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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurosciences at University of Texas Dallas

Richardson, TX

Funding
$11.1M
$11,102,377
Awards
21
FY2026 NIH awards in Neurosciences
Principal investigators
25
20 lead a grant here, 5 co-investigators
Department rank
#28
of 75 · 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

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.

  1. Diana Tavares Ferreira

    Leads 1 award · $2,191,549

  2. Michele Curatolo

    Leads 1 award · $2,191,549

  3. Stephanie Shiers

    Leads 1 award · $2,191,549

  4. Theodore J. Price

    Leads 1 award · $2,191,549

    Also a principal investigator on 2R01NS098826-06A1, led by Gregory O Dussor.

  5. Katelyn Sadler

    Leads 2 awards · $1,249,925

    • 1R01HL181083-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Gut Microbiome Targets for Sickle Cell Disease Pain Management
      $641,538
      award amount
    • 1R01HD121726-01Department: NIH department code
      Vaginal microbiome-nociceptor interactions in endometriosis pain
      $608,387
      award amount
  6. Muhammad Saad Yousuf

    Leads 1 award · $1,227,406

    • 4R01DK134893-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeting methylglyoxal-induced diabetic neuropathic pain through the integrated stress response

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

      $1,227,406
      award amount
  7. Robert L Rennaker

    Leads 1 award · $1,194,122

  8. Benedict J Kolber

    Leads 1 award · $1,002,433

    • 4R01DK115478-10Department: NIH department code
      Impact of Amygdala Lateralization on Processing and Modulation of Bladder Pain
      $1,002,433
      award amount
  9. Catherine A Thorn

    Leads 3 awards · $775,880

    • 5R01NS123074-05Department: NIH department code
      Noradrenergic mechanisms of vagus nerve stimulation mediated stroke rehabilitation
      $390,000
      award amount
    • 5R01NS126816-04Department: NIH department code
      Peripheral nerve stimulation for activation of dopaminergic nuclei
      $334,129
      award amount
    • 3R01NS126816-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Peripheral nerve stimulation for activation of dopaminergic nuclei
      $51,751
      award amount
  10. Sven Kroener

    Leads 2 awards · $763,053

    • 5R01DA055008-05Department: NIH department code
      Vagus nerve stimulation modulates synaptic plasticity in the rat prefrontal cortex during the extinction of drug-seeking
      $412,053
      award amount
    • 5R01AA028861-05Department: NIH department code
      Synaptic changes in the medial prefrontal cortex in the development of compulsive alcohol drinking
      $351,000
      award amount
  11. Gregory O Dussor

    Leads 1 award · $617,958

    • 2R01NS098826-06A1Department: NIH department code
      A Humanized Approach to Understanding PAR2 in Pain and Migraine

      Principal investigators: Gregory O Dussor (contact PI), Theodore J. Price

      $617,958
      award amount
  12. Ioulia Kovelman

    Leads 1 award · $538,675

    • 7R01HD109224-04Department: NIH department code
      Bilingual Children with DLD: A Neurodevelopmental Perspective
      $538,675
      award amount
  13. Lena Nguyen

    Leads 1 award · $390,000

    • 5R01NS142029-02Department: NIH department code
      Translational control in focal cortical malformations and epilepsy
      $390,000
      award amount
  14. Michael D Burton

    Leads 1 award · $389,966

    • 5R35GM147094-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms involved in postoperative recovery: a focus on pain, delirium, and neuroinflammation
      $389,966
      award amount
  15. Puja Parekh

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00MH127291-04Department: NIH department code
      Corticostriatal and Corticoinsular Circuit Mechanisms Underlying Stress Effects on Effort-based Reward Processing
      $249,000
      award amount
  16. Zirong Gu

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00NS119788-05Department: NIH department code
      Action-Specific Dissecting of Basal Ganglia: from the Classical Model to Diverse Action-Specific Subcircuits
      $249,000
      award amount
  17. Joseph Lesnak

    Leads 1 award · $81,580

    • 5F32NS134563-03Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the role of interferon gamma production and signaling in the generation of neuropathic pain in human dorsal root ganglia
      $81,580
      award amount
  18. Ashley Plumb

    Leads 1 award · $76,780

    • 1F32NS146047-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Understanding How Stress-Induced Gut Dysbiosis Contributes to Development of Migraine
      $76,780
      award amount
  19. Sera Nakisli

    Leads 1 award · $76,300

    • 1F32DK146743-01Department: NIH department code
      Methylglyoxal-mediated activation of the integrated stress response promotes eIF2A-dependent translation in diabetic neuropathic pain
      $76,300
      award amount
  20. Steven L Small

    Leads 1 award · $28,750

    • 5R13DC011445-13Department: 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.

  • 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

  • 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.