Selected Grants
Duke University Psychiatry Physician-Scientist Residency Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029VA Research Service Agreement (Doug Williamson)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2023 - 2028Novel Intervention for Chronic Complex TBI in OEF/OIF/OND Veterans
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2022 - 2026Allopregnanolone in post-stroke depression
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2024 - 2026A Neurosteroid Intervention for Menopausal And Perimenopausal Depression
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · 2023 - 2025Duke CTSA (TL1) Year 5
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024VA Research Service Agreement (Doug Williamson)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2022 - 2023Clinical Medication Development for Bipolar Disorder and Alcohol Use Disorders
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Texas - Southwestern · 2018 - 2023VA Research Service Agreement (Doug Williamson)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2021 - 2022IPA - Susan Helene O'Loughlin
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2021 - 2022VA Research Service Agreement (Doug Williamson)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2020 - 2021IPA - Brian Thomas Cuffe
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2019 - 2021IPA - Lawrence Shampine
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2019 - 2021IPA - Patricia Resick
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System · 2020 - 2020IPA - Jason Kilts
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2019 - 2020IPA - Larry Allen Tupler
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2018 - 2020IPA - Rachel Phillips
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2019 - 2019IPA - Lawrence Shampine
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center · 2006 - 2008Neurosteroids and Schizophrenia
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2007Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research
Neurosteroids in PTSD - Biomarkers to Therapeutics ·
July 2018
- June 2023
Primary Mentor, FDA Sponsor, Study Physician ·
Awarded by: VA Career Development Award to Steven Szabo, MD
The goal of this project is to conduct a randomized controlled trial in OEF/OIF/OND Veterans with PTSD to determine if adjunctive DHEA improves PTSD symptoms. Neurosteroid profiles will be quantified by mass spectrometry at baseline and post-treatment to investigate biomarker candidates of therapeutic response.
Biomarker Candidates in Gulf War Veterans: A 10-year Follow-up Investigation ·
July 2018
- June 2022
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by: VA Merit Award
The goal of this project is to investigate biomarker candidates in Gulf War Era Veterans at baseline and 10-year follow-up. This project also includes a neuroimaging component. Blood and neuroimaging biomarker candidates will be investigated as predictors of risk and resilience for Gulf War-related illnesses.
Neurosteroid Intervention in Gulf War Veterans Illnesses (GWVI) ·
April 2014
- December 2017
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by: VA Merit Award
The goals of this project are to conduct a randomized controlled trial utilizing an adjunctive neurosteroid in Gulf War Veterans with GWVI, to characterize the pharmocokinetic parameters of the intervention, and to conduct candidate biomarker investigations of potential predictors of therapeutic response utilizing mass spectrometry strategies.
Neuroactive Steroids in OEF/OIF Veterans with TBI ·
July 2011
- December 2016
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by: VA Merit Award
The goal of this project is to conduct a randomized controlled trial utilizing a neurosteroid intervention in OEF/OIF Veterans with a history of mild traumatic brain injury (TBI). A subset of participants will also receive neuroimaging to determine fMRI correlates to therapeutic response. Mass spectrometry-based methodologies will be utilized to characterize neurosteroid profiles as candidate biomarkers of therapeutic response.
External Relationships
- Washington University in St. Louis
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