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Elizabeth Finger

ResearcherClinical Neurological SciencesWestern University

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Elizabeth Finger

Researcher

Clinical Neurological Sciences

Health Sciences

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
109 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 10 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (5 CIHR), most recently in 2021.
Supervised 3 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2023.

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166

Publications

388

Citations

h-index

119

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Research

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Frontotemporal Dementia Hereditary Dementia Neurodegeneration And Neurodevelopment Randomized Controlled Trial Emotion Emotional Expression Processing Empathy Fmri

Latest papers

Cellular signatures underlying functional resilience in presymptomatic frontotemporal dementia.
Brain : a journal of neurology · 2026
Measuring Sense of Agency in Neurodegenerative Dementias: Evidence From the Intentional Binding Effect.
Cognitive and behavioral neurology : official journal of the Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology · 2026 · senior author
CSF protein biomarkers are associated with atrophy and symptom severity in genetic FTD: a GENFI study.
Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026

All 166 publications

Latest funding

Developing Novel Brain Imaging and Blood Testing Against a Major Early Disease Driver for Timely Diagnosis and Effective Treatment of Age-Dependent Tauopathies
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,075,000
Neurodevelopmental consequences of genetic frontotemporal dementia in young adults: a longitudinal examination of brain structure and function
CIHR · 2023 · Supervisor
$105,000
TRIDENT: TRanslational Initiative to DE-risk NeuroTherapeutics
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$8,000,000

All 11 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 166 publications.

Cellular signatures underlying functional resilience in presymptomatic frontotemporal dementia.

Tsvetanov KA, Malpetti M, Jones PS, Rittman T, Whiteside DJ, Murley AG, Bethlehem R, Paquola C, Premi E, Bouzigues A, Russell LL, Foster PH, Ferry-Bolder E, van Swieten JC, Jiskoot LC, Seelaar H, Sanchez-Valle R, Laforce R, Graff C, Galimberti D, Vandenberghe R, de Mendonça A, Tiraboschi P, Santana I, Gerhard A, Levin J, Sorbi S, Otto M, Bertoux M, Lebouvier T, Ducharme S, Butler CR, Le Ber I, Finger E, Tartaglia MC, Masellis M, Synofzik M, Moreno F, Borroni B, Rohrer JD, Rowe JB, Genetic FTD Initiative, GENFI

Brain : a journal of neurology2026

DOI: 10.1093/brain/awaf443 PMID: 41277710

Measuring Sense of Agency in Neurodegenerative Dementias: Evidence From the Intentional Binding Effect.

Malik R, Coleman K, Jesso S, Berih M, Restrepo-Martinez M, Ruiz-Garcia R, Dabash O, Silveira CRA, Finger E

Cognitive and behavioral neurology : official journal of the Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/wnn.0000000000000415 PMID: 41489259

CSF protein biomarkers are associated with atrophy and symptom severity in genetic FTD: a GENFI study.

Ullgren A, Rydell MT, Bergström S, Öijerstedt L, Olofsson J, Bouzigues A, Russell LL, Foster PH, Ferry-Bolder E, van Swieten JC, Jiskoot LC, Seelaar H, Sanchez-Valle R, Laforce R, Galimberti D, Vandenberghe R, Gerhard A, Ducharme S, Butler CR, Finger E, Tartaglia MC, Masellis M, Rowe JB, Synofzik M, Moreno F, Borroni B, Rohrer JD, Nilsson P, Rodriguez-Vieitez E, Månberg A, Westman E, Graff C, Genetic Frontotemporal Dementia Initiative (GENFI)

Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996)2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00702-026-03118-y PMID: 41711826

Survival estimates and their predictors in genetic frontotemporal dementia: an international, retrospective, cohort study.

