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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Psychiatry at University of California, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

Funding
$28.9M
$28,886,180
Awards
55
FY2026 NIH awards in Psychiatry
Principal investigators
69
51 lead a grant here, 18 co-investigators
Department rank
#15
of 87 · 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 Psychiatry row of the University of California, Los Angeles page.

Leads a grant in this department

51 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. Brandon C Yarns

    Leads 1 award · $1,622,789

    • 4UH3AT013497-02Department: NIH department code
      A Pragmatic Trial of Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy for Veterans with Chronic Pain
      $1,622,789
      award amount

  2. Harley Ian Kornblum

    Leads 2 awards · $1,557,314

  3. Connie L. Kasari

    Leads 2 awards · $1,445,340

    • 5R01DC020752-04Department: NIH department code
      PETAL: Promoting Early Intervention Timing and Attention to Language

      Principal investigators: Connie L. Kasari (contact PI), Helen Tager-Flusberg

      $780,172
      award amount
    • 5R01DC021174-03Department: NIH department code
      EMERGE: Early Markers of Expressive and Receptive (language) Growth in Emergent autistic toddlers.

      Principal investigators: Connie L. Kasari (contact PI), Brian Antonio Boyd

      $665,168
      award amount

  4. Agatha Lenartowicz

    Leads 3 awards · $1,429,778

    • 5R61MH138713-02Department: NIH department code
      Combining neural oscillations, physiology and privacy-preserving LiDAR/millimeter wave sensing technology to track attention states in natural contexts

      Principal investigators: Agatha Lenartowicz (contact PI), Emre Ertin, Jennie K. Grammer

      $601,485
      award amount
    • 1R21MH143362-01Department: NIH department code
      Intra-individual determinants of neural oscillation phenomena: A study of fundamental system interactions
      $444,845
      award amount
    • 5R01MH128475-05Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the neurocognitive mechanisms of alpha-band brain oscillations using concurrent EEG-fMRI recordings
      $383,448
      award amount

  5. Keith H Nuechterlein

    Leads 1 award · $1,273,365

    • 5R01MH130848-04Department: NIH department code
      Improving Cognition Through Telehealth Aerobic Exercise and Cognitive Training After a First Schizophrenia Episode
      $1,273,365
      award amount

  6. Jonathan Flint

    Leads 2 awards · $1,240,379

    • 5U01DA059695-03Department: NIH department code
      Integrating genetic and circuit variation to identify genes involved in behaviors related to substance use disorder
      $703,981
      award amount
    • 5R01MH130581-05Department: NIH department code
      Improving the interpretability of genetic studies of major depressive disorder to identify risk genes

      Principal investigators: Jonathan Flint (contact PI), Kenneth Seedman Kendler

      $536,398
      award amount

  7. Patrick Ross O'Neill

    Leads 1 award · $1,221,553

    • 1R01GM165993-01Department: NIH department code
      Imaging method for functional GPCR microanatomy with subcellular resolution and G protein specificity
      $1,221,553
      award amount

  8. Michael Gandal

    Leads 1 award · $1,093,170

  9. Samantha J Butler

    Leads 1 award · $1,093,170

  10. Suma Jacob

    Leads 1 award · $1,093,170

  11. Susan Y Bookheimer

    Leads 1 award · $1,093,170

  12. Alison B. Hamilton

    Leads 2 awards · $939,356

    • 5R24AI191868-02Department: NIH department code
      UCLA Rapid, Rigorous, Relevant Implementation Science Hub: Leveraging Implementation Science to End the HIV Epidemic
      $719,358
      award amount
    • 1R25DA065390-01Department: NIH department code
      Pragmatic Research and Innovation in Methods and Ethnography (PRIME) Program

      Principal investigators: Alison B. Hamilton (contact PI), Erin P Finley, Gemmae M Fix

      $219,998
      award amount

  13. Yih-Ing Hser

    Leads 1 award · $912,195

    • 5UG1DA049435-07Department: NIH department code
      Greater Southern California Node of the Clinical Trials Network
      $912,195
      award amount

  14. Anya K Bershad

    Leads 1 award · $787,500

    • 4DP5OD036172-04Department: NIH department code
      MDMA as a Treatment for Social Deficits in Schizophrenia
      $787,500
      award amount

  15. Joseph O'Neill

    Leads 1 award · $786,147

    • 4R33AA031029-03Department: NIH department code
      Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation for Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
      $786,147
      award amount

