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Current Extramural Funding

Lead Principal Investigator Instrument Type Instrument Subtype Title Award Admin Dept. Sponsor
Bukiya, Anna Subaward - Money In R01 Fetal alcohol exposure and cerebrovascular development Pharmacology  University of South Florida (USF)
Hao Chen HHS - NIH - NIDA - National Institute on Drug Abuse R01 Social environment determines the hedonice value of nicotine via molecular and cellular networks in the amygdala Pharmacology NIH - NIDA
Amandeep Bajwa, PHD
Hao Chen,
Megan Kathleen Mulligan (contact), PHD
HHS - NIH - NIA - National Institute on Aging R01 Mapping genetic vulnerability to oxidative stress in development and its consequences
in age-associated cognitive decline using a novel reduced complexity rat model
Pharmacology NIAAA
Chang Hoon Jee HHS - NIH - NIAAA - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism R21 Repurposing FDA-Approved Drugs to Target Chronic Alcohol Tolerance Pharmacology NIDA
Brendan Tunstall HHS - NIH - NIAAA - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism R01 Dissecting the neurobiological basis of social control over alcohol self-administration Pharmacology NIAAA
Chen, Hao Subaward - Money In U01 Systems genetics of premorbid risk and cocaine use traits in a rat reduced complexity cross Pharmacology  Northeastern
Dopico, Alejandro NIH Grant R01 Regulation of arterial diameter through specific sensing of endogenous steroids and novel nonsteroidal analogs by BK channel subunits. Pharmacology  NHLBI
Dopico, Alejandro NIH Grant R01 Ethanol actions on slo channels from arteries vs. brain Pharmacology  NIAAA
Dopico, Alejandro / Anna Bukiya NIH Grant R01 Cholesterol regulation of smooth muscle BK channel proteins and consequent control of cerebral artery diameter Pharmacology  NHLBI
Dopico, Alejandro / Anna Bukiya NIH Grant R01 Ionic mechanisms of toluene cerebrovascular actions Pharmacology  NIEHS
Kirson, Dean NIH Grant R00 Hypothalamic oxytocin influence on extended amygdala CRF neurons in alcohol dependence Pharmacology  NIAAA
Liao, Francesca-Fang / Fuming Zhou NIH Grant Other R Series Blood-brain-barrier and white matter mechanisms underlying dementia Pharmacology  NINDS
Liao, Francesca-Fang NIH Grant R01 Validation of a novel tau clearance mechanism Pharmacology  NIA
Malik, Kafait NIH Grant R01 Angiotensins, Prostaglandins and Adrenergic Interactions Pharmacology  NHLBI
Schneider, Elizabeth NIH Grant F Series Cholesterol modulation of BK currents and cerebral artery diameter via channel-forming slo1 subunit Pharmacology  NHLBI
Singh, Purnima Grant   Interaction of CYP1B1 and 12/15-Lipoxygenase in the Protection of Premenopausal mice During Ang II-Induced Hypertension Pharmacology AHA
Tavalin, Steven NIH Grant R21 Actions of proline at receptors and synapses Pharmacology NIMH
Tunstall, Brendan NIH Grant Other R Series Opposing Contributions of Oxytocin and Corticotropin-Release Factor to Alcohol Dependence Pharmacology NIDA
Tunstall, Brendan NIH Grant R21 Neuropeptide S Receptor 1 as a Novel Target for Reducing Opioid Self-Administration and Opioid Relapse Pharmacology NIDA
Udell, Mallory Grant   Depression as a risk factor for enhanced alcohol use: insights from a rat model of voluntary alcohol consumption in a social setting Pharmacology Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis (SABA)
Vaithianathan, Thirumalini NIH Grant R01 Dynamics of calcium signals control neurotransmitter release in retinal ribbon synapses Pharmacology HHS - NIH - NEI - National Eye Institute
Oct 15, 2025