Scientists and Investigators

The Neuroscience Program includes 26 Scientists and 118 Investigators, along with their research trainees and staff.

Scientists

Scientists have PhDs, MDs or both and devote at least 40 per cent of their time to research (but typically more than 75 per cent). All our Scientists also hold appointments at the University of Ottawa and many are active clinicians at The Ottawa Hospital. Scientists generally hold major peer-reviewed research grants and work with a team of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, technicians and coordinators.

Name Scientific appointment Diseases, conditions and populations of interest Research and clinical approaches
Albert, Paul
PhD
Senior Scientist
(Neuroscience)
Mental health, Vascular cognitive impairment, Anxiety, Depression, Intellectual disabilities, Parkinson's, Schizophrenia, Stroke, SuicideBasic research, Epigenetics, Exercise, Gene expression, Translational research, Disease models, Epigenetics, Genetics, Imaging, Molecular and cellular biology, Optogenetics, Transgenic/knockout models
AlKherayf, Fahad
MD
Associate Scientist
(Neuroscience)
Bose, Gauruv
MD, FRCPC
Associate Scientist
(Neuroscience)
Autoimmune diseases of the nervous system, Multiple sclerosisArtificial intelligence and data science, Biomarkers, Clinical decision rules, Clinical trials, Cohort studies, Health economics
Chen, Hsiao-Huei
PhD
Senior Scientist
(Neuroscience)
Aging, Autism, Dementia, Depression, Heart disease, Maternal and fetal health, Mental health, Tourette's, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's, Anxiety, Diabetes, Obesity, Schizophrenia, Stroke, Vascular, heart and metabolic diseaseDisease models, Drug development, Gene expression, Neuro-stimulation, Optogenetics, Transgenic/knockout models, Basic research, Molecular and cellular biology, Translational research
Colavita, Antonio
PhD
Senior Scientist
(Neuroscience)
Spinal cord injuryGenetics, Model organisms, Molecular and cellular biology
Dowlatshahi, Dariush
MD PhD FRCP(C)
Senior Scientist
(Neuroscience)
Subarachnoid hemorrhage, StrokeClinical trials, Digital and mobile health, Rehabilitation, Epidemiology
Fadda, Giulia
MD
Associate Scientist
(Neuroscience)
Autoimmune diseases of the nervous system, Multiple sclerosisBioinformatics, Biomarkers, Biostatistics, Clinical research, Imaging, Immunotherapy, Molecular and cellular biology, Patient engagement, Translational research
Fahed, Robert
MD MSc
Associate Scientist
(Neuroscience)
Stroke, Subarachnoid hemorrhageBiostatistics, Clinical decision rules, Clinical research, Clinical trials, Cohort studies, Epidemiology, Imaging, Pragmatic trials, Quality Improvement, Shared decision making, Systematic reviews
Fiedorowicz, Jess
MD, PhD
Scientist
(Neuroscience)
Bipolar, Mental health, Suicide, Vascular, heart and metabolic diseaseClinical research, Epidemiology
Freedman, Mark
HBSc, MSc, MD, CSPQ, FAAN, FRCPC
Senior Scientist
(Neuroscience)
Multiple sclerosisCell therapy, Clinical research, Regenerative medicine, Clinical trials
Grimes, David
MD, FRCPC
Associate Scientist
(Neuroscience)
Huntington's, Parkinson'sClinical research, Clinical trials, Patient decision aids
Hatcher, Simon
BSc MBBS MMedSc MD FRCPC FRANZCP MRCPsych
Scientist
(Neuroscience)
