FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Neurosciences at University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, TX
- 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
20 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.
Diana Tavares Ferreira
Leads 1 award · $2,191,549
- 5U19NS130608-05Department: NIH department codeHuman Nociceptor and Spinal Cord Molecular Signature Center
Principal investigators: Diana Tavares Ferreira (contact PI), Michele Curatolo (contact PI), Stephanie Shiers (contact PI), Theodore J. Price (contact PI), Patrick M Dougherty
$2,191,549award amount
Michele Curatolo
Leads 1 award · $2,191,549
- 5U19NS130608-05Department: NIH department codeHuman Nociceptor and Spinal Cord Molecular Signature Center
Principal investigators: Diana Tavares Ferreira (contact PI), Michele Curatolo (contact PI), Stephanie Shiers (contact PI), Theodore J. Price (contact PI), Patrick M Dougherty
$2,191,549award amount
Stephanie Shiers
Leads 1 award · $2,191,549
- 5U19NS130608-05Department: NIH department codeHuman Nociceptor and Spinal Cord Molecular Signature Center
Principal investigators: Diana Tavares Ferreira (contact PI), Michele Curatolo (contact PI), Stephanie Shiers (contact PI), Theodore J. Price (contact PI), Patrick M Dougherty
$2,191,549award amount
Theodore J. Price
Leads 1 award · $2,191,549
- 5U19NS130608-05Department: NIH department codeHuman Nociceptor and Spinal Cord Molecular Signature Center
Principal investigators: Diana Tavares Ferreira (contact PI), Michele Curatolo (contact PI), Stephanie Shiers (contact PI), Theodore J. Price (contact PI), Patrick M Dougherty
$2,191,549award amount
Also a principal investigator on 2R01NS098826-06A1, led by Gregory O Dussor.
Katelyn Sadler
Leads 2 awards · $1,249,925
- 1R01HL181083-01A1Department: NIH department codeGut Microbiome Targets for Sickle Cell Disease Pain Management$641,538award amount
- 1R01HD121726-01Department: NIH department codeVaginal microbiome-nociceptor interactions in endometriosis pain$608,387award amount
Muhammad Saad Yousuf
Leads 1 award · $1,227,406
- 4R01DK134893-04Department: NIH department codeTargeting methylglyoxal-induced diabetic neuropathic pain through the integrated stress response
Principal investigators: Muhammad Saad Yousuf (contact PI), Munmun Chattopadhyay
$1,227,406award amount
Robert L Rennaker
Leads 1 award · $1,194,122
- 4UH3NS131971-03Department: NIH department codeEnhancing recovery of lower limb function after spinal cord injury
Principal investigators: Robert L Rennaker (contact PI), Chad Douglas Swank, Michael P Kilgard, Seth Alanson Hays
$1,194,122award amount
Benedict J Kolber
Leads 1 award · $1,002,433
- 4R01DK115478-10Department: NIH department codeImpact of Amygdala Lateralization on Processing and Modulation of Bladder Pain$1,002,433award amount
Catherine A Thorn
Leads 3 awards · $775,880
- 5R01NS123074-05Department: NIH department codeNoradrenergic mechanisms of vagus nerve stimulation mediated stroke rehabilitation$390,000award amount
- 5R01NS126816-04Department: NIH department codePeripheral nerve stimulation for activation of dopaminergic nuclei$334,129award amount
- 3R01NS126816-04S1Department: NIH department codePeripheral nerve stimulation for activation of dopaminergic nuclei$51,751award amount
Sven Kroener
Leads 2 awards · $763,053
- 5R01DA055008-05Department: NIH department codeVagus nerve stimulation modulates synaptic plasticity in the rat prefrontal cortex during the extinction of drug-seeking$412,053award amount
- 5R01AA028861-05Department: NIH department codeSynaptic changes in the medial prefrontal cortex in the development of compulsive alcohol drinking$351,000award amount
Gregory O Dussor
Leads 1 award · $617,958
- 2R01NS098826-06A1Department: NIH department codeA Humanized Approach to Understanding PAR2 in Pain and Migraine
Principal investigators: Gregory O Dussor (contact PI), Theodore J. Price
$617,958award amount
Ioulia Kovelman
Leads 1 award · $538,675
- 7R01HD109224-04Department: NIH department codeBilingual Children with DLD: A Neurodevelopmental Perspective$538,675award amount
Lena Nguyen
Leads 1 award · $390,000
- 5R01NS142029-02Department: NIH department codeTranslational control in focal cortical malformations and epilepsy$390,000award amount
Michael D Burton
Leads 1 award · $389,966
- 5R35GM147094-05Department: NIH department codeMechanisms involved in postoperative recovery: a focus on pain, delirium, and neuroinflammation$389,966award amount
Puja Parekh
Leads 1 award · $249,000
- 5R00MH127291-04Department: NIH department codeCorticostriatal and Corticoinsular Circuit Mechanisms Underlying Stress Effects on Effort-based Reward Processing$249,000award amount
Zirong Gu
Leads 1 award · $249,000
- 5R00NS119788-05Department: NIH department codeAction-Specific Dissecting of Basal Ganglia: from the Classical Model to Diverse Action-Specific Subcircuits$249,000award amount
Joseph Lesnak
Leads 1 award · $81,580
- 5F32NS134563-03Department: NIH department codeElucidating the role of interferon gamma production and signaling in the generation of neuropathic pain in human dorsal root ganglia$81,580award amount
Ashley Plumb
Leads 1 award · $76,780
- 1F32NS146047-01A1Department: NIH department codeUnderstanding How Stress-Induced Gut Dysbiosis Contributes to Development of Migraine$76,780award amount
Sera Nakisli
Leads 1 award · $76,300
- 1F32DK146743-01Department: NIH department codeMethylglyoxal-mediated activation of the integrated stress response promotes eIF2A-dependent translation in diabetic neuropathic pain$76,300award amount
Steven L Small
Leads 1 award · $28,750
- 5R13DC011445-13Department: NIH department codeSociety for the Neurobiology of Language Annual Meeting$28,750award 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.
Patrick M Dougherty
Co-investigator on 5U19NS130608-05, led by Diana Tavares Ferreira and Michele Curatolo and Stephanie Shiers and Theodore J. Price
From the FY2024 awards this person leads
- UT MD Anderson Cancer Center · Anesthesiology (NIH department code, 1 award)
- Raft Pharmaceuticals, LLC (no department on record, 1 award)
Munmun Chattopadhyay
Co-investigator on 4R01DK134893-04, led by Muhammad Saad Yousuf
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Chad Douglas Swank
Co-investigator on 4UH3NS131971-03, 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 4UH3NS131971-03, 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 4UH3NS131971-03, led by Robert L Rennaker
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.