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Sean Nestor

ResearcherUniversity of Toronto

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Sean Nestor

Researcher

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.
10 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2022.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Efficacy Late-Life Depression Major Depressive Disorder Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Theta Burst Stimulation

Latest papers

Focused Ultrasound Ablation for Psychiatric Disorders.
Biological psychiatry · 2026
Microstructural, Morphological, and Metabolic Changes Following Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Capsulotomy.
Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging · 2026
Objective speech measures capture depressive symptoms and associated cognitive difficulties.
Translational psychiatry · 2025

All 13 publications

Latest funding

Network-Guided Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation for Treatment-Resistant Depression
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$550,800
The PLATform for INnovative Multicentre trials for comorbid chronic Pain and Depressive disorders (PLATINuM-PD)
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$730,576
Parallel Radiofrequency Transmission for Safe 3 Tesla MRI of Patients with Deep Brain Stimulation Devices
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$918,000

All 15 grants and awards

13 publications.

Focused Ultrasound Ablation for Psychiatric Disorders.

Xhima K, Davidson B, Rabin J, Hossain R, Richter MA, Nestor S, Hamani C, Giacobbe P, Lipsman N

Biological psychiatry2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2026.05.018 PMID: 42242456

Microstructural, Morphological, and Metabolic Changes Following Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Capsulotomy.

Davidson B, Clappison A, Mithani K, Bocca LF, Giacobbe P, Nestor S, Meng Y, Ottoy J, Rabin JS, Burke M, Uludag K, Hamani C, Lipsman N, Goubran M

Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2026.01.011 PMID: 41672276

Objective speech measures capture depressive symptoms and associated cognitive difficulties.

Wiseman M, Yep R, Wood Alexander M, Pople CB, Perri L, Gopinath G, Vasileiadi M, Robin J, Spilka MJ, Simpson W, Yunusova Y, Munoz DP, Coe BC, Brien D, Nestor S, Lipsman N, Giacobbe P, Rabin JS

Translational psychiatry2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41398-025-03728-2 PMID: 41257835

The genetics of severe depression.

Franklin CE, Achtyes E, Altinay M, Bailey K, Bhati MT, Carr BR, Conroy SK, Husain MM, Khurshid KA, Lencz T, McDonald WM, Mickey BJ, Murrough J, Nestor S, Nickl-Jockschat T, Nikayin S, Reeves K, Reti IM, Selek S, Sanacora G, Trapp NT, Viswanath B, Wright JH, Sullivan P, Zandi PP, Potash JB

Molecular psychiatry2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41380-024-02731-1 PMID: 39406997

Neuromodulation as a therapeutic approach for post-traumatic stress disorder: the evidence to date.

Manocchio F, Enepekides J, Nestor S, Giacobbe P, Rabin JS, Burke MJ, Lanctôt KL, Goubran M, Meng Y, Lipsman N, Hamani C, Davidson B

Expert review of neurotherapeutics2025

DOI: 10.1080/14737175.2024.2442658 PMID: 39704493

Cytochrome P450-soluble epoxide hydrolase oxylipins, depression and cognition in type 2 diabetes.

Anita NZ, Herrmann N, Ryoo SW, Major-Orfao C, Lin WZ, Kwan F, Noor S, Rabin JS, Marzolini S, Nestor S, Ruthirakuhan MT, MacIntosh BJ, Goubran M, Yang P, Cogo-Moreira H, Rapoport M, Gallagher D, Black SE, Goldstein BI, Lanctôt KL, Oh PI, Taha AY, Swardfager W

Journal of diabetes and its complications2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2024.108826 PMID: 39059187

Mood biomarkers of response to deep brain stimulation in depression measured with a sensing system.

Davidson B, Scherer M, Giacobbe P, Nestor S, Abrahao A, Rabin JS, Phung L, Lin FH, Lipsman N, Milosevic L, Hamani C

Brain stimulation2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2023.09.007 PMID: 37696354

Mapping the future of interventional psychiatry for the obsessive-compulsive related disorders: A scoping review.

Hossain R, Sinyor M, Nestor S, Richter MA, Lipsman N, Hamani C, Giacobbe P

Psychiatry research2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2022.115007 PMID: 36525901

Predictive Value of Acute Neuroplastic Response to rTMS in Treatment Outcome in Depression: A Concurrent TMS-fMRI Trial.

Ge R, Humaira A, Gregory E, Alamian G, MacMillan EL, Barlow L, Todd R, Nestor S, Frangou S, Vila-Rodriguez F

The American journal of psychiatry2022

DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.21050541 PMID: 35582784

Commonly used outcome measures in neurosurgical trials for major depressive disorder might not capture clinically meaningful treatment effects.

Rabin JS, Nyman AJ, Davidson B, Zakzanis KK, Giacobbe P, Hamani C, Nestor S, Lipsman N

Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry2022

DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2021-327688 PMID: 35078915

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Sean Nestor

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Latest funding

Focused Ultrasound Ablation for Psychiatric Disorders.

Microstructural, Morphological, and Metabolic Changes Following Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Capsulotomy.

Objective speech measures capture depressive symptoms and associated cognitive difficulties.

The genetics of severe depression.

Neuromodulation as a therapeutic approach for post-traumatic stress disorder: the evidence to date.

Cytochrome P450-soluble epoxide hydrolase oxylipins, depression and cognition in type 2 diabetes.

Mood biomarkers of response to deep brain stimulation in depression measured with a sensing system.

Mapping the future of interventional psychiatry for the obsessive-compulsive related disorders: A scoping review.

Predictive Value of Acute Neuroplastic Response to rTMS in Treatment Outcome in Depression: A Concurrent TMS-fMRI Trial.

Commonly used outcome measures in neurosurgical trials for major depressive disorder might not capture clinically meaningful treatment effects.

Frequent collaborators

Peter Giacobbe

Nir Lipsman

Clement Hamani

Benjamin Davidson

Maged Goubran

Walter Swardfager

Ying Meng

Susan Marzolini

Julie Ottoy

Kamil Uludag

Matthew Burke

Luka Milosevic

Bradley MacIntosh

Mario Masellis

Richard Swartz

Rebecca Todd

Philip Barber

Anne Martel

Damien Gallagher

Fidel Vila-Rodriguez

Melissa Holmes

Mark Sinyor

Jennifer Rabin

Fa-Hsuan Lin

Paul Oh

Stephen Strother

Sophia Frangou

Nathan Herrmann