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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Anesthesiology at Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO

Funding
$29.1M
$29,053,128
Awards
55
FY2025 NIH awards in Anesthesiology
Principal investigators
44
34 lead a grant here, 10 co-investigators
Department rank
#1
of 49 · 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 Anesthesiology row of the Washington University in St. Louis page.

Leads a grant in this department

34 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. Susruta Majumdar

    Leads 3 awards · $3,904,280

    • 1UG3DA063363-01Department: NIH department code
      Development of negative allosteric modulators at the mu opioid receptor

      Principal investigators: Susruta Majumdar (contact PI), Bingfa Sun, Brian K Kobilka, Jay P. McLaughlin

      $2,664,000
      award amount
    • 5R01DA057790-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeting the allosteric sodium site with novel probes for delta opioid receptor

      Principal investigators: Susruta Majumdar (contact PI), Jay P. McLaughlin, Tao Che, Vsevolod Katritch

      $656,556
      award amount
    • 5R01DA059978-02Department: NIH department code
      Efficacy and signaling modulation by targeting the sodium site at mu opioid receptor
      $583,724
      award amount

  2. Burel R. Goodin

    Leads 4 awards · $2,543,603

    • 1R01MD021001-01Department: NIH department code
      Healthy Behaviors for Insomnia Prevention in People with HIV and Ongoing Pain (the HIP HOP study)
      $1,242,010
      award amount
    • 5R01MD017565-03Department: NIH department code
      Racial and Socioeconomic Differences in Chronic Low Back Pain
      $667,061
      award amount
    • 5T90NR021683-02Department: NIH department code
      PRomoting Excellence through Pain and Addiction Research Enhancement (PREPARE)
      $342,492
      award amount
    • 5R90NR021799-02Department: NIH department code
      PRomoting Excellence through Pain and Addiction Research Enhancement (PREPARE)
      $292,040
      award amount

  3. Meaghan C Creed

    Leads 3 awards · $2,097,164

    • 5R01DA056829-03Department: NIH department code
      Ventral pallidal transcriptional adaptations underlying punishment-resistant opioid intake

      Principal investigators: Meaghan C Creed (contact PI), Vijay K Samineni

      $808,655
      award amount
    • 1R01DA062509-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mesolimbic adaptations underlying altered reward sensitivity in neuropathic pain
      $668,131
      award amount
    • 5R01DA058755-03Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting ventral pallidal plasticity in punishment-resistant opioid self-administration
      $620,378
      award amount

  4. Jose A Moron-Concepcion

    Leads 3 awards · $1,750,512

    • 1R01DA063220-01Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting the mechanisms underlying fentanyl-induced cardiorespiratory depression
      $671,732
      award amount
    • 5R01DA054900-04Department: NIH department code
      Sex-specific mechanisms underlying the effects of pain on opioid seeking
      $557,264
      award amount
    • 5R01DA058613-02Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting the role of dorsal hippocampus to nucleus accumbens circuits in opioid seeking behavior
      $521,516
      award amount

  5. Vijay K Samineni

    Leads 3 awards · $1,701,524

    • 5R01DK139386-02Department: NIH department code
      Spinal Mechanisms Underlying Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndromes (IC/BPS)
      $660,807
      award amount
    • 5R01DK140445-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating Roles of Distinct Spinal Cord Cell types in Mediating Interstitial Cystitis (IC)/Bladder Pain Syndrome (BPS)
      $618,296
      award amount
    • 5R01DK128475-05Department: NIH department code
      Neural Mechanisms Underlying IC/BPS
      $422,421
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DA056829-03, led by Meaghan C Creed.

