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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurology at University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Funding
$38M
$38,020,097
Awards
60
FY2026 NIH awards in Neurology
Principal investigators
70
58 lead a grant here, 12 co-investigators
Department rank
#9
of 83 · 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 Neurology row of the University of Pennsylvania page.

Leads a grant in this department

58 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. Edward Byung-Ha Lee

    Leads 3 awards · $11,665,185

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32AG000255-29, led by Alice S Chen-Plotkin.

  2. Sharon Xiangwen Xie

    Leads 3 awards · $11,665,185

  3. Corey T McMillan

    Leads 3 awards · $8,001,429

  4. David John Irwin

    Leads 4 awards · $7,851,827

  5. Alice S Chen-Plotkin

    Leads 3 awards · $4,938,237

  6. David A Wolk

    Leads 1 award · $4,649,633

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AG072796-05, led by Sandhitsu Das.

  7. Dawn J Mechanic-Hamilton

    Leads 1 award · $4,649,633

  8. Jason H Karlawish

    Leads 1 award · $4,649,633

  9. Leslie Michael Shaw

    Leads 1 award · $4,649,633

  10. Paul A. Yushkevich

    Leads 1 award · $4,649,633

  11. Vivianna M Van Deerlin

    Leads 1 award · $4,649,633

  12. Daniel Weintraub

    Leads 1 award · $3,799,834

  13. Kelvin C Luk

    Leads 1 award · $3,799,834

  14. Virginia M Lee

    Leads 1 award · $3,799,834

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32AG000255-29, led by Alice S Chen-Plotkin.

  15. James C Gee

    Leads 1 award · $3,215,718

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AG090414-02, led by David John Irwin.

  16. Lauren M Massimo

    Leads 1 award · $3,215,718

  17. Christopher G. Favilla

    Leads 3 awards · $2,080,368

    • 5R01HL174975-02Department: NIH department code
      The impact of Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation on Cerebral Hemodynamics and Cognition
      $778,076
      award amount
    • 5R01NS144421-02Department: NIH department code
      Optical Cerebral Hemodynamic Monitoring for the Detection of Large Vessel Occlusion
      $657,947
      award amount
    • 1R01NS142294-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The impact of a personalized video-based stroke educational platform onpatient-centered and health system-centered outcomes
      $644,345
      award amount

  18. Roy H Hamilton

    Leads 3 awards · $1,875,151

    • 5R01AG075111-05Department: NIH department code
      Phase II clinical trial of transcranial direct current stimulation in the treatment of primary progressive aphasia

      Principal investigators: Roy H Hamilton (contact PI), Kyrana Tsapkini

      $950,019
      award amount
    • 1R01DC023292-01Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing the Organization of Networks with Neuromodulation to Enhance Communication Treatments in Aphasia (CONNECT Aphasia)

      Principal investigators: Roy H Hamilton (contact PI), John Medaglia

      $685,048
      award amount
    • 3R01AG075111-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Phase II clinical trial of transcranial direct current stimulation in the treatment of primary progressive aphasia

      Principal investigators: Roy H Hamilton (contact PI), Kyrana Tsapkini

      $240,084
      award amount

  19. Richard E Phillips

    Leads 1 award · $1,456,325

    • 4R01CA288596-03Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering mechanisms of transcriptional repression which drive midline glioma
      $1,456,325
      award amount

  20. Amit Bar-Or

    Leads 1 award · $1,336,625

    • 1U01AI195194-01Department: NIH department code
      AMS05: Ocrelizumab Discontinuation in Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis
      $1,336,625
      award amount

  21. Frances E Jensen

    Leads 2 awards · $1,280,514

    • 5R01AG077692-05Department: NIH department code
      Seizure-induced enhancement of synaptic signaling regulating tau transmissibility in Alzheimer's Disease

      Principal investigators: Frances E Jensen (contact PI), Delia Talos

      $678,091
      award amount
    • 5R37NS115439-04Department: NIH department code
      Tracking the evolution of synaptic dysplasticity after early life seizures
      $602,423
      award amount

  22. David Menassah Raizen

    Leads 2 awards · $1,205,030

  23. Kathryn Adamiak Davis

    Leads 1 award · $1,136,955

    • 4R33NS125568-04Department: NIH department code
      Biomarkers to Predict Outcome from Responsive Brain Stimulation for Epilepsy
      $1,136,955
      award amount

  24. Allison Willis

    Leads 3 awards · $1,086,906

    • 5P30AG059302-09Department: NIH department code
      Center for Improving Care Delivery for the Aging (CICADA)

      Principal investigators: Allison Willis (contact PI), Mary D Naylor (contact PI), Norma B Coe (contact PI), Rachel M Werner

      $648,956
      award amount
    • 5T32NS061779-18Department: NIH department code
      Neurologic Clinical Epidemiology Training Program

      Principal investigators: Allison Willis (contact PI), Andrea Lauren Christman Schneider

      $277,714
      award amount
    • 5K24AG075234-05Department: NIH department code
      Midcareer Development Award in Neuroaging and Geriatric Pharmacoepidemiology Research
      $160,236
      award amount

