Neurosciences at University of Maryland Baltimore

Leads a grant in this department

11 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. Marco Venniro

   Leads 3 awards · $1,652,089

   • 5R01DA063051-02Department: NIH department code

     Behavioral and neurobiological mechanisms of reciprocal social interactions in Substance Use Disorders
     $641,450

     award amount
   • 5R01DA056440-05Department: NIH department code

     Genomic profiling mediating the protective effect of social reward on opioid craving

     Principal investigators: Marco Venniro (contact PI), Mary Kay Lobo, Seth Abrams Ament

     $597,677

     award amount
   • 5R01MH129310-04Department: NIH department code

     Behavioral and neural mechanisms mediating social motivation in a rat model for ASD
     $412,962

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 1R01DA062618-01A1, led by Donna Calu Gogerdchi.

2. Joseph F Cheer

   Leads 2 awards · $1,347,665

   • 2R01DA022340-16Department: NIH department code

     Endogenous Cannabinoid Control of Reward Substrates
     $676,022

     award amount
   • 5R01MH139635-02Department: NIH department code

     Endocannabinoid Control of Cholinergic Transmission and the Pursuit of Reward
     $671,643

     award amount

3. Ilia V Baskakov

   Leads 2 awards · $1,240,536

   • 5R01NS129502-04Department: NIH department code

     Role of reactive astrocytes in prion diseases
     $622,545

     award amount
   • 5R01NS045585-23Department: NIH department code

     Role of microglial phagocytosis in prion diseases
     $617,991

     award amount

4. Mary Kay Lobo

   Leads 2 awards · $878,515

   • 5R01DA054905-05Department: NIH department code

     Lasting Neurological Effects of Perinatal Opioids

     Principal investigators: Mary Kay Lobo (contact PI), Asaf Keller, Seth Abrams Ament

     $569,515

     award amount
   • 5R33DA052101-05Department: NIH department code

     Epigenome Editing in Opioid Action
     $309,000

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 5R01DA056440-05, led by Marco Venniro.

5. Mervyn J Monteiro

   Leads 1 award · $738,305

   • 5R01NS098243-08Department: NIH department code

     Mechanistic studies and therapeutics for ALS/FTD linked to UBQLN2 mutations
     $738,305

     award amount

6. Donna Calu Gogerdchi

   Leads 1 award · $656,916

   • 1R01DA062618-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Insular-Amygdala Conflict Processing After Voluntary Abstinence

     Principal investigators: Donna Calu Gogerdchi (contact PI), Marco Venniro

     $656,916

     award amount

7. Fuwen Zhou

   Leads 1 award · $649,766

   • 1R01AG092405-01A1Department: NIH department code

     HCN Channels Mediate Olfactory Dysfunction in Aging and Neurological Disease

     Principal investigators: Fuwen Zhou (contact PI), Adam C Puche

     $649,766

     award amount

8. Emily Aster Aery Jones

   Leads 1 award · $248,936

   • 4R00NS134734-03Department: NIH department code

     Dynamics of Hippocampal Inputs in Alzheimer's Disease
     $248,936

     award amount

9. Samantha Nicola Scott

   Leads 1 award · $76,780

   • 1F32DA066191-01Department: NIH department code

     Mitochondrial regulation of structural plasticity in ventral hippocampus-nucleus accumbens projection neurons and cocaine seeking after prolonged abstinence from self-administration
     $76,780

     award amount

10. Jessica McInerney

    Leads 1 award · $47,104

    • 5F31DA062453-02Department: NIH department code

      The Impact of Perinatal Fentanyl on Dopamine Neuron Circuitry and Behavior
      $47,104

      award amount

11. Isaiah Williamson

    Leads 1 award · $37,731

    • 1F31DA066957-01Department: NIH department code

      Physiological Characterization of PBN CGRP Neurons During Chronic Opioid Exposure and Withdrawal
      $37,731

      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.

• Seth Abrams Ament

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA056440-05, led by Marco Venniro; 5R01DA054905-05, led by Mary Kay Lobo

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Maryland Baltimore · Psychiatry (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Adam C Puche

  Co-investigator on 1R01AG092405-01A1, led by Fuwen Zhou

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

• Asaf Keller

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA054905-05, led by Mary Kay Lobo

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