Kamil Uludag, University of Toronto

Research

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7t Magnetic Resonance Imaging Blood-Brain Barrier Cerebral Blood Flow Focused Ultrasound High-Grade Gliomas Microvasculature Passive Cavitation Imaging Crc

Latest papers

Multi-target focused ultrasound neuromodulation of a subcallosal cingulate mediated depression network: A case study using personalized functional mapping.
Brain stimulation · 2026
Letter to the Editor. Functional MRI of DBS using monopolar stimulation: contextualizing recent phantom findings.
Journal of neurosurgery · 2026
Microstructural, Morphological, and Metabolic Changes Following Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Capsulotomy.
Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging · 2026

All 14 publications

Latest funding

A personalized approach to focused ultrasound-induced blood-brain barrier opening using 7T MRI in patients with high-grade gliomas
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$382,500
Early-stage in vivo biomarkers of cerebral amyloid angiopathy and associated inflammation in Alzheimer's disease
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$810,900
Brain Network-based Precision Medicine to Predict Dissatisfaction Following Total Knee Arthroplasty
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$123,077

All 7 grants and awards

14 publications.

01

Multi-target focused ultrasound neuromodulation of a subcallosal cingulate mediated depression network: A case study using personalized functional mapping.

Davidson B, Jones RM, McMahon D, Xhima K, Bocca LF, Huang Y, Blanco S, Pople CB, Giacobbe P, Nestor SM, Rabin JS, Hamani C, Uludag K, Goubran M, Hynynen K, Lipsman N

Brain stimulation2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2026.103198 PMID: 42692166

02

Letter to the Editor. Functional MRI of DBS using monopolar stimulation: contextualizing recent phantom findings.

Loh A, Matossian GA, Santyr B, Ajala A, Madhavan R, Germann J, Elias G, Munhoz RP, Fasano A, Louka A, Yang B, Jech R, Hancu I, DiMarzio M, Pilitsis JG, Graham SJ, Davidson B, Uludag K, Hodaie M, Kalia SK, Milosevic L, Connell IRO, Kashyap S, Lozano AM, Boutet A

Journal of neurosurgery2026

DOI: 10.3171/2026.4.jns26766 PMID: 42600178

03

Microstructural, Morphological, and Metabolic Changes Following Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Capsulotomy.

Davidson B, Clappison A, Mithani K, Bocca LF, Giacobbe P, Nestor S, Meng Y, Ottoy J, Rabin JS, Burke M, Uludag K, Hamani C, Lipsman N, Goubran M

Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2026.01.011 PMID: 41672276

04

Predictive acoustical processing in human cortical layers.

Faes LK, Zulfiqar I, Vizioli L, Yu Z, Wu YH, Shin JN, Cloos MA, Auksztulewicz R, Melloni L, Uludag K, Yacoub E, De Martino F

Nature communications2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-73540-z PMID: 42191715

05

Predictive acoustical processing in human cortical layers.

Faes LK, Zulfiqar I, Vizioli L, Yu Z, Wu YH, Shin J, Cloos MA, Auksztulewicz R, Melloni L, Uludag K, Yacoub E, De Martino F

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

DOI: 10.1101/2025.01.09.632099 PMID: 39829870

06

Transformer-aided dynamic causal model for scalable estimation of effective connectivity.

Nag S, Uludag K

Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.)2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1162/imag_a_00290 PMID: 40800338

07

Dynamic Effective Connectivity using Physiologically informed Dynamic Causal Model with Recurrent Units: A functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging simulation study.

Nag S, Uludag K

Frontiers in human neuroscience2023Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2023.1001848 PMID: 36936613

08

Investigations of hypoxia-induced deoxyhemoglobin as a contrast agent for cerebral perfusion imaging.

Sayin ES, Schulman J, Poublanc J, Levine HT, Raghavan LV, Uludag K, Duffin J, Fisher JA, Mikulis DJ, Sobczyk O

Human brain mapping2023

DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26131 PMID: 36308389

09

Perfusion MRI using endogenous deoxyhemoglobin as a contrast agent: Preliminary data.

Poublanc J, Sobczyk O, Shafi R, Sayin ES, Schulman J, Duffin J, Uludag K, Wood JC, Vu C, Dharmakumar R, Fisher JA, Mikulis DJ

Magnetic resonance in medicine2021

DOI: 10.1002/mrm.28974 PMID: 34687064

10

Determining laminar neuronal activity from BOLD fMRI using a generative model.

Uludag K, Havlicek M

Progress in neurobiology2021First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2021.102055 PMID: 33930519

A personalized approach to focused ultrasound-induced blood-brain barrier opening using 7T MRI in patients with high-grade gliomas

Principal investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Meng, Ying; Hynynen, Kullervo H; Uludag, Kamil

Keywords: 7t Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Blood-Brain Barrier; Cerebral Blood Flow; Focused Ultrasound; High-Grade Gliomas; Microvasculature; Passive Cavitation Imaging

$382,500

Early-stage in vivo biomarkers of cerebral amyloid angiopathy and associated inflammation in Alzheimer's disease

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Ottoy, Julie J; Goubran, Maged

Keywords: Alzheimer'S Disease; Amyloid; Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy; Cerebrovascular Disease; Cognition; Fluid; High-Field Mri; Inflammation; Neuroimaging; Subtyping & Staging

$810,900

Brain Network-based Precision Medicine to Predict Dissatisfaction Following Total Knee Arthroplasty

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Garceau, Simon

$123,077

Canada Research Chair - Tier 1

Nominated PICIHR2024Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 1

Principal investigators: Uludag, Kamil

Keywords: Crc

$1,400,000

Harnessing ultra-high resolution MRI to investigate the human claustrum: Illuminating structure, function, and associations with disease

SupervisorCIHR2023Canada Graduate Scholarships - Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements

Principal investigators: Calarco, Navona

Keywords: Claustrum; Magentic Resonance Imaging (Mri); Subcortical Structures; Ultra-High Field Mri

$6,000

Perfusion Imaging of the Human Brain Using Endogenous Deoxyhemoglobin

SupervisorCIHR2023Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Schulman, Jacob B

Keywords: Cancer; Contrast; Deoxyhemoglobin; Dsc; Gadolinium; Imaging; Mri; Perfusion; Simulations; Stroke

$105,000

Harnessing the power of ultra-high field MRI to investigate the human claustrum

SupervisorCIHR2022Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Calarco, Navona

Keywords: 7t Mri; Claustrum; Consciousness; Delusions; Functional Imaging; Structural Imaging; Ultra-High Field Mri

$105,000

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

Department of Surgery
Department of Medical Biophysics
Department of Physiology
Clinical and Computational Neuroscience
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Applying for

Paper to mentionMention their CIHR grant from 2026

Subject: Prospective PhD student: 7t Magnetic Resonance Imaging Dear Professor Uludag, 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 "Multi-target focused ultrasound neuromodulation of a subcallosal cingulate mediated depression network: A case study using personalized functional mapping." (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 CIHR-funded project "A personalized approach to focused ultrasound-induced blood-brain barrier opening using 7T MRI in patients with high-grade gliomas" (2026), 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]