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Ruth McPherson

ResearcherMedicineUniversity of Ottawa

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Ruth McPherson

Researcher

Medicine

Health Sciences

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
27 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 11 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (5 CIHR), most recently in 2016.
Supervised 3 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2023.

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149

Publications

5,724

Citations

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Research

Obesity Functional Genomics Energy Metabolism Micro Rna Mitochondria Rna Expression Cardiovascular Disease Genome-Wide Association Studies

Latest papers

Predictors of aortic stenosis in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia: A study from the Canadian HoFH registry.
Journal of clinical lipidology · 2026
Reduced CARS2 expression elicits a low-grade pro-inflammatory signature in THP-1 macrophages.
Frontiers in immunology · 2026 · senior author
Rationale and Design of the Canadian Lipoprotein(a) Registry.
CJC open · 2026

All 149 publications

Latest funding

Skeletal Muscle Energetics & Metabolic Reprogramming in Obesity: Effects of Bariatric Surgery
CIHR · 2023 · Supervisor
$105,000
Skeletal muscle energetics and metabolic programming in treatment -sensitive and -resistant obesity
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$902,700
TRIB1 in the regulation of hepatic lipid metabolism: From GWAS locus to function
CIHR · 2016 · Nominated PI
$263,753

All 12 grants and awards

149 publications.

Predictors of aortic stenosis in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia: A study from the Canadian HoFH registry.

Paquette M, Erzingatzian A, Ruel I, Al-Baldawi Z, Brown L, Sherman MH, Laflamme N, Bergeron J, Couture P, Brisson D, Larouche M, Gaudet D, Cermakova L, Wan D, Moulson N, Francis GA, Mancini GBJ, Kennedy BA, Hegele RA, Lewis GF, McCrindle BW, Cifra B, Ransom T, McPherson R, Genest J, Brunham LR, Iatan I, Baass A

Journal of clinical lipidology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2026.08.023 PMID: 42754461

Reduced CARS2 expression elicits a low-grade pro-inflammatory signature in THP-1 macrophages.

Dang AT, Lau P, Soubeyrand S, McPherson R

Frontiers in immunology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1786365 PMID: 42327746

Rationale and Design of the Canadian Lipoprotein(a) Registry.

Kramer AI, Abdel-Qadir H, Abramson BL, Baass A, Bergeron J, Bollu A, Cermakova L, Couture P, Fordyce CB, Gupta M, Hegele RA, Mancini GBJ, McPherson R, Moulson N, Pearson GJ, Roston T, Ruel I, Sedlak T, Sherman MH, Thanassoulis G, Udell JA, Verma S, Wan D, Iatan I, Brunham LR

CJC open2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2026.06.003 PMID: 42756755

Differential regulation of ZFAS1 splice variants by endoplasmic reticulum stress in hepatocyte cell lines.

Soubeyrand S, Lau P, McPherson R

FEBS open bio2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.70185 PMID: 41649053

Genetics and Genomics of Coronary Artery Disease: What We Have Learned.

McPherson R

The Canadian journal of cardiology2026First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2026.01.051 PMID: 42161473

Aortic Stenosis in Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia: The Canadian HoFH Registry.

Erzingatzian A, Al-Baldawi Z, Ruel I, Brown L, Sherman MH, Laflamme N, Bergeron J, Couture P, Paquette M, Baass A, Brisson D, Larouche M, Gaudet D, Cermakova L, Wan D, Brunham LR, Francis GA, Mancini GBJ, Kennedy BA, Hegele RA, Lewis GF, McCrindle BW, Ransom T, McPherson R, Piazza N, de Varennes B, Genest J, Iatan I

JACC. Advances2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2025.102505 PMID: 41579830

Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) in Canada.

Al-Baldawi Z, Erzingatzian A, Ruel I, Brown L, Sherman MH, Laflamme N, Bergeron J, Couture P, Paquette M, Baass A, Brisson D, Larouche M, Gaudet D, Cermakova L, Wan D, Moulson N, Francis GA, Mancini GBJ, Kennedy BA, Hegele RA, Lewis GF, McCrindle BW, Cifra B, Ransom T, McPherson R, Genest J, Brunham LR, Iatan I

Atherosclerosis2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2026.120792 PMID: 42229223

Skeletal muscle reprogramming of metabolic, ribosomal and developmental pathways contributes to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass-induced adaptation in women

Pileggi CA, Mohottalage D, Kennedy LS, Nikpay M, Hamilton LMK, Roffe M, Kanaan MN, Jarrar A, Kolozsvari N, Wang D

EBioMedicine2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2026.106410

Distinct roles of Constitutive Photomorphogenesis Protein 1 homolog (COP1) in human hepatocyte models.

Soubeyrand S, Lau P, McPherson R

Frontiers in molecular biosciences2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2025.1548582 PMID: 39990870

Extreme LDL-C concentration is associated with increased cardiovascular disease in women with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.

Paquette M, Ruel I, Guay SP, Al-Baldawi Z, Brisson D, Gaudet D, Couture P, Bergeron J, Hegele RA, Francis GA, Sherman MH, McPherson R, Ransom T, Brunham LR, Mancini GJ, McCrindle BW, Latan L, Genest J, Baass A

Journal of clinical lipidology2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2024.10.008 PMID: 39638644

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Ruth McPherson

Research

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Predictors of aortic stenosis in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia: A study from the Canadian HoFH registry.

Reduced CARS2 expression elicits a low-grade pro-inflammatory signature in THP-1 macrophages.

Rationale and Design of the Canadian Lipoprotein(a) Registry.

Differential regulation of ZFAS1 splice variants by endoplasmic reticulum stress in hepatocyte cell lines.

Genetics and Genomics of Coronary Artery Disease: What We Have Learned.

Aortic Stenosis in Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia: The Canadian HoFH Registry.

Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) in Canada.

Skeletal muscle reprogramming of metabolic, ribosomal and developmental pathways contributes to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass-induced adaptation in women

Distinct roles of Constitutive Photomorphogenesis Protein 1 homolog (COP1) in human hepatocyte models.

Extreme LDL-C concentration is associated with increased cardiovascular disease in women with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.

Frequent collaborators

Mary-Ellen Harper

Jacques Genest

Patrick Couture

George Thanassoulis

Sonia Anand

Jean-Claude Tardif

Louise Pilote

Jean-Claude Tardif

Eva Lonn

Guillaume Pare

Louise Pilote

Tommy Alain

Miroslava Cuperlovic-Culf

Marino Labinaz

Peter Liu

Paul Poirier

George Wells

Steven Grover

Mona Nemer

Alexandre Stewart

Natalie Dayan

Igor Karp

Rob Beanlands

Abhinav Sharma

Thomas Lagace

Carole Yauk

Olga Jarinova

Carole Yauk

Benjamin Hibbert

Guillaume Marquis-Gravel

Chris Glover

Lloyd Duchesne

Marie-Claude Vohl

Todd Anderson

Martin Dawes

Marie-Pierre Dubé

Pierre Amarenco

Christopher Johansen

Dongdong Wang

Stephen Walter