Active Research Grants

Principal InvestigatorFunding AgencyTitle
Abdi, HervéUniv. of Minnesota-SUBCaregiver Speech and Brain-Behavior Development in Infants At-Risk for ASD
Basak, ChandramallikaPosit Science Inc.SBIR: Phase II: Plasticity-based Adaptive Cognitive Remediation for Alzheimer’s Disease
Behroozmand, RoozbehNIH-R01Neural Bases of Vocal Sensorimotor Impairment in Aphasia
Boyd, RyanNFRSSEED: NFRS: Enhancing Large Language Model for Cognitive Behavior Therapy Conversations
Burton, MichaelNIH-R35Mechanisms Involved in Postoperative Recovery: A Focus on Pain, Delirium, and Neuroinflammation
Callahan, JenniferUNT/HRSASEED: AHT-STEM:Home-based Immersive Video Environment for Mild Impairment of Neurocognitive Diagnosis
Chapman, SandraApplied Research Associates-SUBMilitary Operational Medicine Research Program: Cognitive/Brin Health & Performance
Dussor, GregMarine Biological Lab-SubSite-Directed RNA Editing of Nav1.7 as a Novel Analgesic - RC5
Dussor, GregEvommune, Inc/SRASRA: Role of MrgprX2 in Sensory Neurons
Engineer, CrystalAutism Research Institute-TxBDCProteomic Analysis of VNS-Sound Pairing Therapy Effects on Cortical Tissue in a Rat Model of ASD
Evans, JuliaNIH-K18Characterization of the Neurobiological Profiles of Young Adults With and Without Developmental Language
Filbey, FrancescaUniv. of Rhode Island-SUBDo Peers Enhance or Detract Progress in Group MI? A Look into Emerging Adult Brain and Behavior
Filbey, FrancescaUniv. of Connecticut-SUBDo Peers Enhance or Detract Progress in Group MI? A Look into Emerging Adult Brain and Behavior
Frankford, SaulNIH-R21Perception and Production of Speech Timing in Parkinson's Disease
Gu, ZirongNIH-R00Action-Specific Dissecting of Basal Ganglia: From the Classical Model to Diverse Action-Specific Subcircuits
Hart, JohnRainwater Charitable FoundationStudy the Mechanism and Sequence of Pathological Change of How TBI Leads to Dementia in NFL Players
Hart, JohnUS Army MRAAMulti-Site Confirmatory Efficacy Treatment Trial of Combat-related PTSD
Hart, JohnCongressional Directed Medical Research*Treatment of Verbal Retrieval Deficits in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury with High Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Hart, JohnCongressional Directed Medical ResearchTreatment of Cognitive Deficits in Multiple Sclerosis with High-Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Hu, BohuaNIH-R01Novel Mechanism for Sex Differences in Hearing Loss
Huxtable-Jester, KarenMOU-Raikes FoundationThe UT System Student Experience Project Improvement Network
Jahn, KellyUS Army Medical ResearchBiomarkers of Hyperacusis in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Jahn, KellyNIHNeural Signatures of Enhanced Central Auditory Gain in Hyperacusis
Kane, HeidiColgate UniversityOlder Couples Who Play Together Stay Healthy Together: Shared Activities, Sleep, and Health
Kennedy, KristenNIH-R21*The Effects of Cognitive Map Building on the Development of Alzheimer’s Disease
Kennedy, KristenNIH-RO1Dopaminergic and Neuroplastic Influences on Longitudinal Change in Cognitive and Brain Aging
Kolber, BenNIH-R01Impact of Amygdala Lateralization on Processing and Modulation of Bladder Pain
Kolber, BenLouisiana Tech-SubProbing the Role of Serotonin in Neuropathic Pain with Flexible Carbon Microelectrode Arrays
Kolber, BenNIH-UE5Crossroads: Using Decision Making Strategies to Develop High Impact Content for Training in Rigor and Transparency
Kolber, BenNIH-RO1-COIGenetic Dissection of Defensin Signaling in Urinary Tract Infections
