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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Psychology at University of Houston

Houston, TX

Funding
$14M
$14,006,646
Awards
22
FY2026 NIH awards in Psychology
Principal investigators
31
24 lead a grant here, 7 co-investigators
Department rank
Not ranked
Outside the 27 ranked departments
  • 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 Psychology row of the University of Houston page.

Leads a grant in this department

24 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. Bettina M. Beech

    Leads 1 award · $3,242,195

  2. Chakema Calecia Carmack

    Leads 1 award · $3,242,195

  3. Fatima Aziz Merchant

    Leads 1 award · $3,242,195

  4. Michael J. Zvolensky

    Leads 1 award · $3,242,195

  5. Shaun Xiaoliu Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $3,242,195

  6. Stacey Lynn Gorniak

    Leads 1 award · $3,242,195

  7. Elena L Grigorenko

    Leads 3 awards · $3,054,542

    • 1P50DC022552-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Epidemiology, etiology, and pathways to DLD: The role of late talking in linguistically and culturally diverse children

      Principal investigators: Anny P. Castilla-Earls (contact PI), David J. Francis (contact PI), Elena L Grigorenko (contact PI), Jeremy Miciak (contact PI), Julia S. Benoit (contact PI), Jack M Fletcher

      $2,387,184
      award amount
    • 5R01HD109307-05Department: NIH department code
      Transdiagnostic Associations Across Developmental Disorders
      $436,182
      award amount
    • 3R01HD109307-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Transdiagnostic Associations Across Developmental Disorders
      $231,176
      award amount

  8. Anny P. Castilla-Earls

    Leads 1 award · $2,387,184

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DC020183-04, led by Monique T Mills.

  9. David J. Francis

    Leads 1 award · $2,387,184

  10. Jeremy Miciak

    Leads 1 award · $2,387,184

  11. Julia S. Benoit

    Leads 1 award · $2,387,184

  12. Lorra Garey

    Leads 3 awards · $1,928,177

    • 5R01MD019957-03Department: NIH department code
      A National Test of a Culturally Tailored mHealth Integrated Smoking Cessation and Mental Health Intervention for Black Adults with HIV

      Principal investigators: Lorra Garey (contact PI), Michael S. Businelle

      $940,020
      award amount
    • 1R01AA033300-01Department: NIH department code
      A Personalized Digital Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Use and Improve HIV Care Outcomes
      $706,832
      award amount
    • 5R34CA286803-03Department: NIH department code
      An Innovative Digitally-Delivered Olfactory Method for Reducing Cigarette Cravings and Supporting Smoking Cessation

      Principal investigators: Lorra Garey (contact PI), Michael Andrew Sayette, Michael S. Businelle

      $281,325
      award amount

  13. Luis D Medina

    Leads 2 awards · $1,657,478

    • 5UH3AG083264-04Department: NIH department code
      A Precision Engagement Approach with Hispanics/Latinos for Alzheimer’s Disease Research: ECHAR-PE
      $930,385
      award amount
    • 1R61AG094604-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Development of a Community Engaged Translational Research Network to Advance Spanish-Language Neuropsychological Assessment in Cognitive Aging Research: ECHAR-TR
      $727,093
      award amount

  14. Clayton Neighbors

    Leads 2 awards · $1,266,447

    • 5R01AA030889-04Department: NIH department code
      Acculturation, Social Context, Loneliness, and the Development of Alcohol Problems in Culturally Representative Individuals

      Principal investigators: Clayton Neighbors (contact PI), Jaye L Derrick

      $636,199
      award amount
    • 5R01AA031252-03Department: NIH department code
      Evaluating Telehealth Delivery of Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students

      Principal investigators: Clayton Neighbors (contact PI), Eric R. Pedersen

      $630,248
      award amount

  15. Monique T Mills

    Leads 1 award · $657,483

    • 5R01DC020183-04Department: NIH department code
      The relationship between child language proficiency and language of treatment on the outcomes of bilingual children with developmental language disorder

      Principal investigators: Monique T Mills (contact PI), Amanda Jean Owen Van Horne, Anny P. Castilla-Earls

      $657,483
      award amount

  16. Johanna Renee Bick

    Leads 1 award · $597,736

    • 1R01HD117393-01A1Department: NIH department code
      A Randomized Control Trial of a Scalable Parenting Program to support Candidate Brain Pathways, Autonomic Regulation, and Socio-Emotional Development in Preterm Infants

      Principal investigators: Johanna Renee Bick (contact PI), Dana McKenna Demaster

      $597,736
      award amount

  17. Amanda Cristina Venta

    Leads 1 award · $343,611

    • 5R01MD016897-04Department: NIH department code
      Posttraumatic Distress Among Hispanic Adults: Individual and Interpersonal Risk and Resilience across Domains of Influence
      $343,611
      award amount

  18. Carla Sharp

    Leads 2 awards · $336,775

    • 5R01MH127060-05Department: NIH department code
      MISC-CBO: A cluster randomized control trial to improve the mental health of children affected by attachment disruption and loss
      $228,775
      award amount
    • 3R01MH127060-05S1Department: NIH department code
      MISC-CBO: A cluster randomized control trial to improve the mental health of children affected by attachment disruption and loss
      $108,000
      award amount

  19. Hanako Yoshida

    Leads 1 award · $332,140

    • 1R01HD121864-01Department: NIH department code
      Multimodal Dynamics of Infant Attention: Eye, Brain, and Heart During Object Play
      $332,140
      award amount

  20. Heather Dial

    Leads 1 award · $191,947

    • 5R21DC021497-03Department: NIH department code
      Reliability and validity of temporal response function modeling in aphasia
      $191,947
      award amount

  21. Brooke Y Redmond

    Leads 1 award · $187,218

    • 5K23AA030804-04Department: NIH department code
      INTERPERSONAL STRESS EXPERIENCES AND HAZARDOUS DRINKING AMONG HISPANIC ADULTS
      $187,218
      award amount

  22. Josephine Tres Hinds

    Leads 1 award · $133,119

    • 5K01MD017631-05Department: NIH department code
      Exploring social and developmental factors to reduce tobacco use
      $133,119
      award amount

  23. Elizabeth Perkovich

    Leads 1 award · $39,651

    • 1F31HD121416-01Department: NIH department code
      Developmental Mechanisms of Joint Attention During Parent-Infant Play Among Infants at High Familial Likelihood of Later Autism Diagnosis.
      $39,651
      award amount

  24. Kennedy Balzen

    Leads 1 award · $38,127

    • 5F31MH140528-02Department: NIH department code
      Pathways of Personality Disorder: Combining Multiple Methods of Repeated Assessment Across Development and in Daily Life
      $38,127
      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.