Neurology at Northwestern University

Leads a grant in this department

47 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. Robert J Vassar

   Leads 4 awards · $6,322,866

   • 2P30AG072977-06Department: NIH department code

     NORTHWESTERN Alzheimer's Disease Research Center

     Principal investigators: Changiz Geula (contact PI), Darby Morhardt (contact PI), Hui Zhang (contact PI), Robert J Vassar (contact PI), Rudolph Castellani (contact PI), Sandra Weintraub (contact PI), Todd B Parrish (contact PI)

     $4,616,915

     award amount
   • 5R01AG081649-03Department: NIH department code

     Exploring annexin A6 for the prevention of dystrophic neurites and tau seeding and spreading in Alzheimer's disease

     Principal investigators: Robert J Vassar (contact PI), Katherine R. Sadleir

     $786,584

     award amount
   • 4R01AG080092-02Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme in Alzheimer's disease
     $738,802

     award amount
   • 5T32AG020506-25Department: NIH department code

     Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Training Program in Aging and Dementia

     Principal investigators: Robert J Vassar (contact PI), Sandra Weintraub

     $180,565

     award amount

2. Changiz Geula

   Leads 1 award · $4,616,915

   • 2P30AG072977-06Department: NIH department code

     NORTHWESTERN Alzheimer's Disease Research Center

     Principal investigators: Changiz Geula (contact PI), Darby Morhardt (contact PI), Hui Zhang (contact PI), Robert J Vassar (contact PI), Rudolph Castellani (contact PI), Sandra Weintraub (contact PI), Todd B Parrish (contact PI)

     $4,616,915

     award amount

3. Darby Morhardt

   Leads 1 award · $4,616,915

   • 2P30AG072977-06Department: NIH department code

     NORTHWESTERN Alzheimer's Disease Research Center

     Principal investigators: Changiz Geula (contact PI), Darby Morhardt (contact PI), Hui Zhang (contact PI), Robert J Vassar (contact PI), Rudolph Castellani (contact PI), Sandra Weintraub (contact PI), Todd B Parrish (contact PI)

     $4,616,915

     award amount

4. Hui Zhang

   Leads 1 award · $4,616,915

   • 2P30AG072977-06Department: NIH department code

     NORTHWESTERN Alzheimer's Disease Research Center

     Principal investigators: Changiz Geula (contact PI), Darby Morhardt (contact PI), Hui Zhang (contact PI), Robert J Vassar (contact PI), Rudolph Castellani (contact PI), Sandra Weintraub (contact PI), Todd B Parrish (contact PI)

     $4,616,915

     award amount

5. Rudolph Castellani

   Leads 1 award · $4,616,915

   • 2P30AG072977-06Department: NIH department code

     NORTHWESTERN Alzheimer's Disease Research Center

     Principal investigators: Changiz Geula (contact PI), Darby Morhardt (contact PI), Hui Zhang (contact PI), Robert J Vassar (contact PI), Rudolph Castellani (contact PI), Sandra Weintraub (contact PI), Todd B Parrish (contact PI)

     $4,616,915

     award amount

6. Sandra Weintraub

   Leads 1 award · $4,616,915

   • 2P30AG072977-06Department: NIH department code

     NORTHWESTERN Alzheimer's Disease Research Center

     Principal investigators: Changiz Geula (contact PI), Darby Morhardt (contact PI), Hui Zhang (contact PI), Robert J Vassar (contact PI), Rudolph Castellani (contact PI), Sandra Weintraub (contact PI), Todd B Parrish (contact PI)

     $4,616,915

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 5T32AG020506-25, led by Robert J Vassar.

