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 | Peroxynitrite and Migraine |
| Dussor, Greg | NIH | Meningeal Prolactin Signaling and Female-Selective Migraine Mechanisms |
| Dussor, Greg | Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products | CGRP-based Preclinical Migraine Studies |
| Engineer, Crystal | NIH R01-TxBDC | Enhancing Speech Processing In a Rat Model of Autism Using Vagus Nerve Simulation |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Golden, Richard | UTD | SEED: Social: Assessing the Core Assumptions of Cognitive Diagnostic Knowledge Tracing |
| Golden, Richard | Raytheon | SRA: Neuroscience-Inspired Unsupervised Deep Learning |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Teliatry Inc. | SRA: Medical Implant Device Technology Development |
| Kilgard, Michael – TxBDC | CDMRP | Hearing Restoration through Synaptic Plasticity Directed by Vagus Nerve |
| Kilgard, Michael – TxBDC | DARPA | Targeted Neuroplasticity Training to Accelerate Complex Skill Learning |
| Kilgard, Michael – TxBDC | NIH-R01 | Vagus Nerve Stimulation Paired with Rehabilitative Training to Enhance Plasticity |
| 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 |
| Krawczyk, Daniel | Congressional Directed Medical Research (CDMRP) | Improving Cognitive and Functional Deficits after TBI Using Virtual Technology |
| Kroener, Sven | NIH-co-PI with Heng Du | Mitochondrial ATP Synthase Dysfunction and Synaptic Stress in Alzheimer’s Disease |
| 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 Heng Du | GHSR1a and Hippocampal Pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease |
| Kroener, Sven | NIH-co-PI with Jon Ploski | Pharmacologically Enhancing the Modification of Strong Modification Resistant Memories |
| Kroener, Sven | NIH-co-PI with Jon Ploski | Molecular Basis for the Induction of Reconsolidation Updating |
| Lee, Yune | Flint Rehab | SBIR: Speech Hero: A Rhythm-based Speech Therapy App for Individuals with Aphasia |
| Lee, Yune | NIH-R21 | Investigating the Neural Mechanisms Underlying Language Recovery through Rhythm Therapy in Aphasia |
| Kroener, Sven | Vulintus, LLC. | SBIR: HabiTrak: Low-cost, Wireless Home Cage Health and Activity Monitoring |
| Le Prell, Colleen | Henry M. Jackson Foundation | Functional Impairments in Service Members with Normal Audiometric Thresholds |
| 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 |
| Lobarinas, Edward | NIH-1RO1 | Effect of Inner Hair Cell Loss and Afferent Damage on Functional Hearing |
| McIntyre Rodriguez, Christa | NIH-co-PI with Jon Ploski | Pharmacologically Enhancing the Modification of Strong Modification Resistant Memories |
| McIntyre Rodriguez, Christa | NIH-co-PI with Jon Ploski | Molecular Basis for the Induction of Reconsolidation Updating |
| McIntyre Rodriguez, Christa | University of Iowa | Neural Pathways Modulating Memory Consolidation |
| 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 | DOE: Subcontract Oak Ridge National Lab | Automated Identity Masking: Advanced Experimental Design, Analysis, and Non-Facial Confounders |
| O’Toole, Alice | NIH-R01 | Human Face Representation in Deep Convolutional Neural Networks |
| O’Toole, Alice | University of Notre Dame | Psychophysical Studies of the Human Perception of Synthetic Faces |
| Owen, Margaret | NIH/University of Georgia | Self-Regulation Development and the Transition to Middle School |
| Paige, Candler | NIH/NINDS Blueprint D-SPAN F99 | Identification of Sex Specific Regulatory Drug Targets for Chronic Neuropathic Pain |
| 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-R56 | Molecular Basis for the Induction of Reconsolidation Updating |
| 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 | Hoba Therapeutics | Testing Agreement — Assess the Analgesic Efficacy of Meteorin |
| 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 | Grunenthal GmBH | Testing Agreement |
| 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 |
| 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 | American Speech-Language-Hearing Association | Characterizing Speech Disfluencies in Bilingual (Spanish-English) Children |
| 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 | Autism grant Program-Innovative Treatment Models |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Sasson, Noah | THECB | Autism Grant Program-Parent-Directed Treatment |
| 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 |