Bouzigues A, Grassi M, Cantoni V, Premi E, Bellini S, Binetti G, Logroscino G, Russell LL, Ferry-Bolder E, Foster PH, van Swieten JC, Jiskoot LC, Seelaar H, Sanchez-Valle R, Laforce R, Graff C, Galimberti D, Vandenberghe R, de Mendonça A, Di Fede G, Santana I, Gerhard A, Langheinrich T, Levin J, Nacmias B, Otto M, Bertoux M, Lebouvier T, Ducharme S, Butler C, le Ber I, Bruffaerts R, Solje E, Kinnunen M, Krüger J, Finger E, Tartaglia MC, Masellis M, Rowe JB, Synofzik M, Moreno F, Ghidoni R, Migliaccio R, Rohrer JD, Borroni B, GENFI consortium

The Lancet. Neurology2026

DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(26)00197-3 PMID: 42456683

Distinct proteomic CSF profiles in genetic frontotemporal lobar degeneration.

De Houwer JFH, Dopper EG, van Buuren R, Stokkel M, de Boer L, Swartenbroekx T, Boesjes PA, Rajicic A, Sogorb-Esteve A, Bouzigues A, Russell LL, Foster PH, Ferry-Bolder E, van Swieten JC, Jiskoot LC, Sanchez-Valle R, Laforce R, Graff C, Galimberti D, Vandenberghe R, de Mendonça A, Tiraboschi P, Santana I, Gerhard A, Levin J, Nacmias B, Otto M, Bertoux M, Lebouvier T, Ducharme S, Butler CR, Le Ber I, Finger E, Tartaglia MC, Masellis M, Rowe JB, Synofzik M, Moreno F, Borroni B, Zetterberg H, Rohrer JD, Tijms BM, Pijnenburg YAL, Teunissen C, Seelaar H, GENFI Consortium Members

Brain : a journal of neurology2026

DOI: 10.1093/brain/awaf457 PMID: 41343108

Composite grey matter fingerprints for genetic frontotemporal dementia.

Bouzigues A, Campana G, Joulot M, Gensollen N, Russell LL, Foster PH, Ferry-Bolder E, Van Swieten JC, Jiskoot LC, Seelaar H, Sánchez-Valle R, Laforce R, Graff C, Galimberti D, Vandenberghe R, de Mendonca A, Tiraboschi P, Santana I, Gerhard A, Levin J, Sorbi S, Otto M, Bertoux M, Lebouvier T, Ducharme S, Butler C, Finger E, Tartaglia MC, Masellis M, Rowe JB, Synofzik M, Moreno F, Borroni B, Leber I, Zanusso G, Rohrer JD, Migliaccio R, GENetic Frontotemporal dementia Initiative (GENFI)

Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry2026

DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2025-337186 PMID: 41679970

Educational attainment and sex modulate clinical outcomes in genetic frontotemporal dementia.

Premi E, Archetti D, Redolfi A, Bracca V, Cantoni V, Iraji A, Calhoun VD, Bellini S, Ghidoni R, Gasparotti R, Bouzigues A, Russell LL, Foster PH, Ferry-Bolder E, van Swieten JC, Jiskoot LC, Seelaar H, Sanchez-Valle R, Laforce R, Graff C, Galimberti D, Vandenberghe R, de Mendonça A, Di Fede G, Santana I, Gerhard A, Levin J, Nacmias B, Otto M, Bertoux M, Lebouvier T, Ducharme S, Butler CR, Le Ber I, Finger E, Tartaglia MC, Masellis M, Rowe JB, Synofzik M, Moreno F, Zetterberg H, Rohrer JD, Borroni B, GENetic Frontotemporal dementia Initiative (GENFI), GENetic Frontotemporal dementia Initiative (GENFI)

Brain communications2026

DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcag262 PMID: 42553777

Individualized Atrophy-Based Prediction of Dementia Progression in Familial Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration With Bayesian Linear Mixed-Effects Modeling.

