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Alan Moody

For additional information, visit Dr. Moody's Sunnybrook Scientist Profile.Department of Medical BiophysicsUniversity of Toronto

Alan Moody

For additional information, visit Dr. Moody's Sunnybrook Scientist Profile.

Department of Medical Biophysics

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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50 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 7 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 ONTARIO), most recently in 2009.
Supervisor on 2 trainee awards (2 CIHR), most recently in 2011.

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197

Publications

6,855

Citations

169

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Research

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Artificial Intelligence Brain Health Cerebrovascular Disease Dementia Image Analysis Machine Learning Mri

Latest papers

White Matter Lesion Asymmetry and Carotid Intraplaque Hemorrhage: A Novel Imaging Phenotype for Stroke Risk in Older Men
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2026
Cross-sectional evaluation of anthropometric measures vs MRI-measured visceral and hepatic fat in a Canadian cohort
Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2026
Gadolinium-Enhanced T2 FLAIR Is an Imaging Biomarker of Radiation Necrosis and Tumor Progression in Patients with Brain Metastases.
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2025

All 197 publications

Latest funding

Investigating risk factors for cognitive impairment using precision neuropsychological and neuroimaging measures in a Canadian multi-ethnic cohort
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$577,576
Artificial Intelligence Platform for Precision Medicine
CFI · 2020 · Co-investigator
$485,676
Brain and Body Blood Vessels: Toward Bipolar Disorder as a Systemic Microvascular Illness
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$952,425

All 15 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 197 publications.

White Matter Lesion Asymmetry and Carotid Intraplaque Hemorrhage: A Novel Imaging Phenotype for Stroke Risk in Older Men

Nicholas Simard, Faraz Honarvar, Joshua Noronha, Adam Gibicar, Pascal N. Tyrrell, Alan R. Moody, Maria Natasha Rajah, Sandra E. Black, Pejman Jabehdar Maralani, April Khademi

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)2026

DOI: 10.64898/2026.01.27.702169

Cross-sectional evaluation of anthropometric measures vs MRI-measured visceral and hepatic fat in a Canadian cohort

Al-Khazraji BK, de Souza RJ, Desai D, Despres J-P, Dummer TJB, Funk C, Ho V, Lear SA, Leipsic J, Moody AR

Journal of the Endocrine Society2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1210/jendso/bvag197

Gadolinium-Enhanced T2 FLAIR Is an Imaging Biomarker of Radiation Necrosis and Tumor Progression in Patients with Brain Metastases.

Heyn C, Bishop J, Moody AR, Kang T, Wong E, Howard P, Maralani P, Symons S, MacIntosh BJ, Keith J, Lim-Fat MJ, Perry J, Myrehaug S, Detsky J, Tseng CL, Chen H, Sahgal A, Soliman H

AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology20258 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a8431 PMID: 39107039

Visceral adipose tissue and hepatic fat as determinants of carotid atherosclerosis.

de Souza RJ, Pigeyre ME, Schulze KM, Lamri A, Al-Khazraji BK, Awadalla P, Beyene J, Desai D, Despres JP, Dummer TJB, Friedrich MG, Hicks J, Ho V, LaRose É, Lear SA, Lee DS, Leipsic JA, Lettre G, Moody AR, Noseworthy MD, Pare G, Parraga G, Poirier P, Tardif JC, Yusuf S, Vena J, Anand SS

Communications medicine20256 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s43856-025-01123-y PMID: 41107464

Covert Vascular Brain Injury and Cognitive Dysfunction Among Chinese Adults Living in Canada and China

Ke C, Anand SS, Smith EE, Schulze KM, Moody A, Lear S, Poirier P, Dummer T, Desai D, Thayalasuthan V

Neurology20254 citations

DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000210246

Rightward White Matter Disease is Correlated to Intraplaque Hemorrhage

Faraz Honarvar, Joshua Noronha, Adam Gibicar, Pascal N. Tyrrell, Pejman Jahbedar Maralani, Corinne E. Fischer, Sandra E. Black, Alan R. Moody, April Khademi

