K01 and K08 Career Development Awardees

K01 Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Awardees

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Grace Shin, Ph.D.

February 2023 - NIAMS K01

Mentors: Wes Grueber; Joriene De Nooij; David Owens

1K01AR080833-01A1: Sensory neuron-skin interaction in health and disease

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Ohio State University (lab website here)

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Pia O'Neill, Ph.D.

July 2020 - NIMH K01

Mentors: C. Daniel Salzman; Rui Costa

1K01MH123783-01: Noradrenergic modulation of emotional arousal and learning

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College (lab website here)

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Qian Sun, Ph.D.

August 2018 - NIMH K01

Mentors: Steve Siegelbaum; Rene Hen; Attila Losonczy

1K01MH117444-01: Dorsoventral functional divergence of the hippocampal CA3 circuit

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University (lab website here)

K08 Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Awardees

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George Denfield, M.D., Ph.D.

May 2026 - NIMH K08

Mentors: C. Daniel Salzman; Stefano Fusi

1K08MH143093-01: Elucidating the representational geometries underlying deductive reasoning, generalization, and flexible response generation

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Joshua Greene, M.D., Ph.D.

April 2026 - NCCIH K08

Mentors: Andrés Bendesky; Rui Costa

1K08AT013354-01A1: Molecular and Functional Characterization of Cortical Circuits Regulating the Adrenal Medulla During Stress

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Alejandro Ramirez, M.D., Ph.D.

May 2023 - NIDDK K08

Mentors: C. Daniel Salzman; Anthony Ferrante

1K08DK132493-01A1: Neural Mechanisms that Underlie Eating in the Absence of Hunger

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Daniel Kimmel, M.D., Ph.D.

September 2019 - NIMH K08

Mentors: Daphna Shohamy; C. Daniel Salzman

1K08MH121775-01: Neural and behavioral mechanisms of abstraction in humans