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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Psychiatry at NYU Grossman School of Medicine

New York, NY

Funding
$49.3M
$49,341,062
Awards
60
FY2026 NIH awards in Psychiatry
Principal investigators
62
43 lead a grant here, 19 co-investigators
Department rank
#8
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 NYU Grossman School of Medicine page.

Leads a grant in this department

43 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. Jennifer McNeely

    Leads 2 awards · $8,079,721

  2. Charles J Neighbors

    Leads 4 awards · $4,596,126

    • 5RM1DA059377-04Department: NIH department code
      Person-centered quality measurement and management in a system for addictions treatment in New York State

      Principal investigators: Charles J Neighbors (contact PI), Andrew Heck, Patricia Lincourt

      $2,138,710
      award amount
    • 5R33DA057683-05Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging regulatory flexibility for methadone take-home dosing to improve retention in treatment for opioid use disorder: A stepped-wedge randomized trial to facilitate clinic level changes

      Principal investigators: Charles J Neighbors (contact PI), Ashly Elizabeth Jordan, Yuhua Bao

      $1,066,324
      award amount
    • 5R01DA057267-04Department: NIH department code
      Organizational factors associated with quality of care for opioid use disorders among transition-age adults in Medicaid
      $696,133
      award amount
    • 5R01DA054141-05Department: NIH department code
      Addictions treatment organizational response to 2020 public health policy changes: impact on quality of care
      $694,959
      award amount
  3. Paul W Glimcher

    Leads 1 award · $3,550,516

    • 1RF1AG097882-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The Curse of Choice In Elders and Its Remediation

      Principal investigators: Paul W Glimcher (contact PI), Esther Marian Blessing

      $3,550,516
      award amount
  4. Einar M Sigurdsson

    Leads 3 awards · $2,429,284

    • 1U01AG098785-01Department: NIH department code
      Drug development of single domain antibodies to treat dementias with synucleinopathy
      $1,074,242
      award amount
    • 5R01AG032611-19Department: NIH department code
      Clearance and In Vivo Detection of Tau Pathology
      $677,747
      award amount
    • 5R01NS077239-15Department: NIH department code
      Epitope-Specific Targeting of Tau Aggregates
      $677,295
      award amount
  5. Ayana Jordan

    Leads 3 awards · $2,232,663

    • 5UC2CA293834-02Department: NIH department code
      The NYU Hub for Community-Led Research

      Principal investigators: Ayana Jordan (contact PI), Brian Elbel, Chau Trinh-Shevrin, Lorna Thorpe

      $1,500,000
      award amount
    • 5R01DA057651-03Department: NIH department code
      Integrated Safety Optimization Services for People Who Use Drugs In Targeted Areas Of High Overdose Rates
      $605,663
      award amount
    • 3R01AA028778-06S1Department: NIH department code
      Addressing Alcohol Use Disorder by Providing Treatment in the Church
      $127,000
      award amount
  6. Dayu Lin

    Leads 3 awards · $2,072,627

    • 5R01MH101377-14Department: NIH department code
      Deconstruction of a Neural Circuit for Aggression
      $746,458
      award amount
    • 5R01HD116127-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigate the Neural Circuits of Infant-Directed Behaviors
      $712,942
      award amount
    • 5R01MH124927-05Department: NIH department code
      The Neural Mechanisms of Winner and Loser Effect
      $613,227
      award amount
  7. Moriah E Thomason

    Leads 1 award · $1,867,806

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01MH140431-01A1, led by Clare McCormack.

  8. Omonigho A Michael Bubu

    Leads 1 award · $1,750,656

    • 5R01AG082278-04Department: NIH department code
      Using a Health Disparity Research Framework to examine mechanisms linking Obstructive Sleep Apnea with higher Alzheimer’s disease risk in older Blacks/African-Americans
      $1,750,656
      award amount
  9. Courtney Filippi

    Leads 2 awards · $1,693,041

    • 1R01MH145306-01Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing neural signatures of anxiety risk in infancy
      $855,442
      award amount
    • 1R01MH142533-01Department: NIH department code
      Big data, developing brains: The neurobiological origins of fearful temperament

      Principal investigators: Courtney Filippi (contact PI), Anderson M Winkler

      $837,599
      award amount
  10. Jaime Ramos-Cejudo

    Leads 1 award · $1,547,425

    • 5R01AG092953-02Department: NIH department code
      Peripheral immunity and the aging brain: Studying the relationship of platelet and neutrophil activity with markers of vascular contributions to cognitive decline and dementia
      $1,547,425
      award amount
  11. Andrew Cleek

    Leads 1 award · $1,540,114

    • 5P50HD112027-04Department: NIH department code
      The Center on Causal Data Science for Child Maltreatment Prevention (the CHAMP Center)