Alzheimer s & Dementia2025Open Access

DOI: 10.1002/alz70856_104119 PMID: 41452738

Rightward White Matter Disease is Correlated to Intraplaque Hemorrhage

Faraz Honarvar, Joshua Noronha, Adam Gibicar, Pascal N. Tyrrell, Pejman Jahbedar Maralani, Corinne Fischer, Sandra E. Black, Alan R. Moody, April Khademi

Alzheimer s & Dementia2025Open Access

DOI: 10.1002/alz70862_110217 PMID: 41434278

Carotid Plaque-RADS: A Novel Stroke Risk Classification System

Luca Saba, Riccardo Cau, Alessandro Murgia, Andrew N. Nicolaides, Max Wintermark, Maurício Castillo, Daniel Staub, Stavros K. Kakkos, Qi Yang, Kosmas I. Paraskevas, 远淳, Myriam EDJLALI, Roberto Sanfilippo, Jeroen Hendrikse, Elias Johansson, Mahmud Mossa‐Basha, Niranjan Balu, Martin Dichgans, David Saloner, Daniel Bos, H. Rolf Jäger, Ross Naylor, Gavino Faa, Jasjit S. Suri, Justin Costello, Dorothee P. Auer, J. Scott McNally, Leo H. Bonati, Valentina Nardi, Aad van der Lugt, et al. (53 authors)

UCL Discovery (University College London)202413 citationsOpen Access

segcsvdWMH: A Convolutional Neural Network-Based Tool for Quantifying White Matter Hyperintensities in Heterogeneous Patient Cohorts.

Gibson E, Ramirez J, Woods LA, Ottoy J, Berberian S, Scott CJM, Yhap V, Gao F, Coello RD, Valdes Hernandez M, Lang AE, Tartaglia CM, Kumar S, Binns MA, Bartha R, Symons S, Swartz RH, Masellis M, Singh N, Moody A, MacIntosh BJ, Wardlaw JM, Black SE, Lim ASP, Goubran M, ONDRI Investigators, ADNI, CAIN Investigators, colleagues from the Foundation Leducq Transatlantic Network of Excellence

Human brain mapping20249 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/hbm.70104 PMID: 39723488

Exposure to air pollutants and subclinical carotid atherosclerosis measured by magnetic resonance imaging: A cross-sectional analysis

Azab SM, Doiron D, Schulze KM, Brook JR, Brauer M, Smith EE, Moody AR, Desai D, Friedrich MG, Bangdiwala SI

PLoS ONE20245 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0309912

Investigating risk factors for cognitive impairment using precision neuropsychological and neuroimaging measures in a Canadian multi-ethnic cohort

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Rabin, Jennifer S; Goubran, Maged

Keywords: Cognitive Decline; Multi-Ethnic; Risk Factors

$577,576

Artificial Intelligence Platform for Precision Medicine

Co-investigatorCFI2020Innovation Fund: Innovation Fund 2020

Principal investigators: Martel, Anne

Keywords: personalized medicineprecision medicinedeep learningmedical imaging digital pathology Enterprise Artifical Intelligence (AI) Research SystemPathology PACSRadiology

$485,676

Brain and Body Blood Vessels: Toward Bipolar Disorder as a Systemic Microvascular Illness

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Goldstein, Benjamin I

Keywords: Adolescent; Atherosclerosis; Bipolar Disorder; Familial Risk; Inflammation; Microvascular; Neurocognition

$952,425

The Toronto Dementia Research Alliance (TDRA) Dementia Clinical Research Database: A Platform in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Co-investigatorBRAIN20152015 Platform Grants

Principal investigators: Fischer, Corinne; Weaver, Donald; Naglie, Gary; Masellis, Mario; Freedman, Morris; Bronskill, Susan

Keywords: Neurodegeneration; Alzheimer's

$2,774,955

Canada-Wide Human Nutrition Trialists' Network.

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Operating Grant: Programmatic Grants in Food and Health - Full application

Principal investigators: Jenkins, David J

Keywords: Arterial Plaque; Canadian Network; Cardiovascular Disease; Diabetes; Dietary Trials; Genetics; Knowledge Synthesis And Translation; Magnetic Resonance Imaging And Imaging; Metabolic Syndrome; Obesity

$1,658,228

The effect of a dietary portfolio of cholesterol lowering foods to reduce arterial damage in a multi-center trial.

