Dehan Kong, University of Toronto

Research

complex data dynamic data electronic health record functional data high-dimensionality manifold neuroimaging optimal transport

Latest papers

Dietary Tryptophan Requirements in Adults Aged Over 60 Years is not Affected by Sex or Decades of Age.
The Journal of nutrition · 2026
Methionine Requirements in Early and Late Stages of Healthy Canadian Pregnancies in the Presence of Cysteine Determined Using the Indicator Amino Acid Oxidation Method.
The Journal of nutrition · 2026
Determining the half-life and turnover rate of EPA, n-3 docosapentaenoic acid, and DHA in humans using the natural abundance of carbon-13: a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial.
The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2026

All 35 publications

Latest funding

The amino acid requirements of older adults >60 years is different from young adults.
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$1,399,950
Can humans synthesize enough docosahexaenoic acid from alpha-linolenic acid?
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$699,975
To complement or not complement- Is protein complementation at each meal necessary when consuming plant-based diets?
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,422,900

All 10 grants and awards

35 publications.

01

Dietary Tryptophan Requirements in Adults Aged Over 60 Years is not Affected by Sex or Decades of Age.

Wang Z, Tomlinson C, Pencharz P, Li B, Kong D, Elango R, Courtney-Martin G

The Journal of nutrition2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2026.101827 PMID: 42727854

02

Methionine Requirements in Early and Late Stages of Healthy Canadian Pregnancies in the Presence of Cysteine Determined Using the Indicator Amino Acid Oxidation Method.

Scherbinsky K, Rasmussen BF, Li B, Kong D, Ball RO, Pencharz PB, Courtney-Martin G, Elango R

The Journal of nutrition2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2026.101748 PMID: 42501824

03

Determining the half-life and turnover rate of EPA, n-3 docosapentaenoic acid, and DHA in humans using the natural abundance of carbon-13: a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial.

Symington A, Wu D, Chen CT, Del Vecchio M, Zahradka P, Taylor C, Aukema HM, Kong D, Metherel AH, Bazinet RP

The American journal of clinical nutrition2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2026.101311 PMID: 41956323

04

Finer Particulate Matter Exposure Disparities Exist but Vary across Pollution Concentrations.

Chu L, Huang X, Kong D, Li J, Foroutan H

Environmental science & technology2026

DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5c06203 PMID: 41842710

05

Reduced strength is associated with abnormal body composition in children with a history of intestinal failure.

Yanchis D, So S, Patterson C, Belza C, Garofalo E, Wong-Sterling S, Silva C, Avitzur Y, Wales PW, Hulst JM, Kong D, Xu L, Li Y, Courtney-Martin G

Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition2026

DOI: 10.1002/jpn3.70307 PMID: 41363022

06

LLOT: application of Laplacian Linear Optimal Transport in spatial transcriptome reconstruction.

Zhu J, Zhang K, Kong D, Zhang Z

Biometrics2026

DOI: 10.1093/biomtc/ujag046 PMID: 41885893

07

Salience or value: what drives priority in pain-cognition interactions?

Hadjis GE, Barnett A, Yu A, Lin AY, Zhou Y, Kong D, Seminowicz DA, McAndrews MP, Moayedi M

Pain2025

DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003747 PMID: 40788275

08

Functional principal component analysis with informative observation times.

Sang P, Kong D, Yang S

Biometrika2025

DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asae055 PMID: 39877200

09

Leucine requirement determined in healthy young adult males using the indicator amino acid oxidation method.

Szwiega S, Pencharz PB, Xu L, Kong D, Tomlinson C, Elango R, Courtney-Martin G

The American journal of clinical nutrition2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.08.022 PMID: 39209155

10

Total sulfur amino acid requirements are higher during late gestation compared with early gestation in healthy Canadian pregnancies in a repeated-measures trial.

Scherbinsky K, Rasmussen BF, Li B, Kong D, Ball RO, Pencharz PB, Courtney-Martin G, Elango R

The American journal of clinical nutrition2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.07.034 PMID: 39128498

The amino acid requirements of older adults >60 years is different from young adults.

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Courtney-Martin, Glenda

Keywords: Ageing; Amino Acid Requirement; Indicator Amino Acid Oxidation Method; Older Adults

$1,399,950

Can humans synthesize enough docosahexaenoic acid from alpha-linolenic acid?

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bazinet, Richard P

Keywords: Alpha-Linolenic Acid; Docosahexaenoic Acid; Fish; Requirements; Synthesis; Vegetarian

$699,975

To complement or not complement- Is protein complementation at each meal necessary when consuming plant-based diets?