      Principal investigators: Andrew Cleek (contact PI), Erich Kummerfeld (contact PI), Glenn N Saxe (contact PI), Mary C Acri (contact PI), Sisi Ma (contact PI)

      $1,540,114
      award amount
  12. Erich Kummerfeld

    Leads 1 award · $1,540,114

    • 5P50HD112027-04Department: NIH department code
      The Center on Causal Data Science for Child Maltreatment Prevention (the CHAMP Center)

      Principal investigators: Andrew Cleek (contact PI), Erich Kummerfeld (contact PI), Glenn N Saxe (contact PI), Mary C Acri (contact PI), Sisi Ma (contact PI)

      $1,540,114
      award amount
  13. Glenn N Saxe

    Leads 1 award · $1,540,114

    • 5P50HD112027-04Department: NIH department code
      The Center on Causal Data Science for Child Maltreatment Prevention (the CHAMP Center)

      Principal investigators: Andrew Cleek (contact PI), Erich Kummerfeld (contact PI), Glenn N Saxe (contact PI), Mary C Acri (contact PI), Sisi Ma (contact PI)

      $1,540,114
      award amount
  14. Mary C Acri

    Leads 1 award · $1,540,114

    • 5P50HD112027-04Department: NIH department code
      The Center on Causal Data Science for Child Maltreatment Prevention (the CHAMP Center)

      Principal investigators: Andrew Cleek (contact PI), Erich Kummerfeld (contact PI), Glenn N Saxe (contact PI), Mary C Acri (contact PI), Sisi Ma (contact PI)

      $1,540,114
      award amount
  15. Sisi Ma

    Leads 1 award · $1,540,114

    • 5P50HD112027-04Department: NIH department code
      The Center on Causal Data Science for Child Maltreatment Prevention (the CHAMP Center)

      Principal investigators: Andrew Cleek (contact PI), Erich Kummerfeld (contact PI), Glenn N Saxe (contact PI), Mary C Acri (contact PI), Sisi Ma (contact PI)

      $1,540,114
      award amount
  16. Candace M Raio

    Leads 2 awards · $1,462,801

    • 1R01DK146063-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Identifying Neural and Computational Underpinnings of Self-Control Costs in Obesity and Loss-of-Control Eating

      Principal investigators: Candace M Raio (contact PI), Laura A. Berner

      $861,091
      award amount
    • 5R01MH130532-04Department: NIH department code
      Neural and affective mechanisms underlying prospective self-control costs
      $601,710
      award amount
  17. Stephen Ross

    Leads 2 awards · $1,361,970

    • 1R01CA312541-01Department: NIH department code
      Psilocybin-assisted Psychotherapy to Treat Fear of Cancer Recurrence in Early- Stage Breast Cancer

      Principal investigators: Stephen Ross (contact PI), Stacy M Fischer

      $693,638
      award amount
    • 5R01CA268521-05Department: NIH department code
      Psilocybin Therapy for Advanced Cancer-related Psychiatric Distress

      Principal investigators: Stephen Ross (contact PI), Stacy M Fischer

      $668,332
      award amount
  18. Tanya Sippy

    Leads 3 awards · $1,286,731

    • 5R01MH130658-05Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting the Synaptic and Cellular Actions of Dopamine in Vivo
      $698,220
      award amount
    • 5R01NS126391-05Department: NIH department code
      Sensory Plasticity in the Auditory Striatum as an Impetus for Action Control
      $478,319
      award amount
    • 3R01NS126391-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Sensory Plasticity in the Auditory Striatum as an Impetus for Action Control
      $110,192
      award amount
  19. Lauren Christine Shuffrey

    Leads 2 awards · $1,212,930

    • 1R01AA032811-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Adolescent Pathways Linking Prenatal Alcohol Exposure to Adult Externalizing Outcomes: A Longitudinal Prospective US Birth Cohort Study

      Principal investigators: Lauren Christine Shuffrey (contact PI), Santiago Morales

      $746,805
      award amount
    • 1R21HD123164-01Department: NIH department code
      Study of Early-life Attention through Looking (SEAL): Validating scalable, gaze-based executive function tasks for infants and toddlers
      $466,125
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 4U01DA055338-06, led by Moriah E Thomason.