  25. Jeffrey S Phillips

    Leads 1 award · $937,506

    • 5R01AG054519-09Department: NIH department code
      Spreading Tau Pathology in Non-Amnestic Alzheimer's Disease
      $937,506
      award amount

  26. Andrea Lauren Christman Schneider

    Leads 2 awards · $887,999

    • 1R01NS147343-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Associations of Traumatic Brain Injury Across the Life Course with Later-LifeCognitive Decline and Dementia Risk: A Pooled Cohort Study
      $658,729
      award amount
    • 5K23NS123340-05Department: NIH department code
      Establishing Mechanisms Between Traumatic Brain Injury and Dementia Using Epidemiology, Clinical Studies, Blood-Based Biomarkers, and Neuroimaging Biomarkers
      $229,270
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32NS061779-18, led by Allison Willis.

  27. Erin Conrad

    Leads 2 awards · $874,860

    • 1R01NS148413-01Department: NIH department code
      Quantitative scalp and intracranial EEG in surgical planning
      $646,295
      award amount
    • 5K23NS121401-05Department: NIH department code
      Quantitative interictal networks to localize seizure generators
      $228,565
      award amount

  28. Geoffrey Karl Aguirre

    Leads 3 awards · $868,817

    • 5R01EY036255-03Department: NIH department code
      Flicker photophobia as an experience of inefficient coding
      $572,245
      award amount
    • 1R21NS152435-01Department: NIH department code
      Neural activity-induced cellular water exchange in the human brain

      Principal investigators: Geoffrey Karl Aguirre (contact PI), Manuel Taso

      $243,750
      award amount
    • 5UE5NS065745-18Department: NIH department code
      Research Training Program in Disease-Oriented Neuroscience (R25)

      Principal investigators: Geoffrey Karl Aguirre (contact PI), Han-Chiao Isaac Chen, John A Detre

      $52,822
      award amount

  29. Katheryn Alexandra Quilico Cousins

    Leads 1 award · $802,540

    • 5R01AG087258-03Department: NIH department code
      Pathology-guided biofluid biomarker strategies for classification and progression of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD)
      $802,540
      award amount

  30. Sandhitsu Das

    Leads 1 award · $770,238

    • 5R01AG072796-05Department: NIH department code
      Characterization of relationship between tau pathology and neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease using multimodal imaging

      Principal investigators: Sandhitsu Das (contact PI), David A Wolk

      $770,238
      award amount

  31. Flavia Vitale

    Leads 1 award · $731,669

    • 2R56NS121219-06Department: NIH department code
      Validating MXene Electrodes for Next-Generation Electroencephalography

      Principal investigators: Flavia Vitale (contact PI), John Medaglia

      $731,669
      award amount

  32. Dennis Larry Kolson

    Leads 1 award · $687,863

    • 5R01NS122570-05Department: NIH department code
      Protection against early SIV brain injury with adjunctive therapy to cART
      $687,863
      award amount

  33. H Branch Coslett

    Leads 1 award · $672,187

    • 5R01DC021060-03Department: NIH department code
      Electrical Field Guided TMS and Constraint Induced Language Therapy to TreatPost-Stroke Aphasia in the Subacute Stage
      $672,187
      award amount

  34. James J Dowling

    Leads 1 award · $651,827

    • 5R01AR084310-02Department: NIH department code
      Nuclear myotubularin and its role in muscle development and the pathogenesis of X-linked myotubular myopathy

      Principal investigators: James J Dowling (contact PI), Alan H. Beggs

      $651,827
      award amount

  35. Mary D Naylor

    Leads 1 award · $648,956

  36. Norma B Coe

    Leads 1 award · $648,956

  37. Jay A Gottfried

    Leads 1 award · $451,218

    • 5R01DC019405-05Department: NIH department code
      Behavioral and Neural Substrates of Odor-Guided Navigation in the Human Brain
      $451,218
      award amount

  38. Brett Lee Cucchiara

    Leads 1 award · $433,467

    • 5U24NS107224-08Department: NIH department code
      Philadelphia Regional Stroke Trials Network Coordinating Center (PRSTNCC)
      $433,467
      award amount

  39. Jennifer Lauren Orthmann-Murphy

    Leads 1 award · $386,716

    • 5R01NS132793-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of microglia in cortical remyelination
      $386,716
      award amount

  40. Brian Litt

    Leads 1 award · $354,686

    • 5T32NS091006-12Department: NIH department code
      Training Program in Neuroengineering and Medicine
      $354,686
      award amount

  41. John A Detre

    Leads 1 award · $308,666

    • 5R01EB031080-05Department: NIH department code
      Academic Industrial Partnership on Advanced Perfusion MRI

      Principal investigators: John A Detre (contact PI), Yulin V Chang, Ze Wang

      $308,666
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32AG076411-05, led by Corey T McMillan; 5UE5NS065745-18, led by Geoffrey Karl Aguirre.

