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Robert Levitan

ResearcherPsychiatryUniversity of Toronto

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Robert Levitan

Researcher

Psychiatry

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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5 publications in the last five years, latest in 2023.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2020.

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Research

Biomarkers Childhood Depression Fetal Neurodevelopment Maternal Inflammation Pregnancy Cohort Attention Deficit Disorder Genes Dopamine System Genes Gene By Environment Interaction

Latest papers

Negative emotionality as a candidate mediating mechanism linking prenatal maternal mood problems and offspring internalizing behaviour.
Development and psychopathology · 2023
Systematic review of structured care pathways in major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder.
BMC psychiatry · 2023
Clinical utility of combinatorial pharmacogenomic testing in depression: A Canadian patient- and rater-blinded, randomized, controlled trial
Translational Psychiatry · 2022

All 21 publications

Latest funding

Identifying pathways for the emergence of mental health functioning in young adults from prenatal adversity, genetic susceptibility, the early environment, and intervening life stress - Leveraging hypotheses generated from an international birth cohort consortium.
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,494,429
Identifying pathways for the emergence of mental health functioning in young adults from prenatal adversity, genetic susceptibility, the early environment, and intervening life stress - Leveraging hypotheses generated from an international birth cohort consortium to test specific mechanisms about anxiety, depression, and wellbeing.
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Maternal Adversity, Vulnerability and Neurodevelopment (MAVAN): Youth mental health mental in the COVID pandemic
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$149,974

All 20 grants and awards

21 publications.

Negative emotionality as a candidate mediating mechanism linking prenatal maternal mood problems and offspring internalizing behaviour.

Gordon Green C, Szekely E, Babineau V, Jolicoeur-Martineau A, Bouvette-Turcot AA, Minde K, Sassi R, Atkinson L, Kennedy JL, Steiner M, Lydon J, Gaudreau H, Burack JA, Herba C, Pennestri MH, Levitan R, Meaney MJ, Wazana A, MAVAN Research Team

Development and psychopathology2023

DOI: 10.1017/s0954579421001747 PMID: 35440354

Systematic review of structured care pathways in major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder.

Kim HK, Banik S, Husain MI, Tang V, Levitan R, Daskalakis ZJ, Kloiber S

BMC psychiatry2023

DOI: 10.1186/s12888-022-04379-z PMID: 36732746

Clinical utility of combinatorial pharmacogenomic testing in depression: A Canadian patient- and rater-blinded, randomized, controlled trial

Tiwari AK, Zai CC, Altar CA, Tanner J-A, Davies PE, Traxler P, Li J, Cogan ES, Kucera MT, Gugila A

Translational Psychiatry202250 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41398-022-01847-8 PMID: W4220971556

Correction: Clinical utility of combinatorial pharmacogenomic testing in depression: A Canadian patient- and rater-blinded, randomized, controlled trial

Tiwari AK, Zai CC, Altar CA, Tanner J-A, Davies PE, Traxler P, Li J, Cogan ES, Kucera MT, Gugila A

Translational Psychiatry20227 citations

DOI: 10.1038/s41398-022-01963-5

Combined polygenic risk scores of different psychiatric traits predict general and specific psychopathology in childhood.

Neumann A, Jolicoeur-Martineau A, Szekely E, Sallis HM, O'Donnel K, Greenwood CMT, Levitan R, Meaney MJ, Wazana A, Evans J, Tiemeier H

Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines2022

DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13501 PMID: 34389974

Measuring resilience in children: a review of recent literature and recommendations for future research.

King L, Jolicoeur-Martineau A, Laplante DP, Szekely E, Levitan R, Wazana A

Current opinion in psychiatry2021

DOI: 10.1097/yco.0000000000000663 PMID: 33105167

Association between maternal cannabis use and birth outcomes: an observational study.

Michalski CA, Hung RJ, Seeto RA, Dennis CL, Brooks JD, Henderson J, Levitan R, Lye SJ, Matthews SG, Knight JA

BMC pregnancy and childbirth2020

DOI: 10.1186/s12884-020-03371-3 PMID: 33308186

Predicted DRD4 prefrontal gene expression moderates snack intake and stress perception in response to the environment in adolescents.

Portella AK, Papantoni A, Paquet C, Moore S, Rosch KS, Mostofsky S, Lee RS, Smith KR, Levitan R, Silveira PP, Carnell S, Dube L

PloS one2020

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234601 PMID: 32589693

Genetically predicted gene expression of prefrontal DRD4 gene and the differential susceptibility to childhood emotional eating in response to positive environment.

Barth B, Bizarro L, Miguel PM, Dubé L, Levitan R, O'Donnell K, Meaney MJ, Silveira PP

Appetite2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2020.104594 PMID: 31927071

Using early changes in cold cognition to predict response to vortioxetine in major depressive disorder.

Park C, Zuckerman H, Subramaniapillai M, Mansur RB, Rosenblat JD, Cao B, Iacobucci M, Lee Y, Levitan R, Blumberger DM, McIntyre RS

Psychiatry research2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112767 PMID: 31978627

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Robert Levitan

Research

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Negative emotionality as a candidate mediating mechanism linking prenatal maternal mood problems and offspring internalizing behaviour.

Systematic review of structured care pathways in major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder.

Clinical utility of combinatorial pharmacogenomic testing in depression: A Canadian patient- and rater-blinded, randomized, controlled trial

Correction: Clinical utility of combinatorial pharmacogenomic testing in depression: A Canadian patient- and rater-blinded, randomized, controlled trial

Combined polygenic risk scores of different psychiatric traits predict general and specific psychopathology in childhood.

Measuring resilience in children: a review of recent literature and recommendations for future research.

Association between maternal cannabis use and birth outcomes: an observational study.

Predicted DRD4 prefrontal gene expression moderates snack intake and stress perception in response to the environment in adolescents.

Genetically predicted gene expression of prefrontal DRD4 gene and the differential susceptibility to childhood emotional eating in response to positive environment.

Using early changes in cold cognition to predict response to vortioxetine in major depressive disorder.

Frequent collaborators

Ashley Wazana

Andrea Gonzalez

Stefan Kloiber

Eszter Szekely

Mario Masellis

Akshya Vasudev

Laurette Dubé

Verinder Sharma

James Kennedy

Raymond Tempier

Benicio Frey

James Marshall Bowen

Valerie Taylor

Richard Tytus

Jean-Eric Tarride

Victor Tang

Catherine Herba

Arun Ravindran

Marie-Hélène Pennestri

Catherine Herba

Kieran O'Donnell

Brittany Jamieson

Cindy-Lee Dennis

Christine Wekerle