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Julia Keith

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Associate ProfessorDepartment of Laboratory Medicine & PathobiologyUniversity of Toronto

Julia Keith

Associate Professor

Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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22 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
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116

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Latest papers

A repeat expansion in GOLGA8A is a major risk factor for atypical frontotemporal lobar degeneration with ubiquitin-positive inclusions.
Nature genetics · 2026
Primary epidural extraosseous Ewing sarcoma of the spine in a 19-year-old male: illustrative case.
Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2026
A 13-Year Review of Non-Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphomas of the Central Nervous System at a Tertiary Hospital: A Case Series Study.
Neuropathology : official journal of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology · 2026 · senior author

All 63 publications

Latest funding

Combining Advanced Metabolic MRI with Genomics to Refine the Treatment Paradigm for Grade 2/3 IDH-wildtype Astrocytoma ("Molecular Glioblastoma")
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$787,950
Detection and prevention of pypermutant glioma in children and young adults
BRAIN · 2021 · Co-investigator
$149,878
Small Vessel Disease meets protein misfolding: Phenobanking common dementias in clinical care to inform future precision medicine.
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
$2,081,600

All 7 grants and awards

63 publications.

A repeat expansion in GOLGA8A is a major risk factor for atypical frontotemporal lobar degeneration with ubiquitin-positive inclusions.

De Coster W, Van den Broeck M, Baker M, Ghayal NB, Wynants S, Batzler A, Pottier C, Alidadiani S, Küçükali F, Jenkins GD, Policarpo R, van Blitterswijk M, DeJesus-Hernandez M, Soto-Beasley AI, Faura J, Coopman E, Hutten S, Mol MO, Wallon D, Sieben A, Finger EC, Murray ME, Forrest SL, Tartaglia MC, Troakes C, van Rooij JGJ, Nguyen AT, Reichard RR, Woodman NL, Nana AL, Weintraub S, Gefen T, De Vil B, Bodi I, Lopez OL, Boluda S, Belliard S, Lebert F, Marguet F, Mao Q, Mesulam MM, Boxer AL, Vandenbulcke M, Suh E, Schaeverbeke J, Lambert JC, Scholz SW, Dalgard CL, Traynor BJ, Gibbs RJ, Schellenberg GD, Dormann D, Joris G, De Pooter T, De Rijk P, D'Hert S, Van Dongen J, van der Zee J, Strazisar M, Gearing M, Kukar T, Flanagan M, Engelborghs S, Ghetti B, Newell KL, King A, Roeber S, Rosen HJ, Spina S, Cras P, Ertekin-Taner N, Wszolek ZK, Uitti RJ, Cheshire WP, Singer W, Herms J, Josephs KA, Whitwell JL, Petersen RC, Pasquier F, Nicolas G, Castellani R, Glass J, Miller BL, Kovacs GG, Rissman RA, Hiniker A, Deramecourt V, Ang LC, Lee-Way J, Van Deerlin VM, Dugger BN, Thal DR, Grinberg LT, Cruchaga C, Arzberger T, Munoz DG, Keith J, Zinman L, Rogaeva E, Lee EB, Haggarty SJ, Ansorge O, Husain M, Halliday GM, Al-Sarraj S, Ross OA, Sleegers K, Vandenberghe R, Boeve BF, Graff-Radford NR, Kofler J, White CL, Lashley T, Neumann M, Biernacka JM, Seeley WW, Seelaar H, van Swieten JC, Rohrer JD, Dickson DW, Mackenzie IRA, Rademakers R

Nature genetics20262 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41588-026-02537-7 PMID: 41820575

Primary epidural extraosseous Ewing sarcoma of the spine in a 19-year-old male: illustrative case.

Salaheen Z, Ye VC, De Sequeira A, Ahmed DB, Keith J, Badhiwala JH

Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons2026

DOI: 10.3171/case2635 PMID: 42044535

A 13-Year Review of Non-Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphomas of the Central Nervous System at a Tertiary Hospital: A Case Series Study.

Sina N, Heyn C, Ghorab Z, Keith J

Neuropathology : official journal of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/neup.70072 PMID: 42552729

The landscape of primary mismatch repair deficient gliomas in children, adolescents, and young adults: a multi-cohort study.

