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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pharmacology at Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Funding
$10.4M
$10,369,581
Awards
37
FY2026 NIH awards in Pharmacology
Principal investigators
31
31 lead a grant here, 0 co-investigators
Department rank
#29
of 132 · 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 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.

  1. Erin Calipari

    Leads 2 awards · $1,663,302

    • 5R01DA062024-02Department: NIH department code
      Molecular determinants of ensemble recruitment by drugs of abuse
      $1,115,682
      award amount
    • 5R01AA030931-04Department: NIH department code
      Circuit control of motivation to take and seek alcohol
      $547,620
      award amount
  2. T M Iverson

    Leads 4 awards · $1,437,648

    • 5R01EY011500-29Department: NIH department code
      Structure-function studies of visual arrestin

      Principal investigators: T M Iverson (contact PI), Vsevolod V. Gurevich (contact PI)

      $519,053
      award amount
    • 5T32GM149363-04Department: NIH department code
      Training in Pharmacological Sciences

      Principal investigators: T M Iverson (contact PI), Ege T Kavalali

      $325,003
      award amount
    • 5R01GM120569-06Department: NIH department code
      Molecular basis for arrestin-mediated signaling
      $316,222
      award amount
    • 1R35GM164117-01Department: NIH department code
      Network Precision of Chemical and Thermodynamic Sensing
      $277,370
      award amount
  3. Lisa M Monteggia

    Leads 2 awards · $1,051,307

    • 5R01MH070727-21Department: NIH department code
      Antidepressants and Intracellular Signaling Linked to BDNF
      $532,105
      award amount
    • 5R01MH136569-03Department: NIH department code
      Role of Mecp2 in rapidly acting antidepressant action.
      $519,202
      award amount
  4. Cody Siciliano

    Leads 2 awards · $782,724

    • 5R01AA030115-05Department: NIH department code
      Mesocortical neuromodulation in punishment-resistant alcohol drinking
      $393,097
      award amount
    • 5U01AA029971-05Department: NIH department code
      8/8: INIA Stress and Chronic Alcohol Interactions: Cross-species plasticity signatures of alcohol and stress
      $389,627
      award amount
  5. P Jeffrey Conn

    Leads 1 award · $601,066

    • 5R01MH062646-26Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Signaling by mGluR5

      Principal investigators: P Jeffrey Conn (contact PI), Colleen M Niswender

      $601,066
      award amount
  6. Colleen M Niswender

    Leads 2 awards · $594,024

    • 5R01MH136164-02Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of metabotropic glutamate receptor activity by protein/protein interactions
      $396,250
      award amount
    • 5R21NS143120-02Department: NIH department code
      Metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 as a potential genetic modifier of cognitive deficits in neurofibromatosis
      $197,774
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01MH062646-26, led by P Jeffrey Conn.

  7. Vsevolod V. Gurevich

    Leads 1 award · $519,053

    • 5R01EY011500-29Department: NIH department code
      Structure-function studies of visual arrestin

      Principal investigators: T M Iverson (contact PI), Vsevolod V. Gurevich (contact PI)

      $519,053
      award amount
  8. Jerri Michelle Rook

    Leads 1 award · $502,014

    • 5R01MH073676-20Department: NIH department code
      Muscarinic Receptor Activators as Antipsychotic Agents
      $502,014
      award amount
  9. Prashant Chandra Donthamsetti

    Leads 1 award · $475,500

    • 5DP1DA063097-02Department: NIH department code
      A Highly Precise Platform Technology for Controlling Diverse Clinical Targets in Addiction
      $475,500
      award amount
  10. Claus Schneider

    Leads 1 award · $472,557

    • 5R35GM144091-05Department: NIH department code
      Novel pathways in eicosanoid biosynthesis and metabolism
      $472,557
      award amount
  11. Ege T Kavalali

    Leads 1 award · $441,790

    • 5R01NS134128-24Department: NIH department code
      Role of SNARE Interactions in Central Synapse Function
      $441,790
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32GM149363-04, led by T M Iverson.

