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Ayal Schaffer

ResearcherUniversity of Toronto

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Ayal Schaffer

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Supervision signals

Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
58 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 8 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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Academic metrics

136

Publications

3,106

Citations

h-index

112

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Health Disparity Population Health Public Health Suicide Prevention

Latest papers

Evidence based interventions for bipolar disorder across phases and age groups: living umbrella review, evaluation, analysis, and communication hub (U-REACH) project.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2026
The Quality of Suicide-Related Stories Generated by Large Language Models.
Crisis · 2026
Lived Experience of Suicide in Suicide Researchers.
Crisis · 2026

All 136 publications

Latest funding

Understanding Provincial and Territorial Suicide Prevention Efforts in Canada (SPEC-PT): A Mixed-Methods Study to Inform a National Suicide Prevention Strategy
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$745,876
Understanding the association between community-level factors and suicide in Ontario
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$263,925
Feasibility of a Peer-Led Caring Contact Intervention Following Calls to a Crisis Line by Public Safety Personnel
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$99,955

All 10 grants and awards

136 publications.

Evidence based interventions for bipolar disorder across phases and age groups: living umbrella review, evaluation, analysis, and communication hub (U-REACH) project.

De Prisco M, Oliva V, Miola A, Fornaro M, Dragioti E, Croatto G, Carvalho AF, Berk M, Nikolitch K, Saraf G, Yatham LN, Keramatian K, Shorr R, Frye MA, Singh B, Krinitski D, Højlund M, Serretti A, Fanelli G, Gomes FA, Hansen AS, Nielsen RE, Fusar-Poli P, Paribello P, Manchia M, Bahji A, Vazquez G, Siafis S, Leucht S, Yildiz A, Delorme R, Schaffer A, Stubbs B, Rubaiyat R, Vieta E, Correll CU, Moher D, Cortese S, Fiedorowicz JG, Radua J, Gosling CJ, Solmi M

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2026-100216 PMID: 42580772

The Quality of Suicide-Related Stories Generated by Large Language Models.

Sinyor M, Chan P, Men VY, Danaee E, Mason SG, Till B, Robinson J, Pirkis J, Schaffer A, Steinberg R, H B Mitchell R, Niederkrotenthaler T

Crisis2026

DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a001069 PMID: 42494211

Lived Experience of Suicide in Suicide Researchers.

Danaee E, Chan P, Chen VV, Lebovic R, Mason SG, Hatcher S, Klonsky ED, Schaffer A, Mitchell R, Steinberg R, O'Connor R, Zaheer J, Sinyor M

Crisis2026

DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a001062 PMID: 42318647

A Chatbot for the Management of Bipolar Disorder: Using Retrieval-Augmented Generation With an Open-Weight Large Language Model to Answer Clinical Questions Based on the CANMAT and ISBD 2018 Guidelines for Bipolar Disorder: Un dialogueur pour la prise en charge du trouble bipolaire : utiliser la génération augmentée par récupération avec un grand modèle de langage (GML) à poids ouverts pour répondre aux questions cliniques fondées sur les lignes directrices de 2018 de CANMAT et de l'ISBD relatives au trouble bipolaire.

Mali Y, Zeng Z, Heo K, Zhang G, Kashyap A, Chen J, Keramatian K, Saraf G, Solmi M, Tam E, Parikh SV, Schaffer A, Beaulieu S, Ng R, Yatham LN, Nunez JJ

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2026

DOI: 10.1177/07067437261457232 PMID: 42274191

Task Forces of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders: Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future.

Schaffer A, Swartz HA, Miller MG, Daversa C, Dols A, Miskowiak K, Yatham LN, Malhi G

Bipolar disorders2026First author

DOI: 10.1111/bdi.70123 PMID: 42219909

When Do Antidepressants "Kick In": Addressing the 2-4-Week Myth.

Mihilli S, Levitt A, Solmi M, Sinyor M, Schaffer A

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/07067437261449898 PMID: 42095762

What Sustains the Journal: Editorial Reflections on Peer Review and Progress of the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.

Yatham LN, Schaffer A, Editorial Board

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/07067437261423045 PMID: 41800847

Predicting Response to Pro-Cognitive Interventions in Mood Disorders: A Systematic Review by the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Targeting Cognition Task Force.

Tsapekos D, Kalfas M, Schandorff JM, Del Mar Bonnin C, Bowie CR, Balanzá-Martínez V, Burdick KE, Carvalho AF, Dols A, Douglas K, Gallagher P, Hasler G, Kessing LV, Kjærstad HL, Lafer B, Lewandowski KE, López-Jaramillo C, Martinez-Aran A, McIntyre RS, Porter RJ, Purdon SE, Schaffer A, Stokes PRA, Sumiyoshi T, Torres IJ, Van Rheenen TE, Yatham LN, Zarp J, Young AH, Vieta E, Miskowiak KW

Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica2026

DOI: 10.1111/acps.70038 PMID: 41083219

Sex differences in the clinical characteristics of suicide among individuals with bipolar disorder: An observational study of coroner data in Toronto.

Amini J, Schaffer A, Hatcher S, Dmetrichuk JM, Sinyor M, Mitchell R

Journal of affective disorders2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.120595 PMID: 41177270

The impact of the suicide of 'Parasite' actor Lee Sun Kyun on suicide rates in South Korea: A time-series analysis.

Lee J, Shin S, Spittal MJ, Niederkrotenthaler T, Schaffer A, Sinyor M

The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry2026

DOI: 10.1177/00048674251374467 PMID: 41047817

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Ayal Schaffer

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Evidence based interventions for bipolar disorder across phases and age groups: living umbrella review, evaluation, analysis, and communication hub (U-REACH) project.

The Quality of Suicide-Related Stories Generated by Large Language Models.

Lived Experience of Suicide in Suicide Researchers.

Task Forces of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders: Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future.

When Do Antidepressants "Kick In": Addressing the 2-4-Week Myth.

What Sustains the Journal: Editorial Reflections on Peer Review and Progress of the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.

Predicting Response to Pro-Cognitive Interventions in Mood Disorders: A Systematic Review by the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Targeting Cognition Task Force.

Sex differences in the clinical characteristics of suicide among individuals with bipolar disorder: An observational study of coroner data in Toronto.

The impact of the suicide of 'Parasite' actor Lee Sun Kyun on suicide rates in South Korea: A time-series analysis.

Frequent collaborators

Mark Sinyor

Serge Beaulieu

Rosalie Steinberg

Benicio Frey

Anthony Levitt

Nathan Herrmann

Valerie Taylor

Scott Veldhuizen

Michael Van Ameringen

Amy Cheung

Paul Kurdyak

Roumen Milev

Simon Hatcher

Verinder Sharma

Soham Rej

Arun Ravindran

Peter Giacobbe

Zainab Samaan

Kamyar Keramatian

Gayatri Saraf

Margaret (Maggie) Anne Vincent

Tarek Rajji

Gayatri Saraf

Stephen Choi

Doreen Yee

Ari Zaretsky

Yongdong Ouyang

Kyooseob Ha

Viraj Mehta

Andrew Kcomt

Gayatri Saraf

Valerie Taylor