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Roger Zemek

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Roger Zemek

Full Professor

Faculty of Medicine

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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112 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 23 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2024.
Supervisor on 2 trainee awards (2 CIHR), most recently in 2022.

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187

Publications

1,841

Citations

148

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

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Research

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Concussion Clinical Prediction Rule Emergency Epidemiology Pediatric Persistent Postconcussive Symptoms Traumatic Brain Injury Digital Intervention

Latest papers

Prevalence and Risk of Anxiety and Depression after Concussion: A TRANSCENDENT Study
Journal of Neurotrauma · 2026 · senior author
Magnesium in acute pediatric asthma in the emergency department (MAGICIAN)—A multicentre randomized controlled clinical trial protocol
PLoS ONE · 2026
Sport versus Nonsport Injury Setting as a Moderator of Postconcussive Symptoms Following Pediatric Concussion: An Advancing Concussion Assessment in Pediatrics Study
Journal of Pediatrics · 2026

All 187 publications

Latest funding

Characterizing blood-brain barrier permeability and its association with brain health, blood biomarkers, symptoms and mood after a pediatric concussion
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$1,090,125
Multisite Randomized Clinical Trial: Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (MBI-4-mTBI)
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$1,308,150
Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Preventing Persistent Symptoms in Pediatric Concussion
CIHR · 2022 · Supervisor
$135,000

All 10 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 187 publications.

Prevalence and Risk of Anxiety and Depression after Concussion: A TRANSCENDENT Study

van Ierssel JJ, Kutcher SA, Johnston S, Pham NK, Lamoureux M, Dodd AB, Mullan M, Yeates KO, Ledoux A-A, Liu BC

Journal of Neurotrauma20261 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1177/08977151261416446

Magnesium in acute pediatric asthma in the emergency department (MAGICIAN)—A multicentre randomized controlled clinical trial protocol

Schuh S, O’Shea S, Freedman SB, Eltorki M, Gravel J, Ducharme FM, Alqurashi W, Zemek R, Wells G, Elliott J

PLoS ONE2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0349553

Sport versus Nonsport Injury Setting as a Moderator of Postconcussive Symptoms Following Pediatric Concussion: An Advancing Concussion Assessment in Pediatrics Study

Chadwick L, Emery CA, Madigan S, Brooks BL, Beauchamp MH, Craig W, Doan Q, Freedman SB, Gravel J, Zemek R

Journal of Pediatrics2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2026.115154

Association Between Sleep Changes and Symptom Recovery Following Pediatric Concussion.

Tavakoli P, Ledoux AA, Yeates K, Tang K, Sangha G, Freedman SB, Gravel J, Gagnon I, Craig W, Burns E, Ramsay T, Boutis K, Beer D, Zemek R, Robillard R, PERC 5P team

Journal of neurotrauma2026

DOI: 10.1177/08977151261475259 PMID: 42569909

Relief and Prevention of Post-Traumatic Headache Using Intranasal Delivery of Lidocaine for Youth (RAPPIDLY): A Feasibility Study.

Griffiths V, Tsampalieros A, Cortel-LeBlanc A, Cortel-LeBlanc M, Greenough M, Webster RJ, Lamontagne C, Meckler G, Poonai N, Orr SL, Dodd AB, Zemek R, TRANSCENDENT Concussion Research Program

Neurotrauma reports2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/2689288x261470708 PMID: 42558705

Social Determinants of Health and Symptomatic Recovery from Pediatric Concussion.

Liu BC, Yeates KO, Tang K, Beauchamp MH, Craig W, Doan Q, Gravel J, Mikami AY, Ramsay S, Zemek R, Silverberg ND

Journal of neurotrauma2026

DOI: 10.1177/08977151251407651 PMID: 42444051

AI for predicting exacerbations in KIDs with asthma (AIRE-KIDS).

Ooi HL, Mitsakakis N, Dastarac MH, Zemek R, Plint AC, Gilchrist J, El Emam K, Radhakrishnan D

NPJ digital medicine2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41746-026-02824-x PMID: 42225895

Smartphone App-Delivered Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Concussion in Adolescents (MBI-4-mTBI): Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.

Sicard V, Cairncross M, Zemek R, Silverberg ND, Goldfield GS, Reed N, Saab BJ, Smith A, Ledoux AA

JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies2026

DOI: 10.2196/84623 PMID: 42114021

Socioeconomic Disparities in Concussion Presentation.

Corwin DJ, Li W, Fung SG, Yu C, Backman C, Lamoureux M, Hawken S, Johnston S, Zemek R, Transforming Research by Assessing Neuroinformatics Across the Spectrum of Concussion by Embedding Interdisciplinary Data-Collection to Enable Novel Treatments (TRANSCENDENT) Research Program

JAMA network open2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.7416 PMID: 42018325

Post-Traumatic Headache in Children and Genetic Risk of Migraine: An Observational Cohort Study.

Orr SL, Hershey AD, Kurowski BG, Langevin LM, Martin LJ, Pilipenko V, Tang K, Beauchamp MH, Craig WR, Doan Q, Zemek R, Yeates KO, as the Pediatric Emergency Research Canada A-CAP study team

Neurology. Genetics2026

DOI: 10.1212/nxg.0000000000200371 PMID: 41938496

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Roger Zemek

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Prevalence and Risk of Anxiety and Depression after Concussion: A TRANSCENDENT Study

Magnesium in acute pediatric asthma in the emergency department (MAGICIAN)—A multicentre randomized controlled clinical trial protocol

Sport versus Nonsport Injury Setting as a Moderator of Postconcussive Symptoms Following Pediatric Concussion: An Advancing Concussion Assessment in Pediatrics Study

Association Between Sleep Changes and Symptom Recovery Following Pediatric Concussion.

Relief and Prevention of Post-Traumatic Headache Using Intranasal Delivery of Lidocaine for Youth (RAPPIDLY): A Feasibility Study.

Social Determinants of Health and Symptomatic Recovery from Pediatric Concussion.

AI for predicting exacerbations in KIDs with asthma (AIRE-KIDS).

Smartphone App-Delivered Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Concussion in Adolescents (MBI-4-mTBI): Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.

Socioeconomic Disparities in Concussion Presentation.

Post-Traumatic Headache in Children and Genetic Risk of Migraine: An Observational Cohort Study.

Frequent collaborators

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Jeremy Grimshaw

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