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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurosciences at University of Texas Dallas

Richardson, TX

Funding
$10.5M
$10,462,832
Awards
22
FY2025 NIH awards in Neurosciences
Principal investigators
25
17 lead a grant here, 8 co-investigators
Department rank
#23
of 71 · 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 Neurosciences row of the University of Texas Dallas page.

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. Theodore J. Price

    Leads 1 award · $4,039,366

    • 1RF1NS142703-01Department: NIH department code
      A fully humanized functional genomic screen to identify and validate pain therapeutic targets
      $4,039,366
      award amount

  2. Robert L Rennaker

    Leads 1 award · $1,163,868

  3. Sven Kroener

    Leads 2 awards · $761,663

    • 5R01DA055008-04Department: NIH department code
      Vagus nerve stimulation modulates synaptic plasticity in the rat prefrontal cortex during the extinction of drug-seeking
      $410,663
      award amount
    • 5R01AA028861-04Department: NIH department code
      Synaptic changes in the medial prefrontal cortex in the development of compulsive alcohol drinking
      $351,000
      award amount

  4. Catherine A Thorn

    Leads 3 awards · $755,316

    • 5R01NS123074-04Department: NIH department code
      Noradrenergic mechanisms of vagus nerve stimulation mediated stroke rehabilitation
      $390,000
      award amount
    • 5R01NS126816-03Department: NIH department code
      Peripheral nerve stimulation for activation of dopaminergic nuclei
      $300,718
      award amount
    • 3R01NS126816-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Peripheral nerve stimulation for activation of dopaminergic nuclei
      $64,598
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01MH126516-04, led by Christa McIntyre.

  5. Benedict J Kolber

    Leads 3 awards · $722,211

    • 5R01DK115478-09Department: NIH department code
      Impact of Amygdala Lateralization on Processing and Modulation of Bladder Pain
      $470,542
      award amount
    • 5R33AT011938-04Department: NIH department code
      High content analgesic screening from human nociceptors

      Principal investigators: Benedict J Kolber (contact PI), Gregory O Dussor, Joseph J. Pancrazio

      $161,669
      award amount
    • 5UE5NS133011-03Department: NIH department code
      Crossroads: Using decision making strategies to develop high impact content for training in rigor and transparency.

      Principal investigators: Benedict J Kolber (contact PI), Regina Kakhnovets Ybarra, Salena Brody

      $90,000
      award amount

  6. Muhammad Saad Yousuf

    Leads 1 award · $634,061

    • 5R01DK134893-03Department: NIH department code
      Targeting methylglyoxal-induced diabetic neuropathic pain through the integrated stress response

      Principal investigators: Muhammad Saad Yousuf (contact PI), Munmun Chattopadhyay

      $634,061
      award amount

  7. Christa McIntyre

    Leads 1 award · $536,947

    • 5R01MH126516-04Department: NIH department code
      Vagus nerve stimulation targets fear pathways to enhance extinction of conditioned fear

      Principal investigators: Christa McIntyre (contact PI), Catherine A Thorn

      $536,947
      award amount

  8. Lena Nguyen

    Leads 1 award · $390,000

    • 1R01NS142029-01Department: NIH department code
      Translational control in focal cortical malformations and epilepsy
      $390,000
      award amount

  9. Michael D Burton

    Leads 1 award · $389,908

    • 5R35GM147094-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms involved in postoperative recovery: a focus on pain, delirium, and neuroinflammation
      $389,908
      award amount

  10. Katelyn Sadler

    Leads 1 award · $248,999

    • 5R00HL155791-05Department: NIH department code
      Sickle cell disease gut dysbiosis effects on CNS pain processing
      $248,999
      award amount

  11. Puja Parekh

    Leads 1 award · $248,999

    • 4R00MH127291-03Department: NIH department code
      Corticostriatal and Corticoinsular Circuit Mechanisms Underlying Stress Effects on Effort-based Reward Processing
      $248,999
      award amount

  12. Zirong Gu

    Leads 1 award · $224,100

    • 5R00NS119788-04Department: NIH department code
      Action-Specific Dissecting of Basal Ganglia: from the Classical Model to Diverse Action-Specific Subcircuits
      $224,100
      award amount

  13. Millie Rincon Cortes

    Leads 1 award · $152,280

    • 5K01MH128800-04Department: NIH department code
      Environmental modulation of maternal behavior and mesolimbic DA function
      $152,280
      award amount

  14. Joseph Lesnak

    Leads 1 award · $78,040

    • 5F32NS134563-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the role of interferon gamma production and signaling in the generation of neuropathic pain in human dorsal root ganglia
      $78,040
      award amount

  15. Hailey Faith Welch

    Leads 1 award · $47,254

    • 1F31DK142534-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Cholecystokinin receptors in lateralized vagal reward signaling
      $47,254
      award amount

  16. Veronica Minsu Hong

    Leads 1 award · $41,070

    • 5F31NS129269-03Department: NIH department code
      Sigma 2 Receptor (TMEM97): Investigating the Peripheral Role of this Novel Therapeutic Target for Pain
      $41,070
      award amount

  17. Steven L Small

    Leads 1 award · $28,750

    • 5R13DC011445-12Department: NIH department code
      Society for the Neurobiology of Language Annual Meeting
      $28,750
      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.

  • Chad Douglas Swank

    Co-investigator on 5UG3NS131971-02, led by Robert L Rennaker

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

  • Michael P Kilgard

    Co-investigator on 5UG3NS131971-02, led by Robert L Rennaker

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

  • Seth Alanson Hays

    Co-investigator on 5UG3NS131971-02, led by Robert L Rennaker

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

  • Munmun Chattopadhyay

    Co-investigator on 5R01DK134893-03, led by Muhammad Saad Yousuf

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

  • Gregory O Dussor

    Co-investigator on 5R33AT011938-04, led by Benedict J Kolber

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

  • Joseph J. Pancrazio

    Co-investigator on 5R33AT011938-04, led by Benedict J Kolber

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

  • Regina Kakhnovets Ybarra

    Co-investigator on 5UE5NS133011-03, led by Benedict J Kolber

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

  • Salena Brody

    Co-investigator on 5UE5NS133011-03, led by Benedict J Kolber

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