  16. Judith E Carroll

    Leads 1 award · $780,390

    • 5R01AG082348-04Department: NIH department code
      Patterns of biological, cognitive, and physical aging in cancer survivors and controls and the role of sleep health: Relevance for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias

      Principal investigators: Judith E Carroll (contact PI), Jeanne Mandelblatt

      $780,390
      award amount

  17. John O Brooks

    Leads 1 award · $774,090

    • 5R01MH132458-03Department: NIH department code
      Identifying Unique Neural and Inflammatory Mechanisms of Depression in People Living with HIV
      $774,090
      award amount

  18. Andrew F Leuchter

    Leads 1 award · $762,933

    • 5R01MH135293-03Department: NIH department code
      Resonant Frequency rTMS: A Novel Approach to Target Circuit Modulation in MDD

      Principal investigators: Andrew F Leuchter (contact PI), Linda L Carpenter

      $762,933
      award amount

  19. Loes Marlein Olde Loohuis

    Leads 1 award · $720,657

    • 5R01MH137219-03Department: NIH department code
      5/7-PsycheMERGE: Advancing Precision Psychiatry
      $720,657
      award amount

  20. Lucina Qazi Uddin

    Leads 1 award · $676,978

    • 5R01HD116691-02Department: NIH department code
      Longitudinal investigation of bilingualism, executive function, and brain organization in autism
      $676,978
      award amount

  21. David Evan Krantz

    Leads 1 award · $662,437

    • 1R01MH139938-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of sleep circuits by the Drosophila serotonin transporter
      $662,437
      award amount

  22. Ziva D Cooper

    Leads 1 award · $653,534

    • 5R01DA057252-04Department: NIH department code
      Age-and sex-dependent pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of oral and smoked delta-9-THC
      $653,534
      award amount

  23. Catherine Lord

    Leads 1 award · $651,373

    • 5R01AG080599-04Department: NIH department code
      Family caregivers in later life: A longitudinal study of well-being and mental health in families of adults with autism and developmental disabilities
      $651,373
      award amount

  24. Andrew J Fuligni

    Leads 1 award · $641,116

    • 5R01HD105904-05Department: NIH department code
      Improving Sleep Quality During the Transition to College

      Principal investigators: Andrew J Fuligni (contact PI), Julienne E Bower

      $641,116
      award amount

  25. Ye Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $639,095

    • 1R01NS144157-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Temporal control of the termination of neurogenesis
      $639,095
      award amount

  26. Rujuta Bhatt Wilson

    Leads 1 award · $625,859

    • 1R01NS142720-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Predicting ASD Outcomes Using Quantitative Movement Metrics in Infancy
      $625,859
      award amount

  27. Julienne E Bower

    Leads 1 award · $605,258

    • 5R01CA282416-03Department: NIH department code
      Mindfulness Meditation for Younger Breast Cancer Survivors: Testing Digital Interventions in Clinical and Community Settings

      Principal investigators: Julienne E Bower (contact PI), Patricia A. Ganz

      $605,258
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01HD105904-05, led by Andrew J Fuligni.

  28. Edythe Danick London

    Leads 1 award · $587,257

    • 5R01DA061057-03Department: NIH department code
      Habenula Circuitry, Smoking, and Genomics

      Principal investigators: Edythe Danick London (contact PI), Dara Ghahremani

      $587,257
      award amount

  29. Jerome M Siegel

    Leads 1 award · $561,974

    • 5R01DA058639-04Department: NIH department code
      Maintaining opioid analgesia and preventing addiction with hypocretin antagonism
      $561,974
      award amount

  30. Catherine M Cahill

    Leads 1 award · $554,896

    • 5R01DA053752-05Department: NIH department code
      Amygdala kappa opioid system involvement in opioid relapse in pain states
      $554,896
      award amount

  31. Alexander S. Young

    Leads 1 award · $529,745

    • 5R01MH137080-03Department: NIH department code
      An Outcome-Focused Measure of Mental Health Care Quality based on Standardized Patient-Reported Symptoms
      $529,745
      award amount

  32. Scott Allen Wilke

    Leads 1 award · $528,561

    • 5R01MH131858-04Department: NIH department code
      Role of prefrontostriatal circuits in effort-based, cost-benefit decision making
      $528,561
      award amount

  33. Sally Margaret Blower

    Leads 1 award · $446,900

    • 1R21CA313908-01Department: NIH department code
      Optimizing the geographic expansion of cervical cancer screening & treatment in remote and rural settings
      $446,900
      award amount

