Neurosciences at University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

Leads a grant in this department

17 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. Dorothy Patricia Schafer

   Leads 3 awards · $1,367,466

   • 5R01MH113743-08Department: NIH department code

     Microglia-Astrocyte Crosstalk Regulating SynapseRemodeling
     $540,608

     award amount
   • 4R01AG068281-02Department: NIH department code

     Dissecting the impact of senescence on microglia function and neurodegeneration

     Principal investigators: Dorothy Patricia Schafer (contact PI), Hong Zhang

     $418,750

     award amount
   • 5R01NS117533-04Department: NIH department code

     How Do Synaptic Connections Change in Demyelinating Disease?
     $408,108

     award amount

2. Danny G. Winder

   Leads 3 awards · $1,329,198

   • 1R01AA031269-01Department: NIH department code

     Ethanol modulation of a NE-astrocyte-DA arousal pathway
     $517,248

     award amount
   • 7R01DA042475-09Department: NIH department code

     Noradrenergic Regulation in the BNST
     $430,544

     award amount
   • 5R37AA019455-16Department: NIH department code

     Alcohol action on extended amygdala glutamate synapses
     $381,406

     award amount

3. Andrew R Tapper

   Leads 2 awards · $1,078,009

   • 1R56MH137986-01Department: NIH department code

     Neurocircuitry of motivated reward-seeking after stress
     $606,029

     award amount
   • 5R01DA041482-08Department: NIH department code

     Interpeduncular circuitry in stress-responsive behaviors and nicotine dependence
     $471,980

     award amount

4. Yang Xiang

   Leads 3 awards · $1,020,948

   • 5R01NS126821-02Department: NIH department code

     Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Neuronal Type-specific Axon Regeneration
     $406,188

     award amount
   • 5R01DK136013-02Department: NIH department code

     Mechanical regulation of intestine stem cell-mediated tissue homeostasis in Drosophila
     $353,760

     award amount
   • 1R21AG086903-01Department: NIH department code

     Metabolomic interrogation of gut mechanosensing in Drosophila

     Principal investigators: Yang Xiang (contact PI), Ye He

     $261,000

     award amount

5. Patrick Emery

   Leads 1 award · $917,403

   • 5R35GM145253-03Department: NIH department code

     Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying circadian rhythms and sleep in Drosophila
     $917,403

     award amount

6. Alexandra Byrne

   Leads 1 award · $647,979

   • 1R56AG086504-01Department: NIH department code

     How do microbiota determine neuronal function and protect against neurodegeneration?

     Principal investigators: Alexandra Byrne (contact PI), Mark Alkema

     $647,979

     award amount

7. Kensuke Futai

   Leads 1 award · $570,144

   • 5R01MH130582-03Department: NIH department code

     Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the sex-Depended Maturation of Modulatory Systems.
     $570,144

     award amount

8. Gilles E Martin

   Leads 1 award · $440,039

   • 5R01AA027807-05Department: NIH department code

     Effects of binge alcohol drinking on synaptic computing in the nucleus accumbens
     $440,039

     award amount

9. Michael M Francis

   Leads 1 award · $435,798

   • 5R01NS064263-13Department: NIH department code

     Molecular Analysis of Neural Circuit Excitation and Inhibition
     $435,798

     award amount

10. Mark Alkema

    Leads 1 award · $381,940

    • 5R01GM140480-04Department: NIH department code

      The impact of stress neurohormones on health and aging
      $381,940

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R56AG086504-01, led by Alexandra Byrne.

11. Haley E Melikian

    Leads 1 award · $251,250

    • 1R21DA058804-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Mesolimbic Nociceptin Signaling and Cocaine Reward Suppression
      $251,250

      award amount

12. Timothy Glenn Freels

    Leads 1 award · $81,364

    • 5F32DA053797-03Department: NIH department code

      Involvement of habenulo-interpeduncular circuitry in nicotine reward and aversion
      $81,364

      award amount

13. Caitlyn Marie Edwards

    Leads 1 award · $77,284

    • 1F32AA031404-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Role of PrRP+ projections to BNST in ethanol withdrawal and negative affective behavior
      $77,284

      award amount

14. Rebecca Marie Beiter

    Leads 1 award · $73,828

    • 1F32NS134683-01Department: NIH department code

      A Comparative Analysis of OPC and Microglia Phagocytosis and its Relevance to Neurodegenerative Disease
      $73,828

      award amount

15. Jacob Maxwell Stillman

    Leads 1 award · $36,369

    • 1F31NS139677-01Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the Role of Endosomal Toll-Like Receptors in Remyelination
      $36,369

      award amount

16. Sam Liu

    Leads 1 award · $36,260

    • 5F31NS132495-02Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the Role of cnb-1 and chpf-1 in GABA DD Motor Neuron Remodeling and Synapse Maintenance
      $36,260

      award amount

17. Lauren O'Connor

    Leads 1 award · $19,693

    • 5F31NS124338-03Department: NIH department code

      Investigating Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration
      $19,693

      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.

• Hong Zhang

  Co-investigator on 4R01AG068281-02, led by Dorothy Patricia Schafer

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester · Pediatrics (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Ye He

  Co-investigator on 1R21AG086903-01, led by Yang Xiang

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