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Abdul Noor

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Associate ProfessorDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and PathobiologyUniversity of Toronto

Abdul Noor

Associate Professor

Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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12 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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3,807

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Education

Ph.D., Medical Science
MPhil, Molecular Biology/Biochemistry
M.Sc., Biochemistry
B.Sc., Medical Laboratory Technology

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Research

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Latest papers

The spectrum of copy number variation in the Pan-Canadian HostSeq databank.
PloS one · 2026 · senior author
Opportunistic screening for broad range of medically relevant secondary findings: Laboratory benefits and burdens
Genetics in Medicine · 2026
Findings from comprehensive genome sequencing in the Canadian population: Results from the GENCOV Study
Genetics in Medicine Open · 2026

All 36 publications

Latest funding

PTCHD1 in autism and cognition: from function to diagnostics
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,304,325
Identifying Autosomal Recessive Genes for Intellectual Disability
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
$1,154,195

All 2 grants and awards

36 publications.

The spectrum of copy number variation in the Pan-Canadian HostSeq databank.

Aujla N, Thiruvahindrapuram B, Casalino S, Frangione E, Mahajan R, Di Iorio D, Fung CYJ, Jayachandran L, MacDonald G, Morgan G, Wolday D, Young J, Arshad M, Clausen M, Arnoldo S, Binnie A, Borgundvaag B, Chowdhary S, Dagher M, Devine L, Friedman SM, Gingras AC, Goneau LW, Khan Z, Lapadula E, Mazzulli T, McGeer A, McLeod S, Mighton C, Pugh TJ, Richardson D, Simpson J, Stern S, Taher A, Strug L, Bombard Y, Faghfoury H, Greenfeld E, CGEn HostSeq Initiative, Scherer SW, Taher J, Noor A, Lerner-Ellis J

PloS one2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0359210 PMID: 42789588

Opportunistic screening for broad range of medically relevant secondary findings: Laboratory benefits and burdens

Mighton C, Reble E, Sam J, Kodida R, Shickh S, Clausen M, Hirjikaka D, Grewal S, Panchal S, Piccinin C

Genetics in Medicine2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.gim.2025.101599

Findings from comprehensive genome sequencing in the Canadian population: Results from the GENCOV Study

Casalino S, Aujla N, Frangione E, Mahajan R, Di Iorio D, Fung CYJ, Jayachandran L, MacDonald G, Morgan G, Wolday D

Genetics in Medicine Open2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.gimo.2026.104372

Opportunistic genomic screening has clinical utility: An interventional cohort study

Mighton C, Kodida R, Shickh S, Clausen M, Reble E, Sam J, Grewal S, Hirjikaka D, Panchal S, Piccinin C

Genetics in Medicine202510 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.gim.2024.101323

A Genomic Counseling Model for Population-Based Sequencing: A Pre-Post Intervention Study.

Casalino S, Mighton C, Clausen M, Frangione E, Aujla N, MacDonald G, Young J, Fung CYJ, Morgan G, Arnoldo S, Bearss E, Binnie A, Borgundvaag B, Chowdhary S, Dagher M, Devine L, Friedman SM, Hao L, Khan Z, Lane W, Lapadula E, Lebo M, Richardson D, Stern S, Strug L, Taher A, Greenfeld E, Noor A, Faghfoury H, Taher J, Bombard Y, Lerner-Ellis J, GENCOV Study Workgroup

Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.gim.2024.101272 PMID: 39301805

Validation of low-pass genome sequencing for prenatal diagnosis.

Mighton C, Noor A, Watkins N, Di Gioacchino V, Lerner-Ellis J, Wong A, Mukharryamova E, Anggala N, Chitayat D, Greenfeld E

Prenatal diagnosis2024

DOI: 10.1002/pd.6525 PMID: 38279846

Monogenic conditions and central nervous system anomalies: A prospective study, systematic review and meta-analysis.

Blayney GV, Laffan E, Jacob PA, Baptiste CD, Gabriel H, Sparks TN, Yaron Y, Norton ME, Diderich K, Wang Y, Chong K, Chitayat D, Saini N, Aggarwal S, Pauta M, Borrell A, Gilmore K, Chandler NJ, Allen S, Vora N, Noor A, Monaghan C, Kilby MD, Wapner RJ, Chitty LS, Mone F

Prenatal diagnosis2024

DOI: 10.1002/pd.6466 PMID: 38054560

Role of comprehensive cytogenomic investigation in successful reproductive outcome of parental small neocentromeric supernumerary ring chromosome: A case report.

Wang Y, Lazier J, Myles-Reid D, Noor A, Chitayat D, Greenfeld E

Clinical case reports2023

DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.6632 PMID: 37102101

Genome screening, reporting, and genetic counseling for healthy populations.

