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Wei Wang

ResearcherUniversity of Toronto

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Wei Wang

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Supervision signals

Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
68 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2022.

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127

Publications

470

Citations

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181

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Publications by year

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Research

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Cognitive Remediation Functional Recovery Psychosis Randomized Controlled Trial Schizophrenia

Latest papers

Virtual Delivery of Early Psychosis Care: Retrospective Cohort Study of Factors Associated With Initial Engagement.
Journal of medical Internet research · 2026
The use of THC cutoff levels in blood and oral fluid for detecting impairment in frequent cannabis users who smoked cannabis the "evening before".
Psychopharmacology · 2026
Loss of vesicular monoamine transporter 2 in striatum of long COVID and relationship to neuropsychiatric symptoms.
EBioMedicine · 2026

All 127 publications

Latest funding

Creatine Monohydrate Relative to Placebo for Treatment of Mood Disorders
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$742,050
Unpacking the Pronounced Risks Faced by People with Schizophrenia Spectrum Diagnoses During Heat Extremes: A Feasibility Test and Mechanisms Validation
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$573,750
A new tool to measure the impact of lived experience and family engagement on research: a psychometric validation study
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$390,150

All 37 grants and awards

127 publications.

Virtual Delivery of Early Psychosis Care: Retrospective Cohort Study of Factors Associated With Initial Engagement.

Vey T, Kozloff N, Foussias G, Wang W, Wong AH, Voineskos AN, Davis-Faroque N, Polillo A

Journal of medical Internet research2026

DOI: 10.2196/81313 PMID: 41712774

The use of THC cutoff levels in blood and oral fluid for detecting impairment in frequent cannabis users who smoked cannabis the "evening before".

Zhao S, Battistuzzi A, Zakala C, Nette A, Matheson J, Le Foll B, Wickens CM, Kaduri P, Hasan O, Wang W, Chen S, Di Ciano P

Psychopharmacology2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00213-026-07129-1 PMID: 42443621

Loss of vesicular monoamine transporter 2 in striatum of long COVID and relationship to neuropsychiatric symptoms.

Liu YK, Persaud D, Vieira EL, Braga J, Rusjan P, Miler L, Rabin JS, McCluskey T, Boileau I, Chao T, Bagby M, Narciso L, Gray LR, Vasdev N, Desmond K, Kloiber S, Warsh J, Husain MI, Smart K, Wang W, Meyer JH

EBioMedicine2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2026.106339 PMID: 42431745

Cognitive performance and subjective effects the morning after last use of smoked cannabis by adults who use cannabis frequently: An observational study.

Matheson J, Zakala C, Zhao S, Battistuzzi A, Nette A, Le Foll B, Wickens CM, Wang W, Chen S, Di Ciano P

Drug and alcohol dependence reports2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.dadr.2026.100432 PMID: 41938817

Corrigendum to "Loss of vesicular monoamine transporter 2 in striatum of long COVID and relationship to neuropsychiatric symptoms" [EBioMedicine (2026) Jul 10: 106339].

EBioMedicine2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2026.106472 PMID: 42700719

Optimizing Health for Canadian Youth at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: A Feasibility Study: Optimiser la santé des jeunes Canadiens présentant un risque clinique élevé de psychose : Une étude de faisabilité.

Lu Y, Todesco B, Hawke LD, Kozloff N, Strudwick G, Kiang M, Wang W, Castle D, Foussias G, Husain MO

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2026

DOI: 10.1177/07067437261436536 PMID: 41944236

Testing the biobehavioral regulation of negative emotion as a mechanism of change in transdiagnostic youth psychotherapy: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Aitken M, Andrade BF, Krasinkiewicz CE, Chan SWS, Gandhi SP, Pun JW, Hamilton-Wright A, Wang W, Sack L, Weisz JR, Bancroft R, Henderson J, Thomassin K

Trials2026

DOI: 10.1186/s13063-026-09739-8 PMID: 42104467

An evaluation of the clinician-facing research dashboards from the Toronto Adolescent and Youth (TAY) Cohort Study in mental health care.

