leads 4 awards · $3,388,316

    Also a principal investigator on 1R25DA066276-01, led by Karen J. Hartwell.

  3. Jennifer Renee Dahne

    Leads 3 awards · $3,373,644

    • 4R01CA281740-03Department: NIH department code
      Evaluation of a Proactive Identification and Digital Mental Health Intervention Approach to Address Unmet Psychosocial Needs of Individuals Living with Likely Incurable Cancer

      Principal investigators: Jennifer Renee Dahne (contact PI), Evan Michael Graboyes

      $1,832,539
      award amount
    • 5R01CA268023-04Department: NIH department code
      Addressing Rural Cancer Disparities via Proactive Smoking Cessation Treatment within Primary Care: A Hybrid Type 1 Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of a Scalable Smoking Cessation Electronic Visit
      $923,560
      award amount
    • 5R01CA258669-05Department: NIH department code
      Hybrid Type 1 Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of a Proactive Smoking Cessation Electronic Visit for Scalable Delivery via Primary Care
      $617,545
      award amount

  4. Erin A McClure

    Leads 3 awards · $3,006,667

    • 4R01CA290842-03Department: NIH department code
      Randomized controlled trial of varenicline to treat tobacco and cannabis co-use.
      $1,790,598
      award amount
    • 5R01DA059969-03Department: NIH department code
      Evaluating a tobacco harm reduction strategy among clients enrolled in substance use disorder treatment

      Principal investigators: Erin A McClure (contact PI), Tracy Taylor Smith

      $609,275
      award amount
    • 5R01CA276066-04Department: NIH department code
      The impact of cannabis and tobacco/nicotine product co-use in young adults: Prospective cessation evaluation and substitution
      $606,794
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DA062443-02, led by Rachel Lynn Tomko.

  5. Carla Kmett Danielson

    Leads 2 awards · $2,617,764

  6. Christine Kathryn Hahn

    Leads 2 awards · $2,441,305

  7. Guillermo Manuel Wippold

    Leads 1 award · $2,261,992

  8. Hannah C. Espeleta

    Leads 1 award · $2,261,992

  9. Kenneth J Ruggiero

    Leads 1 award · $2,261,992

  10. Marvella Elizabeth Ford

    Leads 1 award · $2,261,992

  11. Rochelle F Hanson

    Leads 1 award · $2,261,992

  12. Tracy Taylor Smith

    Leads 3 awards · $2,028,641

    • 5R01DA055985-04Department: NIH department code
      The impact of menthol regulation for cigarettes and e-cigarettes on tobacco use patterns for current menthol smokers
      $732,608
      award amount
    • 5R01DA056445-04Department: NIH department code
      Non-Cigarette Tobacco Products as Harm Reduction Tools in Smokers Who Failed to Quit With Traditional Methods
      $695,647
      award amount
    • 5R01CA284649-04Department: NIH department code
      A clinical trial of adaptive treatment for early smoking cessation relapse

      Principal investigators: Tracy Taylor Smith (contact PI), Matthew J Carpenter

      $600,386
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DA059969-03, led by Erin A McClure.

  13. 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

  14. Amber Jarnecke

    Leads 2 awards · $1,591,362

    • 4R33DA061371-02Department: NIH department code
      A Digital Toolkit to Address Intimate Partner Violence in Opioid Use Disorder

      Principal investigators: Amber Jarnecke (contact PI), Tanya Chandresh Saraiya

      $943,769
      award amount
    • 5R01DA062589-02Department: NIH department code
      Real-world Assessment of Social Functioning during OUD Treatment: Integrating Reports from Patients and their Concerned Significant Others

      Principal investigators: Amber Jarnecke (contact PI), Rachel Lynn Tomko

      $647,593
      award amount

  15. Jennifer Anne Rinker

    Leads 1 award · $1,562,852

  16. John J. Woodward

    Leads 1 award · $1,562,852

  17. Lisa M McTeague

    Leads 1 award · $1,562,852

  18. Patrick J. Mulholland

    Leads 1 award · $1,562,852

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

  19. Carmela M Reichel

    Leads 1 award · $1,495,542

  20. Constance Guille

    Leads 1 award · $1,495,542

  21. Kathleen T. Brady

    Leads 1 award · $1,495,542

    Also a principal investigator on 5UG1DA013727-27, led by Kelly S. Barth; 5R25DA020537-20, led by Sudie E Back.

