Elizabeth Donner, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest papers

The sudden unexpected death in epilepsy grief study
Epilepsy & Behavior · 2026
Long term outcomes of children started on the Ketogenic diet for pediatric super refractory status epilepticus- 15 years single center experience.
Seizure · 2026
Hemispheric endovascular embolization in an infant with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex -related Hemimegalencephaly: An endovascular alternative to hemispherectomy.
Seizure · 2026

All 26 publications

Latest funding

Peripheral and CNS inflammation and injury profiles in children with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex and their association with neurological disability and treatment with mTOR inhibitors: a multicentre, longitudinal study cohort.
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,453,500
Non-invasive imaging of sensorimotor plasticity following cranial nerve repair
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
$673,200
Non-invasive treatment of pediatric neurological disorders using MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS)
BRAIN · 2014 · Co-investigator
$1,329,420

All 5 grants and awards

26 publications.

01

The sudden unexpected death in epilepsy grief study

Jeffrey Buchhalter, Catherine R. Andrews, Jeanne Donalty, Elizabeth Donner, Sarah E. Friebert, Daniel Friedman, Avani M. Kolla, Gardiner Lapham, Itay Tokatly Latzer, Phillip Lawrence Pearl, Rajesh RamachandranNair, Sally Schaeffer, Thomas F. Stanton

Epilepsy & Behavior20261 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2026.110932 PMID: 41702217

02

Long term outcomes of children started on the Ketogenic diet for pediatric super refractory status epilepticus- 15 years single center experience.

Hommady R, Lowe H, Dickson J, Owusu K, Kobayashi J, Hahn C, Zak M, Hopkins S, Jain P, McKinnon N, Donner E, Sharma S

Seizure2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2026.04.017 PMID: 42035680

03

Hemispheric endovascular embolization in an infant with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex -related Hemimegalencephaly: An endovascular alternative to hemispherectomy.

Yau I, Singh S, Muthusami P, Parra-Farinas C, Otsubo H, Chowdhury S, Rutka J, Weiss S, Rea V, Zak M, Donner E, Sham L

Seizure2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2026.03.017 PMID: 42024976

04

Cortical Stimulation for brain mapping and seizure stimulation, pediatric practices throughout Canada: A national survey and systematic literature review

Margarita Maltseva, Juan Pablo Appendino, Pavlina Cabounova, Andrea Venegas Andrade, Michelle Kregel, Aristides Hadjinicolaou, Alexander Gregory Weil, Puneet Jain, Elizabeth J Donner, Felippe Borlot, David Dufresne, Linda L. Huh, Natarie Liu, Kenneth Alexis Myers, Julia Jacobs

Neurophysiologie Clinique20256 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2025.103043 PMID: 39922024

05

SEEG guided mapping of primary motor cortex in children with epilepsy.

Singh S, Mithani K, Ochi A, Otsubo H, Sharma R, Sharma S, Sham L, Weiss S, Ibrahim GM, Donner E, Jain P

Epilepsy research20253 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2025.107517 PMID: 39879760

06

Short-term EEG Outcomes in Children With Developmental and/or Epileptic Encephalopathy With Spike and Wave Activation in Sleep (DEE-SWAS) Treated With High-Dose Diazepam

Sonali Singh, Ayako Ochi, Hiroshi Otsubo, Miguel A. Cortez, Vann Chau, Laura Wang, Rohit Kumar Sharma, Kaitlin Flynn, Elizabeth J Donner, Puneet Jain

Journal of Child Neurology20252 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/08830738251322227 PMID: 40095560

07

Improving Epilepsy Care in Ontario, Canada: The Impact of a Provincial Strategy for Epilepsy Care

Tresah C. Antaya, Brooke Carter, Salimah Z. Shariff, Lysa Boissé Lomax, Elizabeth J Donner, Kirk Nylen, O. Carter Snead, Jorge G. Burneo

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques20251 citations

DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2025.14 PMID: 39885808

08

Brain-Pupil Coupling Revealed Through Deep Learning of Intracranial Recordings.