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Courtney-Martin, Glenda

Keywords: 15n-Glycine; Humans; Plant-Based Diet; Protein Complementation; Protein Nutrition; Protein Quality; Whole Body Protein Metabolism

$1,422,900

The Role of Limbic Structures, Memory and Emotion in Chronic Neuropathic Pain

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Hodaie, Mojgan

Keywords: Amygdala; Cognition; Emotion And Memory; Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Hippocampus; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neuropathic Pain; Pain-Related Fear; Trigeminal Neuralgia

$1,071,000

The role of limbic structures, memory and emotion in chronic neuropathic pain

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - Priority Announcement: IMHA: Oral Health

Principal investigators: Hodaie, Mojgan

Keywords: Amygdala; Cognition; Emotion; Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Hippocampus; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Memory; Neuropathic Pain; Pain-Related Fear; Trigeminal Neuralgia

$100,000

Novel Statistical Methods with Applications to Massive and Complex Dynamic Data

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Kong, Dehan

Keywords: complex data; dynamic data; functional data; high-dimensionality; neuroimaging; single-cell rna sequencing; optimal transport; electronic health record; manifold; time series

$111,000

The amino acid requirements of older adults (60 years and above) is different than those of young adults.

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Courtney-Martin, Glenda

Keywords: Ageing; Amino Acid Requirements; Elderly; Indicator Amino Acid Oxidation Method

$948,600

The Amino Acid Requirements of Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) Fed Human Neonates.

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Courtney-Martin, Glenda; Pencharz, Paul B

Keywords: Amino Acid Requirements; Human Neonates; Indicator Amino Acid Oxidation Method; Stable Isotopes; Total Parenteral Nutrition

$860,625

Novel Statistical Methods with Application to Imaging Genetics

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Kong, Dehan

$105,000

Novel Statistical Methods with Application to Imaging Genetics

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Accelerator Supplements

Principal investigators: Kong, Dehan

$120,000

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

Nutritional Sciences
Department of Mathematical & Computational Sciences
Pediatrics
Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research
Statistical Sciences
Department of Pain and Neuroscience
Human Nutritional Sciences
Other

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Glenda Courtney-Martin

Nutritional Sciences

16 shared papers, latest 2026

Zhaolei Zhang

Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research

3 shared papers, latest 2026

Massieh Moayedi

Department of Pain and Neuroscience

2 shared papers, latest 2025

Linbo Wang

Statistical Sciences

2 shared papers, latest 2023

Peijun Sang

Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Peter Zahradka

Physiology and Pathophysiology

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Paul Pencharz

Nutritional Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Melanie Noel

Department of Psychology

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Carla Taylor

Human Nutritional Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Jacob Levman

Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science

1 shared papers, latest 2019

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: complex data Dear Professor Kong, 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 "Dietary Tryptophan Requirements in Adults Aged Over 60 Years is not Affected by Sex or Decades of Age." (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.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Novel Statistical Methods with Applications to Massive and Complex Dynamic Data" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. 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]

Dehan Kong

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Dietary Tryptophan Requirements in Adults Aged Over 60 Years is not Affected by Sex or Decades of Age.

Methionine Requirements in Early and Late Stages of Healthy Canadian Pregnancies in the Presence of Cysteine Determined Using the Indicator Amino Acid Oxidation Method.

Determining the half-life and turnover rate of EPA, n-3 docosapentaenoic acid, and DHA in humans using the natural abundance of carbon-13: a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial.

Finer Particulate Matter Exposure Disparities Exist but Vary across Pollution Concentrations.

Reduced strength is associated with abnormal body composition in children with a history of intestinal failure.

LLOT: application of Laplacian Linear Optimal Transport in spatial transcriptome reconstruction.

Salience or value: what drives priority in pain-cognition interactions?

Functional principal component analysis with informative observation times.

Leucine requirement determined in healthy young adult males using the indicator amino acid oxidation method.

Total sulfur amino acid requirements are higher during late gestation compared with early gestation in healthy Canadian pregnancies in a repeated-measures trial.

The amino acid requirements of older adults >60 years is different from young adults.

Can humans synthesize enough docosahexaenoic acid from alpha-linolenic acid?

To complement or not complement- Is protein complementation at each meal necessary when consuming plant-based diets?

The Role of Limbic Structures, Memory and Emotion in Chronic Neuropathic Pain

The role of limbic structures, memory and emotion in chronic neuropathic pain

Novel Statistical Methods with Applications to Massive and Complex Dynamic Data

The amino acid requirements of older adults (60 years and above) is different than those of young adults.

The Amino Acid Requirements of Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) Fed Human Neonates.

Novel Statistical Methods with Application to Imaging Genetics

Novel Statistical Methods with Application to Imaging Genetics

Frequent collaborators

Glenda Courtney-Martin

Rajavel Elango

Zhaolei Zhang

Massieh Moayedi

Linbo Wang

Brett Jones

Peijun Sang

Jennifer Stinson

Peter Zahradka

Paul Pencharz

Melanie Noel

Carla Taylor

Jacob Levman