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Christoph Licht

ResearcherCell BiologyUniversity of Toronto

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Christoph Licht

Researcher

Cell Biology

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
54 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 11 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (3 CIHR, 1 NSERC), most recently in 2025.

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141

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173

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Research

C3 Glomerulopathy Complement System Kidney Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Neutrophils Precision Medicine Biomarkers Blood Vessels

Latest papers

Mental health among caregivers of children with nephrotic syndrome: a prospective cohort study
Pediatric Nephrology · 2026
Impact of childhood and parental smoking and substance use on nephrotic syndrome outcomes: a prospective cohort study
Pediatric Nephrology · 2026
Hypogammaglobulinemia and B cell repopulation after rituximab in childhood nephrotic syndrome.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2026

All 141 publications

Latest funding

A novel role for neutrophils and NETs in the pathogenesis of C3 glomerulopathy
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$1,028,926
Long COVID Web: Pan-Canadian Post-COVID Condition Research Network
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$19,999,614
A central role for the vascular endothelium in COVID-19 pathogenesis
CIHR · 2020 · Nominated PI
$583,472

All 5 grants and awards

141 publications.

Mental health among caregivers of children with nephrotic syndrome: a prospective cohort study

Joshi T, Robinson CH, Aman N, Banh THM, Brooke J, Bruno V, Chanchlani R, Dhillon V, GarnerCKiD Chronic M, Levin L

Pediatric Nephrology20261 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s00467-025-07073-w

Impact of childhood and parental smoking and substance use on nephrotic syndrome outcomes: a prospective cohort study

Joshi T, Robinson CH, Aman N, Banh THM, Brooke J, Bruno V, Chanchlani R, Dhillon V, Garner M, Gorgiev S

Pediatric Nephrology2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00467-026-07480-7

Hypogammaglobulinemia and B cell repopulation after rituximab in childhood nephrotic syndrome.

Robinson CH, Gorgiev S, Aman N, Banh THM, Brooke J, Bruno V, Dhillon V, Garner M, Licht C, McKay A, Noone D, Pearl R, Radhakrishnan S, Rasool K, Selvathesan N, Teoh CW, Vasilevska-Ristovska J, Parekh RS

Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00467-026-07450-z PMID: 42435047

Incidence and severity of extrarenal manifestations and outcomes in pediatric hemolytic uremic syndrome: a retrospective cohort study.

Raina R, Yerigeri K, Doshi K, Osagie-Ogbeide A, Haq I, Smith S, Khandelwal P, Licht C, Nester C, Boyer O

Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00467-025-07079-4 PMID: 41364181

Secondary thrombotic microangiopathy in children-a central role for the glycocalyx.

Ma AL, Alconcher L, Coccia P, Wong JW, Kusche-Vihrog K, Licht C

Kidney international2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2026.04.047 PMID: 42508606

IPNA clinical practice recommendations for the management of aHUS and secondary TMA in children.

Riedl Khursigara M, Alconcher LF, Alhasan K, Awan A, Bagga A, Bashir A, Boyer O, Bresolin NL, Coccia PA, Durkan A, Greenbaum LA, Kang HG, Haffner D, Iijima K, Kavanagh D, Khandelwal P, Loos S, Ma AL, McCulloch M, Palma LMP, Pape L, Raina R, Safouh H, Topaloglu R, van de Kar NCAJ, Van de Walle J, Oh J, Licht C

Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s00467-026-07537-7 PMID: 42776239

A Narrative Review of C3 Glomerulopathy: From Pathogenesis to Targeted Therapy.

Jauhal A, Barr B, Girard L, Laurin LP, Wong-Rieger D, Licht C

Canadian journal of kidney health and disease2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/20543581261442656 PMID: 42131278

Associations Between Toxic Metal Exposure and Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome.

Robinson C, Aman N, Arora H, Banh THM, Brooke J, Dhillon V, Garner M, Joshi T, Licht C, McKay A, Prabakaran S, Pearl R, Radhakrishnan S, Selvathesan N, Teoh CW, Vasilevska-Ristovska JZ, Parekh RS

Kidney international reports2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2026.106357 PMID: 41853741

Machine learning prediction of childhood nephrotic syndrome outcomes.

Robinson CH, Joshi T, Samsel K, Shakeri Z, Aman N, Banh THM, Brooke J, Bruno V, Dhillon V, Garner M, Licht C, McKay A, Pearl R, Radhakrishnan S, Rasool K, Selvathesan N, Teoh CW, Vasilevska-Ristovska J, Parekh RS

Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00467-026-07392-6 PMID: 42283830

Kidney pathology findings in pediatric patients with kidney injury and inflammatory bowel disease: a case series.

