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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Psychiatry at University of Colorado

Aurora, CO

Funding
$13.8M
$13,844,674
Awards
28
FY2026 NIH awards in Psychiatry
Principal investigators
37
26 lead a grant here, 11 co-investigators
Department rank
#30
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 Colorado page.

Leads a grant in this department

26 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. Christian J Hopfer

    Leads 3 awards · $4,073,606

  2. Kent E. Hutchison

    Leads 3 awards · $4,007,147

  3. Angela Bryan

    Leads 1 award · $2,793,251

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AG079502-04, led by Kent E. Hutchison.

  4. Joseph P. Schacht

    Leads 1 award · $2,793,251

  5. Jost Klawitter

    Leads 1 award · $2,793,251

  6. Paula Degraffenreid Riggs

    Leads 1 award · $2,793,251

  7. Vince D Calhoun

    Leads 1 award · $2,793,251

  8. Jarrod Martin Ellingson

    Leads 2 awards · $2,099,264

    • 5R01DA042755-08Department: NIH department code
      The Effects of Cannabis Legalization and Persistent Use: A Longitudinal Study of Two Twin Cohorts

      Principal investigators: Jarrod Martin Ellingson (contact PI), Scott Ian Vrieze, Soo H Rhee, Sylia Wilson

      $1,524,042
      award amount
    • 5R01AA031494-02Department: NIH department code
      Combining Laboratory and Ecological Momentary Assessment-based Methods to Determine Age-related Differences in the Relationship Between Alcohol Use, Pain, and Inflammation
      $575,222
      award amount

  9. Tracy L Bale

    Leads 2 awards · $1,458,642

    • 5R01HD105771-05Department: NIH department code
      Stress modeling of the human sperm sncRNA transcriptome and causal importance of dynamic miRNA in reproductive and developmental outcomes

      Principal investigators: Tracy L Bale (contact PI), C. Neill Epperson

      $738,362
      award amount
    • 5R01MH129495-05Department: NIH department code
      Extracellular vesicles as biomarkers of trauma exposure and PTSD risk

      Principal investigators: Tracy L Bale (contact PI), Tanja Jovanovic

      $720,280
      award amount

  10. Sharon K Hunter

    Leads 1 award · $677,467

    • 5R01DA058641-03Department: NIH department code
      Clinical Trial of Maternal Choline Supplements to Mitigate Effects of Prenatal Cannabis Exposure on Early Brain Development.

      Principal investigators: Sharon K Hunter (contact PI), Maria Camille Hoffman

      $677,467
      award amount

  11. Ruschelle Marie Leone

    Leads 1 award · $616,688

    • 5R01AA031666-03Department: NIH department code
      Determining the Proximal and Temporal Effects of Alcohol and Sexual Communication on Intimate Partner Sexual Violence among Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Couples
      $616,688
      award amount

  12. Jason R Tregellas

    Leads 1 award · $541,173

    • 5T32MH015442-48Department: NIH department code
      Development of Psychopathology, Psychobiology, & Behavior
      $541,173
      award amount

  13. Amanda Jayne Law

    Leads 1 award · $494,695

    • 5R01HD112364-04Department: NIH department code
      Neuregulin/Alpha7nAChR Signaling, the GABAergic Switch and Neurodevelopmental Risk: Mechanisms of Gestational Choline Supplementation.
      $494,695
      award amount

  14. Cathy J Bradley

    Leads 1 award · $427,608

    • 5R01CA288259-02Department: NIH department code
      Health Insurance and Disparities: More than Access

      Principal investigators: Cathy J Bradley (contact PI), Marcelo Coca Perraillon

      $427,608
      award amount

  15. Michelle Andrea Clementi

    Leads 2 awards · $262,231

    • 5K23AT013838-02Department: NIH department code
      Feasibility Trial of a Remotely-Delivered Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Adolescents with Migraine
      $187,207
      award amount
    • 3K23AT013838-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Administrative Supplement to Feasibility Trial of a Remotely-Delivered Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Adolescents with Migraine
      $75,024
      award amount

  16. Jacob Holzman

    Leads 2 awards · $233,244

    • 5K23MH134189-03Department: NIH department code
      Stop, focus, plan, and change: A translational approach to predict parent and child responses to a brief, telehealth parent training
      $180,219
      award amount
    • 3K23MH134189-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Stop, focus, plan, and change: A translational approach to predict parent and child responses to a brief, telehealth parent training
      $53,025
      award amount

  17. C. Neill Epperson

    Leads 1 award · $205,283

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01HD105771-05, led by Tracy L Bale.

