Mireille Norris, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest papers

A multimodal evaluation of transcranial photobiomodulation in mild cognitive impairment: Cognitive, metabolic, and neuroimaging outcomes of a pilot randomized controlled trial.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2026
Sparking justice under the aegis of pragmatism: A mentorship program for Black and Indigenous students in Canadian medicine.
Social science & medicine (1982) · 2025 · senior author
Optimizing a mentorship program from the perspective of academic medicine leadership – a qualitative study
BMC Medical Education · 2024

All 8 publications

Latest funding

Améliorer l'équité en première ligne pour les personnes avec troubles neurocognitifs majeurs: Une étude à méthodes mixtes axée sur le patient
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$761,176
Améliorer l'équité en première ligne pour les personnes avec troubles neurocognitifs majeurs: Une étude à méthodes mixtes axée sur le patient
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
AHEAD with eConsult: Advancing Health Equity and Access to specialist care for persons with lived and living experience of Dementia
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$745,800

All 3 grants and awards

8 publications.

01

A multimodal evaluation of transcranial photobiomodulation in mild cognitive impairment: Cognitive, metabolic, and neuroimaging outcomes of a pilot randomized controlled trial.

Rashidi-Ranjbar N, Churchill NW, Jerkic M, Zomorrodi R, Rotstein O, Schneider R, Andreazza AC, Rajji TK, Graham SJ, Munoz DG, Fornazzari L, Lim L, Norris M, Schweizer TA, Fischer CE

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2026

DOI: 10.1177/13872877261453911 PMID: 42231857

02

Sparking justice under the aegis of pragmatism: A mentorship program for Black and Indigenous students in Canadian medicine.

Kalocsai C, Fernando O, Tesfaye M, Weiss S, Kuper A, Tinmouth J, Daneman N, Andrade M, Norris M

Social science & medicine (1982)2025Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118665 PMID: 41110248

03

Optimizing a mentorship program from the perspective of academic medicine leadership – a qualitative study

Ren M, Choi D, Chan C, Rana S, Najeeb U, Norris M, Singh S, Burns KEA, Straus SE, Hawker G

BMC Medical Education20247 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12909-024-05463-6

04

Transitioning Towards a Virtual Falls Prevention Program for Frail Seniors: Learning from the Experiences of Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Weiss SM, Kalocsai C, Liu B, Norris M

Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ20241 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.5770/cgj.27.722 PMID: 38827425

05

Virtual fall program assessment for frail Canadian community-dwelling older adults: Examining equitable accessibility.

Weiss SM, Castelo M, Liu B, Norris M

Digital health20231 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/20552076231178410 PMID: 37312948

06

Use of the Consultation Letter Rating Scale among Geriatric Medicine Postgraduate Trainees.

Xu VYY, Hamid J, von Maltzahn M, Izukawa T, Norris M, Chau V, Liu B, Wong CL

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society20192 citations

DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16124 PMID: 31414483

07

Gait Speed vs. VES-13: A Pilot Study Comparing Screening Tools to Determine the Need for a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Senior Women with Breast Cancer.

Hollenberg DC, Menjak IB, Mehta R, Bristow B, Trudeau ME, Gibson L, Neve M, Norris M, Pasetka M, Rice K, McCullock F, Wright FC, Szumacher E

Journal of medical imaging and radiation sciences20192 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jmir.2019.06.053 PMID: 31780434

08

Hypoechoic fat: another location.

Mireille Norris, K A Scanlan

American Journal of Roentgenology19961 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.2214/ajr.166.1.8571886 PMID: 8571886

Améliorer l'équité en première ligne pour les personnes avec troubles neurocognitifs majeurs: Une étude à méthodes mixtes axée sur le patient

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Godard-Sebillotte, Claire; Iroanyah, Ngozi F; Karunananthan, Sathya; Muray, Mwali; Vedel, Isabelle

Keywords: Accès Aux Soins; Continuité Des Soins; Intersectionalité; Niveau Socio-Économique; Première Ligne; Racialisation; Sexe Et Genre; Troubles Neurocognitifs Majeurs; Équité

$761,176

Améliorer l'équité en première ligne pour les personnes avec troubles neurocognitifs majeurs: Une étude à méthodes mixtes axée sur le patient

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant - PA: French applications related to health research

Principal investigators: Godard-Sebillotte, Claire; Iroanyah, Ngozi F; Karunananthan, Sathya; Muray, Mwali; Vedel, Isabelle

Keywords: Accès Aux Soins; Continuité Des Soins; Intersectionalité; Niveau Socio-Économique; Première Ligne; Racialisation; Sexe Et Genre; Troubles Neurocognitifs Majeurs; Équité

AHEAD with eConsult: Advancing Health Equity and Access to specialist care for persons with lived and living experience of Dementia

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Op Gr.: Eval. of Dementia Programs, Services, & Care Models - Stream 1 - General

Principal investigators: Karunananthan, Sathya; Godard-Sebillotte, Claire; Iroanyah, Ngozi F; Liddy, Clare E

Keywords: Access To Care; Dementia; Electronic Consultation; Equity; Long Term Care; Primary Care

$745,800

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.

