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Richard J O'Brien

Disque D. Deane University Distinguished Professor of Neurology
Neurology

Selected Grants


Common mechanistic biomarkers of vascular and neuro-degeneration

ResearchCollaborating Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2023 - 2027

NINDS Research Education Programs for Residents and Fellows in Neurosurgery

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2009 - 2025

Brain networks in mouse models of aging

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2025

Effects of Healthy Aging and Mild Cognitive Impairment on Memory Representations

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2025

Duke Creating ADRD Researchers for the Next Generation - Stimulating Access to Research in Residency Program (CARiNG-StARR)"

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2024

Healthy Skeletal Muscle, Healthy Brain: Are Kynurenine Metabolites the Link?

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2023

Developing Biomarkers for Traumatic Brain Injury and Alzheimer's Disease via Acoustic Exosome Separation Devices

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity · 2018 - 2021

Sponsored research agreement: UCI (Macopson)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - Irvine · 2020 - 2021

Sponsored research agreement: UCI

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - Irvine · 2020 - 2021

Sponsored research agreement: UCI (DLAR)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - Irvine · 2020 - 2021

Efficacy of Nido Drug Compound BF3 in an animal model of SBMA

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Nido Biosciences, Inc. · 2020 - 2021

External Relationships


  • UCB Pharmaceuticals and its CRO Icon plc

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