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Abraham Nunes

ResearcherPsychiatryDalhousie University

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Abraham Nunes

Researcher

Psychiatry

Health Sciences

Dalhousie University

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
37 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 12 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2026.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2023.

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Research

Bipolar Disorder Major Depressive Disorder Predictive Modelling Relapse Prediction

Latest papers

Data-driven symptom dimensions reveal familial patterns in bipolar disorder.
Journal of affective disorders · 2026 · senior author
Comparing a novel, virtual, group-based guided self-help to unguided self-help for the treatment of binge-eating disorder in adults: a randomized controlled trial.
Eating disorders · 2026
Pharmacogenomics of antiepileptic drug mood stabilizer treatment response in bipolar disorder: A MoStGen Consortium study.
Molecular psychiatry · 2026

All 52 publications

Latest funding

Cellular phenotypes of bipolar disorder and its response to treatment
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$948,600
Early identification of risk for major depressive disorder from parent and youth speech
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,009,800
Early identification of risk for major depressive and bipolar disorders from polygenic scores, family history, and developmental psychopathology
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,212,525

All 8 grants and awards

52 publications.

Data-driven symptom dimensions reveal familial patterns in bipolar disorder.

Scott K, O'Donovan C, Meier S, Pavlova B, MacKinnon DF, Potash JB, Schulze TG, Judy J, Zandi PP, NIMH Genetics Initiative Bipolar Disorder Consortium, Grof P, McMahon FJ, Nunes A, Alda M

Journal of affective disorders2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.121060 PMID: 41461239

Comparing a novel, virtual, group-based guided self-help to unguided self-help for the treatment of binge-eating disorder in adults: a randomized controlled trial.

Harris AL, Nunes A, Dixon L, Ali SI, Town J, Lacroix E, Gamberg S, Keshen A

Eating disorders2026

DOI: 10.1080/10640266.2025.2497665 PMID: 40314247

Pharmacogenomics of antiepileptic drug mood stabilizer treatment response in bipolar disorder: A MoStGen Consortium study.

Ho AM, Coombes BJ, Batzler A, Pazdernik VK, Pendegraft RS, Skime M, Bendjemaa N, Carpiniello B, Contu M, Dalkner N, Fellendorf FT, Fico G, Fullerton CD, Gardea-Resendez M, Gonzalez-Garza S, Jaafari N, Jiménez E, Kebir O, Legrand A, Luna-Garza S, Meloni A, Millet B, Mouaffak F, Nunes A, O'Donovan C, Paribello P, Pinna M, Pisanu C, Pomarol-Clotet E, Romo-Nava F, Sánchez RF, Scott K, Squassina A, Vilella E, Serretti A, Prieto ML, Reininghaus EZ, Bengesser SA, Cuellar-Barboza AB, Krebs MO, Chaumette B, Vieta E, Manchia M, McElroy SL, Alda M, Frye MA, Biernacka JM

Molecular psychiatry2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41380-026-03478-7 PMID: 41714438

The role of metabolic health in neurostructural and cognitive alterations in bipolar disorders.

Selitser M, McWhinney SR, Wu L, Fraiha-Pegado J, Dietze L, Corkum E, Selitser L, Nunes A, Alda M, Franke K, Hajek T

Psychological medicine2026

DOI: 10.1017/s0033291726104905 PMID: 42312342

One-Year Actigraphy Study of Sleep and Rest-Activity Rhythms as Markers of Relapse in Depression

Tonon AC, Nexha A, Cunningham JEA, d’Eon J, Chakrabarty T, Farzan F, Foster JA, Harkness KL, Hassel S, Ho K

JAMA psychiatry202613 citations

DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2025.4453

Emotional modulation of inhibitory control in rumination from empirical and computational perspectives

Singh S, Li B, Gerhard S, Nunes A, Becker S

Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience20266 citations

DOI: 10.3758/s13415-025-01360-7

The conceptualization, measurement, and critical appraisal of computational models of anhedonia in depression

Singh S, Cunningham JEA, Uher R, Becker S, Nunes A

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews20261 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2026.106652

The overlooked role of metabolic disorders in bipolar disorder.

Khayachi A, Nunes A, Alda M, Rouleau GA

Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106203 PMID: 40339674

Overlap and Divergence in Ketamine and Lithium Response in Bipolar Disorder: A Scoping Review.

Toulany J, Cunningham JEA, Nunes A

Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/ph18111662 PMID: 41304907

The effects of bipolar disorder granule cell hyperexcitability and lithium therapy on pattern separation in a computational model of the dentate gyrus.

Singh S, Khayachi A, Stern S, Trappenberg T, Alda M, Nunes A

Translational psychiatry2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41398-025-03559-1 PMID: 41052989

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Abraham Nunes

Research

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Data-driven symptom dimensions reveal familial patterns in bipolar disorder.

Comparing a novel, virtual, group-based guided self-help to unguided self-help for the treatment of binge-eating disorder in adults: a randomized controlled trial.

Pharmacogenomics of antiepileptic drug mood stabilizer treatment response in bipolar disorder: A MoStGen Consortium study.

The role of metabolic health in neurostructural and cognitive alterations in bipolar disorders.

One-Year Actigraphy Study of Sleep and Rest-Activity Rhythms as Markers of Relapse in Depression

Emotional modulation of inhibitory control in rumination from empirical and computational perspectives

The conceptualization, measurement, and critical appraisal of computational models of anhedonia in depression

The overlooked role of metabolic disorders in bipolar disorder.

Overlap and Divergence in Ketamine and Lithium Response in Bipolar Disorder: A Scoping Review.

The effects of bipolar disorder granule cell hyperexcitability and lithium therapy on pattern separation in a computational model of the dentate gyrus.

Frequent collaborators

Martin Alda

Thomas Trappenberg

Rudolf Uher

Sue Becker

Tomas Hajek

Barbara Pavlova

Benicio Frey

Gustavo Turecki

Jane Foster

Valerie Taylor

Aaron Keshen

Roumen Milev

Allan Kaplan

Frank Rudzicz

Guy Rouleau

Andrea Murphy

Sandra Meier

Abigail Ortiz

Sophia Frangou

Emilie Lacroix

Joelle LeMoult

Gail Tomblin Murphy

Lori Wozney

Faranak Farzan