Kolber, BenNIH-R33High Content Analgesic Screening from Human Nociceptors
Kolber, BenUniv. of Kentucky-SUBFrom Traditional Medicine to Innovation: Discovering Novel Analgesics Targeting Calcium Modulation from Cameroonian Phytochemicals
Kolber, BenDuquesne Univ.-SUBThe Integration of Laboratory Data with Computational 3-D Modeling to Analyze the Role of the Central Amygdala in Neuropathic Pain
Kolber, BenPgrant/BaylorSmall Grant Program/Texas Society for Microscopy
Kreidler, KathrynNIH-F31Rhythmic Grouping in Developmental Language Disorder
Kroener, SvenNIH-R01Synaptic Changes in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex in the Development of Compulsive Alcohol Drinking
Kroener, SvenNIH-R01Vagus Nerve Stimulation Modulates Synaptic Plasticity in the Rt Prefrontal Cortex During the Extinction of Drug-Seeking
Le Prell, ColleenAmerican Academy of AudiologyUse of In-Ear Dosimetry to Understand Musician’s Unique Sound Exposure (MUSE)
Le Prell, ColleenUTSW-SubawardSensory Mechanisms in Primary Muscle Tension Dysphonia
Le PrellVanderbilt Univ. Medical Center-SUBConsequences of Chronic Noise Exposure in Nonhuman Primates
Lee, YuneNeuroscience Innovation FoundationGift-SLAM Lab
Lee, YuneDallas Symphony AssociationDallas Symphony Association
Lesnak, JosephNIH-F32Elucidating the Role of Interferon Gamma Production and Signaling in the Generation of Neuropathic Pain in Human Dorsal Root
Lobarinas, EdwardPgrant-TSHA Foundation (Saranya Mundayoor)Personalizing and Optimizing Hearing Aid Prescriptions for Children and Adolescents using Artificial Intelligence
Maguire, MandyCarl B. & Florence E. King  FoundationPlay With Me for Improving School Readiness and Early Literacy
Maguire, MandyNSFResilience and Risk in Word Inferencing and Vocabulary Growth for Grade Schoolers from Low Socioeconomic Status Homes
McIntyre Rodriuez, ChristaNIH-R01Vagus Nerve Stimulation Targets Fear Pathways to Enhance Extinction of Conditioned Fear
Mills, CandiceUniversity of Toronto-SubawardLaying the Groundwork for a Developmental Science of Intellectual Humility
Nelson, JackieNSFLangDiv: Contextual Impacts on Family Language Environments and Child Language Acquisition
Nguyen, LenaTSC AllianceTranslational Control Mechanisms in TSC-associated Epilepsy
Nguyen, LenaNIH-R01Translational Control in Focal Cortical Malformations and Epilepsy
Ofen, NoaNIH-R01Development of Memory Networks in Children
O'Toole, AliceNational Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)Analysis and Fusion of Cross-race Face Identification Evaluation of Forensic Examiners
O'Toole, AliceNational Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)Characterizing the Accuracy and Fusion of Algorithms in Unconstrained Images of People
O'Toole, AliceJHU-SubawardRobust Person Recognition Under Extreme Acquisition Conditions
Owen, MargaretJ. Lewis Mental Health Research FoundationPlayful Learning and Parenting Supports: Impacts of the Play With Me Program for Young Hispanic Children at Risk and Their Parents
Parekh, PujaNIH-R00Corticostriatal and Corticoinsular Circuit Mechanisms Underlying Stress Effects on Effort-based Reward Processing
Park, BoKyungNSFCollaborative Research: Situational Learning and Decision Making
Pinkham, AmySchizophrenia Intl Research Society2022 SIRS Research Harmonization Group Award (RHA)
Pinkham, AmyUCSD-SUBiTEST: Introspective Accuracy as a Novel Target for Functioning in Psychotic Disorders
Pinkham, AmyNIH-R01Social Cognition Battery for Psychosis-Risk (SCB-PR): A Psychometric and Validation Study
Pinkham, AmyUCSD-SUBiTEST: Introspective Accuracy as a Novel Target for Functioning in Psychotic Disorders