  6. Hadas Nahman-Averbuch

    Leads 3 awards · $1,425,405

    • 5R01NS134986-02Department: NIH department code
      Migraine Prognosis in Adolescents
      $615,382
      award amount
    • 5R01NS129742-03Department: NIH department code
      Migraine Onset in Adolescent Girls
      $576,773
      award amount
    • 1R21HD115568-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Peripheral and central mechanisms of endometriosis pain

      Principal investigators: Hadas Nahman-Averbuch (contact PI), Whitney Trotter Ross

      $233,250
      award amount

  7. Robert W Gereau

    Leads 2 awards · $1,323,578

    • 5R01DK116178-08Department: NIH department code
      CNS Mechanisms of IC/BPS
      $663,288
      award amount
    • 1R01DA064355-01Department: NIH department code
      Analgesic potential of novel peripherally-restricted CB1 ligands
      $660,290
      award amount

  8. Pratik Sinha

    Leads 2 awards · $1,126,565

    • 1R01HL173531-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Clinical Implementation of Molecular Phenotypes of Critical Illness
      $737,815
      award amount
    • 5R35GM142992-05Department: NIH department code
      Precision Medicine in Sepsis with Critical Illness
      $388,750
      award amount

  9. Alex S. Evers

    Leads 2 awards · $1,101,234

    • 5R35GM149287-03Department: NIH department code
      Neurosteroid and Cholesterol Binding to Integral Membrane Proteins
      $552,219
      award amount
    • 5T32GM108539-12Department: NIH department code
      TRAINING PROGRAM IN ANESTHESIOLOGY RESEARCH

      Principal investigators: Alex S. Evers (contact PI), Michael Simon Avidan

      $549,015
      award amount

  10. Baron Chanda

    Leads 1 award · $985,455

    • 5R35NS116850-07Department: NIH department code
      Biophysical mechanisms of gating and modulation in voltage-gated ion channel superfamily
      $985,455
      award amount

  11. Qin Liu

    Leads 2 awards · $981,902

    • 5R01AI163146-05Department: NIH department code
      The Neural Mechanism of Respiratory Allergies and Infections
      $517,126
      award amount
    • 5R01EY035261-03Department: NIH department code
      Neural Circuits Controlling Lacrimation
      $464,776
      award amount

  12. Ben Julian Palanca

    Leads 3 awards · $867,372

    • 5U01MH128483-04Department: NIH department code
      Slow Wave Induction by Propofol to Eliminate Depression (SWIPED) Trial

      Principal investigators: Ben Julian Palanca (contact PI), Eric J Lenze

      $699,647
      award amount
    • 5R21AG086855-02Department: NIH department code
      Mitigating Delirium with Fluvoxamine Treatment for Non-Cardiac Surgery (MD FluNCS): Feasibility Trials & Mechanistic Insights

      Principal investigators: Ben Julian Palanca (contact PI), Robert D Sanders

      $107,129
      award amount
    • 3R21AG086855-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Mitigating Delirium with Fluvoxamine Treatment for Non-Cardiac Surgery (MD FluNCS): Feasibility Trials & Mechanistic Insights

      Principal investigators: Ben Julian Palanca (contact PI), Robert D Sanders

      $60,596
      award amount

  13. Tao Che

    Leads 2 awards · $769,994

    • 5R01DA058020-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms and Regulations of kappa Opioid Receptor Signaling
      $454,994
      award amount
    • 5R35GM143061-05Department: NIH department code
      Structural Determinants of Kappa Opioid Receptor Signaling
      $315,000
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DA057790-04, led by Susruta Majumdar.

  14. Christopher J Lingle

    Leads 1 award · $711,542

    • 5R35GM118114-10Department: NIH department code
      SLO family potassium channels: function and physiology
      $711,542
      award amount

  15. Brian M Fuller

    Leads 1 award · $659,374

    • 5R01HL162721-03Department: NIH department code
      Awareness with Paralysis and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among Mechanically Ventilated Emergency Department Survivors: The ED-AWARENESS-2 Study
      $659,374
      award amount

  16. Arvind Palanisamy

    Leads 2 awards · $627,941

    • 1R21HD117239-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Consequences of Postpartum Exogenous Oxytocin on Maternal-Neonatal Oxytocinergic Signaling and Behavior
      $427,625
      award amount
    • 5R21HD111858-02Department: NIH department code
      Mapping postnatal oxytocinergic system and offspring neurobehavior after induced birth with oxytocin
      $200,316
      award amount