Anxiety, Brain and neuromuscular disease, COVID-19, First Nations, Inuit and Métis Health, Health equity, Mental health, Traumatic brain injury, Depression, Health in disadvantaged peoples, SuicideClinical research, Digital and mobile health, Health economics, Health professional behaviour change, Health research methods, Health services research, Health technology, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Patient engagement, Prevention, Public health, Qualitative methods, Clinical trials, Cluster randomized trials, Epidemiology, Psychology, Systematic reviews
Lacoste, Baptiste
PhD
Senior Scientist
(Neuroscience)
Stroke, Vascular cognitive impairment, AutismBasic research, Disease models, Gene expression, Genomics, Stem cells, Genetics, Imaging, Model organisms, Molecular and cellular biology, Transgenic/knockout models
Mestre, Tiago
MSc MD
Scientist
(Neuroscience)
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's, Parkinson'sClinical trials, Imaging
Poulin, Patricia
C. Psych.
Associate Scientist
(Neuroscience)
Addiction, Anxiety, Cancer, Chronic pain, Depression, Health equity, Musculoskeletal conditions, PainAnesthesiology, Behaviour, Biomarkers, Clinical research, Clinical trials, Emergency medicine, Epidemiology, Health professional behaviour change, Health services research, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Palliative care, Patient decision aids, Patient safety, Peri-operative medicine, Pragmatic trials, Psychology, Qualitative methods, Quality Improvement, Systematic reviews
Sachs, Adam
MD, MA, FRCSC
Associate Scientist
(Neuroscience)
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Spinal cord injury, Parkinson'sArtificial intelligence and data science, Clinical trials, Imaging, Neuro-stimulation, Surgery
Schlossmacher, Michael
MD, DABPN, FRCPC
Senior Scientist
(Neuroscience)
Aging, Brain and neuromuscular disease, Chronic disease, Crohn's, Dementia, Inflammatory bowel syndrome, Dementia, Parkinson'sBasic research, Biomarkers, Cohort studies, Disease models, Drug development, Genetics, Lipidomics, Molecular and cellular biology, Proteomics, Risk assessment, Transgenic/knockout models, Translational research
Shamy, Michel
MD MA FRCPC
Scientist
(Neuroscience)
StrokeClinical trials, Imaging
Tiberi, Mario
PhD
Senior Scientist
(Neuroscience)
Parkinson's, Schizophrenia, StrokeBasic research, Drug development, Molecular and cellular biology, Proteomics, Translational research
Tsai, Eve
MD, PhD, FRCSC, CIP
Associate Scientist
(Neuroscience)
Brain and neuromuscular disease, Cancer, Spinal cord injuryBiomaterials, Clinical research, Clinical trials, Imaging, Molecular and cellular biology, Regenerative medicine, Stem cells, Translational research
Tsilfidis, Catherine
PhD
Senior Scientist
(Neuroscience)
Vision, Retinal disease, GlaucomaMolecular and cellular biology, Disease models
Warman Chardon, Jodi
MD, PhD FRCPC (Neurology)
Associate Scientist
(Neuroscience)
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Genetic myopathy, Muscular dystrophy, Neuromuscular disease, Spinal muscular atrophy, Stiff person syndromeArtificial intelligence and data science, Clinical research, Clinical trials, Exome sequencing analysis, Genetics, Imaging, MRI muscle imaging, Next generation sequencing, RNA sequencing, Genetics
Woulfe, John
PhD, MD
Associate Scientist
(Neuroscience)
Brain and neuromuscular disease, Brain cancer, Cancer, Parkinson'sBasic research, Clinical research, Translational research
Yogendrakumar, Vignan
MD, PhD, FRCPC
Associate Scientist
(Neuroscience)
StrokeBiomarkers, Clinical trials, Cluster randomized trials, Cohort studies, Imaging, Pragmatic trials, Translational research
Dargel, Aroldo
MD/PhD
Associate Scientist
(Neuroscience)
Lochmuller, Hanns
MD/PhD
Senior Scientist
(Neuroscience)