Price, TedMD Anderson Cancer CenterAnatomic, Physiologic and Transcriptomic Mechanisms of Neuropathic Pain in Human DRG
Price, TedUTSW-Subaward*Mechanisms of Cough in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Transmission
Price, TedEli Lilly & Co.Synaptic Omics of the Human Dorsal Horn
Price, TedUniversity of Washington-SubawardIdentifying Novel Therapeutic Targets for Chronic Neck Pain: RNA-Sequencing in Human Painful Atlanto-Axial Arthropathy
Price, TedNIH-U19Human Nociceptor and Spinal Cord Molecular Signature Center
Price, TedCongressional Directed Medical Research ProgramTargeting MNK Signaling to Prevent and Reverse Chronic Pain Caused by Complex Traumatic Injury
Price, TedUTSW-Subaward Validation of a Non-opioid Analgesic Pathway in Human Sensory Ganglia and Spinal Cord
Price, TedGlaxoSmith Kline-SRACRA: Characterisation of P2X3 Expression and Function in Human Nodose/Jugular Ganglia or Related Tissues
Price, TedUniv. of Cincinnati-SUBNeuromodulatory Regulation of Synaptic Plasticity in Spinal Nociceptive Circuits
Price, TedUniv. of Arizona-SubawardA Role for Pharmaceutical Control of Protease-activated Receptor-2 for the Treatment of Asthma
Price, TedAbbVie-SRATranscriptional and functional effects of BoNT/A1 in human Dorsal Root Ganglia (DRG) and Trigeminal Ganglia (TG) neurons
Price, TedNIH/HEAL INITIATIVEA Fully Humanized Functional Genomic Screen to Identify and Validate Pain Therapeutic Targets
Price, TedEvommune Inc./SRASRA: Role of MrgprX2 in Sensory Neurons
Rennaker, Robert-TxBDCSouthwestern Medical FoundationGift for Research for VNS Study for Multiple Sclerosis
Rennaker, Robert-TxBDCNIH-UG3Enhancing Recovery of Lower Limb Function after Spinal Cord Injury
Rennaker, Robert-TxBDCCommunities Foundation of TXGift for Restricted Research - Texas Biomedical Device Center - Rennaker
Rincón-Cortés, MillieNIH-K01Environmental Modulation of Maternal Behavior and Mesolimbic DA Function
Rodrigue, KarenNIHMechanisms and Predictors of Brain Aging in Healthy Aging, Preclinical AD and MCI
Rodrigue, KarenNIH-R01Mechanisms and Predictors of Brain Aging in Healthy Aging, Preclinical AD and MCI
Rollins, PamSPIRe- SEEDSEED: SPIRe: AI-Assisted Gaze Target Detection for Autistic Children
Rollins, PamTHECB-STATE award no. 00853AY24-Autism grant Program-Innovative Treatment Models; The Role of Mutual Gaze in Early Autism Intervention: An RCT
Rollins, PamCDMRPMeeting the Needs of Young Hispanic Autistic Children: Developing a Culturally and Linguistically Sensitive Intervention to Alleviate Core Social Challenges
Rugg, MichaelUTSW-SubawardUsing Deep Brain Stimulation of the Parietal Cortex to Investigate the Electrophysiology of Human Episodic Memory
Rugg, MichaelNIH-R01Neural Selectivity, Retrieval-Related Reinstatement, and Age-Related Memory Decline
Rugg, MichaelUniversity of Arizona-Subaward*Precision and Binding as Two Dimensions of Medial Temporal Lobe Amnesia
Rugg, MichaelUTSW-SubawardAging and Disease Course: Contributions to Lifespan Neurobiology of Schizophrenia
Rugg, MichaelUTSW-SubawardBehavioral and Pharmacological Manipulation of Time Cell Activity in the Human Mesial Temporal Lobe
Ruggero, CamiloUNT/HRSACenters of Excellence
Ruggero, CamiloSubstance Abuse & Mental Health ServiceThe Socorro Project: First Responder Mental Health Awareness Training in Hispanic Communities of North Texas
Ruggero, CamiloSUNY/NIHDevelopment of Negative Valence Measures
Ruggero, CamiloSUNY/NIHDevelopment of Negative Valence Measures
