FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Neurology at Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
- 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 Neurology row of the Northwestern University page.
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.
Robert J Vassar
Leads 4 awards · $6,322,866
- 2P30AG072977-06Department: NIH department codeNORTHWESTERN 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)
$4,616,915award amount - 5R01AG081649-03Department: NIH department codeExploring 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
$786,584award amount - 4R01AG080092-02Department: NIH department codeMechanisms of Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme in Alzheimer's disease$738,802award amount
- 5T32AG020506-25Department: NIH department codePredoctoral and Postdoctoral Training Program in Aging and Dementia
Principal investigators: Robert J Vassar (contact PI), Sandra Weintraub
$180,565award amount
Changiz Geula
Leads 1 award · $4,616,915
- 2P30AG072977-06Department: NIH department codeNORTHWESTERN 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)
$4,616,915award amount
Darby Morhardt
Leads 1 award · $4,616,915
- 2P30AG072977-06Department: NIH department codeNORTHWESTERN 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)
$4,616,915award amount
Hui Zhang
Leads 1 award · $4,616,915
- 2P30AG072977-06Department: NIH department codeNORTHWESTERN 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)
$4,616,915award amount
Rudolph Castellani
Leads 1 award · $4,616,915
- 2P30AG072977-06Department: NIH department codeNORTHWESTERN 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)
$4,616,915award amount
Sandra Weintraub
Leads 1 award · $4,616,915
- 2P30AG072977-06Department: NIH department codeNORTHWESTERN 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)
$4,616,915award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5T32AG020506-25, led by Robert J Vassar.
Todd B Parrish
Leads 1 award · $4,616,915
- 2P30AG072977-06Department: NIH department codeNORTHWESTERN 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)
$4,616,915award amount
Pembe Hande Ozdinler
Leads 1 award · $4,309,164
- 4R01AG061708-08Department: NIH department codeInvestigations 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
$4,309,164award amount
Evangelos Kiskinis
Leads 4 awards · $3,438,691
- 4R01AG086270-03Department: NIH department codeRefining iPSC-Based Spinal Cord Model Systems by Fabricating Developmentally Programmed Extracellular Matrix Cues$1,619,168award amount
- 5R01NS134166-04Department: NIH department codeInvestigating the Contribution of ALS/FTD-Associated Mutations in the NEK1 Kinase to Disease Pathophysiology
Principal investigators: Evangelos Kiskinis (contact PI), Udai B Pandey
$759,016award amount - 1R01NS142283-01A1Department: NIH department codeInvestigating the Association Between TDP-43 Dependent Disruptions in RNA Metabolism and Neuronal Excitability$620,507award amount
- 1R21NS150783-01Department: NIH department codeEstablishing the impact of disease-associated KCNH1 mutations on neuronal physiology$440,000award amount
Marc W. Slutzky
Leads 3 awards · $2,589,762
- 4R01NS125026-02Department: NIH department codeNeuronal and Network Mechanisms of Electrocortical Stimulation$1,223,270award amount
- 1R01DC023940-01Department: NIH department codePersonalized brain computer interfaces for decoding language$690,331award amount
- 5R01HD113270-03Department: NIH department codeMINT conditioning to improve post-stroke gait
Principal investigators: Marc W. Slutzky (contact PI), Yasin Yousef Dhaher
$676,161award amount
John A Kessler
Leads 3 awards · $2,427,169
- 1RF1NS148023-01Department: NIH department codePreclinical Studies to Develop a Gene Therapy for Tauopathies$1,841,868award amount
- 5R01NS128053-04Department: NIH department codeRegulation of Hippocampal Neurogenesis and Behavior by Noggin$585,300award amount
- 5UE5NS070695-17Department: NIH department codeNeuroscience Research Education Program
Principal investigators: John A Kessler (contact PI), Lesli Elizabeth Skolarus
$1award amount
Marek-Marsel M Mesulam
Leads 1 award · $2,098,422
- 5R01AG077444-20Department: NIH department codeASYMMETRIC NEURODEGENERATION AND LANGUAGE IN PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIA
Principal investigators: Marek-Marsel M Mesulam (contact PI), Emily J Rogalski
$2,098,422award amount
Rajeshwar B Awatramani
Leads 1 award · $1,767,432
- 2RF1NS119690-06Department: NIH department codeDevelopmental mechanisms underlying dopamine neuron diversity$1,767,432award amount
Puneet Opal
Leads 3 awards · $1,623,437
- 5R01NS082351-12Department: NIH department codeUnderstanding the Cellular Basis of Movement Disorders$635,901award amount
- 5R01NS127204-05Department: NIH department codeElucidating cellular mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration$562,560award amount
- 4R33NS127141-03Department: NIH department codeVEGF-Mimetic Supramolecular Nanoparticles for Treating Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1
Principal investigators: Puneet Opal (contact PI), Samuel I Stupp
$424,976award amount
Christina Maria Zelano
Leads 3 awards · $1,611,504
- 1R01DC023374-01A1Department: NIH department codeMapping human olfactory bulb local field potential oscillations$669,107award amount
- 5R01DC021663-03Department: NIH department codeElectrophysiological representations of odor in the human brain$668,109award amount
- 5T32NS047987-19Department: NIH department codeTraining Program in the Neuroscience of Human Cognition
Principal investigators: Christina Maria Zelano (contact PI), Rodrigo M Braga
$274,288award amount
Lesli Elizabeth Skolarus
Leads 2 awards · $1,384,177
- 5R01NS138072-03Department: NIH department codeAdvancing Community Connections and Calculating Risk to Optimize Stroke Survivorship (ACROSS)$782,408award amount
- 5R01MD019124-03Department: NIH department codeReach 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
$601,769award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5UE5NS070695-17, led by John A Kessler.
