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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurosciences at Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Winston-Salem, NC

Funding
$16.4M
$16,373,316
Awards
36
FY2026 NIH awards in Neurosciences
Principal investigators
38
31 lead a grant here, 7 co-investigators
Department rank
#11
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 Wake Forest University Health Sciences 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. Christina S Meade

    Leads 2 awards · $3,741,584

    • 5U01DA063177-02Department: NIH department code
      CASCADE: A North Carolina cohort to address the cascading effects of the HIV and substance use syndemic

      Principal investigators: Christina S Meade (contact PI), Kathryn Elizabeth Lancaster

      $2,644,899
      award amount
    • 5R01DA061952-03Department: NIH department code
      Neuroimmune pathways linking chronic psychosocial stress to co-occurring stimulant use and depression in HIV disease: a mechanistic clinical trial

      Principal investigators: Christina S Meade (contact PI), Adam Wayne Carrico

      $1,096,685
      award amount

  2. Paul W. Czoty

    Leads 2 awards · $2,174,274

    • 5P50AA026117-09Department: NIH department code
      Wake Forest Translational Alcohol Research Center (WF-TARC)

      Principal investigators: Brian A McCool (contact PI), Colleen A Hanlon (contact PI), Jeffrey L. Weiner (contact PI), Paul Laurienti (contact PI), Paul W. Czoty (contact PI)

      $1,526,194
      award amount
    • 5R01DA062224-02Department: NIH department code
      NOP receptors as targets for novel pharmacotherapies for cocaine use disorder in nonhuman primate models
      $648,080
      award amount

  3. Brian A McCool

    Leads 2 awards · $1,918,126

    • 5P50AA026117-09Department: NIH department code
      Wake Forest Translational Alcohol Research Center (WF-TARC)

      Principal investigators: Brian A McCool (contact PI), Colleen A Hanlon (contact PI), Jeffrey L. Weiner (contact PI), Paul Laurienti (contact PI), Paul W. Czoty (contact PI)

      $1,526,194
      award amount
    • 5T32AA007565-33Department: NIH department code
      Multidisciplinary Training in the Biology of Alcohol Addiction
      $391,932
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AA030676-04, led by Rong Chen.

  4. Colleen A Hanlon

    Leads 1 award · $1,526,194

  5. Jeffrey L. Weiner

    Leads 1 award · $1,526,194

  6. Paul Laurienti

    Leads 1 award · $1,526,194

  7. Drew Kiraly

    Leads 2 awards · $1,201,623

    • 5R01DA056592-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeting gut brain-signaling to reduce cocaine seeking behaviors
      $645,139
      award amount
    • 1R61DA066156-01Department: NIH department code
      Cell-type specific microglial protein dynamics in models of HIV and opioid use
      $556,484
      award amount

  8. Michael A Nader

    Leads 2 awards · $1,159,235

    • 5R01DA017763-18Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms Mediating Cocaine Abuse in Socially Housed Female and Male Monkeys
      $681,427
      award amount
    • 5R01DA061568-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Impact of Nicotine and Alcohol Co-Use on the Abuse Potential of Cocaine In Monkey Models
      $477,808
      award amount

  9. Rong Chen

    Leads 2 awards · $885,293

    • 5R01AA030676-04Department: NIH department code
      Ethanol and mGluR2 signaling

      Principal investigators: Rong Chen (contact PI), Brian A McCool

      $546,252
      award amount
    • 4R33DA059919-03Department: NIH department code
      Drd3 transcript variants and cocaine self-administration
      $339,041
      award amount

  10. Ryan Michael Drenan

    Leads 2 awards · $834,546

    • 5R01DA040626-10Department: NIH department code
      Examining nicotine relapse in the habenulo-interpeduncular system
      $454,086
      award amount
    • 5R33DA054819-04Department: NIH department code
      Cholinergic mechanisms of cocaine reinforcement probed with nicotinic receptor gene editing
      $380,460
      award amount

  11. Kimberly Frances Raab-Graham

    Leads 2 awards · $762,125

    • 1R21HD123275-01Department: NIH department code
      Sleep and Mood Dysregulation in Fragile X Syndrome: A Multidisciplinary Investigation of Behavioral and Neurobiological Correlates

      Principal investigators: Kimberly Frances Raab-Graham (contact PI), Robert Warren Gould

      $417,249
      award amount
    • 5R01AA029691-04Department: NIH department code
      Biochemical Studies Underlying Acute Ethanol's Antidepressant-like effects during Withdrawal in a Preclinical Model of Ethanol Dependence
      $344,876
      award amount

