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Indiana University School of Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
Stark Neurosciences Research Institute
research interest groups

Dynamic Neuroscience Research

Stark Neurosciences Research Institute investigators participate in one or more research interest groups, which facilitate interaction and sharing of discoveries to have broader applicability in the neurosciences.

Meet our investigators
two researchers working in a lab behind glass
$542
million dollars in NIH funding between 2018-2024
9
research interest groups
25
department collaborations across IU campuses

Leaders in Basic and Translational Science

Stark Neurosciences Research Institute is at the cutting edge for the role the Indiana University School of Medicine plays locally and globally to shape new treatments for devastating disorders of the nervous system, including Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, addiction, glaucoma, spinal cord and brain injuries, chronic pain and psychiatric disorders. Over the decade, National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant funding among Stark Neurosciences Research Institute investigators has increased 300%, from $22.4 million in 2016 to $88.9 million in 2024. All told, the institute has brought in $590 million in NIH grant funding since 2016.

Investigators — which include faculty researchers from the the IU School of Medicine Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Muncie and Terre Haute campuses; the IU Indianapolis School of Science; the IU School of Dentistry; and the IU Bloomington Gill Institute for Neuroscience — are organized into research interest groups, which clearly define areas of expertise within the institute. Faculty can participate in more than one interest group, facilitating interaction and sharing of discoveries to have a broader impact.  

Join Stark Neurosciences Research Institute

Faculty accepted into membership are divided into two categories: primary and affiliate. Primary membership is available to any full-time faculty member at Indiana University actively publishing and conducting neuroscience-related research. Affiliate membership is available to any Indiana University faculty member, including clinical track faculty, without independent neuroscience-related grant funding or publications as well as faculty from other universities with neuroscience-related research and/or grant funding.