  42. Nishant Sinha

    Leads 1 award · $248,999

    • 4R00NS138680-03Department: NIH department code
      Scalable methods to quantify epileptic network and guide epilepsy surgery
      $248,999
      award amount

  43. Ali G Hamedani

    Leads 1 award · $235,577

    • 5K23EY033438-05Department: NIH department code
      Vision and hallucinations in older adults
      $235,577
      award amount

  44. Samuel Shin

    Leads 1 award · $233,847

    • 1K08NS144606-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Hemoglobin Metabolites and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Traumatic Brain Injury
      $233,847
      award amount

  45. Laura West Pappalardo

    Leads 1 award · $232,605

    • 1K08NS149384-01Department: NIH department code
      Microglial-derived extracellular vesicles as biomarkers in traumatic brain injury
      $232,605
      award amount

  46. Lauren Hart Hammer

    Leads 1 award · $232,605

    • 5K23NS138692-02Department: NIH department code
      Neurophysiologic Signatures of Essential Tremor and Implications for Deep Brain Stimulation
      $232,605
      award amount

  47. George T Kannarkat

    Leads 1 award · $231,255

    • 5K08NS133286-03Department: NIH department code
      Determining the Origin and Pathogenicity of Plasma-Derived Alpha-SynucleinStrains
      $231,255
      award amount

  48. David Jacobson Fischer

    Leads 1 award · $220,244

    • 5K23NS136745-02Department: NIH department code
      A functional brain network to detect and predict consciousness recovery
      $220,244
      award amount

  49. Christopher Alan Brown

    Leads 1 award · $196,020

    • 1K23AG093167-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Untangling the effects of anti-amyloid therapy on neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation
      $196,020
      award amount

  50. Holly Elser

    Leads 1 award · $196,020

    • 1K23AG101527-01Department: NIH department code
      Air pollution and dementia: An epidemiological approach integrating multimodal biomarkers
      $196,020
      award amount

  51. Whitley Aamodt

    Leads 1 award · $194,940

    • 5K23AG086669-03Department: NIH department code
      Improving End-of-Life Care for Hospitalized Patients with Lewy Body Disorders
      $194,940
      award amount

  52. Emma Rhodes

    Leads 1 award · $162,876

    • 5K23AG083124-04Department: NIH department code
      Digital monitoring of autonomic activity to detect empathy loss in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia
      $162,876
      award amount

  53. Michael Haoming Guo

    Leads 1 award · $143,135

    • 5K08AG086591-03Department: NIH department code
      Short tandem repeats as a novel genetic driver of Alzheimer's disease
      $143,135
      award amount

  54. Denise Y Harvey

    Leads 1 award · $138,106

    • 5K01DC021234-04Department: NIH department code
      Transcranial alternating current stimulation to enhance language abilities
      $138,106
      award amount

  55. Daniel Timothy Ohm

    Leads 1 award · $127,305

    • 5K01AG081484-04Department: NIH department code
      Histopathologic interrogation of laminar microcircuits underlying cognition in frontotemporal dementia
      $127,305
      award amount

  56. Bernadette D'alonzo

    Leads 1 award · $76,780

    • 5F32AG096999-02Department: NIH department code
      Traumatic Brain Injury, Social Relationships, and Risk of Dementia
      $76,780
      award amount

  57. Shreya Yogesh Parchure

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30DC022503-02Department: NIH department code
      Brain Network based Language System Neuromodulation for Aphasia
      $55,114
      award amount

  58. Elizabeth Walker Thompson

    Leads 1 award · $40,595

    • 5F30HL162429-05Department: NIH department code
      Right Ventricular Remodeling in Tetralogy of Fallot
      $40,595
      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.

  • John Medaglia

    Co-investigator on 2R56NS121219-06, led by Flavia Vitale; 1R01DC023292-01, led by Roy H Hamilton

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

  • Kyrana Tsapkini

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG075111-05, led by Roy H Hamilton; 3R01AG075111-05S1, led by Roy H Hamilton

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Philip Richard Gehrman

    Co-investigator on 5T32HL170968-03, led by David Menassah Raizen

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Delia Talos

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG077692-05, led by Frances E Jensen

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

  • Alan H. Beggs

    Co-investigator on 5R01AR084310-02, led by James J Dowling

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

  • Rachel M Werner

    Co-investigator on 5P30AG059302-09, led by Allison Willis and Mary D Naylor and Norma B Coe

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Alexander Martinus Van Der Linden

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS107969-08, led by David Menassah Raizen

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Yulin V Chang

    Co-investigator on 5R01EB031080-05, led by John A Detre

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

  • Ze Wang

    Co-investigator on 5R01EB031080-05, led by John A Detre

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Manuel Taso

    Co-investigator on 1R21NS152435-01, led by Geoffrey Karl Aguirre

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

  • Murray Grossman

    Co-investigator on 5T32AG076411-05, led by Corey T McMillan

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Han-Chiao Isaac Chen

    Co-investigator on 5UE5NS065745-18, led by Geoffrey Karl Aguirre

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

Also counted toward University of Pennsylvania in the Neurology ranking

Department rankings count awards at these organizations toward University of Pennsylvania. With University of Pennsylvania's own 60 awards (R&D contracts left out), they make up its ranking row: #9, $41,496,907, 64 awards. Each organization's page lists its investigators.