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Meng-Chuan Lai

ResearcherUniversity of Toronto

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Meng-Chuan Lai

Researcher

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.
96 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 24 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (8 CIHR), most recently in 2026.
Supervisor on 9 trainee awards (9 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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175

Publications

4,059

Citations

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Research

Autism Gender Diversity Adolescence Brain Development Brain Function Mental Health Diagnosis Gender

Latest papers

Comparative Analysis of Social Cognitive and Neurocognitive Performance Across Autism and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
Schizophrenia Bulletin · 2026
Initial diagnosis patterns of coexisting mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions in autistic children and youth: Evidence from a nationally representative sample in Canada
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry · 2026
Checking assumptions: advancing the analysis of sex and gender in health sciences
Biology of Sex Differences · 2026 · senior author

All 175 publications

Latest funding

Intersectional Risk and Resilience in 2S/LGBTQ+ Autistic People: Co-Production of a National Self-Advocacy and Equity Resource
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$699,455
Mapping Suicide Risk in Autistic Adults Using Clinical and Linked National Data: Risk Factors, Mediation, and Effect Modification
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
Recalibrating Autism Measures for Sex and Gender Equity
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$698,444

All 34 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 175 publications.

Comparative Analysis of Social Cognitive and Neurocognitive Performance Across Autism and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders

Rashidi AG, Oliver LD, Moxon-Emre I, Hawco C, Dickie EW, Pan R, Secara MT, Yu J-C, Szatmari P, Desarkar P

Schizophrenia Bulletin202612 citations

DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbaf005

Initial diagnosis patterns of coexisting mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions in autistic children and youth: Evidence from a nationally representative sample in Canada

Chen Y, Lai M, Georgiades S, Duku E, Edwards J, Nolan E, Szatmari P, Miller R, Cost K, Georgiades K

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry20262 citations

DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.70039

Checking assumptions: advancing the analysis of sex and gender in health sciences

Cost KT, Unternaehrer E, Pruessner JC, Abramovich A, Cleverley K, Szatmari P, Lai M-C

Biology of Sex Differences20261 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1186/s13293-025-00803-7

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

Correction: Using endocrine profiles to explore subgroups among transdiagnostic neurodiverse children and adolescents

Mo K, Foster J, Cleary SR, Anagnostou E, Lerch JP, Lin H-Y, Taylor MJ, Szatmari P, Crosbie J, Schachar R

Journal of Neural Transmission2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s00702-026-03119-x

Transdiagnostic Profiles of BOLD Signal Variability in Autism and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: Associations With Cognition and Functioning

Secara MT, Khan Z, Rashidi A, Oliver LD, Yu J, Foussias G, Dickie EW, Szatmari P, Desarkar P, Lai M

Human Brain Mapping2026

DOI: 10.1002/hbm.70496

The Intersection of Autism and Gender Diversity in the Canadian Clinical Context: Characterizing a Sample of Adults Referred to Canada's Largest Publicly Funded Adult Gender-Care Service: Intersection de l'autisme et de la diversité des identités de genre dans le contexte clinique canadien : Caractérisation d'un échantillon d'adultes orientés vers le plus grand service de soins en matière d'identité de genre destinés aux adultes financé par le secteur public au Canada.

Pascoe MI, Vincent J, Lai MC, Desarkar P, Vitopoulos N, Lunsky Y, MacKinnon KR, Lam JSH

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2026

DOI: 10.1177/07067437261442432 PMID: 42029390

A novel context-discrepancy assessment of impression management facets in autistic and non-autistic adults: an initial validation.

Ai W, Yu JX, Jacob BK, Lai MC

Molecular autism2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s13229-026-00715-2 PMID: 41964080

Addressing Methodological Concerns Regarding a Recent Study on Autism and Gender Diversity in a Canadian Gender Identity Clinic.

Pascoe MI, Vincent J, Lai MC, Desarkar P, Vitopoulos N, Lunsky Y, MacKinnon KR, Lam JSH

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2026

DOI: 10.1177/07067437261474299 PMID: 42545043

Untangling Sex and Gender Differences in Impression Management and Associated Autism Features in French Autistic Adults.

Ai W, Anchordoqui A, Bogdanova O, Pomies V, Coutelle R, Atzori P, Leboyer M, Lai MC, Amestoy A

Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research2026

DOI: 10.1002/aur.70271 PMID: 42135209

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Meng-Chuan Lai

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Comparative Analysis of Social Cognitive and Neurocognitive Performance Across Autism and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders

Initial diagnosis patterns of coexisting mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions in autistic children and youth: Evidence from a nationally representative sample in Canada

Checking assumptions: advancing the analysis of sex and gender in health sciences

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

Correction: Using endocrine profiles to explore subgroups among transdiagnostic neurodiverse children and adolescents

Transdiagnostic Profiles of BOLD Signal Variability in Autism and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: Associations With Cognition and Functioning

A novel context-discrepancy assessment of impression management facets in autistic and non-autistic adults: an initial validation.

Addressing Methodological Concerns Regarding a Recent Study on Autism and Gender Diversity in a Canadian Gender Identity Clinic.

Untangling Sex and Gender Differences in Impression Management and Associated Autism Features in French Autistic Adults.

Frequent collaborators

Peter Szatmari

Peter Szatmari

Evdokia Anagnostou

Yona Lunsky

Yona Lunsky

Jennifer Crosbie

Pushpal Desarkar

Elizabeth Kelley

Colin Hawco

Hsiang-Yuan Lin

Russell Schachar

Stelios Georgiades

George Foussias

Jessica Brian

Lonnie Zwaigenbaum

Sean Hill

Wei Wang

Kristin Cleverley

Daniel Felsky

Juveria Zaheer

Alexia Polillo

Nicole Kozloff

Jacob Vorstman

Wanda Tempelaar

Madison Aitken

Anna Durbin

Martin Rotenberg

Eric Duku

Elizabeth Lin

Aristotle Voineskos

Johanna Lake

Brett Trost

Gillian Einstein

Teresa Bennett

Jane Foster

Jonathan Weiss

Anna Goldenberg

Lei Sun

Margot Taylor

Neil Vasdev