7. Todd B Parrish

   Leads 1 award · $4,616,915

   • 2P30AG072977-06Department: NIH department code

     NORTHWESTERN Alzheimer's Disease Research Center

     Principal investigators: Changiz Geula (contact PI), Darby Morhardt (contact PI), Hui Zhang (contact PI), Robert J Vassar (contact PI), Rudolph Castellani (contact PI), Sandra Weintraub (contact PI), Todd B Parrish (contact PI)

     $4,616,915

     award amount

8. Pembe Hande Ozdinler

   Leads 1 award · $4,309,164

   • 4R01AG061708-08Department: NIH department code

     Investigations of the protein aggregation inhibitor NU-9 and its derivatives: mode of action and impact on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias

     Principal investigators: Pembe Hande Ozdinler (contact PI), Richard B Silverman, William L Klein

     $4,309,164

     award amount

9. Evangelos Kiskinis

   Leads 4 awards · $3,438,691

   • 4R01AG086270-03Department: NIH department code

     Refining iPSC-Based Spinal Cord Model Systems by Fabricating Developmentally Programmed Extracellular Matrix Cues
     $1,619,168

     award amount
   • 5R01NS134166-04Department: NIH department code

     Investigating the Contribution of ALS/FTD-Associated Mutations in the NEK1 Kinase to Disease Pathophysiology

     Principal investigators: Evangelos Kiskinis (contact PI), Udai B Pandey

     $759,016

     award amount
   • 1R01NS142283-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Investigating the Association Between TDP-43 Dependent Disruptions in RNA Metabolism and Neuronal Excitability
     $620,507

     award amount
   • 1R21NS150783-01Department: NIH department code

     Establishing the impact of disease-associated KCNH1 mutations on neuronal physiology
     $440,000

     award amount

10. Marc W. Slutzky

    Leads 3 awards · $2,589,762

    • 4R01NS125026-02Department: NIH department code

      Neuronal and Network Mechanisms of Electrocortical Stimulation
      $1,223,270

      award amount
    • 1R01DC023940-01Department: NIH department code

      Personalized brain computer interfaces for decoding language
      $690,331

      award amount
    • 5R01HD113270-03Department: NIH department code

      MINT conditioning to improve post-stroke gait

      Principal investigators: Marc W. Slutzky (contact PI), Yasin Yousef Dhaher

      $676,161

      award amount

11. John A Kessler

    Leads 3 awards · $2,427,169

    • 1RF1NS148023-01Department: NIH department code

      Preclinical Studies to Develop a Gene Therapy for Tauopathies
      $1,841,868

      award amount
    • 5R01NS128053-04Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of Hippocampal Neurogenesis and Behavior by Noggin
      $585,300

      award amount
    • 5UE5NS070695-17Department: NIH department code

      Neuroscience Research Education Program

      Principal investigators: John A Kessler (contact PI), Lesli Elizabeth Skolarus

      $1

      award amount

12. Marek-Marsel M Mesulam

    Leads 1 award · $2,098,422

    • 5R01AG077444-20Department: NIH department code

      ASYMMETRIC NEURODEGENERATION AND LANGUAGE IN PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIA

      Principal investigators: Marek-Marsel M Mesulam (contact PI), Emily J Rogalski

      $2,098,422

      award amount

13. Rajeshwar B Awatramani

    Leads 1 award · $1,767,432

    • 2RF1NS119690-06Department: NIH department code

      Developmental mechanisms underlying dopamine neuron diversity
      $1,767,432

      award amount

14. Puneet Opal

    Leads 3 awards · $1,623,437

    • 5R01NS082351-12Department: NIH department code

      Understanding the Cellular Basis of Movement Disorders
      $635,901

      award amount
    • 5R01NS127204-05Department: NIH department code

      Elucidating cellular mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration
      $562,560

      award amount
    • 4R33NS127141-03Department: NIH department code

      VEGF-Mimetic Supramolecular Nanoparticles for Treating Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1