Joseph R Mazzulli
Leads 2 awards · $1,253,480
- 1R01NS148223-01Department: NIH department codeRNA editing dysregulation in the pathogenesis of Dementia and Parkinson’s disease$634,938award amount
- 5R01NS092823-10Department: NIH department codeThe role of a-synuclein accumulation in lysosomal hydrolase trafficking and function$618,542award amount
Dimitri Krainc
Leads 1 award · $1,200,000
- 5R35NS122257-06Department: NIH department codeMechanistic Analysis of Genetic Modifiers in Parkinson's Disease$1,200,000award amount
Brian J Popko
Leads 1 award · $1,150,362
- 5R35NS137478-03Department: NIH department codeCNS Demyelination: Initiation, Protection, and Correction$1,150,362award amount
Kristen Knutson
Leads 3 awards · $1,112,956
- 1R01AG089354-01A1Department: NIH department codeThe Proteomic Signature of Sleep and its implication for Alzheimer's Disease
Principal investigators: Kristen Knutson (contact PI), Alexandre C Pereira
$691,009award amount - 1R01DK144169-01A1Department: NIH department codeMorning 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
$320,000award amount - 3R01AG089354-01A1S1Department: NIH department codeThe Proteomic Signature of Sleep and its implication for Alzheimer's Disease
Principal investigators: Kristen Knutson (contact PI), Alexandre C Pereira
$101,947award amount
Shi-Yuan Cheng
Leads 2 awards · $989,461
- 5R01NS133160-03Department: NIH department codeTherapeutic Targeting in EGFR-amplified Glioblastoma$498,893award amount
- 5R01NS125318-05Department: NIH department codeTargeting RNA Splicing in Glioma$490,568award amount
Eyal Yaacov Kimchi
Leads 1 award · $804,695
- 5R01AG078261-03Department: NIH department codeDelirium Dynamics: Understanding Causes and Effects$804,695award amount
Carson J Ingo
Leads 1 award · $740,753
- 5R01NS126509-04Department: NIH department codePost-stroke normal appearing white matter diffusion properties and cognitive trajectories across age$740,753award amount
Robert G Kalb
Leads 1 award · $714,576
- 5R01NS124802-05Department: NIH department codeDefining mechanisms underlying C9orf72-associated frontotemporal dementia with C. elegans and mammalian models
Principal investigators: Robert G Kalb (contact PI), Samuel T Lamitina
$714,576award amount
Farzaneh A Sorond
Leads 1 award · $708,891
- 5R01NS085002-09Department: NIH department codeCerebral Small Vessels in Motor and Cognitive Decline: Neuroimaging Signatures of Vulnerability & Resilience$708,891award amount
Andrew M Naidech
Leads 1 award · $642,980
- 5R01NS117608-03Department: NIH department codePrecise Prediction and Treatment of Seizures After Intracranial Hemorrhage$642,980award amount
Phyllis C. Zee
Leads 1 award · $631,759
- 5R01HL174661-03Department: NIH department codePhysiological and Behavioral Basis of Circadian Rhythm Delayed Sleep-Wake Phase Disorder
Principal investigators: Phyllis C. Zee (contact PI), Sabra M Abbott
$631,759award amount
David Gate
Leads 1 award · $607,408
- 5R01AG078713-05Department: NIH department codeThe role of apolipoprotein E in Alzheimer's adaptive immunity$607,408award amount
Farrah Jasmine Mateen
Leads 1 award · $600,646
- 1R01NS144052-01Department: NIH department codeEnabling Point of Care Diagnosis of Epilepsy in Underserved Populations$600,646award amount
Gemma Louise Carvill
Leads 1 award · $573,486
- 5R01NS134938-03Department: NIH department codePoison exons in epilepsy and neurodevelopment$573,486award amount
Jeffrey Nicholas Savas
Leads 1 award · $507,537
- 5R01AG078796-05Department: NIH department codeUnderstanding Amyloid Pathology - Multiomic Activity Imaging of Plaque Formation Dynamics (AmyMAP)$507,537award amount
Han-Xiang Deng
Leads 1 award · $467,710
- 5R01NS099623-10Department: NIH department codeMouse model studies of TMEM230-linked Parkinson's disease$467,710award amount
Tanya Simuni
Leads 1 award · $439,358
