Neurosciences at University of Florida

Leads a grant in this department

49 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. Kirill A. Martemyanov

   Leads 5 awards · $2,866,231

   • 5R01DA061771-02Department: NIH department code

     Pharmacological targeting of nascent modulators of opioid signaling
     $760,744

     award amount
   • 2R01DA036596-12A1Department: NIH department code

     Regulation of Neuronal GPCR Signaling
     $749,438

     award amount
   • 5R01DA056414-02Department: NIH department code

     Trans-synaptic control of GPCR signaling in opioid reward
     $666,569

     award amount
   • 5R01EY028033-08Department: NIH department code

     Molecular Basis of Photoreceptor Wiring

     Principal investigators: Kirill A. Martemyanov (contact PI), Alapakkam P Sampath

     $584,095

     award amount
   • 5R01EY018139-19Department: NIH department code

     Molecular Organization of the First Visual Synapse
     $105,385

     award amount

2. Gavin R Rumbaugh

   Leads 2 awards · $1,569,597

   • 5R01MH096847-14Department: NIH department code

     Intersection of causal neurodevelopmental disorder risk genes, cortical circuit function, and cognitive processing required for behavioral adaptions

     Principal investigators: Gavin R Rumbaugh (contact PI), Courtney A Miller

     $891,191

     award amount
   • 5R01MH131788-04Department: NIH department code

     Neurodevelopmental Disorder Risk Gene Regulation of Intrinsic Membrane Excitability: A Rheostat that Tunes Dendritic Morphogenesis to Regulate Circuit Assembly During Development
     $678,406

     award amount

3. Ryoma Hattori

   Leads 1 award · $1,381,500

   • 1DP2EY038812-01Department: NIH department code

     Neural circuit mechanisms that support the transformation of sensory inputs into number coding
     $1,381,500

     award amount

4. David J Clark

   Leads 1 award · $1,196,816

   • 5R01AG081477-03Department: NIH department code

     Cognitively engaging walking exercise and neuromodulation to enhance brain function in older adults
     $1,196,816

     award amount

5. Nancy Padilla Coreano

   Leads 2 awards · $964,432

   • 1R01MH139895-01Department: NIH department code

     Elucidating social competence: neural mechanisms for competition and cooperation
     $626,557

     award amount
   • 5R34DA059718-02Department: NIH department code

     Harnessing biological rhythms for a resilient social motif generator

     Principal investigators: Nancy Padilla Coreano (contact PI), Daniel W Wesson, Shreya Saxena

     $337,875

     award amount

6. Jose Francisco Abisambra

   Leads 2 awards · $917,993

   • 5R01AG075900-04Department: NIH department code

     Contributions of tau-mediated translational dysregulation to pathogenesis and progression of fronto-temporal dementia
     $544,368

     award amount
   • 5R01AG074584-05Department: NIH department code

     The molecular intersection of tau, TBI, and PERK
     $373,625

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 1R21AG093972-01, led by John Koren.

7. Michael S Okun

   Leads 1 award · $841,387

   • 5UH3NS119844-05Department: NIH department code

     Defining Targets for Tic Detection and Suppression in Tourette Syndrome Deep Brain Stimulation

     Principal investigators: Michael S Okun (contact PI), Aysegul Gunduz, Christopher R Butson

     $841,387

     award amount

8. Paramita Chakrabarty

   Leads 2 awards · $836,669

   • 5R01AG078734-04Department: NIH department code

     Deciphering tau phosphorylation and Abeta/tau strain interactions in Alzheimer’s pathogenesis
     $481,006

     award amount
   • 5R01NS092788-09Department: NIH department code

     Modeling the progression of SOD1-linked motor neuron disease
     $355,663

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 5T32AG061892-07, led by Jada M Lewis.