  17. Bahaa Elgendy

    Leads 1 award · $615,993

  18. Richard Samuel Hotchkiss

    Leads 1 award · $575,370

    • 5R35GM126928-08Department: NIH department code
      Enhancing Innate and Adaptive Immunity to Improve Sepsis Survival
      $575,370
      award amount

  19. Brian C Ruyle

    Leads 1 award · $511,146

    • 1K01DA062777-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigation into nTS mu opioid receptor mechanisms contributing to fentanyl-induced cardiorespiratory depression
      $511,146
      award amount

  20. Jordan G. McCall

    Leads 1 award · $498,949

    • 5R01NS135401-02Department: NIH department code
      Endogenous opioid regulation of locus coeruleus-mediated analgesia

      Principal investigators: Jordan G. McCall (contact PI), Ream Al-Hasani

      $498,949
      award amount

  21. Amynah Amir Ali Pradhan

    Leads 1 award · $465,677

    • 5R01NS130882-08Department: NIH department code
      The role of delta opioid receptors in trigeminovascular pain
      $465,677
      award amount

  22. Bryan Copits

    Leads 1 award · $461,529

    • 5R01NS130046-03Department: NIH department code
      Synaptic mechanisms of somatosensory circuit assembly
      $461,529
      award amount

  23. Yuqing Cao

    Leads 1 award · $428,510

    • 5R01NS128080-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of migraine chronification and reversal
      $428,510
      award amount

  24. Wayland Wing-Lun Cheng

    Leads 1 award · $427,625

    • 2R35GM137957-06Department: NIH department code
      Lipid Modulation of Ligand-Gated Ion Channels
      $427,625
      award amount

  25. Joanna Abraham

    Leads 1 award · $399,999

    • 5R01HS029324-03Department: NIH department code
      EnhanCed HandOffs (ECHO)
      $399,999
      award amount

  26. Thomas George Kannampallil

    Leads 1 award · $399,999

    • 5R01HS029020-04Department: NIH department code
      Integrating real-time clinical activity and behavioral responses for characterizing cognitive load and errors (IGNITE)
      $399,999
      award amount

  27. Gustav Akk

    Leads 1 award · $393,750

    • 5R35GM140947-05Department: NIH department code
      GABAA receptors: function, physiology and involvement in anesthesia
      $393,750
      award amount

  28. Ream Al-Hasani

    Leads 1 award · $361,203

    • 5R01NS123070-04Department: NIH department code
      Peripheral Mechanisms of Kappa Opioid Receptor-Mediated Cold Hypersensitivity
      $361,203
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS135401-02, led by Jordan G. McCall.

  29. Mark Joseph Arcario

    Leads 1 award · $185,953

    • 5K08GM152844-03Department: NIH department code
      Unraveling how Lipophilic Modulators Alter pLGIC Function via Interactions with the M4 Transmembrane Helix
      $185,953
      award amount

  30. Umeshkumar Athiraman

    Leads 1 award · $179,360

    • 5K08NS125038-04Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms underlying isoflurane conditioning-induced neurovascular protection in subarachnoid hemorrhage
      $179,360
      award amount

  31. Sunny S. Lou

    Leads 1 award · $173,609

    • 5K23HL166880-02Department: NIH department code
      Intelligent Clinical Decision Support for Perioperative Blood Management
      $173,609
      award amount

  32. Richard Slivicki

    Leads 1 award · $165,911

    • 5K99DA056691-02Department: NIH department code
      Functional and molecular characterization of the central amygdala in the context of oxycodone withdrawal
      $165,911
      award amount

  33. Mohammadmehdi Kafashan

    Leads 1 award · $157,840

    • 5K01MH128663-04Department: NIH department code
      Disruptions of Brain Networks and Sleep by Electroconvulsive Therapy
      $157,840
      award amount

  34. Jessica Cucinello-Ragland

    Leads 1 award · $73,260

    • 5F32AA031897-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of a novel dynorphinergic extended amygdala circuit in pain- and fentanyl abstinence- facilitated alcohol drinking
      $73,260
      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.