  20. Keng-Yen Huang

    Leads 4 awards · $928,072

    • 5R01MH134148-03Department: NIH department code
      Testing multi-level scale-up strategies to implement a school-based population approach of mental health preventive intervention

      Principal investigators: Keng-Yen Huang (contact PI), Janet Nakigudde

      $408,775
      award amount
    • 3R01MH134148-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Testing multi-level scale-up strategies to implement a school-based population approach of mental health preventive intervention

      Principal investigators: Keng-Yen Huang (contact PI), Janet Nakigudde

      $235,610
      award amount
    • 5R33MH131041-04Department: NIH department code
      Promoting Mental Health of Teachers and Caregivers using a Personalized mHealth Toolkit in Uganda

      Principal investigators: Keng-Yen Huang (contact PI), Janet Nakigudde

      $186,555
      award amount
    • 3R33MH131041-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Promoting Mental Health of Teachers and Caregivers using a Personalized mHealth Toolkit in Uganda

      Principal investigators: Keng-Yen Huang (contact PI), Janet Nakigudde

      $97,132
      award amount
  21. Joshua Sarfaty Siegel

    Leads 1 award · $871,225

    • 1R01MH142698-01Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Reward Circuits: Psilocybin as a Novel Therapy for Residual Anhedonia
      $871,225
      award amount
  22. Hyung D Ryoo

    Leads 2 awards · $843,913

    • 5R35GM148357-04Department: NIH department code
      Translational control of stress response signaling
      $423,750
      award amount
    • 5R01EY020866-16Department: NIH department code
      Unfolded Protein Response in Drosophila models of Retinitis Pigmentosa
      $420,163
      award amount
  23. Stephen D Ginsberg

    Leads 1 award · $805,422

    • 4R01AG077103-02Department: NIH department code
      Septhohippocamal connectome dysfunction in Down syndrome associated with Alzheimer’s disease pathophysiology

      Principal investigators: Stephen D Ginsberg (contact PI), Grace E. Stutzmann

      $805,422
      award amount
  24. Katharina Schultebraucks

    Leads 1 award · $799,843

    • 5R01MH129856-05Department: NIH department code
      Point-of-care prognostic modeling of PTSD risk after traumatic event exposure using digital biomarkers and clinical data from electronic health records in the emergency department setting (PREDICT)
      $799,843
      award amount
  25. Matthew J Hoptman

    Leads 1 award · $791,913

    • 5R01MH136161-03Department: NIH department code
      A Transdiagnostic Study of Emotional Impulsivity in Suicidal Ideation and Behavior
      $791,913
      award amount
  26. Clare McCormack

    Leads 1 award · $771,272

    • 1R01MH140431-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Prenatal maternal brain plasticity and associations with maternal and infant neurobehavioral health

      Principal investigators: Clare McCormack (contact PI), Moriah E Thomason

      $771,272
      award amount
  27. Alexandra Ursache

    Leads 1 award · $744,499

    • 5R01HL175274-03Department: NIH department code
      Long-term population-level impact of a school-based parenting-focused intervention to prevent obesity
      $744,499
      award amount
  28. Magdalena Janecka

    Leads 1 award · $727,664

    • 1R01HD123105-01Department: NIH department code
      Child Health Impacts of Injury in Pregnancy (CHIIP)

      Principal investigators: Magdalena Janecka (contact PI), Akhgar Ghassabian

      $727,664
      award amount
  29. Carla Nasca

    Leads 1 award · $694,188

    • 5R01MH128311-05Department: NIH department code
      A translational approach for novel mechanisms of epigenetic regulation in treatment responses: toward a precision medicine model
      $694,188
      award amount
  30. Michael Parks Bogenschutz

    Leads 1 award · $652,030

    • 5R01AA031417-03Department: NIH department code
      Neural mechanisms of psilocybin-assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder.
      $652,030
      award amount
  31. Esther Marian Blessing

    Leads 2 awards · $617,151

    • 3R01AG080769-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Sleep and Temperature Disturbance as risk factors for Alzheimer's Disease in Down Syndrome: a Longitudinal Study

      Principal investigators: Esther Marian Blessing (contact PI), Juan Fortea

      $377,253
      award amount
    • 4R01AG080769-02Department: NIH department code
      Sleep and Temperature Disturbance as risk factors for Alzheimer's Disease in Down Syndrome: a Longitudinal Study

      Principal investigators: Esther Marian Blessing (contact PI), Juan Fortea

      $239,898
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1RF1AG097882-01A1, led by Paul W Glimcher.