9. Jennifer Lynn Bizon

   Leads 2 awards · $803,809

   • 5R01AG067429-03Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms and therapeutic potential of vagus nerve stimulation in aging and Alzheimer’s disease

     Principal investigators: Jennifer Lynn Bizon (contact PI), Barry Setlow

     $535,654

     award amount
   • 5T32NS131140-02Department: NIH department code

     Broad-based Research, Analytics and Innovation in Neuroscience (B2RAIN) predoctoral Training Program

     Principal investigators: Jennifer Lynn Bizon (contact PI), Benoit I Giasson, Eduardo Jesus Candelario-Jalil

     $268,155

     award amount

10. Diego E Rincon-Limas

    Leads 2 awards · $793,000

    • 1R21AG091384-01Department: NIH department code

      Can SARS-CoV-2 proteins accelerate Abeta pathology in fly and mouse models of AD?
      $419,375

      award amount
    • 5R01AG077534-03Department: NIH department code

      Harnessing new targets and mechanisms mediating AD pathogenesis
      $373,625

      award amount

11. Christopher Norfleet Kaufmann

    Leads 2 awards · $758,489

    • 5R01AG079391-04Department: NIH department code

      Sleep apnea treatment and risk for cognitive decline and Alzheimers disease
      $609,341

      award amount
    • 1K02AG095384-01Department: NIH department code

      Leadership Training in Real-World Data Analytics: Sleep and Alzheimer's Disease
      $149,148

      award amount

12. Gregory Michael Pontone

    Leads 1 award · $742,576

    • 1R01MH139576-01Department: NIH department code

      Anxiety in Parkinson’s disease: using fMRI to evaluate amygdala networks in the on and off dopamine state

      Principal investigators: Gregory Michael Pontone (contact PI), Arnold Bakker

      $742,576

      award amount

13. Matthew J Farrer

    Leads 2 awards · $650,875

    • 1R21NS136890-01A1Department: NIH department code

      DNAJC12 in dopamine biology, physiology and related-behavior
      $422,125

      award amount
    • 5R21NS135376-02Department: NIH department code

      Dnajc13 p.N860S as a physiologic model ofalpha-Synuclein overexpression
      $228,750

      award amount

14. Sara N Burke

    Leads 1 award · $637,502

    • 5R01AG049722-08Department: NIH department code

      The contribution of declines in functional connectivity to cognitive aging
      $637,502

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01MH126236-05, led by Andrew Porter Maurer.

15. Matthew J Lavoie

    Leads 1 award · $566,785

    • 5R01AG082373-02Department: NIH department code

      Intersection of GBA and LRRK2 in Lewy Body Dementia
      $566,785

      award amount

16. Habibeh Khoshbouei

    Leads 1 award · $527,383

    • 5R01DA058143-03Department: NIH department code

      Vagus nerve stimulation increases basal dopamine levels in the brain to decrease methamphetamine-mediated responses
      $527,383

      award amount

17. Aparna Wagle Shukla

    Leads 1 award · $511,192

    • 5R01NS122943-04Department: NIH department code

      Progressive resistance exercise and dystonia pathophysiology.
      $511,192

      award amount

18. William W Ja

    Leads 1 award · $483,000

    • 5R01DC020031-06Department: NIH department code

      TRP channel regulation of feeding behavior in Drosophila
      $483,000

      award amount

19. Ezgi Hacisuleyman

    Leads 1 award · $466,125

    • 1R35GM159898-01Department: NIH department code

      Decoding RNA Localization and Local Translation: Key Mechanisms of Cellular Adaption and Function
      $466,125

      award amount

20. Kimberly Michele Alonge

    Leads 1 award · $447,543

    • 7DP2AI171150-04Department: NIH department code

      Maternal immune activation remodeling of offspring glycosaminoglycan sulfation patterns during neurodevelopment
      $447,543

      award amount

21. Yuqing Li

    Leads 2 awards · $444,396

    • 5R01NS129873-04Department: NIH department code

      Pathophysiology of DYT1 dystonia: Targeted Mouse Models
      $367,646

      award amount
    • 3R01NS129873-04S1Department: NIH department code

      Supplement: Pathophysiology of DYT1 dystonia: Targeted Mouse Models
      $76,750

      award amount

22. John Koren

    Leads 1 award · $419,375

    • 1R21AG093972-01Department: NIH department code

      Pathological Implications of the tau-RNA Interaction

      Principal investigators: John Koren (contact PI), Jose Francisco Abisambra

      $419,375

      award amount

23. Benoit I Giasson

    Leads 1 award · $418,402

    • 5R25AG086095-02Department: NIH department code

      GATORAADE: Gators Advancing Through Opportunities in Research for Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Education

      Principal investigators: Benoit I Giasson (contact PI), Karina Alvina

      $418,402

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32NS131140-02, led by Jennifer Lynn Bizon.

