Awards
2021: Awarded to Undergraduate Research Mentor-Mentee Program (MMP). Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) 2021 Undergraduate Research Stimulus Program (URSP) Track 1.
2008: Travel award at 2008 Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Osaka, Japan.
2004: Achievement for Graduate Student Association at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
1999: Excellence in Teaching Award, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical University, Wuhan, China.
Grants
Current:
June 2024-May 2027 NIH R15 grant; R15AG083618-01A1; 3 Cal.; $450,000; Convolutional Neural Network for Disease Prediction, Biomarker Discovery, and Validation in Alzheimer’s Disease; PI
March 2023-April 2024 The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Foundation Grant; 70823173; 1.4 Cal.; $100,000; The impact of COVID-19 on Alzheimer’s disease, focusing on sharing genes and pathways in immune cells; PI with Co-I Jeffery Cummings and Edwin Oh
This award is highlighted in the UNLV news.
(unlv.edu/news/accomplishments/jingchun-chen-2)
December 2023-Mary 2024 NIH NIGMS MW CTR-IN Pilot Grant; U54GM104944; 1.2 Cal.; $60,000; Genetic Correlation in Patients with COVID-19 & Alzheimer’s Disease; Pilot Grant PI
Pending Research Support:
April 2025-March 2028 NIH R21-Trailblazer; 1 Cal.; $605,000; Biomechanical and Biological Features along with Cell-type-specific RNA Regulation during Disturbed Flow-induced Skin Aging; Co-Pi with leading PI Park Seungman
Completed:
June 2018-May 2023 NIH-COBRE NIH P20 GM121325 NIGMS; Schizophrenia and Autoimmune Disorders: The Role of Microglial Cells; PI/Research Project Leader
August 2020-May 2023 UNLV-Top Tier Doctoral Graduate Research Assistantship Grant (TTDGRA); The Role of Microglia in the Development of Alzheimer’s Disease; PI, in collaboration with Nora Caberoy (School of Life Sciences)
August 2020-May 2022 NIGMS-NIA; 3P20GM121325-03S2; $370,778 in COBRE Supplement; Microglial Gene Regulation and Phagocytosis in Prodromal Alzheimer’s Disease; PI
June 2019-May 2020 NIGMS-NIA; 3P20GM121325-02S1; $373,737 in COBRE Supplement; TREM2 Atlas of Mutations and TREM2 Positive Exosomes as Alzheimer’s Markers; Co-I
September 2013-August 2018 NIMH; R01 MH101054 (Xiangning Chen & Kendler); Understanding the Genetic Architecture of Schizophrenia in the Chinese Population; Co-I
July 2016-December 2018 UNLV’s 2016 Faculty Opportunity Award-Collaborative Interdisciplinary Research Award; Genetic Relationship between Schizophrenia and Autoimmune Disorders; PI
July 2016-June 2017 NIGMS CTR-IN Pilot Grant; U54GM104944; To Develop a Cellular Model of Microglia for Schizophrenia Research; PI
July 2015-March 2018 GOED grant (Martin Schiller); Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development for Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine; Co-I
January 2015-December 2018 NIDA; R01 DA032246 (Imad M. Damaj); Genes and Molecular Pathways in Nicotine Dependence and Withdrawal; Co-I
