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Michael Kiang

ResearcherUniversity of Toronto

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Michael Kiang

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.
15 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (2 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2019.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2023.

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Publications

226

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Research

Clinical High Risk Electroencephalography Event-Related Potentials Mismatch Negativity N-Acetylcysteine Prodrome Psychosis Schizophrenia

Latest papers

Optimizing Health for Canadian Youth at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: A Feasibility Study: Optimiser la santé des jeunes Canadiens présentant un risque clinique élevé de psychose : Une étude de faisabilité.
Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2026
Gamma auditory steady-state response and remission in antipsychotic-naïve patients at clinical high risk for psychosis: a longitudinal study
World Journal of Biological Psychiatry · 2026 · first author
Adaptation of a Psychosocial Intervention for Canadian Youth at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: Adaptation d'une intervention psychosociale pour les jeunes à haut risque clinique de psychose au Canada.
Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2025

All 44 publications

Latest funding

Computational Modelling of Perception and Cognition in Help-seeking Youth for Psychosis Prevention
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$627,300
Effects of N-acetylcysteine on cognitive event-related potential biomarkers of the clinical high risk state for schizophrenia
CIHR · 2023 · Supervisor
$135,000
Effects of N-acetylcysteine on psychosis-like symptoms and a neurophysiological biomarker of the clinical high risk state for schizophrenia
CIHR · 2019 · Nominated PI
$351,901

All 7 grants and awards

44 publications.

Optimizing Health for Canadian Youth at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: A Feasibility Study: Optimiser la santé des jeunes Canadiens présentant un risque clinique élevé de psychose : Une étude de faisabilité.

Lu Y, Todesco B, Hawke LD, Kozloff N, Strudwick G, Kiang M, Wang W, Castle D, Foussias G, Husain MO

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2026

DOI: 10.1177/07067437261436536 PMID: 41944236

Gamma auditory steady-state response and remission in antipsychotic-naïve patients at clinical high risk for psychosis: a longitudinal study

Kiang M, Lepock JR, Mizrahi R, Gerritsen CJ, Korostil M, Light GA

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry2026First author

DOI: 10.1080/15622975.2026.2684757

Adaptation of a Psychosocial Intervention for Canadian Youth at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: Adaptation d'une intervention psychosociale pour les jeunes à haut risque clinique de psychose au Canada.

Lu Y, Hedemann TL, Hawke LD, Ampofo A, Goldsmith R, Kozloff N, Strudwick G, Kiang M, Castle D, Foussias G, Husain MO

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2025

DOI: 10.1177/07067437251328357 PMID: 40221981

Assessing the Impact on Electronic Health Record Burden After Five Years of Physician Engagement in a Canadian Mental Health Organization: Mixed-Methods Study.

Tajirian T, Lo B, Strudwick G, Tasca A, Kendell E, Poynter B, Kumar S, Chang PB, Kung C, Schachter D, Zai G, Kiang M, Hoppe T, Ling S, Haider U, Rabel K, Coombe N, Jankowicz D, Sockalingam S

JMIR human factors2025

DOI: 10.2196/65656 PMID: 40344205

Clinical Correlates of Antipsychotic Plasma Levels with Long-Acting Paliperidone: Corrélats cliniques des concentrations plasmiques de palipéridone à libération prolongée.

Zipursky RB, Agid O, Kiang M, Remington G

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2025

DOI: 10.1177/07067437241295648 PMID: 39544022

A mixed-methods study to evaluate the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of delivering the optimal health program (OHP) for youth at clinical high risk (CHR) for psychosis: A study protocol.

Husain MO, Hawke LD, Lu Y, Kozloff N, Strudwick G, Kiang M, Wang W, Castle D, Foussias G

PloS one2024

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0306968 PMID: 39024237

Neurofilament light-chain (NfL) and 18 kDa translocator protein in early psychosis and its putative high-risk.

Nisha Aji K, Cisbani G, Weidenauer A, Koppel A, Hafizi S, Da Silva T, Kiang M, Rusjan PM, Bazinet RP, Mizrahi R

Brain, behavior, & immunity - health2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.bbih.2024.100742 PMID: 38495956

Effects of anxiety state on N400 event-related brain potential response to unexpected semantic stimuli.

Lepock JR, Girard T, Cupid J, Kiang M

Neuroscience letters2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2024.137713 PMID: 38458417

N400 event‐related brain potential index of semantic processing and two‐year clinical outcomes in persons at high risk for psychosis: A longitudinal study

Lepock JR, Sanches M, Ahmed S, Gerritsen CJ, Korostil M, Mizrahi R, Kiang M

European Journal of Neuroscience20244 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1111/ejn.16074

Interaction between peripheral and central immune markers in clinical high risk for psychosis.

Nisha Aji K, Hafizi S, Da Silva T, Kiang M, Rusjan PM, Weickert CS, Mizrahi R

Brain, behavior, & immunity - health2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.bbih.2023.100636 PMID: 37293440

Computational Modelling of Perception and Cognition in Help-seeking Youth for Psychosis Prevention

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Diaconescu, Andreea O

Keywords: Adolescents; Auditory Mismatch Negativity; Clinical High Risk; Computational Modelling; Electroencephalography; Hierarchical Bayesian Modelling; Psychosis; Reinforcement Learning; Social Learning; Youth Populations

$627,300

Effects of N-acetylcysteine on cognitive event-related potential biomarkers of the clinical high risk state for schizophrenia

SupervisorCIHR2023CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Lepock, Jenny

Keywords: Clinical High Risk; Clinical Trial; Electroencephalogram; Event Related Potentials; Gamma Auditory Steady State Response; N-Acetylcysteine; N400; Natural Health Product; P3b; Schizophrenia

