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Colin Hawco

ResearcherUniversity of Toronto

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Colin Hawco

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.
46 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 10 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (2 CIHR, 2 NSERC), most recently in 2023.

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Research

Big Data Biotyping Heterogeniety Mri Multisite Neuroimaging Schizophrenia Autism Spectrum Disorders

Latest papers

Brain idiosyncrasy during biological-motion perception is amplified in autistic individuals with intellectual impairment.
Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders · 2026
Effects of personalized transcranial magnetic stimulation on social cognitive network functional connectivity in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: A double-blind, randomized, sham-controlled target engagement trial.
Brain stimulation · 2026
Transdiagnostic Neurobiology of Social Cognition and Individual Variability as Measured by Fractional Amplitude of Low-Frequency Fluctuation in Autism and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders.
Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging · 2026 · senior author

All 68 publications

Latest funding

Transdiagnostic multi-scale neural signatures of endocannabinoid function and their role in cognitive and psychological functioning in psychiatric conditions
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$465,885
Schizophrenia Canadian Neuroimaging Database (SCanD)
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$745,876
Identifying genetics and brain imaging-based biomarkers of neuron-type specific vulnerability in late life
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$791,775

All 9 grants and awards

68 publications.

Brain idiosyncrasy during biological-motion perception is amplified in autistic individuals with intellectual impairment.

Cheng M, Hawco C, Yang D, Ni HC, Yeh CH, Chang JC, Tu EN, Hsu MY, Wu YY, Chou TL, Gau SS, Lin HY

Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders2026

DOI: 10.1186/s11689-026-09683-3 PMID: 41882534

Effects of personalized transcranial magnetic stimulation on social cognitive network functional connectivity in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: A double-blind, randomized, sham-controlled target engagement trial.

Oliver LD, Blumberger DM, Deng ZD, Hawco C, Dickie EW, Gallucci J, Jeyachandra J, Mansour S, Hare SM, Gold JM, Foussias G, Argyelan M, Daskalakis ZJ, Buchanan RW, Malhotra AK, Voineskos AN

Brain stimulation2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2026.103172 PMID: 42526755

Transdiagnostic Neurobiology of Social Cognition and Individual Variability as Measured by Fractional Amplitude of Low-Frequency Fluctuation in Autism and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders.

Bagheri S, Yu JC, Gallucci J, Tan V, Oliver LD, Dickie EW, Rashidi AG, Foussias G, Lai MC, Buchanan RW, Malhotra AK, Voineskos AN, Ameis SH, Hawco C

Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2025.04.004 PMID: 40268245

Temporal dynamics in neuroimaging as correlates of therapeutic response to psilocybin in major depressive disorder: A systematic review and critical appraisal.

Sabbah SG, Li S, Wong S, Le GH, Badulescu S, Hawco C, Rosenblat JD, McIntyre RS

Journal of affective disorders2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.120335 PMID: 40962065

Multivariate relationships between social cognitive performance and functional connectivity during task and rest across schizophrenia spectrum disorders and healthy controls.

Oliver LD, Yu JC, Hawco C, Calarco N, Tan V, Moxon-Emre I, Tang SX, Gold JM, Foussias G, DeRosse P, Argyelan M, Buchanan RW, Malhotra AK, Voineskos AN, and the SPINS Group

Molecular psychiatry2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41380-026-03504-8 PMID: 41820637

Comparative Analysis of Social Cognitive and Neurocognitive Performance Across Autism and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders

Rashidi AG, Oliver LD, Moxon-Emre I, Hawco C, Dickie EW, Pan R, Secara MT, Yu J-C, Szatmari P, Desarkar P

Schizophrenia Bulletin202612 citations

DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbaf005

Transdiagnostic Profiles of BOLD Signal Variability in Autism and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: Associations With Cognition and Functioning

Secara MT, Khan Z, Rashidi A, Oliver LD, Yu J, Foussias G, Dickie EW, Szatmari P, Desarkar P, Lai M

Human Brain Mapping2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/hbm.70496

Altered Neural Activation in First Episode Psychosis Patients With Comorbid Conduct Disorder: A Pilot Investigation.

