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Clement Hamani

ResearcherUniversity of Toronto

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Clement Hamani

Researcher

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.
80 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 22 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (8 CIHR), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 4 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2020.

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286

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3,782

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Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Deep Brain Stimulation Amygdala Prefrontal Cortex Neuromodulation Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Fear Learning Biomarkers Crc

Latest papers

Sex differences in memory impairments after traumatic brain injury: mechanisms and models.
Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2026 · senior author
Focused Ultrasound Blood-Brain Barrier Opening for Targeted Therapeutics in Neurodegenerative Diseases.
Biological psychiatry · 2026
Position Statement of the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery on Focused Ultrasound Lesioning of the Brain by Non-neurosurgeons.
Neurosurgery · 2026 · senior author

All 286 publications

Latest funding

Network-Guided Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation for Treatment-Resistant Depression
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$550,800
Parallel Radiofrequency Transmission for Safe 3 Tesla MRI of Patients with Deep Brain Stimulation Devices
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$918,000
Neuroplasticity-dependent fear learning and anxiolytic mechanisms of Deep Brain Stimulation.
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$1,266,076

All 16 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 286 publications.

Sex differences in memory impairments after traumatic brain injury: mechanisms and models.

Robson IK, Hamani C

Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2026.1874990 PMID: 42602199

Focused Ultrasound Blood-Brain Barrier Opening for Targeted Therapeutics in Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Halabian N, Park C, Omoto L, Bocca LF, Palacios G, Wu K, Hamani C, Rabin J, Abrahao A, Davidson B, Lipsman N, Meng Y

Biological psychiatry2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2026.07.008 PMID: 42468901

Position Statement of the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery on Focused Ultrasound Lesioning of the Brain by Non-neurosurgeons.

Danish SF, Rosenow JM, Schwalb JM, Air EL, Sweet J, Willie JT, Rolston JD, Englot DJ, Lipsman N, Zemmar A, Neimat JS, Cosgrove GR, Asaad WF, Ali R, Pilitsis JG, Hamani C

Neurosurgery2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000003869 PMID: 42341199

Multi-target focused ultrasound neuromodulation of a subcallosal cingulate mediated depression network: A case study using personalized functional mapping.

Davidson B, Jones RM, McMahon D, Xhima K, Bocca LF, Huang Y, Blanco S, Pople CB, Giacobbe P, Nestor SM, Rabin JS, Hamani C, Uludag K, Goubran M, Hynynen K, Lipsman N

Brain stimulation2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2026.103198 PMID: 42692166

Sex Differences in Memory Performance after Traumatic Brain Injury in Rats.

Robson IK, Rabelo TK, Almeida Souza TH, McCann E, Nestor SM, Goubran M, Lipsman N, Hamani C

Neurotrauma reports2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/2689288x261461855 PMID: 42539381

Parametric optimization of transcranial focused ultrasound neuromodulation of the periaqueductal grey for blood pressure reduction.

Lea-Banks H, Chauhan N, Kim O, Rabelo T, Wu SK, Hamani C, Hynynen K

Brain stimulation2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2026.103146 PMID: 42331055

Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound for the management of tremor: update on the position statement of the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.

Hamani C, Elias WJ, Baltuch GH, Gross RE, Rosenow JM, Schwalb JM, Air EL, Machado AG, Sweet J, Willie JT, Rolston JD, Englot DJ, Lipsman N, Zemmar A, Neimat JS, Cosgrove GR, Asaad WF, Ali R, Pilitsis JG, Danish SF

Journal of neurosurgery2026First author

DOI: 10.3171/2025.11.jns251828 PMID: 41894813

Successful MRgFUS VIM Thalamotomy for Essential Tremor Nearby Cavernous Malformation: Image Case Report.

Favi Bocca L, Davidson B, Lam B, Endre R, Huang Y, Hamani C, Lipsman N

Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery2026

DOI: 10.1159/000553173 PMID: 42348493

The influence of the estrous cycle in preclinical models that mimic key features of post-traumatic stress disorder: A systematic review.

McCann E, Almeida-Souza TH, Brandão-Lima PN, Rabelo TK, Hamani C

Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2026.111736 PMID: 42134564

Focused Ultrasound Ablation for Psychiatric Disorders.