Dutt S, Leichter D, Cobigo Y, Wolf A, Kornak J, Clark A, Russell LL, Bouzigues A, Cash DM, Bocchetta M, Olzinski M, Appleby B, Bayram E, Borroni B, Bozoki A, Butler CR, Clark D, Convery RS, Darby RR, de Mendonça A, Dickerson B, Domoto-Reilly K, Ducharme S, Ferry-Bolder E, Finger E, Foster PH, Galasko DR, Galimberti D, Gerhard A, Ghoshal N, Graff C, Graff-Radford N, Grant IM, Hales CM, Honig LS, Hsiung GY, Huey ED, Irwin D, Jiskoot LC, Kremers W, Kwan JY, Laforce R, Le Ber I, Léger GC, Levin J, Litvan I, Mackenzie IR, Masellis M, Mendez MF, Moreno F, Onyike C, Otto M, Pascual B, Pressman P, Rademakers R, Ramos EM, Ritter A, Roberson ED, Rowe JB, Sanchez-Valle R, Santana I, Seelaar H, Snyder A, Sorbi S, Synofzik M, Tartaglia MC, Tiraboschi P, van Swieten JC, Vandebergh M, Vandenberghe R, Heuer HW, Miller BL, Seeley WW, Gorno-Tempini ML, Kramer JH, Forsberg L, Kantarci K, Boeve BF, Boxer AL, Rohrer JD, Rosen HJ, Staffaroni AM, FTD Prevention Initiative (FPI) investigators

Annals of neurology2026

DOI: 10.1002/ana.78167 PMID: 41608854

Peripheral microRNA signature in genetic frontotemporal dementia—findings from the GENFI initiative

Fenoglio C, Serpente M, Arcaro M, Carandini T, Sacchi L, Pintus M, Borracci V, Giudici G, Rigoni M, Muti P

GeroScience20261 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s11357-026-02214-x

Executive Function Deficits in Genetic Frontotemporal Dementia: Results From the GENFI Study.

Russell LL, Bouzigues A, Convery RS, Foster PH, Ferry-Bolder E, Cash DM, Van Swieten JC, Jiskoot LC, Seelaar H, Moreno F, Sánchez-Valle R, Laforce R, Graff C, Masellis M, Tartaglia MC, Rowe JB, Borroni B, Finger E, Synofzik M, Galimberti D, Vandenberghe R, de Mendonça A, Butler C, Gerhard A, Ducharme S, Le Ber I, Santana I, Pasquier F, Levin J, Sorbi S, Otto M, Rohrer JD, Genetic FTD Initiative (GENFI)

Neurology. Genetics2025

DOI: 10.1212/nxg.0000000000200248 PMID: 40703202

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Elizabeth Finger

Research

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Latest funding

Cellular signatures underlying functional resilience in presymptomatic frontotemporal dementia.

Measuring Sense of Agency in Neurodegenerative Dementias: Evidence From the Intentional Binding Effect.

CSF protein biomarkers are associated with atrophy and symptom severity in genetic FTD: a GENFI study.

Survival estimates and their predictors in genetic frontotemporal dementia: an international, retrospective, cohort study.

Distinct proteomic CSF profiles in genetic frontotemporal lobar degeneration.

Composite grey matter fingerprints for genetic frontotemporal dementia.

Educational attainment and sex modulate clinical outcomes in genetic frontotemporal dementia.

Individualized Atrophy-Based Prediction of Dementia Progression in Familial Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration With Bayesian Linear Mixed-Effects Modeling.

Peripheral microRNA signature in genetic frontotemporal dementia—findings from the GENFI initiative

Executive Function Deficits in Genetic Frontotemporal Dementia: Results From the GENFI Study.

TRIDENT: TRanslational Initiative to DE-risk NeuroTherapeutics

Frequent collaborators

Mario Masellis

Robert Laforce

Simon Ducharme

Robert Bartha

Michael Borrie

Ekaterina Rogaeva

Andrew Frank

Sanjeev Kumar

Gustavo Saposnik

Dar Dowlatshahi

Demetrios Sahlas

Dallas Seitz

Connie Marras

John Turnbull

David Grimes

Elizabeth Finger

Manuel Montero Odasso

Stephen Pasternak

Simon Ducharme

Mario Masellis

Simon Ducharme

Mario Masellis

Marvin Chum

Serge Gauthier

Stephen Strother

Ging-Yuek Hsiung

Nathan Herrmann

Erin Warriner

Valerie Taylor

Cheryl Wellington

Nicole Anderson

Edward Fon

Bojana Stefanovic

Pierre Blier

Alex Mihailidis

Benicio Frey

Neil Cashman

Rudolf Uher

Debra Morgan

Peter ST GEORGE-HYSLOP