Investigators

Clinician Investigators are generally physicians, nurses, or other health professionals at The Ottawa Hospital who devote between 5 and 40 per cent of their time to clinical research. They often also hold appointments at the University of Ottawa. Investigators are generally PhD researchers with several years of postdoctoral training who devote between 20 and 50 per cent of their time to research.

Name Scientific appointment Diseases, conditions and populations of interest Research and clinical approaches
Amorelli, Gabriel
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Ataxia, Dystonia, Huntington's, Parkinson's, Tourette's
Arnone, Danilo
MD, PhD, FRCPsych
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Anxiety, Depression, SuicideBiomarkers, Clinical trials, Cohort studies, Epidemiology, Neuro-stimulation, Psychology, Public health
Aviv, Richard
MBChB, FRCR (UK), FRCPC, dABR
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Brain and neuromuscular disease, Brain cancer, Head and neck cancer, Multiple sclerosis, Stroke, Subarachnoid hemorrhage, Traumatic brain injury, Vascular cognitive impairment, Vascular, heart and metabolic disease3D printing, Artificial intelligence and data science, Basic research, Big data, Bioinformatics, Biomarkers, Clinical research, Cluster randomized trials, Disease models, Health economics, Health technology, Imaging, Patient safety, Quality Improvement, Translational research
Bourque, Pierre
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Cameron, Ian
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Chakraborty, Santanu
MBBS, MRCP, DMRD, FRCR, FRCP(C)
Senior Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Brain cancer, Concussion, Dementia, Head and neck cancer, Multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, Spinal cord injury, Stroke, Traumatic brain injuryBioinformatics, Clinical research, Health economics, Health professional behaviour change, Imaging, Immunization, Patient safety, Quality Improvement, Risk assessment
De Meulemeester, Christine
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
MacLean, Heather
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Melkus, Gerd
PhD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Pringle, Catherine
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Robertson, Sharman
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Santos, Marlise
MD (FRCPC), MSc, MPH
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Alzheimer's, Anxiety, Ataxia, Autoimmune disease, Autoimmune diseases of the nervous system, Blood cancer, Brain and neuromuscular disease, Brain cancer, Cancer, Chronic disease, Concussion, Dementia, Depression, Global health, Head and neck cancer, Health equity, Health in disadvantaged peoples, Infectious disease, Intellectual disabilities, Multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, Population health, Sickle cell anemia, Spinal cord injury, Stroke, Subarachnoid hemorrhage, Thrombosis / thromboembolism, Traumatic brain injury, Traumatic injuries, Vascular cognitive impairment, Vascular, heart and metabolic diseaseArtificial intelligence and data science, Basic research, Behaviour, Biostatistics, Cancer biotherapeutics, Clinical decision rules, Clinical research, Clinical trials, Cohort studies, Critical care, Epidemiology, Health economics, Health research methods, Health services research, Health technology, Imaging, Patient safety, Pragmatic trials, Prevention, Public health, Qualitative methods, Quality Improvement, Shared decision making, Surgery, Surveys, Systematic reviews
Sinclair, John
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Sitwell, Lucian
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Solmi, Marco
MD, PhD, Psychiatrist
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Addiction, Anxiety, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Autism, Bipolar, Dementia, Depression, Mental health, Schizophrenia, SuicideClinical research, Clinical trials, Cluster randomized trials, Cohort studies, Epidemiology, Health research methods, Neuro-stimulation, Pharmacology, Pragmatic trials, Surveys, Systematic reviews
Stotts, Grant
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Torres, Carlos
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Walker, Lisa
PhD, C.Psych
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Anxiety, Autoimmune disease, Autoimmune diseases of the nervous system, Brain and neuromuscular disease, Dementia, Depression, Mental health, Multiple sclerosisBehaviour, Biomarkers, Clinical research, Exercise, Imaging, Psychology, Psychometrics, Rehabilitation, Stem cells, Systematic reviews, Translational research
Abe, Anne Mary
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Abtahi, Maryam
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Al-Kaabi, Abdullah
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Aleman, Alberto
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Allen, Matti
MD, PhD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Aging, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Brain and neuromuscular disease, Genetic myopathy, Muscular dystrophy, Myasthenia gravis, Neuromuscular disease, Spinal muscular atrophyBiomarkers, Clinical research, Exercise, Neuro-stimulation, Rehabilitation, Systems biology, Translational research
Antochi, Ruxandra
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Arevalo-Astrada, Miguel
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Baig, Kashif
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Baines, Alexandra
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Bardell, Andrea
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Belliveau, Michel
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Bhatti, Adil
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Bismil, Ramprasad
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Bissada, Hany
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Blacquiere, Dylan
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Breiner, Ariel
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Brooks, John
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Brun Vergara, Maria
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Buhrmann, Ralf
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Chalil, Alan
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Chan, Sarah
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Chandramouleeshwaran, Susmita
