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Louise Gallagher

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ProfessorDivision of Child and Youth Mental HealthUniversity of Toronto

Louise Gallagher

Professor

Division of Child and Youth Mental Health

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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24 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 8 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Publications

586

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Publications by year

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Roles and appointments

Chief, Child and Youth Mental Health Collaborative, and Director, Division of Child and Youth Mental Health

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Research

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Latest papers

Assessment of noninvasive quantification of [18F]SynVesT-1 with simplified reference tissue model 2 in an adolescent and youth cohort
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging · 2026
Does genetic testing impact stigma in autism: A scoping review.
Journal of community genetics · 2026 · senior author
Neurodevelopmental and Psychiatric Studies in Children and Adolescents With Neurofibromatosis Type I: A Comprehensive Scoping Review.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics · 2026

All 24 publications

Latest funding

Tracking the development of excitation-inhibition balance in autism and intellectual disability: a longitudinal study in a high-risk genetic population.
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$1,357,876
Recalibrating Autism Measures for Sex and Gender Equity
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$698,444
Pathways 2 Postsecondary (P2P): Exploring Mechanisms of Postsecondary Education Access, Persistence, and Attainment for Youth with Mental Illness
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$967,725

All 8 grants and awards

24 publications.

Assessment of noninvasive quantification of [18F]SynVesT-1 with simplified reference tissue model 2 in an adolescent and youth cohort

Uribe C, Narciso L, Cho SS, Zilberman M, Cote C, Yu L, Truong J, Dickie E, Nikolova Y, Voineskos A

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1007/s00259-026-07818-1

Does genetic testing impact stigma in autism: A scoping review.

Molloy CJ, Miles A, Christoff C, Cunningham J, Reilly J, Vorstman J, Austin J, Hawke LD, Gallagher L

Journal of community genetics20261 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1007/s12687-025-00854-8 PMID: 41604047

Neurodevelopmental and Psychiatric Studies in Children and Adolescents With Neurofibromatosis Type I: A Comprehensive Scoping Review.

Chopra M, Lee TJ, Vorstman J, Parkin P, Gallagher L, Krakowski A

American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1002/ajmgb.70000 PMID: 41344893

Sex and gender influences on problematic cannabis use and cannabis use disorder: A scoping review protocol.

Matheson J, Mielnik CA, Knight R, Wright M, Marley N, Bonato S, Le Foll B, Gallagher L, Rubin-Kahana DS

PloS one2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0327704 PMID: 41493970

Codesigning a Neurocognitive Assessment Protocol for Hyperphagia: Perspectives From Stakeholders in Prader-Willi Syndrome.

Feighan SM, McNicholas Á, Key AP, Dimitropoulos A, Roche E, Molloy CJ, Gallagher L

Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/jir.70053 PMID: 41115776

Advancing intervention science in child and youth mental health: from mechanisms to scalable care.

Gallagher L

European child & adolescent psychiatry2026First author

DOI: 10.1007/s00787-026-03000-y PMID: 41964745

Synchronisation of circadian timing in families and the impact of autism: a scoping review.

Brennan A, Wyse C, Vasconcelos M, Rudderham L, Gallagher L, Lopez LM

Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders2026

DOI: 10.1186/s11689-026-09679-z PMID: 41742045

Longitudinal multi-omics analysis of umbilical cord blood and childhood serum in Autism.

Noone A, Dowling K, O'Boyle D, Carter M, Golubeva AV, Scaife C, Bech BH, Henriksen TB, Gallagher L, Mooney C, Khashan AS, Murray DM, English JA

Molecular psychiatry2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41380-025-03157-z PMID: 40962828

Designing digital conversational agents for youth with multiple mental health conditions: Insights on key features from a youth-engaged qualitative descriptive study.

Hou J, Gibson J, Phi T, Ritchie B, Gallagher L, Strudwick G, Foussias G, Courtney DB, Voineskos A, Ameis S, Cleverley K, Hawke LD

Digital health20256 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/20552076251330550 PMID: 40162180

Recommendations for the development of digital conversational agents for youth with mental health conditions: A position paper.

Hawke LD, Strudwick G, Ritchie B, Gibson J, Phi T, Hou J, Gallagher L

Digital health20254 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/20552076251393355 PMID: 41181571

Tracking the development of excitation-inhibition balance in autism and intellectual disability: a longitudinal study in a high-risk genetic population.

