Bruce Pollock, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest papers

Neural correlates of illness awareness in obesity: an exploratory pilot fMRI study.
Frontiers in neurology · 2026
The Immediate and Sustained Effects of Multi-Session Biparietal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Insight in Schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia bulletin · 2026
Impaired insight in schizophrenia is associated with higher frontoparietal cerebral blood flow: an arterial spin labeling study.
Schizophrenia (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025

All 6 publications

Latest funding

The effects of adjunctive transcranial direct current stimulation on treatment adherence in schizophrenia
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$367,200
Enhancing Frontal Lobes Plasticity and Function in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$707,625
Improving Quality of Life in the Elderly by Standardizing Care for Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia
BRAIN · 2018 · Co-investigator
$1,405,889

All 14 grants and awards

6 publications.

01

Neural correlates of illness awareness in obesity: an exploratory pilot fMRI study.

Song J, Kim J, Bukovsky D, Volpe G, Morra M, Kambari Y, Carmona-Torres E, Ueno F, Chow C, Kyte S, Agarwal SM, Hahn M, Dash S, Sockalingam S, Urbach D, De Luca V, Pollock B, Graff-Guerrero A, Gerretsen P

Frontiers in neurology2026Open Access

DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2026.1675116 PMID: 41948616

02

The Immediate and Sustained Effects of Multi-Session Biparietal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Insight in Schizophrenia.

Song J, Kim J, Carmona-Torres E, Kambari Y, Ueno F, Koizumi T, Iwata Y, Amaev A, De Luca V, Blumberger DM, Remington G, Pollock B, Graff-Guerrero A, Gerretsen P

Schizophrenia bulletin2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbag022 PMID: 42032975

03

Impaired insight in schizophrenia is associated with higher frontoparietal cerebral blood flow: an arterial spin labeling study.

Song J, Carmona-Torres E, Kambari Y, Chavez S, Ueno F, Koizum T, Amaev A, Abdolizadeh A, De Luca V, Blumberger DM, Remington G, Pollock B, Graff-Guerrero A, Gerretsen P

Schizophrenia (Heidelberg, Germany)20253 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41537-024-00536-3 PMID: 39794339

04

History of traumatic brain injury is associated with increased grey-matter loss in patients with mild cognitive impairment.

Khoury MA, Churchill NW, Di Battista A, Graham SJ, Symons S, Troyer AK, Roberts A, Kumar S, Tan B, Arnott SR, Ramirez J, Tartaglia MC, Borrie M, Pollock B, Rajji TK, Pasternak SH, Frank A, Tang-Wai DF, Scott CJM, Haddad SMH, Nanayakkara N, Orange JB, Peltsch A, Fischer CE, Munoz DG, Schweizer TA

Journal of neurology20245 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s00415-024-12369-2 PMID: 38717612

05

Psychiatric benefits of lithium in water supplies may be due to protection from the neurotoxicity of lead exposure.

Brown EE, Gerretsen P, Pollock B, Graff-Guerrero A

Medical hypotheses201833 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2018.04.005 PMID: 29685207

06

Amotivation is associated with smaller ventral striatum volumes in older patients with schizophrenia.

Caravaggio F, Fervaha G, Iwata Y, Plitman E, Chung JK, Nakajima S, Mar W, Gerretsen P, Kim J, Chakravarty MM, Mulsant B, Pollock B, Mamo D, Remington G, Graff-Guerrero A

International journal of geriatric psychiatry201816 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/gps.4818 PMID: 29110353

The effects of adjunctive transcranial direct current stimulation on treatment adherence in schizophrenia

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Gerretsen, Philip; Graff-Guerrero, Ariel

Keywords: Schizophrenia

$367,200

Enhancing Frontal Lobes Plasticity and Function in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Rajji, Tarek K

Keywords: Alzheimer'S Disease; Mild Cognitive Impairment; Neurophysiology; Neuroplasticity; Neurostimulation

$707,625

Improving Quality of Life in the Elderly by Standardizing Care for Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia

Co-investigatorBRAIN2018Improving Health Outcomes and Quality of Life

Principal investigators: Gerretsen, Philip

Keywords: Neurodegeneration; Alzheimer's

$1,405,889

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

Clozapine Levels, Clinical Response, and Side Effects

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Remington, Gary

Keywords: Clozapine; Clozapine Levels; Clozapine Response; Clozapine Side Effects; Schizophrenia; Therapeutic Drug Monitoring; Treatment Resistant Schizophrenia

$442,650

Getting Better: Pathways to Progress in Brain Disease

Principal investigatorONTARIO2013Ontario Research Fund - Research Infrastructure: Large Infrastructure Fund - Round 004 - 2012

Principal investigators: Pollock, Bruce

$2,824,956

Functional neuroimaging of non-Invasive brain stimulation in Schizophrenia

SupervisorCIHR2012Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

Principal investigators: Hawco, Colin S

Keywords: Brain Stimulation; Cognition; Functional Magnetic Reconance Imaging; Memory; Schizophrenia; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

$140,000

Getting Better: Pathways to Progress in Brain Disease

Principal investigatorCFI2012Innovation Fund: Leading Edge Fund (2012 competition)

Principal investigators: Pollock, Bruce

Keywords: Biomarkers, diagnostic tests, pharmaceuticals, brain stimulation technologies, optogenetics, virtual reality, research technologies molecular/cellular, biobanking, TMS, imaging, behavioural testing, workstations

$2,824,956

Longitudinal Study of Cognition in Older Adults with Bipolar Disorder

Co-investigatorCIHR2009Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Mulsant, Benoit H

Keywords: Aging; Bipolar Disorder; Cognition; Linear Mixed Model; Longitudinal Follow-Up; Predictors

$470,483

The Minimal Effective Dose of Antipsychotic Medication in Older Patients with Schizophrenia: A PET Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2009Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Mamo, David C

Keywords: Aging; Antipsychotic Medication; Schizophrenia

$284,515

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.

