Jibran Khokhar, Western University

Research

Cannabis Maternal Immune Activation Neuroimaging Schizophrenia Sex Imaging Crc

Latest papers

Investigating the Polygenic Relationship Between Cannabis Use and Schizophrenia in the All of Us Research Program.
medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025
20-Year Trajectories of Substance-Use Service Utilization by Ontario's Muslim-Majority Country Immigrants.
Psychiatric research and clinical practice · 2025

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Sex differences in the mesolimbic dopamine pathway drive vulnerability to cue reactivity
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
Sex Differences in Cannabis Use as a Risk Factor for Schizophrenia: A Role for Microglia?
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$100,000
Sex Differences in Cannabis Use as a Risk Factor for Schizophrenia: A Role for Microglia?
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$100,000

All 6 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Investigating the Polygenic Relationship Between Cannabis Use and Schizophrenia in the All of Us Research Program.

Austin-Zimmerman I, Thorpe HH, Meredith JJ, Khokhar J, Ge T, Di Forti M, Agrawal A, Johnson EC, Sanchez-Roige S

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences2025

DOI: 10.1101/2025.05.20.25327979 PMID: 40475137

02

20-Year Trajectories of Substance-Use Service Utilization by Ontario's Muslim-Majority Country Immigrants.

Hassan AN, Ahmed F, Golding H, Mondor L, Muhammad T, Azab M, Khokhar J, Ragheb H, Ali A, Isgandarova N, Tawakkal AA, Saskin R

Psychiatric research and clinical practice2025

DOI: 10.1176/appi.prcp.20240090 PMID: 40171071

Sex differences in the mesolimbic dopamine pathway drive vulnerability to cue reactivity

SupervisorCIHR2025DRA : Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Doctoral Program (CGRS D)

Principal investigators: Loedige, Kendra M

Keywords: Addiction; Cue Reactivity; Incentive Salience; Machine Learning; Mesolimbic Pathway; Neural Activity; Neurophysiology; Pavlovian Conditioned Approach; Reward; Sex Differences

$120,000

Sex Differences in Cannabis Use as a Risk Factor for Schizophrenia: A Role for Microglia?

Nominated PICIHR2024Pr. Gr.- PA: Sex/Gender in Health Res.- Understanding sex/gender mech./processes

Principal investigators: Khokhar, Jibran Y; Tremblay, Marie-Ève

Keywords: Cannabis; Imaging; Maternal Immune Activation; Neuroimaging; Schizophrenia; Sex

$100,000

Sex Differences in Cannabis Use as a Risk Factor for Schizophrenia: A Role for Microglia?

Nominated PICIHR2024Project Grant - PA: Sex and Gender in Health Research (Bridge funding)

Principal investigators: Khokhar, Jibran Y; Tremblay, Marie-Ève

Keywords: Cannabis; Maternal Immune Activation; Neuroimaging; Schizophrenia; Sex

$100,000

Understanding the Effects of Adolescent Nicotine Exposure on Increased Risk for Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Bridging the Gap from Pre-Clinical to Clinical Investigations

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Laviolette, Steven R

Keywords: Adolescent; Cognitive Impairments; Fmri; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Mood/Anxiety Disorders; Neurodevelopment; Nicotine; Prefrontal Cortex; Striatum; Vaping

$1,426,726

Impulsivity polygenic risk scores for identifying psychiatric illness risk in adolescents: Positing relationships between the genetics of impulsivity, cognition, brain structure, and health while considering substance use confounders

SupervisorCIHR2022CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Thorpe, Hayley A

Keywords: Adolescent Development; Genome-Wide Association Study; Impulsivity; Mediation Analysis; Neurogenetics; Neuroimaging; Phenome-Wide Association Study; Psychiatric Illness; Substance Use/Substance Use Disorders

$135,000

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2022Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Khokhar, Jibran Y

Keywords: Crc

$500,000

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

Heba Ragheb

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Cannabis Dear Professor Khokhar, 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 "Investigating the Polygenic Relationship Between Cannabis Use and Schizophrenia in the All of Us Research Program." (2025), 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 "Sex Differences in Cannabis Use as a Risk Factor for Schizophrenia: A Role for Microglia?" (2024), 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]