Xhima K, Davidson B, Rabin J, Hossain R, Richter MA, Nestor S, Hamani C, Giacobbe P, Lipsman N

Biological psychiatry2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2026.05.018 PMID: 42242456

Network-Guided Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation for Treatment-Resistant Depression

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Davidson, Benjamin; Lipsman, Nir

Keywords: Clinical Neuroscience; Focused Ultrasound; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Major Depressive Disorder; Mri-Guided Intervention; Neuromodulation; Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation; Treatment-Resistant Depression

$550,800

Parallel Radiofrequency Transmission for Safe 3 Tesla MRI of Patients with Deep Brain Stimulation Devices

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Graham, Simon J

Keywords: Deep Brain Stimulation; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Medical Device Safety; Parallel Radiofrequency Transmission

$918,000

Neuroplasticity-dependent fear learning and anxiolytic mechanisms of Deep Brain Stimulation.

Nominated PICIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Hamani, Clement

Keywords: Amygdala; Deep Brain Stimulation; Fear Learning; Prefrontal Cortex

$1,266,076

Canada Research Chair - Tier 1

Nominated PICIHR2023Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 1

Principal investigators: Hamani, Clement

Keywords: Crc

$1,400,000

Deep Brain Stimulation for PTSD: Development of personalized treatment and predictors of response.

Nominated PICIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Hamani, Clement

Keywords: Biomarkers; Deep Brain Stimulation; Neuromodulation; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

$1,093,950

Neuroplasticity-dependent anti-fear and anxiolytic mechanisms of Deep Brain Stimulation

Nominated PICIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Hamani, Clement

Keywords: Amygdala; Anxiety; Deep Brain Stimulation; Fear; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; Prefrontal Cortex

$100,000

Novel deep brain stimulation approaches to restore neurocircuit function in treatment resistant depression

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Milosevic, Luka

Keywords: deep brain stimulation psychiatric neurosurgery neural signal processing neurophysiology neuropsychology neuromodulation

$250,000

Methylphenidate-primed rTMS for apathy in neurocognitive disorders

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Aging

Principal investigators: Lanctôt, Krista L; Hamani, Clement

Keywords: Apathy; Dorsofrontal Prefrontal Cortex; Methylphenidate; Neurocognitive Disorder; Randomized Controlled Trial; Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

$100,000

Neuromodulation approaches to mitigate and treat cognitive deficits and neuropathology in a rodent model of traumatic brain injury.

Nominated PICIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Hamani, Clement

Keywords: Animal Models; Deep Brain Stimulation; Memory; Neuromodulation; Traumatic Brain Injury

$791,775

Comparing subject-specific and normative approaches to targeting for psychiatric deep brain stimulation

SupervisorCIHR2020Canada Graduate Scholarships - Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements

Principal investigators: Davidson, Benjamin

Keywords: Deep Brain Stimulation; Diffusion Tensor Imaging; Disease-Specific Normative Connectome; Psychiatric

$6,000

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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Clement Hamani

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Sex differences in memory impairments after traumatic brain injury: mechanisms and models.

Focused Ultrasound Blood-Brain Barrier Opening for Targeted Therapeutics in Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Position Statement of the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery on Focused Ultrasound Lesioning of the Brain by Non-neurosurgeons.

Multi-target focused ultrasound neuromodulation of a subcallosal cingulate mediated depression network: A case study using personalized functional mapping.

Sex Differences in Memory Performance after Traumatic Brain Injury in Rats.

Parametric optimization of transcranial focused ultrasound neuromodulation of the periaqueductal grey for blood pressure reduction.

Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound for the management of tremor: update on the position statement of the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.

Successful MRgFUS VIM Thalamotomy for Essential Tremor Nearby Cavernous Malformation: Image Case Report.

The influence of the estrous cycle in preclinical models that mimic key features of post-traumatic stress disorder: A systematic review.

Focused Ultrasound Ablation for Psychiatric Disorders.

Novel deep brain stimulation approaches to restore neurocircuit function in treatment resistant depression

Frequent collaborators

Nir Lipsman

Peter Giacobbe

Benjamin Davidson

Ying Meng

Kullervo Hynynen

Maged Goubran

Mojgan Hodaie

Alfonso Fasano

Robert Chen

Isabelle Aubert

Sean Nestor

Anthony Levitt

Alexandre Boutet

Tejas Sankar

Chinthaka Heyn

Andres Lozano

Janusz Pawliszyn

Jurgen Germann

Julie Ottoy

Judy Illes

Romina Mizrahi

Walter Swardfager

Luka Milosevic

Kamil Uludag

Fa-Hsuan Lin

Arjun Sahgal

Melanie Cohn

Yana Yunusova

Thilo Womelsdorf

Jennifer Chandler

Lili-Naz Hazrati

Jennifer Rabin

Harold Merskey

Hon Leong

Mark Watling

Hon Leong

Christopher Meaney

Jamie Near

Zelma Kiss

Mallar Chakravarty