Negm L, Chung J, Nobre L, Bennett J, Fernandez NR, Nunes NM, Liu ZA, Komosa M, Aronson M, Zhang C, Stengs L, Bianchi V, Edwards M, Doherty S, Ercan AB, Cardenas MF, Macias M, Lueder MR, Ku M, Johnson M, Chang Y, Dimayacyac JR, Kraya AA, Guo Y, Naky S, Keith J, Gao AF, Munoz DG, Nguyen L, Tsang DS, Lim-Fat MJ, Das S, Shlien A, Ramaswamy V, Huang A, Malkin D, Villani A, Ertl-Wagner B, Levine A, Robinson GW, Pollock BH, Spector LG, Sei S, Dirks PB, Getz G, Nichols KE, Resnick AC, Wheeler DA, Das A, Maruvka YE, Hawkins C, Tabori U

The Lancet. Oncology202533 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(24)00640-5 PMID: 39701117

Deciphering distinct genetic risk factors for FTLD-TDP pathological subtypes via whole-genome sequencing.

Pottier C, Küçükali F, Baker M, Batzler A, Jenkins GD, van Blitterswijk M, Vicente CT, De Coster W, Wynants S, Van de Walle P, Ross OA, Murray ME, Faura J, Haggarty SJ, van Rooij JG, Mol MO, Hsiung GR, Graff C, Öijerstedt L, Neumann M, Asmann Y, McDonnell SK, Baheti S, Josephs KA, Whitwell JL, Bieniek KF, Forsberg L, Heuer H, Lago AL, Geier EG, Yokoyama JS, Oddi AP, Flanagan M, Mao Q, Hodges JR, Kwok JB, Domoto-Reilly K, Synofzik M, Wilke C, Onyike C, Dickerson BC, Evers BM, Dugger BN, Munoz DG, Keith J, Zinman L, Rogaeva E, Suh E, Gefen T, Geula C, Weintraub S, Diehl-Schmid J, Farlow MR, Edbauer D, Woodruff BK, Caselli RJ, Donker Kaat LL, Huey ED, Reiman EM, Mead S, King A, Roeber S, Nana AL, Ertekin-Taner N, Knopman DS, Petersen RC, Petrucelli L, Uitti RJ, Wszolek ZK, Ramos EM, Grinberg LT, Tempini MLG, Rosen HJ, Spina S, Piguet O, Grossman M, Trojanowski JQ, Keene CD, Jin LW, Prudlo J, Geschwind DH, Rissman RA, Cruchaga C, Ghetti B, Halliday GM, Beach TG, Serrano GE, Arzberger T, Herms J, Boxer AL, Honig LS, Vonsattel JP, Lopez OL, Kofler J, White CL, Gearing M, Glass J, Rohrer JD, Irwin DJ, Lee EB, Van Deerlin V, Castellani R, Mesulam MM, Tartaglia MC, Finger EC, Troakes C, Al-Sarraj S, Dalgard CL, Miller BL, Seelaar H, Graff-Radford NR, Boeve BF, Mackenzie IR, van Swieten JC, Seeley WW, Sleegers K, Dickson DW, Biernacka JM, Rademakers R

Nature communications202521 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-59216-0 PMID: 40280976

A population-based analysis of the molecular landscape of glioma in adolescents and young adults reveals insights into gliomagenesis.

Bennett J, Levine AB, Nobre L, Negm L, Chung J, Fang K, Johnson M, Komosa M, Krumholtz S, Nunes NM, Rana M, Ryall S, Sheth J, Siddaway R, Bale TA, Bouffet E, Cusimano MD, Das S, Detsky J, Dirks P, Karajannis MA, Kongkham P, Giantini-Larsen A, Li BK, Lim-Fat MJ, Lin AL, Mason WP, Miller A, Perry JR, Sahgal A, Sait SF, Tsang DS, Zadeh G, Laperriere N, Nguyen L, Gao A, Keith J, Munoz DG, Tabori U, Hawkins C

Nature cancer202518 citations

DOI: 10.1038/s43018-025-00962-x PMID: 40335748

Single-nucleus transcriptome atlas of orbitofrontal cortex in ALS with a deep learning-based decoding of alternative polyadenylation mechanisms.

