Amer Burhan, University of Toronto

Research

Anesthesiology Borderline Personality Disorder Clinical Trial Dialectical Behavioural Therapy Ketamine Major Depressive Disorder Psychotherapy Suicide

Latest papers

Correction: Use of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Technologies to Support Resilience and Skill-Building in Caregivers of Persons With Dementia: A Scoping Review.
Cureus · 2025 · senior author
Are Opioids Agitating? A Data Analysis of Baseline Data from the STAN Study.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease reports · 2024
Transcranial direct current stimulation over medial prefrontal cortex reduced alpha power and functional connectivity during somatic but not semantic self-referential processing.
Neuroscience · 2024

All 4 publications

Latest funding

Combining Ketamine with Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) for Suicidality in Individuals with Treatment Resistant Depression and Borderline Personality Disorder: A Phase II Randomized, Midazolam-Controlled Clinical Trial
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$1,362,848
Strengthening the Delivery of Integrated Care in Specialized Mental Health Settings for Adults Experiencing Serious Mental Illness
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$148,733
Magnetic Seizure Therapy for Schizophrenia (MAST) - Trial
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$898,876

All 3 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

Correction: Use of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Technologies to Support Resilience and Skill-Building in Caregivers of Persons With Dementia: A Scoping Review.

Kokorelias KM, Chiu M, Paul S, Zhu L, Choudhury N, Craven CG, Dubrowski A, Redublo T, Kapralos B, Smith MSD, Shnall A, Sadavoy J, Burhan A

Cureus2025Senior author

DOI: 10.7759/cureus.c260 PMID: 40873909

02

Are Opioids Agitating? A Data Analysis of Baseline Data from the STAN Study.

Lesage M, Cinalioglu K, Chan S, Kumar S, Rajji T, Melichercik A, Desjardins C, Friedland J, Burhan A, Colman S, Chu L, Davies S, Derkach P, Elmi S, Gerretsen P, Graff-Guerrero A, Hussain M, Ismail Z, Kim D, Krisman L, Moghabghab R, Mulsant BH, Pollock BG, Rostas A, Van Bussel L, StaN Study Group, Rej S

Journal of Alzheimer's disease reports2024

DOI: 10.3233/adr-240025 PMID: 39434822

03

Transcranial direct current stimulation over medial prefrontal cortex reduced alpha power and functional connectivity during somatic but not semantic self-referential processing.

Bao Z, Burhan A, Frewen P

Neuroscience2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2024.06.022 PMID: 38944148

04

Use of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Technologies to Support Resilience and Skill-Building in Caregivers of Persons With Dementia: A Scoping Review.

Kokorelias KM, Chiu M, Paul S, Zhu L, Choudhury N, Craven CG, Dubrowski A, Redublo T, Kapralos B, Smith MSD, Shnall A, Sadavoy J, Burhan A

Cureus2024Senior author

DOI: 10.7759/cureus.64082 PMID: 39114214

Combining Ketamine with Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) for Suicidality in Individuals with Treatment Resistant Depression and Borderline Personality Disorder: A Phase II Randomized, Midazolam-Controlled Clinical Trial

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Rosenblat, Joshua D; Burhan, Amer M; McMain, Shelley F

Keywords: Anesthesiology; Borderline Personality Disorder; Clinical Trial; Dialectical Behavioural Therapy; Ketamine; Major Depressive Disorder; Psychotherapy; Suicide; Treatment Resistant Depression

$1,362,848

Strengthening the Delivery of Integrated Care in Specialized Mental Health Settings for Adults Experiencing Serious Mental Illness

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Cat Gr: Policy Research for HST -SPOR-Patient-Oriented Health Care Systems Res.

Principal investigators: Stergiopoulos, Vicky; Kurdyak, Paul A; Canning, Christopher; Lo, Brian F

Keywords: Integrated Care; Physical Health; Policy Recommendations; Psychiatry; Severe Mental Illness

$148,733

Magnetic Seizure Therapy for Schizophrenia (MAST) - Trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Daskalakis, Zafiris J; Foussias, George

Keywords: Cognition; Electroconvulsive Therapy (Ect); Magnetic Seizure Therapy (Mst); Neurophysiology; Neuroplasticity; Randomized Control Trial (Rct); Treatment Resistant Schizophrenia (Trs)

$898,876

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Department of Psychiatry
Research Imaging Center
Psychiatry
Other

Applying for

Paper to mentionMention their CIHR grant from 2024

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Anesthesiology Dear Professor Burhan, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Correction: Use of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Technologies to Support Resilience and Skill-Building in Caregivers of Persons With Dementia: A Scoping Review." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Combining Ketamine with Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) for Suicidality in Individuals with Treatment Resistant Depression and Borderline Personality Disorder: A Phase II Randomized, Midazolam-Controlled Clinical Trial" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]