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Zahinoor Ismail

ResearcherPsychiatryUniversity of Calgary

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Zahinoor Ismail

Researcher

Psychiatry

Health Sciences

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Supervision signals

Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
185 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 49 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 CIHR), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 5 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Academic metrics

305

Publications

1,328

Citations

h-index

166

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Mild Behavioural Impairment Mild Cognitive Impairment Subjective Cognitive Decline Depression Early Dementia Detection Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Alzheimer Disease Amyloid

Latest papers

Genetic and Hormonal Contributions to Psychosis Symptoms in Alzheimer's Disease: A Sex-Stratified Analysis.
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2026
Associations Between Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Cognitive Impairment, and Depressive Symptoms.
Neurology · 2026
Remote Ischemic Conditioning in the Acute Treatment of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society · 2026

All 305 publications

Latest funding

Associations between environmental exposures and cognition, behaviour, and quality of life in dementia-free older Canadians
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$655
Biomarkers and Mild Behavioural Impairment (BAMBI) - Sample Enrichment for Alzheimer Disease Biomarker Positivity
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$902,700
Understanding non-cognitive markers of dementia to enhance prognostication and risk assessment
CIHR · 2024 · Supervisor
$6,000

All 18 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 305 publications.

Genetic and Hormonal Contributions to Psychosis Symptoms in Alzheimer's Disease: A Sex-Stratified Analysis.

Rajkumar G, Uthayakumar H, Khoury MA, Valcic M, Rashidi-Ranjbar N, Churchill NW, Fornazzari LR, De Luca V, Ismail Z, Graham SJ, Munoz DG, Schweizer TA, Fischer CE

The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2026.02.011 PMID: 41846157

Associations Between Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Cognitive Impairment, and Depressive Symptoms.

Nukala N, Muir RT, Beaudin AE, McCreary CR, Gee M, Nelles K, Saad F, Valencia J, Jickling GC, Guan DX, Ismail Z, Camicioli RM, Smith EE

Neurology2026

DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000218354 PMID: 42555885

Remote Ischemic Conditioning in the Acute Treatment of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Lam K, Drozdowska BA, Rosentreter R, Betzner W, Zhang J, Kate M, Camara-Lemarroy C, Ismail Z, Smith EE, Ganesh A

International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society2026

DOI: 10.1177/17474930261487798 PMID: 42683771

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

Symptomatic treatment for Alzheimer disease: current evidence and future directions.

Ballard C, Doherty P, Ismail Z, Corbett A, Cummings JL

Nature reviews. Neurology2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41582-026-01260-5 PMID: 42680930

Mild behavioral impairment-apathy and Alzheimer's disease plasma phosphorylated tau biomarker levels.

Vellone D, Leon R, Goodarzi Z, Forkert ND, Smith EE, Ismail Z

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/13872877261470257 PMID: 42523146

Validated Measures of Agitation in Neurocognitive Disorders: A Systematic Review of 41 Scales and Their Alignment With International Psychogeriatric Association Criteria.

Guan DX, AlSamsam A, Chinna-Meyyappan A, Creese B, Germain CM, Fischer CE, Kossowska-Kuhn D, de Oliveira FF, Wang HJ, Oru J, Umapathy K, Lanctôt KL, Sinclair LI, Agüera-Ortiz L, Nepomuceno MP, Bruneau MA, Mortby ME, Bishnoi RJ, Castilhos RM, Sud R, Loi SM, Atunwa SA, Pan TJ, Saari TT, Imo U, Ucheagwu VA, Ismail Z, Alzheimer’s Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment (ISTAART) Neuropsychiatric Syndromes Professional Interest Area (PIA) Agitation Work Group

The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2026.06.007 PMID: 42425806

Plasma Biomarkers and Clinical Indicators for Identifying Mild Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults With Psychiatric Disorders.

Elefante C, Beatino MF, Marro D, Coccoglioniti A, Lazzerini C, Pacini A, Gasparyan A, Caparrós E, Petrozzi L, Siciliano G, Ismail Z, Lattanzi L, Baldacci F, Ceravolo R, Perugi G

Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology2026

DOI: 10.1177/08919887261477071 PMID: 42587275

Reply to Comments on "Persistent Functional Impairment as an Early Indicator of Alzheimer's Disease Pathology and Progression".

Ghahremani M, Smith EE, Ismail Z

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70615 PMID: 42545807

Validation of the care partner stress scale in the CAN-PROTECT study.

Vellone D, Guan DX, Crockford JFE, Warring I, Ballard C, Creese B, Corbett A, Pickering E, Roach P, Smith EE, Ismail Z

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/13872877261457652 PMID: 42312378

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Zahinoor Ismail

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Genetic and Hormonal Contributions to Psychosis Symptoms in Alzheimer's Disease: A Sex-Stratified Analysis.

Associations Between Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Cognitive Impairment, and Depressive Symptoms.

Remote Ischemic Conditioning in the Acute Treatment of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

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

Symptomatic treatment for Alzheimer disease: current evidence and future directions.

Mild behavioral impairment-apathy and Alzheimer's disease plasma phosphorylated tau biomarker levels.

Validated Measures of Agitation in Neurocognitive Disorders: A Systematic Review of 41 Scales and Their Alignment With International Psychogeriatric Association Criteria.

Plasma Biomarkers and Clinical Indicators for Identifying Mild Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults With Psychiatric Disorders.

Reply to Comments on "Persistent Functional Impairment as an Early Indicator of Alzheimer's Disease Pathology and Progression".

Validation of the care partner stress scale in the CAN-PROTECT study.

Frequent collaborators

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Corinne Fischer

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