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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Psychiatry at University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Funding
$33.4M
$33,354,232
Awards
53
FY2026 NIH awards in Psychiatry
Principal investigators
62
46 lead a grant here, 16 co-investigators
Department rank
#10
of 87 · 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 Psychiatry row of the University of Pennsylvania page.

Leads a grant in this department

46 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. Desmond Oathes

    Leads 2 awards · $5,278,723

    • 1R61MH140271-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Engaging the amygdala with brain stimulation for PTSD
      $3,882,319
      award amount
    • 4R33MH135428-03Department: NIH department code
      Engaging the subgenual cingulate with brain stimulation for depression
      $1,396,404
      award amount
  2. Maria A Oquendo

    Leads 2 awards · $2,697,336

  3. David S Mandell

    Leads 2 awards · $2,632,868

    • 1P50MH143668-01Department: NIH department code
      Innovation in Suicide Prevention Research Center (INSPIRE)

      Principal investigators: David S Mandell (contact PI), Joel Fein (contact PI), Jose Arturo Bauermeister (contact PI), Maria A Oquendo (contact PI), Gregory K Brown

      $2,483,258
      award amount
    • 5T32MH109433-10Department: NIH department code
      The academic-community experience (ACE): A postdoctoral training fellowship in implementation science to promote mental health
      $149,610
      award amount
  4. Joel Fein

    Leads 1 award · $2,483,258

  5. Jose Arturo Bauermeister

    Leads 1 award · $2,483,258

  6. Karine Dube

    Leads 3 awards · $2,357,012

  7. Gregory Corder

    Leads 4 awards · $2,291,429

    • 5R01DA056599-05Department: NIH department code
      Circuitry dynamics underlying opioid-dependence: Integrating structural, functional, and transcriptomic mechanisms

      Principal investigators: Gregory Corder (contact PI), Julie A Blendy, Kevin T Beier

      $732,421
      award amount
    • 1R01DA062710-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Distinct amygdalar neural circuits for pain and opioid dependence

      Principal investigators: Gregory Corder (contact PI), Kevin T Beier

      $708,040
      award amount
    • 5R01NS140454-02Department: NIH department code
      State-dependent control of nociception in opioid circuits

      Principal investigators: Gregory Corder (contact PI), Lin Tian

      $647,843
      award amount
    • 1R21NS145093-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering Thalamocortical Circuit Dynamics Underlying Pain and Sleep Interactions
      $203,125
      award amount
  8. Lily A Brown

    Leads 2 awards · $2,273,042

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01MH138375-01A1, led by Nicholas Lee Balderston.

  9. Janet E Audrain-McGovern

    Leads 3 awards · $1,918,634

    • 5R01CA302758-02Department: NIH department code
      Catalyzing Cigarette Smoking Cessation Through Harm Reduction Sampling Among People Unmotivated to Quit
      $650,331
      award amount
    • 5R01CA290541-03Department: NIH department code
      Alternative Nicotine Delivery Systems as Potential Harm Reduction Tools for Persistent Cigarette Smokers
      $650,125
      award amount
    • 5R01CA287474-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of flavor in the substitutability of e-cigarettes for combustible cigarettes among persistent smokers
      $618,178
      award amount
  10. Katherine W Scangos

    Leads 1 award · $1,552,424

  11. Matthew S Kayser

    Leads 2 awards · $1,524,491

    • 5R35NS137329-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating sleep regulation and function during early development
      $917,232
      award amount
    • 5R01AG071777-05Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the molecular interplay of sleep and neurodegeneration with Drosophila

      Principal investigators: Matthew S Kayser (contact PI), Nancy M Bonini

      $607,259
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AA030056-04, led by Henry Richard Kranzler; 5R25MH119043-08, led by Maria A Oquendo.

