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Robert Bartha

ResearcherBiochemistryWestern University

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Robert Bartha

Researcher

Biochemistry

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.
50 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 9 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 10 research grants (7 CIHR, 3 NSERC), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2021.

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179

Publications

741

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144

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Research

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Dementia Magnetic Resonance Imaging Aging Clinical Guidelines Cognition Exercise Gait Motor Biomarkers

Latest papers

segcsvdPVS: A Convolutional Neural Network-Based Tool for Quantification of Enlarged Perivascular Spaces (PVS) on T1-Weighted Images.
Human brain mapping · 2026
Subcortical white matter hyperintensities and motor function in parkinson's disease: findings from the ONDRI study.
GeroScience · 2026
Reply: Neural substrates of the link between dual-task gait and dementia: an intermediary step in which direction?
Brain : a journal of neurology · 2025

All 179 publications

Latest funding

The Mobility, Exercise, and Cognition (MEC) Team: A Novel Approach to Dementia Prediction and Prevention by Integrating Cognitive, Mobility, and Exercise Interventions to Combat Neurodegeneration in Aging
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$1,070,656
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 · Principal investigator
$1,075,000
Brain Health Care (BHCare) and Support in Aging Research Training Platform
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$2,400,000

All 24 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 179 publications.

segcsvdPVS: A Convolutional Neural Network-Based Tool for Quantification of Enlarged Perivascular Spaces (PVS) on T1-Weighted Images.

Gibson E, Ramirez J, Woods LA, Berberian S, Ottoy J, Scott CJM, Yhap V, Gao F, Coello RD, Valdes Hernandez M, Lang AE, Tartaglia CM, Kumar S, Binns MA, Bartha R, Symons S, Swartz RH, Masellis M, Singh N, MacIntosh BJ, Wardlaw JM, Black SE, ONDRI Investigators, ADNI, CAHHM Investigators, CAIN Investigators, colleagues from the Foundation Leducq Transatlantic Network of Excellence, Lim ASP, Goubran M

Human brain mapping2026

DOI: 10.1002/hbm.70462 PMID: 41641899

Subcortical white matter hyperintensities and motor function in parkinson's disease: findings from the ONDRI study.

de Abreu DCC, Pieruccini-Faria F, Lang AE, Cornish B, McIlroy W, Jog M, Masellis M, Ramirez J, Scott C, Symons S, Black SE, Arnott SR, Binns M, Beaton D, Tan B, Marras C, Kwan D, Grimes D, Bartha R, Montero-Odasso M

GeroScience2026

DOI: 10.1007/s11357-025-01727-1 PMID: 40481924

Reply: Neural substrates of the link between dual-task gait and dementia: an intermediary step in which direction?

Ali P, Pieruccini-Faria F, Annweiler C, Dinomais M, Son S, Wilson SK, Camicioli R, Muir-Hunter S, Bartha R, Montero-Odasso M

Brain : a journal of neurology2025

DOI: 10.1093/brain/awaf192 PMID: 40397691

Ambroxol as a Treatment for Parkinson Disease Dementia: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Silveira CRA, Coleman KKL, Borron K, Tirona RG, Rupar CA, Zou G, Hegele RA, Wellington C, Stukas S, Finger EC, Bartha R, Morrow SA, Wells JL, Borrie MJ, Mahuran D, MacDonald PA, Jenkins ME, Jog MS, Dresser G, Fox S, Camicioli R, Feagan B, Mendonça DA, Mayich M, Sharma MD, Pandey SK, Pasternak SH

JAMA neurology2025

DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2025.1687 PMID: 40587145

Association between vascular risk factors burden and neurodegenerative diseases: results from ONDRI.

Montero-Odasso M, Pieruccini-Faria F, Black SE, Binns MA, Freedman M, Grimes DA, Hegele RA, Haddad SH, Lang AE, Masellis M, Mandzia J, Beaton D, Ramirez J, Roberts AC, McIlroy W, Pasternak SH, Zinman L, Abrahao A, Swartz RH, Symons S, Tan B, Tartaglia C, Son S, Sakurai R, Dilliott A, Cornish BF, Hezam A, Strong MJ, ONDRI Investigators, Bartha R

Journal of neurology2025

DOI: 10.1007/s00415-025-13152-7 PMID: 40413670

Smaller cingulate grey matter mediates the association between dual-task gait and incident dementia.

