Selected Grants
Neurobiology Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029Duke-NCCU Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Training Program in Child Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Conditions Program (DN-IPT)
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029Duke University Psychiatry Physician-Scientist Residency Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029Microglial-serotonin interactions in the developing brain.
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029Aging in 1000 healthy midlife adults: Phase 52 of the Dunedin Study
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2027Microglial sculpting of dopamine receptors in adolescence: implications for opioid use disorders
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Drug Abuse · 2022 - 2027Microglial MyD88 in Mouse Models of Excessive Alcohol Intake
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism · 2022 - 2027A neuroimmune role for long-brain signaling.
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2023 - 2026Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026Epigenetic Regulation of Microglia Dopamine System Interactions
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2026Gut-brain dysfunction following combined prenatal stressors: relevance for autism
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · 2021 - 2026Neuron-Microglia Crosstalk in Development: A new role for the neuron-derived cytokine IL34 in microglial function
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2022 - 2025A novel role for developmental microglial-parvalbumin interneuron interactions in adult alcohol drinking behavior
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism · 2022 - 2025Microbiome Changes in Mouse Models of ASD
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Massachusetts General Hospital · 2019 - 2024A novel role for astrocyte-secreted synaptogenic factor Hevin/SPARCL1 in microglia-mediated synaptic pruning in response to visual experience
FellowshipCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2024Determining the function of TSPO in neural tissue
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Massachusetts General Hospital · 2019 - 2023Influence of prenatal exposure to air pollution and maternal stress on microglial sculpting of neural circuits
ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2023Mechanisms of sex-biased maternal high-fat diet-induced brain changes: a role for inflammation and placental serotonin
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2022Fetal Brain-Placental Immune Activation in Maternal Obesity
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Massachusetts General Hospital · 2019 - 2022Zeiss Lightsheet Upgrade to Expand Imaging Capabilities
EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2022Prenatal Oxycodone Exposure: Developmental Effects on Microglia and Addiction-like Behavior in Rats
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by McLean Hospital · 2019 - 2021Environmental Toxins and Microglia-Synapse Interactions in Autism
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2021The Microglial Developmental Index: A Novel Framework for Understanding the Role of Microglia in the Etiology of Autism Spectrum Disorder"
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2021Basic predoctoral training in neuroscience
Inst. Training Prgm or CMETraining Faculty · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1992 - 2018Neural-Glial Interactions and Opioid Abuse: Modulation by Early-Life Experience
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2018Sex Differences in Developing Microglia: Implications for Synaptic Pruning
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2016Training in Fundamental &Translational Neuroscience
Inst. Training Prgm or CMETraining Faculty · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2016Immune Function and Sex Differences in Morphine Analgesia and Reward
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2012Early Life Origins of Risk & Resilience to Drugs of Abuse: Role of Glial Priming
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2008 - 2012Early Life Infection, Neuroinflammation, and Memory
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2012External Relationships
- Honoraria from Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
- Ohio State University
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