RESEARCH GRANTS
Researchers at the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences annually receive generous grants from such organizations as the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and various science labs. These funds are used to support important research that can potentially effect individuals throughout the world.
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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI) |
FUNDING AGENCY |
TITLE |
| Basak, Chandramallika | SBIR-Posit Science Inc. | Plasticity-based Adaptive Cognitive Remediation for Alzheimer’s Disease Phase II |
| Basak, Chandramallika | NIH | Strategic Training to Optimize Neurocognitive Functions in Older Adults |
| Benham, Sara | NIH-F31 | Novel Phonological Sequence Learning in Early Typical and Atypical Development |
| Burton, Michael | NIH | K22 — The Role of Cell-specific TLR-4 Signaling in Developing Chronic Pain |
| Burton, Michael | Rita Allen Foundation | Novel Models to Assess Sufficiency of Single Cell Paradigms in CB1R-Analgesia |
| Chapman, Sandra | UTSW | Enhancement of Cognitive Brain Performance in Service Members – Active Duty and Veterans – Cooperative IAC w/UTSW |
| Chapman, Sandra | General Dynamics-Sub | Validation of Cognitive Enhancement Techniques for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (VoCET-mTBI) |
| Dussor, Greg | NIH | Meningeal Prolactin Signaling and Female-Selective Migraine Mechanisms |
| Engineer, Crystal | NIH R01-TxBDC | Enhancing Speech Processing In a Rat Model of Autism Using Vagus Nerve Simulation |
| Engineer, Crystal | Brain & Behavior Research Foundation | Enhancing Speech Processing In a Rat Model of Autism Using Vagus Nerve Stimulation |
| Filbey, Francesca | NIH | The Role of Motivation and Control in Cannabis Use Disorders: A Cross-Cultural Longitudinal Neuroimaging Study |
| Filbey, Francesca | NIH | Motor Learning Deficits in Cannabis Users |
| Filbey, Francesca | UTSW-Subaward | Development of Pregnenolone as a Treatment for Depression |
| Filbey, Francesca | Boys Town National Research Hospital-Subaward | The Cumulative Risk of Substance Exposure and Early Life Adversity on Child Health Development and Outcomes |
| Goffman, Lisa | NIH | Sequential Pattern Learning in Children with Developmental Language Disorder |
| Goffman, Lisa | NIH-R01 | A Developmental Framework For Linking Phonological And Morpho-syntactic Sequential Pattern Rules |
| Hart, John | Congressional Directed Medical Research | Treatment of Memory Disorders in Gulf War Illness with High Definition Transcranial Direct Cortical Stimulation |
| Hart, John | Rainwater Charitable Foundation | Study the Mechanism and Sequence of Pathological Change of How TBI Leads to Dementia in NFL Players |
| Hart, John | US Army MRAA | Multi-Site Confimatory Efficacy Treatment Trial of Combat-related PTSD |
| Hart, John | Congressional Directed Medical Research | Treatment of Verbal Retrieval Deficits in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury with High Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation |
| Hayes, Seth-TxBDC | NIH R01 | Evaluation of the Neuromodulatory Mechanisms of Vagus Nerve Stimulation to Improve Motor Rehabilitation after Stroke |
| Hayes, Seth-TxBDC | Congressional Directed Medical Research | Restoring Sensory Function after Upper Limb Nerve Injury with Vagus Nerve Stimulation |
| Katz, William | UTD | SEED: SPIRe: Developing and Testing Speech-simulation Capabilities for Opti-speech Software |
| Kennedy, Kristen | NIH-National Institute on Aging | Dopaminergic and Neuroplastic Influences on Longitudinal Change in Cognitive and Brain Aging |
| Kennedy, Kristen | NIH-R21 | The Effects of Cognitive Map Building on the Development of Alzheimer’s Disease |
| Kennedy, Kristen | Boston College | Age Differences in When – Not Whether – Sensory Regions are Recruited during Memory Retrieval |
| Kilgard, Michael – TxBDC | Wings for Life | Promoting Recovery from Cervical Spinal Cord Injury by Pairing Rehabilitation with Vagus Nerve Stimulation |
| Kilgard, Michael – TxBDC | International Rett Syndrome Foundation Research Grant | Reversing Speech Sound Processing Deficits in Rett Syndrome |
