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Jiri Vajsar
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Latest papers
Equitable Access to Disease-Modifying Therapies for Canadian Children with SMA and Four SMN2 Copies
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences · 2025
Pediatric Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy: Challenges in Diagnosis and Therapeutic Strategies
Pediatric Drugs · 2024
Newborn Screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Ontario Testing and Follow-up Recommendations
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences · 2021
Latest funding
- $10,000
CIHR Team Grant in Exercise in Chronically Ill Children
CIHR · 2009 · Co-investigator
13 publications.
Equitable Access to Disease-Modifying Therapies for Canadian Children with SMA and Four SMN2 Copies
McMillan HJ, Gonorazky H, Campbell C, Chrestian N, Crone M, Dowling JJ, Joyal K, Kolski H, Leung E, Mackenzie A
Pediatric Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy: Challenges in Diagnosis and Therapeutic Strategies
Issa Alawneh, Asma'a Alenizi, Freddy Paiz, Elisa Nigro, Jiri Vajsar, Hernan Dario Gonorazky
Newborn Screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Ontario Testing and Follow-up Recommendations
McMillan HJ, Kernohan KD, Yeh E, Amburgey K, Boyd J, Campbell C, Dowling JJ, Gonorazky H, Marcadier J, Tarnopolsky MA
Treatment of infantile-onset spinal muscular atrophy with nusinersen: final report of a phase 2, open-label, multicentre, dose-escalation study.
Finkel RS, Chiriboga CA, Vajsar J, Day JW, Montes J, De Vivo DC, Bishop KM, Foster R, Liu Y, Ramirez-Schrempp D, Schneider E, Bennett CF, Wong J, Farwell W
A National Spinal Muscular Atrophy Registry for Real-World Evidence.
Hodgkinson VL, Oskoui M, Lounsberry J, M'Dahoma S, Butler E, Campbell C, MacKenzie A, McMillan HJ, Simard L, Vajsar J, Brais B, Chapman KM, Chrestian N, Crone M, Dobrowolski P, Dojeiji S, Dowling JJ, Dupré N, Genge A, Gonorazky H, Hasal S, Izenberg A, Johnston W, Leung E, Lochmüller H, Mah JK, Marerro A, Massie R, McAdam L, McCormick A, Melanson M, Mezei MM, Nguyen CE, O'Connell C, O'Ferrall EK, Pfeffer G, Phan C, Plamondon S, Poulin C, Rodrigue X, Schellenberg KL, Selby K, Sheriko J, Shoesmith C, Smith G, Taillon M, Taylor S, Warman Chardon J, Worley S, Korngut L
Respiratory Dysfunction and Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Children With Myasthenia Gravis.
Katzberg HD, Vajsar J, Vezina K, Qashqari H, Selvadurai S, Chrestian N, Khayat A, Ryan CM, Narang I
Response to the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health and Institut national d'excellence en santé et en services sociaux decision regarding nusinersen for Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
Campbell C, Selby K, McMillan H, Vajsar J, Korngut L, Brais B, MacKenzie A, Oskoui M
Longitudinal Outcomes in the 2014 Acute Flaccid Paralysis Cluster in Canada
Yea C, Bitnun A, Robinson J, Mineyko A, Barton M, Mah JK, Vajsar J, Richardson S, Licht C, Brophy J
Treatment of infantile-onset spinal muscular atrophy with nusinersen: a phase 2, open-label, dose-escalation study.
Finkel RS, Chiriboga CA, Vajsar J, Day JW, Montes J, De Vivo DC, Yamashita M, Rigo F, Hung G, Schneider E, Norris DA, Xia S, Bennett CF, Bishop KM
Response.
Chrestian N, Vajsar J
CIHR Team Grant in Exercise in Chronically Ill Children
Principal investigators: Feldman, Brian M; Noseworthy, Michael D; Tein, Ingrid; Wells, Greg D
Keywords: Chronic Disease; Exercise Intolerance; Mechanisms; Pediatrics; Psychosocial Constructs
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 and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- James Dowling and Hernan Gonorazky: 53 shared papers
- Lawrence Korngut and Angela Genge: 45 shared papers
- Geneviève Bernard and Bernard Brais: 35 shared papers
- Jean Mah and Craig Campbell: 32 shared papers
- Jean Mah and Kathryn Selby: 24 shared papers
- Lawrence Korngut and Craig Campbell: 22 shared papers
- Lawrence Korngut and Hanns Lochmüller: 19 shared papers
- Lawrence Korngut and Gerald Pfeffer: 19 shared papers
- Kathryn Selby and Craig Campbell: 19 shared papers
- Jean Mah and Maryam Oskoui: 18 shared papers
- Maryam Oskoui and Kathryn Selby: 18 shared papers
- Bernard Brais and Hanns Lochmüller: 17 shared papers
- Geneviève Bernard and Daniela Pohl: 15 shared papers
- Lawrence Korngut and Maryam Oskoui: 15 shared papers
- Maryam Oskoui and Hernan Gonorazky: 15 shared papers
- Hanns Lochmüller and Gerald Pfeffer: 15 shared papers
- Lawrence Korngut and Bernard Brais: 14 shared papers
- Craig Campbell and Hernan Gonorazky: 14 shared papers
- Mark Tarnopolsky and Craig Campbell: 13 shared papers
- Angela Genge and Hanns Lochmüller: 12 shared papers
- Mark Tarnopolsky and James Dowling: 10 shared papers
- Mark Tarnopolsky and Hernan Gonorazky: 10 shared papers
- James Dowling and Maryam Oskoui: 10 shared papers