Frequent collaborators

Sharon Straus and Jemila Hamid: 41 shared papers
Sharon Straus and Catherine Yu: 34 shared papers
Frances Wright and Maureen Trudeau: 32 shared papers
Tom Schweizer and Tarek Rajji: 26 shared papers
Jemila Hamid and Barbara Liu: 18 shared papers
Sharon Straus and Barbara Liu: 17 shared papers
Karen Burns and Sharon Straus: 11 shared papers
Maureen Trudeau and Rajin Mehta: 11 shared papers
Sharon Straus and Camilla Wong: 9 shared papers
Simron Singh and Maureen Trudeau: 9 shared papers
Jill Tinmouth and Simron Singh: 8 shared papers
Tom Schweizer and Raphael Schneider: 8 shared papers
Karen Burns and Nick Daneman: 6 shared papers
Karen Burns and Gillian Hawker: 5 shared papers
Sharon Straus and Gillian Hawker: 5 shared papers
Tom Schweizer and Ori Rotstein: 5 shared papers
Ewa Szumacher and Maureen Trudeau: 5 shared papers
Ewa Szumacher and Rajin Mehta: 5 shared papers
Tarek Rajji and Raphael Schneider: 4 shared papers
Frances Wright and Simron Singh: 4 shared papers
Gillian Hawker and Maureen Trudeau: 3 shared papers
Jemila Hamid and Camilla Wong: 3 shared papers
Barbara Liu and Mireille Norris: 3 shared papers
Ori Rotstein and Raphael Schneider: 3 shared papers
Karen Burns and Ori Rotstein: 2 shared papers
Catherine Yu and Jemila Hamid: 2 shared papers
Jill Tinmouth and Nick Daneman: 2 shared papers
Tarek Rajji and Ori Rotstein: 2 shared papers
Ewa Szumacher and Frances Wright: 2 shared papers
Frances Wright and Rajin Mehta: 2 shared papers
Camilla Wong and Rajin Mehta: 2 shared papers
Ayelet Kuper and Umberin Najeeb: 2 shared papers
Csilla Kalocsai and Mireille Norris: 2 shared papers
Karen Burns and Catherine Yu: 1 shared paper
Karen Burns and Mireille Norris: 1 shared paper
Karen Burns and Umberin Najeeb: 1 shared paper
Sharon Straus and Jill Tinmouth: 1 shared paper
Sharon Straus and Ayelet Kuper: 1 shared paper
Sharon Straus and Mireille Norris: 1 shared paper
Sharon Straus and Umberin Najeeb: 1 shared paper
Catherine Yu and Csilla Kalocsai: 1 shared paper
Catherine Yu and Mireille Norris: 1 shared paper
Jill Tinmouth and Ayelet Kuper: 1 shared paper
Jill Tinmouth and Csilla Kalocsai: 1 shared paper
Jill Tinmouth and Maydianne Andrade: 1 shared paper
Jill Tinmouth and Mireille Norris: 1 shared paper
Tom Schweizer and Mireille Norris: 1 shared paper
Gillian Hawker and Mireille Norris: 1 shared paper
Tarek Rajji and Mireille Norris: 1 shared paper
Jemila Hamid and Vicky Chau: 1 shared paper
Jemila Hamid and Terumi Izukawa: 1 shared paper
Jemila Hamid and Mireille Norris: 1 shared paper
Nick Daneman and Ayelet Kuper: 1 shared paper
Nick Daneman and Maydianne Andrade: 1 shared paper
Nick Daneman and Mireille Norris: 1 shared paper
Ewa Szumacher and Mireille Norris: 1 shared paper
Frances Wright and Mireille Norris: 1 shared paper
Barbara Liu and Vicky Chau: 1 shared paper
Barbara Liu and Terumi Izukawa: 1 shared paper
Ori Rotstein and Mireille Norris: 1 shared paper
Simron Singh and Mireille Norris: 1 shared paper
Camilla Wong and Vicky Chau: 1 shared paper
Camilla Wong and Terumi Izukawa: 1 shared paper
Camilla Wong and Mireille Norris: 1 shared paper
Ayelet Kuper and Maydianne Andrade: 1 shared paper
Ayelet Kuper and Mireille Norris: 1 shared paper
Raphael Schneider and Mireille Norris: 1 shared paper
Maydianne Andrade and Mireille Norris: 1 shared paper
Vicky Chau and Mireille Norris: 1 shared paper
Maureen Trudeau and Mireille Norris: 1 shared paper
Terumi Izukawa and Mireille Norris: 1 shared paper
Mireille Norris and Umberin Najeeb: 1 shared paper
Mireille Norris and Rajin Mehta: 1 shared paper

Department of Medicine
Department of Surgery
Department of Psychiatry
Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
Clinical Public Health Division
Department of Radiation Oncology
Biostatistics Division
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Karen Burns

Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

1 shared papers, latest 2024

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Norris, 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 "A multimodal evaluation of transcranial photobiomodulation in mild cognitive impairment: Cognitive, metabolic, and neuroimaging outcomes of a pilot randomized controlled trial." (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.] 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]