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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurosciences at University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

Funding
$8.2M
$8,211,470
Awards
17
FY2026 NIH awards in Neurosciences
Principal investigators
24
20 lead a grant here, 4 co-investigators
Department rank
#38
of 75 · 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 Neurosciences row of the University of Iowa page.

Leads a grant in this department

20 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. Dawn E Quelle

    Leads 1 award · $2,146,411

  2. Douglas Robert Spitz

    Leads 1 award · $2,146,411

  3. James R Howe

    Leads 1 award · $2,146,411

  4. Joseph S Dillon

    Leads 1 award · $2,146,411

  5. Michael Anthony O'Rorke

    Leads 1 award · $2,146,411

  6. Patrick Breheny

    Leads 1 award · $2,146,411

  7. Po Hien Ear

    Leads 1 award · $2,146,411

  8. Yusuf Menda

    Leads 1 award · $2,146,411

  9. Kamal Rahmouni

    Leads 2 awards · $1,288,885

    • 5R01HL172944-02Department: NIH department code
      Neuronal Cilia in Hypertension
      $702,891
      award amount
    • 5R01HL162773-04Department: NIH department code
      Role of FGF21 Action in Hypothalamic Neurons in Obesity-Associated Hypertension
      $585,994
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01HL187653-01, led by Deniz Atasoy.

  10. Yuriy M Usachev

    Leads 3 awards · $1,183,219

    • 5R01NS127428-04Department: NIH department code
      Novel Circuits and Mechanisms of Descending Pain Modulation

      Principal investigators: Yuriy M Usachev (contact PI), Alexander G Bassuk

      $550,462
      award amount
    • 5R01NS125884-05Department: NIH department code
      The mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter in the regulation of neural activity and susceptibility to seizures
      $449,156
      award amount
    • 5T32NS045549-20Department: NIH department code
      Interdisciplinary Training Program in Pain Research

      Principal investigators: Yuriy M Usachev (contact PI), Kathleen A Sluka

      $183,601
      award amount

  11. Seth M Tomchik

    Leads 2 awards · $777,500

    • 5R01NS124716-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of compartmentalized plasticity in learning and memory
      $388,750
      award amount
    • 5R01NS126361-06Department: NIH department code
      Genetic and molecular mechanisms of Nf1-dependent neuronal regulation of metabolism
      $388,750
      award amount

  12. Deniz Atasoy

    Leads 1 award · $622,619

    • 1R01HL187653-01Department: NIH department code
      Targeting hypothalamic astrocytes in obesity-associated hypertension

      Principal investigators: Deniz Atasoy (contact PI), Kamal Rahmouni

      $622,619
      award amount

  13. Songhai Chen

    Leads 1 award · $523,519

    • 5R01CA282699-03Department: NIH department code
      Role of the CTLH E3 ubiquitin ligase in breast cancer progression

      Principal investigators: Songhai Chen (contact PI), Ronald J Weigel

      $523,519
      award amount

  14. Jon Resch

    Leads 1 award · $461,889

    • 5R01NS141072-02Department: NIH department code
      NTSHSD2 neuron activity: regulation by aldosterone and afferent control”
      $461,889
      award amount

  15. Stefan Strack

    Leads 1 award · $323,457

    • 5T32GM144636-05Department: NIH department code
      Predoctoral Training in the Pharmacological Sciences

      Principal investigators: Stefan Strack (contact PI), David L. Roman

      $323,457
      award amount

  16. Taylor Reagan Jay

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00NS133298-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating novel mechanisms that underlie glial-mediated synapse elimination in development and aging
      $249,000
      award amount

  17. Adele Stewart

    Leads 1 award · $233,250

    • 5R21DA060410-02Department: NIH department code
      Sex-biased, region-specific regulation of DA release and clearance
      $233,250
      award amount

  18. Edwin Ted G. Abel

    Leads 1 award · $231,350

    • 1R21NS143268-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating learning-induced molecular signatures in hippocampal mature oligodendrocytes at single-cell and spatial resolution: Implications for hippocampal function
      $231,350
      award amount

  19. Kristin Claflin

    Leads 1 award · $153,846

    • 5K01DK133667-04Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of neuronal function by mitochondrial uncoupling
      $153,846
      award amount

  20. Miriam McDonough

    Leads 1 award · $16,525

    • 5F31HL170784-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the molecular mechanisms underlying aldosterone-mediated sodium appetite
      $16,525
      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.