| Kilgard, Michael – TxBDC | NIH | Vagus Nerve Stimulation Paired with Rehabilitative Training to Enhance Plasticity |
| Kilgard, Michael – TxBDC | DARPA | Targeted Neuroplasticity Training to Accelerate Complex Skill Learning |
| Kilgard, Michael – TxBDC | Wings for Life-TxBDC | Enhancing Recovery in Spinal Cord Injury Patients with Vagus Nerve Stimulation |
| Kolber, Ben | Duquesne University | Pain and Neurodegenerative Undergraduate Research Experiences: Interacting with Community Partners to Build Specialized and Enhanced Neurologic Disease Programs for Undergraduates |
| Kolber, Ben | NIH-R01 | Impact of Amygdala Lateralization on Processing and Modulation of Bladder Pain |
| Kolber, Ben | Duquesne University | CNS Drug Discovery from the Ocean: Cyanobacterial Secondary Metabolites to Treat Comorbid Pain and Depression |
| Kroener, Sven | NSF-co-PI with Zhenping Qin | NCS-FO:Sub-Millisecond Optically-Triggered Compound Release to Study Real-Time Brain Activity and Behavior |
| Kroener, Sven | NIH-co-PI with Jon Ploski | Pharmacologically Enhancing the Modification of Strong Modification Resistant Memories |
| Lee, Yune | NIH-R21 | Investigating the Neural Mechanisms Underlying Language Recovery through Rhythm Therapy in Aphasia |
| Lee, Yune | SBIR Flint Rehab | SBIR: Speech Hero: A Rhythm-based Speech Therapy App for Individuals with Aphasia |
| Le Prell, Colleen | Washington University St. Louis | Pharmaceutical Interventions for Noise-Induced Hearing Loss-Acute Exposure Treatment (PINIHL-AET) |
| Le Prell, Colleen | 3M Company | SRA: Audibility and Hazardous Noise Exposure: Workers Expresses Needs and the Impact of Hearing Protection |
| Lewter, Lakeisha | NIH-F32 Fellowship | The Impact of Amygdala CGRP Receptors on the Development of Persistent Bladder Pain |
| Kroener, Sven | Vulintus, LLC. | SBIR: HabiTrak: Low-cost, Wireless Home Cage Health and Activity Monitoring |
| Lobarinas, Edward | NIH-1RO1 | Effect of Inner Hair Cell Loss and Afferent Damage on Functional Hearing |
| Maguire, Mandy | UTD-NRUF | SEED: PREP: Addressing Dialect Differences in Word Learning from Auditory and Written Contexts |
| Maguire, Mandy | NSF | REU Site: Culturally Responsive Research in Developmental Science |
| McIntyre Rodriguez, Christa | NIH-co-PI with Jon Ploski | Pharmacologically Enhancing the Modification of Strong Modification Resistant Memories |
| McIntyre Rodriguez, Christa | NIH-R56 | Vagus Nerve Stimulation Targets Fear Pathways to Enhance Etinction of Conditioned Fear |
| Mills, Candice | NSF | Collaborative Research: How Recognizing Gaps in Explanations Influences Children’s Interest in Learning |
| Motes, Michael | UTSW | Longitudinal Continuation of TARCC Hispanic Cohort |
| O’Toole, Alice | NIH-R01 | Human Face Representation in Deep Convolutional Neural Networks |
| Owen, Margaret | NIH/University of Georgia | Self-Regulation Development and the Transition to Middle School |
| Park, Denise | NIH | Dallas Lifespan Brain Study-Wave 3: Neurodegeneration and Resilience in Cognition |
| Park, Denise | NIH | Impact of Challenging Engagement on Cognition in Older Adults: A Clinical Trial |
| Park, Denise | SMU | The Dallas Asthma Brain and Cognition Study |
| Pinkham, Amy | NIH-R01 | Introspective Accuracy, Bias, and Everyday Functioning in Severe Mental Illness |
| Pinkham, Amy | NIH-subaward University of California San Diego | Social Cognition and Suicide in Psychotic Disorders |
| Ploski, Jonathan | NIH-R01 | Pharmacologically Enhancing the Modification of Strong Modification Resistant Memories |
| Prager, Karen | Jerry M. Lewis, M.D. Mental Health Research Foundation (Formerly Timberlawn) | Paving the Way to Improved Marital Well-Being |
| Price, Ted | NIH-RO1 | Protease Activated Receptor Type 2 Targeting for Migraine Pain |
| Price, Ted | SRA-Merck Sharp & Dohme | SRA: In Situ Hybridization on Human DRG |
| Price, Ted | NIH-R01 | Sex-specific Regulation of Local Translation and Chronic Pain Mechanisms in Females |
| Price, Ted | NIH-R01 | Translation Control of Pain Plasticity |
| Price, Ted | UTD | Licensing Accelerator Pilot Award-NIH Protease Actived Receptor Type 2 Targeting for Migraine Pain |
| Price, Ted | UTD-NRUF | SEED: SCI award:Center for Advanced Pain Studies |