  12. Merideth A. Addicott

    Leads 1 award · $705,276

    • 5R01DA061863-02Department: NIH department code
      Long-term effects of electronic cigarettes on brain health
      $705,276
      award amount

  13. Sara Raulerson Jones

    Leads 2 awards · $683,692

    • 5U01AA014091-24Department: NIH department code
      Alcohol/Stress Effects on Kappa Opioid Receptors in the Amygdala and Accumbens

      Principal investigators: Sara Raulerson Jones (contact PI), Katherine Mercedes Holleran

      $465,000
      award amount
    • 5T32DA041349-09Department: NIH department code
      The Neurobiology of Drug Abuse
      $218,692
      award amount

  14. Jessica M Ellis

    Leads 1 award · $668,290

    • 1R01AG093475-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the metabolism and protective role of the essential nutrient, DHA
      $668,290
      award amount

  15. Rita P Cervera Juanes

    Leads 1 award · $642,396

    • 5R01AA032162-02Department: NIH department code
      Profiling the alcohol-naive primate cortex to understand the functional role of epigenetics in predisposing the brain to risky alcohol use

      Principal investigators: Rita P Cervera Juanes (contact PI), Kip D Zimmerman

      $642,396
      award amount

  16. Allyn C Howlett

    Leads 1 award · $566,869

    • 5R01DA042157-09Department: NIH department code
      Cannabinoid Receptors and Associated Proteins-Renewal

      Principal investigators: Allyn C Howlett (contact PI), W Todd Lowther

      $566,869
      award amount

  17. Terrence R Stanford

    Leads 1 award · $531,593

    • 5R01EY035409-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of multisensory rehabilitation in a primate model of hemianopia

      Principal investigators: Terrence R Stanford (contact PI), Benjamin A Rowland

      $531,593
      award amount

  18. Joost Maier

    Leads 1 award · $389,240

    • 5R01DC020212-04Department: NIH department code
      Development of the multisensory computations underlying flavor processing
      $389,240
      award amount

  19. Jordan Thomas Yorgason

    Leads 1 award · $335,448

    • 5R01AA030577-05Department: NIH department code
      Neuroimmune mechanisms of alcohol reward
      $335,448
      award amount

  20. Eva Claudia Bach

    Leads 1 award · $142,646

    • 5K01AA030081-05Department: NIH department code
      Basolateral amygdala to ventral subiculum network plasticity in alcohol dependent male and female rats
      $142,646
      award amount

  21. Benjamin M Williams

    Leads 1 award · $53,114

    • 5F31AA031625-03Department: NIH department code
      Role of beta2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the insula-BNST pathway in ethanol consumption and abstinence-induced negative affect.
      $53,114
      award amount

  22. Kasey Potts Spry

    Leads 1 award · $53,114

    • 5F31DA063320-02Department: NIH department code
      Evaluation of effort-based decision making in tobacco use disorder, tobacco and opioid use disorder, and tobacco use cessation
      $53,114
      award amount

  23. Aditi Buch

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31AA032178-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of the BLA-Insula circuit in stress-induced aversive drinking and negative affective states
      $50,114
      award amount

  24. Alyson Maeve Curry

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31AA032433-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of Dopamine in Alcohol-Enhanced Alzheimer’s Disease Progression
      $50,114
      award amount

  25. Bethany Elliott Pierce

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31DA063322-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating NOP agonists as a novel treatment for chronic pain-associated sleep disruptions
      $50,114
      award amount

  26. Evan Alexander Kattner

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31EY036728-03Department: NIH department code
      Neural Correlates of Spatial Attention Deployment and Perceptual Decision Making
      $50,114
      award amount

  27. Kathryn R. Beard

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31DA066221-01Department: NIH department code
      Role of Synaptogyrin-3 in Methamphetamine Self-Administration and Dopamine Dysfunction
      $50,114
      award amount

  28. Monica H Dawes

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31DA057815-04Department: NIH department code
      Characterization of Polysubstance Use: Combined Fentanyl and Methamphetamine
      $50,114
      award amount

  29. Olivia Colarusso

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31AA032154-03Department: NIH department code
      Assessing the contributions of the ventral subiculum to the nucleus accumbens shell projection in a novel ethanol self-administration choice paradigm
      $50,114
      award amount

  30. Sarah Elizabeth Colbert

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31DC022149-03Department: NIH department code
      Development of Retronasal Smell Perception in Young Children and Relation with BMI
      $50,114
      award amount

  31. Tatiyana Lanaye Adkins

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31AA033558-01Department: NIH department code
      Early Life Stress Effects on Insula Function and Alcohol Use Disorder Vulnerability
      $50,114
      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.