McKeever PM, Sababi AM, Sharma R, Xu Z, Xiao S, McGoldrick P, Ketela T, Sato C, Moreno D, Visanji N, Kovacs GG, Keith J, Zinman L, Rogaeva E, Goodarzi H, Bader GD, Robertson J

Cell genomics20257 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.xgen.2025.101007 PMID: 40967225

Dose-Escalated Radiation Therapy Is Associated With Improved Outcomes for High-Grade Meningioma.

Zeng KL, Soliman H, Myrehaug S, Tseng CL, Detsky J, Chen H, Lim-Fat MJ, Ruschin M, Atenafu EG, Keith J, Lipsman N, Heyn C, Maralani P, Das S, Pirouzmand F, Sahgal A

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics202430 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.09.026 PMID: 37793575

MEK Inhibition in a Pilocytic Astrocytoma With a Rare KRAS Q61R Mutation in a Young Adult Patient: A Case Report.

Roberto K, Keith J, Levine A, Pirouzmand F, Soliman H, Lim-Fat MJ

JCO precision oncology20244 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1200/po.24.00174 PMID: 38905571

Towards a histological diagnosis of childhood small vessel CNS vasculitis.

Nouri MN, Dropol A, Tyrrell PN, Sheikh S, Twilt M, Michaud J, Ellezam B, Sarnat HB, Dunham C, Schutz PW, Keith J, Munoz DG, Vinters HV, Hawkins C, Benseler SM

Pediatric rheumatology online journal20242 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12969-024-01053-4 PMID: 39732702

Combining Advanced Metabolic MRI with Genomics to Refine the Treatment Paradigm for Grade 2/3 IDH-wildtype Astrocytoma ("Molecular Glioblastoma")

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Stanisz, Greg J; Dinakaran, Deepak; Lim-Fat, Mary Jane; Sahgal, Arjun

Keywords: Astrocytomas; Brain Tumour; Cest; Gbm; Gd-Enhancement Mri; Gliomas; Magnetization Transfer; Molecular Gioblastoma; Mri; Screening

$787,950

Detection and prevention of pypermutant glioma in children and young adults

Co-investigatorBRAIN2021CCS/CIHR/BC Spark Grant: Novel Technology Applications in Cancer Prevention and Early Detection

Principal investigators: Tabori, Uri

Keywords: Cancer; Brain Cancer

$149,878

Small Vessel Disease meets protein misfolding: Phenobanking common dementias in clinical care to inform future precision medicine.

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Black, Sandra E

Keywords: Dementia (Alzheimer'S, Frontotemporal, And Lewy Body); Imaging- Genetics; Longitudinal Cohort; Molecular Pet; Mri (Structural/Functional); Neurobehaviour (E.G., Depression, Apathy); Neuropathology; Neuropsychology; Spect; Vascular Cognitive Disorders

$2,081,600

The Canadian ADNI BraIn Donation and Neuropathology Network (CABIN) - Optimizing Canadian Participation in the Neuropathology Program of ADNI

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI)

Principal investigators: Mackenzie, Ian R; Chertkow, Howard M; Hsiung, Ging-Yuek R

Keywords: Adni; Alzheimer'S Disease; Brain Banking; Dementia; Neuropathology

$1,065,000

Understanding Neurodegeneration, Venules, Amyloid Imaging and Leukoaraiosis (UNVAIL)

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Black, Sandra E; Bocti, Christian; Borrie, Michael J; Chertkow, Howard M; Darvesh, Sultan; Dowlatshahi, Dariush; Frayne, Richard; Hsiung, Ging-Yuek R; Laforce, Robert J; Mandzia, Jennifer L; Masellis, Mario; Prato, Frank S; Sahlas, Demetrios; Smith, Eric E; Soucy, Jean-Paul; Strother, Stephen; Swartz, Richard

Keywords: Amyloid And Tau Pet Imaging; Amyloid Angiopathy; Brain Volumetrics And Microstructural Integrity; Executive Dysfunction And Memory Loss; Executive Function Processing; Metabolic Imaging And Functional Networks; Small Vessel Disease; Stroke And Transient Ischemic Attack; Subcortical Ischemic Brain Small Blood Vessel Disasculopathy; Venous Collagenosis