Ali P, Pieruccini-Faria F, Annweiler C, Dinomais M, Son S, Wilson SK, Camicioli R, Muir-Hunter S, Bartha R, Montero-Odasso M

Brain : a journal of neurology2025

DOI: 10.1093/brain/awae356 PMID: 39499666

The Role of Functional Brain Connectivity in Intervention Success: A Secondary Analysis from the SYNERGIC Trial.

Bray NW, Pieruccini-Faria F, Witt ST, Bartha R, Nagamatsu LS, Almeida QJ, Liu-Ambrose T, Middleton LE, Bherer L, Montero-Odasso M

Medicine and science in sports and exercise2025

DOI: 10.1249/mss.0000000000003829 PMID: 40795348

Reply: Critical considerations on neural mediators of dual-task gait and dementia risk in mild cognitive impairment.

Ali P, Annweiler C, Pieruccini-Faria F, Bartha R, Montero-Odasso M

Brain : a journal of neurology2025

DOI: 10.1093/brain/awaf247 PMID: 40611617

Mapping the neural substrate of high dual-task gait cost in older adults across the cognitive spectrum.

Ali P, Dinomais M, Labriffe M, Pieruccini-Faria F, Montero-Odasso M, Bartha R, Annweiler C

Brain structure & function2025

DOI: 10.1007/s00429-024-02873-6 PMID: 39755775

Use of lecanemab and donanemab in the Canadian healthcare system: Evidence, challenges, and areas for future research

Smith EE, Phillips NA, Feldman HH, Borrie M, Ganesh A, Henri-Bhargava A, Desmarais P, Frank A, Badhwar A, Barlow L

The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease202537 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100068

The Mobility, Exercise, and Cognition (MEC) Team: A Novel Approach to Dementia Prediction and Prevention by Integrating Cognitive, Mobility, and Exercise Interventions to Combat Neurodegeneration in Aging

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Team Grant: CCNA Phase III: Research Teams

Principal investigators: Montero Odasso, Manuel M; Barha, Cindy; Bartha, Robert; Belleville, Sylvie N; Bethell, Jennifer M; Bherer, Louis; Borrie, Michael J; Burhan, Amer M; Camicioli, J. Richard M; Edwards, Jodi D; Faria, Frederico P; Fraser, Sarah A; Li, Karen Zown-Hua; Liu-Ambrose, Teresa Y; Middleton, Laura E; Rajah, Maria N

Keywords: Aging; Clinical Guidelines; Cognition; Dementia; Exercise; Gait; Motor Biomarkers; Neurodegeneration

$1,070,656

Developing Novel Brain Imaging and Blood Testing Against a Major Early Disease Driver for Timely Diagnosis and Effective Treatment of Age-Dependent Tauopathies

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Team Grant: CCNA Phase III - Biomarkers

Principal investigators: Lu, Kun Ping; Bartha, Robert; Lee, Ting-Yim; Paré, Guillaume; Pasternak, Stephen H; Zhou, Xiao Zhen

Keywords: Alzheimer'S Disease; Blood Biomarker; Dementia; Diagnostics; Pet Imaging; Phosphorylated Tau; Pin1; Protein Conformation; Tauopathies; Traumatic Brain Injury

$1,075,000

Brain Health Care (BHCare) and Support in Aging Research Training Platform

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Training Grant: HRTP - Brain Health and Cognitive Impairment in Aging (IA)

Principal investigators: Montero Odasso, Manuel M; Badhwar, Amanpreet; Bechard, Lauren E; Belleville, Sylvie N; Bethell, Jennifer M; Bherer, Louis; Bronskill, Susan E; Burhan, Amer M; Chertkow, Howard M; Einstein, Gillian; Evans, Alan C; Faria, Frederico P; Feldman, Howard; Fraser, Sarah A; Hadjistavropoulos, Thomas; Ismail, Zahinoor; Kivipelto, Miia; Kobor, Michael S; Liu-Ambrose, Teresa Y; Mangialasche, Francesca; Monchi, Oury; Mullings, Delores V; Rajah, Maria N; Raymond, Lynn A; Roach, Pamela Marie; Savundranayagam, Marie Y; Schabrun, Siobhan; Seitz, Dallas P; Smith, Eric E; Vedel, Isabelle; Walker, Jennifer; Whitehead, Shawn N