Li V, Wong SM, Suresh H, Warsi NM, Coleman SC, Mithani K, Alhasan HA, Gouveia FV, Jain P, Ochi A, Otsubo H, Sham L, Weiss S, Sharma R, Kerr EN, Rutka JT, Donner E, Ibrahim GM

Human brain mapping20251 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/hbm.70438 PMID: 41368939

09

Evaluating the Current State of Epilepsy Care in the Province of Ontario

Van Winssen C, Andrade AV, Andrade DM, Burneo JG, de Ribaupierre S, Donner E, Hassan A, Ibrahim G, Jones KC, Lomax LB

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences2025

DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2024.30

10

Cardiac arrhythmia and epilepsy genetic variants in sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

Aschner A, Keller A, Williams A, Whitney R, Cunningham K, Hamilton RM, Pollanen M, Donner E

Frontiers in Neurology202415 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1386730

Peripheral and CNS inflammation and injury profiles in children with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex and their association with neurological disability and treatment with mTOR inhibitors: a multicentre, longitudinal study cohort.

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Keezer, Mark; House, Andrew A; Larochelle, Catherine; Major, Philippe; Nabavi Nouri, Maryam; Sham, Lauren

Keywords: Biomarkers; Epilepsy; Genetics; Immune System; Intellectual Disability; Tuberous Sclerosis Complex

$1,453,500

Non-invasive imaging of sensorimotor plasticity following cranial nerve repair

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Cheyne, Douglas O

Keywords: Facial Paralysis; Magnetoencephalography; Motion Tracking; Motor Control; Nerve Repair; Neurodevelopment; Neuroimaging; Neuroplasticity; Source Modeling

$673,200

Non-invasive treatment of pediatric neurological disorders using MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS)

Co-investigatorBRAIN20142012 MIRI Team Grants

Principal investigators: Drake, James

Keywords: Injury; Stroke, Epilepsy

$1,329,420

Development of an MEG-compatible Articulography System for the Assessment of Brain Function and Oromotor Dynamics

Co-investigatorNSERC2010Collaborative Health Research Projects

Principal investigators: Cheyne, Douglas

$205,592

Neuroimaging measures of brain function in preterm neonates

Co-investigatorNSERC2008Collaborative Health Research Projects

Principal investigators: Taylor, Margot

$142,748

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke, Brain Canada and the New Frontiers in Research Fund.

A Study to Investigate the Transition of Children From 'Artisanal" Cannabidiol (CBD) to Epidiolex
Principal investigator · Not yet recruiting · Phase 4 · started 2027 · NCT06924827
A Study of EPX-100 (Clemizole Hydrochloride) in Participants With Dravet Syndrome
Site principal investigator · Recruiting · Phase 3 · started 2020 · NCT04462770

From ClinicalTrials.gov: trials with a site in Canada that they lead overall or at a Canadian site.

