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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurosciences at Weill Cornell Medicine

New York, NY

Funding
$20.6M
$20,575,200
Awards
38
FY2025 NIH awards in Neurosciences
Principal investigators
42
28 lead a grant here, 14 co-investigators
Department rank
#6
of 71 · 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

28 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. Costantino Iadecola

    Leads 3 awards · $1,910,986

    • 5R01NS126467-04Department: NIH department code
      ApoE4, Neurovascular Injury and Cognitive Impairment
      $740,234
      award amount
    • 5R01NS037853-27Department: NIH department code
      Alzheimer Pathology and Neurovascular Dysfunction
      $596,655
      award amount
    • 5R01NS095441-10Department: NIH department code
      Dietary Sodium, Neurovascular Dysfunction and Cerebrovascular Risk
      $574,097
      award amount

  2. Jacqueline Burre

    Leads 2 awards · $1,576,793

    • 1R01NS136423-01A1Department: 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

      $793,535
      award amount
    • 4R01NS126342-02Department: NIH department code
      The Impact of Beta- and Gamma-Synucleins on Alpha-Synuclein's Synaptic Function

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

      $783,258
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AG083949-02, led by Manu Sharma.

  3. Li Gan

    Leads 2 awards · $1,516,857

    • 5R01AG072758-05Department: NIH department code
      Maladaptive antiviral pathways in Alzheimer's disease
      $799,148
      award amount
    • 1R01AG092462-01Department: NIH department code
      Mapping proteomic changes of tauopathy in human neurons

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

      $717,709
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AG074541-05, led by Subhash C Sinha; 1R01AG096902-01, led by Wenjie Luo.

  4. Hagen Ulrich Tilgner

    Leads 2 awards · $1,320,585

    • 5U01DA053625-05Department: NIH department code
      Integrative Single Cell isoform and chromatin accessibility Mapping of Chronic Opioid Exposure in Cognitive Brain Areas in HIV

      Principal investigators: Hagen Ulrich Tilgner (contact PI), Lishomwa C Ndhlovu, Teresa A Milner

      $768,201
      award amount
    • 5R35GM152101-02Department: 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

  5. Susan A Gauthier

    Leads 2 awards · $1,254,071

    • 5R01NS134646-02Department: 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

      $667,279
      award amount
    • 5R01NS136864-02Department: 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

      $586,792
      award amount

  6. Giovanni Manfredi

    Leads 1 award · $1,101,750

    • 5R35NS122209-05Department: NIH department code
      Mitochondrial Integrated Stress Response in Neurological Diseases
      $1,101,750
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R21AR085715-01, led by Marilena D'aurelio.

  7. Josef Anrather

    Leads 2 awards · $1,071,903

    • 5R01AI174064-03Department: NIH department code
      Immune Privilege, CNS Autoimmunity, and Clostridium perfringens Epsilon Toxin

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

      $662,275
      award amount
    • 5R01NS132493-03Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Dendritic Cells in Regulating the Gut-Brain Immune Axis in Ischemic Stroke
      $409,628
      award amount

  8. Teresa A Milner

    Leads 2 awards · $886,126

    • 5R01HL136520-07Department: 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

      $723,223
      award amount
    • 5T32DA039080-08Department: NIH department code
      Genetic and Environmental Influences on Addiction
      $162,903
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5U01DA053625-05, led by Hagen Ulrich Tilgner.

  9. Natalia Vanesa De Marco Garcia

    Leads 2 awards · $845,590

    • 5R01MH110553-09Department: NIH department code
      Neural Mechanism for the assembly of GABAergic in the cerebral cortex
      $423,750
      award amount
    • 5R01MH125006-05Department: NIH department code
      GABAergic Interneuron Dysfunction in Developing Cortical Circuits Underlying Autism Spectrum Disorders

      Principal investigators: Natalia Vanesa De Marco Garcia (contact PI), Anjali M Rajadhyaksha

