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John Pearson

Associate Professor of Neurobiology
Neurobiology
Duke Box 90999, Durham, NC 27708
Bryan Research Building, 101H, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Neurobiology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Duke University Psychiatry Physician-Scientist Residency Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health · 2024 - 2029

Neurocognitive mechanisms of control over cognitive stability and flexibility

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health · 2023 - 2028

The overlap of speech production and verbal working memory

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2023 - 2028

Medical Scientist Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2027

Bridging Scales to Understand Endogenous Neuromodulation and its Regulation

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health · 2023 - 2027

Functional connectivity of a brain-scale neural circuit for motion perception

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2026

Beyond dopamine: dual neuromodulator regulation of motor variability and learning

FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health · 2023 - 2026

Neural and behavioral mechanisms of song learning in zebra finches

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2023 - 2026

Motor Modulation of Auditory Processing

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders · 2020 - 2025

Deep Generative Analyses for fMRI data

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health · 2023 - 2025

Real-time mapping and adaptive testing for neural population hypotheses

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2025

Corticostriatal contributions to motor exploration and reinforcement

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2020 - 2025

Neurocomputational Approaches to Emotion Representation

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Receptive field coordination across mosaics of diverse retinal ganglion cell types in the mammalian retina

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - Los Angeles · 2023 - 2025

Adaptive Algorithms for Automated Circuit Dissection

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by The Swartz Foundation · 2020 - 2023

Receptive field coordination across mosaics of diverse retinal ganglion cell types in the mammalian retina

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2022

Medical Scientist Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1997 - 2022

Real-time, all-optical interrogation of neural microcircuitry in the pretectum

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2022

Neural Circuit Mechanisms Mediating TMS and Oxytocin Effects on Social Cognition

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Pennsylvania · 2016 - 2022

A Systems Biology Approach to HIV-associated Neurocognitive Impairment: Role of Drug Abuse and Neuroinflammation

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2021

Computational Modeling of Decision Making by Prosecutors and Jurors in Criminal Justice

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2017 - 2021

Nonparametric Bayes Methods for Big Data in Neuroscience

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2019

Mechanisms of Parkinsonian Impulsivity in Human Subthalamic Nucleus

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2017

Animal Model of Genetics and Social Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorders

ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2016

Contributions of Areas LIP and VIP to Numerical Behavior

ResearchResearch Associate · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2013

External Relationships


  • Somerset-Pulaski Economic Development Association

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