Psychiatry at Washington University in St. Louis

Leads a grant in this department

49 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. Carlos Cruchaga

   Leads 5 awards · $6,460,276

   • 1U01AG084514-01A1Department: NIH department code

     CONGAS: "Caribbean Omics 'N' Genomics for Alzheimer Study"

     Principal investigators: Carlos Cruchaga (contact PI), Jorge Jesus Llibre-Guerra

     $3,086,339

     award amount
   • 5R01AG078964-05Department: NIH department code

     Identification and Characterization of Cell-Specific Transposable Elements Implicated on Alzheimer Disease and Healthy Aging

     Principal investigators: Carlos Cruchaga (contact PI), Andrew Yoo, Bess Frost, Celeste Marie Karch, Ting Wang

     $1,809,944

     award amount
   • 5R01AG058501-04Department: NIH department code

     Genetic Modifiers of TREM2 in Alzheimer's Disease
     $751,015

     award amount
   • 5R01AG071706-03Department: NIH department code

     Multimodal Characterization of the Role of Circular RNAs in Alzheimer's Disease
     $711,825

     award amount
   • 3U01AG084514-01A1S1Department: NIH department code

     CONGAS: "Caribbean Omics 'N' Genomics for Alzheimer Study"

     Principal investigators: Carlos Cruchaga (contact PI), Jorge Jesus Llibre-Guerra

     $101,153

     award amount

2. Cynthia Elise Rogers

   Leads 3 awards · $4,315,092

   • 4U01DA055367-06Department: NIH department code

     23/24 Healthy Brain and Child Development National Consortium

     Principal investigators: Cynthia Elise Rogers (contact PI), Ryan H Bogdan

     $1,951,374

     award amount
   • 5R01DA046224-07Department: NIH department code

     Prenatal Cannabis Exposure (PreCE) and Immune-Endocannabinoid Pathways to Development of Offspring Brain and Behavior up to Age 6

     Principal investigators: Cynthia Elise Rogers (contact PI), Arpana Agrawal, Ryan H Bogdan

     $1,636,390

     award amount
   • 5R37MH113570-10Department: NIH department code

     Trajectories of Cortico-Cerebellar Connectivity, Social Competence, and Internalizing Symptoms in Adolescents Born Very Preterm

     Principal investigators: Cynthia Elise Rogers (contact PI), Christopher Daniel Smyser

     $727,328

     award amount

3. Adam Kepecs

   Leads 2 awards · $3,897,721

   • 4DP1MH140021-03Department: NIH department code

     The cytokine code and neural circuits for sensing inflammation state
     $3,265,500

     award amount
   • 5R01DA062387-03Department: NIH department code

     Functions of Target-Defined Orbitofrontal Neuron Types in Decision Making
     $632,221

     award amount

4. John R Pruett

   Leads 1 award · $3,050,198

   • 2R01MH118362-06A1Department: NIH department code

     MRI-Based Presymptomatic Prediction of ASD, and Early Infant to School-Age Brain-Behavior Trajectories, Mechanisms, and Related Outcomes
     $3,050,198

     award amount

5. Chad Michael Sylvester

   Leads 3 awards · $2,811,540

   • 5R01MH134966-03Department: NIH department code

     Individualized Mechanisms of Neural Plasticity and Response to Interventions in Neonates
     $1,394,081

     award amount
   • 5R01MH131584-04Department: NIH department code

     Attention-Related Neural Circuitry in Pediatric Anxiety and ADHD

     Principal investigators: Chad Michael Sylvester (contact PI), Kirsten Gilbert

     $728,014

     award amount
   • 5R01MH122389-07Department: NIH department code

     Longitudinal Development of Attention-Related Brain Networks from Birth to School-Age and Risk for Anxiety Disorders
     $689,445

     award amount

6. Joan L. Luby

   Leads 2 awards · $2,690,684

   • 5R01MH113883-09Department: NIH department code

     Early Life Adversity, Biological Embedding, and Risk for Developmental Precursors of Mental Disorders

     Principal investigators: Joan L. Luby (contact PI), Barbara B Warner, Christopher Daniel Smyser

     $2,252,256

     award amount
   • 5T32MH100019-14Department: NIH department code

     Developmental Neuroscience and Child Psychopathology

     Principal investigators: Joan L. Luby (contact PI), Deanna Barch

     $438,428

     award amount

7. Diana J Whalen

   Leads 2 awards · $2,390,937

   • 4RF1MH090786-14Department: NIH department code

     Developmental Pathways to Borderline Personality Disorder: Longitudinal Observational, Clinical, and Neural Predictors From Early Childhood to Young Adulthood

