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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurosciences at Weill Cornell Medicine

New York, NY

Funding
$33.8M
$33,766,937
Awards
39
FY2026 NIH awards in Neurosciences
Principal investigators
46
31 lead a grant here, 15 co-investigators
Department rank
#2
of 74 · 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 Weill Cornell Medicine 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. Gary E Gibson

    Leads 2 awards · $9,918,983

    • 7R01AG076634-04Department: NIH department code
      Phase II randomized controlled trial of benfotiamine in early Alzheimer's Disease

      Principal investigators: Gary E Gibson (contact PI), Howard Feldman, Jose Alejandro Luchsinger

      $8,532,455
      award amount
    • 7R01AG082228-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic links between the benefits of pharmacologically high thiamine (vitamin B1) in Alzheimer's disease to Advanced Glycation Endproducts (AGE)

      Principal investigators: Gary E Gibson (contact PI), Sarah Ann Flowers

      $1,386,528
      award amount

  2. Adam L Orr

    Leads 1 award · $4,217,076

    • 1RF1AG095161-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Developing Inhibitors of Mitochondrial Complex III-Derived ROS for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
      $4,217,076
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AG095960-02, led by Anna Goldshmidt Orr.

  3. Zhuhao Wu

    Leads 1 award · $1,611,088

    • 1R01MH142410-01Department: NIH department code
      AlphaFold-Assisted Affinity Probe Resource for Scalable Brain Protein Mapping with Reference Datasets

      Principal investigators: Zhuhao Wu (contact PI), Wenjin Jim Zheng

      $1,611,088
      award amount

  4. Jacqueline Burre

    Leads 2 awards · $1,525,612

    • 5R01NS136423-02Department: NIH department code
      Changes in Synaptic Vesicle-Binding of Alpha-Synuclein as an Early Biomarker for Synucleinopathies

      Principal investigators: Jacqueline Burre (contact PI), Manu Sharma

      $770,652
      award amount
    • 5R01NS126342-03Department: NIH department code
      The Impact of Beta- and Gamma-Synucleins on Alpha-Synuclein's Synaptic Function

      Principal investigators: Jacqueline Burre (contact PI), Manu Sharma

      $754,960
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AG083949-03, led by Manu Sharma.

  5. Giovanni Manfredi

    Leads 2 awards · $1,497,956

    • 5R35NS122209-06Department: NIH department code
      Mitochondrial Integrated Stress Response in Neurological Diseases
      $1,101,750
      award amount
    • 1R21AR087068-01Department: NIH department code
      Modulating ER stress-induced lipotoxicity to ameliorate mitochondrial myopathy

      Principal investigators: Giovanni Manfredi (contact PI), Marilena D'aurelio

      $396,206
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R21AR085715-02, led by Marilena D'aurelio.

  6. Costantino Iadecola

    Leads 2 awards · $1,481,137

    • 5R01NS126467-05Department: NIH department code
      ApoE4, Neurovascular Injury and Cognitive Impairment
      $818,187
      award amount
    • 5R01NS037853-28Department: NIH department code
      Alzheimer Pathology and Neurovascular Dysfunction
      $662,950
      award amount

  7. Susan A Gauthier

    Leads 2 awards · $1,289,670

    • 5R01NS134646-03Department: NIH department code
      Multi-Scale, Multi-Modal Imaging Assessment of Trajectories of Cognitive Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis

      Principal investigators: Susan A Gauthier (contact PI), Amy Frances Kuceyeski

      $663,449
      award amount
    • 5R01NS136864-03Department: NIH department code
      Quantification of the Innate Immune Activity within Chronic Lesions as a Novel Treatment Biomarker in Multiple Sclerosis

      Principal investigators: Susan A Gauthier (contact PI), Thanh D Nguyen

      $626,221
      award amount

  8. Josef Anrather

    Leads 2 awards · $1,117,416

    • 5R01AI174064-04Department: NIH department code
      Immune Privilege, CNS Autoimmunity, and Clostridium perfringens Epsilon Toxin

      Principal investigators: Josef Anrather (contact PI), Yinghua Ma

      $662,275
      award amount
    • 5R01NS132493-04Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Dendritic Cells in Regulating the Gut-Brain Immune Axis in Ischemic Stroke
      $455,141
      award amount

  9. Teresa A Milner

    Leads 2 awards · $878,743

    • 5R01HL136520-08Department: NIH department code
      Contribution of G protein coupled estrogen receptor to changes in hypothalamic plasticity and hypertension susceptibility in mice with accelerated ovarian failure

      Principal investigators: Teresa A Milner (contact PI), Michael J Glass

      $713,974
      award amount
    • 5T32DA039080-09Department: NIH department code
      Genetic and Environmental Influences on Addiction
      $164,769
      award amount

  10. Hibiki Fujita

    Leads 1 award · $808,996

    • 5R01NS139141-03Department: NIH department code
      CHCHD10 Frontotemporal Dementia, Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies

      Principal investigators: Hibiki Fujita (contact PI), David Eliezer

      $808,996
      award amount

  11. Anna Goldshmidt Orr

    Leads 1 award · $754,382

    • 5R01AG095960-02Department: NIH department code
      Complex III-derived reactive oxygen species in mitochondrial-nuclear crosstalk in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

