Neurosciences at University of California, San Diego

Leads a grant in this department

47 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. Hector M Gonzalez

   Leads 1 award · $5,554,856

   • 5R01AG075758-03Department: NIH department code

     Study of Latinos-Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging-Alzheimer's disease

     Principal investigators: Hector M Gonzalez (contact PI), Charles Decarli

     $5,554,856

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 5R13AG089978-02, led by Lourdes Guerrero.

2. Ronald J. Ellis

   Leads 3 awards · $3,140,513

   • 4RF1AG074808-04Department: NIH department code

     GPLD1: Association with Cognition and Amelioration through Exercise in Aging People with HIV

     Principal investigators: Ronald J. Ellis (contact PI), Brook Henry

     $1,548,394

     award amount
   • 5R01DA056058-04Department: NIH department code

     Effects of Cannabidiol and Tetrahydrocannabinol on the Microbiome, Endocannabinoids and Neuroinflammation in HIV
     $896,116

     award amount
   • 5R01MH128869-05Department: NIH department code

     Immunometabolicgene expression profiles associated with depressed mood and behavioral domains inpeople with HIV

     Principal investigators: Ronald J. Ellis (contact PI), Jared William Young

     $696,003

     award amount

3. Jeffrey S. Grethe

   Leads 2 awards · $2,494,250

   • 5U24DK097771-12Department: NIH department code

     dkNET Coordinating Unit: Harnessing the Power of AI and Data Science forCollaborative Discovery and Sharing in the DK Community

     Principal investigators: Jeffrey S. Grethe (contact PI), Chen Li, Shuibing Chen, Wei Wang

     $2,000,000

     award amount
   • 3U24DK097771-12S1Department: NIH department code

     dkNET Coordinating Unit: Harnessing the Power of AI and Data Science forCollaborative Discovery and Sharing in the DK Community

     Principal investigators: Jeffrey S. Grethe (contact PI), Chen Li, Shuibing Chen, Wei Wang

     $494,250

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 5R24GM144308-04, led by Anita Elzbieta Bandrowski.

4. Sarah Banks

   Leads 4 awards · $2,097,086

   • 5R01AG080663-03Department: NIH department code

     Biological and lifestyle factors contributing to Tau in women at risk for Alzheimer's disease.

     Principal investigators: Sarah Banks (contact PI), Erin Elizabeth Sundermann

     $1,130,826

     award amount
   • 5R01AG077579-03Department: NIH department code

     Understanding Biological and Lifestyle Contributions to Alzheimer's Disease Pathology and Clinical Profiles in Black Women: Defining Prevention Targets in High Risk Groups

     Principal investigators: Sarah Banks (contact PI), Erin Elizabeth Sundermann

     $754,605

     award amount
   • 3R01AG077579-03S2Department: NIH department code

     Understanding Biological and Lifestyle Contributions to Alzheimer's Disease Pathology and Clinical Profiles in Black Women: Defining Prevention Targets in High Risk Groups

     Principal investigators: Sarah Banks (contact PI), Erin Elizabeth Sundermann

     $129,426

     award amount
   • 3R01AG077579-03S3Department: NIH department code

     Understanding Biological and Lifestyle Contributions to Alzheimer's Disease Pathology and Clinical Profiles in Black Women: Defining Prevention Targets in High Risk Groups

     Principal investigators: Sarah Banks (contact PI), Erin Elizabeth Sundermann

     $82,229

     award amount

5. Douglas R Galasko

   Leads 1 award · $1,612,640

   • 1U01AG094588-01Department: NIH department code

     In vitro pharmacology, chronic toxicology, and embryo-fetal development studies to demonstrate safety of GSM-779690
     $1,612,640

     award amount

6. Emilie T. Reas

   Leads 2 awards · $1,546,289

   • 1R01AG091503-01Department: NIH department code

     Blood-brain barrier and microstructural brain biomarkers of ARIA and treatment outcomes with anti-amyloid immunotherapy for Alzheimer's disease
     $794,981

     award amount
   • 5R01AG077202-03Department: NIH department code

     COVID-19-related blood-brain barrier and microstructural brain injury; Sex differences and synergy with Alzheimer's disease risk
     $751,308

     award amount

7. Judy Pa

   Leads 2 awards · $1,380,941

   • 5R01AG065356-05Department: NIH department code

     Targeted Physical and Cognitive Activity in a VR Environment in Older Adults at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease
     $1,339,283

     award amount
   • 3R01AG065356-05S1Department: NIH department code

     Targeted Physical and Cognitive Activity in a VR Environment in Older Adults at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease
     $41,658

