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Pierre Bellec

ResearcherInformatique et recherche opérationnelleUniversité de Montréal

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Pierre Bellec

Researcher

Informatique et recherche opérationnelle

Health Sciences

Université de Montréal

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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7 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (2 CIHR, 2 NSERC), most recently in 2026.
Supervisor on 2 trainee awards (2 CIHR), most recently in 2019.

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Research

Cannabis Early Onset Mental Health Neurocognition Sex And Gender Sexual Diversity Aging Alzheimer'S Disease

Latest papers

Connectome-constrained neural decoding reveals a representational hierarchy from perception to cognition to action.
Science bulletin · 2025 · senior author
Brain functional connectivity mirrors genetic pleiotropy in psychiatric conditions.
Brain : a journal of neurology · 2023
Genetic Heterogeneity Shapes Brain Connectivity in Psychiatry.
Biological psychiatry · 2023

All 53 publications

Latest funding

Cannabis use-related harms on neurocognition and mental health: harnessing long-term longitudinal cohorts to study persistence, recovery, risk and resilience.
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$2,399,100
How the brain converts metaphorical verbal suggestions into pain modulation during hypnosis: An experimental study in healthy volunteers
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$615,824
Adaptation de Domaine pour l'intégration de données neuronales
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$300,000

All 11 grants and awards

53 publications.

Connectome-constrained neural decoding reveals a representational hierarchy from perception to cognition to action.

Zhang Y, Fan L, Hao Y, Dagher A, Jiang T, Bellec P

Science bulletin2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2024.08.029 PMID: 39256082

Brain functional connectivity mirrors genetic pleiotropy in psychiatric conditions.

Moreau CA, Kumar K, Harvey A, Huguet G, Urchs SGW, Schultz LM, Sharmarke H, Jizi K, Martin CO, Younis N, Tamer P, Martineau JL, Orban P, Silva AI, Hall J, van den Bree MBM, Owen MJ, Linden DEJ, Lippé S, Bearden CE, Almasy L, Glahn DC, Thompson PM, Bourgeron T, Bellec P, Jacquemont S

Brain : a journal of neurology2023

DOI: 10.1093/brain/awac315 PMID: 36059063

Genetic Heterogeneity Shapes Brain Connectivity in Psychiatry.

Moreau CA, Harvey A, Kumar K, Huguet G, Urchs SGW, Douard EA, Schultz LM, Sharmarke H, Jizi K, Martin CO, Younis N, Tamer P, Rolland T, Martineau JL, Orban P, Silva AI, Hall J, van den Bree MBM, Owen MJ, Linden DEJ, Labbe A, Lippé S, Bearden CE, Almasy L, Glahn DC, Thompson PM, Bourgeron T, Bellec P, Jacquemont S

Biological psychiatry2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.08.024 PMID: 36372570

Functional connectivity subtypes associate robustly with ASD diagnosis.

Urchs SGW, Tam A, Orban P, Moreau C, Benhajali Y, Nguyen HD, Evans AC, Bellec P

eLife2022Senior author

DOI: 10.7554/elife.56257 PMID: 36444973

Predicting future cognitive decline from non-brain and multimodal brain imaging data in healthy and pathological aging.

Hebling Vieira B, Liem F, Dadi K, Engemann DA, Gramfort A, Bellec P, Craddock RC, Damoiseaux JS, Steele CJ, Yarkoni T, Langer N, Margulies DS, Varoquaux G

Neurobiology of aging2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2022.06.008 PMID: 35878565

Beyond advertising: New infrastructures for publishing integrated research objects.

DuPre E, Holdgraf C, Karakuzu A, Tetrel L, Bellec P, Stikov N, Poline JB

PLoS computational biology2022

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009651 PMID: 34990466

Data-Driven Analyses of Longitudinal Hippocampal Imaging Trajectories: Discrimination and Biomarker Prediction of Change Classes.

Drouin SM, McFall GP, Potvin O, Bellec P, Masellis M, Duchesne S, Dixon RA, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2022

DOI: 10.3233/jad-215289 PMID: 35570482

Dissecting autism and schizophrenia through neuroimaging genomics.

Moreau CA, Raznahan A, Bellec P, Chakravarty M, Thompson PM, Jacquemont S

Brain : a journal of neurology2021

DOI: 10.1093/brain/awab096 PMID: 33704401

Functional annotation of human cognitive states using deep graph convolution.

Zhang Y, Tetrel L, Thirion B, Bellec P

NeuroImage2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.117847 PMID: 33582272

Cerebral functional networks during sleep in young and older individuals.

Daneault V, Orban P, Martin N, Dansereau C, Godbout J, Pouliot P, Dickinson P, Gosselin N, Vandewalle G, Maquet P, Lina JM, Doyon J, Bellec P, Carrier J

Scientific reports2021

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-84417-0 PMID: 33649377

Cannabis use-related harms on neurocognition and mental health: harnessing long-term longitudinal cohorts to study persistence, recovery, risk and resilience.

