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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Psychology at Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA

Funding
$14.7M
$14,695,993
Awards
25
FY2026 NIH awards in Psychology
Principal investigators
28
20 lead a grant here, 8 co-investigators
Department rank
Not ranked
Outside the 27 ranked departments
  • 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 Psychology row of the Pennsylvania State University page.

Leads a grant in this department

20 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. Koraly E Perez-Edgar

    Leads 4 awards · $2,231,847

    • 4U01DA055361-06Department: NIH department code
      13/24 The Healthy Brain and Child Development National Consortium

      Principal investigators: Koraly E Perez-Edgar (contact PI), Aleksandra Ewa Zgierska

      $1,187,398
      award amount
    • 5R01MH130007-05Department: NIH department code
      Parent-to-child anxiety transmission in early childhood: Capturing in-the-moment mechanisms through emotion modeling and biological synchrony

      Principal investigators: Koraly E Perez-Edgar (contact PI), Susan B Perlman

      $1,003,884
      award amount
    • 3R01MH130007-05S2Department: NIH department code
      Parent-to-child anxiety transmission in early childhood: Capturing in-the-moment mechanisms through emotion modeling and biological synchrony

      Principal investigators: Koraly E Perez-Edgar (contact PI), Susan B Perlman

      $21,026
      award amount
    • 3R01MH130007-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Parent-to-child anxiety transmission in early childhood: Capturing in-the-moment mechanisms through emotion modeling and biological synchrony

      Principal investigators: Koraly E Perez-Edgar (contact PI), Susan B Perlman

      $19,539
      award amount
  2. Katie L Burkhouse

    Leads 2 awards · $1,333,417

    • 5R01MH134870-03Department: NIH department code
      Charting Positive Valence Systems Trajectories in Offspring of Depressed Mothers to Predict Internalizing Symptoms in Early Childhood

      Principal investigators: Katie L Burkhouse (contact PI), Autumn J Kujawa

      $765,486
      award amount
    • 5R01MH130437-04Department: NIH department code
      Neurodevelopmental Mechanisms Underlying the Onset of Depression Amount At-Risk Youth: The Role of Dysregulation in the Negative Valence System
      $567,931
      award amount
  3. Stephanie T Lanza

    Leads 2 awards · $1,146,881

    • 5R01DA057588-04Department: NIH department code
      Promoting Rapid Uptake of Multilevel Latent Class Modeling via Best Practices: Investigating Heterogeneity in Daily Substance Use Patterns
      $652,573
      award amount
    • 2T32DA017629-21Department: NIH department code
      Prevention and Methodology Training (PAMT)

      Principal investigators: Stephanie T Lanza (contact PI), Eric D Claus, Rina D Eiden

      $494,308
      award amount
  4. Martha E Wadsworth

    Leads 1 award · $1,048,547

    • 5R01MH134938-03Department: NIH department code
      Confirmatory Efficacy of the Building a Strong Identity and Coping Skills Program for Low-Income Young Adolescents
      $1,048,547
      award amount
  5. Rina D Eiden

    Leads 1 award · $804,098

    • 5R01DA060217-02Department: NIH department code
      Pre/postnatal substance exposure, maternal distress, and adolescent risk behaviors: Role of parent-child interpersonal processes at macro and micro time scales

      Principal investigators: Rina D Eiden (contact PI), Emily B Ansell, Pamela Schuetze

      $804,098
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2T32DA017629-21, led by Stephanie T Lanza.

  6. Idan Shalev

    Leads 1 award · $776,599

    • 5R01DK139357-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating Multiple Biological Mechanisms of Obesity in a High-Risk Pediatric Cohort with Confirmed Maltreatment
      $776,599
      award amount
  7. Jessica G. Caron

    Leads 1 award · $766,451

    • 1R01DC023226-01Department: NIH department code
      Enhancing Orthographic Communication and Literacy Outcomes for AAC Users: Investigating Effective Instructional Strategies
      $766,451
      award amount
  8. Krista M Wilkinson

    Leads 1 award · $696,698

    • 4R01DC020622-02Department: NIH department code
      A Physiologically Integrated Approach to Studying Mechanisms of Speech Production and Swallow Function in Down Syndrome
      $696,698
      award amount
  9. Sarah C Myruski

    Leads 1 award · $692,178

    • 5R01MH135477-04Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of Digital Media Use, Anxiety, and Biobehavioral Emotion Regulation in Adolescents
      $692,178
      award amount
  10. Emily B Ansell

    Leads 1 award · $676,386

    • 5R01DA056137-04Department: NIH department code
      Neurobehavioral Effects of Frequent Co-use of Alcohol and Cannabis

      Principal investigators: Emily B Ansell (contact PI), Eric D Claus

      $676,386
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DA060217-02, led by Rina D Eiden.