24. Eduardo Jesus Candelario-Jalil

    Leads 1 award · $408,885

    • 5R01NS129136-03Department: NIH department code

      Role of RIPK2 in the neuroinflammatory response to ischemic stroke
      $408,885

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32NS131140-02, led by Jennifer Lynn Bizon.

25. Karina Alvina

    Leads 1 award · $315,547

    • 5R01DC019379-05Department: NIH department code

      Centrifugal regulation of olfactory function by melanin-concentrating hormone
      $315,547

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R25AG086095-02, led by Benoit I Giasson.

26. Jada M Lewis

    Leads 1 award · $308,334

    • 5T32AG061892-07Department: NIH department code

      Clinical and Translational Predoctoral training in Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias

      Principal investigators: Jada M Lewis (contact PI), Paramita Chakrabarty

      $308,334

      award amount

27. Michelle Bedenbaugh

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00DK133560-03Department: NIH department code

      Melanocortin-3 receptor in feeding and anxiety neural circuits
      $249,000

      award amount

28. Adrienn Gabriella Varga

    Leads 1 award · $248,977

    • 5R00HL159232-05Department: NIH department code

      Role of an arousal circuit in respiration and opioid-induced respiratory depression
      $248,977

      award amount

29. Larissa J Strath

    Leads 1 award · $244,020

    • 5R00AG081552-03Department: NIH department code

      Pain and Nutrition in Dementia and Alzheimer's-2 (PANDA-2)
      $244,020

      award amount

30. Jeffrey Ray Jones

    Leads 1 award · $244,019

    • 4R00AG078557-03Department: NIH department code

      Alterations in neuronal metabolic pathways contribute to human cognitive aging and are exacerbated in Alzheimer's disease
      $244,019

      award amount

31. Sathya Puthanveettil

    Leads 1 award · $241,500

    • 5R21MH133252-02Department: NIH department code

      Analysis of RNAs targeted to the long-distance projections of ventral hippocampus
      $241,500

      award amount

32. Freddyson J Martinez-Rivera

    Leads 1 award · $178,416

    • 5K01DA054306-05Department: NIH department code

      Transcriptional reprogramming of drug-associated memories in the nucleus accumbens
      $178,416

      award amount

33. Jungyun Hwang

    Leads 1 award · $176,491

    • 5R21AG084944-02Department: NIH department code

      Upregulating spinal circuits to enhance balance and walking and to increase spinal excitability in older adults
      $176,491

      award amount

34. Bhavana Patel

    Leads 1 award · $174,336

    • 5K23AG073575-05Department: NIH department code

      Multi-Stakeholder Engagement for Interdisciplinary Telehealth in Lewy Body Dementia
      $174,336

      award amount

35. Matthew Robert Burns

    Leads 1 award · $154,440

    • 5K08AG071983-05Department: NIH department code

      Cognitive and Affective Network Dysfunction and Neuromodulation in Aging and Synucleinopathy
      $154,440

      award amount

36. Pedro Antonio Valdes Hernandez

    Leads 1 award · $126,333

    • 5K01AG083228-02Department: NIH department code

      Machine learning-based brain aging morphological signatures of chronic musculoskeletal pain
      $126,333

      award amount

37. Adithya K Gopinath

    Leads 1 award · $118,962

    • 1K99DA063743-01Department: NIH department code

      Cocaine-Mediated Modulation of Dopamine Transmission and Its Effects on Peripheral Immunity
      $118,962

      award amount

38. Kara Ann Johnson

    Leads 1 award · $112,158

    • 1K99NS137249-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Basal Ganglia Network Neurophysiology of Depression in Parkinson’s Disease
      $112,158

      award amount

39. Andrew Porter Maurer

    Leads 1 award · $109,418

    • 5R01MH126236-05Department: NIH department code

      Preclinical Assays of Hippocampal-Prefrontal Cortical Circuit Engagement for Application in Therapeutic Development

