Monell Chemical Senses Center

• Neeraj Lal

  Principal investigator

• Nancy Ellen Rawson

  Associate director

• Amber L Alhadeff

  Assistant member

Sources: reporter.nih.gov

• Impact of Smell Testing on Health Outcomes

  Phase 2, Recruiting, 1,000 people, 30 Oct 2025

Sources: clinicaltrials.gov

• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

  DP2, Investigating The Mechanism of Arctic Ground Squirrel Hibernation and Adaptation to Extreme Environments for Finding Novel Chronic Disease Therapeutics, DP2DK152025, US$770.5k, 2026–2031, 31 Aug 2026

• National Institute on Aging

  R25, Monell Scientist Entrepreneurial Program for Healthy Aging (MSEP-HA), R25AG095002, US$260.2k, 2025–2030, 25 Jun 2026

• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

  R01, Unraveling the neural mechanisms for satiety and weight loss by GLP1-based drugs, R01DK143448, US$747.1k, 2025–2030, 23 Jun 2026

Sources: reporter.nih.gov

• Vagal sensory neurons encode internal protein status to guide eating

  16 Dec 2025

Sources: api.crossref.org