Keywords: Cognition, Aging, Brain Health; Dementia Risk Factors; Training

$2,400,000

TRIDENT: TRanslational Initiative to DE-risk NeuroTherapeutics

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Menon, Ravi

Keywords: cognition; drug discovery; mouse models; marmoset; organoids; imaging; open science; neurodegenerative disease; neurochemistry; neural circuits; sex differences

$8,000,000

Neural Correlates of Connected Speech in Parkinson's Disease and Cerebrovascular Disease

SupervisorCIHR2021Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Broberg, Dana N

Keywords: Cerebrovascular Disease; Communication; Connected Speech; Diffusion Tensor Imaging; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neurodegenerative Disease; Parkinson'S Disease

$105,000

Magnetic Resonance Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer Imaging of Intracellular pH

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Bartha, Robert

$250,000

The Role of Neural Plasticity in Rehabilitation for Reversible Spinal Cord Compression in Elderly Patients

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Duggal, Neil

Keywords: Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy; Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Hand Dexterity; Hand Function; Rehabilitation; Spinal Cord Compression

$728,090

Kir Channel Regulation by Membrane Lipids: An Enabler of Hemodynamic Sensing in the Cerebral Circulation

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Welsh, Donald G

Keywords: Cerebral Circulation; Cholesterol; Dyslipidemia; Endothelium; Hemodynamic Stimuli; Ion Channels; Resistance Arteries; Smooth Muscle; Vascular Health; Vascular Physiology

$761,176

Tumour Acidification Treatment: Optimization using pH-Weighted MRI

Nominated PICIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bartha, Robert

Keywords: Acidification; Cancer; Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer; Glioblastoma Multiforme; Intracellular Ph; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Metabolism; Phosphorus Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Treatment; Warburg

$680,850

Origins, Consequences and Outcomes of Neuroprogression in First Episode Schizophrenia

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Palaniyappan, Lena K

Keywords: Connectivity; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Neuroimaging; Oxidative Stress; Positron Emission Tomography; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Ultra-High Field Mri

$964,309

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Robert Bartha

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

segcsvdPVS: A Convolutional Neural Network-Based Tool for Quantification of Enlarged Perivascular Spaces (PVS) on T1-Weighted Images.

Subcortical white matter hyperintensities and motor function in parkinson's disease: findings from the ONDRI study.

Reply: Neural substrates of the link between dual-task gait and dementia: an intermediary step in which direction?

Ambroxol as a Treatment for Parkinson Disease Dementia: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Association between vascular risk factors burden and neurodegenerative diseases: results from ONDRI.

Smaller cingulate grey matter mediates the association between dual-task gait and incident dementia.

The Role of Functional Brain Connectivity in Intervention Success: A Secondary Analysis from the SYNERGIC Trial.

Reply: Critical considerations on neural mediators of dual-task gait and dementia risk in mild cognitive impairment.

Mapping the neural substrate of high dual-task gait cost in older adults across the cognitive spectrum.

Use of lecanemab and donanemab in the Canadian healthcare system: Evidence, challenges, and areas for future research

TRIDENT: TRanslational Initiative to DE-risk NeuroTherapeutics

Magnetic Resonance Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer Imaging of Intracellular pH

Frequent collaborators

Manuel Montero Odasso

Mario Masellis

Dar Dowlatshahi

Demetrios Sahlas

Gustavo Saposnik

Elizabeth Finger

Sanjeev Kumar

Neil Duggal

Michael Borrie

Maged Goubran

Andrew Frank

Connie Marras

David Grimes

John Turnbull

Stephen Strother

Dallas Seitz

Arthur Brown

Ekaterina Rogaeva

Malcolm Binns

Melissa Holmes

Walter Swardfager

Marvin Chum

Ting-Yim Lee

Olivier Beauchet

Olivier Beauchet

Wendy Lou

Stephen Pasternak

Simon Duchesne

Robert Laforce

Brian Levine

Teresa Liu-Ambrose

Gillian Einstein

Benicio Frey

Cheryl Wellington

Nathan Herrmann

Jean-Claude Tardif

Andrew Lim

Mario Masellis

Jean-Claude Tardif

Sandra Black