$100,000

Cohort to illuminate Neurodegeneration, Genetics, Imaging Associations and Leukoaraiosis (CONGENIAL)

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Black, Sandra E; Masellis, Mario

Keywords: And Lewy Body); Apathy); Dementia (Alzheimer'S; Depression; Frontotemporal; Imaging-Genetics; Longitudinal Cohort; Mri (Structural/Functional); Neurobehaviour (E.G.; Neuropathology; Neuropsychology; Spect; Vascular Cognitive Disorders

$919,405

In Vivo Brain Mapping in the Dementias: A Longitudinal Brain-Behaviour Study with a Focus on Cerebrovascular Disease and Heterogeneity

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Black, Sandra E; Masellis, Mario

Keywords: Dementia (Alzheimer'S; Frontotemporal; Imaging-Genetics; Lewy Body); Longitudinal Cohort; Mri (Structural/Functional); Neurodegenerative Gait Disorders; Neuropathology; Neuropsychology; Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography; Vascular Cognitive Disorders

$100,000

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.

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Julia Keith

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

A repeat expansion in GOLGA8A is a major risk factor for atypical frontotemporal lobar degeneration with ubiquitin-positive inclusions.

Primary epidural extraosseous Ewing sarcoma of the spine in a 19-year-old male: illustrative case.

A 13-Year Review of Non-Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphomas of the Central Nervous System at a Tertiary Hospital: A Case Series Study.

The landscape of primary mismatch repair deficient gliomas in children, adolescents, and young adults: a multi-cohort study.

Deciphering distinct genetic risk factors for FTLD-TDP pathological subtypes via whole-genome sequencing.

A population-based analysis of the molecular landscape of glioma in adolescents and young adults reveals insights into gliomagenesis.

Single-nucleus transcriptome atlas of orbitofrontal cortex in ALS with a deep learning-based decoding of alternative polyadenylation mechanisms.

Dose-Escalated Radiation Therapy Is Associated With Improved Outcomes for High-Grade Meningioma.

MEK Inhibition in a Pilocytic Astrocytoma With a Rare KRAS Q61R Mutation in a Young Adult Patient: A Case Report.

Towards a histological diagnosis of childhood small vessel CNS vasculitis.

Combining Advanced Metabolic MRI with Genomics to Refine the Treatment Paradigm for Grade 2/3 IDH-wildtype Astrocytoma ("Molecular Glioblastoma")

Detection and prevention of pypermutant glioma in children and young adults

Small Vessel Disease meets protein misfolding: Phenobanking common dementias in clinical care to inform future precision medicine.

The Canadian ADNI BraIn Donation and Neuropathology Network (CABIN) - Optimizing Canadian Participation in the Neuropathology Program of ADNI

Understanding Neurodegeneration, Venules, Amyloid Imaging and Leukoaraiosis (UNVAIL)

Cohort to illuminate Neurodegeneration, Genetics, Imaging Associations and Leukoaraiosis (CONGENIAL)

In Vivo Brain Mapping in the Dementias: A Longitudinal Brain-Behaviour Study with a Focus on Cerebrovascular Disease and Heterogeneity

Frequent collaborators

Ekaterina Rogaeva

Lorne Zinman

Sandra Black

Arjun Sahgal

Janice Robertson

Mario Masellis

Sunit Das

James Perry

Hany Soliman

Jay Detsky

Pejman Maralani

Pejman Jabehdar Maralani

Chia-Lin Tseng

Sten Myrehaug

Nir Lipsman

Mary Lim-Fat

Joel Ramirez

Ian Mackenzie

Peter St. George-Hyslop

Ging-Yuek Hsiung

Cynthia Hawkins

Raphael Schneider

Hanbo Chen

Nathan Herrmann

Farhad Pirouzmand

Walter Swardfager

Derek Tsang

Sean Nestor

Elizabeth Finger

Galit Kleiner

Lananh Nguyen

Sean Symons

Victor Yang

Leodante da Costa

Shadi Daghighi

Roger Smith

Fang-I Lu

Suganth Suppiah

Jelena Mirkovic

Roy Baskind