  12. Cagla Akay Espinoza

    Leads 1 award · $1,495,153

  13. Jacqueline Deanna Wilson

    Leads 1 award · $1,495,153

  14. Knashawn Hodge Morales

    Leads 1 award · $1,495,153

  15. Mary Beth Gibbons

    Leads 1 award · $1,495,153

  16. Corinde E Wiers

    Leads 2 awards · $1,358,794

    • 4R33AA031088-03Department: NIH department code
      Modulation of alcohol sensitivity and alcohol tolerance by exogenous ketones in humans

      Principal investigators: Corinde E Wiers (contact PI), Ravi Prakash Reddy Nanga

      $796,391
      award amount
    • 5R01AA031570-02Department: NIH department code
      Ketone-sup before Pub: Effects of ketone supplementation on brain energetics and alcohol consumption in alcohol use disorder
      $562,403
      award amount
  17. Yvette I Sheline

    Leads 2 awards · $1,093,470

    • 5R33MH128492-04Department: NIH department code
      Reducing neural perseveration through closed loop real time fMRI neurofeedback to alleviate depressive symptoms
      $753,942
      award amount
    • 5R01MH128686-05Department: NIH department code
      3/4-Deciphering Mechanisms of ECT Outcomes and Adverse Effects (DECODE)
      $339,528
      award amount
  18. Raquel E Gur

    Leads 1 award · $869,897

    • 5R01MH134969-03Department: NIH department code
      1/2: Neurodevelopmental Trajectories in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome in Adolescence and Young Adulthood
      $869,897
      award amount
  19. Shana D. Stites

    Leads 1 award · $828,117

    • 1R01AG096404-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Social and Psychological Outcomes Tally (SPOT) System for Dementia Wellbeing
      $828,117
      award amount
  20. Sheila Shanmugan

    Leads 1 award · $812,500

    • 4DP5OD036142-04Department: NIH department code
      Using person-specific networks to uncover sex differences in vulnerability to internalizing disorders
      $812,500
      award amount
  21. Kelsie Okamura

    Leads 1 award · $793,800

    • 7DP1DA061311-03Department: NIH department code
      Community-driven drug prevention implementation strategies for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander youth in rural Hawai'i
      $793,800
      award amount
  22. Heather J Nuske

    Leads 1 award · $776,451

    • 5R01MH136153-03Department: NIH department code
      RCT of a Measurement Feedback App to Improve Data Quality, Supervision & Outcomes in Behavioral Health
      $776,451
      award amount
  23. Nicholas Lee Balderston

    Leads 1 award · $762,440

    • 1R01MH138375-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The effect of right dlPFC cTBS on acute measures of anxiety, functional connectivity, and TMS-evoked BOLD responses

      Principal investigators: Nicholas Lee Balderston (contact PI), Lily A Brown

      $762,440
      award amount
  24. Theodore Satterthwaite

    Leads 1 award · $759,493

    • 5R01MH113550-09Department: NIH department code
      Linking the Development of Association Cortex Plasticity to Trans-Diagnostic Psychopathology in Youth

      Principal investigators: Theodore Satterthwaite (contact PI), Danielle Smith Bassett

      $759,493
      award amount
  25. Philip Richard Gehrman

    Leads 1 award · $685,293

    • 5R01HL173043-03Department: NIH department code
      Redefining Insomnia: A Comparison of Categorical and Dimensional Approaches
      $685,293
      award amount
  26. Jennifer Rachel Goldschmied

    Leads 1 award · $676,661

    • 5R01AG086134-02Department: NIH department code
      Sleep Slow-Wave Activity as a Potential Vulnerability and Modifiable Risk Factor: Examining the Relationship from Chronic Stress to Accelerated Aging and Alzheimer's Disease
      $676,661
      award amount
  27. Michael Gandal

    Leads 1 award · $670,537

    • 5R01MH137578-03Department: NIH department code
      Cellular and developmental genetic regulation of 3' isoform diversity in the human brain and its contribution to neuropsychiatric disorders

      Principal investigators: Michael Gandal (contact PI), Ophir Shalem

      $670,537
      award amount
  28. Frederick Bennett

    Leads 1 award · $665,504

    • 5R01NS136487-02Department: NIH department code
      Microglia replacement using engineered HSCs for treatment of leukodystrophies

      Principal investigators: Frederick Bennett (contact PI), Hans-Peter Kiem

      $665,504
      award amount
  29. Henry Richard Kranzler

    Leads 1 award · $629,759

  30. Rachel Lorraine Kember

    Leads 1 award · $492,018

    • 5R01MH137212-03Department: NIH department code
      4/7-PsycheMERGE: Advancing Precision Psychiatry
      $492,018
      award amount
  31. Melissa Ann Stockton

