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Phedias Diamandis

ResearcherLaboratory Medicine and PathologyUniversity of Toronto

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Phedias Diamandis

Researcher

Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

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 16 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 10 research grants (8 CIHR, 2 NSERC), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 3 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Glioblastoma Molecular Profiling Artificial Intelligence Mass Spectrometry Proteomics Histology Biomarkers Computational Pathology

Latest papers

Dysmorphic neurons express markers of inhibitory glycinergic signaling in focal cortical dysplasia IIb.
Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland) · 2026 · senior author
Central Nervous System Manifestations of Graft-Versus-Host Disease.
European journal of haematology · 2025
Elucidating divergent biology in uterine carcinosarcoma.
Translational oncology · 2025

All 62 publications

Latest funding

AI-guided interrogation of clinically aggressive and treatment-resistant tumor subregions in glioblastoma
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$914,175
Developing a "one-two punch" paradigm for glioblastoma
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$6,000
Characterizing actionable mechanisms of glioblastoma recurrence to inform targeted therapies
CIHR · 2024 · Supervisor
$120,000

All 14 grants and awards

62 publications.

Dysmorphic neurons express markers of inhibitory glycinergic signaling in focal cortical dysplasia IIb.

Paliwal A, Faust K, Borhani OA, Liu M, Omoto L, Kamski-Hennekam ER, Zadeh PB, Sajid RS, Diamandis P

Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/bpa.70043 PMID: 40957662

Central Nervous System Manifestations of Graft-Versus-Host Disease.

Desai N, Khaire N, Cyriac S, Alrumeh AS, Diamandis P, Mandell DM, Moya TA, Al-Shaibani E, Novitzky-Basso I, Pasic I, Law AD, Michelis FV, Kumar R, Kim DDH, Mattsson J, Viswabandya A

European journal of haematology2025

DOI: 10.1111/ejh.14416 PMID: 40098446

Elucidating divergent biology in uterine carcinosarcoma.

Garg V, Prokopec SD, Stone SC, Pakbaz S, Chen ML, Lam B, Benito CC, Mcmullen M, Lungu I, Rossi SD, Msan A, Bowering V, Sotov V, Tran C, Butler MO, Oza AM, Diamandis P, Wang BX, Lheureux S

Translational oncology2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.tranon.2025.102506 PMID: 40850250

PHARAOH: A collaborative crowdsourcing platform for phenotyping and regional analysis of histology

Nature Communications20254 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-55780-z PMID: W4406437837

HEROIC: a platform for remote collection of electroencephalographic data using consumer-grade brain wearables.

Sugden RJ, Campbell I, Pham-Kim-Nghiem-Phu VL, Higazy R, Dent E, Edelstein K, Leon A, Diamandis P

BMC bioinformatics2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12859-024-05865-9 PMID: 39026153

Differences in methylation profiles between long-term survivors and short-term survivors of IDH-wild-type glioblastoma

Meulen MVD, Ramos RC, Voisin MR, Patil V, Wei Q, Singh O, Climans SA, Kalidindi N, Or R, Aldape K

Neuro-Oncology Advances202410 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/noajnl/vdae001 PMID: W4390789730

Towards deciphering glioblastoma intra-tumoral heterogeneity: The importance of integrating multidimensional models.

Sajid RS, van Winden LJ, Diamandis P

Proteomics2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/pmic.202200401 PMID: 37488996

HAVOC: Small-scale histomic mapping of cancer biodiversity across large tissue distances using deep neural networks.

Dent A, Faust K, Lam KHB, Alhangari N, Leon AJ, Tsang Q, Kamil ZS, Gao A, Pal P, Lheureux S, Oza A, Diamandis P

Science advances2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg1894 PMID: 37774029

Standardizing analysis of intra-tumoral heterogeneity with computational pathology.

Paliwal A, Faust K, Alshoumer A, Diamandis P

Genes, chromosomes & cancer2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/gcc.23146 PMID: 37067005

Distinguishing Gastric/Esophageal Adenocarcinoma from Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Using Methylation-Based Droplet Digital PCR.