      Principal investigators: Puneet Opal (contact PI), Samuel I Stupp

      $424,976

      award amount

15. Christina Maria Zelano

    Leads 3 awards · $1,611,504

    • 1R01DC023374-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Mapping human olfactory bulb local field potential oscillations
      $669,107

      award amount
    • 5R01DC021663-03Department: NIH department code

      Electrophysiological representations of odor in the human brain
      $668,109

      award amount
    • 5T32NS047987-19Department: NIH department code

      Training Program in the Neuroscience of Human Cognition

      Principal investigators: Christina Maria Zelano (contact PI), Rodrigo M Braga

      $274,288

      award amount

16. Lesli Elizabeth Skolarus

    Leads 2 awards · $1,384,177

    • 5R01NS138072-03Department: NIH department code

      Advancing Community Connections and Calculating Risk to Optimize Stroke Survivorship (ACROSS)
      $782,408

      award amount
    • 5R01MD019124-03Department: NIH department code

      Reach Out 2: Randomized Clinical Trial of Emergency Department-Initiated Hypertension Mobile Health Intervention Connecting Multiple HealthSystems

      Principal investigators: Lesli Elizabeth Skolarus (contact PI), William Joseph Meurer

      $601,769

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5UE5NS070695-17, led by John A Kessler.

17. Joseph R Mazzulli

    Leads 2 awards · $1,253,480

    • 1R01NS148223-01Department: NIH department code

      RNA editing dysregulation in the pathogenesis of Dementia and Parkinson’s disease
      $634,938

      award amount
    • 5R01NS092823-10Department: NIH department code

      The role of a-synuclein accumulation in lysosomal hydrolase trafficking and function
      $618,542

      award amount

18. Dimitri Krainc

    Leads 1 award · $1,200,000

    • 5R35NS122257-06Department: NIH department code

      Mechanistic Analysis of Genetic Modifiers in Parkinson's Disease
      $1,200,000

      award amount

19. Brian J Popko

    Leads 1 award · $1,150,362

    • 5R35NS137478-03Department: NIH department code

      CNS Demyelination: Initiation, Protection, and Correction
      $1,150,362

      award amount

20. Kristen Knutson

    Leads 3 awards · $1,112,956

    • 1R01AG089354-01A1Department: NIH department code

      The Proteomic Signature of Sleep and its implication for Alzheimer's Disease

      Principal investigators: Kristen Knutson (contact PI), Alexandre C Pereira

      $691,009

      award amount
    • 1R01DK144169-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Morning light treatment to improve cardiometabolic health in adults with Type 1 Diabetes: A Pilot and Feasibility Trial

      Principal investigators: Kristen Knutson (contact PI), Kathryn Jean Reid

      $320,000

      award amount
    • 3R01AG089354-01A1S1Department: NIH department code

      The Proteomic Signature of Sleep and its implication for Alzheimer's Disease

      Principal investigators: Kristen Knutson (contact PI), Alexandre C Pereira

      $101,947

      award amount

21. Shi-Yuan Cheng

    Leads 2 awards · $989,461

    • 5R01NS133160-03Department: NIH department code

      Therapeutic Targeting in EGFR-amplified Glioblastoma
      $498,893

      award amount
    • 5R01NS125318-05Department: NIH department code

      Targeting RNA Splicing in Glioma
      $490,568

      award amount

22. Eyal Yaacov Kimchi

    Leads 1 award · $804,695

    • 5R01AG078261-03Department: NIH department code

      Delirium Dynamics: Understanding Causes and Effects
      $804,695

      award amount

23. Carson J Ingo

    Leads 1 award · $740,753

    • 5R01NS126509-04Department: NIH department code

      Post-stroke normal appearing white matter diffusion properties and cognitive trajectories across age
      $740,753

      award amount

24. Robert G Kalb

    Leads 1 award · $714,576

    • 5R01NS124802-05Department: NIH department code

      Defining mechanisms underlying C9orf72-associated frontotemporal dementia with C. elegans and mammalian models