     award amount

8. Binhai Zheng

   Leads 3 awards · $1,249,313

   • 1S10OD036455-01A1Department: NIH department code

     STELLARIS 8 DIVE Multiphoton Microscope
     $750,000

     award amount
   • 5R01NS139527-02Department: NIH department code

     Patch-based deep scRNA-Seq to understand axon repair in the mammalian spinal cord
     $481,363

     award amount
   • 3R01NS139527-01S1Department: NIH department code

     Patch-based deep scRNA-Seq to understand axon repair in the mammalian spinal cord
     $17,950

     award amount

9. Matthew R. Banghart

   Leads 1 award · $1,124,850

   • 1R01NS139872-01Department: NIH department code

     Development of photocaged DREADD agonists for high-efficiency, target-specific optical silencing of synaptic transmission
     $1,124,850

     award amount

10. Xu Chen

    Leads 2 awards · $1,122,290

    • 5R01AG074273-04Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms by which the ketone body β-hydroxybutyrate counteracts tau pathogenesis
      $567,208

      award amount
    • 5R01AG078185-04Department: NIH department code

      Role of Testosterone in Modulating Tau Pathogenesis in Females
      $555,082

      award amount

11. Thomas Hnasko

    Leads 2 awards · $1,083,799

    • 5R01DA060923-02Department: NIH department code

      Opioid actions on the habenulo-peduncular circuit
      $562,844

      award amount
    • 5R01DA036612-12Department: NIH department code

      Role of novel VTA neurons in addiction-related behaviors
      $520,955

      award amount

12. Mark H Ellisman

    Leads 1 award · $1,003,792

    • 5U24NS120055-05Department: NIH department code

      National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research: A BRAIN Technology Integration and Dissemination Resource
      $1,003,792

      award amount

13. Matthew Shtrahman

    Leads 2 awards · $854,068

    • 5R01NS126680-03Department: NIH department code

      Investigating Mechanisms of Viral Impairment of Neurogenesis Using Recombinant AAV
      $467,481

      award amount
    • 5R01NS131151-03Department: NIH department code

      Developing a Synthetic Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) for Engineering Safer Gene Therapies
      $386,587

      award amount

14. Nathan Christopher Shaner

    Leads 2 awards · $849,750

    • 5R01CA279813-02Department: NIH department code

      New tools for quantitative non-invasive recording of biochemical signals

      Principal investigators: Nathan Christopher Shaner (contact PI), Jennifer Prescher, Yingxiao Wang

      $661,301

      award amount
    • 5R21EY036659-02Department: NIH department code

      An Orthogonal Bioluminescent Platform For Multiplexed Imaging And Control

      Principal investigators: Nathan Christopher Shaner (contact PI), Jennifer Prescher

      $188,449

      award amount

15. Joseph G Gleeson

    Leads 2 awards · $777,069

    • 5R01NS098004-09Department: NIH department code

      Molecular Characterization of Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia
      $473,741

      award amount
    • 5R01MH124890-05Department: NIH department code

      Origins of Brain Somatic Mosaicism in Developmental Brain Disease
      $303,328

      award amount

16. Jerome S. Mertens

    Leads 1 award · $763,328

    • 5R01AG085634-02Department: NIH department code

      Age-equivalent neurons from MCI patients to investigate early determinants of AD
      $763,328

      award amount

17. Karen L Pierce

    Leads 1 award · $662,830

    • 5R37MH132924-03Department: NIH department code

      Testing the accuracy of eye tracking as a screening tool for ASD in the general population
      $662,830

      award amount

18. Ephron Solomon Rosenzweig

    Leads 1 award · $657,597

    • 5R01NS130033-03Department: NIH department code

      Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy after Cervical Contusion SCI in NHPs

      Principal investigators: Ephron Solomon Rosenzweig (contact PI), Jacqueline C Bresnahan, Mark H. Tuszynski, Michael S Beattie

      $657,597

      award amount

19. Scott M Sternson

    Leads 1 award · $639,097

    • 5U01NS126054-04Department: NIH department code

      Optimization of Calcium and RNA multiplexed activity imaging for highly parallelized evaluation of cell type functions in deep-brain structures

      Principal investigators: Scott M Sternson (contact PI), Meng Cui

      $639,097

      award amount

20. Mark H. Tuszynski

    Leads 1 award · $627,913

    • 5R01NS104442-09Department: NIH department code

      The Primate Corticospinal Connectome and Transcriptome
      $627,913

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS130033-03, led by Ephron Solomon Rosenzweig.

