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Madison Aitken

ResearcherClinical ResearchUniversity of Toronto

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Madison Aitken

Researcher

Clinical Research

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.
21 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (1 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2021.

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Publications

420

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Research

Children Covid-19 Ecological Momentary Assessment Mental Health Network Analysis Parents Physical Activity Screen Time

Latest papers

South Asian youth perceptions of standard and culturally adapted cognitive behavioural therapy.
Cognitive behaviour therapy · 2026 · senior author
Testing the biobehavioral regulation of negative emotion as a mechanism of change in transdiagnostic youth psychotherapy: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
Trials · 2026 · first author
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

All 43 publications

Latest funding

Optimizing Treatment for Depressed Parents and Children with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: A Randomized and Controlled Trial
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$757,352
Empowering diVERse Youth with diabetes thrOugh precisioN mEdicine, 'EVERYONE'
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$1,546,845
Developing Service Standards for Youth with Complex Mental Illness
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$198,514

All 8 grants and awards

43 publications.

South Asian youth perceptions of standard and culturally adapted cognitive behavioural therapy.

Nair R, Naeem F, Aitken M

Cognitive behaviour therapy2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2026.2706580 PMID: 42523093

Testing the biobehavioral regulation of negative emotion as a mechanism of change in transdiagnostic youth psychotherapy: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Aitken M, Andrade BF, Krasinkiewicz CE, Chan SWS, Gandhi SP, Pun JW, Hamilton-Wright A, Wang W, Sack L, Weisz JR, Bancroft R, Henderson J, Thomassin K

Trials2026First author

DOI: 10.1186/s13063-026-09739-8 PMID: 42104467

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 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s00259-026-07818-1

Optimizing treatment for depressed parents of children with emotional and behavioral disorders: A multi-site feasibility trial

Andrade BF, Brodkin S, Israel A, da Conceicao TV, Aitken M, Djurovic T, Battaglia M, Bedard A-C, Suri A, Courtney D

PLoS ONE2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0351733

Dynamics of depression symptoms in adolescents during three types of psychotherapy and post-treatment follow-up.

Aitken M, Neufeld SAS, Ma C, IMPACT Consortium, Goodyer IM

Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines2025First author

DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.14175 PMID: 40491067

Patterns of self-harm functions among clinic-referred youth: Associations with treatment outcomes.

Carrier C, Herbert M, Cottrell D, Wright-Hughes A, Aitken M

Behaviour research and therapy2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2025.104843 PMID: 40884980

Trajectories of parent criticism across treatment for youth self‐harm

Aitken M, Perquier F, Park B, Carvalho D, Wright‐Hughes A, Cottrell D, Szatmari P

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry20255 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.14144

Intensive outpatient interventions for youth with complex mental illness: a scoping review protocol

Choudhary W, Morgan R, Szatmari P, Besa R, Selvachandran J, Aitken M, Kozloff N

BMJ Open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-098244

Systematic Integration of Multi-Informant Externalizing Ratings in Clinical Settings.

Aitken M, Plamondon A, Krzeczkowski J, Kil H, Andrade BF

Research on child and adolescent psychopathology2024First author

DOI: 10.1007/s10802-023-01119-z PMID: 37787879

The Toronto Adolescent and Youth Cohort Study: Study Design and Early Data Related to Psychosis Spectrum Symptoms, Functioning, and Suicidality

Cleverley K, Foussias G, Ameis SH, Courtney DB, Goldstein BI, Hawke LD, Kozloff N, Quilty LC, Rotenberg M, Wheeler AL

Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging202416 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2023.10.011

Optimizing Treatment for Depressed Parents and Children with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: A Randomized and Controlled Trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Andrade, Brendan

Keywords: Behavioural Parent Training; Child Mental Health; Parent Mental Health; Psychosocial Treatment

$757,352

Empowering diVERse Youth with diabetes thrOugh precisioN mEdicine, 'EVERYONE'

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant: CIHR-JDRF Type 1 Diabetes and Precision Medicine

Principal investigators: Mahmud, Farid; Anthony, Samantha J; Babalola, Funmbi; Paterson, Andrew D; Wherrett, Diane K

Keywords: Adaptive Therapy; Genetic Risk Score; Genotype; Heterogeneity; Mental Health; Phenotype; Precision Medicine; Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (Smart); Social Determinants Of Health; Type 1 Diabetes

$1,546,845

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

Do mental health organizations in Alberta and British Columbia have the need, fit and capacity to deliver an Integrate Care Pathway for the treatment of depression in adolescents?

