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Brett Thombs

ResearcherPsychiatryMcGill University

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Brett Thombs

Researcher

Psychiatry

Health Sciences

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.
7 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 54 research grants (52 CIHR, 2 SSHRC), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 31 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2024.

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Publications

172

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Research

Scleroderma Systemic Sclerosis Mental Health Depression Screening Covid-19 Meta-Analysis Knowledge Translation

Latest papers

Risk and Protective Factors for Suicide Mortality in Youths: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
JAMA network open · 2026 · senior author
Use and perceptions of nutrition information resources in systemic sclerosis: a Scleroderma Patient-centred Intervention Network (SPIN) cohort study.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology · 2024 · senior author
Factors associated with satisfaction with social roles and activities among people with systemic sclerosis: a Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network (SPIN) cohort cross-sectional study
RMD Open · 2024 · senior author

All 22 publications

Latest funding

Course and predictors of patient-reported outcomes from systemic sclerosis onset: A Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network Cohort longitudinal study and individual participant data meta-analysis
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$967,726
Improving Dissemination of Research Results to Patients: The Scleroderma Patient-centred Intervention Network - Patients Alongside Investigators in Research-Sharing (SPIN-PAIRS) Trial
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$72,676
Recovering from the COVID-19 Pandemic, Informing Future Public Health Crises, and Building a Global Evidence Base for Mental Health Research: A Systematic Review of COVID-19-related Mental Health
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$233,325

All 95 grants and awards

22 publications.

Risk and Protective Factors for Suicide Mortality in Youths: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Geoffroy MC, Baker-Sullivan E, Nitu NJ, Civita A, Boruff J, Sinyor M, Robinson J, MacDonald K, Anzarouth L, Chartrand E, Iyer SN, Langevin R, Pirkis J, Thombs B

JAMA network open2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.21622 PMID: 42390862

Use and perceptions of nutrition information resources in systemic sclerosis: a Scleroderma Patient-centred Intervention Network (SPIN) cohort study.

Østbø N, Yakes Jimenez E, Carrier ME, Kwakkenbos L, Thombs B, Scleroderma Patient-centred Intervention Network (SPIN) Diet and Nutrition Education Patient Advisory Team, on behalf of the SPIN Investigators

Clinical and experimental rheumatology2024Senior author

DOI: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/dt5hae PMID: 38573100

Factors associated with satisfaction with social roles and activities among people with systemic sclerosis: a Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network (SPIN) cohort cross-sectional study

Dal Santo T, Rice D, Carrier M-E, Virgili-Gervais G, Levis B, Kwakkenbos L, Bartlett SJ, Gietzen A, Gottesman K, Guillot G

RMD Open20242 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2023-003876

Prevalence estimates of major depressive disorder in 27 European countries from the European Health Interview Survey: accounting for imperfect diagnostic accuracy of the PHQ-8.

Fischer F, Zocholl D, Rauch G, Levis B, Benedetti A, Thombs B, Rose M, Kostoulas P

BMJ mental health2023

DOI: 10.1136/bmjment-2023-300675 PMID: 37024144

Correspondence on population health surveys and screening tools for depressive disorders: aims and uses by Arias de la Torre et al.

Fischer F, Zocholl D, Rauch G, Levis B, Benedetti A, Thombs B, Rose M, Kostoulas P

BMJ mental health2023

DOI: 10.1136/bmjment-2023-300838 PMID: 37553177

A case study of an individual participant data meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy showed that prediction regions represented heterogeneity well

López Malo Vázquez de Lara A, Bhandari PM, Wu Y, Levis B, Thombs B, Benedetti A

Scientific Reports20232 citations

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-36129-w

A systematic review of the effects of e-cigarette use on lung function.

Honeycutt L, Huerne K, Miller A, Wennberg E, Filion KB, Grad R, Gershon AS, Ells C, Gore G, Benedetti A, Thombs B, Eisenberg MJ

NPJ primary care respiratory medicine2022

DOI: 10.1038/s41533-022-00311-w PMID: 36273009

Preferred reporting items for journal and conference abstracts of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of diagnostic test accuracy studies (PRISMA-DTA for Abstracts): checklist, explanation, and elaboration.

Cohen JF, Deeks JJ, Hooft L, Salameh JP, Korevaar DA, Gatsonis C, Hopewell S, Hunt HA, Hyde CJ, Leeflang MM, Macaskill P, McGrath TA, Moher D, Reitsma JB, Rutjes AWS, Takwoingi Y, Tonelli M, Whiting P, Willis BH, Thombs B, Bossuyt PM, McInnes MDF

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)2021

DOI: 10.1136/bmj.n265 PMID: 33722791

Validating the “feasibility, acceptability, cost, and equity” instrument using stakeholder perceptions of feasibility, acceptability, cost, and equity in guideline implementation

Pottie K, Magwood O, Rahman P, Concannon T, Alonso-Coello P, Jaramillo Garcia A, Santesso N, Thombs B, Welch V, Wells GA

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology202120 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.11.018

Guideline on screening for esophageal adenocarcinoma in patients with chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease.

Groulx S, Limburg H, Doull M, Klarenbach S, Singh H, Wilson BJ, Thombs B, Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care

CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.190814 PMID: 32631908

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Scleroderma Dear Professor Thombs, 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 "Risk and Protective Factors for Suicide Mortality in Youths: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis." (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 "Course and predictors of patient-reported outcomes from systemic sclerosis onset: A Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network Cohort longitudinal study and individual participant data meta-analysis" (2025), 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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Brett Thombs

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Risk and Protective Factors for Suicide Mortality in Youths: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Use and perceptions of nutrition information resources in systemic sclerosis: a Scleroderma Patient-centred Intervention Network (SPIN) cohort study.

Factors associated with satisfaction with social roles and activities among people with systemic sclerosis: a Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network (SPIN) cohort cross-sectional study

Prevalence estimates of major depressive disorder in 27 European countries from the European Health Interview Survey: accounting for imperfect diagnostic accuracy of the PHQ-8.

Correspondence on population health surveys and screening tools for depressive disorders: aims and uses by Arias de la Torre et al.

A case study of an individual participant data meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy showed that prediction regions represented heterogeneity well

A systematic review of the effects of e-cigarette use on lung function.

Preferred reporting items for journal and conference abstracts of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of diagnostic test accuracy studies (PRISMA-DTA for Abstracts): checklist, explanation, and elaboration.

Validating the “feasibility, acceptability, cost, and equity” instrument using stakeholder perceptions of feasibility, acceptability, cost, and equity in guideline implementation

Guideline on screening for esophageal adenocarcinoma in patients with chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease.

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