- 5U24NS107213-09Department: NIH department codeClinical Research Site for the Network of Excellence in Neuroscience Clinical Trials (NeuroNEXT site)$439,358award amount
Philip B Gorelick
Leads 2 awards · $293,941
- 5D43TW009608-13Department: NIH department codeMultidisciplinary NeuroAIDS Research and Training Program to Improve HIV Outcomes in Nigeria and Africa
Principal investigators: Philip B Gorelick (contact PI), Olayinka Olusola Omigbodun
$207,557award amount - 3D43TW009608-13S1Department: NIH department codeMultidisciplinary NeuroAIDS Research and Training Program to Improve HIV Outcomes in Nigeria and Africa
Principal investigators: Philip B Gorelick (contact PI), Olayinka Olusola Omigbodun
$86,384award amount
Sheng Tang
Leads 1 award · $230,985
- 1K08NS148761-01Department: NIH department codeProfiling and Engineering the Ion Channel Transcriptome$230,985award amount
Niccolo E Mencacci
Leads 1 award · $228,015
- 5K08NS131581-03Department: NIH department codeUnderstanding the role of BORCS5 in neuronal lysosomal function and neurodegeneration$228,015award amount
Sarah Marie Brooker
Leads 1 award · $227,205
- 5K08NS138592-02Department: NIH department codeEffects of the Parkinsons Disease associated protein LRRK2 on lysosomal function and inflammatory activity in microglia$227,205award amount
Scott K. Adney
Leads 1 award · $225,180
- 5K08NS121601-05Department: NIH department codeMulti-scale disease modeling of SCN2A-related epilepsy due to gain-of-function variants$225,180award amount
Christopher McGraw
Leads 1 award · $200,000
- 5R21NS127345-04Department: NIH department codeHigh-Throughput in Vivo Discovery of Novel Countermeasures Against Organophosphate-Induced Seizure and Status Epilepticus Using Zebrafish$200,000award amount
Minjee Kim
Leads 1 award · $191,700
- 5K23AG088497-03Department: NIH department codeSleep Health and Cognitive Function among Middle-aged Adults: the SleepCog Study$191,700award amount
Eric Michael Liotta
Leads 1 award · $190,486
- 5K23AG078705-04Department: NIH department codeCerebral Autoregulation, Metabolic derangement, and Edema in Encephalopathy Outcome (CAMEEO)$190,486award amount
Leah Katherine Cuddy
Leads 1 award · $124,987
- 1K01AG095334-01A1Department: NIH department codeInvestigating ACE1 R1279Q-Induced Vascular Dysfunction and Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's Disease$124,987award amount
Diana Carolina Perez Rivera
Leads 1 award · $91,445
- 5K00AG088569-03Department: NIH department codePrecision Mapping of Functional Networks in Healthy and Pathological Aging$91,445award amount
Brooke Simonton
Leads 1 award · $50,114
- 5F31AG091984-02Department: NIH department codeInvestigating Sex-Specific Hypothalamic Pathology and Immune Infiltration in Alzheimer's Disease$50,114award amount
Nicholas Bodkin
Leads 1 award · $50,114
- 1F31HG014981-01Department: NIH department codeIncreasing the throughput of variant classification with multiplexed prime editing and single cell long-read technologies$50,114award amount
Mia Suzanne Broad
Leads 1 award · $40,602
- 5F31NS141554-02Department: NIH department codePOISEN: A Bioinformatics Pipeline to Identify Poison Exons in Neurodevelopment$40,602award amount
Ye Eun Esther Yoon
Leads 1 award · $3,000
- 3F30HD120077-01S1Department: NIH department codeInvestigating the role of CHASERR in CHD2 regulation, chromatin architecture, and gene expression during neurodevelopment$3,000award 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.
Also counted toward Northwestern University in the Neurology ranking
Department rankings count awards at these organizations toward Northwestern University. With Northwestern University's own 61 awards (R&D contracts left out), they make up its ranking row: #7, $43,564,867, 62 awards. Each organization's page lists its investigators.