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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurology at Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, VA

Funding
$5.5M
$5,528,101
Awards
10
FY2026 NIH awards in Neurology
Principal investigators
11
9 lead a grant here, 2 co-investigators
Department rank
#42
of 83 · 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 Neurology row of the Virginia Commonwealth University page.

Leads a grant in this department

9 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. Nicholas Elwood Johnson

    Leads 4 awards · $3,208,813

    • 5P50AR085906-02Department: NIH department code
      Preparing for Therapeutics across the Spectrum of Myotonic Dystrophy

      Principal investigators: Andrew Berglund (contact PI), John D Cleary (contact PI), Nicholas Elwood Johnson (contact PI)

      $1,281,973
      award amount
    • 5U01NS124974-04Department: NIH department code
      Trial Readiness and Endpoint Assessment in LGMDR1 (TREATing-LGMDR1)
      $955,206
      award amount
    • 5R01NS104010-09Department: NIH department code
      Identifying the RNA Splicing and Gene Expression Changes that Cause Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy (Renewal)
      $580,348
      award amount
    • 5R01FD006071-06Department: NIH department code
      Establishing Biomarkers and Clinical Endpoints in Myotonic Dystrophy Type-1 (Renewal)

      Principal investigators: Nicholas Elwood Johnson (contact PI), Charles A Thornton

      $391,286
      award amount
  2. Andrew Berglund

    Leads 1 award · $1,281,973

    • 5P50AR085906-02Department: NIH department code
      Preparing for Therapeutics across the Spectrum of Myotonic Dystrophy

      Principal investigators: Andrew Berglund (contact PI), John D Cleary (contact PI), Nicholas Elwood Johnson (contact PI)

      $1,281,973
      award amount
  3. John D Cleary

    Leads 1 award · $1,281,973

    • 5P50AR085906-02Department: NIH department code
      Preparing for Therapeutics across the Spectrum of Myotonic Dystrophy

      Principal investigators: Andrew Berglund (contact PI), John D Cleary (contact PI), Nicholas Elwood Johnson (contact PI)

      $1,281,973
      award amount
  4. Laxmikant S Deshpande

    Leads 1 award · $641,255

    • 5UH3NS133630-04Department: NIH department code
      Identification and optimization of verapamil as a novel neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory agent for reducing long-term neurological morbidities following organophosphate-induced status epilepticus
      $641,255
      award amount
  5. Matthew James Barrett

    Leads 1 award · $634,383

    • 5R01NS142622-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Role of Cholinergic Degeneration in Cognitive Fluctuations in Lewy Body Dementia
      $634,383
      award amount
  6. Christopher Ryan Heier

    Leads 1 award · $387,951

    • 5R01AR084830-02Department: NIH department code
      Longitudinal Assessment of Molecular and Imaging Biomarkers in LGMDR1
      $387,951
      award amount
  7. Ashlee Ruth Loughan

    Leads 1 award · $287,457

    • 5R34CA286879-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating Feasibility and Acceptability of the FearLess Protocol for Patients with Primary Malignant Brain Tumors and Their Caregivers

      Principal investigators: Ashlee Ruth Loughan (contact PI), Sarah Ellen Braun

      $287,457
      award amount
  8. Samuel Carrell

    Leads 1 award · $194,907

    • 1K23NS144704-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Identifying Genetic Modifiers of Disease Severity in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1
      $194,907
      award amount
  9. Michael Kiefer

    Leads 1 award · $173,335

    • 1K23NS144702-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Clinical Outcome Assessments in Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy
      $173,335
      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.

  • Charles A Thornton

    Co-investigator on 5R01FD006071-06, led by Nicholas Elwood Johnson

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Sarah Ellen Braun

    Co-investigator on 5R34CA286879-03, led by Ashlee Ruth Loughan

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