Ruggero, CamiloTHECB-State Award No. 02461Minority Health Research and Education Grant Program
Rypma, BartNRUF SEEDSEED: SPARK: Neurovascular Coupling in Adults at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease
Sadler, KatelynNIH-R00Sickle Cell Disease Gut Dysbiosis Effects on CNS Pain Processing
Sadler, KatelynRita Allen FoundationEffects of Antibiotics on Nociceptive and Analgesic Circuits in the Gut
Seaman, KendraNIH-R24Research Network on Decision Neuroscience and Aging
Seaman, KendraNIH-R24-Diversity SupplementDiversity Supplement-Sera Gonzales
Shemble, AdriannaNIH-R01-TxBDCCentral Modulation-Paired Motor Rehabilitation for Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injury
Shembel, AdriannaNIH-R01Paralaryngeal-Respiratory Spatiotemporal Patterns in Muscle Tension Dysphonia
Shemble, AdriannaIAC-UTSW Medical CenterInteragency Cooperation Contract-FY25 salary
Shiers, StephanieUTHSC San Antonio-SUBContribution of Truncated TrkB Isoform in Oral Cancer Pain
Small, StevenNIH-R13Society for the Neurobiology of Language Annual Meeting
Spence, MelanieJerry M. Lewis M.D. Mental Health ResearchInfants' Processing of Vocal Emotions: The Impact of Temperament and Maternal Interaction
Su, Pumpki LeiNIH-R21Word Learning from Infant-Directed Speech in Autistic Children
Tang, AlvaNRUFSEED: Social: Effects of Personalized Social Media Experiences and Sensitivity to Social Evaluative Feedback on Adolescent's Depressive Symptoms
Tavares Ferreira, DianaJohn Hopkins Univ.RNA Transport as a Key to Axonal Integrity in Peripheral Neuropathies
Tavares Ferreira, DianaTRCCVagus Nerve Stimulation as a Synergistic NeuroImmune Therapy for Enhancing Nerve Regeneration
Thorn, CatherineNIH-R01Noradrenergic Mechanisms of Vagus Nerve Stimulation Mediated Stroke Rehabilitation
Thorn, CatherineNIH-Diversity SupplementPeripheral Nerve Stimulation for Activation of Dopaminergic Nuclei
Thorn, CatherineNIH-R01Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Activation of Dopaminergic Nuclei
Warner-Czyz, AndreaSub-Lurie Children's Hospital of ChicagoNeural Prediction to Enhance Language Outcomes in Children with Cochlear Implant
Warner-Czyz, AndreaAmerican Speech Language Hearing FoundationCentral Executive Functioning in Young Adults with Cochlear Implants: A fNIRS Study
Warren, StacieStanford University-SubawardAn Integrative Framework of Cognitive Control and Reward Modulation in Children With ADHD: From Brain Dynamics to Clinical Symptoms
Warren, StacieAmerican Psychological AsociationComputational and Sociocultural Predictors of Youth Emotional Disturbance: A Mechanistic Approach to Early Detection
Warren, StacieNFRS SEEDSEED: SPIRe: Bayesian Graphical Models for Distinguishing Cognitive Control Brain Dynamics and the Effects of Pediatric Anxiety
Welch, HaileyNIH-F31Cholecystokinin Receptors in Lateralized Vagal Reward Signaling
Wig, GaganJames McDonnell FoundationAutism Grant Program
Wig, GaganNIH-R01Socioeconomic Mediators of Adult Brain Network Resilience and Vulnerability to Cognitive Decline
Wig, GaganColumbia University-SubawardCRCNS: Assessing Long-Term Impacts of Disruption to Large-Scale Brain Networks
Woods, Adam J.HRSAConstruction grant for BBS Psych Center
Woods, Adam J.University of Alabama Birmingham-SubawardACTIVE MIND: An Adaptive Clinical Trial of Cognitive Training to Improve Function and Delay Dementia
Yousuf, Muhammad SaadNuvoNuro Inc.-SubawardDevelopment of Positive TMEM97 Modulators for Treating Neuropathic Pain
Yousuf, Muhammad SaadNIH-R01Targeting Methylglyoxal-induced Diabetic Neuropathic Pain through the Integrated Stress Response