Mansoor Y, O'Donnell JEM, Al-Dmour A, Muise AM, Chami R, Licht C

Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s00467-026-07207-8 PMID: 41793461

A novel role for neutrophils and NETs in the pathogenesis of C3 glomerulopathy

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Licht, Christoph

Keywords: C3 Glomerulopathy; Complement System; Kidney; Neutrophil Extracellular Traps; Neutrophils; Precision Medicine

$1,028,926

Long COVID Web: Pan-Canadian Post-COVID Condition Research Network

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: Canadian Post COVID-19 Condition Research Network

Principal investigators: Cheung, Angela M; Goulding, Susie E; Graves, Donna Lorraine; Archambault, Patrick; Awadalla, Philip; Bakal, Jeffrey A; Bhéreur, Anne; Brotto, Lori Anne; Busse, Jason W; Cameron, Jill I; Churchill, Katie; Crawley, Angela M; Décary, Simon; Durand, Madeleine; Falcone, Emilia L; Fowler, Robert A; Gommerman, Jennifer L; Graham, Kathryn E; Graham, Simon J; Groot, Gary; Gross, Douglas P; Guyatt, Gordon H; Halas, Gayle; Ho, Chester; Hohl, Corinne M; Holroyd, Brian R; Janjua, Naveed Z; Johnson, Pauline; Juando Prats, Clara; Kashuba, Sherri; Katz, Alan; Kho, Michelle E; Lam, Grace Y; Lamontagne, Francois; Langlois, Marc-Andre; Lavis, John N; Law, Susan K; LeBlanc, Annie; Levin, Adeera; Liu-Ambrose, Teresa Y; Liu, Peter P; Lix, Lisa M; Mandhane, Piush; Mann, Balraj; McGrail, Kimberlyn M; McNagny, Kelly M; Miciak, Maxi A; Mishra, Sharmistha; Muhajarine, Nazeem; Mukherjee, Manali; Mushquash, Christopher J; Nacul, Luis; O'Brien, Kelly K; Osgood, Nathaniel D; Papathanasoglou, Elisavet; Penninger, Josef; Piche, Alain; Pinto, Andrew D; Quinn, Kieran L; Rafferty, Ellen; Raj, Satish R; Razak, Fahad; Russell, James A; Sander, Beate H; Sekuler, Allison B; Soares, Claudio D; Tailfeathers, Esther; Tomlinson, George A; Tricco, Andrea C; Valdez, Yanet; Verma, Amol; Vohra, Sunita; Walmsley, Sharon L; Walsh, Jillian; Weeks, Laura C; Williams, Kienan; Wu, Jianhong; Yeung, Rae S

Keywords: Biobanking; Knowledge Translation; Long Covid; Mechanism Of Disease; National Network; Patient Engagement; Patient Registries; Post-Covid Condition; Research Communications; Social Determinants Of Health

$19,999,614

A central role for the vascular endothelium in COVID-19 pathogenesis

Nominated PICIHR2020Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity - Diagnostics

Principal investigators: Licht, Christoph

Keywords: Biomarkers; Blood Vessels; Compliment System; Covid-19; Endothelial Cells; Infection; Inflammation; Monitoring; Pathogenesis; Treatment

$583,472

Complement activation causes energy and metabolism changes in endothelial cells.

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Licht, Christoph

$32,000

NETs in complement-mediated TMA

Nominated PICIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Licht, Christoph

Keywords: Thrombotic Microangiopathy (Tma), Atypical Hemolytic Syndrom

$650,252

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

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Christoph Licht

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Latest funding

Mental health among caregivers of children with nephrotic syndrome: a prospective cohort study

Impact of childhood and parental smoking and substance use on nephrotic syndrome outcomes: a prospective cohort study

Hypogammaglobulinemia and B cell repopulation after rituximab in childhood nephrotic syndrome.

Incidence and severity of extrarenal manifestations and outcomes in pediatric hemolytic uremic syndrome: a retrospective cohort study.

Secondary thrombotic microangiopathy in children-a central role for the glycocalyx.

IPNA clinical practice recommendations for the management of aHUS and secondary TMA in children.

A Narrative Review of C3 Glomerulopathy: From Pathogenesis to Targeted Therapy.

Associations Between Toxic Metal Exposure and Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome.

Machine learning prediction of childhood nephrotic syndrome outcomes.

Kidney pathology findings in pediatric patients with kidney injury and inflammatory bowel disease: a case series.

A novel role for neutrophils and NETs in the pathogenesis of C3 glomerulopathy

Long COVID Web: Pan-Canadian Post-COVID Condition Research Network

A central role for the vascular endothelium in COVID-19 pathogenesis

Complement activation causes energy and metabolism changes in endothelial cells.

NETs in complement-mediated TMA

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