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Barbara Pavlova
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Latest papers
Developmental trajectories of sleep in offspring of parents with mood disorders.
Psychological medicine · 2026
Data-driven symptom dimensions reveal familial patterns in bipolar disorder.
Journal of affective disorders · 2026
Which aspects of anhedonia predict response to pharmacotherapy in major depressive disorder?
Psychological Medicine · 2025
Latest funding
- $1,009,800
Early identification of risk for major depressive disorder from parent and youth speech
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $1,212,525
Early identification of risk for major depressive and bipolar disorders from polygenic scores, family history, and developmental psychopathology
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $100,000
Early identification of risk for major depressive and bipolar disorders from polygenic scores, family history, and developmental psychopathology
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
40 publications.
Developmental trajectories of sleep in offspring of parents with mood disorders.
Hubshman Z, Nazarova A, Ramchandani M, d'Eon J, Adepalli N, Freeman K, Wang M, Reid RER, Pavlova B, Uher R
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
Which aspects of anhedonia predict response to pharmacotherapy in major depressive disorder?
Uher R, Rizvi SJ, Quilty LC, Pavlova B, Nunes A, Foster JA, Lam RW, Milev R, Müller DJ, Taylor V
Symptom network connectivity indices as predictors of relapse in major depressive disorder
Nunes A, Pavlova B, Nuñez J-J, Quilty LC, Foster JA, Harkness KL, Ho K, Lam RW, Li QS, Milev R
Polygenic Scores and Mood Disorder Onsets in the Context of Family History and Early Psychopathology.
Freeman K, Zwicker A, Fullerton JM, Hafeman DM, van Haren NEM, Merranko J, Goldstein BI, Stapp EK, de la Serna E, Moreno D, Sugranyes G, Mas S, Roberts G, Toma C, Schofield PR, Edenberg HJ, Wilcox HC, McInnis MG, Propper L, Pavlova B, Stewart SA, Denovan-Wright EM, Rouleau GA, Castro-Fornieles J, Hillegers MHJ, Birmaher B, Mitchell PB, Alda M, Nurnberger JI, Uher R
Depression-Anxiety Coupling Strength as a predictor of relapse in major depressive disorder: A CAN-BIND wellness monitoring study report
Nunes A, Pavlova B, Cunningham JEA, Nuñez J-J, Quilty LC, Foster JA, Harkness KL, Ho K, Lam RW, Li QS
Antecedents of major depressive, bipolar, and psychotic disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies.
Uher R, Pavlova B, Najafi S, Adepalli N, Ross B, Howes Vallis E, Freeman K, Parker R, Propper L, Palaniyappan L
Depressive symptoms in youth before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: longitudinal investigation of patterns dependent on age, sex, and family history of mental illness.
Howes Vallis E, Stephens M, Ross B, Rempel S, Howard C, Liu D, Villars K, Mazurka R, Cumby J, Alda M, Pavlova B, Uher R
Preferences for virtual versus in-person mental and physical healthcare in Canada: a descriptive study from a cohort of youth and their parents enriched for severe mental illness.
Mazurka R, Vallis EH, Chen L, Freeman K, Langley R, Ross B, Arora S, Kahn M, Howard C, Liu D, Cumby J, Brennan ML, Hickcox SE, Bagnell AL, Propper L, Pavlova B, Uher R
Cognitive behavioural therapy for social anxiety disorder in people with bipolar disorder: a case series.
Pavlova B, Warnock-Parkes E, Alda M, Uher R, Clark DM
Early identification of risk for major depressive disorder from parent and youth speech
Principal investigators: Uher, Rudolf; Oore, Sageev S
Keywords: Acoustic Speech Analysis; Children Of Affected Parents; Deep Learning; Early Identification Of Risk; Expressed Emotions; Major Depressive Disorder; Natural Language Processing; Predictive Analytics
Early identification of risk for major depressive and bipolar disorders from polygenic scores, family history, and developmental psychopathology
Principal investigators: Uher, Rudolf; Alda, Martin
Keywords: Bipolar Disorder; Developmental Psychopathology; Familial Risk; Major Depressive Disorder; Polygenic Scores; Predictive Modeling
Early identification of risk for major depressive and bipolar disorders from polygenic scores, family history, and developmental psychopathology
Principal investigators: Uher, Rudolf; Alda, Martin
Keywords: Bipolar Disorder; Developmental Psychopathology; Familial Risk; Major Depressive Disorder; Polygenic Scores; Predictive Modeling
Scalable Biomarkers And Time-Series Microsignatures Of Relapse In Major Depressive Disorder
Principal investigators: Nunes, Abraham J; Blier, Pierre; Farzan, Faranak; Frey, Benicio N; Harkness, Kate L; Kennedy, Sidney H; Lam, Raymond W; Milev, Roumen V; Mueller, Daniel J; Pavlova, Barbara; Quilty, Lena C; Rosenblat, Joshua D; Soares, Claudio D; Taylor, Valerie Hannah; Uher, Rudolf
Keywords: Major Depressive Disorder; Predictive Modelling; Relapse Prediction
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health of children of parents living with mental illness
Principal investigators: Uher, Rudolf; Brennan, Maureen L; Hickcox, Samuel E; Bagnell, Alexa L
Keywords: Children; Depression; Developmental Psychopathology; Families; Mental Health; Offspring Of Affected Parents; Youth
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Canadians living with mental illness, and their children
Principal investigators: Uher, Rudolf
