Neurology at University of Texas at Austin

Leads a grant in this department

29 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. Kristen M Harris

   Leads 2 awards · $3,876,152

   • 1RF1MH139176-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Synaptic plasticity mechanisms that protect and refine local circuits

     Principal investigators: Kristen M Harris (contact PI), Karen Zito

     $3,093,180

     award amount
   • 2R01MH095980-10A1Department: NIH department code

     Synaptic plasticity across the lifespan
     $782,972

     award amount

2. Chandra L Muller

   Leads 1 award · $3,214,705

   • 5U01AG078533-05Department: NIH department code

     Education and Cognitive Functioning in Later Life: The Nation’s High School Class of 1972

     Principal investigators: Chandra L Muller (contact PI), Eric Grodsky, John Robert Warren

     $3,214,705

     award amount

3. Franco Pestilli

   Leads 1 award · $1,069,855

   • 5U24NS140384-02Department: NIH department code

     BRAIN CONNECTS: The Axonal Projectome EXchange (APEX)

     Principal investigators: Franco Pestilli (contact PI), Anastasia Yendiki

     $1,069,855

     award amount

4. Robert O. Messing

   Leads 2 awards · $898,784

   • 5U24AA025479-10Department: NIH department code

     1/11 Integrative Neuroscience Initiative on Alcoholism
     $469,167

     award amount
   • 5R01AA028807-05Department: NIH department code

     PDE4 regulation of GABA-A receptors in alcohol tolerance and consumption
     $429,617

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 5U01AA013520-25, led by Yuri A Blednov.

5. Jeffrey Gross

   Leads 2 awards · $824,598

   • 5R01EY029410-08Department: NIH department code

     Elucidating the Molecular Underpinnings of Endogenous RPE Regeneration
     $432,173

     award amount
   • 5R01EY035888-03Department: NIH department code

     Epigenetic Regulation of Retinal Regeneration
     $392,425

     award amount

6. Karen L Fingerman

   Leads 1 award · $750,713

   • 5R01AG087118-03Department: NIH department code

     Daily Experiences and Well-being among Caregivers for Older Adults Experiencing Lewy Body Dementia.
     $750,713

     award amount

7. Stephanie M Grasso

   Leads 2 awards · $679,075

   • 5R01AG080470-04Department: NIH department code

     Bilingual Factors Associated with Cognitive Reserve and Linguistic Resilience in Hispanics with Primary Progressive Aphasia
     $468,205

     award amount
   • 3R01AG080470-04S1Department: NIH department code

     Bilingual Factors Associated with Cognitive Reserve and Linguistic Resilience in Hispanics with Primary Progressive Aphasia
     $210,870

     award amount

8. Alison R Preston

   Leads 1 award · $670,531

   • 5R01MH100121-13Department: NIH department code

     Hippocampal and frontoparietal mechanisms for knowledge acquisition and inference
     $670,531

     award amount

9. Jasper Smits

   Leads 1 award · $653,450

   • 5R01CA273221-04Department: NIH department code

     Efficacy and implementation of exercise-based smoking cessation treatment for adults with high anxiety sensitivity

     Principal investigators: Jasper Smits (contact PI), Marshall Cheney, Michael J. Zvolensky

     $653,450

     award amount

10. Lauren Ilyse Richie Ehrlich

    Leads 1 award · $595,778

    • 5R01AI104870-12Department: NIH department code

      Discriminating the contributions of CCR4 and CCR7 to thymic central tolerance
      $595,778

      award amount

11. Roy Dayne Mayfield

    Leads 1 award · $545,194

    • 5U01AA020926-15Department: NIH department code

      2/11 Spatially Resolved, Single Cell, Neuroimmune Transcriptomes in Alcohol Dependence
      $545,194

      award amount

12. Caitlin Anne Orsini

    Leads 1 award · $541,189

    • 5R01DA055676-03Department: NIH department code

      Investigation of the neurobiological mechanisms underlying estradiol-mediated risk aversion in females
      $541,189

      award amount

13. Andrew David Gaudet

    Leads 1 award · $490,528

    • 5R01NS131806-04Department: NIH department code

      Circadian control of neuroinflammation after spinal cord injury
      $490,528

      award amount

14. Lauren K Dobbs

    Leads 1 award · $464,464

    • 5R01DA054329-05Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of striatal microcircuits by endogenous opioids as a novel mechanism underlying cocaine seeking
      $464,464

      award amount

15. Yuri A Blednov

    Leads 1 award · $454,375

    • 5U01AA013520-25Department: NIH department code

      7/11 Biochemical and Genetic Determinants of Alcohol Consumption

      Principal investigators: Yuri A Blednov (contact PI), Robert O. Messing

      $454,375

      award amount

16. Xuexin Wei

    Leads 1 award · $397,115

    • 5R01DA060742-02Department: NIH department code

      Representational geometry: evaluating brain-computational models with neural activity data

