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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurosciences at Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, IL

Funding
$16.2M
$16,224,588
Awards
16
FY2026 NIH awards in Neurosciences
Principal investigators
13
10 lead a grant here, 3 co-investigators
Department rank
#12
of 75 · 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 Rush University Medical Center page.

Leads a grant in this department

10 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. David Alan Bennett

    Leads 3 awards · $6,145,810

    • 2R56AG017917-21A1Department: NIH department code
      Epidemiologic Study of Neural Reserve and Neurobiology of Aging
      $2,628,894
      award amount
    • 5R01AG075927-04Department: NIH department code
      Whole Genome Sequencing and Admixture Analyses of Neuropathologic Traits in White, Black, and Latino Americans and Brazilians
      $2,290,856
      award amount
    • 3R01AG075927-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Whole Genome Sequencing and Admixture Analyses of Neuropathologic Traits in Diverse Cohorts in USA and Brazil
      $1,226,060
      award amount

  2. Francine Grodstein

    Leads 4 awards · $4,146,680

    • 5U01AG084547-03Department: NIH department code
      Mexican Teachers Cohort Study: Genetics and Cognitive Function

      Principal investigators: Francine Grodstein (contact PI), Martin Lajous

      $1,780,537
      award amount
    • 3U01AG084547-03S2Department: NIH department code
      Mexican Teachers Cohort Study: Genetics and Cognitive Function

      Principal investigators: Francine Grodstein (contact PI), Martin Lajous

      $1,678,461
      award amount
    • 5R01AG079226-05Department: NIH department code
      Use of Healthcare Across the Full Continuum of Cognitive Health and Decline in Older Adults

      Principal investigators: Francine Grodstein (contact PI), Julie Pw Bynum

      $625,884
      award amount
    • 3U01AG084547-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Mexican Teachers Cohort Study: Genetics and Cognitive Function

      Principal investigators: Francine Grodstein (contact PI), Martin Lajous

      $61,798
      award amount

  3. Aron S Buchman

    Leads 2 awards · $2,050,600

    • 5R01AG075728-05Department: NIH department code
      Identifying resilience proteins in key motor tissues that drive motor and cognitive decline and offset the negative effects of ADRD pathologies within and outside the brain
      $1,328,020
      award amount
    • 5R01AG079133-05Department: NIH department code
      Thinking about walking: Can digital phenotyping of mobility improve the prediction of Alzheimer's dementia and inform on the pathologies and proteins contributing to this association?
      $722,580
      award amount

  4. Patricia A Boyle

    Leads 1 award · $820,357

    • 5R01AG034374-15Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing the Behavior Profile of Healthy Cognitive Aging
      $820,357
      award amount

  5. Puja Agarwal

    Leads 1 award · $760,029

    • 5R01AG085483-03Department: NIH department code
      Dietary factors, Neuroinflammation, Plasma neurodegenerative biomarkers and Alzheimer’s disease
      $760,029
      award amount

  6. Ali Keshavarzian

    Leads 1 award · $707,331

    • 5R01AA031197-04Department: NIH department code
      Gut Microbiota-Mediated Inflammatory Interactions Between Alcohol Use Disorders and HIV Infection

      Principal investigators: Ali Keshavarzian (contact PI), Mohamed Abdel Mohsen

      $707,331
      award amount

  7. Yanling Wang

    Leads 1 award · $706,933

    • 5R01AG079223-05Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Effect of APOE Alleles on Neuro-Immunity of Human Brain Borders in Normal Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Using Single-Cell Multi-Omics and In Vitro Organoids
      $706,933
      award amount

  8. Rupal I. Mehta

    Leads 1 award · $667,605

    • 4RF1AG083765-02Department: NIH department code
      Mapping the perivascular reticular network in health, aging, and AD
      $667,605
      award amount

  9. Mayra Lorell Estrella

    Leads 1 award · $111,186

    • 5K01AG075353-06Department: NIH department code
      Protective Factors of Cognitive Aging among Latinos in the 50 States and Puerto Rico
      $111,186
      award amount

  10. Alifiya Kapasi

    Leads 1 award · $108,057

    • 5K01AG075177-05Department: NIH department code
      Small vessel disease contributions to neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease
      $108,057
      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.