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William Panenka

ResearcherPsychiatryUniversity of British Columbia

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William Panenka

Researcher

Psychiatry

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
10 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2026.
Supervised 5 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2026.

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Research

Neuropsychiatry Traumatic Brain Injury Blood Biomarkers Community Based Research Harm Reduction Marginalized Populations Neurocognition Neuroimaging

Latest papers

Feasibility of multi-domain data acquisition in patients at risk for hypoxic-ischemic brain injury following cardiac arrest: a prospective cohort study.
Resuscitation plus · 2026
Structures to improve the implementation of mental health practices in adult trauma centers: A Canadian nationwide practice survey.
Injury · 2026 · senior author
Structural brain alterations and predictors of clinical improvement in functional cognitive disorder after concussion.
NeuroImage. Clinical · 2026

All 14 publications

Latest funding

Dynamic Clinical Risk States and Neurostructural Consequences of Community Non- Fatal Opioid Overdose
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$1,725,076
Modeling the time course of brain health consequences of non-fatal opioid overdose using continuous time modeling and a 15-year community cohort study of health
CIHR · 2026 · Supervisor
$9,000
Brain health and behavioural consequences of overdose-associated hypoxic brain injury and traumatic brain injury: Data from a 15-year cohort study of health in residents of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000

All 21 grants and awards

14 publications.

Feasibility of multi-domain data acquisition in patients at risk for hypoxic-ischemic brain injury following cardiac arrest: a prospective cohort study.

Genereaux D, Tong B, Brasher PMA, Hoiland RL, Sekhon MS, Schoenthal T, Silverberg ND, Parag N, Panenka W, Grey R, Ainslie PN, Field TS, Mitra AR, Stukas S, Wellington CL, Dainty KN, Choi C, Fordyce CB, Moien-Afshari F, Caritativo ECA, Heran MKS, Henderson WR, Griesdale DEG

Resuscitation plus2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2026.101478 PMID: 42787924

Structures to improve the implementation of mental health practices in adult trauma centers: A Canadian nationwide practice survey.

Bérubé M, Macedo T, O'Donnell M, Laberge-Sévigny M, Moore L, Stelfox HT, Rivest M, Kureshi N, Clark D, Green R, Anantha R, Hagsma J, Fykes M, Malo C, Garraway N, Bradley N, Richard-Denis A, Labzagui I, Gagnon MA, Panenka W

Injury2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2026.113665 PMID: 42735553

Structural brain alterations and predictors of clinical improvement in functional cognitive disorder after concussion.

Westlin C, Rioux M, Lee J, Panenka W, Palombo DJ, Todd RM, Silverberg ND, Perez DL

NeuroImage. Clinical2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2025.103936 PMID: 41496388

Clinical Practice Guideline Recommendations on Mental Health in Trauma: A Systematic Review.

Bérubé M, Lapierre A, Panenka W, O'Donnell M, Bradley N, Moore L, Bourque L, Thébaud M, Archambault P, Archambault L, Turgeon AF, Macedo T, Haagsma J, Rao J, Garraway N, Menear M, Perreault M, Gagnon MA, Vasiliadis HM, Genest C, Provencher H, Stelfox HT

JAMA surgery2025

DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2025.2226 PMID: 40668549

Functional outcomes among the survivors of veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation during the COVID-19 pandemic: a historical cohort study.

Ursu E, Mikolić A, Tong B, Silverberg ND, Parag N, Foster D, Sekhon MS, Panenka W, Thiara S, Griesdale DEG

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2025

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-025-02965-9 PMID: 40442408

Outcomes after Traumatic Brain Injury with and Without Computed Tomography.

Mikolić A, Shi S, Panenka W, Brubacher JR, Scheuermeyer FX, Nelson LD, Silverberg ND

Journal of neurotrauma2025

DOI: 10.1089/neu.2024.0332 PMID: 39470625

Metabolomic in severe traumatic brain injury: exploring primary, secondary injuries, diagnosis, and severity

Banoei MM, Hutchison J, Panenka W, Wong A, Wishart DS, Winston BW

Critical Care202527 citations

DOI: 10.1186/s13054-025-05258-1

External Validation of the Post-Concussion Symptoms Rule for Predicting Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Outcome.

Mikolić A, Brasher PMA, Brubacher JR, Panenka W, Scheuermeyer FX, Archambault P, Khazei A, Silverberg ND

Journal of neurotrauma2024

DOI: 10.1089/neu.2023.0484 PMID: 38226635

Graded Exposure Therapy for Fear Avoidance Behaviour After Concussion (GET FAB): protocol for a multisite Canadian randomised controlled trial.

Mikolic A, Klotz T, Brasher P, Yeates K, Vranceanu AM, Kendall KD, Snell DL, Debert CT, Bayley M, Panenka W, Cairncross M, Hunt C, Burke M, Tartaglia MC, Silverberg N, Canadian Traumatic Brain Injury Research Consortium (CTRC)

BMJ open2024

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086602 PMID: 38950993

Clinical practice guideline recommendations to improve the mental health of adult trauma patients: protocol for a systematic review.

Bérubé M, Bradley N, O'Donnell M, Stelfox HT, Garraway N, Vasiliadis HM, Turcotte V, Perreault M, Menear M, Archambault L, Haagsma J, Provencher H, Genest C, Gagnon MA, Bourque L, Lapierre A, Khalfi A, Panenka W

BMJ open2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079205 PMID: 38531562

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William Panenka

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Feasibility of multi-domain data acquisition in patients at risk for hypoxic-ischemic brain injury following cardiac arrest: a prospective cohort study.

Structures to improve the implementation of mental health practices in adult trauma centers: A Canadian nationwide practice survey.

Structural brain alterations and predictors of clinical improvement in functional cognitive disorder after concussion.

Clinical Practice Guideline Recommendations on Mental Health in Trauma: A Systematic Review.

Functional outcomes among the survivors of veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation during the COVID-19 pandemic: a historical cohort study.

Outcomes after Traumatic Brain Injury with and Without Computed Tomography.

Metabolomic in severe traumatic brain injury: exploring primary, secondary injuries, diagnosis, and severity

External Validation of the Post-Concussion Symptoms Rule for Predicting Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Outcome.

Graded Exposure Therapy for Fear Avoidance Behaviour After Concussion (GET FAB): protocol for a multisite Canadian randomised controlled trial.

Clinical practice guideline recommendations to improve the mental health of adult trauma patients: protocol for a systematic review.

Frequent collaborators

Nori Bradley

Matthew Menear

Lynne Moore

Helen-Maria Vasiliadis

Christine Genest

Christian Malo

Patrick Archambault

Matthew Burke

Molly Cairncross

Penelope Brasher

Cindy Hunt

Noah Silverberg

Patrick Archambault

Keith Yeates

Michel Perreault

Mark Bayley

Patricia Chia-Ying Liaw

James Hutchison

Angela Colantonio