Principal investigatorCIHR2026TG: The CDN Cannabis/Brain Health Cons.-Pops with rare/complex clinical contexts

Principal investigators: Castellanos Ryan, Natalie; Chadi, Nicholas; Bellec, Pierre; Lippé, Sarah; Orri, Massimiliano

Keywords: Cannabis; Early Onset; Mental Health; Neurocognition; Sex And Gender; Sexual Diversity

$2,399,100

How the brain converts metaphorical verbal suggestions into pain modulation during hypnosis: An experimental study in healthy volunteers

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Rainville, Pierre

Keywords: Functional Mri; Human Brain Imaging; Hypnosis; Individual Differences; Inter-Subject Correlation; Language Comprehension; Pain Modulation; Pain Perception; Psychophysiology; Verbal Suggestions

$615,824

Adaptation de Domaine pour l'intégration de données neuronales

Principal investigatorNSERC2024International - Collaboration - ANR - AI

Principal investigators: Bellec, Pierre

Keywords: Psychology; Computer software

$300,000

How do we know what we know: neuropsychology, neuroimaging, and machine learning unraveling the neuro-cognitive substrate of semantic knowledge.

SupervisorCIHR2019CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Borghesani, Valentina

Keywords: Aging; Artificial Intelligence; Dementia; Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Language; Machine Learning; Magnetoencefalography; Semantic

$90,000

The importance of connector hubs in focal epilepsy: a multimodal investigation

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Grova, Christophe

Keywords: Brain Networks; Connector Hubs; Epileptic Networks; Functional Connectivity; Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Fmri); Graph Theory; Magneto-Encephalography (Meg); Oxygen And Glucose Metabolism; Quantitative Mri; Resting State Networks

$742,050

Anatomo-functional connectivity subtypes in age-related neurodegeneration

SupervisorCIHR2016CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Badhwar, Amanpreet

Keywords: Alzheimer'S Disease; Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri); Diffusion Mri; Functional Mri; Imaging Biomarkers; Mild Cognitive Impairment; Neuroanatomy; Structural Mri

$135,000

Non-invasive monitoring and quantification of lesion load in the immature animal exposed to an acute inflammatory brain injury.

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Lodygensky, Gregory A

Keywords: Biomarker; Cerebral Oxygenation; Dti; Functional Connectivity Mri; Gender Susceptibility; Inflammatory Cerebral White Matter Injury; Mri; Mrs; Periventricular Leukomalacia; Photoacoustics

$294,566

Combination of structural and functional brain magnetic resonance imaging for the diagnosis of AD in the prodromal stage

Nominated PICIHR2013Catalyst Grant: Secondary Analysis of Neuroimaging Databases

Principal investigators: Bellec, Pierre

Keywords: Aging; Alzheimer'S Disease; Biomarker; Early Diagnosis; Functional Connectivity Network; Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Mild Cognitive Impairment; Multivariate Analysis; Neuroimaging; Resting-State

$101,782

Data mining in large functional neuroimaging databases

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Bellec, Pierre

$75,000

MRI characterization of neurovascular function in carotid artery disease

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Hoge, Richard D

Keywords: Atherosclerosis; Brain Physiology; Carotid Artery Disease; Cognitive Function; Functional Mri; Hypercapnia; Hyperoxia; Oxidative Metabolism; Oxidative Stress; Resting State Connectivity

$672,197

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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Pierre Bellec

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Connectome-constrained neural decoding reveals a representational hierarchy from perception to cognition to action.

Brain functional connectivity mirrors genetic pleiotropy in psychiatric conditions.

Genetic Heterogeneity Shapes Brain Connectivity in Psychiatry.

Functional connectivity subtypes associate robustly with ASD diagnosis.

Predicting future cognitive decline from non-brain and multimodal brain imaging data in healthy and pathological aging.

Beyond advertising: New infrastructures for publishing integrated research objects.

Data-Driven Analyses of Longitudinal Hippocampal Imaging Trajectories: Discrimination and Biomarker Prediction of Change Classes.

Dissecting autism and schizophrenia through neuroimaging genomics.

Functional annotation of human cognitive states using deep graph convolution.

Cerebral functional networks during sleep in young and older individuals.

Adaptation de Domaine pour l'intégration de données neuronales

Data mining in large functional neuroimaging databases

Frequent collaborators

Pierre Orban

Julien Doyon

Habib Benali

Amanpreet Badhwar

Julie Carrier

Pedro Rosa-Neto

Amir Shmuel

Alain Dagher

Sylvia Villeneuve

Christophe Grova

Simon Duchesne

Sebastien Jacquemont

Adrianna Mendrek

Nikola Stikov

Oury Monchi

Sherif Karama

Sylvie Belleville

Mario Masellis

Michael Petrides

Serge Gauthier

Jean Gotman

Gilles Vandewalle

Howard Chertkow

Guillaume Dumas

Jean-Marc Lina

Louis Bherer

Liang Li

Julien Cohen-Adad

Judes Poirier

Douglas Arnold

Marie-Jeanne Kergoat

Nadia Gosselin

Richard Hoge