Casalino S, Frangione E, Chung M, MacDonald G, Chowdhary S, Mighton C, Faghfoury H, Bombard Y, Strug L, Pugh TJ, Simpson J, Arnoldo S, Aujla N, Bearss E, Binnie A, Borgundvaag B, Chertkow H, Clausen M, Dagher M, Devine L, Di Iorio D, Friedman SM, Fung CYJ, Gingras AC, Goneau LW, Kaushik D, Khan Z, Lapadula E, Lu T, Mazzulli T, McGeer A, McLeod SL, Morgan G, Richardson D, Singh H, Stern S, Taher A, Wong I, Zarei N, Greenfeld E, Hao L, Lebo M, Lane W, Noor A, Taher J, Lerner-Ellis J

Human genetics2023

DOI: 10.1007/s00439-022-02480-7 PMID: 36331656

Characterizing Risk Factors for Hospitalization and Clinical Characteristics in a Cohort of COVID-19 Patients Enrolled in the GENCOV Study

Morgan G, Casalino S, Chowdhary S, Frangione E, Fung CYJ, Haller S, Lapadula E, Scott M, Wolday D, Young J

Viruses20236 citations

DOI: 10.3390/v15081764

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Abdul Noor

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

The spectrum of copy number variation in the Pan-Canadian HostSeq databank.

Opportunistic screening for broad range of medically relevant secondary findings: Laboratory benefits and burdens

Findings from comprehensive genome sequencing in the Canadian population: Results from the GENCOV Study

Opportunistic genomic screening has clinical utility: An interventional cohort study

A Genomic Counseling Model for Population-Based Sequencing: A Pre-Post Intervention Study.

Validation of low-pass genome sequencing for prenatal diagnosis.

Monogenic conditions and central nervous system anomalies: A prospective study, systematic review and meta-analysis.

Role of comprehensive cytogenomic investigation in successful reproductive outcome of parental small neocentromeric supernumerary ring chromosome: A case report.

Genome screening, reporting, and genetic counseling for healthy populations.

Characterizing Risk Factors for Hospitalization and Clinical Characteristics in a Cohort of COVID-19 Patients Enrolled in the GENCOV Study

PTCHD1 in autism and cognition: from function to diagnostics

Identifying Autosomal Recessive Genes for Intellectual Disability

Frequent collaborators

Jordan Lerner-Ellis

Yvonne Bombard

David Chitayat

Jennifer Taher

Rosanna Weksberg

Anne-Claude Gingras

Tony Mazzulli

Yiming Wang

Peter Szatmari

Allison McGeer

Alexandra Binnie

Peter Szatmari

John Strauss

Andrea Eisen

Dawit Wolday

Andrea Eisen

Tracy Stockley

Pingzhao Hu

Peter Kannu

Jo Knight

Jennifer Crosbie

Michael Gill

Abdul Noor

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

The spectrum of copy number variation in the Pan-Canadian HostSeq databank.

Opportunistic screening for broad range of medically relevant secondary findings: Laboratory benefits and burdens

Findings from comprehensive genome sequencing in the Canadian population: Results from the GENCOV Study

Opportunistic genomic screening has clinical utility: An interventional cohort study

A Genomic Counseling Model for Population-Based Sequencing: A Pre-Post Intervention Study.

Validation of low-pass genome sequencing for prenatal diagnosis.

Monogenic conditions and central nervous system anomalies: A prospective study, systematic review and meta-analysis.

Role of comprehensive cytogenomic investigation in successful reproductive outcome of parental small neocentromeric supernumerary ring chromosome: A&#xa0;case&#xa0;report.

Genome screening, reporting, and genetic counseling for healthy populations.

Characterizing Risk Factors for Hospitalization and Clinical Characteristics in a Cohort of COVID-19 Patients Enrolled in the GENCOV Study

PTCHD1 in autism and cognition: from function to diagnostics

Identifying Autosomal Recessive Genes for Intellectual Disability

Frequent collaborators

Jordan Lerner-Ellis

Yvonne Bombard

David Chitayat

Jennifer Taher

Rosanna Weksberg

Anne-Claude Gingras

Tony Mazzulli

Yiming Wang

Peter Szatmari

Allison McGeer

Alexandra Binnie

Peter Szatmari

John Strauss

Andrea Eisen

Dawit Wolday

Andrea Eisen

Tracy Stockley

Pingzhao Hu

Peter Kannu

Jo Knight

Jennifer Crosbie

Michael Gill

Role of comprehensive cytogenomic investigation in successful reproductive outcome of parental small neocentromeric supernumerary ring chromosome: A case report.