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Jonathan Downar

ResearcherPsychiatryUniversity of Toronto

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Jonathan Downar

Researcher

Psychiatry

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.
54 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 12 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (5 CIHR), most recently in 2018.

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536

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Research

Brain Stimulation Major Depressive Disorder Fmri Rtms Functional Neuroimaging Personalized Medicine Depression Elderly

Latest papers

TMS-EEG correlate of suicidal ideation in individuals with depression: A multi-site synthesis.
Brain stimulation · 2026
Brain age is associated with cognitive improvement following repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in late-life depression.
Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging · 2026
Proximity to an SGC-DLPFC individualized functional target and electric-field modeling do not predict clinical outcomes of rTMS for treatment-resistant depression.
Brain stimulation · 2026

All 173 publications

Latest funding

Low frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) vs. intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation TMS effectiveness in depression and suicidal ideation: a randomized non-inferiority trial
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$967,726
Magnetic Seizure Therapy for Schizophrenia (MAST) - Trial
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$898,876
Using resting-state fMRI prospectively to predict the optimal stimulation site and improve treatment outcomes for rTMS in major depression
CIHR · 2018 · Nominated PI
$910,350

All 8 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 173 publications.

TMS-EEG correlate of suicidal ideation in individuals with depression: A multi-site synthesis.

Stapper N, Sun Y, Poorganji M, Dhami P, Hadas I, Bailey NW, Kaewpijit P, Zomorrodi R, Kohn JN, Fitzgerald PB, Farzan F, Rodriguez FV, Downar J, Blumberger DM, Appelbaum LG, Daskalakis ZJ, Weissman CR

Brain stimulation2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2026.103206 PMID: 42731592

Brain age is associated with cognitive improvement following repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in late-life depression.

Shi D, Ahmed T, Göke K, Nestor SM, Trevizol AP, Mah L, Rajji TK, Lee HH, Daskalakis ZJ, Downar J, McClintock SM, Noda Y, Voineskos AN, Mulsant BH, Blumberger DM, Dunlop K

Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2026.05.016 PMID: 42532412

Proximity to an SGC-DLPFC individualized functional target and electric-field modeling do not predict clinical outcomes of rTMS for treatment-resistant depression.

Gregory E, Siddiqi SH, Fox MD, Blumberger DM, Downar J, Daskalakis ZJ, Dunlop K, Vila-Rodriguez F

Brain stimulation2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2026.103173 PMID: 42501968

Dose-response associations of total pulse dose and intersession interval with clinical outcomes in accelerated rTMS for major depressive episodes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Wang VX, Mehta DD, Downar J, Tang VM, Li CT, Le Foll B

Brain stimulation2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2026.103129 PMID: 42173311

Dorsolateral Prefrontal rTMS Symptom Cluster Response Trajectories for Depression.

Kaster TS, Chen X, Downar J, Vila-Rodriguez F, Baribeau DA, Thorpe KE, Daskalakis ZJ, Yan CG, Blumberger DM

JAMA network open2026

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.36032 PMID: 42783367

Cognitive Outcomes After Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the Treatment of Late-Life Depression: Résultats cognitifs après la stimulation magnétique transcrânienne pour le traitement de la dépression chez les personnes âgées.

Göke K, McClintock SM, Mah L, Rajji TK, Lee HH, Nestor SM, Downar J, Noda Y, Daskalakis ZJ, Mulsant BH, Blumberger DM

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2026

DOI: 10.1177/07067437251315515 PMID: 39881587

Objective quality assessment for precision functional MRI data.

Lynch CJ, Chang M, Elbau I, Gordon EM, Laumann TO, Du J, Ladwig Z, Lueckel M, Perez DC, Summerville I, Chou J, Johnson M, Ho C, Manfredi N, Nilchian P, Solomonov N, Goldwaser E, Ng T, Moia S, Caballero-Gaudes C, Downar J, Vila-Rodriguez F, Gregory E, Daskalakis ZJ, Blumberger DM, Kay K, Buchanan DM, Williams N, Bhati MT, Clauss J, Zebley B, Victoria LW, Power JD, Grosenick L, Gunning FM, Liston C

Neuron2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2026.05.020 PMID: 42330956

Proximity to an SGC-DLPFC Individualized Functional Target and outcomes in large rTMS clinical trials for Treatment-Resistant Depression.

Gregory E, Siddiqi SH, Fox MD, Blumberger DM, Downar J, Daskalakis ZJ, Dunlop K, Vila-Rodriguez F

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

DOI: 10.1101/2025.07.09.662866 PMID: 40791486

Clinical effects and correlates of standard rTMS and theta burst stimulation (TBS) on suicidal ideation in late-life depression.

Lee HH, Göke K, Wathra RA, Mulsant B, Trevizol AP, Downar J, McClintock SM, Nestor SM, Noda Y, Rajji TK, Daskalakis ZJ, Blumberger DM

European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists2025

DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2025.10049 PMID: 40574540

Sequential bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal versus right lateral orbitofrontal/left dorsolateral prefrontal TMS for major depression: A large naturalistic case series.

Prentice A, Arns M, Middleton V, Bowman J, Donachie N, Kriske J, Kriske J, Sack AT, van der Vinne N, Downar J

Brain stimulation2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2025.03.002 PMID: 40056972

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Jonathan Downar

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TMS-EEG correlate of suicidal ideation in individuals with depression: A multi-site synthesis.

Brain age is associated with cognitive improvement following repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in late-life depression.

Proximity to an SGC-DLPFC individualized functional target and electric-field modeling do not predict clinical outcomes of rTMS for treatment-resistant depression.

Dose-response associations of total pulse dose and intersession interval with clinical outcomes in accelerated rTMS for major depressive episodes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Dorsolateral Prefrontal rTMS Symptom Cluster Response Trajectories for Depression.

Cognitive Outcomes After Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the Treatment of Late-Life Depression: R&#xe9;sultats cognitifs apr&#xe8;s la stimulation magn&#xe9;tique transcr&#xe2;nienne pour le traitement de la d&#xe9;pression chez les personnes &#xe2;g&#xe9;es.

Objective quality assessment for precision functional MRI data.

Proximity to an SGC-DLPFC Individualized Functional Target and outcomes in large rTMS clinical trials for Treatment-Resistant Depression.

Clinical effects and correlates of standard rTMS and theta burst stimulation (TBS) on suicidal ideation in late-life depression.

Sequential bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal versus right lateral orbitofrontal/left dorsolateral prefrontal TMS for major depression: A large naturalistic case series.

Frequent collaborators

Fidel Vila-Rodriguez

Peter Giacobbe

Katharine Dunlop

Daphne Voineskos

Benicio Frey

Geoffrey Hall

Roumen Milev

Blake Woodside

Robert Chen

Gustavo Turecki

Luciano Minuzzi

Jane Foster

Jean-Philippe Miron

Gerasimos Konstantinou

Zahinoor Ismail

Rudolf Uher

Jill Rice

James Downar

José Zariffa

Arun Ravindran

Faranak Farzan

Massieh Moayedi

Francesco Leri

Sarah Wheeler

Benoit Mulsant

Pierre Blier

Daniel Blumberger

Paul Links

Bernard Le Foll

W Richard Staines

Cognitive Outcomes After Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the Treatment of Late-Life Depression: Résultats cognitifs après la stimulation magnétique transcrânienne pour le traitement de la dépression chez les personnes âgées.