Xia D, Nowak K, Leon AJ, Winegarden N, Wong A, Boruvka N, Diamandis P, Chetty R, Pugh T, Zhang T, Aldape K, Stockley T, Serra S

Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.labinv.2023.100145 PMID: 37004911

AI-guided interrogation of clinically aggressive and treatment-resistant tumor subregions in glioblastoma

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Diamandis, Phedias

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Biomarkers; Cancer; Computational Pathology; Glioblastoma; Image Analysis; Mass Spectrometry; Molecular Analysis; Spatial Transcriptomics

$914,175

Developing a "one-two punch" paradigm for glioblastoma

SupervisorCIHR2025Canada Graduate Scholarships - Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements

Principal investigators: Omoto, Lauren C

Keywords: Glioblastoma

$6,000

Characterizing actionable mechanisms of glioblastoma recurrence to inform targeted therapies

SupervisorCIHR2024Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Paliwal, Ameesha

Keywords: Brain Cancer; Computer Vision; Deep Learning; Drug-Tolerant Cancer Cells; Glioblastoma; Neuropathology; Proteomics; Spatial Transcriptomics; Therapy Resistance; Tumour Recurrence

$120,000

Deciphering communication networks across glioblastoma cell states

Nominated PICIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Diamandis, Phedias

Keywords: Cell Cell Communication; Glioma; Mass Spectrometry; Molecular Profiling; Proteomics; Secretome; Spatial Transcriptomics

$761,176

Developing methods for remote collection of electroencephalographic data from patients with glioblastoma using commercial-grade wearable devices

SupervisorCIHR2022Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Sugden, Richard J

Keywords: Electroencephalography; Event-Related Potentials; Glioblastoma; Machine Learning; Remote Medicine; Wearable Devices

$105,000

Automated computational pathology workflows for resolving patterns of heterogeneity in cancer

Nominated PICIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Diamandis, Phedias

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Biomarkers; Computational Pathology; Deep Learning; Digital Pathology; Glioblastoma; Histology; Molecular Profiling; Prognostication; Tumor Heterogeneity

$680,851

Exploring the role and therapeutic potential of hypoxia-driven AKAP12 expression in glioblastoma

Nominated PICIHR2021CIHR - ICR / Cancer Research Society Partnership - Research Grants

Principal investigators: Diamandis, Phedias

Keywords: Oncogenes And Tumour Suppressors; Targets And Biomarkers; Tumour Progression And Metastasis

$60,000

Mapping and targeting the niche-specific proteomes of glioblastoma

Nominated PICIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Diamandis, Phedias

Keywords: Cancer Stem Cells; Cerebral Organoids; Glioblastoma; Heterogeneity; Histology; Hypoxia; Mass Spectrometry; Microenvironment; Molecular Profiling; Proteomics

$830,024

Spatiotemporal proteomic characterization of the human subventricular zone

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Diamandis, Phedias

$185,000

Spatiotemporal proteomic characterization of the human subventricular zone

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Diamandis, Phedias

$12,500

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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Phedias Diamandis

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Dysmorphic neurons express markers of inhibitory glycinergic signaling in focal cortical dysplasia IIb.

Central Nervous System Manifestations of Graft-Versus-Host Disease.

Elucidating divergent biology in uterine carcinosarcoma.

PHARAOH: A collaborative crowdsourcing platform for phenotyping and regional analysis of histology

HEROIC: a platform for remote collection of electroencephalographic data using consumer-grade brain wearables.

Differences in methylation profiles between long-term survivors and short-term survivors of IDH-wild-type glioblastoma

Towards deciphering glioblastoma intra-tumoral heterogeneity: The importance of integrating multidimensional models.

HAVOC: Small-scale histomic mapping of cancer biodiversity across large tissue distances using deep neural networks.

Standardizing analysis of intra-tumoral heterogeneity with computational pathology.

Distinguishing Gastric/Esophageal Adenocarcinoma from Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Using Methylation-Based Droplet Digital PCR.

Spatiotemporal proteomic characterization of the human subventricular zone

Spatiotemporal proteomic characterization of the human subventricular zone

Frequent collaborators

Gelareh Zadeh

Clinton Campbell

Kenneth Aldape

Stephanie Lheureux

Farshad Nassiri

Lili-Naz Hazrati

James Ellis

Trevor Pugh

Amit Oza

Rajat Kumar

Robert Kridel

Jan Delabie

Sheila Riazi

Tracy Stockley

Jonas Mattsson

Kim Edelstein

Quaid Morris

David Chitayat

Anne-Marie Guerguerian

Annie Huang

Gary Bader

Marianne Koritzinsky

Ronald Ramos

Vijay Ramaswamy

Navya Kalidindi

Adeel Sheikh

Martin Lepage

Cynthia Hawkins