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Soham Rej

ResearcherMcGill University

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Soham Rej

Researcher

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
70 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 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2020.

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160

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2,107

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Research

Health Enhancement Program Active Control Late-Life Depression Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Neurocognition Neuroimaging Randomized Controlled Trial Treatment

Latest papers

Anticonvulsant Use in Older Age Bipolar Disorder in a Global Sample from the Global Aging and Geriatric Experiments in Bipolar Disorder Project: Utilisation d’anticonvulsivants pour le traitement des troubles bipolaires du sujet âgé auprès d’un échantillon mondial provenant du projet GAGE-BD
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry · 2026 · senior author
Relationship Between Smoking and Psychiatric and Somatic Comorbidities in Older Age Bipolar Disorder: Lien entre le tabagisme et les affections psychiatriques et somatiques concomitantes chez les personnes âgées atteintes de trouble bipolaire
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry · 2026
Antidepressant use in older age bipolar disorder (OABD): Results from the GAGE-BD international consortium
Journal of Affective Disorders · 2026 · senior author

All 160 publications

Latest funding

To live in these times
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$45,710
Impact of COVID-19 on Patients Receiving Hemodialysis: The Quebec Renal Network (QRN) COVID-19 Study
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$476,333
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) vs. Health Enhancement Program (HEP) Active Control for the Treatment of Late-Life Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial
CIHR · 2020 · Nominated PI
$600,526

All 5 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 160 publications.

Anticonvulsant Use in Older Age Bipolar Disorder in a Global Sample from the Global Aging and Geriatric Experiments in Bipolar Disorder Project: Utilisation d’anticonvulsivants pour le traitement des troubles bipolaires du sujet âgé auprès d’un échantillon mondial provenant du projet GAGE-BD

Bodenstein KC, Lesage M, Lavin P, Schouws S, Orhan M, Beunders A, Almeida OP, Altinbas K, Balanzá-Martínez V, Barbosa IG

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry20263 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1177/07067437251372190

Relationship Between Smoking and Psychiatric and Somatic Comorbidities in Older Age Bipolar Disorder: Lien entre le tabagisme et les affections psychiatriques et somatiques concomitantes chez les personnes âgées atteintes de trouble bipolaire

Howland M, Mahajan A, Chen P, Almeida O, Altınbaş K, Blumberg H, Dols A, Fiorelli N, Forlenza O, Lafer B

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry20262 citations

DOI: 10.1177/07067437251387658

Antidepressant use in older age bipolar disorder (OABD): Results from the GAGE-BD international consortium

Rigas C, Lavin P, Chen PJ, Torres-Platas SG, Su C-L, Eyler LT, Olagunju AT, Teixeira AL, Dols A, Alda M

Journal of Affective Disorders20262 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.120704

Standardizing care for agitation in Alzheimer's disease, results from a randomized controlled trial of an integrated care pathway versus usual care – the StaN trial

Kumar S, Burhan AM, Colman S, Chu L, Davies S, Derkach P, Elmi S, Gerretsen P, Graff‐Guerrero A, Greenway K

Alzheimer's and Dementia2026

DOI: 10.1002/alz.71610

The Association Between Lithium Use and Physical Comorbidities Across Age Groups: A Cross‐Sectional Study From the Global Aging and Geriatric Experiments in Bipolar Disorder (GAGE‐BD) Project

Xu N, Forlenza OV, Chen P, Rej S, Gildengers AG, Almeida OP, Blumberg HP, Dols A, Emanuel JE, Eyler LT

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica2026

DOI: 10.1111/acps.70134

Proteomic profile of urinary extracellular vesicles from rats with lithium-induced nephrogenic diabetes insipidus.

Grønkjær C, Cheng L, Wu Q, Sørtvedt X, D'Apolito LD, Rej S, Fenton RA, Trepiccione F, Christensen BM

American journal of physiology. Cell physiology2026

DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00182.2026 PMID: 42405380

The Music for Subanesthetic Infusions of Ketamine randomised clinical trial: ketamine as a psychedelic treatment for highly refractory depression.

Greenway KT, Garel N, Dinh-Williams LL, Thibault Lévesque J, Kaelen M, Dagenais-Beaulé V, de la Salle S, Erritzoe D, Looper K, Turecki G, Rej S, Richard-Devantoy S

The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science2026

DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2025.102 PMID: 40528492

Optimizing future Telehealth mental health programs: a secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study to identify key predictors of intervention response in the Telehealth intervention program for older adults (TIP-OA).

Rigas C, Lavin P, Su CL, Hassan M, Cinalioglu K, Vacaflor B, Dikaios E, Goodman A, Ibrahim M, Gruber J, Se J, Sasi N, Nazar R, Bodenstein K, Elbaz S, Fajzel H, Berkani S, Hanganu C, Noble H, Looper K, Bouchard S, Seitz D, Kumar S, Beauchet O, Launay C, McDonald E, Khoury B, Ryder A, Battistini B, Fallavollita P, Vahia I, Sekhon H, Bukhari S, Rej S

BMC psychiatry2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12888-025-07688-1 PMID: 41917885

Mind-body interventions to promote the mental health of older adults with cognitive impairment and dementia: a scoping review and logic model.