  34. Jocelyn Meza

    Leads 1 award · $436,934

    • 1R21MH141538-01Department: NIH department code
      Longitudinal Trajectories of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Mexican-Origin Youth: The Role of Clinical Risk Factors and Culturally Relevant Protective Factors
      $436,934
      award amount

  35. Roel A Ophoff

    Leads 1 award · $433,125

    • 1R21MH143206-01Department: NIH department code
      Cell-free DNA as a biomarker of electroconvulsive therapy in treatment-resistant depression

      Principal investigators: Roel A Ophoff (contact PI), Katherine L Narr

      $433,125
      award amount

  36. Xiangdong William Yang

    Leads 1 award · $432,544

    • 5R61NS140733-02Department: NIH department code
      High-throughput small molecule screen to reduce endogenous level of Msh3 for disease-modifying HD therapy
      $432,544
      award amount

  37. Alexander C Huk

    Leads 1 award · $324,765

    • 5R34NS143713-02Department: NIH department code
      Establishing a Ground Truth for Inter-Areal Neuronal Communication

      Principal investigators: Alexander C Huk (contact PI), Benjamin Kyle Scholl

      $324,765
      award amount

  38. Sung-Jae Lee

    Leads 3 awards · $302,208

  39. Timothy W Fong

    Leads 1 award · $290,555

    • 2R25DA035692-11A1Department: NIH department code
      UCLA Implementation Science and Substance Use Research and Education (ISSURE) Program

      Principal investigators: Timothy W Fong (contact PI), Gail E. Wyatt

      $290,555
      award amount

  40. Robert C. Welsh

    Leads 1 award · $261,311

    • 2R25NS117281-06Department: NIH department code
      Training in Advanced Statistical Methods in Neuroimaging and Genetics
      $261,311
      award amount

  41. Marc Joshua Weintraub

    Leads 1 award · $236,250

    • 5R34AT013077-02Department: NIH department code
      Psilocybin-assisted Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Major Depressive Disorder
      $236,250
      award amount

  42. Anthony I Jang

    Leads 1 award · $211,248

    • 5K08MH138741-02Department: NIH department code
      Intracranial Recording and Stimulation of the Human Hippocampal-Amygdala Circuit During Virtual Reality Fear Conditioning
      $211,248
      award amount

  43. Kunmi Sobowale

    Leads 1 award · $196,992

    • 1K23MH143091-01Department: NIH department code
      Mobile Device Assessment of Postpartum Depression's Effect on Maternal-Infant Dyadic Interaction and Child Emotion Regulation
      $196,992
      award amount

  44. Kate Basia Wolitzky-Taylor

    Leads 1 award · $188,199

    • 1R34DA064618-01Department: NIH department code
      Developing and Evaluating a Digital Therapy for Comorbid Anxiety Disorders and Alcohol/Cannabis Use Disorders
      $188,199
      award amount

  45. Leanna Marie Hernandez

    Leads 1 award · $182,304

    • 5K01MH135289-03Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting neural-immune mechanisms of psychosis and related neurodevelopmental disorders
      $182,304
      award amount

  46. Tomislav Damir Zbozinek

    Leads 1 award · $181,926

    • 5K23MH133971-03Department: NIH department code
      Reward Processing and Exposure Therapy
      $181,926
      award amount

  47. Michael Kemper Leuchter

    Leads 1 award · $169,020

    • 1K23AG097987-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Protocol for Maintaining and Improving Mental Status in Alzheimer’s Disease (PROMIS-AD): a Study of Broad-coil Parietal Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) for Alzheimer’s Dementia
      $169,020
      award amount

  48. Cynthia Diana Johanna Kusters

    Leads 1 award · $129,249

    • 5K01AG081542-03Department: NIH department code
      Biological pathways linking sleep health to Alzheimers disease and cognitive decline
      $129,249
      award amount

  49. Alainna Wen

    Leads 1 award · $118,404

    • 1K99MH141187-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Dynamic Functional Network Biomarkers of Emotion Regulation Flexibility in Internalizing Disorders
      $118,404
      award amount

  50. Brittany J Wolff

    Leads 1 award · $117,263

    • 1K99MH142720-01Department: NIH department code
      Prediction of Risk and Resilience in Psychosis and Bipolar Spectrum Disorders: A Translational Multimodal Study
      $117,263
      award amount

  51. Humza N Zubair

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30MH138086-02Department: NIH department code
      Neuronal correlates of avoidance and pursuit during human ambulatory navigation
      $55,114
      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.