Keywords: Adolescents; Children; Coping; Major Depressive Disorder; Mental Health; Parents; Resilience; Severe Mental Illness; Stress-Related Disorders
Automated analysis of natural speech in personalized treatment for major depressive disorder
Principal investigators: Uher, Rudolf; Matwin, Stan
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Biomarkers; Deep Learning; Major Depressive Disorder; Speech
Families Overcoming Risks and Building Opportunities for Well-being (FORBOW): evaluating pre-emptive early interventions for antecedents to prevent severe mental illness
Principal investigators: Uher, Rudolf
Keywords: Anxiety Disorders; Bipolar Disorder; Cognitive Development; Depression; Early Intervention; High Risk Studies; Psychotic Like Experiences; Recurrent Depressive Disorder; Schizophrenia; Severe Mental Illness
Opportunities for very early intervention in youth at high risk for severe mental illness
Principal investigators: Uher, Rudolf; Alda, Martin
Keywords: Anxiety Disorders; Bipolar Disorder; Cognitive Development; Depression; Early Intervention; High Risk Studies; Psychotic Like Experiences; Recurrent Depressive Disorder; Schizophrenia; Severe Mental Illness
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
- Benicio Frey and Jane Foster: 85 shared papers
- Martin Alda and Tomas Hajek: 75 shared papers
- Benicio Frey and Roumen Milev: 71 shared papers
- Benicio Frey and Valerie Taylor: 66 shared papers
- Jane Foster and Gustavo Turecki: 47 shared papers
- Benicio Frey and Rudolf Uher: 45 shared papers
- Benicio Frey and Gustavo Turecki: 43 shared papers
- Jane Foster and Roumen Milev: 38 shared papers
- Rudolf Uher and Barbara Pavlova: 37 shared papers
- Gustavo Turecki and Roumen Milev: 36 shared papers
- Jane Foster and Rudolf Uher: 35 shared papers
- Jane Foster and Valerie Taylor: 31 shared papers
- Martin Alda and Gustavo Turecki: 31 shared papers
- Rudolf Uher and Martin Alda: 30 shared papers
- Martin Alda and Abraham Nunes: 27 shared papers
- Valerie Taylor and Roumen Milev: 24 shared papers
- Martin Alda and Barbara Pavlova: 16 shared papers
- Rudolf Uher and Tomas Hajek: 15 shared papers
- Benicio Frey and Serge Beaulieu: 10 shared papers
- Outi Linnaranta and Serge Beaulieu: 9 shared papers
- Rudolf Uher and Abraham Nunes: 8 shared papers
- Martin Alda and Sandra Meier: 8 shared papers
- Valerie Taylor and Serge Beaulieu: 7 shared papers
- Tomas Hajek and Sandra Meier: 6 shared papers
- Tomas Hajek and Abraham Nunes: 6 shared papers
- Rudolf Uher and David Lovas: 5 shared papers
- Abraham Nunes and Barbara Pavlova: 5 shared papers
- Martin Alda and David Lovas: 4 shared papers
- David Lovas and Barbara Pavlova: 4 shared papers
- Benicio Frey and Barbara Pavlova: 3 shared papers
- Jane Foster and Barbara Pavlova: 3 shared papers
- Valerie Taylor and Barbara Pavlova: 3 shared papers
- Roumen Milev and Barbara Pavlova: 3 shared papers
- Benicio Frey and Frank Rudzicz: 2 shared papers
- Jane Foster and Frank Rudzicz: 2 shared papers
- Valerie Taylor and Frank Rudzicz: 2 shared papers
- Rudolf Uher and Lena Palaniyappan: 2 shared papers
- Rudolf Uher and Sandra Meier: 2 shared papers
- Gustavo Turecki and Outi Linnaranta: 2 shared papers
- Gustavo Turecki and Barbara Pavlova: 2 shared papers
- Lena Palaniyappan and Barbara Pavlova: 2 shared papers
- Frank Rudzicz and Barbara Pavlova: 2 shared papers
- Sandra Meier and Barbara Pavlova: 2 shared papers
- Benicio Frey and Lena Palaniyappan: 1 shared paper
- Rudolf Uher and Adrian Levy: 1 shared paper
- Martin Alda and Adrian Levy: 1 shared paper
- Adrian Levy and Tomas Hajek: 1 shared paper
- Adrian Levy and Barbara Pavlova: 1 shared paper
- Tomas Hajek and Barbara Pavlova: 1 shared paper
- Outi Linnaranta and Barbara Pavlova: 1 shared paper
- Serge Beaulieu and Barbara Pavlova: 1 shared paper
- Department of Psychiatry
- Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
- Psychiatry
- Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
- Computer Science (St. George Campus)
- Other
Co-authors at Dalhousie University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Rudolf Uher
Department of Psychiatry
37 shared papers, latest 2026
Martin Alda
Department of Psychiatry
16 shared papers, latest 2026
Abraham Nunes
Department of Psychiatry
5 shared papers, latest 2026
David Lovas
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
4 shared papers, latest 2022
Benicio Frey
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
3 shared papers, latest 2025
Jane Foster
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
3 shared papers, latest 2025
Valerie Taylor
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
3 shared papers, latest 2025
Roumen Milev
Psychiatry
3 shared papers, latest 2025
Lena Palaniyappan
Department of Psychiatry
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Frank Rudzicz
Computer Science (St. George Campus)
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Gustavo Turecki
Psychiatry
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Sandra Meier
Department of Psychiatry
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Outi Linnaranta
Psychiatry
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Adrian Levy
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
1 shared papers, latest 2014
Serge Beaulieu
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Tomas Hajek
Department of Psychiatry
1 shared papers, latest 2014
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