      Principal investigators: Xuexin Wei (contact PI), Nikolaus Kriegeskorte

      $397,115

      award amount

17. Huiliang Wang

    Leads 1 award · $396,250

    • 5R35GM147408-05Department: NIH department code

      Non-Invasive and Non-Viral Sono-Optogenetics
      $396,250

      award amount

18. Tanya T Paull

    Leads 1 award · $389,523

    • 5R01NS126747-05Department: NIH department code

      Origins of DNA damage driving pathology in human neurodegeneration
      $389,523

      award amount

19. Ku-Lung Hsu

    Leads 1 award · $365,841

    • 5R01AI169412-04Department: NIH department code

      Chemical proteomic investigation of lipid kinase specificity and druggability
      $365,841

      award amount

20. Hitoshi Morikawa

    Leads 1 award · $356,625

    • 5R01DA054274-05Department: NIH department code

      Experience-Dependent Regulation of Reward Learning and Addiction Vulnerability
      $356,625

      award amount

21. Johann K Eberhart

    Leads 1 award · $353,701

    • 5R01AA023426-08Department: NIH department code

      Genetic screens in zebrafish to identify gene-ethanol interactions
      $353,701

      award amount

22. Hongjoo Joanne Lee

    Leads 1 award · $353,582

    • 5R01AA029386-05Department: NIH department code

      Reducing alcohol-seeking behavior in a rat model of alcohol dependence
      $353,582

      award amount

23. Catherine Cubbin

    Leads 1 award · $341,815

    • 5T32HL140290-09Department: NIH department code

      Research Training Program to Increase the Scientific Workforce and Promote Cardiovascular and Lung Health

      Principal investigators: Catherine Cubbin (contact PI), Yessenia Castro

      $341,815

      award amount

24. Amy Lee

    Leads 1 award · $308,701

    • 5T32DA018926-22Department: NIH department code

      Pre-Doctoral Training in Interdisciplinary Neuroscience

      Principal investigators: Amy Lee (contact PI), Nace L Golding

      $308,701

      award amount

25. Ayland Cash Letsinger

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00DA058974-03Department: NIH department code

      ENDOCANNABINOID REINFORCEMENT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
      $249,000

      award amount

26. Nihal A Salem

    Leads 1 award · $149,875

    • 5K99AA032053-02Department: NIH department code

      Dysregulated cell-type specific gene regulatory networks underlying alcohol dependence
      $149,875

      award amount

27. Jerry Tang

    Leads 1 award · $76,780

    • 5F32DC022178-03Department: NIH department code

      Assessing semantic encoding and decoding models in stroke-induced aphasia
      $76,780

      award amount

28. Kanako Matsumura

    Leads 1 award · $46,911

    • 5F31DA058522-03Department: NIH department code

      Recruitment of striatal enkephalin by cocaine as a substrate for striatopallidal circuit adaptations and cocaine seeking
      $46,911

      award amount

29. Matthew Joseph Lohr

    Leads 1 award · $41,842

    • 5F31HL176137-02Department: NIH department code

      Computational Models of Mechanical Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke Treatment
      $41,842

      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.

• Eric Grodsky

  Co-investigator on 5U01AG078533-05, led by Chandra L Muller

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison (no department on record, 1 award)

• John Robert Warren

  Co-investigator on 5U01AG078533-05, led by Chandra L Muller

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Minnesota · Social Sciences (NIH department code, 1 award)
  • University of Minnesota (no department on record, 1 award)

• Karen Zito

  Co-investigator on 1RF1MH139176-01A1, led by Kristen M Harris

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of California at Davis · Neurology (NIH department code, 3 awards)

• Anastasia Yendiki

  Co-investigator on 5U24NS140384-02, led by Franco Pestilli

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Massachusetts General Hospital · Radiology (investigator's affiliation, 2 awards)
  • University of Rochester · Pharmacology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Marshall Cheney

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA273221-04, led by Jasper Smits

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

• Michael J. Zvolensky

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA273221-04, led by Jasper Smits

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Houston · Psychology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Nikolaus Kriegeskorte

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA060742-02, led by Xuexin Wei

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Columbia University · Psychology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Yessenia Castro

  Co-investigator on 5T32HL140290-09, led by Catherine Cubbin

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

• Nace L Golding

  Co-investigator on 5T32DA018926-22, led by Amy Lee

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Texas at Austin · Neurosciences (NIH department code, 3 awards)