Frequent collaborators

Margaret Hahn and Maggie Hahn: 250 shared papers
Sri Agarwal and Mahavir Agarwal: 249 shared papers
Ariel Graff-Guerrero and Philip Gerretsen: 208 shared papers
Joseph Orange and J.B. Orange: 153 shared papers
Gary Remington and Ariel Graff-Guerrero: 127 shared papers
Margaret Hahn and Sri Agarwal: 118 shared papers
Margaret Hahn and Mahavir Agarwal: 118 shared papers
Sri Agarwal and Maggie Hahn: 118 shared papers
Mahavir Agarwal and Maggie Hahn: 118 shared papers
Gary Remington and Philip Gerretsen: 111 shared papers
Corinne Fischer and Sanjeev Kumar: 109 shared papers
Gary Remington and Margaret Hahn: 102 shared papers
Benoit Mulsant and Sanjeev Kumar: 98 shared papers
Corinne Fischer and Benoit Mulsant: 88 shared papers
Ariel Graff-Guerrero and Benoit Mulsant: 77 shared papers
Simon Graham and Nathan Churchill: 62 shared papers
Philip Gerretsen and Vincenzo De Luca: 54 shared papers
Corinne Fischer and Nathan Churchill: 53 shared papers
Ariel Graff-Guerrero and Mallar Chakravarty: 49 shared papers
Angela Roberts and Joseph Orange: 42 shared papers
Angela Roberts and J.B. Orange: 42 shared papers
Michael Borrie and Corinne Fischer: 40 shared papers
Michael Borrie and Andrew Frank: 38 shared papers
Corinne Fischer and Andrew Frank: 35 shared papers
Gary Remington and Vincenzo De Luca: 34 shared papers
Michael Borrie and Sanjeev Kumar: 34 shared papers
Mallar Chakravarty and Philip Gerretsen: 32 shared papers
Ariel Graff-Guerrero and Eric Brown: 31 shared papers
Ariel Graff-Guerrero and Vincenzo De Luca: 29 shared papers
Andrew Frank and Sanjeev Kumar: 29 shared papers
Philip Gerretsen and Eric Brown: 28 shared papers
Michael Borrie and Angela Roberts: 22 shared papers
Corinne Fischer and Simon Graham: 22 shared papers
Michael Borrie and Joseph Orange: 20 shared papers
Michael Borrie and J.B. Orange: 20 shared papers
Ariel Graff-Guerrero and Sofia Chavez: 20 shared papers
Gary Remington and Mallar Chakravarty: 19 shared papers
Gary Remington and Sofia Chavez: 17 shared papers
Philip Gerretsen and Sofia Chavez: 15 shared papers
Sanjeev Sockalingam and Satya Dash: 14 shared papers
David Urbach and Sanjeev Sockalingam: 13 shared papers
Gary Remington and Eric Brown: 12 shared papers
Nathan Churchill and Sanjeev Kumar: 12 shared papers
Sanjeev Sockalingam and Margaret Hahn: 10 shared papers
Ariel Graff-Guerrero and Satya Dash: 7 shared papers
Satya Dash and Philip Gerretsen: 6 shared papers
David Urbach and Satya Dash: 5 shared papers
Michael Borrie and Simon Graham: 5 shared papers
Ariel Graff-Guerrero and Bruce Pollock: 5 shared papers
Philip Gerretsen and Bruce Pollock: 5 shared papers
Gary Remington and Bruce Pollock: 3 shared papers
Vincenzo De Luca and Bruce Pollock: 3 shared papers
David Urbach and Ariel Graff-Guerrero: 2 shared papers
David Urbach and Bruce Pollock: 1 shared paper
Michael Borrie and Bruce Pollock: 1 shared paper
Corinne Fischer and Bruce Pollock: 1 shared paper
Sanjeev Sockalingam and Bruce Pollock: 1 shared paper
Mallar Chakravarty and Bruce Pollock: 1 shared paper
Benoit Mulsant and Bruce Pollock: 1 shared paper
Margaret Hahn and Bruce Pollock: 1 shared paper
Satya Dash and Bruce Pollock: 1 shared paper
Simon Graham and Bruce Pollock: 1 shared paper
Sri Agarwal and Bruce Pollock: 1 shared paper
Nathan Churchill and Bruce Pollock: 1 shared paper
Angela Roberts and Bruce Pollock: 1 shared paper
Andrew Frank and Bruce Pollock: 1 shared paper
Mahavir Agarwal and Bruce Pollock: 1 shared paper
Sanjeev Kumar and Bruce Pollock: 1 shared paper
Joseph Orange and Bruce Pollock: 1 shared paper
Sofia Chavez and Bruce Pollock: 1 shared paper
Eric Brown and Bruce Pollock: 1 shared paper
Bruce Pollock and Maggie Hahn: 1 shared paper
Bruce Pollock and J.B. Orange: 1 shared paper

Department of Psychiatry
School of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Medicine
Neuroscience Research Centre
Department of Medicine
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1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Pollock, 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 "Neural correlates of illness awareness in obesity: an exploratory pilot fMRI study." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]