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Stephen Matthews
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Latest papers
Depressive and anxiety symptoms in mothers and fathers and child socioemotional outcomes: A nationwide Canadian study.
Journal of psychiatric research · 2026
Extraversion modulates cortisol responses to acute social stress in chronic major depression.
Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2019
Association between gestational age at birth, antenatal corticosteroids, and outcomes at 5 years: multiple courses of antenatal corticosteroids for preterm birth study at 5 years of age (MACS-5)
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2014
Latest funding
- $1,189,576
Drug transporters and protection at the developing blood-brain barrier: Impact of antenatal corticosteroids
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
- $20,000
A pragmatic, individualized, e-health lifestyle intervention to optimize cardiometabolic health in pregnancy planning women and their partners: setting the stage for improved intergenerational health across diverse Canadian communities.
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $74,990
Intergenerational transmission of early adversity from mothers to their children: Testing mechanisms in a large Canadian birth cohort
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
4 publications.
Depressive and anxiety symptoms in mothers and fathers and child socioemotional outcomes: A nationwide Canadian study.
Wade M, Li LM, Wright E, Marini F, Shiri R, Vigod S, Brown HK, Grigoriadis S, Prioreschi A, Matthews S, Dennis CL
Extraversion modulates cortisol responses to acute social stress in chronic major depression.
Chopra K, Katz JL, Quilty LC, Matthews S, Ravindran A, Levitan RD
Association between gestational age at birth, antenatal corticosteroids, and outcomes at 5 years: multiple courses of antenatal corticosteroids for preterm birth study at 5 years of age (MACS-5)
Asztalos E, Willan A, Murphy K, Matthews S, Ohlsson A, Saigal S, Armson A, Kelly E, Delisle M-F, Gafni A
Sex differences in hormonal responses to a social stressor in chronic major depression.
Chopra KK, Ravindran A, Kennedy SH, Mackenzie B, Matthews S, Anisman H, Bagby RM, Farvolden P, Levitan RD
Drug transporters and protection at the developing blood-brain barrier: Impact of antenatal corticosteroids
Principal investigators: Matthews, Stephen G
Keywords: Astrocytes; Blood-Brain Barrier; Brain Endothelial Cells; Drug Transporters; Epigenetics; Fetus; Glucocorticoids; Infants; P-Glycoprotein (P-Gp); Pregnancy
A pragmatic, individualized, e-health lifestyle intervention to optimize cardiometabolic health in pregnancy planning women and their partners: setting the stage for improved intergenerational health across diverse Canadian communities.
Principal investigators: Comelli, Elena M; Marini, Flavia; Birken, Catherine S; Dennis, Cindy-Lee E; Miliku, Kozeta
Keywords: Cardiovascular Disease; Diabetes; Individualized Lifestyle Intervention; Nutrition; Preconception; Prevention; Randomized Controlled Trial
Intergenerational transmission of early adversity from mothers to their children: Testing mechanisms in a large Canadian birth cohort
Principal investigators: Wade, Mark; Jenkins, Jennifer M; Shah, Prakeshkumar; Knight, Julia A; Matthews, Stephen G
Keywords: Adverse Childhood Experiences; Birth Cohort; Child Outcomes; Executive Function; Intergenerational Trasmission; Mechanisms; Socioemotional Processing
Drug Transporters and Protection of the Developing Brain
Principal investigators: Matthews, Stephen G
Keywords: Bcrp; Blood-Brain Barrier; Drug Transporters; Fetus; Glucocorticoids; Infection; Methylation; Mirna; P-Glycoprotein; Preterm Birth
Drug Transporters and Protection of the Developing Brain
Principal investigators: Matthews, Stephen G
Keywords: Blood-Brain Barrier; Breast Cancer Resistance Protein (Bcrp); Drug Transporters; Fetus; Glucocorticoids; Infection; Methylation; Mirna; P-Glygoprotein; Preterm Birth
Community-based Preconception Lifestyle Intervention to prevent Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Women living in India
Principal investigators: Retnakaran, Ravi R
Keywords: Beta-Cell Function; Gestational Diabetes; Insulin Resistance; Preconception; Prevention; Women'S Health
Transgenerational Influences of Paternal Glucocortcoid Exposure: Outcomes and Mechanisms
Principal investigators: Matthews, Stephen
Keywords: behaviour; epigenetic; fetus; glucocorticoids; hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis; miRNA; neuroendocrinology; paternal exposure; programming; transgenerational
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.
Principal investigators: Wazana, Ashley; Choudhury, Suparna
Keywords: Early Environments; Genetic Susceptibility; Maternal Adversity; Mental Health; Positive Well-Being; Psychopathology; Sex And Gender; Trajectories; Youth
Early Interventions to Support Trajectories for Healthy Life in India (EINSTEIN)
Principal investigators: Matthews, Stephen G; Sellen, Daniel W; CHANDAK, GIRIRAJ R; Comelli, Elena M; Krishnaveni, Ghattu V; Kumaran, Kalyanaraman; Shah, Prakeshkumar; Suryanarayana, Kumar G; Wade, Mark
Keywords: Cardiometabolic Outcome; Child; Cohort Studies; Dohad; India; Intervention; Lifecourse; Mental Health Outcome; Preconception; Pregnancy
A window on changes in early childhood development with COVID-19 pandemic exposure before and after birth: the Ontario Birth Study
Principal investigators: Knight, Julia A; Shah, Prakeshkumar; Matthews, Stephen G; Wade, Mark
Keywords: Child Follow-Up; Covid-19; Covid-19 Restrictions; Early Child Development; Neurodevelopment; Postpartum; Pregnancy
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
- Nutritional Sciences
- Department of Physiology
- Medicine/Neurology
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
- Psychology
- Other
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Arun Ravindran
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2019
Cindy-Lee Dennis
Nutritional Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Simone Vigod
Family Practice
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Elizabeth Asztalos
Medicine/Neurology
1 shared papers, latest 2014
Kellie Murphy
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
1 shared papers, latest 2014
Mark Wade
Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Mark Wade
Psychology
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Sophie Grigoriadis
Psychiatry
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Flavia Marini
Nutritional Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Andy Willan
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
1 shared papers, latest 2014
Amiram Jacob Gafni
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
1 shared papers, latest 2014
Saroj Saigal
Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2014
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