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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurosciences at Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, VA

Funding
$4.8M
$4,786,008
Awards
8
FY2026 NIH awards in Neurosciences
Principal investigators
10
6 lead a grant here, 4 co-investigators
Department rank
#47
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 Virginia Commonwealth University page.

Leads a grant in this department

6 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. Wenhui Hu

    Leads 2 awards · $1,439,665

    • 5R01AI174301-04Department: NIH department code
      Lentivirus-like particle specific delivery of Cas12 ribonucleoprotein (RNP) to HIV reservoir cells in vivo for an HIV cure

      Principal investigators: Wenhui Hu (contact PI), Qingsheng Li

      $862,811
      award amount
    • 5R01DA056876-06Department: NIH department code
      Long-term microglia-targeted endogenous retrovirus-like particle (ERVLP) delivery of Cas12f editor to cure HIV
      $576,854
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01AI201594-01, led by Dabbu Kumar Jaijyan.

  2. Peter James Hamilton

    Leads 2 awards · $927,558

    • 5R01DA058089-03Department: NIH department code
      Reprogramming KZFP function to understand drug-specific transcription and behavior
      $502,202
      award amount
    • 5R01DA058958-04Department: NIH department code
      Cell type transcriptional mechanisms of polysubstance choice

      Principal investigators: Peter James Hamilton (contact PI), Matthew L Banks

      $425,356
      award amount

  3. Dabbu Kumar Jaijyan

    Leads 1 award · $756,482

    • 1R01AI201594-01Department: NIH department code
      Live-attenuated replication defective cytomegalovirus vaccine for preventing congenital infection and birth defects

      Principal investigators: Dabbu Kumar Jaijyan (contact PI), Wenhui Hu

      $756,482
      award amount

  4. Pamela E Knapp

    Leads 1 award · $697,583

    • 5R01DA060762-03Department: NIH department code
      pTau-related neuron and cognitive dysfunction in opioid-HIV comorbidity: Longitudinal and functional studies

      Principal investigators: Pamela E Knapp (contact PI), Kurt F Hauser

      $697,583
      award amount

  5. Kimberle Mae Jacobs

    Leads 1 award · $495,360

    • 5R01NS077675-13Department: NIH department code
      Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Alters Interneuron Structure and Function

      Principal investigators: Kimberle Mae Jacobs (contact PI), John Greer

      $495,360
      award amount

  6. Audrey D Lafrenaye

    Leads 1 award · $469,360

    • 5R01NS128104-04Department: NIH department code
      Microglial process convergence following brain injury
      $469,360
      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.