Kuburi S, Foussias G, Davies J, Segovia AN, Wong J, Ameis S, Kozloff N, Quilty LC, Dickie E, Felsky D, Goldstein BI, Hawke LD, Polillo A, Nikolova YS, Wang W, TAY Cohort Study Team, Voineskos A, Cleverley K

PLOS mental health2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmen.0000605 PMID: 42102136

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adults accessing specialist psychiatric care: A cross-sectional Canadian analysis.

Kittur ME, Jones BDM, Imran S, Wang W, Chen S, Husain MI

PloS one2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0346913 PMID: 41984868

Neuropsychiatric Symptom Clusters and Their Association With Brain Structure in Alzheimer Disease.

Kapustin D, Rashidi-Ranjbar N, Wang W, Binns MA, McLaughlin PM, Abrahao A, Grimes D, Lang A, Marras C, Masellis M, Orange JB, Rajji TK, Roberts A, Saposnik G, Swartz RH, Tang-Wai DF, Tartaglia MC, Troyer A, Zinman L, Fischer CE, Kumar S

The Journal of clinical psychiatry2026

DOI: 10.4088/jcp.25m16192 PMID: 41871235

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Dear Professor Wang, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Virtual Delivery of Early Psychosis Care: Retrospective Cohort Study of Factors Associated With Initial Engagement." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Efficacy of Combined Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Cognitive Remediation Therapy for Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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Wei Wang

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Virtual Delivery of Early Psychosis Care: Retrospective Cohort Study of Factors Associated With Initial Engagement.

The use of THC cutoff levels in blood and oral fluid for detecting impairment in frequent cannabis users who smoked cannabis the "evening before".

Loss of vesicular monoamine transporter 2 in striatum of long COVID and relationship to neuropsychiatric symptoms.

Cognitive performance and subjective effects the morning after last use of smoked cannabis by adults who use cannabis frequently: An observational study.

Corrigendum to "Loss of vesicular monoamine transporter 2 in striatum of long COVID and relationship to neuropsychiatric symptoms" [EBioMedicine (2026) Jul 10: 106339].

Optimizing Health for Canadian Youth at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: A Feasibility Study: Optimiser la sant&#xe9; des jeunes Canadiens pr&#xe9;sentant un risque clinique &#xe9;lev&#xe9; de psychose : Une &#xe9;tude de faisabilit&#xe9;.

Testing the biobehavioral regulation of negative emotion as a mechanism of change in transdiagnostic youth psychotherapy: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

An evaluation of the clinician-facing research dashboards from the Toronto Adolescent and Youth (TAY) Cohort Study in mental health care.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adults accessing specialist psychiatric care: A cross-sectional Canadian analysis.

Neuropsychiatric Symptom Clusters and Their Association With Brain Structure in Alzheimer Disease.

Frequent collaborators

George Foussias

Nicole Kozloff

Peter Szatmari

Sanjeev Kumar

Peter Szatmari

Alexia Polillo

Gillian Strudwick

Madison Aitken

Daniel Felsky

Aristotle Voineskos

Nathan Herrmann

Kristin Cleverley

Bernard Le Foll

Martin Rotenberg

Isabelle Boileau

Wanda Tempelaar

Stefan Kloiber

Neil Vasdev

Yona Lunsky

Nelson Shen

Meng-Chuan Lai

Patricia Di Ciano

Yona Lunsky

Sean Kidd

Marco Battaglia

Hsiang-Yuan Lin

Sean Hill

Erica Vieira

Samantha Wells

Angela Roberts

Victor Tang

Pablo Rusjan

Osnat Melamed

Livia Garzia

David Grimes

Gustavo Saposnik

Clement Ma

Kelly Smart

Yuliya Nikolova

Carrie McAiney

Optimizing Health for Canadian Youth at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: A Feasibility Study: Optimiser la santé des jeunes Canadiens présentant un risque clinique élevé de psychose : Une étude de faisabilité.