Christian Beaulieu

Research

Brain Aging White Matter Stroke Technical Development Magnetic Resonance Imaging Mri Diffusion Mri

Latest papers

Early adversity, lasting impact: Characterizing cortical morphology in youth with prenatal alcohol exposure.
Drug and alcohol dependence · 2026
Effect of fish oil as an adjunct therapy to metformin on vascular and cardiac health in women with polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome: protocol for a randomised, placebo-controlled clinical trial.
BMJ open · 2026
Bilateral microstructural changes in the trigeminal nerve in classical trigeminal neuralgia.
The journal of pain · 2026

All 176 publications

Latest funding

Advanced neuroimaging of fronto-striatal networks in youth and young adults with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD): implications for executive function
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,357,875
Canada Research Chair - Tier 1
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$1,400,000
Mapping subregional hippocampal atrophy as an MRI biomarker for Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$198,900

All 21 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 176 publications.

01

Early adversity, lasting impact: Characterizing cortical morphology in youth with prenatal alcohol exposure.

Scholten C, Gilchrist C, Geeraert B, McMorris C, Ben Gibbard W, Pei J, Beaulieu C, Landman B, Tortorelli C, Lebel C

Drug and alcohol dependence2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2026.113318 PMID: 42648125

02

Effect of fish oil as an adjunct therapy to metformin on vascular and cardiac health in women with polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome: protocol for a randomised, placebo-controlled clinical trial.

Sydora B, Ghosh M, Chambers S, Haase A, Davenport M, Beaulieu C, Thompson R, Windram J, Becher H, Raggi P, Vine D

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-124025 PMID: 42760081

03

Bilateral microstructural changes in the trigeminal nerve in classical trigeminal neuralgia.

Ayri A, Danyluk H, Dhillon A, Beaulieu C, Xie H, Yang Z, Kong L, Sankar T

The journal of pain2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2026.106444 PMID: 42749100

04

High-Resolution Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Hippocampus and Associations With Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Lewy Body Diseases.

Budd AS, Solar KG, Gee M, Nelles K, Mankasingh B, Ismail Z, Smith EE, Martyna M, Ba F, Kalra S, Beaulieu C, Camicioli R

Hippocampus2026

DOI: 10.1002/hipo.70127 PMID: 42717433

05

High-Resolution Diffusion Kurtosis Imaging of Hippocampus Subfields Across the Healthy Lifespan.

Stack-Sanchez P, Gross DW, Khan AR, Beaulieu C

NMR in biomedicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/nbm.70355 PMID: 42442923

06

Automated Surface-Based Segmentation of Deep Gray Matter Regions Based on Diffusion Tensor Images Reveals Unique Age Trajectories Over the Healthy Lifespan.

Little G, Acosta-Franco JA, Beaulieu C

NMR in biomedicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/nbm.70353 PMID: 42423344

07

Quantifying Skin Sodium Concentration With Novel Very Rapid Biexponential T2 Relaxometry and Signal Loss Compensation Methodology.

Singh G, Beaulieu C, Stobbe R

Magnetic resonance in medicine2026

DOI: 10.1002/mrm.70506 PMID: 42423135

08

Susceptibility Source Separation Unveils Paramagnetic and Diamagnetic Trajectories in Healthy Brains From 5 to 90 Years.

Assunção TBO, Naji N, Seres P, Beaulieu C, Wilman AH

NMR in biomedicine2026

DOI: 10.1002/nbm.70349 PMID: 42405451

09

Neuropsychological correlations with fornix and hippocampus in temporal lobe epilepsy demonstrated with diffusion tensor imaging.

Adel SAA, Urlacher J, Beaulieu C, Gross DW

Epilepsia open2026

DOI: 10.1002/epi4.70223 PMID: 41678144

10

High-resolution fluid-suppressed diffusion tractography of the fornix across the healthy lifespan and deviations in multiple sclerosis.

Weber C, Smyth P, Blevins G, Wilbur C, Emery D, Beaulieu C

Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1162/imag.a.1186 PMID: 41924030

Advanced neuroimaging of fronto-striatal networks in youth and young adults with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD): implications for executive function

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lebel, Catherine A

Keywords: Adolescence; Brain; Executive Function; Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder; Neuroimaging; Prenatal Alcohol Exposure; Young Adulthood

$1,357,875

Canada Research Chair - Tier 1

Nominated PICIHR2022Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 1

Principal investigators: Beaulieu, Christian

Keywords: Cr

$1,400,000

Mapping subregional hippocampal atrophy as an MRI biomarker for Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Steve, Trevor T; Camicioli, J. Richard M

Keywords: Alzheimer'S Disease; Biomarkers; Dementia; Hippocampal Subfields; Hippocampus; Medial Temporal Lobe; Mild Cognitive Impairment; Structural Mri