      Principal investigators: Andrew Porter Maurer (contact PI), Sara N Burke

      $109,418

      award amount

40. Randall M. Golovin

    Leads 2 awards · $86,224

    • 5F32MH130163-03Department: NIH department code

      Impact of autism genetic risk on cortical sensorimotor dynamics
      $83,224

      award amount
    • 3F32MH130163-02S1Department: NIH department code

      Impact of autism genetic risk on cortical sensorimotor dynamics
      $3,000

      award amount

41. Jose Jacob Vigil

    Leads 1 award · $75,913

    • 8K00MH144711-03Department: NIH department code

      Sexually Dimorphic Amygdala Dysfunction in a Mouse Model of Global Cerebral Ischemia
      $75,913

      award amount

42. Jacob Brandon Rowe

    Leads 1 award · $75,520

    • 1F32DA063102-01Department: NIH department code

      Identifying Genetic Regulators of Opioid Signaling Bias
      $75,520

      award amount

43. William Grant Ludlam

    Leads 1 award · $75,520

    • 5F32NS124758-03Department: NIH department code

      Elucidating transsynaptic regulation of metabotropic glutamate receptors
      $75,520

      award amount

44. Phillip MacKie

    Leads 1 award · $49,740

    • 5F30NS129283-03Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the Role of Myenteric Macrophages in Enteric Synucleinopathy
      $49,740

      award amount

45. Stephan Spencer Quintin

    Leads 1 award · $46,727

    • 1F30NS143381-01Department: NIH department code

      Mechanistic Studies of α-Synuclein Prion-Like Transmission in Disease Models
      $46,727

      award amount

46. Hannah Violet Masterson

    Leads 1 award · $36,538

    • 1F31NS143305-01A1Department: NIH department code

      The role of neurotrophins in the maintenance and function of MF-CA3 synapses
      $36,538

      award amount

47. Shayna Jordan Reed

    Leads 1 award · $36,538

    • 5F31NS139598-02Department: NIH department code

      Exploring synaptic actin-myosin dynamics with super resolution microscopy
      $36,538

      award amount

48. Yibo Zhao

    Leads 1 award · $36,538

    • 1F31MH139249-01Department: NIH department code

      Cell specific & compartment specific changes in translation during long term memory storage
      $36,538

      award amount

49. Samantha Marie Smith

    Leads 1 award · $28,411

    • 5F31AG082445-02Department: NIH department code

      Examining the contributions of cognitive load and anterior cingulate cortex activity on striatal-hippocampal network coupling in age-related cognitive decline
      $28,411

      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.

• Courtney A Miller

  Co-investigator on 5R01MH096847-14, led by Gavin R Rumbaugh

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Florida · Neurosurgery (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Aysegul Gunduz

  Co-investigator on 5UH3NS119844-05, led by Michael S Okun

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

• Christopher R Butson

  Co-investigator on 5UH3NS119844-05, led by Michael S Okun

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

• Arnold Bakker

  Co-investigator on 1R01MH139576-01, led by Gregory Michael Pontone

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Johns Hopkins University · Psychiatry (NIH department code, 1 award)
  • Johns Hopkins University (no department on record, 1 award)

• Alapakkam P Sampath

  Co-investigator on 5R01EY028033-08, led by Kirill A. Martemyanov

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of California, Los Angeles · Ophthalmology (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Barry Setlow

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG067429-03, led by Jennifer Lynn Bizon

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Florida · Psychiatry (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Daniel W Wesson

  Co-investigator on 5R34DA059718-02, led by Nancy Padilla Coreano

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Florida · Pharmacology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Shreya Saxena

  Co-investigator on 5R34DA059718-02, led by Nancy Padilla Coreano

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