Funding

Research grants supporting my work in neuromodulation, traumatic brain injury, suicide prevention, PTSD and addiction, from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense and the State of Minnesota.

Current & Pending (6) · Past (18)


Current & Pending

Targeted Alternating Current and Cognitive Training Intervention for Cognitive Control in Bipolar Disorders (TACTIC-BD)

VA Office of Research and Development, Merit Award, 1I01RD002619
2027 – 2031 · Co-Principal Investigator (with S. Urosevic) · $1,417,520

State- and Trait-like Perceptual Predictive Learning Abnormalities in Schizophrenia

NIH National Institute of Mental Health, 1R21MH141610
2026 – 2028 · Co-Investigator (PI: H. Hamilton) · $415,600

Combined tDCS and Cognitive Training as an Adjunctive Treatment in Opioid Use Disorder

NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse, 1UG3DA061615
2025 – 2030 · Co-Investigator (PI: J. Camchong) · $680,100

Remote Stimulation and Training to Advance Recovery from TBI in Seniors (ReSTART)

Minnesota Office of Higher Education, Spinal Cord Injury & Traumatic Brain Injury Grant Program
2025 – 2027 · Principal Investigator · $247,482

Remotely Supervised tDCS Combined with Cognitive Training to Improve Complex Attention in Active-Duty Service Members and Veterans with Mild TBI

Department of Defense, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP), TP220080
2023 – 2027 · Co-Principal Investigator (with L. Hungerford) · $2,260,170

Quantification of Tics in Tourette Syndrome

NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 1R01NS131314-01
2023 – 2028 · Co-Investigator (PI: C. Conelea) · $3,431,360

Past

Neurodynamics of Disorders of Consciousness Related to Traumatic Brain Injury

Minnesota Office of Higher Education, SCI & TBI Grant Program
2023 – 2026 · Co-Investigator (PI: M. Peterson) · $161,813

Efficacy and Safety of Subanesthetic Ketamine on Depression and PTSD Among Veterans with Mild and Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury

Minnesota Office of Higher Education, SCI & TBI Grant Program
2023 – 2026 · Co-Investigator (PI: P. Shiroma)

Combined tDCS and Cognitive Training to Reduce Impulsivity in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

Center for Veterans Research and Education (CVRE), Investigator Award
2024 – 2026 · Principal Investigator · $9,616

Effects of tDCS Paired with Cognitive Training on Brain Networks Associated with Alcohol Use Disorder in Veterans

VA Clinical Science Research and Development Service, 1I01CX001995-01
2019 – 2025 · Co-Investigator (PI: K. Lim) · $1,199,944

Effects of Neuromodulation and Cognitive Training for Suicide in Veterans (ENACTS)

VA Rehabilitation Research and Development, SPiRE Program, 1I21RX004104-01
2022 – 2025 · Principal Investigator · $229,985

Ecological Momentary Assessment and Neuroimaging to Evaluate Post-Hospitalization Suicide Risk Among High-Risk Veterans

Center for Veterans Research and Education (CVRE), Investigator Award
2022 – 2024 · Co-Investigator (PI: C. Chu) · $9,978

Quantifying Heterogeneity of Suicidal Inpatient Veterans Using Individual Causal Models: A Precision Medicine Approach to Suicide Prevention

VA Office of Research and Development, Suicide Prevention Research Impact NeTwork (SPRINT)
2024 – 2025 · Co-Principal Investigator (with C. Yu) · $21,919

Improving Sleep Disturbance in Veterans with Mild TBI Using tDCS

Minnesota Office of Higher Education, SCI & TBI Grant Program
2021 – 2024 · Co-Investigator (PI: K. Lim) · $125,883

tDCS and Cognitive Training to Improve Concentration and Working Memory in Active Duty Service Members Following mTBI: A Pilot Study

Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, Defense Health Agency
2020 – 2023 · Co-Investigator (PI: L. Hungerford)

Combined tDCS and Cognitive Training to Reduce Impulsivity in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury

Minnesota Office of Higher Education, SCI & TBI Grant Program, 143479
2018 – 2023 · Principal Investigator · $296,370

Theta Burst Stimulation for Headaches After Traumatic Brain Injury

Minnesota Office of Higher Education, SCI & TBI Grant Program
2019 – 2022 · Co-Investigator (PI: C.S. Albott) · $249,980

Multidimensional Evaluation of Neural Dynamics in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness Using EEG

VA Rehabilitation Research and Development, SPiRE Program, 1I21RX003007-01
2019 – 2022 · Co-Investigator (PI: G. Pellizzer) · $198,752

Tele-Advance Care Planning Related to COVID-19

Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act
2021 · Co-Investigator (PIs: E. Ratner, J.R. McCarten) · $308,551

Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, Defense Health Agency
2016 – 2020 · Co-Principal Investigator (PI: K. Lim)

Visual Sensory Impairments and Progression Following Mild TBI

VA Rehabilitation Research and Development, Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium, 5I01RX002173-04
2016 – 2018 · Co-Investigator (PIs: R. Kardon, K. Lim) · $2,478,000

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) as an Intervention for Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury

Minnesota Office of Higher Education, SCI & TBI Grant Program
2016 – 2018 · Co-Investigator (PI: T. Nienow)

Twin Study of Female Alcoholism and Other Disorders

NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, R01AA009367
1992 – 2014 · Co-Investigator (PI: M. McGue)

Twin Family Study of Vulnerability to Substance Abuse

NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse, R01DA005147
2009 – 2013 · Co-Investigator (PI: W. Iacono)