Funding
Our research program has been consistently funded by both federal and foundation grants as well as institutional funding mechanisms.
ONGOING
1) P30 - National Institute of Drug Abuse - 2P30DA013429 - (2026-2031) - Role: PI/Core Director ($3,476,605). “Center for Integrative Addiction Neurobiology; Neurobehavioral Integration, Modeling and Analytics Core (NIMAC)”.
2) The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation NARSAD Young Investigator Grant - January 2025 - January 2027 Role: PI ($70,000). “Controlling traumatic memories via cholinergic signaling in the insula”
3) Pivot Bridge Grant – (Feb 2026 - Feb 2027) - Role: PI ($85,262). “Predicting maladaptive aversive learning via computational modeling of insular single cell ensemble activity patterns”.
COMPLETED
1) R21 - National Institute of Mental Health - MH132052- March 2023 - April 2025 - Role: PI. “Predicting maladaptive aversive learning via computational modeling of insular single cell ensemble activity patterns”.
2) R01 - National Institute on Drug Abuse - DA052317- October 2021 - November 2026 - Role: Co-I. “Mechanisms of dopaminergic dysfunction in substance use disorder”
3) KL2 NIH/NCATS Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) KL2TR002245 - October 2020 - November 2022
Role: PI ($300,000). “The role of mesocortical pathway in avoidance behavior.
4) The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation NARSAD Young Investigator Grant - January 2020 - January 2022 Role: PI ($70,000). “Encoding of escapable versus inescapable aversive events within the mesocortical circuit”
5) The Pfeil Foundation Investigator - January 2021 - January 2022 Role: PI ($35,000).
6) Vanderbilt University Medical Center Faculty Research Scholar Grant - 2019 - 2021
Role: PI ($220,000).
7) Edge for Scholars Research Relaunch Funds - June 2020
Role: PI ($4,400).
8) Duke Interdisciplinary Initiative in Social Psychology (DIISP) Mini-Grant – Duke University, 2012