Sadowski I, Vilvaratnam K, Bordeleau M, Gagnon-Mailhot M, Meilleur-Bédard M, Rej S, Khoury B

Aging & mental health2026

DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2026.2616407 PMID: 41566968

Executive Function Among Older Adults With Bipolar Disorder: A GAGE-BD Analysis.

Klaus F, Appiah E, Barbosa IG, Chen P, Gildengers A, Nunes PV, Briggs F, Fiorelli N, Sutherland AN, Emanuel JE, Lavin P, Mulsant BH, Orhan M, Patrick R, Rajji TK, Schouws S, Rej S, Dols A, Sajatovic M, Eyler LT, GAGE-BD Investigators

The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2025.11.017 PMID: 41513564

To live in these times

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Russon, John E.

Keywords: philosophy; phenomenology; existentialism; philosophy of history

$45,710

Impact of COVID-19 on Patients Receiving Hemodialysis: The Quebec Renal Network (QRN) COVID-19 Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Op Gr: COVID-19 Rapid Research FO - Clinical Mgmt/Health System Interventions

Principal investigators: Suri, Rita; Beaubien-Souligny, William; Nadeau-Fredette, Annie-Claire

Keywords: Covid-19; Health Outcomes; Hemodialysis; Hospitalisation; Infection Prevention And Control; Mortality; Observational Study; Pandemic; Patient-Reported Outcome Measures; Qualitative Study

$476,333

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) vs. Health Enhancement Program (HEP) Active Control for the Treatment of Late-Life Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Nominated PICIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Rej, Soham; Chakravarty, Mallar; Lifshitz, Michael

Keywords: Health Enhancement Program Active Control; Late-Life Depression; Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy; Neurocognition; Neuroimaging; Randomized Controlled Trial; Treatment

$600,526

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) vs. Health Enhancement Program (HEP) Active Control for the Treatment of Late-Life Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Nominated PICIHR2019Project Grant - PA: Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction

Principal investigators: Rej, Soham; Chakravarty, Mallar

Keywords: Health Enhancement Program Active Control; Late-Life Depression; Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy; Neurocognition; Neuroimaging; Randomized Controlled Trial; Treatment

$100,000

Lithium and Renal Disease in Older Adults

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Catyalyst Grant: Health Services and Systems for an Aging Population

Principal investigators: Gruneir, Andrea; Herrmann, Nathan

Keywords: Aging; Geriatric; Health Services; Interdisciplinary Care; Lithium; Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus; Nephrology; Psychiatry; Renal Diseases; Renal Failure

$64,827

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Health Enhancement Program Active Control Dear Professor Rej, 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 "Anticonvulsant Use in Older Age Bipolar Disorder in a Global Sample from the Global Aging and Geriatric Experiments in Bipolar Disorder Project: Utilisation d’anticonvulsivants pour le traitement des troubles bipolaires du sujet âgé auprès d’un échantillon mondial provenant du projet GAGE-BD" (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 "Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) vs. Health Enhancement Program (HEP) Active Control for the Treatment of Late-Life Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial" (2020), 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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Soham Rej

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Relationship Between Smoking and Psychiatric and Somatic Comorbidities in Older Age Bipolar Disorder: Lien entre le tabagisme et les affections psychiatriques et somatiques concomitantes chez les personnes âgées atteintes de trouble bipolaire

Antidepressant use in older age bipolar disorder (OABD): Results from the GAGE-BD international consortium

Standardizing care for agitation in Alzheimer's disease, results from a randomized controlled trial of an integrated care pathway versus usual care – the StaN trial

The Association Between Lithium Use and Physical Comorbidities Across Age Groups: A Cross‐Sectional Study From the Global Aging and Geriatric Experiments in Bipolar Disorder (GAGE‐BD) Project

Proteomic profile of urinary extracellular vesicles from rats with lithium-induced nephrogenic diabetes insipidus.

The Music for Subanesthetic Infusions of Ketamine randomised clinical trial: ketamine as a psychedelic treatment for highly refractory depression.

Optimizing future Telehealth mental health programs: a secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study to identify key predictors of intervention response in the Telehealth intervention program for older adults (TIP-OA).

Mind-body interventions to promote the mental health of older adults with cognitive impairment and dementia: a scoping review and logic model.

Executive Function Among Older Adults With Bipolar Disorder: A GAGE-BD Analysis.

To live in these times

Impact of COVID-19 on Patients Receiving Hemodialysis: The Quebec Renal Network (QRN) COVID-19 Study

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) vs. Health Enhancement Program (HEP) Active Control for the Treatment of Late-Life Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) vs. Health Enhancement Program (HEP) Active Control for the Treatment of Late-Life Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Lithium and Renal Disease in Older Adults

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