     Principal investigators: Diana J Whalen (contact PI), Kirsten Gilbert

     $1,405,361

     award amount
   • 5R01MH135480-03Department: NIH department code

     Rejection Sensitivity and Puberty in Mental Health Vulnerability to Social Media Experiences in Early Adolescent Girls

     Principal investigators: Diana J Whalen (contact PI), Katherine Rose Luking

     $985,576

     award amount

8. Bethany Pennington

   Leads 1 award · $2,332,500

   • 2P50MH122351-05A1Department: NIH department code

     Center for Perioperative Mental Health

     Principal investigators: Bethany Pennington (contact PI), Eric J Lenze (contact PI), Joanna Abraham (contact PI), Shannon Nicole Lenze (contact PI), Michael Simon Avidan

     $2,332,500

     award amount

9. Eric J Lenze

   Leads 1 award · $2,332,500

   • 2P50MH122351-05A1Department: NIH department code

     Center for Perioperative Mental Health

     Principal investigators: Bethany Pennington (contact PI), Eric J Lenze (contact PI), Joanna Abraham (contact PI), Shannon Nicole Lenze (contact PI), Michael Simon Avidan

     $2,332,500

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 4UH3MH137353-02, led by Ginger E Nicol; 3UH3MH137353-02S1, led by Ginger E Nicol.

10. Joanna Abraham

    Leads 1 award · $2,332,500

    • 2P50MH122351-05A1Department: NIH department code

      Center for Perioperative Mental Health

      Principal investigators: Bethany Pennington (contact PI), Eric J Lenze (contact PI), Joanna Abraham (contact PI), Shannon Nicole Lenze (contact PI), Michael Simon Avidan

      $2,332,500

      award amount

11. Shannon Nicole Lenze

    Leads 1 award · $2,332,500

    • 2P50MH122351-05A1Department: NIH department code

      Center for Perioperative Mental Health

      Principal investigators: Bethany Pennington (contact PI), Eric J Lenze (contact PI), Joanna Abraham (contact PI), Shannon Nicole Lenze (contact PI), Michael Simon Avidan

      $2,332,500

      award amount

12. Natasha Marrus

    Leads 2 awards · $2,283,760

    • 4U01HD116463-02Department: NIH department code

      The Infant Down Syndrome Brain and Behavior Study

      Principal investigators: Natasha Marrus (contact PI), Heather Cody Hazlett

      $2,262,160

      award amount
    • 3U01HD116463-02S1Department: NIH department code

      The Infant Down Syndrome Brain and Behavior Study

      Principal investigators: Natasha Marrus (contact PI), Heather Cody Hazlett

      $21,600

      award amount

13. Ginger E Nicol

    Leads 2 awards · $2,087,182

    • 4UH3MH137353-02Department: NIH department code

      Biotype-assigned Augmentation Approach in Resistant late life Depression (BAARD)

      Principal investigators: Ginger E Nicol (contact PI), Aristotle Nicholas Voineskos, Daniel Felsky, Eric J Lenze, Meryl A Butters

      $1,557,997

      award amount
    • 3UH3MH137353-02S1Department: NIH department code

      Biotype-assigned Augmentation Approach in Resistant late life Depression (BAARD)

      Principal investigators: Ginger E Nicol (contact PI), Aristotle Nicholas Voineskos, Daniel Felsky, Eric J Lenze, Meryl A Butters

      $529,185

      award amount

14. Pamela Ann Madden

    Leads 1 award · $1,922,593

    • 5U01DA051038-07Department: NIH department code

      21/21 ABCD-USA CONSORTIUM: RESEARCH PROJECT SITE AT WUSTL

      Principal investigators: Pamela Ann Madden (contact PI), Andrew C. Heath, Deanna Barch

      $1,922,593

      award amount

15. Joseph D Dougherty

    Leads 2 awards · $1,317,102

    • 5R01MH116999-08Department: NIH department code

      HIGHLY PARALLEL ANALYSIS OF 5' AND 3' UTR VARIANTS IN NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
      $775,004

      award amount
    • 5R01NS102272-09Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of local translation in glia
      $542,098

      award amount

16. Maria Catalina Camacho

    Leads 1 award · $1,166,250

    • 4DP5OD037370-03Department: NIH department code

      A computational model for how risk for anxiety and depression influences affective neurodevelopment
      $1,166,250