$198,900

Technical Advances for Sodium Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Beaulieu, Christian

$138,000

Understanding and predicting response to surgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sankar, Tejas

Keywords: Biomarker; Chronic Pain; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Mri; Neuroimaging; Neurosurgery; Prediction; Prognosis; Quantitative Sensory Testing; Trigeminal Neuralgia

$929,475

MOIST study: Multi-Organ Imaging with Serial Testing in COVID-19 infected patients

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity - Diagnostics

Principal investigators: Paterson, Ian

Keywords: Cohort Study

$342,369

Using advanced imaging techniques to demonstrate hippocampal subfield pathology and predict surgical outcome in temporal lobe epilepsy

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Gross, Donald W

Keywords: Diffusion Tensor Imaging; Epilepsy Surgery; Hippocampal Sclerosis; Hippocampal Subfields; Memory; Surgical Outcome; Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

$852,975

Brain development and internalizing symptoms in youth with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lebel, Catherine A

Keywords: Anxiety; Brain Connectivity; Depression; Diffusion Tensor Imaging; Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Prenatal Alcohol Exposure; Resting State Functional Mri

$879,750

Promoting Brain Health to Prevent Dementia: Roles of Covert Vascular Brain Injury and Cognitive Reserve in Age-Related Cognitive Decline

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Smith, Eric E

Keywords: Aging; Cognition; Dementia; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Stroke

$2,856,357

Canada Research Chair Tier 1

Nominated PICIHR2015Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 1

Principal investigators: Beaulieu, Christian

Keywords: Crc

$1,400,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Sanjay Kalra

Medicine/Neurology

13 shared papers, latest 2026

Angela Genge

Neurology and Neurosurgery

6 shared papers, latest 2024

Lawrence Korngut

Clinical Neurosciences

6 shared papers, latest 2024

Tejas Sankar

Neurosurgery

5 shared papers, latest 2026

Penelope Smyth

Public Health Sciences

5 shared papers, latest 2026

Mathieu Dehaes

Neurosciences

5 shared papers, latest 2024

Richard Thompson

Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging

4 shared papers, latest 2026

Kenneth Butcher

Biomedical Engineering

4 shared papers, latest 2019

Fabrizio Giuliani

Medicine/Neurology

2 shared papers, latest 2020

Linda Siegel

Ophthalmology

2 shared papers, latest 2020

Alan Evans

Neurology and Neurosurgery

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Simon Duchesne

Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Angelo Mikrogianakis

Pediatrics

1 shared papers, latest 2017

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Christian Beaulieu

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Early adversity, lasting impact: Characterizing cortical morphology in youth with prenatal alcohol exposure.

Effect of fish oil as an adjunct therapy to metformin on vascular and cardiac health in women with polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome: protocol for a randomised, placebo-controlled clinical trial.

Bilateral microstructural changes in the trigeminal nerve in classical trigeminal neuralgia.

High-Resolution Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Hippocampus and Associations With Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Lewy Body Diseases.

High-Resolution Diffusion Kurtosis Imaging of Hippocampus Subfields Across the Healthy Lifespan.

Automated Surface-Based Segmentation of Deep Gray Matter Regions Based on Diffusion Tensor Images Reveals Unique Age Trajectories Over the Healthy Lifespan.

Quantifying Skin Sodium Concentration With Novel Very Rapid Biexponential T2 Relaxometry and Signal Loss Compensation Methodology.

Susceptibility Source Separation Unveils Paramagnetic and Diamagnetic Trajectories in Healthy Brains From 5 to 90&#x2009;Years.

Neuropsychological correlations with fornix and hippocampus in temporal lobe epilepsy demonstrated with diffusion tensor imaging.

High-resolution fluid-suppressed diffusion tractography of the fornix across the healthy lifespan and deviations in multiple sclerosis.

Technical Advances for Sodium Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Frequent collaborators

Catherine Lebel

Sanjay Kalra

Carmen Rasmussen

Richard Frayne

Quynh Doan

Roger Zemek

Angela Genge

Mahesh Kate

Lawrence Korngut

Brian Buck

Tejas Sankar

Penelope Smyth

Mathieu Dehaes

Richard Thompson

Kenneth Butcher

Jocelyn Gravel

Simon Graham

Signe Bray

Zahinoor Ismail

Kaitlyn McLachlan

Amy Kirkham

Trevor Steve

Fabrizio Giuliani

Linda Siegel

Richard Frayne

Carolyn Emery

Alan Evans

Simon Duchesne

Angelo Mikrogianakis

Susceptibility Source Separation Unveils Paramagnetic and Diamagnetic Trajectories in Healthy Brains From 5 to 90 Years.