      Principal investigators: Anna Goldshmidt Orr (contact PI), Adam L Orr

      $754,382
      award amount

  12. Wenjie Luo

    Leads 1 award · $711,898

    • 5R01AG096902-02Department: NIH department code
      CH25H mediates microglial neuroinflammation and tau toxicities in AD

      Principal investigators: Wenjie Luo (contact PI), Li Gan, Shiaoching Gong

      $711,898
      award amount

  13. Margaret Elizabeth Ross

    Leads 1 award · $702,941

  14. Manu Sharma

    Leads 1 award · $697,326

    • 5R01AG083949-03Department: NIH department code
      Tau proteostasis by chaperone-complexes in tauopathies including Alzheimer's disease

      Principal investigators: Manu Sharma (contact PI), Jacqueline Burre

      $697,326
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS136423-02, led by Jacqueline Burre; 5R01NS126342-03, led by Jacqueline Burre.

  15. Li Gan

    Leads 1 award · $681,948

    • 5R01AG092462-02Department: NIH department code
      Mapping proteomic changes of tauopathy in human neurons

      Principal investigators: Li Gan (contact PI), Feixiong Cheng, Haiyuan Yu

      $681,948
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AG096902-02, led by Wenjie Luo.

  16. Peter A Goldstein

    Leads 1 award · $635,074

    • 1R61NS147892-01Department: NIH department code
      Human(h) HCN1-Selective Nanobodies for use in the Development of Novel, Non-Opioid Antihyperalgesics for the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain
      $635,074
      award amount

  17. Dilek Colak

    Leads 1 award · $591,700

    • 5R01MH129797-05Department: NIH department code
      Astrocyte RNA degradation and cognitive function
      $591,700
      award amount

  18. Caroline Alayne Pearson

    Leads 1 award · $582,304

    • 5R01NS138625-02Department: NIH department code
      Determining the Role of Glucose Transporter 1 in Neural Development and Disease
      $582,304
      award amount

  19. Hagen Ulrich Tilgner

    Leads 1 award · $552,384

    • 5R35GM152101-03Department: NIH department code
      Multiome measurements connecting transcription start sites at single-nucleotide resolution, DNA methylation and open chromatin status to splicing outcome across single cells in health and disease
      $552,384
      award amount

  20. Jonathan D Victor

    Leads 1 award · $520,280

    • 5R01EY007977-34Department: NIH department code
      Central Processing of Visual Information
      $520,280
      award amount

  21. Alexander Galkin

    Leads 1 award · $494,970

    • 5R01NS131322-03Department: NIH department code
      Metabolic Landscape and Mitochondrial ROS Balance in Brain Ischemia/Reperfusion

      Principal investigators: Alexander Galkin (contact PI), Steven S Gross, Vadim S Ten

      $494,970
      award amount

  22. Giuseppe Faraco

    Leads 1 award · $423,750

    • 5R01NS130045-05Department: NIH department code
      Gut Immunity, Neurovascular Dysregulation and Cognitive Impairment
      $423,750
      award amount

  23. Laibaik Park

    Leads 1 award · $423,750

    • 5R01NS097805-09Department: NIH department code
      tPA and Cerebrovascular Regulation in a Model of ß-amyloid Pathology
      $423,750
      award amount

  24. Natalia Vanesa De Marco Garcia

    Leads 1 award · $423,750

    • 5R01MH110553-10Department: NIH department code
      Neural Mechanism for the assembly of GABAergic in the cerebral cortex
      $423,750
      award amount

  25. Ping Zhou

    Leads 1 award · $423,745

    • 5R01NS128034-05Department: NIH department code
      Role of Prohibitin Nitrosylation in its Neuroprotective Functions
      $423,745
      award amount

  26. Virginia Gao

    Leads 1 award · $235,305

    • 1K08NS148691-01Department: NIH department code
      The role of enteric alpha-synuclein in Parkinson's disease
      $235,305
      award amount

  27. Marilena D'aurelio

    Leads 1 award · $171,090

    • 5R21AR085715-02Department: NIH department code
      Targeting GDF15-GFRAL signaling in mitochondrial myopathies

      Principal investigators: Marilena D'aurelio (contact PI), Giovanni Manfredi

      $171,090
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R21AR087068-01, led by Giovanni Manfredi.

  28. Sarah A Naguib

    Leads 2 awards · $165,224

    • 1K99NS149066-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Role of Progranulin Microglial Replacement Therapy in Parkinson's Disease
      $122,850
      award amount
    • 5F32AG085960-03Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Cell-Type Specific Neuroprotective Mechanisms in the APOE3 Christchurch Mutation in Alzheimer's Disease
      $42,374
      award amount

  29. Wenhui Qu

    Leads 1 award · $128,250

    • 1K99AG095211-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Investigating Modifiers of Human Microglia-Neuron Interplay in Tau Propagation In Vivo
      $128,250
      award amount

  30. Miguel Alonso Chavez Pachas

    Leads 1 award · $54,969

    • 1F30AG099662-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Sustained Amyloid Degradation Induces Lysosomal Exhaustion and Lipid-Driven Microglial Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease
      $54,969
      award amount

  31. Samantha R McDonough

    Leads 1 award · $45,220

    • 5F31NS143430-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism and rescue of lysosomal defects in Adult-onset Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
      $45,220
      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.