      award amount

17. Alexxai V Kravitz

    Leads 2 awards · $1,032,957

    • 5R01DK136810-04Department: NIH department code

      Dopaminergic control of obesity in mice
      $530,596

      award amount
    • 5R01DK138131-03Department: NIH department code

      Accumbal adaptations that contribute to weight regain after weight loss
      $502,361

      award amount

18. Laura Hennefield

    Leads 2 awards · $945,043

    • 1R01MH142516-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Social Disconnection and Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors in Early and Middle Childhood: An Intensive Longitudinal Study
      $765,644

      award amount
    • 5K01MH127412-05Department: NIH department code

      Suicidality in Young Children: Social and Cognitive Developmental Markers of Risk and Resiliency
      $179,399

      award amount

19. Alex Taylor Ramsey

    Leads 2 awards · $789,094

    • 5R01CA268030-05Department: NIH department code

      Precision prevention strategy to increase uptake and engagement in lung cancer screening and smoking cessation treatment

      Principal investigators: Alex Taylor Ramsey (contact PI), Li-Shiun Chen

      $644,722

      award amount
    • 1K02DA065836-01Department: NIH department code

      Implementation speed and scale-up of personalized tobacco use treatment
      $144,372

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DA056050-05, led by Li-Shiun Chen.

20. Caroline Paige Hoyniak

    Leads 1 award · $787,578

    • 1R01MH144234-01Department: NIH department code

      Prenatal Maternal Circadian Rhythms and Sleep in the Risk Trajectory to Altered Offspring Sleep, Psychopathology, and Neurodevelopment
      $787,578

      award amount

21. Arpana Agrawal

    Leads 2 awards · $750,487

    • 5T32DA007261-35Department: NIH department code

      Biomedical Research Training in Drug Abuse

      Principal investigators: Arpana Agrawal (contact PI), Jose A Moron-Concepcion

      $399,402

      award amount
    • 5R01AA030563-04Department: NIH department code

      The role of remission in the intergenerational transmission of alcohol use disorder: Course, context, and offspring outcomes

      Principal investigators: Arpana Agrawal (contact PI), Jessica E Salvatore

      $351,085

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DA046224-07, led by Cynthia Elise Rogers; 1R01DA063124-01, led by Elliot C Nelson.

22. Andrey P. Anokhin

    Leads 1 award · $698,328

    • 5R01DA058114-04Department: NIH department code

      Neurobehavioral consequences of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and addiction risk: a cotwin-control study
      $698,328

      award amount

23. Nicole R. Karcher

    Leads 1 award · $664,234

    • 5R01MH139880-02Department: NIH department code

      Predicting Attenuated Psychotic Symptoms Amongst Youth Endorsing Persistent Distressing Psychotic-like Experiences
      $664,234

      award amount

24. Li-Shiun Chen

    Leads 1 award · $657,812

    • 5R01DA056050-05Department: NIH department code

      A multilevel intervention to personalize and improve tobacco treatment in primary care

      Principal investigators: Li-Shiun Chen (contact PI), Alex Taylor Ramsey

      $657,812

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01CA268030-05, led by Alex Taylor Ramsey.

25. Yunju Sung

    Leads 1 award · $648,546

    • 2R01AG074007-04A1Department: NIH department code

      Sex-specific Molecular Profiling to Understand Pathology and Identify Causal Genes and Drug Targets forAlzheimer's Disease
      $648,546

      award amount

26. Kirsten Gilbert

    Leads 1 award · $635,873

    • 5R01MH126984-05Department: NIH department code

      Neural and behavioral trajectories of the overcontrolled phenotype: Associations with development, social context and psychiatric symptoms in early childhood
      $635,873

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 4RF1MH090786-14, led by Diana J Whalen; 5R01MH131584-04, led by Chad Michael Sylvester.

27. Denise Ella Wilfley

    Leads 1 award · $622,394

    • 5R01DK134961-04Department: NIH department code

      Increasing Access to USPSTF-Recommended Obesity Care for Youth and Adults Who Are Recipients of Medicaid: Evaluation of a Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Obesity Care Training Program in FQHCs

      Principal investigators: Denise Ella Wilfley (contact PI), Sarah Elizabeth Hampl

      $622,394

      award amount

28. Elliot C Nelson

    Leads 1 award · $577,531

    • 1R01DA063124-01Department: NIH department code

      A Multiomic Single Nucleus RNA-seq and ATAC-seq Examination of Key Brainstem Respiratory Control Regions from Fentanyl Overdose Decedents and Matched Controls