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Vorstman, Jacob A

Keywords: 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome; Early Identification Autism; Excitatory-Inhibitory (E/I) Balance; Genetic Risk Neurodevelopmental Conditions; Intellectual Disability; Magnetoencephalography (Meg)

$1,357,876

Recalibrating Autism Measures for Sex and Gender Equity

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lai, Meng-Chuan

Keywords: Autism; Cognitive Interviews; Community-Based Participatory Research; Differential Item Functioning; Focus Group; Gender Diversity; Gender Identity; Measurement Invariance; Measurement Validation; Sex Assigned At Birth

$698,444

Pathways 2 Postsecondary (P2P): Exploring Mechanisms of Postsecondary Education Access, Persistence, and Attainment for Youth with Mental Illness

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Cleverley, Kristin D; Quilty, Lena C

Keywords: Education And Employment; Knowledge Mobilization; Mental Health; Patient Engagement; Youth; Youth Leadership

$967,725

Partnering with youth to co-produce harm reduction guidelines for the use of AI chatbots to support mental and emotional health: A co-produced project

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Catalyst Grant: Partnering for Impact - Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Hawke, Lisa D; Gibson, Jamie

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Emerging Adults; Mental Health; Youth

$138,000

Advancing Youth Mental Health Research with Digital Phenotyping Infrastructure

Co-investigatorCFI2025John R. Evans Leaders Fund: John R. Evans Leaders Fund – Funding for research infrastructure

Principal investigators: Maslej, Marta

Keywords: Mental health, Youth, Smartphone use, Social media, physical activity, stress, sleep. Digital phenotyping, mobile sensing, wearables, biometrics.

$184,591

Building Reproducible AI Frameworks for Brain Health with the Brain Health Data Challenge Platform

Co-investigatorBRAIN20252024 Platform Support Grants

Principal investigators: Zhukovsky, Peter; Tripathy, Shreejoy; Glatard, Tristan

Keywords: Mental Health; Other

$4,892,500

Chasing stochastics, a multidisciplinary approach to develop genetic models predicting the likelihood of stochastic events.

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Breetvelt, Elemi

Keywords: regional burden; Dario Rerio; Genetic Risk Prediction; Genetic Epidemiology; Scoliosis; Schizophrenia; ASD; precision medicine; translation research

$250,000

Developing Service Standards for Youth with Complex Mental Illness

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Catalyst Grant: Standards for Children and Youth Mental Health Services

Principal investigators: Kozloff, Nicole; Henderson, Jo; Cleverley, Kristin D; Szatmari, Peter

Keywords: Access To Care; Complexity; Health Service Utilization; Multimorbidity; Severe Mental Illness; Social Determinants Of Health; Systems Of Care; Treatment Response; Youth Mental Health

$198,514

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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Louise Gallagher

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Assessment of noninvasive quantification of [18F]SynVesT-1 with simplified reference tissue model 2 in an adolescent and youth cohort

Does genetic testing impact stigma in autism: A scoping review.

Neurodevelopmental and Psychiatric Studies in Children and Adolescents With Neurofibromatosis Type I: A Comprehensive Scoping Review.

Sex and gender influences on problematic cannabis use and cannabis use disorder: A scoping review protocol.

Codesigning a Neurocognitive Assessment Protocol for Hyperphagia: Perspectives From Stakeholders in Prader-Willi Syndrome.

Advancing intervention science in child and youth mental health: from mechanisms to scalable care.

Synchronisation of circadian timing in families and the impact of autism: a scoping review.

Longitudinal multi-omics analysis of umbilical cord blood and childhood serum in Autism.

Designing digital conversational agents for youth with multiple mental health conditions: Insights on key features from a youth-engaged qualitative descriptive study.

Recommendations for the development of digital conversational agents for youth with mental health conditions: A position paper.

Tracking the development of excitation-inhibition balance in autism and intellectual disability: a longitudinal study in a high-risk genetic population.

Recalibrating Autism Measures for Sex and Gender Equity

Pathways 2 Postsecondary (P2P): Exploring Mechanisms of Postsecondary Education Access, Persistence, and Attainment for Youth with Mental Illness

Partnering with youth to co-produce harm reduction guidelines for the use of AI chatbots to support mental and emotional health: A co-produced project

Advancing Youth Mental Health Research with Digital Phenotyping Infrastructure

Building Reproducible AI Frameworks for Brain Health with the Brain Health Data Challenge Platform

Chasing stochastics, a multidisciplinary approach to develop genetic models predicting the likelihood of stochastic events.

Developing Service Standards for Youth with Complex Mental Illness

Frequent collaborators

Lisa Hawke

Jacob Vorstman

Peter Szatmari

Aneta Krakowski

Meng-Chuan Lai

Aristotle Voineskos

George Foussias

Nicole Kozloff

Stephen Scherer

Darren Courtney

Sean Kidd

Kristin Cleverley

Stephanie Ameis

Gillian Strudwick

Jane Summers

Carly Albaum

Carme Uribe

Greg Costain

Neal Sondheimer

Lucas Narciso

Neil Vasdev

Elizabeth Osuch

Isabelle Boileau

Azadeh Kushki

Brett Trost

Patricia Parkin

Shreejoy Tripathy