CBRR Funding 

The CBRR pilot call for 2023-2024 is currently CLOSED. Please keep an eye out for our next call in 2024.

For any questions on pilots please contact Mrs. Hansana at 505.688.8283 or email at Rshansana@salud.unm.edu. 

CBRR pilot call 2023/2024

The CBRR pilot awardees for 2023 are:

1. Dr. Danielle Farrar, Dept. Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry. “Long-termpotentiation disruption underlying cognitive impairment in ECT.”
2. Dr. Joan Wilson, Dept. Psychology. “Effects of Multiple-Session Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on Behavioral, Physiological, and Electrophysiological Measures with Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).”
3. Dr. Masoom Desai, Dept. Neurology. “Multimodal Approach to Predict Seizure burden in Acute Brain Injury (MAPS-ABI).”
4. Dr. Suzanne Burns, Dept. Occupational therapy. “CHAMPS:Cognitive strategies for improving Health outcomes And Managing riskPost-Stroke.”
5. Dr. David Linsenbardt, Dept. of Neuroscience. “Neurophysiological Genetics of Binge Drinking.”
6. Dr. Nathan Pentkowski, Dr. Sasha Alles and Dr. Benjamin Clark. Dept. Psychology. “Ventralhippocampal CRF1 stress system.”
7. Dr. Shahani Noor, Dept. Neurosciences. "A model to study the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure in developing allodynia following morphine treatment in minor nerveinjured mice."
8. Dr. Amy Gardiner, Dept. Cell Biology & Physiology. "MicroRNA Effects on Neurovascular and Sensorimotor Deficits Following Prenatal Alcohol Exposure.”
9. Dr. Michael Dehyle, Dept. Exercise Sciences. "Myeloid-DerivedSuppressor Cells and Cancer Cachexia." 

The CBRR pilot awardees for 2022 are:

 Dr. Andrei Vakhtin, from the Mind Resaerch Network. Pilot project titled:

“Gut-brain axis etiology of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome in older adults.”

The CBRR pilot awardees for 2021 are:

 Dr. Rong Pan, from the College of Pharmacy. Pilot project titled:

"Blocking ZnPP Formation by Ferrochelatase Inhibition Reduces Brain Damage and Improves Behavioral Outcome Following Intracerebral Hemorrhage.”

 Dr. Katherine Frietze, from the department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology. Pilot project titled: 

“Assessment of VLP-based opioid vaccines in mouse models of pain
and overdose”

 Dr. Hae Won Shin’s,  from the department of Neurology. Pilot project titled:

“The creation of a pilot database of EEG recordings and de-identified medical records from patients internally referred within the UNMH Comprehensive Epilepsy Center”. 

BBHI Funding

The Brain and Behavioral Health Institute (BBHI) of the University of New Mexico (UNM) Health Sciences Center (HSC) is soliciting applications from all HSC faculty members for mini-grants to help access UNM core resources in Domenici Hall. 

BBHI offers Mini-Grants for Utilization of UNM Domenici Hall Core Facilities. 

The following UNM Domenici Hall Research Cores are included:

• Animal MRI Core: Provides structural and functional MRI in animal models with a 7T 37 cm bore MR scanner.  Combined PET/MRI imaging is now also available.
• Clinical Neuropsychology and Stimulation (Center for Brain Recovery and Repair): Offers advanced neuropsychological testing, transcranial direct current stimulation, EEG, and technical support for functional near-infrared spectroscopy.
• Image Analysis Core: Workstations for MRI, histological, MEG analysis
• Preclinical Assessment Core (Center for Brain Recovery and Repair): Optical core offers four workstations to measure in vitro and in vivo measurements of cellular activity. Advanced behavioral testing facilities for rodents are also available.

Please contact Faith Ann Brandt  for questions on applying deadlines and applying for a BBHI Mini-Grant.