      Principal investigators: Elliot C Nelson (contact PI), Arpana Agrawal

      $577,531

      award amount

29. Laura J. Bierut

    Leads 1 award · $476,823

    • 5K12DA041449-10Department: NIH department code

      Washington University Career Development Program in Drug Abuse and Addiction

      Principal investigators: Laura J. Bierut (contact PI), Patricia A Cavazos-Rehg

      $476,823

      award amount

30. Anil G Cashikar

    Leads 1 award · $445,870

    • 5R01AG081419-04Department: NIH department code

      Role of the microglial immune-oxysterol 25-hydroxycholesterol in mediating neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in the P301S tau transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease
      $445,870

      award amount

31. Marco Pignatelli

    Leads 1 award · $388,750

    • 5R01MH130610-05Department: NIH department code

      A synaptic substrate for ketamine-mediated amelioration of stress-induced anhedonia
      $388,750

      award amount

32. Sayaka Inoue

    Leads 1 award · $326,550

    • 1R01AG100231-01Department: NIH department code

      Neural circuit basis of age-related changes in female social behavior
      $326,550

      award amount

33. Devin Banks

    Leads 2 awards · $273,872

    • 5K08DA058080-04Department: NIH department code

      An Integrated Geospatial and Community-based Model to Prevent Opioid Overdose among Black Americans
      $198,288

      award amount
    • 3K08DA058080-04S1Department: NIH department code

      An Integrated Geospatial and Community-based Model to Prevent Opioid Overdose among Black Americans
      $75,584

      award amount

34. Kevin Young Xu

    Leads 2 awards · $271,598

    • 5K08DA061258-03Department: NIH department code

      Using Big Data to Optimize Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy
      $195,998

      award amount
    • 3K08DA061258-02S1Department: NIH department code

      Using Big Data to Optimize Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy
      $75,600

      award amount

35. Rebecca Schwarzlose

    Leads 2 awards · $255,162

    • 5R00HD109454-05Department: NIH department code

      Neural mechanisms of sensory over-responsivity in children with and without ASD
      $249,000

      award amount
    • 3R00HD109454-04S1Department: NIH department code

      Neural mechanisms of sensory over-responsivity in children with and without ASD
      $6,162

      award amount

36. Timothy Otto Laumann

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00MH129616-05Department: NIH department code

      Precision Functional Mapping in Treatment-Resistant Depression
      $249,000

      award amount

37. Ricardo D'oliveira Albanus

    Leads 1 award · $248,999

    • 4R00AG086583-03Department: NIH department code

      Genetic and single-cell multi-omic characterization of Alzheimer's disease risk and resilience pathways
      $248,999

      award amount

38. Hannah Szlyk

    Leads 1 award · $196,992

    • 5K01DA058750-04Department: NIH department code

      Leveraging mHealth to Promote Recovery from Opioid Use Disorder and Commonly Occurring Mental Health Disorders among Residents of a Medium-Sized Midwestern City
      $196,992

      award amount

39. Alecia C. Vogel

    Leads 1 award · $193,523

    • 5K23MH131849-05Department: NIH department code

      Understanding the role of dysregulation in positive affect in developmental psychopathology.
      $193,523

      award amount

40. Alexander S Hatoum

    Leads 1 award · $179,424

    • 5K01AA030083-05Department: NIH department code

      Mass Multivariate Derivation and Validation of AUD Biotypes using Developmental Imaging and Genomic Approaches
      $179,424

      award amount

41. Abdallah M Eteleeb

    Leads 1 award · $148,581

    • 5K25AG083057-04Department: NIH department code

      Identification and characterization of molecular subtypes of Alzheimer's disease associated with cognitive function through cross-omics data integration
      $148,581

      award amount

42. Nuri B Farber

    Leads 1 award · $146,261

    • 5R25MH112473-09Department: NIH department code

      Washington University Psychiatry Residency Research Education Program

      Principal investigators: Nuri B Farber (contact PI), Timothy Eric Spiegel

      $146,261

      award amount

43. Miguel Minaya

    Leads 1 award · $126,981

    • 5K01AG083215-04Department: NIH department code

      Molecular drivers of tauopathies in stem cell models from diverse human populations
      $126,981

      award amount

44. Mary Katherine Osborn Ray

    Leads 1 award · $119,465

    • 5K01DK131339-05Department: NIH department code

      Impact of Glucose Variability on Dynamic Cognitive Function in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes
      $119,465

      award amount

45. Farzaneh Sadat Mirfakhar

    Leads 1 award · $113,919

    • 1K99NS150834-01Department: NIH department code

      Intracellular and Extracellular Tau as Drivers of Lysosomal Failure in Human Neuronal Models of Frontotemporal Dementia
      $113,919

      award amount

46. Eric Thomas Winzenried

    Leads 1 award · $92,762

    • 8K00DA067998-03Department: NIH department code

      Synapse to behavior, interrogating pathways underlying the control of food intake
      $92,762

      award amount

47. Lisa Gorham

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30HD119918-02Department: NIH department code

