FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Neurosciences at University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
- 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 University of Alabama at Birmingham page.
Leads a grant in this department
14 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.
Jamie Peters
Leads 3 awards · $1,492,719
- 5R01DA056660-04Department: NIH department codeTarget Specificity of Tabernanthalog Treatment in Opioid Use Disorder
Principal investigators: Jamie Peters (contact PI), Jasper Heinsbroek
$535,758award amount - 5R01DA058951-04Department: NIH department codePrefrontal mechanisms underlying polydrug heroin and alcohol use$481,190award amount
- 5R01DA061766-02Department: NIH department codePrefrontal circuits controlling heroin seeking$475,771award amount
Also a principal investigator on 1R01DA066682-01, led by Jeremy J Day.
Jeremy J Day
Leads 2 awards · $1,300,994
- 1R01DA066682-01Department: NIH department codeA novel cellular and circuit target for opioids
Principal investigators: Jeremy J Day (contact PI), Jamie Peters, Jasper Heinsbroek
$661,299award amount - 5R01DA054714-05Department: NIH department codeRole of Gadd45b in Cocaine-driven Epigenetic and Behavioral Dynamics$639,695award amount
Farah Dominique Lubin
Leads 2 awards · $907,633
- 5R01AG082089-04Department: NIH department codeThe role of IncRNA Neat1 in Alzheimer's disease and related memory deficits$657,110award amount
- 5T32NS061788-19Department: NIH department codeUAB Research Training Program in Neurobiology of Cognition and Cognitive Disorders$250,523award amount
Kirstie Alyssa Cummings
Leads 1 award · $710,278
- 5R01DA059368-02Department: NIH department codeMechanisms of operant reward seeking in prefrontal somatostatin-expressing interneurons$710,278award amount
Craig M Powell
Leads 1 award · $659,549
- 5R01MH135954-02Department: NIH department codeFunctional Studies of NDD Gene(s)$659,549award amount
Bryan W Luikart
Leads 1 award · $608,918
- 5R01MH097949-15Department: NIH department codeThe Impact of Pten Signaling on Neuronal Form and Function$608,918award amount
Elizabeth Doncheck
Leads 1 award · $248,994
- 4R00DA058049-03Department: NIH department codeProgesterone and allopregnanolone of prefrontal cortical activity dynamics and heroin seeking$248,994award amount
Jacques Wadiche
Leads 1 award · $186,250
- 1R21NS147535-01Department: NIH department codeAMPA Receptor Function at Interneuron Synapses$186,250award amount
John J Shacka
Leads 1 award · $86,946
- 5R25NS125616-05Department: NIH department codeUAB Blazer BRAIN Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates
Principal investigators: John J Shacka (contact PI), Cristin F Gavin
$86,946award amount
Abigail Margaret Schwarz
Leads 1 award · $78,508
- 1F32DA065349-01Department: NIH department codeTabernanthalog as a dual treatment for chronic pain and opioid use disorder$78,508award amount
Maria Aisha Jones-Muhammad
Leads 1 award · $77,859
- 5K00NS129125-05Department: NIH department codeSex-specific development of seizure activity following endocannabinoid system manipulation in the fetal brain$77,859award amount
Kasey Lynn Brida
Leads 1 award · $53,825
- 5F30DA057821-03Department: NIH department codeRole of Reelin protein in the cellular and behavioral response to drugs of abuse$53,825award amount
Madeline Ragland
Leads 1 award · $43,996
- 1F30EY038626-01Department: NIH department codeHow Top-Down Processing Changes with Increased Peripheral Vision Use$43,996award amount
Natalie Dalton Fitzgerald
Leads 1 award · $43,996
- 5F30DA062497-02Department: NIH department codeMolecular and Functional Characterization of Transcriptionally Defined Subpopulations of VTA Dopamine Neurons$43,996award 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.
Jasper Heinsbroek
Co-investigator on 1R01DA066682-01, led by Jeremy J Day; 5R01DA056660-04, led by Jamie Peters
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Cristin F Gavin
Co-investigator on 5R25NS125616-05, led by John J Shacka
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.