  12. Valentina Cigliola

    Leads 1 award · $435,875

    • 1R35GM165955-01Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic Control of Tissue Regeneration Across Species and Life Stages
      $435,875
      award amount
  13. Brian E Wadzinski

    Leads 1 award · $425,680

    • 5R01GM158745-02Department: NIH department code
      Development of pan- and phospho-specific nanobodies for investigating MAPK and PP2A signaling
      $425,680
      award amount
  14. Alan R. Brash

    Leads 1 award · $396,250

    • 5R35GM152031-03Department: NIH department code
      Analytical approaches to fatty acid oxygenases and their lipid mediator products
      $396,250
      award amount
  15. Quynh Anh Nguyen

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00NS121399-05Department: NIH department code
      Neural circuit mechanisms controlling seizures
      $249,000
      award amount
  16. Maxime F. Chevee

    Leads 1 award · $174,246

    • 5K99DA060930-02Department: NIH department code
      Circuit mechanisms underlying inflexible habitual behaviors following chronic cocaine use
      $174,246
      award amount
  17. Bradley Brigham Barth

    Leads 1 award · $81,440

    • 5F32DA063284-02Department: NIH department code
      Specificity and stability of cocaine ensembles
      $81,440
      award amount
  18. Kathryn Jeanne Bjornson

    Leads 1 award · $79,950

    • 5F32AA032415-02Department: NIH department code
      Cell-type specific control of alcohol-associated behavior in the striatum
      $79,950
      award amount
  19. Hannah Reiley

    Leads 1 award · $79,348

    • 5F32DA061606-03Department: NIH department code
      Cocaine effects on spatial patterns of striatal dopamine release
      $79,348
      award amount
  20. Addison Cavender

    Leads 1 award · $35,582

    • 1F31HD121355-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Defining the Involvement of Thalamocortical Networks in Reading
      $35,582
      award amount
  21. Grace T Pulliam

    Leads 1 award · $35,556

    • 1F31DC023783-01Department: NIH department code
      Audiovisual Processing and Links with Language and Literacy Skills in Children with or at High Likelihood for Autism
      $35,556
      award amount
  22. Katelyn Marie Clark

    Leads 1 award · $35,556

    • 1F31AG102004-01Department: NIH department code
      Chronic manganese exposure as an environmental risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis
      $35,556
      award amount
  23. Madeline Ann Newlin

    Leads 1 award · $35,556

    • 1F31DA066150-01Department: NIH department code
      Dopamine D2 Receptor Activation Dynamics and Function in Cocaine Use Disorder
      $35,556
      award amount
  24. Thomas Clarity

    Leads 1 award · $35,556

    • 5F30DA064408-02Department: NIH department code
      Defining the effects of cocaine delivery speed on the encoding of drug-cue associations
      $35,556
      award amount
  25. Jaybree Lopez

    Leads 1 award · $35,551

    • 5F31NS139682-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of CELSRs, a family of adhesion-type GPCRs, in hippocampal neural circuit assembly
      $35,551
      award amount
  26. James David Lefevre

    Leads 1 award · $35,530

    • 1F31AG099738-01Department: NIH department code
      Cardiovascular Predictors and Cognitive Implications of Enlarged Perivascular Spaces
      $35,530
      award amount
  27. Lauren Schnitkey

    Leads 1 award · $35,530

    • 5F31HL177984-02Department: NIH department code
      Characterization of the role of STK38 kinase in Wnt signaling and heart development
      $35,530
      award amount
  28. Ritika Raghavan

    Leads 1 award · $35,510

    • 5F31DK141243-02Department: NIH department code
      Weight Regulation by GLP1R agonists via a non-canonical hypothalamic PKA-mTORC1 mediated pathway
      $35,510
      award amount
  29. Kevin Jiayuan Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $35,490

    • 1F31MH146346-01Department: NIH department code
      Spatiotemporal regulation of neurotransmission at single synapses
      $35,490
      award amount
  30. Hye Jean Yoon

    Leads 1 award · $35,463

    • 5F31AA030916-04Department: NIH department code
      Defining the cell-type specific control of alcohol drinking
      $35,463
      award amount
  31. William Quackenbush

    Leads 1 award · $34,980

    • 1F31MH142089-01Department: NIH department code
      The Neurodiversity of Motor Stereotypies: Elucidating Common Brain-Behavior Relationships Across Sensory Landscapes
      $34,980
      award amount