21. Anita Elzbieta Bandrowski

    Leads 1 award · $550,081

    • 5R24GM144308-04Department: NIH department code

      From RRID to Resource Watch: A Knowledgebase of Biomedical Research Resources

      Principal investigators: Anita Elzbieta Bandrowski (contact PI), Chunnan Hsu, Jeffrey S. Grethe

      $550,081

      award amount

22. Kim Bohemie Dore

    Leads 2 awards · $523,116

    • 5R01AG067049-03Department: NIH department code

      Increasing synaptic PSD-95, a neuroprotection approach against Alzheimer's disease
      $439,147

      award amount
    • 3R01AG067049-03S1Department: NIH department code

      Increasing synaptic PSD-95, a neuroprotection approach against Alzheimer's disease
      $83,969

      award amount

23. Paula Alejandra Desplats

    Leads 1 award · $501,023

    • 5R61AG085253-02Department: NIH department code

      Time Restricted Eating intervention for Alzheimer's disease (TREAD)
      $501,023

      award amount

24. Maryann E Martone

    Leads 2 awards · $479,599

    • 3OT2OD032619-01S4Department: NIH department code

      SPARC Engagement Plan with the Common Fund Data Ecosystem

      Principal investigators: Maryann E Martone (contact PI), Bernard De Bono

      $349,999

      award amount
    • 5R25DK130611-04Department: NIH department code

      FAIR DOs: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable Development of Open Simulation

      Principal investigators: Maryann E Martone (contact PI), Walter F Boron

      $129,600

      award amount

25. Olivia Kim-McManus

    Leads 1 award · $398,750

    • 1R21TR006111-01A1Department: NIH department code

      4-hydroxymandelate for HPDL deficiency, a novel mitochondrial encephalopathy

      Principal investigators: Olivia Kim-McManus (contact PI), Jennifer Huasi Yang

      $398,750

      award amount

26. Melissa McKenzie Campbell

    Leads 2 awards · $383,300

    • 5R00MH126430-05Department: NIH department code

      mRNA Alternative Splicing Regulatory Networks in the Specification of Cortical Interneuron Subtypes
      $224,100

      award amount
    • 1R03ES036405-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Redox signaling during neurodevelopment and sensitivity to oxidative stress
      $159,200

      award amount

27. Brett C Meyer

    Leads 1 award · $333,770

    • 5U24NS107225-07Department: NIH department code

      San Diego StrokeNet+
      $333,770

      award amount

28. Jamie Nicole Labuzetta

    Leads 2 awards · $272,098

    • 5K23AG080023-02Department: NIH department code

      Impact of Hourly Neurochecks in Critically Ill Older Adults
      $196,498

      award amount
    • 3K23AG080023-02S1Department: NIH department code

      Impact of Hourly Neurochecks in Critically Ill Older Adults
      $75,600

      award amount

29. Taha Gholipour

    Leads 1 award · $234,599

    • 5K23NS135108-02Department: NIH department code

      Predicting epilepsy surgery outcomes from individualized resting state functional anomalies
      $234,599

      award amount

30. Megan Charlotte Fitzhugh

    Leads 1 award · $200,385

    • 1K22AG081276-01Department: NIH department code

      An emerging Alzheimer's disease risk factor: An investigation of hearing impairment, hippocampal function, and memory in middle-aged and older adults
      $200,385

      award amount

31. David G Coughlin

    Leads 1 award · $169,493

    • 5K23NS120038-05Department: NIH department code

      Pathological and cognitive correlations of real time quaking induced conversion in LBD and AD
      $169,493

      award amount

32. Alejandra Morlett Paredes

    Leads 1 award · $116,252

    • 5K01AG076962-03Department: NIH department code

      Pathways to enrolling diverse Latinos in autopsy studies: Insights from a largelongitudinal study
      $116,252

      award amount

33. Iris J Broce-Diaz

    Leads 1 award · $83,363

    • 5K01AG070376-05Department: NIH department code

      Novel imaging genetic biomarkers for sporadic frontotemporal dementia through machine learning
      $83,363

      award amount

34. Lourdes Guerrero

    Leads 1 award · $58,020

    • 5R13AG089978-02Department: NIH department code

      Conference on ADRD Research among Diverse Latinos (CARDL)

      Principal investigators: Lourdes Guerrero (contact PI), Hector M Gonzalez, Linda C Gallo

      $58,020

      award amount

35. Diana Mun Yee Smith

    Leads 1 award · $57,538

    • 5F30DA057078-03Department: NIH department code

      Genetic influence on behavior, brain development, and substance use in two large, longitudinal adolescent cohorts
      $57,538

      award amount

36. Amanda Vy Nguyen

    Leads 1 award · $54,538

    • 1F30MH142104-01Department: NIH department code

      A Neural Circuit for Hunger Induced Suppression of Socio-affective Behavior
      $54,538

      award amount

37. Joyce Tran

    Leads 1 award · $54,538

    • 5F30HD108986-04Department: NIH department code

      Investigation of fmnl2 in cerebellar development
      $54,538

      award amount

38. Leigh-Ana Mae Rossitto

    Leads 1 award · $47,863

    • 1F99AG088570-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Dissecting the molecular mechanism of ketogenic metabolites in AD
      $47,863

      award amount

39. Julia C Gorman

    Leads 1 award · $43,868

    • 5F99NS141305-02Department: NIH department code

      Neural population dynamics underlying flexibility in natural communication behaviors
      $43,868

      award amount

40. Minerva Contreras

    Leads 1 award · $43,259

    • 5F99NS139511-02Department: NIH department code

      Astrocyte experience-dependent regulation of synapse stability in the adult mouse visual cortex
      $43,259

      award amount

41. Julia Louise Napoli

    Leads 1 award · $42,913

    • 1F31NS141340-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Hunger-dependent modulation of neural circuits for social visuomotor processing in schooling fish
      $42,913

      award amount

42. Camilo Londono

    Leads 1 award · $42,870

    • 1F31NS147852-01Department: NIH department code

      Applying spatial transcriptomics and mouse molecular genetics to understand the mechanisms of fibrotic scarring for promoting neural repair after spinal cord injury
      $42,870

      award amount

43. Ilya Alexey Verzhbinsky

    Leads 1 award · $42,777

    • 5F31MH135645-02Department: NIH department code

      Human Cortical Ripples as a Mechanism for Neural Binding
      $42,777

      award amount

44. Sierra Wilson

    Leads 1 award · $42,596

    • 1F31NS145704-01Department: NIH department code

      Cortical Integration in Humans: An Intracranial Investigation of Neural Synchrony
      $42,596

      award amount

45. Zoe Sheinkopf

    Leads 1 award · $42,596

    • 1F31AG090090-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Uncovering a role for S-nitrosylated phospholipase D3 in the microglial and neuronal pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease
      $42,596

      award amount

46. Elizabeth Chamiec-Case

    Leads 1 award · $42,530

    • 1F31HD116554-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Neural circuit mechanisms underlying pubertal timing
      $42,530

      award amount

47. Trevor Supan McPherson

    Leads 1 award · $42,173

    • 5F31DC021631-03Department: NIH department code

      Delineation of auditory-motor population dynamics underlying sensorimotor integration in the birdsong system
      $42,173

      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.

• Charles Decarli

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG075758-03, led by Hector M Gonzalez

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of California at Davis (no department on record, 2 awards)

• Chen Li

  Co-investigator on 5U24DK097771-12, led by Jeffrey S. Grethe; 3U24DK097771-12S1, led by Jeffrey S. Grethe

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

• Shuibing Chen

  Co-investigator on 5U24DK097771-12, led by Jeffrey S. Grethe; 3U24DK097771-12S1, led by Jeffrey S. Grethe

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Weill Cornell Medicine · Surgery (NIH department code, 4 awards)
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine (no department on record, 1 award)

• Wei Wang

  Co-investigator on 5U24DK097771-12, led by Jeffrey S. Grethe; 3U24DK097771-12S1, led by Jeffrey S. Grethe

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

• Erin Elizabeth Sundermann

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG080663-03, led by Sarah Banks; 5R01AG077579-03, led by Sarah Banks; 3R01AG077579-03S2, led by Sarah Banks; 3R01AG077579-03S3, led by Sarah Banks

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of California, San Diego · Psychiatry (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Brook Henry

  Co-investigator on 4RF1AG074808-04, led by Ronald J. Ellis

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

• Jennifer Prescher

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA279813-02, led by Nathan Christopher Shaner; 5R21EY036659-02, led by Nathan Christopher Shaner

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of California-Irvine · Chemistry (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Jared William Young

  Co-investigator on 5R01MH128869-05, led by Ronald J. Ellis

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of California, San Diego · Psychiatry (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Yingxiao Wang

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA279813-02, led by Nathan Christopher Shaner

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Southern California · Biomedical Engineering (NIH department code, 3 awards)

• Jacqueline C Bresnahan

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS130033-03, led by Ephron Solomon Rosenzweig

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

• Michael S Beattie

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS130033-03, led by Ephron Solomon Rosenzweig

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

• Meng Cui

  Co-investigator on 5U01NS126054-04, led by Scott M Sternson

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Purdue University · Engineering (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Chunnan Hsu

  Co-investigator on 5R24GM144308-04, led by Anita Elzbieta Bandrowski

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

• Jennifer Huasi Yang

  Co-investigator on 1R21TR006111-01A1, led by Olivia Kim-McManus

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

• Bernard De Bono

  Co-investigator on 3OT2OD032619-01S4, led by Maryann E Martone

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

• Walter F Boron

  Co-investigator on 5R25DK130611-04, led by Maryann E Martone

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Case Western Reserve University · Physiology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Linda C Gallo

  Co-investigator on 5R13AG089978-02, led by Lourdes Guerrero

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • San Diego State University (no department on record, 1 award)