      Principal investigators: Robert G Kalb (contact PI), Samuel T Lamitina

      $714,576

      award amount

25. Farzaneh A Sorond

    Leads 1 award · $708,891

    • 5R01NS085002-09Department: NIH department code

      Cerebral Small Vessels in Motor and Cognitive Decline: Neuroimaging Signatures of Vulnerability & Resilience
      $708,891

      award amount

26. Andrew M Naidech

    Leads 1 award · $642,980

    • 5R01NS117608-03Department: NIH department code

      Precise Prediction and Treatment of Seizures After Intracranial Hemorrhage
      $642,980

      award amount

27. Phyllis C. Zee

    Leads 1 award · $631,759

    • 5R01HL174661-03Department: NIH department code

      Physiological and Behavioral Basis of Circadian Rhythm Delayed Sleep-Wake Phase Disorder

      Principal investigators: Phyllis C. Zee (contact PI), Sabra M Abbott

      $631,759

      award amount

28. David Gate

    Leads 1 award · $607,408

    • 5R01AG078713-05Department: NIH department code

      The role of apolipoprotein E in Alzheimer's adaptive immunity
      $607,408

      award amount

29. Farrah Jasmine Mateen

    Leads 1 award · $600,646

    • 1R01NS144052-01Department: NIH department code

      Enabling Point of Care Diagnosis of Epilepsy in Underserved Populations
      $600,646

      award amount

30. Gemma Louise Carvill

    Leads 1 award · $573,486

    • 5R01NS134938-03Department: NIH department code

      Poison exons in epilepsy and neurodevelopment
      $573,486

      award amount

31. Jeffrey Nicholas Savas

    Leads 1 award · $507,537

    • 5R01AG078796-05Department: NIH department code

      Understanding Amyloid Pathology - Multiomic Activity Imaging of Plaque Formation Dynamics (AmyMAP)
      $507,537

      award amount

32. Han-Xiang Deng

    Leads 1 award · $467,710

    • 5R01NS099623-10Department: NIH department code

      Mouse model studies of TMEM230-linked Parkinson's disease
      $467,710

      award amount

33. Tanya Simuni

    Leads 1 award · $439,358

    • 5U24NS107213-09Department: NIH department code

      Clinical Research Site for the Network of Excellence in Neuroscience Clinical Trials (NeuroNEXT site)
      $439,358

      award amount

34. Philip B Gorelick

    Leads 2 awards · $293,941

    • 5D43TW009608-13Department: NIH department code

      Multidisciplinary NeuroAIDS Research and Training Program to Improve HIV Outcomes in Nigeria and Africa

      Principal investigators: Philip B Gorelick (contact PI), Olayinka Olusola Omigbodun

      $207,557

      award amount
    • 3D43TW009608-13S1Department: NIH department code

      Multidisciplinary NeuroAIDS Research and Training Program to Improve HIV Outcomes in Nigeria and Africa

      Principal investigators: Philip B Gorelick (contact PI), Olayinka Olusola Omigbodun

      $86,384

      award amount

35. Sheng Tang

    Leads 1 award · $230,985

    • 1K08NS148761-01Department: NIH department code

      Profiling and Engineering the Ion Channel Transcriptome
      $230,985

      award amount

36. Niccolo E Mencacci

    Leads 1 award · $228,015

    • 5K08NS131581-03Department: NIH department code

      Understanding the role of BORCS5 in neuronal lysosomal function and neurodegeneration
      $228,015

      award amount

37. Sarah Marie Brooker

    Leads 1 award · $227,205

    • 5K08NS138592-02Department: NIH department code

      Effects of the Parkinsons Disease associated protein LRRK2 on lysosomal function and inflammatory activity in microglia
      $227,205

      award amount

38. Scott K. Adney

    Leads 1 award · $225,180

    • 5K08NS121601-05Department: NIH department code

      Multi-scale disease modeling of SCN2A-related epilepsy due to gain-of-function variants
      $225,180