      Very Preterm Birth and Cortical Expansion in Early Life
      $55,114

      award amount

48. Kylie Schache

    Leads 1 award · $37,249

    • 1F31AG104756-01Department: NIH department code

      Autophagy lysosome pathway dysfunction in neurons and microglia in 4R tauopathies
      $37,249

      award amount

49. Justin G Wang

    Leads 1 award · $36,622

    • 5F31DK138755-03Department: NIH department code

      Interrogating Ventral Pallidal Circuits as a Therapeutic Target for Obesity
      $36,622

      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.

• Ryan H Bogdan

  Co-investigator on 4U01DA055367-06, led by Cynthia Elise Rogers; 5R01DA046224-07, led by Cynthia Elise Rogers

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Washington University in St. Louis · Psychology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Jorge Jesus Llibre-Guerra

  Co-investigator on 1U01AG084514-01A1, led by Carlos Cruchaga; 3U01AG084514-01A1S1, led by Carlos Cruchaga

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Washington University in St. Louis · Neurology (NIH department code, 3 awards)

• Christopher Daniel Smyser

  Co-investigator on 5R01MH113883-09, led by Joan L. Luby; 5R37MH113570-10, led by Cynthia Elise Rogers

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Washington University in St. Louis · Neurology (NIH department code, 1 award)
  • Washington University in St. Louis · Neurosurgery (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Deanna Barch

  Co-investigator on 5U01DA051038-07, led by Pamela Ann Madden; 5T32MH100019-14, led by Joan L. Luby

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Washington University in St. Louis · Psychology (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Michael Simon Avidan

  Co-investigator on 2P50MH122351-05A1, led by Bethany Pennington and Eric J Lenze and Joanna Abraham and Shannon Nicole Lenze

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

• Heather Cody Hazlett

  Co-investigator on 4U01HD116463-02, led by Natasha Marrus; 3U01HD116463-02S1, led by Natasha Marrus

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

• Barbara B Warner

  Co-investigator on 5R01MH113883-09, led by Joan L. Luby

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

• Aristotle Nicholas Voineskos

  Co-investigator on 4UH3MH137353-02, led by Ginger E Nicol; 3UH3MH137353-02S1, led by Ginger E Nicol

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (no department on record, 1 award)

• Daniel Felsky

  Co-investigator on 4UH3MH137353-02, led by Ginger E Nicol; 3UH3MH137353-02S1, led by Ginger E Nicol

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

• Meryl A Butters

  Co-investigator on 4UH3MH137353-02, led by Ginger E Nicol; 3UH3MH137353-02S1, led by Ginger E Nicol

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

• Andrew C. Heath

  Co-investigator on 5U01DA051038-07, led by Pamela Ann Madden

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

• Andrew Yoo

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG078964-05, led by Carlos Cruchaga

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

• Bess Frost

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG078964-05, led by Carlos Cruchaga

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

• Celeste Marie Karch

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG078964-05, led by Carlos Cruchaga

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Washington University in St. Louis · Neurology (NIH department code, 2 awards)
  • Mayo Clinic Jacksonville (no department on record, 1 award)

• Ting Wang

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG078964-05, led by Carlos Cruchaga

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Washington University in St. Louis · Genetics (NIH department code, 5 awards)

• Katherine Rose Luking

  Co-investigator on 5R01MH135480-03, led by Diana J Whalen

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

• Sarah Elizabeth Hampl

  Co-investigator on 5R01DK134961-04, led by Denise Ella Wilfley

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

• Patricia A Cavazos-Rehg

  Co-investigator on 5K12DA041449-10, led by Laura J. Bierut

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Washington University in St. Louis · Psychiatry (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Jose A Moron-Concepcion

  Co-investigator on 5T32DA007261-35, led by Arpana Agrawal

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Washington University in St. Louis · Anesthesiology (NIH department code, 3 awards)

• Jessica E Salvatore

  Co-investigator on 5R01AA030563-04, led by Arpana Agrawal

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • SUNY Downstate Medical Center · Psychiatry (NIH department code, 1 award)
  • Rutgers University · Psychiatry (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Timothy Eric Spiegel

  Co-investigator on 5R25MH112473-09, led by Nuri B Farber

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