    Leads 2 awards · $392,608

    • 5R34MH136204-03Department: NIH department code
      Suicide Assessment and Feasible Evidence-based Treatments for Youth Living with HIV: SAFETY Planning
      $216,838
      award amount
    • 5K01MH130226-05Department: NIH department code
      Improving HIV and Depression Outcomes by Reducing HIV-Mental Illness Stigma in Malawi: a pilot effectiveness-implementation trial
      $175,770
      award amount
  32. Emily Michele Becker Haimes

    Leads 1 award · $243,750

    • 5R34MH135965-03Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging telepsychology and behavioral economics to increase fidelity to CBT

      Principal investigators: Emily Michele Becker Haimes (contact PI), Torrey A. Creed

      $243,750
      award amount
  33. Zachary Pollack Rosenthal

    Leads 1 award · $233,726

    • 1K08NS150851-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating spreading depolarization as a central mechanism of electroconvulsive therapy in a mouse neurodevelopmental model
      $233,726
      award amount
  34. Philip Campbell

    Leads 1 award · $231,255

    • 5K08NS135125-03Department: NIH department code
      Mitochondrial mechanisms underlying neural stem and progenitor cell proliferation deficits in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
      $231,255
      award amount
  35. Jesslyn M Jamison

    Leads 1 award · $196,020

    • 5K23MH137395-02Department: NIH department code
      Identifying Mechanistic Pathways of Family Peer Support Effectiveness
      $196,020
      award amount
  36. Erica Berlin Baller

    Leads 1 award · $194,940

    • 5K23MH133118-04Department: NIH department code
      Depression as a disease of network disruption: learning from multiple sclerosis
      $194,940
      award amount
  37. Robert Adam Schnoll

    Leads 1 award · $194,086

    • 5K24DA045244-09Department: NIH department code
      A Mentoring Program in Patient-Oriented Tobacco Dependence and Implementation Science Research
      $194,086
      award amount
  38. Patty Beyrong Kuo

    Leads 1 award · $192,957

    • 5K23MH137394-03Department: NIH department code
      Development of a natural language processing (NLP) based therapist tool for culturally responsive care
      $192,957
      award amount
  39. Paul S Regier

    Leads 1 award · $187,916

    • 5K01DA056700-04Department: NIH department code
      Integrating brain, neurocognitive, and computational tools in Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) to characterize executive function and to predict clinical outcomes
      $187,916
      award amount
  40. Michael Lloyd Perlis

    Leads 1 award · $182,244

    • 5K24AG055602-09Department: NIH department code
      Behavioral Sleep Medicine: Training in Sleep and Aging
      $182,244
      award amount
  41. Blake Kimmey

    Leads 1 award · $173,799

    • 5K99DA060979-02Department: NIH department code
      Midbrain opioid circuit dynamics in pain and endogenous analgesia
      $173,799
      award amount
  42. William Aisenberg

    Leads 1 award · $128,925

    • 1K99NS150641-01Department: NIH department code
      Macrophage remodeling of brain extracellular matrix in Krabbe disease
      $128,925
      award amount
  43. Steven Lee Meisler

    Leads 1 award · $119,610

    • 1K99HD122318-01Department: NIH department code
      Generalizable Growth Charts of Thalamocortical Development in Early Childhood
      $119,610
      award amount
  44. Xinyi Li

    Leads 1 award · $115,307

    • 5K99AA031746-02Department: NIH department code
      The effects of ketogenic diet on alcohol intoxication
      $115,307
      award amount
  45. Laura Pritschet

    Leads 1 award · $76,672

    • 5K00AG079790-04Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the role of endocrine aging as a risk factor for Alzheimer's Disease
      $76,672
      award amount
  46. Anna Rose Childress

    Leads 1 award · $68,135

    • 5T32DA028874-16Department: NIH department code
      T32 Translational Addiction Research Fellowship Program

      Principal investigators: Anna Rose Childress (contact PI), Julie A Blendy

      $68,135
      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.

Also counted toward University of Pennsylvania in the Psychiatry ranking

Department rankings count awards at these organizations toward University of Pennsylvania. With University of Pennsylvania's own 53 awards (R&D contracts left out), they make up its ranking row: #10, $44,714,957, 69 awards. Each organization's page lists its investigators.