Corinne Fischer, University of Toronto

Research

Alzheimer'S Disease Delusions Imaging Psychosis

Latest papers

Lymphocyte subpopulations and EEG asymmetry.
Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026
Brief operationalized psychosocial interventions for agitation and psychosis: Use in clinical trials and clinical care.
International psychogeriatrics · 2026
The role of global DNA methylation and epigenetic aging in the suicidality of patients with schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia research · 2026

All 29 publications

Latest funding

Modernizing Classic Tests of Cognition using Computerized Tablets, Eye-tracking and Functional Neuroimaging
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$1,328,230
Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19: An Electroencephalography and Magnetic Resonance Neuroimaging Study of the Elderly in our Communities
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$500,000
Enhancing Frontal Lobes Plasticity and Function in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$707,625

All 6 grants and awards

29 publications.

01

Lymphocyte subpopulations and EEG asymmetry.

Ducharme M, Zomorrodi R, Nader G, Fischer C, Gerretsen P, Graff A, Blumberger D, De Luca V

Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996)2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00702-025-03098-5 PMID: 41739220

02

Brief operationalized psychosocial interventions for agitation and psychosis: Use in clinical trials and clinical care.

Ballard C, Mills K, Soto M, Cummings J, Mintzer J, Grossberg G, Ikeda M, Pathak S, Fischer C, McDermid J

International psychogeriatrics2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.inpsyc.2025.100118 PMID: 40713414

03

The role of global DNA methylation and epigenetic aging in the suicidality of patients with schizophrenia.

Nader G, Raymond R, Trad R, Ducharme M, Graff A, Gerretsen P, Fischer C, De Luca V

Schizophrenia research2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2026.04.020 PMID: 42127842

04

A novel method of measuring cortical thickness in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a preliminary analysis of multi-echo fast spoiled gradient echo MRI.

Nader G, Ducharme M, Torres-Carmona E, Fischer C, Graff A, Gerretsen P, Simpson AIF, Strafella A, Desmond KL, De Luca V

Psychiatry research2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2025.116817 PMID: 41349229

05

Effects of Violence Trajectories on Treatment Outcomes in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders.

Nader G, Ducharme M, Gerretsen P, Fischer C, Graff A, De Luca V, Simpson AIF

The Journal of nervous and mental disease2026

DOI: 10.1097/nmd.0000000000001862 PMID: 41457337

06

Antipsychotic Polypharmacy and Epigenetic Age Acceleration in Schizophrenia.

Nader G, Yung A, Liang Y, Ducharme M, Fischer C, Gerretsen P, Graff A, De Luca V

Pharmacopsychiatry2026

DOI: 10.1055/a-2668-0722 PMID: 41183542

07

Effects of DNA methylation and polygenic scores on self-reported suicidal ideation in psychoses: no evidence of epigenetic basis of polygenic risk.

Nader G, Ducharme M, Gerretsen P, Fischer C, Graff A, De Luca V

Psychiatric genetics2025

DOI: 10.1097/ypg.0000000000000398 PMID: 40762416

08

Pre-psychosis in later life as a risk factor for progressive cognitive decline: Findings from the IPA psychosis in neurodegenerative disease working group.

Creese B, Cummings J, Fischer C, Jeste D, Ikeda M, Mills K, Ismail Z, Ballard C

International psychogeriatrics2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.inpsyc.2025.100094 PMID: 40517113

09

Resilience to psychosocial stress and epigenetic aging in schizophrenia: findings from a pilot study.

Nader G, Qureshi M, Ducharme M, Fischer C, Gerretsen P, Graff A, Blumberger D, Zomorrodi R, Borlido C, Remington G, De Luca V

Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996)2025

DOI: 10.1007/s00702-024-02854-3 PMID: 39527134

10

Copy Number Variation Analysis of Aggressive Behaviour in Schizophrenia.

De Luca V, Chaudhary Z, Al-Chalabi N, Qian J, Xu X, Gerretsen P, Bani-Fatemi A, Simpson A, Fischer C, Graff A, Kolla NJ

Neuropsychobiology2024

DOI: 10.1159/000533689 PMID: 37984346

Modernizing Classic Tests of Cognition using Computerized Tablets, Eye-tracking and Functional Neuroimaging

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Graham, Simon J; Schweizer, Tom A

Keywords: Classic Tests Of Cognition; Cognitive Impairment; Electroencephalography; Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Mild Cognitive Impairment; Multivariate Analysis; Touch-Sensitive Tablets; Trail-Making Test

$1,328,230

Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19: An Electroencephalography and Magnetic Resonance Neuroimaging Study of the Elderly in our Communities

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Op Grant: Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps & Priorities - Post COVID-19 condition

Principal investigators: Graham, Simon J; Chen, Jing J; Gilboa, Asaf; MacIntosh, Bradley J; Schweizer, Tom A; Sekuler, Allison B

Keywords: Aging; Covid-19 Sequelae; Electroencephalography; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Sensation, Cognition And Emotion

$500,000

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

Driving and the aging brain: an immersive fMRI study

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Schweizer, Tom A

Keywords: Cognition; Driving; Driving Simulation; Fmri; Neuroimaging

$144,553

Neuroimaging correlates of delusions in Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias

Nominated PICIHR2013Catalyst Grant: Secondary Analysis of Neuroimaging Databases

Principal investigators: Fischer, Corinne; Ismail, Zahinoor; Millikin, Colleen; Schweizer, Tom A

Keywords: Alzheimer'S Disease; Delusions; Imaging; Psychosis

$98,390

Improving Performance in Drivers with Mild Cognitive Impairment: An RCT of Cognitive Training

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Naglie, Gary

Keywords: Alzheimer'S Disease; Cognitive Training; Dementia; Driving; Driving Simulator; Executive Functioning; Mild Cognitive Impairment

$562,766

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

Frequent collaborators

Corinne Fischer

Biomedical Engineering

29 shared papers, latest 2026

Philip Gerretsen

Research Imaging Center

13 shared papers, latest 2026

Gary Remington

Research Imaging Center

5 shared papers, latest 2025

Sanjeev Kumar

Department of Psychiatry

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April Khademi

Biomedical Engineering

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Zahinoor Ismail

Psychiatry

3 shared papers, latest 2025

Radenka Bozanovic

Pathology & Molecular Medicine

3 shared papers, latest 2008

Zahinoor Ismail

Psychiatry

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Nathan Herrmann

Psychiatry

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Daniel Blumberger

Psychiatry

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Sandra Black

Medicine

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Anthony Lang

Faculty

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Howard Chertkow

Medicine

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Manuel Montero Odasso

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Ekaterina Rogaeva

Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases

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Alastair Flint

Psychiatry

1 shared papers, latest 2018

Dallas Seitz

Medicine

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Antonio Strafella

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Mario Masellis

Medicine

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Christopher Hudson

School of Optometry and Vision Science

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Howard Chertkow

Psychology

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Andrew Frank

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Dar Dowlatshahi

Department of Medicine

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Nathan Kolla

Psychiatry

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Michael Mak

Department of Psychiatry

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Connie Marras

Medicine/Neurology

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Alexander Simpson

Forensic Program

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Brian Levine

Rotman Research Institute

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Robert Bartha

Biochemistry

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John Turnbull

Medicine

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Michael Borrie

John P. Robarts Research Institute

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Demetrios Sahlas

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Michael Mak

Medicine

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Stephen Strother

Rotman Research Institute

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Elizabeth Finger

Clinical Neurological Sciences

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