Frequent collaborators

James Drake and James Rutka: 117 shared papers
Jorge Burneo and David Steven: 78 shared papers
George Ibrahim and Alexander Weil: 62 shared papers
James Rutka and George Ibrahim: 59 shared papers
James Rutka and Shelly Weiss: 40 shared papers
Rajesh Ramachandran Nair and Robyn Whitney: 29 shared papers
James Drake and George Ibrahim: 29 shared papers
Robyn Whitney and Puneet Jain: 26 shared papers
Jesse Papenburg and Charlotte Moore-Hepburn: 17 shared papers
George Ibrahim and Puneet Jain: 16 shared papers
James Drake and Shelly Weiss: 15 shared papers
James Rutka and Alexander Weil: 11 shared papers
Robyn Whitney and James Rutka: 10 shared papers
James Rutka and Cristina Go: 10 shared papers
James Drake and Alexander Weil: 9 shared papers
George Ibrahim and Shelly Weiss: 9 shared papers
Rajesh Ramachandran Nair and Shelly Weiss: 8 shared papers
Elie Haddad and Andrés Finzi: 8 shared papers
Elizabeth Donner and Puneet Jain: 8 shared papers
Rajesh Ramachandran Nair and James Rutka: 7 shared papers
Elie Haddad and Charlotte Moore-Hepburn: 7 shared papers
Cristina Go and Puneet Jain: 7 shared papers
Elie Haddad and Jesse Papenburg: 6 shared papers
Andrés Finzi and Jesse Papenburg: 6 shared papers
James Rutka and Elizabeth Donner: 6 shared papers
Rajesh Ramachandran Nair and Juan Appendino: 5 shared papers
Robyn Whitney and Cristina Go: 5 shared papers
George Ibrahim and Elizabeth Donner: 5 shared papers
Andrés Finzi and Charlotte Moore-Hepburn: 4 shared papers
Shelly Weiss and Elizabeth Donner: 4 shared papers
Robyn Whitney and Elizabeth Donner: 3 shared papers
James Drake and Elizabeth Donner: 3 shared papers
Juan Appendino and Charlotte Moore-Hepburn: 3 shared papers
Rajesh Ramachandran Nair and Jorge Burneo: 2 shared papers
Rajesh Ramachandran Nair and Elizabeth Donner: 2 shared papers
Robyn Whitney and Juan Appendino: 2 shared papers
Robyn Whitney and Lauren Sham: 2 shared papers
Robyn Whitney and Blathnaid McCoy: 2 shared papers
James Rutka and Jorge Burneo: 2 shared papers
Shelly Weiss and Lauren Sham: 2 shared papers
Jorge Burneo and Elizabeth Donner: 2 shared papers
Cecil Hahn and Puneet Jain: 2 shared papers
Elizabeth Donner and Cristina Go: 2 shared papers
Elizabeth Donner and Lauren Sham: 2 shared papers
Rajesh Ramachandran Nair and David Steven: 1 shared paper
Robyn Whitney and David Steven: 1 shared paper
Robyn Whitney and Andrew Williams: 1 shared paper
Robyn Whitney and Cecil Hahn: 1 shared paper
Elie Haddad and Elizabeth Donner: 1 shared paper
Elie Haddad and Brian McCrindle: 1 shared paper
James Drake and Blathnaid McCoy: 1 shared paper
Andrés Finzi and Elizabeth Donner: 1 shared paper
Andrés Finzi and Brian McCrindle: 1 shared paper
James Rutka and Blathnaid McCoy: 1 shared paper
Jesse Papenburg and Elizabeth Donner: 1 shared paper
Jesse Papenburg and Brian McCrindle: 1 shared paper
Alexander Weil and Elizabeth Donner: 1 shared paper
Shelly Weiss and Carmen Parra-Farinas: 1 shared paper
Shelly Weiss and Cecil Hahn: 1 shared paper
Shelly Weiss and Jeff Kobayashi: 1 shared paper
David Steven and Elizabeth Donner: 1 shared paper
Juan Appendino and Elizabeth Donner: 1 shared paper
Andrew Williams and Elizabeth Donner: 1 shared paper
Danielle Andrade and Elizabeth Donner: 1 shared paper
Danielle Andrade and Puneet Jain: 1 shared paper
Carmen Parra-Farinas and Elizabeth Donner: 1 shared paper
Carmen Parra-Farinas and Lauren Sham: 1 shared paper
Cecil Hahn and Elizabeth Donner: 1 shared paper
Cecil Hahn and Jeff Kobayashi: 1 shared paper
Elizabeth Donner and Brian McCrindle: 1 shared paper
Elizabeth Donner and Jeff Kobayashi: 1 shared paper
Elizabeth Donner and Blathnaid McCoy: 1 shared paper
Elizabeth Donner and Charlotte Moore-Hepburn: 1 shared paper

Department of Paediatrics
Department of Surgery
Department of Pediatrics
Clinical Neurological Sciences
Institute of Medical Science
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Nicole McKinnon

Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care

1 shared papers, latest 2026

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