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Marty G. Woldorff

Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences
Box 90999, Ctr. for Cog. Neuroscience, Durham, NC 27708-0999
B243B LSRC, Ctr. for Cog. Neuroscience, Durham, NC 27708-0999

Selected Grants


Neurobiology Training Program

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

Neural Mechanisms Underlying Attentional Resilience in the Aging Brain

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

Adaptive Neuromodulation of Working Memory Networks in Aging and Dementia

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2022 - 2027

Behavior and Physiology in Aging

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2015 - 2025

Real-time electroencephalography (EEG) changes with blinded, sham-controlled, transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) in anxious older adults awaiting surgery

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care · 2022 - 2024

A Phase II Study of an ApoE mimetic peptide to reduce Postoperative Delirium, Cognitive Dysfunction after Non-Cardiac Surgery in Older Adults

Clinical TrialCo Investigator · Awarded by Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation · 2018 - 2024

Ken Robert's VA IPA Agreement

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2021 - 2023

Elucidating mechanisms underlying fluctuations of sustained attention and their influence on memory

FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2023

Cortical tracking of speech-specific temporal structure in familiar vs. foreign

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2022

Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Memory Reactivation

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2020

The Modulatory Role of Reward on Attentional Brain Processes

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2006 - 2019

Basic predoctoral training in neuroscience

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

Path Toward MRI with Direct Sensitivity to Neuro-Electro-Magnetic Oscillations

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2018

A Compute Cluster for Brain Imaging and Analysis

EquipmentMinor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2017

Training in Fundamental &Translational Neuroscience

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

Improving Math Ability via Primitive Number Sense Training

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2015

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cortical Neuronal Activity

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2015

Studies of Attention Using Combined ERPs and fMRI

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2015

Representation of Number in Infancy

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2012

Precision Targeting of fMRI-Guided TMS Using a Robotic Arm System

EquipmentInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2011

Multisensory Processing and Attention

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2005 - 2010

Direct MRI of Neuroelectric Activity

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2006 - 2010

A Linux Cluster Computational Facility for Neuroimaging Research

EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2010

Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Emotional Memory Networks

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2007

Neural Correlates of Global and Local Processing

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2000 - 2003

Brain Attention Mechanisms in Perception and Performance

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Army Research Office · 2000 - 2003

External Relationships


  • Oxford University Press (royalties)

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