  22. Kevin M. Gray

    Leads 1 award · $1,495,542

    Also a principal investigator on 5U01DA041093-10, led by Lindsay Squeglia; 5K12DA031794-14, led by Aimee L McRae-Clark.

  23. Nathaniel Lee Baker

    Leads 1 award · $1,495,542

  24. Lindsay Squeglia

    Leads 2 awards · $1,332,928

    • 5U01DA041093-10Department: NIH department code
      13/21 ABCD-USA CONSORTIUM: RESEARCH PROJECT SITE AT MUSC

      Principal investigators: Lindsay Squeglia (contact PI), Kevin M. Gray

      $1,118,269
      award amount
    • 5K24AA031052-03Department: NIH department code
      Mentoring Clinical Investigators in Patient-Oriented Adolescent Alcohol Research
      $214,659
      award amount

  25. Bernadette Cortese

    Leads 2 awards · $1,016,627

    • 5R01DC021179-04Department: NIH department code
      A randomized controlled trial of smell training and trigeminal nerve stimulation in the treatment of COVID-related persistent smell loss
      $596,509
      award amount
    • 1R21DC023711-01Department: NIH department code
      Modulation of Olfactory Valence by Transcranial Focused Ultrasound (tFUS)
      $420,118
      award amount

  26. Julianne Christina Flanagan

    Leads 2 awards · $858,071

    • 5R01AA029679-05Department: NIH department code
      Evaluating the Efficacy of Telehealth-Delivered Brief Family Involved Treatment (B-FIT) for Alcohol Use Disorder among Veterans
      $666,234
      award amount
    • 5K24AA030825-04Department: NIH department code
      Advancing Couple and Family Alcohol Treatment through Patient-Oriented Research and Mentorship
      $191,837
      award amount

  27. Karen J. Hartwell

    Leads 2 awards · $807,135

    • 1R61DA065218-01Department: NIH department code
      Empowering EMPATH Units: Training for Intergrated Mental Health and Opioid Disorder Management

      Principal investigators: Karen J. Hartwell (contact PI), Lindsey K Jennings

      $453,000
      award amount
    • 1R25DA066276-01Department: NIH department code
      SEEDS (SEx differences EDucation in Substance Use Disorders)

      Principal investigators: Karen J. Hartwell (contact PI), Aimee L McRae-Clark

      $354,135
      award amount

  28. Rachel Lynn Tomko

    Leads 1 award · $692,906

    • 5R01DA062443-02Department: NIH department code
      Prospective changes in patient-reported and objective functioning following reduction of cannabis use

      Principal investigators: Rachel Lynn Tomko (contact PI), Erin A McClure

      $692,906
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5U54DA016511-24, led by Aimee L McRae-Clark and Carmela M Reichel and Constance Guille and Kathleen T. Brady and Kevin M. Gray and Nathaniel Lee Baker; 5R01DA062589-02, led by Amber Jarnecke; 1R01DA064699-01A1, led by Aimee L McRae-Clark.

  29. Austin Matthew Hahn

    Leads 1 award · $675,129

    • 1R01DA063107-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Integrated Treatment of Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders and PTSD
      $675,129
      award amount

  30. Matthew J Carpenter

    Leads 1 award · $668,152

    • 5R01DA061566-03Department: NIH department code
      Dual use of combustible and electronic cigarettes: A fine-grained naturalistic cohort study to investigate dynamic use patterns and trajectories that lead to smoking cessation

      Principal investigators: Matthew J Carpenter (contact PI), Elias M Klemperer

      $668,152
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01CA284649-04, led by Tracy Taylor Smith.

