FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Pharmacology at Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
- 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 Pharmacology row of the Vanderbilt University page.
Leads a grant in this department
31 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.
Erin Calipari
Leads 2 awards · $1,663,302
- 5R01DA062024-02Department: NIH department codeMolecular determinants of ensemble recruitment by drugs of abuse$1,115,682award amount
- 5R01AA030931-04Department: NIH department codeCircuit control of motivation to take and seek alcohol$547,620award amount
T M Iverson
Leads 4 awards · $1,437,648
- 5R01EY011500-29Department: NIH department codeStructure-function studies of visual arrestin
Principal investigators: T M Iverson (contact PI), Vsevolod V. Gurevich (contact PI)
$519,053award amount - 5T32GM149363-04Department: NIH department codeTraining in Pharmacological Sciences
Principal investigators: T M Iverson (contact PI), Ege T Kavalali
$325,003award amount - 5R01GM120569-06Department: NIH department codeMolecular basis for arrestin-mediated signaling$316,222award amount
- 1R35GM164117-01Department: NIH department codeNetwork Precision of Chemical and Thermodynamic Sensing$277,370award amount
Lisa M Monteggia
Leads 2 awards · $1,051,307
- 5R01MH070727-21Department: NIH department codeAntidepressants and Intracellular Signaling Linked to BDNF$532,105award amount
- 5R01MH136569-03Department: NIH department codeRole of Mecp2 in rapidly acting antidepressant action.$519,202award amount
Cody Siciliano
Leads 2 awards · $782,724
- 5R01AA030115-05Department: NIH department codeMesocortical neuromodulation in punishment-resistant alcohol drinking$393,097award amount
- 5U01AA029971-05Department: NIH department code8/8: INIA Stress and Chronic Alcohol Interactions: Cross-species plasticity signatures of alcohol and stress$389,627award amount
P Jeffrey Conn
Leads 1 award · $601,066
- 5R01MH062646-26Department: NIH department codeRegulation of Signaling by mGluR5
Principal investigators: P Jeffrey Conn (contact PI), Colleen M Niswender
$601,066award amount
Colleen M Niswender
Leads 2 awards · $594,024
- 5R01MH136164-02Department: NIH department codeRegulation of metabotropic glutamate receptor activity by protein/protein interactions$396,250award amount
- 5R21NS143120-02Department: NIH department codeMetabotropic glutamate receptor 7 as a potential genetic modifier of cognitive deficits in neurofibromatosis$197,774award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5R01MH062646-26, led by P Jeffrey Conn.
Vsevolod V. Gurevich
Leads 1 award · $519,053
- 5R01EY011500-29Department: NIH department codeStructure-function studies of visual arrestin
Principal investigators: T M Iverson (contact PI), Vsevolod V. Gurevich (contact PI)
$519,053award amount
Jerri Michelle Rook
Leads 1 award · $502,014
- 5R01MH073676-20Department: NIH department codeMuscarinic Receptor Activators as Antipsychotic Agents$502,014award amount
Prashant Chandra Donthamsetti
Leads 1 award · $475,500
- 5DP1DA063097-02Department: NIH department codeA Highly Precise Platform Technology for Controlling Diverse Clinical Targets in Addiction$475,500award amount
Claus Schneider
Leads 1 award · $472,557
- 5R35GM144091-05Department: NIH department codeNovel pathways in eicosanoid biosynthesis and metabolism$472,557award amount
Ege T Kavalali
Leads 1 award · $441,790
- 5R01NS134128-24Department: NIH department codeRole of SNARE Interactions in Central Synapse Function$441,790award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5T32GM149363-04, led by T M Iverson.
Valentina Cigliola
Leads 1 award · $435,875
- 1R35GM165955-01Department: NIH department codeEpigenetic Control of Tissue Regeneration Across Species and Life Stages$435,875award amount
Brian E Wadzinski
Leads 1 award · $425,680
- 5R01GM158745-02Department: NIH department codeDevelopment of pan- and phospho-specific nanobodies for investigating MAPK and PP2A signaling$425,680award amount
Alan R. Brash
Leads 1 award · $396,250
- 5R35GM152031-03Department: NIH department codeAnalytical approaches to fatty acid oxygenases and their lipid mediator products$396,250award amount
Quynh Anh Nguyen
Leads 1 award · $249,000
- 5R00NS121399-05Department: NIH department codeNeural circuit mechanisms controlling seizures$249,000award amount
Maxime F. Chevee
Leads 1 award · $174,246
- 5K99DA060930-02Department: NIH department codeCircuit mechanisms underlying inflexible habitual behaviors following chronic cocaine use$174,246award amount
Bradley Brigham Barth
Leads 1 award · $81,440
- 5F32DA063284-02Department: NIH department codeSpecificity and stability of cocaine ensembles$81,440award amount
Kathryn Jeanne Bjornson
Leads 1 award · $79,950
- 5F32AA032415-02Department: NIH department codeCell-type specific control of alcohol-associated behavior in the striatum$79,950award amount
Hannah Reiley
Leads 1 award · $79,348
- 5F32DA061606-03Department: NIH department codeCocaine effects on spatial patterns of striatal dopamine release$79,348award amount
Addison Cavender
Leads 1 award · $35,582
- 1F31HD121355-01A1Department: NIH department codeDefining the Involvement of Thalamocortical Networks in Reading$35,582award amount
Grace T Pulliam
Leads 1 award · $35,556
- 1F31DC023783-01Department: NIH department codeAudiovisual Processing and Links with Language and Literacy Skills in Children with or at High Likelihood for Autism$35,556award amount
Katelyn Marie Clark
Leads 1 award · $35,556
- 1F31AG102004-01Department: NIH department codeChronic manganese exposure as an environmental risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis$35,556award amount
Madeline Ann Newlin
Leads 1 award · $35,556
- 1F31DA066150-01Department: NIH department codeDopamine D2 Receptor Activation Dynamics and Function in Cocaine Use Disorder$35,556award amount
Thomas Clarity
Leads 1 award · $35,556
- 5F30DA064408-02Department: NIH department codeDefining the effects of cocaine delivery speed on the encoding of drug-cue associations$35,556award amount
Jaybree Lopez
Leads 1 award · $35,551
- 5F31NS139682-02Department: NIH department codeInvestigating the role of CELSRs, a family of adhesion-type GPCRs, in hippocampal neural circuit assembly$35,551award amount
James David Lefevre
Leads 1 award · $35,530
- 1F31AG099738-01Department: NIH department codeCardiovascular Predictors and Cognitive Implications of Enlarged Perivascular Spaces$35,530award amount
Lauren Schnitkey
Leads 1 award · $35,530
- 5F31HL177984-02Department: NIH department codeCharacterization of the role of STK38 kinase in Wnt signaling and heart development$35,530award amount
Ritika Raghavan
Leads 1 award · $35,510
- 5F31DK141243-02Department: NIH department codeWeight Regulation by GLP1R agonists via a non-canonical hypothalamic PKA-mTORC1 mediated pathway$35,510award amount
Kevin Jiayuan Zhang
Leads 1 award · $35,490
- 1F31MH146346-01Department: NIH department codeSpatiotemporal regulation of neurotransmission at single synapses$35,490award amount
Hye Jean Yoon
Leads 1 award · $35,463
- 5F31AA030916-04Department: NIH department codeDefining the cell-type specific control of alcohol drinking$35,463award amount
William Quackenbush
Leads 1 award · $34,980
- 1F31MH142089-01Department: NIH department codeThe Neurodiversity of Motor Stereotypies: Elucidating Common Brain-Behavior Relationships Across Sensory Landscapes$34,980award amount