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

Principal investigators: Courtney, Darren; Henderson, Jo

Keywords: Adolescents; Depression; Fit Assessment; Implementation; Implementation Capacity; Needs Assessment

$186,980

Fidelity and Skill Use in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Adolescents with Depression

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

Principal investigators: Courtney, Darren; Henderson, Jo

Keywords: Adolescents; Cognitive Behavioural Therapy; Depression; Fidelity; Skill Use

$172,692

Understanding Dynamics of Risk and Protective Factors and Children's Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Nominated PICIHR2021Op Gr:Understanding/mitigating impacts of COVID-19 on children, youth & families

Principal investigators: Aitken, Madison; Henderson, Jo

Keywords: Children; Covid-19; Ecological Momentary Assessment; Mental Health; Network Analysis; Parents; Physical Activity; Screen Time; Sleep; Social Connections

$141,613

Measuring Parent-Adolescent Affect Quality through their Everyday Text Message Interactions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Aitken, Madison

Keywords: Parent-adolescent relationship; Communication; Well-being; Mental health; Machine learning; Sentiment analysis; Measurement; Adolescence; Longitudinal/repeated measures; Affective expression

$74,897

Effectiveness of an Integrated Care Pathway for Adolescent Depression: A Pilot Multi-site Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Courtney, Darren; Barwick, Melanie A; Szatmari, Peter

Keywords: Adolescent; Depression; Implementation; Integrated Care Pathway; Measurement-Based Care; Service Delivery; Treatment

$745,875

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Madison Aitken

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

South Asian youth perceptions of standard and culturally adapted cognitive behavioural therapy.

Testing the biobehavioral regulation of negative emotion as a mechanism of change in transdiagnostic youth psychotherapy: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

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

Optimizing treatment for depressed parents of children with emotional and behavioral disorders: A multi-site feasibility trial

Dynamics of depression symptoms in adolescents during three types of psychotherapy and post-treatment follow-up.

Patterns of self-harm functions among clinic-referred youth: Associations with treatment outcomes.

Trajectories of parent criticism across treatment for youth self‐harm

Intensive outpatient interventions for youth with complex mental illness: a scoping review protocol

Systematic Integration of Multi-Informant Externalizing Ratings in Clinical Settings.

The Toronto Adolescent and Youth Cohort Study: Study Design and Early Data Related to Psychosis Spectrum Symptoms, Functioning, and Suicidality

Optimizing Treatment for Depressed Parents and Children with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: A Randomized and Controlled Trial

Empowering diVERse Youth with diabetes thrOugh precisioN mEdicine, 'EVERYONE'

Developing Service Standards for Youth with Complex Mental Illness

Do mental health organizations in Alberta and British Columbia have the need, fit and capacity to deliver an Integrate Care Pathway for the treatment of depression in adolescents?

Fidelity and Skill Use in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Adolescents with Depression

Understanding Dynamics of Risk and Protective Factors and Children's Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Measuring Parent-Adolescent Affect Quality through their Everyday Text Message Interactions

Effectiveness of an Integrated Care Pathway for Adolescent Depression: A Pilot Multi-site Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Frequent collaborators

Peter Szatmari

Peter Szatmari

Wei Wang

Marco Battaglia

Darren Courtney

Kathryn Jane Bennett

Nicole Kozloff

Kristin Cleverley

Rhonda Martinussen

Meng-Chuan Lai

Alexia Polillo

Daniel Felsky

Martin Rotenberg

Clement Ma

Brendan Andrade

George Foussias

Wanda Tempelaar

Jo Henderson

Stephanie Ameis

Jacqueline Relihan

Claire de Oliveira

Yona Lunsky

Karleigh Darnay

Yuliya Nikolova

Tristan Glatard

Hsiang-Yuan Lin

Amy Gajaria

Tracey Skilling

Ashlyn Swift-Gallant

John Krzeczkowski

Stefan Kloiber

Hayley Hamilton

Suneeta Monga

Kathy Georgiades