  32. Robert Milton Sears

    Leads 1 award · $506,023

    • 5R01MH130603-04Department: NIH department code
      Brainstem Modulation of Proactive Coping
      $506,023
      award amount
  33. Zhe Sage Chen

    Leads 1 award · $504,045

    • 5R01MH139352-03Department: NIH department code
      CRCNS: Dissection and control of cognitive thalamocortical dynamics

      Principal investigators: Zhe Sage Chen (contact PI), Michael M Halassa

      $504,045
      award amount
  34. Catia Teixeira

    Leads 1 award · $464,413

    • 5R01HD110541-04Department: NIH department code
      Role of PFC Activity in the Behavioral Deficits Induced by Maternal Separation
      $464,413
      award amount
  35. Matteo Malgaroli

    Leads 1 award · $394,218

    • 4K23MH134068-04Department: NIH department code
      Deep Learning Based Natural Language Processing Markers of Anxiety and Depression
      $394,218
      award amount
  36. Jerzy Eisenberg-Guyot

    Leads 1 award · $248,999

    • 4R00AG081545-03Department: NIH department code
      Analyzing the roles of workplace position and agency in health over the life course
      $248,999
      award amount
  37. Lanxin Ji

    Leads 1 award · $245,782

    • 4R00HD113873-03Department: NIH department code
      Human Brain Connectome Changes Across the Birth Transition
      $245,782
      award amount
  38. Molly T Finnerty

    Leads 1 award · $211,875

    • 5R01MH137629-03Department: NIH department code
      3/5 Clinical Outcome Prediction of Psychosis from Electronic Health Records (COPPER)
      $211,875
      award amount
  39. William G Frankle

    Leads 1 award · $211,875

    • 5R21MH136644-02Department: NIH department code
      In vivo assessment of the mitochondrial complex I in subjects with schizophrenia
      $211,875
      award amount
  40. Andrew Howard Smith

    Leads 1 award · $194,940

    • 7K23MH135238-03Department: NIH department code
      Direct characterization and correction of circuit level computational deficits underlying compulsivity in humans
      $194,940
      award amount
  41. Broc Anthony Pagni

    Leads 1 award · $155,885

    • 1K99AA032334-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Transdiagnostic and addiction-specific neural mechanisms of psilocybin therapy in alcohol use disorder
      $155,885
      award amount
  42. Melissa L Cooper

    Leads 1 award · $141,102

    • 5K99NS139313-02Department: NIH department code
      Astrocyte Network Facilitation of Neuroplasticity
      $141,102
      award amount
  43. Changyi Ji

    Leads 1 award · $130,302

    • 5K01AG092910-02Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the selective vulnerability of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons to tauopathy
      $130,302
      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 N Campbell

    Co-investigator on 5UG1DA013035-25, led by Jennifer McNeely; 3UG1DA013035-25S1, led by Jennifer McNeely

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

  • Edward V. Nunes

    Co-investigator on 5UG1DA013035-25, led by Jennifer McNeely; 3UG1DA013035-25S1, led by Jennifer McNeely

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

  • Andrew Heck

    Co-investigator on 5RM1DA059377-04, led by Charles J Neighbors

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

  • Patricia Lincourt

    Co-investigator on 5RM1DA059377-04, led by Charles J Neighbors

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

  • Obianuju Berry

    Co-investigator on 4U01DA055338-06, led by Moriah E Thomason

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

  • Brian Elbel

    Co-investigator on 5UC2CA293834-02, led by Ayana Jordan

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Chau Trinh-Shevrin

    Co-investigator on 5UC2CA293834-02, led by Ayana Jordan

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Lorna Thorpe

    Co-investigator on 5UC2CA293834-02, led by Ayana Jordan

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Stacy M Fischer

    Co-investigator on 1R01CA312541-01, led by Stephen Ross; 5R01CA268521-05, led by Stephen Ross

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Ashly Elizabeth Jordan

    Co-investigator on 5R33DA057683-05, led by Charles J Neighbors

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

  • Yuhua Bao

    Co-investigator on 5R33DA057683-05, led by Charles J Neighbors

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Janet Nakigudde

    Co-investigator on 5R01MH134148-03, led by Keng-Yen Huang; 3R01MH134148-03S1, led by Keng-Yen Huang; 5R33MH131041-04, led by Keng-Yen Huang; 3R33MH131041-04S1, led by Keng-Yen Huang

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

  • Laura A. Berner

    Co-investigator on 1R01DK146063-01A1, led by Candace M Raio

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Anderson M Winkler

    Co-investigator on 1R01MH142533-01, led by Courtney Filippi

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Grace E. Stutzmann

    Co-investigator on 4R01AG077103-02, led by Stephen D Ginsberg

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Santiago Morales

    Co-investigator on 1R01AA032811-01A1, led by Lauren Christine Shuffrey

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

  • Akhgar Ghassabian

    Co-investigator on 1R01HD123105-01, led by Magdalena Janecka

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Juan Fortea

    Co-investigator on 3R01AG080769-02S1, led by Esther Marian Blessing; 4R01AG080769-02, led by Esther Marian Blessing

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

  • Michael M Halassa

    Co-investigator on 5R01MH139352-03, led by Zhe Sage Chen

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads