Neurosciences at Penn State College of Medicine

Leads a grant in this department

11 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 · $4,747,255

   • 5UH3DA050325-05Department: 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

     $4,080,192

     award amount
   • 5R01DA060250-02Department: NIH department code

     Cocaine Addition and the Need-State Hypothesis
     $667,063

     award amount

2. Yongsoo Kim

   Leads 2 awards · $4,344,693

   • 5RM1MH138309-02Department: NIH department code

     Cross Scale Interrogation of NPD Genes (SING) in mice

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

     $3,835,481

     award amount
   • 5R01NS136371-02Department: NIH department code

     Neuroanatomy and function of the ventral claustrum-dorsal endopiriform nucleus in mice
     $509,212

     award amount

3. Christopher Chen

   Leads 2 awards · $1,268,279

   • 1R01HL180886-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms underlying sleep disturbances in cerebellar dysfunction
     $682,280

     award amount
   • 1R01NS144457-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Principles Underlying Cerebellothalamocortical Communication
     $585,999

     award amount

4. Amy C Arnold

   Leads 1 award · $706,467

   • 5R01HL170140-03Department: NIH department code

     Angiotensin-(1-7) and Cardiovascular Derangements in Obesity Hypertension

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

     $706,467

     award amount

5. Robert Levenson

   Leads 1 award · $590,671

   • 5T32GM149380-04Department: NIH department code

     Medical Scientist Training Program
     $590,671

     award amount

6. Yuval Silberman

   Leads 1 award · $514,114

   • 5R01AA031470-03Department: NIH department code

     Vagal-hypothalamic modulation of alcohol intake

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

     $514,114

     award amount

7. Jennifer E. Nyland

   Leads 1 award · $405,900

   • 5R35GM146774-05Department: 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 5UH3DA050325-05, led by Patricia Sue Grigson.

8. Brianna Evans

   Leads 1 award · $55,114

   • 5F30DA057043-04Department: NIH department code

     Fentanyl Addiction: Individual Differences, Neural Circuitry, and Treatment with a GLP-1 Receptor Agonist
     $55,114

     award amount

9. Corinne Martins Augusto

   Leads 1 award · $37,259

   • 5F31NS139494-02Department: NIH department code

     Default Mode Network Inflammation as a Supraspinal Mechanism of Pain Chronification
     $37,259

     award amount

10. Charles N Zawatsky

    Leads 1 award · $37,108

    • 1F30DA062499-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Therapeutic efficacy and mechanisms of psilocybin for traumatic stress-induced anxiety and pain hypersensitivity
      $37,108

      award amount

11. Wesley M Raup-Konsavage

    Leads 1 award · $15,000

    • 1R13AT013879-01Department: NIH department code

      2026 American Council for Medicinally Active Plants (ACMAP) Annual Conference from August 17-20, 2026

      Principal investigators: Wesley M Raup-Konsavage (contact PI), Joshua Kellogg

      $15,000

      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.

• Scott C Bunce

  Co-investigator on 5UH3DA050325-05, 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 5UH3DA050325-05, led by Patricia Sue Grigson

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

• Anirban Paul

  Co-investigator on 5RM1MH138309-02, led by Yongsoo Kim

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Penn State College of Medicine · Neurosciences (NIH department code, 1 award)
  • Penn State College of Medicine · Biochemistry (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Vivek Kumar

  Co-investigator on 5RM1MH138309-02, led by Yongsoo Kim

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Jackson Laboratory (no department on record, 2 awards)

• Alfredo Gamboa

  Co-investigator on 5R01HL170140-03, 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 5R01AA031470-03, led by Yuval Silberman

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

• Joshua Kellogg

  Co-investigator on 1R13AT013879-01, led by Wesley M Raup-Konsavage

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