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Stephen Kish

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Professor EmeritusDepartment of PsychiatryUniversity of Toronto

Stephen Kish

Professor Emeritus

Department of Psychiatry

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Emeritus professors are retired and rarely take new students.
No publications since 2020.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2008.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2017.

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Publications

382

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Research

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Latest papers

Replicating predictive serum correlates of greater translocator protein distribution volume in brain.
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2020
Association of translocator protein total distribution volume with duration of untreated major depressive disorder: a cross-sectional study.
The lancet. Psychiatry · 2018
Corticotropin-releasing hormone and dopamine release in healthy individuals.
Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2017

All 4 publications

Latest funding

Imaging Generalized and Selective Markers of Presynaptic Density In Persistent Depression With/Without Other Neuropsychiatric Symptoms After COVID-19
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$1,407,600
Imaging Neuroinflammation In COVID-19 and Persistent Depression With/Without Other Neuropsychiatric Symptoms
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$761,175
Microglial Activation in Major Depressive Disorder: Relationship to Comorbidity and Loss of Synaptic Density
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$990,676

All 8 grants and awards

Imaging Generalized and Selective Markers of Presynaptic Density In Persistent Depression With/Without Other Neuropsychiatric Symptoms After COVID-19

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Meyer, Jeffrey H

Keywords: Covid-19; Dopamine; Major Depressive Episode; Neuroinflammation; Positron Emission Tomography; Synaptic Density

$1,407,600

Imaging Neuroinflammation In COVID-19 and Persistent Depression With/Without Other Neuropsychiatric Symptoms

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: COVID-19 - Project Grant

Principal investigators: Meyer, Jeffrey H

Keywords: Covid-19; Major Depressive Epsisode; Neuroinflammation; Ositron Emission Tomography

$761,175

Microglial Activation in Major Depressive Disorder: Relationship to Comorbidity and Loss of Synaptic Density

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Meyer, Jeffrey H

Keywords: Anorexia Nervosa; Major Depressive Disorder; Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; Positron Emission Tomography; Translocator Protein

$990,676

Investigating endocannabinoid signaling in relapse to alcohol drinking: neuroimaging studies of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase in alcohol use disorder

SupervisorCIHR2017Doctoral Award - Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Best, Laura

Keywords: Alcohol Use Disorder; Anandamide; Endocannabinoid System; Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase; Positron Emission Tomography; Relapse

$105,000

Getting Better: Pathways to Progress in Brain Disease

Co-investigatorCFI2012Innovation Fund: Leading Edge Fund (2012 competition)

Principal investigators: Pollock, Bruce

Keywords: Biomarkers, diagnostic tests, pharmaceuticals, brain stimulation technologies, optogenetics, virtual reality, research technologies molecular/cellular, biobanking, TMS, imaging, behavioural testing, workstations

$2,824,956

Transforming Lives: neuroIMAGENE, the convergence of genetics and brain imaging in mental health and addictions

Co-investigatorCFI2009Innovation Fund: New Initiatives Fund 2009

Principal investigators: Pollock, Bruce

Keywords: Depression, PET, Imaging, Genetics, Schizophrenia, Multi-disciplinary, Novel, International Collaborations

$2,806,899

Probing the role of dopamine in co-morbid pathological gambling and Parkinson's disease: Behavioural pharmacology, electrophysiology, neuroimaging, and genetics.

Principal investigatorCIHR2008Emerging Team Grant: Co-morbidity of brain disorders & other health problems-LOI

Principal investigators: Zack, Martin H; Beninger, Richard J; Kennedy, James L; Kish, Stephen J; Segalowitz, Sidney J

Keywords: Amphetamine; Behavioural Pharmacology; Dopamine Agonist; Electrophysiology; Parkinson'S Disease; Pathological Gambling; Positron Emission Tomography; Pramipexole; Reward Seeking; Risk-Taking

FIRN-II. Enhancing the University of Toronto Imaging Research Network - From discovery through treatment, delivering the promise of molecular imaging and advanced image guided therapy.

Co-investigatorCFI2006Innovation Fund: Leading Edge Fund 2006

Principal investigators: Houle, Sylvain

Keywords: Positron emision tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, radiochemistry, medical imaging, image guided therapy, minimally invasive therapy, molecular imaging, MR-guided focussed ultrasound therapy

$2,200,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Stephen Kish

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Replicating predictive serum correlates of greater translocator protein distribution volume in brain.

Association of translocator protein total distribution volume with duration of untreated major depressive disorder: a cross-sectional study.

Corticotropin-releasing hormone and dopamine release in healthy individuals.

Greater monoamine oxidase a binding in perimenopausal age as measured with carbon 11-labeled harmine positron emission tomography.

Imaging Generalized and Selective Markers of Presynaptic Density In Persistent Depression With/Without Other Neuropsychiatric Symptoms After COVID-19

Imaging Neuroinflammation In COVID-19 and Persistent Depression With/Without Other Neuropsychiatric Symptoms

Microglial Activation in Major Depressive Disorder: Relationship to Comorbidity and Loss of Synaptic Density

Investigating endocannabinoid signaling in relapse to alcohol drinking: neuroimaging studies of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase in alcohol use disorder

Getting Better: Pathways to Progress in Brain Disease

Transforming Lives: neuroIMAGENE, the convergence of genetics and brain imaging in mental health and addictions

Probing the role of dopamine in co-morbid pathological gambling and Parkinson's disease: Behavioural pharmacology, electrophysiology, neuroimaging, and genetics.

FIRN-II. Enhancing the University of Toronto Imaging Research Network - From discovery through treatment, delivering the promise of molecular imaging and advanced image guided therapy.

Frequent collaborators

Sylvain Houle

Jeffrey Meyer

Pablo Rusjan

Romina Mizrahi

Isabelle Boileau

Muhammad Husain

Tony George

Donna Stewart

Neil Vasdev

Nathan Kolla

Susan George

Bernard Le Foll