      $421,840
      award amount

  10. Subhash C Sinha

    Leads 1 award · $830,547

    • 5R01AG074541-05Department: NIH department code
      cGAS inhibitors for Alzheimer's disease treatment

      Principal investigators: Subhash C Sinha (contact PI), Li Gan

      $830,547
      award amount

  11. Hibiki Fujita

    Leads 1 award · $808,996

    • 5R01NS139141-02Department: NIH department code
      CHCHD10 Frontotemporal Dementia, Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies

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

      $808,996
      award amount

  12. Caroline Alayne Pearson

    Leads 2 awards · $765,279

    • 1R01NS138625-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Determining the Role of Glucose Transporter 1 in Neural Development and Disease
      $595,779
      award amount
    • 1R03MH133952-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Identifying the downstream targets of neural FOXP1
      $169,500
      award amount

  13. Anna Goldshmidt Orr

    Leads 1 award · $740,075

    • 1R01AG095960-01Department: 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

      $740,075
      award amount

  14. Wenjie Luo

    Leads 1 award · $711,898

    • 1R01AG096902-01Department: 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

  15. Margaret Elizabeth Ross

    Leads 1 award · $702,941

  16. Manu Sharma

    Leads 1 award · $690,025

    • 5R01AG083949-02Department: NIH department code
      Tau proteostasis by chaperone-complexes in tauopathies including Alzheimer's disease

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

      $690,025
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01NS136423-01A1, led by Jacqueline Burre; 4R01NS126342-02, led by Jacqueline Burre.

  17. Dilek Colak

    Leads 1 award · $591,700

    • 5R01MH129797-04Department: NIH department code
      Astrocyte RNA degradation and cognitive function
      $591,700
      award amount

  18. Jonathan D Victor

    Leads 1 award · $523,585

    • 2R01EY007977-33A1Department: NIH department code
      Central Processing of Visual Information
      $523,585
      award amount

  19. Keith P. Purpura

    Leads 1 award · $521,631

    • 5R01EY034150-04Department: NIH department code
      Role of fixational eye movements and saccades in processing spatial information in V1-V2-V4 networks
      $521,631
      award amount

  20. Alexander Galkin

    Leads 1 award · $463,608

    • 5R01NS131322-02Department: 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

      $463,608
      award amount

  21. Giuseppe Faraco

    Leads 1 award · $423,750

    • 5R01NS130045-04Department: NIH department code
      Gut Immunity, Neurovascular Dysregulation and Cognitive Impairment
      $423,750
      award amount

  22. Laibaik Park

    Leads 1 award · $423,750

    • 5R01NS097805-08Department: NIH department code
      tPA and Cerebrovascular Regulation in a Model of ß-amyloid Pathology
      $423,750
      award amount

  23. Ping Zhou

    Leads 1 award · $423,745

    • 5R01NS128034-04Department: NIH department code
      Role of Prohibitin Nitrosylation in its Neuroprotective Functions
      $423,745
      award amount

  24. Marilena D'aurelio

    Leads 1 award · $216,113

    • 1R21AR085715-01Department: NIH department code
      Targeting GDF15-GFRAL signaling in mitochondrial myopathies

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

      $216,113
      award amount

  25. Sarah A Naguib

    Leads 1 award · $78,220

    • 5F32AG085960-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Cell-Type Specific Neuroprotective Mechanisms in the APOE3 Christchurch Mutation in Alzheimer's Disease
      $78,220
      award amount

  26. Sadaf Amin

    Leads 1 award · $75,600

    • 3K99AG078493-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of cGAS signaling and microglial senscence in tauopathy
      $75,600
      award amount

  27. Daniel Martin Barnett

    Leads 1 award · $49,538

    • 5F31AG084165-03Department: NIH department code
      Mitochondrial complex III-derived ROS in astrocytic signaling and Alzheimer's disease-related pathogenesis
      $49,538
      award amount

  28. Samantha R McDonough

    Leads 1 award · $49,538

    • 1F31NS143430-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism and rescue of lysosomal defects in Adult-onset Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
      $49,538
      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.