- Daniela Pohl and Aleksandra Mineyko: 10 shared papers
- Jean Mah and Daniela Pohl: 9 shared papers
- Angela Genge and Gerald Pfeffer: 9 shared papers
- Jean Mah and Jordan Sheriko: 7 shared papers
- Maryam Oskoui and Jordan Sheriko: 7 shared papers
- Kathryn Selby and Jordan Sheriko: 7 shared papers
- Jean Mah and Laura McAdam: 6 shared papers
- Kathryn Selby and Laura McAdam: 6 shared papers
- Mark Tarnopolsky and Geneviève Bernard: 5 shared papers
- Craig Campbell and Jiri Vajsar: 5 shared papers
- Hernan Gonorazky and Laura McAdam: 5 shared papers
- Lawrence Korngut and Aaron Izenberg: 4 shared papers
- Jean Mah and Hanna Kolski: 4 shared papers
- Kathryn Selby and Jiri Vajsar: 4 shared papers
- Jiri Vajsar and Hernan Gonorazky: 4 shared papers
- David Chitayat and Christoph Licht: 3 shared papers
- James Dowling and Jiri Vajsar: 3 shared papers
- Jean Mah and Jiri Vajsar: 3 shared papers
- Bernard Brais and Aaron Izenberg: 3 shared papers
- Christoph Licht and Kathryn Selby: 3 shared papers
- Christoph Licht and Daniela Pohl: 3 shared papers
- Christoph Licht and Aleksandra Mineyko: 3 shared papers
- Maryam Oskoui and Jiri Vajsar: 3 shared papers
- Hanns Lochmüller and Aaron Izenberg: 3 shared papers
- Kathryn Selby and Aleksandra Mineyko: 3 shared papers
- Hanna Kolski and Hernan Gonorazky: 3 shared papers
- Mark Tarnopolsky and Jiri Vajsar: 2 shared papers
- David Chitayat and James Dowling: 2 shared papers
- Lawrence Korngut and Jiri Vajsar: 2 shared papers
- Bernard Brais and Jiri Vajsar: 2 shared papers
- Christoph Licht and Ari Bitnun: 2 shared papers
- Maryam Oskoui and Hanna Kolski: 2 shared papers
- Gerald Pfeffer and Cecile Phan: 2 shared papers
- Kathryn Selby and Ari Bitnun: 2 shared papers
- Daniela Pohl and Ari Bitnun: 2 shared papers
- Jordan Sheriko and Jiri Vajsar: 2 shared papers
- Jiri Vajsar and Laura McAdam: 2 shared papers
- Geneviève Bernard and David Chitayat: 1 shared paper
- Geneviève Bernard and Jiri Vajsar: 1 shared paper
- David Chitayat and Jiri Vajsar: 1 shared paper
- James Dowling and Cecile Phan: 1 shared paper
- Lawrence Korngut and Cecile Phan: 1 shared paper
- Angela Genge and Jiri Vajsar: 1 shared paper
- Christoph Licht and Jiri Vajsar: 1 shared paper
- Hanns Lochmüller and Jiri Vajsar: 1 shared paper
- Clodagh Ryan and Jiri Vajsar: 1 shared paper
- Gerald Pfeffer and Jiri Vajsar: 1 shared paper
- Daniela Pohl and Jiri Vajsar: 1 shared paper
- Aleksandra Mineyko and Jiri Vajsar: 1 shared paper
- Hanna Kolski and Jiri Vajsar: 1 shared paper
- Cecile Phan and Jiri Vajsar: 1 shared paper
- Aaron Izenberg and Jiri Vajsar: 1 shared paper
- Ari Bitnun and Jiri Vajsar: 1 shared paper
- Department of Paediatrics
- Department of Human Genetics
- Department of Pediatrics
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences
- Department of Medicine
- Department of Molecular Genetics
- Cumming School of Medicine
- Other
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Craig Campbell
Department of Paediatrics
5 shared papers, latest 2025
Hernan Gonorazky
Department of Paediatrics
4 shared papers, latest 2025
Kathryn Selby
Faculty
4 shared papers, latest 2025
Maryam Oskoui
Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
3 shared papers, latest 2025
James Dowling
Department of Molecular Genetics
3 shared papers, latest 2025
Jean Mah
Cumming School of Medicine
3 shared papers, latest 2025
Laura McAdam
Department of Paediatrics
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Mark Tarnopolsky
Department of Pediatrics
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Bernard Brais
Department of Human Genetics
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Lawrence Korngut
Department of Clinical Neurosciences
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Jordan Sheriko
Department of Pediatrics
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Simona Hasal
Pediatric Neurology
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Christoph Licht
Department of Paediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Pranesh Chakraborty
Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Hanns Lochmüller
Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Clodagh Ryan
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Jodi Warman Chardon
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Indra Narang
Institute of Medical Science
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Kristin Kernohan
Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Gerald Pfeffer
DCNS
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Kerri Schellenberg
Department of Clinical Neurosciences
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Daniela Pohl
Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Aleksandra Mineyko
Department of Clinical Neurosciences
1 shared papers, latest 2017
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