FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Neurosciences at University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
- 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 California, Los Angeles page.
Leads a grant in this department
13 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.
Hong-Wei Dong
Leads 3 awards · $5,077,819
- 5U01AG076804-05Department: NIH department codeMapping Cellular Resolution Connectopathies in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease
Principal investigators: Hong-Wei Dong (contact PI), Bruce T Lamb, Xiangdong William Yang
$2,825,794award amount - 5R01AG084036-04Department: NIH department codeSexual dimorphic cell type and connectivity atlases of the aging and AD mouse brains$1,603,388award amount
- 5R01NS133744-04Department: NIH department codeA three dimensional multimodal cellular connectivity atlas of the mouse hypothalamus$648,637award amount
Sotiris Masmanidis
Leads 2 awards · $1,094,991
- 5R01DA060229-02Department: NIH department codeLinking the dopaminergic mechanisms of reinforcement learning and timing
Principal investigators: Sotiris Masmanidis (contact PI), Dean V Buonomano
$614,592award amount - 5R01NS136137-02Department: NIH department codeNeurophysiology of impaired gait in mouse models of Parkinson’s disease$480,399award amount
Jack L Feldman
Leads 1 award · $1,066,578
- 5R35HL171451-03Department: NIH department codeNeural Control of Breathing$1,066,578award amount
Jeffrey Michael Donlea
Leads 2 awards · $823,125
- 1R21NS152782-01Department: NIH department codeInvestigating genes and neurons associated with circadian chronotype across Drosophila species$433,125award amount
- 5R01NS119905-05Department: NIH department codeInvestigating the role of sleep in synaptic reorganization after neural injury$390,000award amount
Bennett G Novitch
Leads 1 award · $719,203
- 5R01MH130061-05Department: NIH department codeElucidating the molecular mechanisms behind human neurodevelopmental disorders using brain organoids$719,203award amount
Peyman Golshani
Leads 1 award · $706,764
- 5R01AG013622-24Department: NIH department codeMolecular, Cellular and Circuit Mechanisms for Age-Related Deficits in Memory-Linking$706,764award amount
Lydia Daboussi
Leads 2 awards · $705,764
- 1R01NS148365-01Department: NIH department codeMechanisms of Schwann Cell Development and Plasticity$495,164award amount
- 5K01NS134780-03Department: NIH department codeWNT Mediated Induction of Schwann Cell Plasticity$210,600award amount
Joshua Trachtenberg
Leads 1 award · $615,804
- 5R01EY023871-12Department: NIH department codeOrigins of plasticity in the establishment of binocular vision$615,804award amount
Shantanu H. Joshi
Leads 2 awards · $512,373
- 5R01AA026834-08Department: NIH department codeLongitudinal mapping of brain-face-behavior trajectories in prenatal alcohol exposure from birth through adolescence
Principal investigators: Shantanu H. Joshi (contact PI), Kirsty Donald
$256,761award amount - 3R01AA026834-08S1Department: NIH department codeLongitudinal mapping of brain-face-behavior trajectories in prenatal alcohol exposure from birth through adolescence
Principal investigators: Shantanu H. Joshi (contact PI), Kirsty Donald
$255,612award amount
James Bisley
Leads 1 award · $490,753
- 5R01EY032863-05Department: NIH department codeElucidating the role of the oculomotor circuit in free viewing visual search$490,753award amount
Samantha J Butler
Leads 1 award · $450,860
- 5R01NS123187-05Department: NIH department codeAssessing the mechanisms directing cell fate in the dorsal spinal cord$450,860award amount
Genevieve Konopka
Leads 1 award · $284,532
- 1R56DC023104-01A1Department: NIH department codeFOXP2 regulation of glutamatergic neuron subtypes in the inferior colliculus
Principal investigators: Genevieve Konopka (contact PI), Jay Robert Gibson
$284,532award amount
Tierney Brienna Daw
Leads 1 award · $42,804
- 5F31MH142117-02Department: NIH department codeLearning to represent time in striatal circuits$42,804award 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.
Bruce T Lamb
Co-investigator on 5U01AG076804-05, led by Hong-Wei Dong
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Indiana University Indianapolis · Genetics (NIH department code, 1 award)
Xiangdong William Yang
Co-investigator on 5U01AG076804-05, led by Hong-Wei Dong
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of California, Los Angeles · Neurology (NIH department code, 1 award)
- University of California, Los Angeles · Psychiatry (NIH department code, 1 award)
Dean V Buonomano
Co-investigator on 5R01DA060229-02, led by Sotiris Masmanidis
From the FY2024 awards this person leads
- University of California, Los Angeles · Neurosciences (NIH department code, 2 awards)
Kirsty Donald
Co-investigator on 5R01AA026834-08, led by Shantanu H. Joshi; 3R01AA026834-08S1, led by Shantanu H. Joshi
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Cape Town (no department on record, 1 award)
Jay Robert Gibson
Co-investigator on 1R56DC023104-01A1, led by Genevieve Konopka
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.