  18. Danielle Alexis Swales

    Leads 1 award · $191,478

    • 1K23MH140295-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Irritability as a signal of perinatal depression: Identifying novel clinical, endocrine, and neurobehavioral signatures of risk in pregnancy.
      $191,478
      award amount

  19. Bruno J Anthony

    Leads 1 award · $189,000

    • 5R34MH132832-03Department: NIH department code
      Practice Facilitation to Enhance Implementation of a Pediatric Suicide Prevention Care Pathway

      Principal investigators: Bruno J Anthony (contact PI), Brian H Pitts, Christina Ruth Studts

      $189,000
      award amount

  20. Drew E Winters

    Leads 1 award · $187,393

    • 5K23MH139637-02Department: NIH department code
      Effects of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Social Cognition, Cognitive Processing, and Functional Brain Architecture in Psychopathy
      $187,393
      award amount

  21. Devika Bhatia

    Leads 1 award · $186,322

    • 5K23DA060336-02Department: NIH department code
      Cannabidiol (CBD)-only use in Pregnancy and Perinatal Outcomes
      $186,322
      award amount

  22. Joseph T Sakai

    Leads 1 award · $180,979

    • 5K24DA058882-04Department: NIH department code
      Mentoring clinician scientists in patient-oriented substance use disorder research
      $180,979
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R25MH125758-05, led by C. Neill Epperson.

  23. Megan Wales Patterson

    Leads 1 award · $164,539

    • 5K08MH132903-04Department: NIH department code
      Defining the multivariate genomic signature of pubertal markers and impact on lifespan psychopathology
      $164,539
      award amount

  24. Andrew Michael Novick

    Leads 1 award · $160,801

    • 5K23HD110435-04Department: NIH department code
      Neurobiology of hormonal contraception
      $160,801
      award amount

  25. Jonathan Paul Safer-Lichtenstein

    Leads 1 award · $159,551

    • 5K23MH136346-02Department: NIH department code
      Evaluating a Spanish-language Executive Functioning Intervention for Children with Autism and/or ADHD and their Families
      $159,551
      award amount

  26. Laura X Vargas

    Leads 1 award · $120,814

    • 5K01MD015768-05Department: NIH department code
      Mental health phenotypes shaped by trauma exposure, symptom severity, and individual characteristics among recent Latinx immigrant adults
      $120,814
      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.

  • Scott Ian Vrieze

    Co-investigator on 5R01DA042755-08, led by Jarrod Martin Ellingson

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Soo H Rhee

    Co-investigator on 5R01DA042755-08, led by Jarrod Martin Ellingson

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Sylia Wilson

    Co-investigator on 5R01DA042755-08, led by Jarrod Martin Ellingson

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Tanja Jovanovic

    Co-investigator on 5R01MH129495-05, led by Tracy L Bale

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

  • Maria Camille Hoffman

    Co-investigator on 5R01DA058641-03, led by Sharon K Hunter

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

  • Michael Craig Stallings

    Co-investigator on 5R01DA053693-05, led by Christian J Hopfer

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

  • Tamara L Wall

    Co-investigator on 5R01DA053693-05, led by Christian J Hopfer

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

  • Marcelo Coca Perraillon

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA288259-02, led by Cathy J Bradley

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

  • Susan Kay Mikulich-Gilbertson

    Co-investigator on 5R25MH125758-05, led by C. Neill Epperson

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

  • Brian H Pitts

    Co-investigator on 5R34MH132832-03, led by Bruno J Anthony

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

  • Christina Ruth Studts

    Co-investigator on 5R34MH132832-03, led by Bruno J Anthony

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