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Benjamin Rusak

ResearcherDalhousie University

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Benjamin Rusak

Researcher

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.
8 publications in the last five years, latest in 2024.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 11 research grants (10 NSERC, 1 CIHR), most recently in 2019.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2010.

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Research

Bipolar Disorder Major Depressive Disorder Mental Health Offspring Of Affected Parents Sleep

Latest papers

Comments on Block et al., Pittendrigh Remembered, 2023.
Journal of biological rhythms · 2024 · first author
Assessing research competency development in Canadian psychiatry residency programs: A systematic review and future directions.
SAGE open medicine · 2023 · senior author
Sleep Architecture and EEG Power Spectrum Following Cumulative Sleep Restriction: A Comparison between Typically Developing Children and Children with ADHD.
Brain sciences · 2023

All 37 publications

Latest funding

Sleep and circadian rhythm as developmental antecedents to major mood disorders
CIHR · 2019 · Principal investigator
$462,825
Mobilizing the healthcare community towards an integrated approach to improving outcomes of patients with sleep disorders - Canadian Sleep and Circadian Network (CSCN)
CIHR · 2015 · Co-investigator
$1,999,713
Roles of sleep in cognitive, neural and physiological functions
NSERC · 2013 · Principal investigator
$125,000

All 20 grants and awards

37 publications.

Comments on Block et al., Pittendrigh Remembered, 2023.

Rusak B

Journal of biological rhythms2024First author

DOI: 10.1177/07487304231199579 PMID: 37776296

Assessing research competency development in Canadian psychiatry residency programs: A systematic review and future directions.

Bahji A, Danilewitz M, Crockford D, Delva N, Rusak B

SAGE open medicine2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/20503121231216846 PMID: 38105808

Sleep Architecture and EEG Power Spectrum Following Cumulative Sleep Restriction: A Comparison between Typically Developing Children and Children with ADHD.

Speth T, Rusak B, Perrot T, Cote K, Corkum P

Brain sciences2023

DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13050772 PMID: 37239244

Augmenting Mental Health Support for Patients Accessing Different Degrees of Formal Psychiatric Care through a Supportive Text Messaging Program: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Dias RDL, Shalaby R, Agyapong B, Obuobi-Donkor G, Adu MK, Eboreime E, Obeng Nkrumah S, Sridharan S, Simon P, Taylor B, Henderson N, White MD, Maguire H, Gray G, Rahman F, Fair J, Wadden N, Sulyman M, Williams O, Akinkunmi O, Edem D, Arenella P, Morrison J, Awara M, Natarajan A, Nunes A, Hajek T, O'Donavan C, Uher R, Wang J, Rusak B, Wozney L, Sampalli T, Grant D, Tomblin Murphy G, Warford J, Hodder S, Boe R, Agyapong VIO

Methods and protocols2023

DOI: 10.3390/mps6010019 PMID: 36827506

Aberrant corticospinal tract characteristics in prodromal PD: A diffusion tensor imaging study.

Pimer LJ, Leslie RA, Phillips G, Newman AJ, Rusak B, Rolheiser TM, Schoffer K, Khan MN, McKelvey JR, Robertson HA, Good KP

Clinical parkinsonism & related disorders2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.prdoa.2022.100182 PMID: 36632053

Olfactory Function and Diffusion Tensor Imaging as Markers of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Early Stages of Parkinson's Disease.

Stewart SA, Pimer L, Fisk JD, Rusak B, Leslie RA, Eskes G, Schoffer K, McKelvey JR, Rolheiser T, Khan MN, Robertson H, Good KP

Clinical EEG and neuroscience2023

DOI: 10.1177/15500594211058263 PMID: 34841903

The Text4HealthyAging Program: An Evidence-Based Text Messaging Innovation to Support Healthy Urban Aging in Canada and Australia.

Eboreime E, Ohinmaa A, Rusak B, Cassidy KL, Morrison J, McGrath P, Uher R, Meier S, Fleury MJ, Iyer SN, Rej S, Batchelor F, Levinger P, Dang C, Hopwood M, Acquah FNL, Dzator J, Tomblin Murphy G, Warford J, Wozney L, Vedel I, Gahagan J, Theou O, Koto P, Sampalli T, Kirkland S, Watters N, Agyapong VIO

Gerontology & geriatric medicine2022

DOI: 10.1177/23337214221081378 PMID: 35252477

Even a Mild Sleep Restriction Can Impact Daytime Functioning in Children with ADHD and Their Typically Developing Peers.

Davidson F, Rigney G, Brine S, Speth T, Miller L, Rusak B, Chambers C, Rajda M, Begum EA, Corkum P

Behavioral sleep medicine2022

DOI: 10.1080/15402002.2021.1873785 PMID: 33455462

Sleep and Inhibitory Control Over Mood-Congruent Information in Emerging Adults With Depressive Disorder.

Lau EYY, Wong ML, Lam YC, Lau KNT, Chung KF, Rusak B

Psychosomatic medicine2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/psy.0000000000000996 PMID: 34419999

Altered circadian activity and sleep/wake rhythms in the stable tubule only polypeptide (STOP) null mouse model of schizophrenia.

Deurveilher S, Ko KR, Saumure BSC, Robertson GS, Rusak B, Semba K

Sleep2021

DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa237 PMID: 33186470

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Benjamin Rusak

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Comments on Block et al., Pittendrigh Remembered, 2023.

Assessing research competency development in Canadian psychiatry residency programs: A systematic review and future directions.

Sleep Architecture and EEG Power Spectrum Following Cumulative Sleep Restriction: A Comparison between Typically Developing Children and Children with ADHD.

Augmenting Mental Health Support for Patients Accessing Different Degrees of Formal Psychiatric Care through a Supportive Text Messaging Program: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Aberrant corticospinal tract characteristics in prodromal PD: A diffusion tensor imaging study.

Olfactory Function and Diffusion Tensor Imaging as Markers of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Early Stages of Parkinson's Disease.

The Text4HealthyAging Program: An Evidence-Based Text Messaging Innovation to Support Healthy Urban Aging in Canada and Australia.

Even a Mild Sleep Restriction Can Impact Daytime Functioning in Children with ADHD and Their Typically Developing Peers.

Sleep and Inhibitory Control Over Mood-Congruent Information in Emerging Adults With Depressive Disorder.

Altered circadian activity and sleep/wake rhythms in the stable tubule only polypeptide (STOP) null mouse model of schizophrenia.

Roles of sleep in cognitive, neural and physiological functions

Frequent collaborators

Kazue Semba

Penny Corkum

Kenneth Rockwood

Rudolf Uher

Olga Theou

Gail Tomblin Murphy

Gail Tomblin Murphy

Jordan Warford

Lori Wozney

Tara Sampalli

Christine Chambers

JianLi Wang

Abraham Nunes

Soham Rej

Abigail Ortiz

Jacqueline Gahagan

Isabelle Vedel

Kimberly Cote

Marie-Josée Fleury

Sandra Meier

Keri-Leigh Cassidy

Harold Robertson

Pantelis Andreou

Patrick McGrath

Jacqueline Gahagan

Martin Alda

Normand Carrey

Isabelle Vedel

Susan Kirkland