  31. Xingbao Li

    Leads 1 award · $667,541

    • 5UH3DA048507-05Department: NIH department code
      RTMS manipulates imbalanced drive-reward and executive control circuitry for smoking cessation
      $667,541
      award amount

  32. Meng Liu

    Leads 1 award · $575,594

    • 5R01AG077570-03Department: NIH department code
      Sleep, Pericytes, and Alzheimer's Disease
      $575,594
      award amount

  33. 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

  34. Carlos A. Blanco-Centurion

    Leads 1 award · $388,019

    • 5R01AA029129-05Department: NIH department code
      Hypothalamic Neuronal Activity During Insomnia Induced by Chronic Ethanol Exposure
      $388,019
      award amount

  35. Sudie E Back

    Leads 1 award · $377,587

    • 5R25DA020537-20Department: NIH department code
      Drug Abuse Research Training

      Principal investigators: Sudie E Back (contact PI), Kathleen T. Brady

      $377,587
      award amount

  36. Mariel Seanne Mercado Bello

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00DA060983-02Department: NIH department code
      The Impact of Social-Contextual Stressors on Psychopharmacological Mechanisms of Smoking Cessation and Relapse among Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Young Adults who Smoke Cigarettes
      $249,000
      award amount

  37. Kelly Alexandra Hyland

    Leads 1 award · $245,490

    • 5R00CA286959-03Department: NIH department code
      LiveWell: An Adapted Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Training Protocol for Patients Living with Metastatic Lung Cancer
      $245,490
      award amount

  38. James Joseph Prisciandaro

    Leads 1 award · $215,034

    • 5K24AA030788-04Department: NIH department code
      Mentorship and Research in Bipolar and Substance Use Disorders
      $215,034
      award amount

  39. Ashley Nicole Dowd

    Leads 1 award · $211,680

    • 1K23DA065051-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing Hemp-Derived Alternative Cannabinoid Product Use in the Natural Environment through Mixed Methods
      $211,680
      award amount

  40. Margaret Baer

    Leads 1 award · $211,659

    • 1K23AA033161-01Department: NIH department code
      A Micro-Randomized Trial to Optimize a Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention for Alcohol Craving and Suicide Ideation
      $211,659
      award amount

  41. Emily Lauren Tilstra-Ferrell

    Leads 1 award · $208,794

    • 1K23MH140114-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Adapting Written Exposure Therapy for Adolescents with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
      $208,794
      award amount

  42. Erin Lindsey Martin

    Leads 1 award · $207,792

    • 1K01DA065775-01Department: NIH department code
      The contribution of the endocannabinoid system to sex differences in THC-associated reward
      $207,792
      award amount

  43. Rachel Elizabeth Siciliano

    Leads 1 award · $206,547

    • 1K23MH141303-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Identifying Biobehavioral Predictors and Targeting Mechanisms of Intervention in Adolescent Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
      $206,547
      award amount

  44. Kathryn Gex

    Leads 1 award · $205,360

    • 5K23DA058077-03Department: NIH department code
      Development of a Novel Cannabis Brief Intervention for Frequently-Using Emerging Adults
      $205,360
      award amount

  45. Tanya Chandresh Saraiya

    Leads 1 award · $198,759

    • 5K23DA055209-06Department: NIH department code
      Integrated Treatment for Co-Occurring Opioid Use Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
      $198,759
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 4R33DA061371-02, led by Amber Jarnecke.

  46. Brittney Browning

    Leads 1 award · $195,912

    • 1K01AA033159-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating Oleoylethanolamide (OEA) as a Novel Multi-System Based Therapeutic for Young Adults with Alcohol Use Disorder
      $195,912
      award amount

  47. Anna E Kirkland

    Leads 1 award · $194,400

    • 5K01AA031745-03Department: NIH department code
      The effects of adolescent alcohol use on oral microbiota and the brain
      $194,400
      award amount

  48. Delisa Brown

    Leads 1 award · $192,518

    • 5K23AA030354-04Department: NIH department code
      IDENTIFYING THE EFFECTS OF SOCIALLY RELATED STRESS ON STRESS REACTIVITY AND CRAVING IN INDIVIDUALS WITH ALCOHOL USE DISORDER
      $192,518
      award amount

  49. Sara Michelle Witcraft

    Leads 1 award · $182,079

    • 5K23DA062794-02Department: NIH department code
      Implementation of a Digitally Enhanced Intervention to Retain Pregnant and Postpartum People with Opioid Use Disorder in Buprenorphine Treatment
      $182,079
      award amount

  50. Maria Ivana Perica

    Leads 1 award · $77,150

    • 1F32AA032966-01Department: NIH department code
      Neuroplasticity as a Mechanistic Link Between Adversity and Alcohol Use in Adolescence
      $77,150
      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.