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Operating Grant - PA: Inst of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes -Bridge Funding

Principal investigators: Jenkins, David J

Keywords: Almonds; Diet; Dietary Cholesterol; Flow-Mediated Vasodilatation; Functional Foods; Glycemic Index; Inflammatory Biomarkers; Intima Media Thickness (Imt); Intraplaque Hemmorhage (Iph); Lipid Analysis; Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri); Oxidative Stress; Plant Sterols; Plaque Volume; Saturated Fat; Vascular Ultrasound; Vegetable Protein; Viscous Fiber

$100,000

Canada-Wide Human Nutrition Trialists Network

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Operating Grant: Programmatic Grants in Food and Health - LOI

Principal investigators: Jenkins, David J

Keywords: Canadian; Cardiovascular; Diabetes; Dietary Trials; Genetics; Imaging; Intima Media Thickness (Imt); Knowledge Translation; Mri; Network

Canadian Imaging Network

Co-investigatorCIHR2012ICRH Emerging Network Grants - LOI

Principal investigators: Wright, Graham A; Tardif, Jean-Claude

Keywords: Cardiac; Clinical Evaluation; Cost-Effectiveness; Healthcare System; Imaging; Knowledge Translation; Network Coordination; Quality Assurance; Respiratory; Technology Development; Training And Mentorship; Vascular

$30,000

Clinical Trial in Vascular Atherosclerosis and Biology Imaging: Prospective Evaluation of the Ability of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Detected Carotid Intraplaque Hemorrhage to Predict Individuals with High Cardiovascular Risk Phenotype

SupervisorCIHR2011Fellowship - Priority Announcement: Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Singh, Navneet

Keywords: Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular Risk; Clinical Effectiveness; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Mortality; Myocardial Infarction; Outcomes; Peripheral Vascular Disease; Population Health; Stroke

$220,000

The Development of In Vivo Models for the Study of the Natural History and Treatment of Atherosclerotic Intraplaque Hemorrhage

SupervisorCIHR2010Doctoral Award - Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Chiu, Stephanie E

Keywords: Animal Models; Atherosclerosis; Imaging; Inflammation; Intraplaque Hemorrhage; Plaque Neovascularization; Therapeutics; Vascular Biology

$70,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Alan Moody

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

White Matter Lesion Asymmetry and Carotid Intraplaque Hemorrhage: A Novel Imaging Phenotype for Stroke Risk in Older Men

Cross-sectional evaluation of anthropometric measures vs MRI-measured visceral and hepatic fat in a Canadian cohort

Gadolinium-Enhanced T2 FLAIR Is an Imaging Biomarker of Radiation Necrosis and Tumor Progression in Patients with Brain Metastases.

Visceral adipose tissue and hepatic fat as determinants of carotid atherosclerosis.

Covert Vascular Brain Injury and Cognitive Dysfunction Among Chinese Adults Living in Canada and China

Rightward White Matter Disease is Correlated to Intraplaque Hemorrhage

Rightward White Matter Disease is Correlated to Intraplaque Hemorrhage

Carotid Plaque-RADS: A Novel Stroke Risk Classification System

segcsvdWMH: A Convolutional Neural Network-Based Tool for Quantifying White Matter Hyperintensities in Heterogeneous Patient Cohorts.

Exposure to air pollutants and subclinical carotid atherosclerosis measured by magnetic resonance imaging: A cross-sectional analysis

Artificial Intelligence Platform for Precision Medicine

Frequent collaborators

April Khademi

Sandra Black

Russell de Souza

Pascal Tyrrell

General Leung

Jean-Claude Tardif

Pejman Maralani

Pejman Jabehdar Maralani

Anne Martel

John Sievenpiper

Laura Chiavaroli

Sonia Anand

Trevor Dummer

Lawrence Leiter

Matthias Friedrich

Navneet Singh

Corinne Fischer

Scott Lear

David Jenkins

Eric Smith

Philip Awadalla

Maged Goubran

Sean Symons

Philippe Broët

Dany Doiron

Eric Bartlett

Korbua Srichaikul

Mini Pakkal

Caitlin McGregor

Yoanna Skrobik

Linda Probyn

Monique Christakis

Erin Wong

Peter Howard

Josee Sarrazin