  11. Asher Y. Rosinger

    Leads 1 award · $663,605

    • 5R01ES035402-03Department: NIH department code
      Drinking water salinity in a hot-dry environment: Hydration, kidney function, and blood pressure
      $663,605
      award amount
  12. Jennifer Elise Graham-Engeland

    Leads 1 award · $660,352

    • 5R01HL167642-04Department: NIH department code
      The effects of pandemic-related stressors on change in CVD Risk: The protective role of universal prevention

      Principal investigators: Jennifer Elise Graham-Engeland (contact PI), Mark Ethan Feinberg

      $660,352
      award amount
  13. Anne Olmstead

    Leads 1 award · $628,981

    • 5R01DC021714-03Department: NIH department code
      Evaluating Verbal Communication in Structured Interactions: Theoretical and Clinical Implications

      Principal investigators: Anne Olmstead (contact PI), Ji Min Lee, Navin Viswanathan

      $628,981
      award amount
  14. Michael Arthur Russell

    Leads 1 award · $617,341

    • 5R01AA031466-03Department: NIH department code
      A prospective examination of TAC features as predictors of consequences and alcohol use disorders
      $617,341
      award amount
  15. Nancy Anne Dennis

    Leads 1 award · $565,079

    • 5R01AG086317-03Department: NIH department code
      The use of high-resolution fMRI to elucidate the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying the benefits of environmental support on associative memory in younger and older adults
      $565,079
      award amount
  16. Stephen Jeffrey Wilson

    Leads 1 award · $439,297

    • 5R01DA055774-05Department: NIH department code
      Linking brain network dynamics to imminent smoking lapse risk and behavior
      $439,297
      award amount
  17. Robert J Turrisi

    Leads 1 award · $329,842

    • 5R01AA030262-05Department: NIH department code
      A randomized clinical trial: Examining a brief parent-intervention to reduce college student drinking and cannabis use
      $329,842
      award amount
  18. Kimberly Robyn Wiersielis

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00ES033256-04Department: NIH department code
      The interaction of perinatal organophosphate flame retardant exposure and adult chronic stress on cognitive processing
      $249,000
      award amount
  19. Johnathan Borland

    Leads 1 award · $248,995

    • 4R00MH132772-03Department: NIH department code
      Synaptic plasticity underlying sex differences in aggression reward
      $248,995
      award amount
  20. Hasan Alp Aytuglu

    Leads 1 award · $120,399

    • 1K99HD122106-01Department: NIH department code
      Biobehavioral Synchrony and Hormonal Correlates of Parenting from Pregnancy to Toddlerhood: A Longitudinal, Multi-Method Study of First-Time Fathers and Mothers
      $120,399
      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.

  • Aleksandra Ewa Zgierska

    Co-investigator on 4U01DA055361-06, led by Koraly E Perez-Edgar

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Eric D Claus

    Co-investigator on 5R01DA056137-04, led by Emily B Ansell; 2T32DA017629-21, led by Stephanie T Lanza

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

  • Susan B Perlman

    Co-investigator on 5R01MH130007-05, led by Koraly E Perez-Edgar; 3R01MH130007-05S2, led by Koraly E Perez-Edgar; 3R01MH130007-05S1, led by Koraly E Perez-Edgar

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Pamela Schuetze

    Co-investigator on 5R01DA060217-02, led by Rina D Eiden

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

  • Autumn J Kujawa

    Co-investigator on 5R01MH134870-03, led by Katie L Burkhouse

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Mark Ethan Feinberg

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL167642-04, led by Jennifer Elise Graham-Engeland

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Ji Min Lee

    Co-investigator on 5R01DC021714-03, led by Anne Olmstead

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

  • Navin Viswanathan

    Co-investigator on 5R01DC021714-03, led by Anne Olmstead

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