      award amount

39. Christopher McGraw

    Leads 1 award · $200,000

    • 5R21NS127345-04Department: NIH department code

      High-Throughput in Vivo Discovery of Novel Countermeasures Against Organophosphate-Induced Seizure and Status Epilepticus Using Zebrafish
      $200,000

      award amount

40. Minjee Kim

    Leads 1 award · $191,700

    • 5K23AG088497-03Department: NIH department code

      Sleep Health and Cognitive Function among Middle-aged Adults: the SleepCog Study
      $191,700

      award amount

41. Eric Michael Liotta

    Leads 1 award · $190,486

    • 5K23AG078705-04Department: NIH department code

      Cerebral Autoregulation, Metabolic derangement, and Edema in Encephalopathy Outcome (CAMEEO)
      $190,486

      award amount

42. Leah Katherine Cuddy

    Leads 1 award · $124,987

    • 1K01AG095334-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Investigating ACE1 R1279Q-Induced Vascular Dysfunction and Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's Disease
      $124,987

      award amount

43. Diana Carolina Perez Rivera

    Leads 1 award · $91,445

    • 5K00AG088569-03Department: NIH department code

      Precision Mapping of Functional Networks in Healthy and Pathological Aging
      $91,445

      award amount

44. Brooke Simonton

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31AG091984-02Department: NIH department code

      Investigating Sex-Specific Hypothalamic Pathology and Immune Infiltration in Alzheimer's Disease
      $50,114

      award amount

45. Nicholas Bodkin

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31HG014981-01Department: NIH department code

      Increasing the throughput of variant classification with multiplexed prime editing and single cell long-read technologies
      $50,114

      award amount

46. Mia Suzanne Broad

    Leads 1 award · $40,602

    • 5F31NS141554-02Department: NIH department code

      POISEN: A Bioinformatics Pipeline to Identify Poison Exons in Neurodevelopment
      $40,602

      award amount

47. Ye Eun Esther Yoon

    Leads 1 award · $3,000

    • 3F30HD120077-01S1Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the role of CHASERR in CHD2 regulation, chromatin architecture, and gene expression during neurodevelopment
      $3,000

      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.

• Richard B Silverman

  Co-investigator on 4R01AG061708-08, led by Pembe Hande Ozdinler

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Northwestern University · Pharmacology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• William L Klein

  Co-investigator on 4R01AG061708-08, led by Pembe Hande Ozdinler

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

• Emily J Rogalski

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG077444-20, led by Marek-Marsel M Mesulam

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Chicago · Neurology (NIH department code, 2 awards)
  • University of Chicago · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Alexandre C Pereira

  Co-investigator on 1R01AG089354-01A1, led by Kristen Knutson; 3R01AG089354-01A1S1, led by Kristen Knutson

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

• Katherine R. Sadleir

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG081649-03, led by Robert J Vassar

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

• Udai B Pandey

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS134166-04, led by Evangelos Kiskinis

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Pittsburgh · Pediatrics (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Samuel T Lamitina

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS124802-05, led by Robert G Kalb

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Pittsburgh · Pediatrics (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Yasin Yousef Dhaher

  Co-investigator on 5R01HD113270-03, led by Marc W. Slutzky

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

• Sabra M Abbott

  Co-investigator on 5R01HL174661-03, led by Phyllis C. Zee

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

• William Joseph Meurer

  Co-investigator on 5R01MD019124-03, led by Lesli Elizabeth Skolarus

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of Michigan · Emergency Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Samuel I Stupp

  Co-investigator on 4R33NS127141-03, led by Puneet Opal

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

• Kathryn Jean Reid

  Co-investigator on 1R01DK144169-01A1, led by Kristen Knutson

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Sleep Research Society (no department on record, 1 award)

• Olayinka Olusola Omigbodun

  Co-investigator on 5D43TW009608-13, led by Philip B Gorelick; 3D43TW009608-13S1, led by Philip B Gorelick

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

• Rodrigo M Braga

  Co-investigator on 5T32NS047987-19, led by Christina Maria Zelano

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