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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurosciences at Penn State College of Medicine

Hershey, PA

Funding
$14.8M
$14,834,839
Awards
18
FY2025 NIH awards in Neurosciences
Principal investigators
22
15 lead a grant here, 7 co-investigators
Department rank
#15
of 71 · 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 Neurosciences row of the Penn State College of Medicine page.

Leads a grant in this department

15 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. Patricia Sue Grigson

    Leads 2 awards · $5,206,087

    • 5UH3DA050325-04Department: NIH department code
      Use of a GLP-1 Agonist to Treat Opioid Use Disorder in Rats and Man

      Principal investigators: Patricia Sue Grigson (contact PI), Jennifer E. Nyland, Scott C Bunce, Timothy R. Brick

      $4,444,024
      award amount
    • 1R01DA060250-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Cocaine Addition and the Need-State Hypothesis
      $762,063
      award amount

  2. Yongsoo Kim

    Leads 2 awards · $4,024,843

    • 1RM1MH138309-01Department: NIH department code
      Cross Scale Interrogation of NPD Genes (SING) in mice

      Principal investigators: Yongsoo Kim (contact PI), Anirban Paul, Vivek Kumar

      $3,498,931
      award amount
    • 1R01NS136371-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Neuroanatomy and function of the ventral claustrum-dorsal endopiriform nucleus in mice
      $525,912
      award amount

  3. Junxuan Lu

    Leads 1 award · $1,175,356

    • 4R01CA260901-04Department: NIH department code
      Early clinial trials for Angelica herbal supplements for prostate cancer interception

      Principal investigators: Junxuan Lu (contact PI), Monika Joshi

      $1,175,356
      award amount

  4. Amy C Arnold

    Leads 2 awards · $1,169,647

    • 5R01HL170140-02Department: NIH department code
      Angiotensin-(1-7) and Cardiovascular Derangements in Obesity Hypertension

      Principal investigators: Amy C Arnold (contact PI), Alfredo Gamboa

      $719,708
      award amount
    • 5R01HL156986-05Department: NIH department code
      Angiotensin-(1-7) and Hypothalamic control of blood pressure
      $449,939
      award amount

  5. Anirban Paul

    Leads 1 award · $679,690

    • 5R01AG072602-03Department: NIH department code
      Cell-type specific risk and resilience in Alzheimer’s disease and aging
      $679,690
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1RM1MH138309-01, led by Yongsoo Kim.

  6. Robert Levenson

    Leads 1 award · $584,450

    • 5T32GM149380-03Department: NIH department code
      Medical Scientist Training Program
      $584,450
      award amount

  7. Yuval Silberman

    Leads 1 award · $514,114

    • 5R01AA031470-02Department: NIH department code
      Vagal-hypothalamic modulation of alcohol intake

      Principal investigators: Yuval Silberman (contact PI), Andras Hajnal

      $514,114
      award amount

  8. Yang Yang

    Leads 1 award · $476,375

    • 5R01AG071675-03Department: NIH department code
      Discovery of functionally selective dopamine ligands for age-related cognitive decline

      Principal investigators: Yang Yang (contact PI), Nikolay Dokholyan, Richard B Mailman

      $476,375
      award amount

  9. Jennifer E. Nyland

    Leads 1 award · $405,900

    • 5R35GM146774-04Department: NIH department code
      Immune and neuroendocrine mediators of sex-differences in pain following traumatic burn injury
      $405,900
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5UH3DA050325-04, led by Patricia Sue Grigson.

  10. Christopher Chen

    Leads 1 award · $220,746

    • 5R00NS110978-05Department: NIH department code
      Cerebellar Outputs Through an Unconventional Nucleus
      $220,746
      award amount

  11. Shilpi Paul

    Leads 1 award · $166,800

    • 5R03AG081828-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of Y-family DNA polymerase Pol kappa in aging and Alzheimer's disease
      $166,800
      award amount

  12. Nikolay Dokholyan

    Leads 1 award · $110,983

    • 2R35GM134864-06Department: NIH department code
      Nanoscale programing of celluar and physiological phenotypes
      $110,983
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AG071675-03, led by Yang Yang.

  13. Brianna Evans

    Leads 1 award · $54,538

    • 5F30DA057043-03Department: NIH department code
      Fentanyl Addiction: Individual Differences, Neural Circuitry, and Treatment with a GLP-1 Receptor Agonist
      $54,538
      award amount

  14. Corinne Martins Augusto

    Leads 1 award · $36,562

    • 1F31NS139494-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Default Mode Network Inflammation as a Supraspinal Mechanism of Pain Chronification
      $36,562
      award amount

  15. Victoria Lynn Vernail

    Leads 1 award · $8,748

    • 5F31HL170693-03Department: NIH department code
      Angiotensin-(1-7) engages hypothalamic arcuate-paraventricular nucleus inhibitory pathways to lower blood pressure
      $8,748
      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.

  • Scott C Bunce

    Co-investigator on 5UH3DA050325-04, led by Patricia Sue Grigson

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

  • Timothy R. Brick

    Co-investigator on 5UH3DA050325-04, led by Patricia Sue Grigson

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

  • Vivek Kumar

    Co-investigator on 1RM1MH138309-01, led by Yongsoo Kim

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Monika Joshi

    Co-investigator on 4R01CA260901-04, led by Junxuan Lu

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

  • Alfredo Gamboa

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL170140-02, led by Amy C Arnold

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

  • Andras Hajnal

    Co-investigator on 5R01AA031470-02, led by Yuval Silberman

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

  • Richard B Mailman

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG071675-03, led by Yang Yang

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