Neurology at Northwestern University

Leads a grant in this department

46 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. Vassar, Robert J

   Leads 4 awards · $5,472,275

   • 5P30AG013854-24Department: NIH department code

     Alzheimer's Disease Core Center
     $2,415,841

     award amount
   • 2RF1AG022560-16Department: NIH department code

     BACE1 as a Therapeutic Target for Alzheimer's Disease
     $1,975,000

     award amount
   • 1R56AG063934-01Department: NIH department code

     RNA binding protein networks in tau pathogenesis
     $764,709

     award amount
   • 5R01AG030142-10Department: NIH department code

     Molecular Neuropathology and Mechanisms of BACE1 Elevation in Alzheimer's Disease
     $316,725

     award amount

2. Mazzulli, Joseph R

   Leads 4 awards · $2,661,395

   • 1RF1NS109157-01Department: NIH department code

     Examining the role of glycosphingolipids in the progression and heterogeneity of synucleinopathies
     $1,928,426

     award amount
   • 5R01NS092823-05Department: NIH department code

     The role of a-synuclein accumulation in lysosomal hydrolase trafficking and function
     $337,969

     award amount
   • 5R21NS107768-02Department: NIH department code

     The effects of a-synuclein accumulation on proteome composition, stability and aggregation
     $197,500

     award amount
   • 5R21NS107770-02Department: NIH department code

     Exploring the role of protein farnesylation in the regulation of SNARE protein ykt6 in synucleinopathy models
     $197,500

     award amount

3. Zee, Phyllis C

   Leads 2 awards · $2,504,191

   • 5P01AG011412-20Department: NIH department code

     Alterations of Sleep and Circadian Timing in Aging
     $1,813,578

     award amount
   • 5R01HL140580-03Department: NIH department code

     Strengthening circadian signals to enhance cardiometabolic function
     $690,613

     award amount

4. Kessler, John A

   Leads 5 awards · $2,231,321

   • 1R56AG061327-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Mitochondrial Stress Response in FUS proteinopathy and related dementia
     $796,399

     award amount
   • 1R01MH114923-01A1Department: NIH department code

     BMP Signaling and Neurogenesis in Major Depressive Order
     $479,798

     award amount
   • 5R01AR066539-05Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms Underlying Heterotopic Ossification
     $392,282

     award amount
   • 5R01AG054429-03Department: NIH department code

     Role of BMP Signaling in the Aging Brain
     $308,581

     award amount
   • 5R25NS070695-10Department: NIH department code

     Research Education Program for Trainees in Neurology
     $254,261

     award amount

5. Geula, Changiz

   Leads 2 awards · $1,731,475

   • 2R56AG045571-06Department: NIH department code

     Exceptional Cognitive Aging: Neuropsychologic, Anatomic and Pathologic Correlates
     $1,380,437

     award amount
   • 3R01AG045571-05S1Department: NIH department code

     Exceptional Cognitive Aging: Neuropsychologic, Anatomic and Pathologic Correlates
     $351,038

     award amount

6. Ardehali, Hossein

   Leads 3 awards · $1,531,802

   • 5T32GM008152-33Department: NIH department code

     Medical Scientist Training Program
     $1,421,855

     award amount
   • 3T32GM008152-33S1Department: NIH department code

     Medical Scientist Training Program
     $57,286

     award amount
   • 3T32GM008152-33S2Department: NIH department code

     Medical Scientist Training Program
     $52,661

     award amount

7. Kiskinis, Evangelos

   Leads 3 awards · $1,154,342

   • 5R01NS104219-02Department: NIH department code

     Determining How Defective Nucleo-Cytoplasmic Trafficking Leads To Neurodegeneration In C9orf72-Related ALS And FTD
     $522,342

     award amount
   • 1R21NS111248-01Department: NIH department code

     Defining The Mechanisms by Which NEK1 Genetic Variants Associated with ALS Patient Motor Neurons Lead to Motor Neuron Degeneration
     $434,500

     award amount
   • 5R21NS107761-02Department: NIH department code

     Defining The Impaired Proteostasis Network in ALS Patient Motor Neurons
     $197,500

     award amount

8. Krainc, Dimitri

   Leads 2 awards · $1,145,668

   • 5R01NS076054-09Department: NIH department code

     The Role of Lysosomal Glucocerebrosidase in Synucleinopathies
     $574,087

     award amount
   • 5R37NS096241-04Department: NIH department code

     The role of ATP13A2/PARK9 in secretion of exosomes and alpha synuclein
     $571,581

     award amount

9. Siddique, Teepu

   Leads 3 awards · $1,044,349

   • 5R01NS099638-04Department: NIH department code

     Investigation of ALS caused by mutant CHCHD10
     $507,349

     award amount
   • 1R01TS000294-01Department: NIH department code

     A novel innate immunity risk factor for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
     $300,000

     award amount
   • 5R21NS109917-02Department: NIH department code

     A Novel approach to therapy in ALS and ALS/Dementia using new insights from ALS5/SPG11
     $237,000

     award amount

10. Opal, Puneet

    Leads 2 awards · $1,042,061

    • 2R01NS082351-06Department: NIH department code

      Understanding the Cellular Basis of Movement Disorders
      $532,040

      award amount
    • 1R56NS108639-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Understanding pathophysiological mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration
      $510,021

      award amount

11. Rogalski, Emily J

    Leads 2 awards · $800,048

    • 5R01AG055425-03Department: NIH department code

      Communication Bridge: A person-centered Internet-based intervention for individuals with primary progressive aphasia
      $630,166

      award amount
    • 3R01AG056258-07S1Department: NIH department code

      Determinants of neurodegenerative decline in the aphasic variant of Alzheimer's disease
      $169,882

      award amount

12. Carnethon, Mercedes Renee

    Leads 1 award · $749,279

    • 1R01AG059291-01A1Department: NIH department code

      An Epidemiologic Study of Disparities in Sleep and Cognition in Older Adults (DISCO)
      $749,279

      award amount

13. Menichella, Daniela M

    Leads 2 awards · $717,715

    • 3R01NS104295-02S1Department: NIH department code

      Cellular and Molecular Role of CXCR4 signaling in Painful Diabetic Neuropathy
      $372,090

      award amount
    • 5R01NS104295-02Department: NIH department code

      Cellular and Molecular Role of CXCR4 signaling in Painful Diabetic Neuropathy
      $345,625

      award amount

14. Koralnik, Igor J

    Leads 1 award · $717,273

    • 7DP1DA048493-02Department: NIH department code

      Contribution of the Virome to HIV/AIDS pathogenesis
      $717,273

      award amount

15. Cheng, Shi-Yuan

    Leads 2 awards · $692,877

    • 5R01NS093843-05Department: NIH department code

      Glioblastoma Phenotype Modulation Through miRNA Control of Wnt Signaling
      $354,908

      award amount
    • 5R01NS095634-05Department: NIH department code

      Autophagy Regulation of Glioblastoma Tumorigenesis and Responses to Therapy
      $337,969

      award amount

16. Knutson, Kristen

    Leads 1 award · $688,103

    • 1R01HL141881-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Leveraging a Unique existing Cohort to elucidate the Link between sleep and cardio-metabolic disease
      $688,103

      award amount

17. Ozdinler, Pembe Hande

    Leads 1 award · $671,753

    • 1R01AG061708-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Novel Protein Aggregation Inhibitors and Upper Motor Neuron Stabilizers for ALS and other Neurodegenerative Diseases
      $671,753

      award amount

18. Naidech, Andrew M

    Leads 1 award · $632,829

    • 1R01NS110779-01Department: NIH department code

      Hemostasis, Hematoma Expansion, and Outcomes After Intracerebral Hemorrhage
      $632,829

      award amount

19. Mesulam, Marek-Marsel M

    Leads 1 award · $630,588

    • 5R01DC008552-13Department: NIH department code

      Language in Primary Progressive Aphasia
      $630,588

      award amount

20. Wu, Jane Y

    Leads 1 award · $618,695

    • 5R01NS107396-02Department: NIH department code

      The Role of Mitochondria in TDP-43 Proteinopathy
      $618,695

      award amount

21. Awatramani, Rajeshwar B

    Leads 1 award · $578,201

    • 5R01NS096240-04Department: NIH department code

      Rational derivation of DA neuron subtypes from iPS cells for improved modelling of Parkinson's disease
      $578,201

      award amount

22. Kahnt, Thorsten

    Leads 2 awards · $573,140

    • 5R01DC015426-04Department: NIH department code

      Principles of olfactory reward processing in the human brain
      $332,563

      award amount
    • 1R21DK118503-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Olfactory contributions to sleep-dependent food craving and calorie intake
      $240,577

      award amount

23. Paller, Ken A

    Leads 1 award · $532,329

    • 1R01NS112942-01Department: NIH department code

      Combining myoelectric training with sleep-based memory reactivation to improve motor recovery after stroke
      $532,329

      award amount

24. Savas, Jeffrey Nicholas

    Leads 1 award · $480,031

    • 5R01AG061787-02Department: NIH department code

      The role of activity induced exosome signaling in synaptic pathology of Alzheimer's Disease
      $480,031

      award amount

25. Kalb, Robert G

    Leads 1 award · $459,903

    • 5R01NS096746-05Department: NIH department code

      AMPK, metabolism and ALS
      $459,903

      award amount

26. Deng, Han-Xiang

    Leads 1 award · $442,758

    • 5R01NS099623-04Department: NIH department code

      Mouse model studies of TMEM230-linked Parkinson's disease
      $442,758

      award amount

27. Do, An

    Leads 1 award · $437,343

    • 5R01NS094748-05Department: NIH department code

      Designing brain machine interfaces to drive plasticity and enhance recovery after brain injury
      $437,343

      award amount

28. Zelano, Christina Maria

    Leads 1 award · $417,653

    • 5R01DC016364-02Department: NIH department code

      The function of respiratory-linked local field potential oscillations in human olfactory and limbic brain regions
      $417,653

      award amount

29. Slutzky, Marc W.

    Leads 1 award · $344,239

    • 5R01NS099210-04Department: NIH department code

      A wearable myoelectric computer interface to reduce muscle co-activation in acute and chronic stroke
      $344,239

      award amount

30. Stegh, Alexander H.

    Leads 1 award · $343,370

    • 5R01CA208783-03Department: NIH department code

      Systemic RNA interference to reactivate p53 tumor suppression
      $343,370

      award amount

31. Simuni, Tanya

    Leads 1 award · $342,650

    • 5U24NS107213-02Department: NIH department code

      Clinical Research Sites for the Network of Excellence in Neuroscience Clinical Trials (NEXT Sites)
      $342,650

      award amount

32. Sadleir, Katherine R.

    Leads 1 award · $276,500

    • 5R21AG060267-02Department: NIH department code

      A test of the calcium hypothesis of Alzheimers disease
      $276,500

      award amount

33. Geula, Changiz

    Leads 1 award · $262,957

    • 5R24NS104160-02Department: NIH department code

      Characterized Adult Primary Human Microglia Cells for Research
      $262,957

      award amount

34. Ong, Jason C

    Leads 1 award · $237,000

    • 1R34AT009551-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Mind-Body Approach to Improve Health- Related Quality of Life for People with Narcolepsy: A Feasibility Study
      $237,000

      award amount

35. Chou, Sherry Hsiang-Yi

    Leads 1 award · $181,958

    • 7R21NS113037-02Department: NIH department code

      MicroRNA Endotypes of Systemic Inflammation in Sub-Arachnoid hemorrhaGE (MESSAGE)
      $181,958

      award amount

36. Bonakdarpour, Borna

    Leads 1 award · $169,325

    • 5K23DC014303-05Department: NIH department code

      Atrophy and resting state connectivity in primary progressive aphasia
      $169,325

      award amount

37. Maas, Matthew Brandon

    Leads 1 award · $164,032

    • 5K23NS092975-05Department: NIH department code

      Circadian Dysfunction, Encephalopathy, and Cognitive Outcomes after Critical Illness
      $164,032

      award amount

38. Wong, Yvette

    Leads 1 award · $89,478

    • 5K99NS109252-02Department: NIH department code

      Molecular mechanisms underlying mitochondria-lysosome membrane contact sites in neuronal function and neurodegeneration
      $89,478

      award amount

39. Cooper, John Gregory

    Leads 1 award · $50,016

    • 5F30NS093811-04Department: NIH department code

      Immune Modifying Microparticles for Acute Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury
      $50,016

      award amount

40. Peng, Wesley J.

    Leads 1 award · $50,016

    • 1F30AG066333-01Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of neuronal calcium transfer between mitochondria and lysosomes in health and neurodegeneration.
      $50,016

      award amount

41. Porter, Daria

    Leads 1 award · $45,016

    • 5F31DC017062-02Department: NIH department code

      Neural and behavioral mechanisms of olfactory generalization in the human brain
      $45,016

      award amount

42. McGee, Warren Alexander

    Leads 1 award · $41,616

    • 5F30NS090893-05Department: NIH department code

      TDP-43-regulated microRNAs and TDP-43 Proteinopathy
      $41,616

      award amount

43. Sastry, Namratha G

    Leads 1 award · $36,744

    • 5F31CA232630-02Department: NIH department code

      Novel Roles of LY6K in Glioblastoma Tumorigenicity
      $36,744

      award amount

44. Bomba-Warczak, Ewa Karolina

    Leads 1 award · $35,939

    • 5F32NS106812-02Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the role of extremely long-lived mitochondrial proteins in mammalian neurons
      $35,939

      award amount

45. Sharma, Sripadh Balasubramanian

    Leads 1 award · $30,508

    • 5F31NS105451-02Department: NIH department code

      Micro-RNAs 29b and 21 in Traumatic Brain Injury
      $30,508

      award amount

46. Ohm, Daniel Timothy

    Leads 1 award · $19,875

    • 5F31NS095652-03Department: NIH department code

      Concordance between cortical atrophy and histopathology in PPA with AD pathology
      $19,875

      award amount