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Russell Schachar

ResearcherNeurosciences and Mental HealthUniversity of Toronto

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Russell Schachar

Researcher

Neurosciences and Mental Health

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.
36 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (7 CIHR, 1 NSERC), most recently in 2018.
Supervised 5 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2018.

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104

Publications

1,826

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Research

Adhd Air Pollution Gene X Enviornment Genomics Green Space Material Deprivation Ocd Social Deprivation

Latest papers

The development of dynamic networks supporting attentional flexibility.
Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2026
Population-based characterisation of child and adolescent oral bacterial microbiomes.
Microbiome · 2026
Update on ADHD genetics: A practitioner's perspective: Mise à jour sur la génétique du TDAH : le point de vue d'un praticien.
Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2026 · first author

All 104 publications

Latest funding

Pan-ancestry approaches to understand the genetic and environmental contributors to mental health in children and youth
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,541,475
Genetic modifiers of chemotherapy-induced neurotoxicity identified in recombinant inbred mice
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,105,426
Pan-ancestry approaches to understand the genetic and environmental contributors to mental health in children and youth
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 23 grants and awards

104 publications.

The development of dynamic networks supporting attentional flexibility.

Coleman SC, Rhodes N, Wong SM, Mithani K, Warsi NM, Suresh H, Anagnostou E, Crosbie J, Schachar R, Lerch JP, Taylor MJ, Ibrahim GM

Developmental cognitive neuroscience2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2026.101669 PMID: 41518864

Population-based characterisation of child and adolescent oral bacterial microbiomes.

Wright RJ, DeClercq V, Burton CL, Roslin NM, Chan AWY, Arnold PD, Peters P, Schachar R, Crosbie J, Langille MGI

Microbiome2026

DOI: 10.1186/s40168-026-02452-3 PMID: 42380966

Update on ADHD genetics: A practitioner's perspective: Mise à jour sur la génétique du TDAH : le point de vue d'un praticien.

Schachar R, Crosbie J, Arnold PD, Burton CL

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2026First author

DOI: 10.1177/07067437261457230 PMID: 42299664

Transdiagnostic behavioral and sociodemographic influences on the cognitive-adaptive functioning gap in neurodivergent children.

Wan E, Penner M, Crosbie J, Brian J, Kelley E, Schachar R, Woodbury-Smith M, Jones J, Nicolson R, Stevenson RA, Frei J, Trinari E, Arnold PD, Ayub M, Lerch JP, Anagnostou E, Kushki A

Scientific reports2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-58625-5 PMID: 42431939

Decoding the Neural Basis of Sensory Phenotypes in Autism

Kolisnyk M, Lyons K, Choi EJ, Vandewouw MM, Stojanoski B, Anagnostou E, Kushki A, Nicolson R, Kelley E, Georgiades S

Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging20262 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2025.12.013

Identifying Neurodevelopmental Domain Subgroups in Autism and ADHD

Krakowski AD, Cost KT, Vandewouw M, Szatmari P, Anagnostou E, Crosbie J, Schachar R, Duku E, Georgiades S, Ayub M

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders20261 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s10803-026-07266-8

Correction: Using endocrine profiles to explore subgroups among transdiagnostic neurodiverse children and adolescents

Mo K, Foster J, Cleary SR, Anagnostou E, Lerch JP, Lin H-Y, Taylor MJ, Szatmari P, Crosbie J, Schachar R

Journal of Neural Transmission2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00702-026-03119-x

Understanding social behaviours across neurodiverse young people: roles of social cognition and self-regulation.

Iturmendi-Sabater I, Anagnostou E, Fournier MA, Crosbie J, Schachar R, Nicolson R, Georgiadis S, Kelley E, Jones J, Brian J, Lin HY, Lai MC

BJPsych open2025

DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2024.831 PMID: 39849802

Probing Autism and ADHD subtypes using cortical signatures of the T1w/T2w-ratio and morphometry.

Norbom LB, Syed B, Kjelkenes R, Rokicki J, Beauchamp A, Nerland S, Kushki A, Anagnostou E, Arnold P, Crosbie J, Kelley E, Nicolson R, Schachar R, Taylor MJ, Westlye LT, Tamnes CK, Lerch JP

NeuroImage. Clinical2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2025.103736 PMID: 39837011

DNA methylation alterations in acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivors with late neurocognitive deficits.

Goodman SJ, Butcher DT, Guger SL, Diehl E, Brzezinski J, Spiegler B, Nieman BJ, Kallurkar P, Boulet Craig A, Krajinovic M, Laniel J, Laverdière C, Sinnett D, Lippé S, Turinsky A, Shago M, Strug LJ, Ito S, Hitzler JK, Schachar R, Weksberg R

Leukemia2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41375-025-02779-0 PMID: 41107616

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Russell Schachar

Research

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The development of dynamic networks supporting attentional flexibility.

Population-based characterisation of child and adolescent oral bacterial microbiomes.

Update on ADHD genetics: A practitioner's perspective: Mise &#xe0; jour sur la g&#xe9;n&#xe9;tique du TDAH : le point de vue d'un praticien.

Transdiagnostic behavioral and sociodemographic influences on the cognitive-adaptive functioning gap in neurodivergent children.

Decoding the Neural Basis of Sensory Phenotypes in Autism

Identifying Neurodevelopmental Domain Subgroups in Autism and ADHD

Correction: Using endocrine profiles to explore subgroups among transdiagnostic neurodiverse children and adolescents

Understanding social behaviours across neurodiverse young people: roles of social cognition and self-regulation.

Probing Autism and ADHD subtypes using cortical signatures of the T1w/T2w-ratio and morphometry.

DNA methylation alterations in acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivors with late neurocognitive deficits.

Frequent collaborators

Jennifer Crosbie

Evdokia Anagnostou

Elizabeth Kelley

Stelios Georgiades

Peter Szatmari

Jessica Brian

Paul Arnold

Peter Szatmari

Meng-Chuan Lai

Annie Dupuis

Noam Soreni

Azadeh Kushki

Rosanna Weksberg

Paul Arnold

Craig Campbell

Alice Charach

Anne-Marie Guerguerian

Karen Li-mei Choong

Eric Duku

Michael Noseworthy

Colin Hawco

Hsiang-Yuan Lin

Michael Escobar

Eleanor Pullenayegum

Melanie Penner

Douglas Fraser

Muhammad Mamdani

Bobby Stojanoski

Suneeta Monga

Brett Trost

Michel Boivin

Simon Graham

Sonny Dhanani

Nevena Simic

Jane Foster

Teresa To

Douglas Cheyne

Margot Taylor

Craig Campbell

Shinya Ito

Update on ADHD genetics: A practitioner's perspective: Mise à jour sur la génétique du TDAH : le point de vue d'un praticien.