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Charlesworth, Laurel
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Corace, Kimberly
PhD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Da Mota Goncalves Filho, Augusto
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Della Malva, Lori
PhD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Delpero, Walter
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Demidenko, Natasha
PhD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Denediou-Derrer, Katerina
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Dholakia, Saumil
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Dimopoulos, Ioannis
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Dojeiji, Sue
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Dollin, Michael
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Drake, Brian
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Ducroux, Célina
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Fantaneanu, Tadeu
HonBSc, MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Ferland, Mark
PhD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Fernandes, Emily
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Fisher, Andrea
RN
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Fournier, Annick
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Gandhi, Jasmine
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Gerin-Lajoie, Caroline
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Gilberg, Steven
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Glikstein, Rafael
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Gocan, Sophia
BScN
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Gottlieb, Chloe
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Harris, Cheryl
PhD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Anxiety, Cancer, Depression, Mental health, PainBehaviour, Clinical trials, Digital and mobile health, Psychology
Hogan, Matthew
MD, PhD, FRCPC (neurology)
Senior Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
StrokeImaging, Translational research
Hurley, Bernard
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Joncas, Steve
PhD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Jordan, David
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Kaluzienski, Mark
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Karanjia, Rustum
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Koaik, Mona
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Lapointe, Marie-Louise
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Lee, Thomas
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Lesiuk, Howard
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Maberley, David
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Marquardt, Mary
PhD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Marshall, Shawn
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Martin, David
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Martineau, Isabelle
BSc
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
McDonald, Heather
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
McLaughlin, John Adam
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Mikhail, Eric
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Miller, Garfield
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Mintsioulis, George
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Mohammed, Safraz
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Nikolitch, Katerina
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Norris, Sandhaya
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
O'Connor, Michael
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Papsuev, Oleg
MD/PhD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Petit, Lyndal
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Podury, Soumya
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Pontefract, Amanda
PhD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Portela De Oliveira, Eduardo
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Puac Polanco, Paulo
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Quinn, Matthew
MD/PhD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Rabheru, Kiran
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Rees, Laura
PhD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Rezazadeh, Arezoo
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Ritchie, Kerri
PhD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Rush, Carolina
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Sabeti, Saama
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Saleh, Solin
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Sandre, Daniella
Other
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Santos, Octavio
PhD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Saraf, Gayatri
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Sim, Mark Yan-Wei
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Skinner, Christopher
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Smith, Andrew
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Swenson, J. Robert
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Tang, Sephora
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Tsang, Adrian
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Tsehmaister-Abitbul, Vered
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Tuli, Raman
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Veluri, Himabindu
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Zackon, David
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Ziai, Setareh
MD
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)
Zwicker, JocelynClinician Investigator
(Neuroscience)

Affiliate Investigators

Affiliate Investigators are researchers who have primary affiliations with other institutions, but maintain significant collaborations or funding with the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.

Baenziger, John
Beique, Jean-Claude
Bennett, Steffany
Brown, Earl
Collins, Barbara
Conrad, Gretchen
Corbett, Dale
Coupland, Stuart
Figeys, Daniel
Flowers, Heather
Guimond, Synthia
Hildebrand, Michael
Lagace, Diane
LeBlanc, Vicki
LeBlanc Hendry, Lorraine
Mulligan, Bryce
Ngsee, John
Nzau, Munyao
Park, David
Rousseaux, Maxime
Saghatelyan, Armen
Salmaso, Natalina
Slack, Ruth
Smith, Andra
Srivastava, Vinit
Tasca, George

Emeritus Scientists


Hakim, Antoine
Morris, Catherine