| Price, Ted | 4E Therapeutics | SBIR: Development and Optimization of MNK Inhibitors for the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain |
| Price, Ted | Thomas Jefferson University – Subaward | Extracellular Mechanism Regulating Synaptic Function and Pain Plasticity |
| Price, Ted | Thomas Jefferson University – Subaward | Novel Mechanisms Regulating Protein Interaction and Pain |
| Price, Ted | MD Anderson Cancer Center | Anatomic, Physiologic and Transcriptomic Mechanisms of Neuropathic Pain in Human DRG |
| Price, Ted | MD Anderson Cancer Center-Subaward | Validation of Fibroblast-derived PI16 as a Novel Target for Pain Treatment |
| Price, Ted | MD Anderson Cancer Center-Subaward | Nrf2 Activation for Addiction-Free Treatment of Neuropathic Pain |
| Price, Ted | UTSW-subaward | Mechanisms of Cough in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Transmission |
| Price, Ted | Grunenthal GmbH | SRA: Advancement of Translational Pain Research Through the Transcriptomic Analysis of the Dorsal Root Ganglia Using Cutting Edge Sequencing Technologies |
| Price, Ted | Grunenthal GmbH | IPA SRA: Testing Agreement: Insights Into the Function of PRDM12 Through Ranscriptomic Analysis of Human Neuronal Cultures Derived From DRG After Knowck-Down of PRDM12 Using ASOs |
| Rennaker, Robert — TxBDC | NIH-R01 | Enhancing Recovery after Chronic Bilateral Cervical Spinal Cord Injury with Targeted Plasticity Therapy |
| Rennaker, Robert — TxBDC | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Closed-loop Neuromodulation to Treat PTSD |
| Rodrigue, Karen | NIH | Mechanisms and Predictors of Brain Aging in Healthy Aging, Preclinical AD and MCI |
| Rojas, Raul | Jerry M. Lewis, M.D. Mental Health Research Foundation (Formerly Timberlawn) | Tracking the Early Bilingual Language Growth of Spanish-speaking Children in Dallas: Impact of Exogenous and Endogenous Factors |
| Rojas, Raul | Momentous Institute-MOU | Research on Bilingual Language Development and Academic Achievement in Early Childhood Program at Momentous School |
| Rojas, Raul | University of Georgia-Sub | The Role of Fathering in the Language Development of Young, Low-Income African American and Latino Children |
| Rollins, Pam | THECB | FY21 Autism grant Program-Innovative Treatment Models |
| Rugg, Michael | NIH-R01 | Relationship Between Neural Correlates of Episodic Memory, Age, Memory Performance |
| Rugg, Michael | NSF | Effects of Age on Specificity and Control of Recollected Content |
| Rugg, Michael | UTSW-Subaward | Using Deep Brain Stimulation of the Parietal Cortex to Investigate the Electrophysiology of Human Episodic Memory |
| Rugg, Michael | University of Notre Dame-Subaward | Investigating the Mechanisms and Functional Consequences of Age-Related Neural Dedifferentiation |
| Rugg, Michael | University of Arizona-Subaward | Precision and Binding as Two Dimensions of Medial Temporal Lobe Amnesia |
| Rugg, Michael | NIH-R21 | Effects of Age on Control of Recollected Content |
| Rypma, Bart | UTD-Major Extramural Grant Award (MEGA) | Development of Calibrated fMRI at the UTD Brain Health Imaging Center |
| Rypma, Bart | NIH | Resting State Brain Connectivity Conference |
| Rypma, Bart | UTD-NRUF | SEED: Workshop: Resting-State Brain Connectivity Conference at UT-Dallas in 2021 |
| Small, Steven | NIH | Society for the Neurobiology of Language Annual Meeting |
| Small, Steven | NSF | An Open Science Platform for the Neurobiology of Language Community |
| Spence, Jeffrey | UTSW-subward | BOLD and its Discontents:Age-differences in the Neurophysiology of fMRI Signal |
| Swanson, Meghan | NIH-R00 | Early Social Communication Environment and Brain Development in Infants at Risk for Autism |
| Thibodeau, Linda | NIH-R01-coPI | Smartphone-Based Open Research Platform for Hearing Improvement Studies |
| Wig, Gagan | James McDonnell Foundation | Autism Grant Program |
| Wig, Gagan | NIH-R01 | Socioeconomic Mediators of Adult Brain Network Resilience and Vulnerability to Cognitive Decline |
| Zuppichini, Mark | NIH-F31 | Neurophysiologic and Connectivity Changes Associated with Slowed Processing Speed and Working Memory Impairments in Multiple Sclerosis |