Psychiatry at Penn State College of Medicine

Leads a grant in this department

5 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. Alexandros N Vgontzas

   Leads 2 awards · $1,690,288

   • 5UH3HL161342-04Department: NIH department code

     1/2 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trazodone Effects on Sleep and Blood Pressure in Insomnia Phenotypes Based on Objective Sleep Duration: A Sequential Cohort/Randomized Controlled Trial

     Principal investigators: Alexandros N Vgontzas (contact PI), Charles M. Morin, Daniel J. Buysse, Elizabeth Devon Smith, Jennifer Lynn Taylor Cousar, Julio Fernandez-Mendoza

     $1,415,302

     award amount
   • 3UH3HL161342-04S1Department: NIH department code

     1/2 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trazodone Effects on Sleep and Blood Pressure in Insomnia Phenotypes Based on Objective Sleep Duration: A Sequential Cohort/Randomized Controlled Trial

     Principal investigators: Alexandros N Vgontzas (contact PI), Charles M. Morin, Daniel J. Buysse, Elizabeth Devon Smith, Jennifer Lynn Taylor Cousar, Julio Fernandez-Mendoza

     $274,986

     award amount

2. Kristina Puzino Lenker

   Leads 2 awards · $875,551

   • 1R34MH141224-01Department: NIH department code

     Transdiagnostic Sleep and Circadian Treatment for Autistic Adolescents
     $704,700

     award amount
   • 1K23HD118526-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Engaging Stakeholders to Optimize an Evidence Based Transdiagnostic Sleep & Circadian Intervention for Autistic Adults
     $170,851

     award amount

3. Dara E Babinski

   Leads 1 award · $797,405

   • 5R01MH132620-03Department: NIH department code

     Testing Developmental Mechanisms of Personality Impairment in Youth
     $797,405

     award amount

4. Julio Fernandez-Mendoza

   Leads 1 award · $785,482

   • 5R01MH136472-03Department: NIH department code

     Developmental Trajectories of Sleep EEG Biomarkers and Risk of Psychopathology Through Young Adulthood

     Principal investigators: Julio Fernandez-Mendoza (contact PI), Jidong Fang

     $785,482

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 5UH3HL161342-04, led by Alexandros N Vgontzas; 3UH3HL161342-04S1, led by Alexandros N Vgontzas.

5. James Gaier Waxmonsky

   Leads 1 award · $677,683

   • 5R01MH137647-02Department: NIH department code

     Identification of Neural Markers of Aggression and Irritability and Their Capacity to Predict Treatment Response to CNS Stimulant Medication in Youth with ADHD
     $677,683

     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.

• Charles M. Morin

  Co-investigator on 5UH3HL161342-04, led by Alexandros N Vgontzas; 3UH3HL161342-04S1, led by Alexandros N Vgontzas

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

• Daniel J. Buysse

  Co-investigator on 5UH3HL161342-04, led by Alexandros N Vgontzas; 3UH3HL161342-04S1, led by Alexandros N Vgontzas

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Pittsburgh · Psychiatry (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Elizabeth Devon Smith

  Co-investigator on 5UH3HL161342-04, led by Alexandros N Vgontzas; 3UH3HL161342-04S1, led by Alexandros N Vgontzas

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • National Jewish Health (no department on record, 1 award)

• Jennifer Lynn Taylor Cousar

  Co-investigator on 5UH3HL161342-04, led by Alexandros N Vgontzas; 3UH3HL161342-04S1, led by Alexandros N Vgontzas

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

• Jidong Fang

  Co-investigator on 5R01MH136472-03, led by Julio Fernandez-Mendoza

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