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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Psychology at Rutgers University

Newark, NJ

Funding
$4.9M
$4,856,041
Awards
13
FY2026 NIH awards in Psychology
Principal investigators
18
10 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 Rutgers University 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. Mauricio R. Delgado

    Leads 3 awards · $1,507,215

    • 1T32GM161939-01Department: NIH department code
      Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) (T32) at Rutgers University-Newark

      Principal investigators: Mauricio R. Delgado (contact PI), Barry Richard Komisaruk

      $581,440
      award amount
    • 5R01DA053311-05Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing the neural mechanisms of social connection

      Principal investigators: Mauricio R. Delgado (contact PI), Luke Joseph Chang

      $494,025
      award amount
    • 1R21MH145224-01Department: NIH department code
      Identifying social media behaviors that generate social connections and mitigate distress in early adolescence

      Principal investigators: Mauricio R. Delgado (contact PI), Karen E Smith, Samantha Heintzelman

      $431,750
      award amount
  2. Denise Aimee Hien

    Leads 2 awards · $1,459,483

    • 5R01DA061338-02Department: NIH department code
      Advancing patient-centered research using meta-analysis of individual patient data to identify clinically significant trajectories of PTSD/SUD and recovery outcomes

      Principal investigators: Denise Aimee Hien (contact PI), Antonio A Morgan-Lopez

      $794,703
      award amount
    • 5R01MH132720-03Department: NIH department code
      Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of Massed PTSD Treatment in a Community Substance Use Program

      Principal investigators: Denise Aimee Hien (contact PI), Sonya Norman

      $664,780
      award amount
  3. Nicole M Cain

    Leads 1 award · $663,374

    • 5R01MH133713-02Department: NIH department code
      Multimodal assessment of social disconnection as a proximal risk for suicide ideation in late life.
      $663,374
      award amount
  4. Joshua Morris Langberg

    Leads 1 award · $616,590

    • 5R33MH131632-04Department: NIH department code
      Development of a Novel Virtual Reality Treatment for Emerging Adults with ADHD

      Principal investigators: Joshua Morris Langberg (contact PI), David Carroll Shepherd

      $616,590
      award amount
  5. Brianna Rose Altman

    Leads 1 award · $231,321

    • 5K23DA060293-02Department: NIH department code
      A Multi-Method Study of Momentary Distress Intolerance and Combustible Cigarette Smoking
      $231,321
      award amount
  6. Bridget Matikainen-Ankney

    Leads 1 award · $117,750

    • 1R03DK149009-01Department: NIH department code
      Prelimbic to accumbal maladaptations in obesity and semaglutide-induced weight loss
      $117,750
      award amount
  7. William John Mitchell

    Leads 1 award · $81,580

    • 1F32DA065392-01Department: NIH department code
      Neural and Behavioral Correlates of Similarity, Trustworthiness, and Stress in Decision-Making
      $81,580
      award amount
  8. Michael William Shiflett

    Leads 1 award · $78,500

    • 5R03MH136615-02Department: NIH department code
      Motivational control of sensory-seeking behavior and its relevance to behavioral addictions

      Principal investigators: Michael William Shiflett (contact PI), Elizabeth N. Holly

      $78,500
      award amount
  9. Alma Bitran

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31MH143440-01Department: NIH department code
      Developing a Measure to Characterize Suicide-Related Disclosure Processes in Adolescents and Caregivers
      $50,114
      award amount
  10. Simone Imani Boyd

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31MH139239-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Short-Term Effects of Adolescent Social Media Experiences on Suicidal Ideation: Examining the Roles of Identity Exploration and Functioning
      $50,114
      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.

  • Antonio A Morgan-Lopez

    Co-investigator on 5R01DA061338-02, led by Denise Aimee Hien

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

  • Sonya Norman

    Co-investigator on 5R01MH132720-03, led by Denise Aimee Hien

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

  • David Carroll Shepherd

    Co-investigator on 5R33MH131632-04, led by Joshua Morris Langberg

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

  • Barry Richard Komisaruk

    Co-investigator on 1T32GM161939-01, led by Mauricio R. Delgado

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Luke Joseph Chang

    Co-investigator on 5R01DA053311-05, led by Mauricio R. Delgado

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Karen E Smith

    Co-investigator on 1R21MH145224-01, led by Mauricio R. Delgado

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

  • Samantha Heintzelman

    Co-investigator on 1R21MH145224-01, led by Mauricio R. Delgado

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

  • Elizabeth N. Holly

    Co-investigator on 5R03MH136615-02, led by Michael William Shiflett

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads