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PROJECTS

The Institute for Human Neuroscience (IHN) conducts cutting edge research, most of which is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Research at IHN propels innovation in lifespan cognitive neuroscience and contributes to practical real-world applications of research findings. The Institute for Human Neuroscience is also home to the Center for Pediatric Brain Health, an NIH Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) which focuses on expanding pediatric neuroimaging research and promoting pediatric brain health.

Active Projects

Dynamic Functional Mapping of Alzheimer's Spectrum and HIV-related Brain Dysfunction (R01NS141729)
Principal Investigator: Tony Wilson, PhD
Project Period: September 24, 2024 - August 31, 2029
Award Amount: $3,977,199

Quantifying Associations between Pubertal and Neural Factors Influencing Symptom Severity in Autistic Adolescents (BTNRH Innovation Accelerator Pilot Project)
Principal Investigator: Giorgia Picci, PhD
Project Period: October 1, 2024 - September 30, 2026
Award Amount: $48,106

Next-Generation MEG Imaging for Quantifying Cortical-Subcortical Dynamics in the Context of HIV and Cannabis Use (R01DA059542)
Principal Investigator: Tony Wilson, PhD
Project Period: July 1, 2024 - April 30, 2025
Award Amount: $3,253,901

Coupling of Inflammasome Cascades and Aberrant Neural Oscillatory Dynamics in NeuroHIV (R01DA059877)
Principal Investigator: Tony Wilson, PhD
Project Period: April 1, 2024 – December 31, 2028
Award Amount: $2,813,107

Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Language Processing in School-Age Children with Mild-to-Severe Hearing Loss (R21DC020270)
Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Heinrichs-Graham, PhD
Project Period: April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2026
Award Amount: $607,650

Pathways to Mental Health: The Mediating Role of Altered Cytokines on the Relationship between Chronic Home Radon Exposure and Emotional Neural Circuitry in Developing Youths (R21ES035146)
Principal Investigator: Brittany Taylor, PhD
Project Period: March 10, 2023 – February 28, 2025
Award Amount: $448,250

A New Reference Atlas of Brain Networks to Investigate Neuropsychiatric Traits in Adolescents (R03MH129365)
Principal Investigator: Gaelle Doucet, PhD
Project Period: January 26, 2023 – December 31, 2024
Award Amount: $162,040

Dynamic Imaging of Cerebral Palsy Gait (R01HD108205)
Principal Investigator: Max Kurz, PhD
Project Period: September 20, 2022 – August 31, 2027
Award Amount: $3,216,442

The Progressive Elevation of Spontaneous Cortical Activity in HAND (PESCAH) Project: Alzheimer’s Administrative Supplement (R01MH116782-05S1)
Principal Investigator: Tony Wilson, PhD
Project Period: May 5, 2022 – October 31, 2024
Award Amount: $405,100

Suppression of Pathological Spontaneous Cortical Dynamics and Inflammation in NeuroHIV (R01DA056223)
Principal Investigator: Tony Wilson, PhD
Project Period: April 1, 2022 – January 31, 2027
Award Amount: $3,383,079

Center for Pediatric Brain Health (P20GM144641)
Principal Investigator: Tony Wilson, PhD
Project Period: March 1, 2022 – January 31, 2027
Award Amount: $12,453,000

Powering Through Transition: Therapeutic Power Training for Adolescents and Adults with Cerebral Palsy (Foundation for Physical Therapy Award)
Principal Investigator: Brad Corr, DPT
Project Period: January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2024
Award Amount: $39,995

Multimodal Imaging of NeuroHIV Dynamics (MIND): Alzheimer’s Administrative Supplement (R01MH118013-03S1)
Principal Investigator: Tony Wilson, PhD
Project Period: June 25, 2020 – April 30, 2025
Award Amount: $381,250

Neurophysiology of Responders and Non-Responders with Cerebral Palsy (R01HD101833)
Principal Investigator: Max Kurz, PhD
Project Period: June 1, 2020 – May 31, 2025
Award Amount: $3,278,644

Developmental Multimodal Imaging of Neurocognitive Dynamics (Dev-MIND) (R01MH121101)
Principal Investigator: Tony Wilson, PhD
Project Period: August 19, 2019 – May 31, 2025
Award Amount: $5,842,505

Multimodal Imaging of NeuroHIV Dynamics (MIND) (R01MH118013)
Principal Investigator: Tony Wilson, PhD
Project Period: August 1, 2018 – April 30, 2025
Award Amount: $4,411,144

The Progressive Elevation of Spontaneous Cortical Activity in HAND (PESCAH) Project (R01MH116782)
Principal Investigator: Tony Wilson, PhD
Project Period: April 1, 2018 – October 31, 2024
Award Amount: $2,634,690

Active Graduate Student Awards

Robotic Exoskeleton Gait Training in Transition Aged Persons with Cerebral Palsy (F31AG081043)
Graduate Student Award, Principal Investigator: Morgan Busboom
Primary Sponsor/Mentor: Max Kurz, PhD
Project Period: August 23, 2023 –August 22, 2025
Award Amount: $38,300

Impact of Trauma on the Longitudinal Development of Cognitive Control Networks in Healthy Youth (F30MH134713)
Graduate Student Award, Principal Investigator: Jake Son
Primary Sponsor/Mentor: Tony Wilson, PhD
Project Period: May 30, 2023 –May 29, 2027
Award Amount: $190,568

Completed Graduate Student Awards

Altered Oscillatory Dynamics in People with HIV and Methamphetamine Use Disorder (F31DA056296)
Graduate Student Award, Principal Investigator: Mikki Schantell
Primary Sponsor/Mentor: Tony Wilson, PhD
Project Period: March 9, 2022 – May 30, 2024
Award Amount: $136,248

Methamphetamine and HIV Status Modulate the Neural Dynamics Underlying Executive Dysfunction and Emotion Dysregulation (R36DA059323)
Graduate Student Award, Principal Investigator: Mikki Schantell
Primary Sponsor/Mentor: Tony Wilson, PhD
Project Period: August 1, 2023 – May 31, 2024
Award Amount: $53,460

Aberrant Cortical Entrainment in Biomarker-Confirmed Alzheimer’s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment (F30AG076259)
Graduate Student Award, Principal Investigator: Seth Springer Primary Sponsor/Mentor: Tony Wilson, PhD
Project Period: January 12, 2022 – March 31, 2024
Award Amount: $195,160

The Effect of Pubertal Hormones on the Development of Neural Oscillatory Dynamics in Youth (F30MH130150)
Graduate Student Award, Principal Investigator: Abraham Killanin
Primary Sponsor/Mentor: Tony Wilson, PhD Project Period: September 13, 2022 – March 31, 2024
Award Amount: $186,800

The Impact of Chronic Cannabis Use on Neuromagnetic Activity in Persons Living with HIV (F30DA048713)
Graduate Student Award, Principal Investigator: Brandon Lew Primary Sponsor/Mentor: Tony Wilson, PhD
Project Period: July 1, 2019 – June 20, 2023
Award Amount: $179,244

Oscillatory Markers of Cognitive Deficits in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease (F31AG055332)
Graduate Student Award, Principal Investigator: Alex Wiesman Primary Sponsor/Mentor: Tony Wilson, PhD
Project Period: July 1, 2017 – March 26, 2020
Award Amount: $119,153

Completed Projects

Signatures of Cannabis Abuse in NeuroHIV (SCAN) (R01DA047828)
Principal Investigator: Tony Wilson, PhD
Project Period: September 15, 2018 – June 30, 2024
Award Amount: $4,755,666

The Impact of Spontaneous Cortical Activity on Neural Oscillations and Behavioral Performance (RFMH117032)
Principal Investigator: Tony Wilson, PhD
Project Period: September 1, 2018 – May 31, 2023
Award Amount: $2,448,668

Wearable magnetoencephalography (MEG): The next-generation of dynamic human neuroimaging (S10OD032468)
Principal Investigator: Tony Wilson, PhD
Project Period: July 15, 2020 – July 14, 2022
Award Amount: $1,550,000

New MEG System for Improved Quantification of Human Brain Dynamics (S10OD028751)
Principal Investigator: Tony Wilson, PhD
Project Period: July 15, 2020 – July 14, 2022
Award Amount: $1,924,688

Atlas55+: Creation and Validation of a Reference Brain Functional Atlas for Late Adulthood (R03AG064001)
Principal Investigator: Gaelle Doucet, PhD
Project Period: August 1, 2019 – April 30, 2022
Award Amount: $116,250