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Therapeutic Development at NINDS: Innovation from Academic & Small Business Investigators

October 7, 2024 | 6:30 — 9:00 PM CT

Marriott Marquis Hotel, Great Lakes Ballroom, Sections D, E, F & G. Entry through Ballrooms D and E

Posters & Discussion with Grantees & NIH Staff

Programs & Contacts

The mission of the NINDS Division of Translational Research (DTR) is to accelerate basic research findings towards patient use for neurological disorders and stroke by providing funding, expertise, and resources to the research community. For more information on the NINDS Division of Translational Research (DTR) and each of the programs below, please access the Division of Translational Research webpage. 

Innovation Grants to Nurture Initial Translational Efforts (IGNITE) Program 

Program Contact: Rebecca Roof, Ph.D.,[email protected] 

Blueprint Neurotherapeutics Network (BPN) – Small Molecules 

Program Contact: Charles Cywin, Ph.D.,[email protected] 

Blueprint Neurotherapeutics Network (BPN) – Biologics 

Program Contact: Lauren Friedman, Ph.D., [email protected]  

Ultra-rare Gene-based Therapy (URGenT) Network 

Program Contact: Chris Boshoff, Ph.D.,[email protected] 

HEAL Pain Therapeutics Development Program (PTDP) 

Program Contact: Mary Ann Pelleymounter, Ph.D.,[email protected] 

HEAL Initial Translational Efforts

Program Contact: Julia Bachman, Ph.D., [email protected]

Biomarker Program 

Program Contact: Carol Taylor-Burds, Ph.D.,[email protected] 

HEAL Biomarker Program 

Program Contact: Ram Arudchandran, Ph.D.,[email protected] 

NIH Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats (CounterACT) 

Program Contact: Shardell M. Spriggs, Ph.D., [email protected] 

Office of Neural Exposome and Toxicology Research (ONETOX) 

Program Contact: David A. Jett, Ph.D.,[email protected] 

Translational Devices Programs 

Blueprint MedTech 
BRAIN Neural Recording and Modulation (R18) 
 
BRAIN Therapeutic Human Neuroscience Program (UG3/UH3 & UH3) 
HEAL Translating Discoveries into Effective Devices to Treat Pain 
Stimulating Peripheral Activity to Relieve Conditions (SPARC) 

Program Contacts: Nick Langhals, Ph.D., Megan Frankowski, Ph.D., Brooks Gross, Ph.D., Eric Hudak, Ph.D., Elyse White, Ph.D., & Guangying Wu, Ph.D.                  

Team email:[email protected] 

Small Business Program (SBIR & STTR) 

Program Contacts: Emily Caporello, Ph.D., Annette Gilchrist, Ph.D., & Taryn Aubrecht Ph.D.               

Team email: [email protected]  

Epilepsy Therapy Screening Program (ETSP) 

Program Contact: Brian Klein, Ph.D.,[email protected]

Preclinical Screening Platform for Pain (PSPP) 

Program Contact: Smriti Iyengar, Ph.D., [email protected]