Kolla NJ, Aloysius R, Gainham G, Hawco C

JAACAP open2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaacop.2024.04.001 PMID: 40109483

Psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder: protocol for an open-label pilot study.

Ledwos N, Baer J, Husain MI, Blumberger DM, Patterson R, Hollingdrake E, Cheung E, Hawco C, Zrenner C, Zrenner B, Feusner JD, Rossell SL, Castle DJ, Zai G

BJPsych open2025

DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2025.10895 PMID: 41392767

Multivariate Association Between Functional Connectivity Gradients and Cognition in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders.

Yu JC, Hawco C, Bassman L, Oliver LD, Argyelan M, Gold JM, Tang SX, Foussias G, Buchanan RW, Malhotra AK, Ameis SH, Voineskos AN, Dickie EW

Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2024.09.001 PMID: 39260567

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Colin Hawco

Research

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Brain idiosyncrasy during biological-motion perception is amplified in autistic individuals with intellectual impairment.

Effects of personalized transcranial magnetic stimulation on social cognitive network functional connectivity in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: A double-blind, randomized, sham-controlled target engagement trial.

Transdiagnostic Neurobiology of Social Cognition and Individual Variability as Measured by Fractional Amplitude of Low-Frequency Fluctuation in Autism and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders.

Temporal dynamics in neuroimaging as correlates of therapeutic response to psilocybin in major depressive disorder: A systematic review and critical appraisal.

Multivariate relationships between social cognitive performance and functional connectivity during task and rest across schizophrenia spectrum disorders and healthy controls.

Comparative Analysis of Social Cognitive and Neurocognitive Performance Across Autism and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders

Transdiagnostic Profiles of BOLD Signal Variability in Autism and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: Associations With Cognition and Functioning

Altered Neural Activation in First Episode Psychosis Patients With Comorbid Conduct Disorder: A Pilot Investigation.

Psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder: protocol for an open-label pilot study.

Multivariate Association Between Functional Connectivity Gradients and Cognition in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders.

Transdiagnostic multi-scale neural signatures of endocannabinoid function and their role in cognitive and psychological functioning in psychiatric conditions

Schizophrenia Canadian Neuroimaging Database (SCanD)

Identifying genetics and brain imaging-based biomarkers of neuron-type specific vulnerability in late life

Individual Variability in Cognitive Functioning and Brain Activity and Connectivity.

Individual Variability in Cognitive Functioning and Brain Activity and Connectivity.

Brain Insulin Sensitivity and Reward Behavior in Major Depressive Disorder

Electric Field Modeling to Optimize Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation and Engage Neurophysiological Therapeutic Targets in Treatment Resistant Depression

Identification of Functional Connectivity Biomarkers of Social Cognition Across Schizophrenia and Autism: A Longitudinal and Dimensional Approach

Using A Novel Virtual Reality Training Paradigm to Treat Negative Symptoms in Early Schizophrenia

Frequent collaborators

George Foussias

Meng-Chuan Lai

Peter Szatmari

Peter Szatmari

Peter Zhukovsky

Sean Hill

Christin Schifani

Aristotle Voineskos

Martin Lepage

Christoph Zrenner

Daphne Voineskos

Pushpal Desarkar

Robert Chen

Jennifer Crosbie

Russell Schachar

Martin Lepage

Wei Wang

Abigail Ortiz

Michael Wainberg

Michael Bodnar

Brigitte Zrenner

Anna Goldenberg

Stelios Georgiades

Evdokia Anagnostou

Etienne Sibille

Christopher Bowie

Sanjeev Kumar

Andreea Diaconescu

Tamara Vanderwal

Synthia Guimond

Elizabeth Kelley

Jean-Baptiste Poline

Daniel Felsky

Marta Maslej

Margaret Hahn

Sabrina Wong

Philip Gerretsen

Nicole Kozloff

Michael Kiang

Fidel Vila-Rodriguez