$135,000

Effects of N-acetylcysteine on psychosis-like symptoms and a neurophysiological biomarker of the clinical high risk state for schizophrenia

Nominated PICIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kiang, Michael

Keywords: Clinical High Risk; Electroencephalography; Event-Related Potentials; Mismatch Negativity; N-Acetylcysteine; Prodrome; Psychosis; Schizophrenia

$351,901

Imaging synaptic density in schizophrenia

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Mizrahi, Romina

Keywords: Biomarker; Molecular Imaging; Positron Emission Tomography; Schizophrenia; Synaptic Density; Synaptic Pruning

$531,675

The relationship between religiosity and neural markers of meaning prediction

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Kiang, Michael

Keywords: (1) cognition; (2) religiosity; (3) individual differences; (4) event-related brain potentials; (5) electroencephalography; (6) semantics; (7) language

$41,560

Investigating behavioural, electrophysiological, and neurochemical facets of dorsal auditory stream impairment in persons with schizophrenia

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Christensen, Bruce K

Keywords: Auditory Processing; Dorsal-Ventral Processing Stream; Eeg; Erp; Evolution; Gaba; Mrs; Neurodevelopment; Schizophrenia

$321,303

Cannabis use and paranoid ideation: validation of a neurocognitive model of delusions in schizophrenia

Nominated PICIHR2010Operating Grant - PA: INMHA (bridge funding)

Principal investigators: Kiang, Michael

Keywords: Cannabis; Cognition; Delusions; Event-Related Brain Potentials; Language; Neuroimaging; Neurophysiology; Psychosis

$60,000

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Clinical High Risk Dear Professor Kiang, 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 "Optimizing Health for Canadian Youth at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: A Feasibility Study: Optimiser la santé des jeunes Canadiens présentant un risque clinique élevé de psychose : Une étude de faisabilité." (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 "Effects of N-acetylcysteine on psychosis-like symptoms and a neurophysiological biomarker of the clinical high risk state for schizophrenia" (2019), 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]

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Michael Kiang

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Optimizing Health for Canadian Youth at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: A Feasibility Study: Optimiser la sant&#xe9; des jeunes Canadiens pr&#xe9;sentant un risque clinique &#xe9;lev&#xe9; de psychose : Une &#xe9;tude de faisabilit&#xe9;.

Gamma auditory steady-state response and remission in antipsychotic-naïve patients at clinical high risk for psychosis: a longitudinal study

Adaptation of a Psychosocial Intervention for Canadian Youth at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: Adaptation d'une intervention psychosociale pour les jeunes &#xe0; haut risque clinique de psychose au Canada.

Assessing the Impact on Electronic Health Record Burden After Five Years of Physician Engagement in a Canadian Mental Health Organization: Mixed-Methods Study.

Clinical Correlates of Antipsychotic Plasma Levels with Long-Acting Paliperidone: Corr&#xe9;lats cliniques des concentrations plasmiques de palip&#xe9;ridone &#xe0; lib&#xe9;ration prolong&#xe9;e.

A mixed-methods study to evaluate the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of delivering the optimal health program (OHP) for youth at clinical high risk (CHR) for psychosis: A study protocol.

Neurofilament light-chain (NfL) and 18&#xa0;kDa translocator protein in early psychosis and its putative high-risk.

Effects of anxiety state on N400 event-related brain potential response to unexpected semantic stimuli.

N400 event‐related brain potential index of semantic processing and two‐year clinical outcomes in persons at high risk for psychosis: A longitudinal study

Interaction between peripheral and central immune markers in clinical high risk for psychosis.

Computational Modelling of Perception and Cognition in Help-seeking Youth for Psychosis Prevention

Effects of N-acetylcysteine on cognitive event-related potential biomarkers of the clinical high risk state for schizophrenia

Effects of N-acetylcysteine on psychosis-like symptoms and a neurophysiological biomarker of the clinical high risk state for schizophrenia

Imaging synaptic density in schizophrenia

The relationship between religiosity and neural markers of meaning prediction

Investigating behavioural, electrophysiological, and neurochemical facets of dorsal auditory stream impairment in persons with schizophrenia

Cannabis use and paranoid ideation: validation of a neurocognitive model of delusions in schizophrenia

Frequent collaborators

Romina Mizrahi

Michele Korostil

Romina Mizrahi

Gary Remington

George Foussias

Gillian Strudwick

Nicole Kozloff

Wei Wang

Margaret McKinnon

Isabelle Boileau

Andreea Diaconescu

Brian Lo

Tania Tajirian

Christin Schifani

Sean Hill

Marta Maslej

Nicholas Neufeld

Martin Rotenberg

Sanjeev Kumar

Colin Hawco

Clement Ma

Christopher Bowie

Pablo Rusjan

Margaret Hahn

Derek Fisher

Philip Gerretsen

Augustina Ampofo

Jelena King

Jenna Boyd

Jonathan Downar

Sean Kidd

Sanjeev Sockalingam

Peter Selby

Ariel Graff-Guerrero

Optimizing Health for Canadian Youth at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: A Feasibility Study: Optimiser la santé des jeunes Canadiens présentant un risque clinique élevé de psychose : Une étude de faisabilité.

Adaptation of a Psychosocial Intervention for Canadian Youth at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: Adaptation d'une intervention psychosociale pour les jeunes à haut risque clinique de psychose au Canada.

Clinical Correlates of Antipsychotic Plasma Levels with Long-Acting Paliperidone: Corrélats cliniques des concentrations plasmiques de palipéridone à libération prolongée.

Neurofilament light-chain (NfL) and 18 kDa translocator protein in early psychosis and its putative high-risk.