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Staci D. Bilbo

Haley Family Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Psychology & Neuroscience
GSRB II Rm 3016, Box 91050, Durham, NC 27708-0086
GSRB II Rm 3016, Box 91050, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Grants


Neurobiology Training Program

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

Duke-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 - 2029

Duke University Psychiatry Physician-Scientist Residency Training Program

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

Microglial-serotonin interactions in the developing brain.

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Aging in 1000 healthy midlife adults: Phase 52 of the Dunedin Study

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2027

Microglial sculpting of dopamine receptors in adolescence: implications for opioid use disorders

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Drug Abuse · 2022 - 2027

Microglial MyD88 in Mouse Models of Excessive Alcohol Intake

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism · 2022 - 2027

A neuroimmune role for long-brain signaling.

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

Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026

Epigenetic Regulation of Microglia Dopamine System Interactions

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2026

Gut-brain dysfunction following combined prenatal stressors: relevance for autism

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · 2021 - 2026

Neuron-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 - 2025

A novel role for developmental microglial-parvalbumin interneuron interactions in adult alcohol drinking behavior

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism · 2022 - 2025

Microbiome Changes in Mouse Models of ASD

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Massachusetts General Hospital · 2019 - 2024

Determining the function of TSPO in neural tissue

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Massachusetts General Hospital · 2019 - 2023

Influence of prenatal exposure to air pollution and maternal stress on microglial sculpting of neural circuits

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2023

Mechanisms 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 - 2022

Fetal Brain-Placental Immune Activation in Maternal Obesity

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Massachusetts General Hospital · 2019 - 2022

Zeiss Lightsheet Upgrade to Expand Imaging Capabilities

EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2022

Prenatal Oxycodone Exposure: Developmental Effects on Microglia and Addiction-like Behavior in Rats

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by McLean Hospital · 2019 - 2021

Environmental Toxins and Microglia-Synapse Interactions in Autism

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2021

The 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 - 2021

Basic predoctoral training in neuroscience

Inst. Training Prgm or CMETraining Faculty · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1992 - 2018

Neural-Glial Interactions and Opioid Abuse: Modulation by Early-Life Experience

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2018

Sex Differences in Developing Microglia: Implications for Synaptic Pruning

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2016

Training in Fundamental &Translational Neuroscience

Inst. Training Prgm or CMETraining Faculty · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2016

Immune Function and Sex Differences in Morphine Analgesia and Reward

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2012

Early Life Origins of Risk & Resilience to Drugs of Abuse: Role of Glial Priming

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2008 - 2012

Early Life Infection, Neuroinflammation, and Memory

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2012

External Relationships


  • Honoraria from Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
  • Ohio State University

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