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Sara Tremblay

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Assistant ProfessorCellular and Molecular MedicineUniversity of Ottawa

Sara Tremblay

Assistant Professor

Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Faculty of Medicine

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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11 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Latest papers

Exercise with motor cortex high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation enhances cardiovascular efficiency and lower-limb function in multiple sclerosis: A crossover, double-blind, and proof-of-principle study.
Multiple sclerosis and related disorders · 2026
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Bipolar Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials: Stimulation magnétique transcrânienne dans les cas de dépression bipolaire : une revue systématique et une méta-analyse d'essais contrôlés à répartition aléatoire.
Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2026
Increased Cholinergic Activity in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Preliminary Evidence from [18F]FEOBV PET Study.
Journal of neurotrauma · 2026

All 20 publications

Latest funding

Investigating alterations in sleep-related neural activity and links to clinical improvements among individuals with treatment-resistant depression receiving daily theta-burst stimulation treatments
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
Prediction of persistent post-operative pelvic pain in females with endometriosis to support targeted approaches to care.
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 2 grants and awards

20 publications.

Exercise with motor cortex high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation enhances cardiovascular efficiency and lower-limb function in multiple sclerosis: A crossover, double-blind, and proof-of-principle study.

Chaves AR, Peters A, Curbelo-Torrejon K, Pourlotfi S, Pumphrey JD, Islam T, Walker LAS, Tremblay S, Pilutti LA

Multiple sclerosis and related disorders2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2026.107668 PMID: 42648013

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Bipolar Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials: Stimulation magnétique transcrânienne dans les cas de dépression bipolaire : une revue systématique et une méta-analyse d'essais contrôlés à répartition aléatoire.

Zhou C, Fabiano N, Wong S, Højlund M, Shorr R, Sabé M, Campana M, Hyde J, Brandt V, Cortese S, Tremblay S, Brender R, Saraf G, Yatham LN, Solmi M

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2026

DOI: 10.1177/07067437261457224 PMID: 42244083

Increased Cholinergic Activity in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Preliminary Evidence from [18F]FEOBV PET Study.

Shvetz C, Saint-Georges Z, Hamati R, Marshall S, Holahan M, Joutsa J, Tremblay S, Guimond S, Tuominen L

Journal of neurotrauma2026

DOI: 10.1177/08977151261449705 PMID: 42152806

Clinical utility and prospective of TMS-EEG: Updated review from an international expert group.

Ziemann U, Bai Y, Baumer FM, Beck MM, Belardinelli P, Belvisi D, Bender S, Bergmann TO, Bortoletto M, Casarotto S, Casula E, Chaves AR, de Andrade DC, Conte A, Daskalakis ZJ, Farzan F, Ferrarelli F, Fitzgerald PB, Gordon PC, Grefkes C, Harquel S, Hernandez-Pavon JC, Hill AT, Hoy KE, Hummel FC, Julkunen P, Kallioniemi E, Keller CJ, Kimiskidis VK, Kirkovski M, Koch G, Leodori G, Lioumis P, Määttä S, Maidan I, Massimini M, Mengel A, Metsomaa J, Miniussi C, Mutanen TP, Noda Y, Ozdemir RA, Raffin E, Rocchi L, Rogasch NC, Rosanova M, Santarnecchi E, Sarasso S, Schabrun SM, Shafi MM, Siebner HR, Tolner EA, Tomasevic L, Tremblay S, Tscherpel C, Veniero D, Versace V, Voineskos D, Vucic S, Zangen A, Zrenner C, Ilmoniemi RJ

Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2025.2111487 PMID: 41688232

The golden age of online readout: EEG-informed TMS from manual probing to closed-loop neuromodulation.

Varone G, Biabani M, Tremblay S, Brown JC, Kallioniemi E, Rogasch NC

NeuroImage2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121543 PMID: 41173439

Optimizing antidepressant benefits: Effect of theta burst stimulation treatment in physically active people with treatment-resistant depression.

Chaves AR, Cuda J, Shim S, Drodge J, Nasr Y, Brender R, Antochi R, McMurray L, Pilutti LA, Tremblay S

Journal of affective disorders2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.09.024 PMID: 39260582

Lowered ratio of corticospinal excitation to inhibition predicts greater disability, poorer motor and cognitive function in multiple sclerosis.

Chaves AR, Tremblay S, Pilutti L, Ploughman M

Heliyon2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e35834 PMID: 39170378

Motor cortex repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in major depressive disorder - A preliminary randomized controlled clinical trial.

Hu YT, Hu XW, Han JF, Zhang JF, Wang YY, Wolff A, Tremblay S, Hirjak D, Tan ZL, Northoff G

Journal of affective disorders2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.10.058 PMID: 37827254

A naturalistic study comparing the efficacy of unilateral and bilateral sequential theta burst stimulation in treating major depression - the U-B-D study protocol.

Watson M, Chaves AR, Gebara A, Desforges M, Broomfield A, Landry N, Lemoyne A, Shim S, Drodge J, Cuda J, Kiaee N, Nasr Y, Carleton C, Daskalakis ZJ, Taylor R, Tuominen L, Brender R, Antochi R, McMurray L, Tremblay S

BMC psychiatry2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12888-023-05243-4 PMID: 37817124

The Effect of Coil Orientation on the Stimulation of the Pre-Supplementary Motor Area: A Combined TMS and EEG Study.

Casula EP, Leodori G, Ibáñez J, Benussi A, Rawji V, Tremblay S, Latorre A, Rothwell JC, Rocchi L

Brain sciences2022

DOI: 10.3390/brainsci12101358 PMID: 36291292

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Sara Tremblay

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Exercise with motor cortex high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation enhances cardiovascular efficiency and lower-limb function in multiple sclerosis: A crossover, double-blind, and proof-of-principle study.

Increased Cholinergic Activity in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Preliminary Evidence from [18F]FEOBV PET Study.

Clinical utility and prospective of TMS-EEG: Updated review from an international expert group.

The golden age of online readout: EEG-informed TMS from manual probing to closed-loop neuromodulation.

Optimizing antidepressant benefits: Effect of theta burst stimulation treatment in physically active people with treatment-resistant depression.

Lowered ratio of corticospinal excitation to inhibition predicts greater disability, poorer motor and cognitive function in multiple sclerosis.

Motor cortex repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in major depressive disorder - A preliminary randomized controlled clinical trial.

A naturalistic study comparing the efficacy of unilateral and bilateral sequential theta burst stimulation in treating major depression - the U-B-D study protocol.

The Effect of Coil Orientation on the Stimulation of the Pre-Supplementary Motor Area: A Combined TMS and EEG Study.

Investigating alterations in sleep-related neural activity and links to clinical improvements among individuals with treatment-resistant depression receiving daily theta-burst stimulation treatments

Prediction of persistent post-operative pelvic pain in females with endometriosis to support targeted approaches to care.

Frequent collaborators

Georg Northoff

Lauri Tuominen

Robert Chen

Faranak Farzan

Lisa McMurray

Michelle Ploughman

Martin Lepage

Jean-Francois Lepage

Zacharie Saint-Georges

Martin Lepage

Rami Hamati

Matthew Holahan

Synthia Guimond

Daphne Voineskos

Christoph Zrenner

Gayatri Saraf

Marco Solmi

Shawn Marshall

Tarek Rajji