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Martin Alda

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Adjunct ProfessorDepartment of PsychiatryMcGill University

Martin Alda

Adjunct Professor

Department of Psychiatry

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Adjunct, part-time and visiting faculty usually co-supervise alongside a core faculty member.
164 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 17 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 9 research grants (9 CIHR), most recently in 2026.

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628

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39,208

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168

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Research

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Bipolar Disorder Major Depressive Disorder Developmental Psychopathology Familial Risk Polygenic Scores Predictive Modeling Biomarkers Bipolar Diorders

Latest papers

Mapping the genetic landscape across 14 psychiatric disorders.
Nature · 2026
Psychotropic medications and their interactions with subcortical brain volume in bipolar disorder: An ENIGMA mega-analysis.
Molecular psychiatry · 2026
Antidepressant use in older age bipolar disorder (OABD): Results from the GAGE-BD international consortium
Journal of Affective Disorders · 2026

All 628 publications

Latest funding

Cellular phenotypes of bipolar disorder and its response to treatment
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$948,600
Early identification of risk for major depressive and bipolar disorders from polygenic scores, family history, and developmental psychopathology
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$100,000
Early identification of risk for major depressive and bipolar disorders from polygenic scores, family history, and developmental psychopathology
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$1,212,525

All 21 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 628 publications.

Mapping the genetic landscape across 14 psychiatric disorders.

Grotzinger AD, Werme J, Peyrot WJ, Frei O, de Leeuw C, Bicks LK, Guo Q, Margolis MP, Coombes BJ, Batzler A, Pazdernik V, Biernacka JM, Andreassen OA, Anttila V, Børglum AD, Breen G, Cai N, Demontis D, Edenberg HJ, Faraone SV, Franke B, Gandal MJ, Gelernter J, Hatoum AS, Hettema JM, Johnson EC, Jonas KG, Knowles JA, Koenen KC, Maihofer AX, Mallard TT, Mattheisen M, Mitchell KS, Neale BM, Nievergelt CM, Nurnberger JI, O'Connell KS, Peterson RE, Robinson EB, Sanchez-Roige SS, Santangelo SL, Scharf JM, Stefansson H, Stefansson K, Stein MB, Strom NI, Thornton LM, Tucker-Drob EM, Verhulst B, Waldman ID, Walters GB, Wray NR, Yu D, Anxiety Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Autism Spectrum Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Bipolar Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Eating Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Nicotine Dependence GenOmics (iNDiGO) Consortium, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Tourette Syndrome Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Substance Use Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Lee PH, Kendler KS, Smoller JW

Nature2026108 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09820-3 PMID: 41372416

Psychotropic medications and their interactions with subcortical brain volume in bipolar disorder: An ENIGMA mega-analysis.

King S, O'Connor J, Corley E, Tronchin G, Fontana E, Nabulsi L, Kang MJY, Radua J, Hallahan B, Abé C, Alda M, Alnæs D, Alonso-Lana S, Amoretti S, Bauer J, Benedetti F, Berger K, Berk M, Bøen E, Böhnlein J, Boye B, Bravi B, Canales-Rodríguez EJ, Dannlowski U, Demro C, Di Giorgio A, Diaz-Zuluaga AM, Elvsåshagen T, Favre P, Erwin-Grabner T, Forte MF, Fullerton JM, Furlong LS, Rossell SL, Glahn DC, Goldstein BI, Gotlib IH, Goya-Maldonado R, Green MJ, Grotegerd D, Gruber O, Haarman BCM, Hahn T, Hajek T, Hater L, Hermesdorf M, Houenou J, Howells FM, Karantonis JA, Kennedy KG, Kircher T, Klahn AL, Konowski M, Krämer B, Lahud E, Kuplicki R, Landén M, López-Jaramillo C, MacIntosh BJ, Meinert H, Meinert S, Melloni EMT, Mitchell PB, Mwangi B, Nenadić I, Overs BJ, Parker N, Pearlson G, Pomarol-Clotet E, Prisciandaro JJ, Quidé Y, Roberts G, Rodrigue A, Rodríguez-Cano E, Rauer L, Sacchet MD, Salvador R, Sambataro F, Satterthwaite TD, Savitz J, Scheffler F, Schürmeyer N, Shen C, Sim K, Soares JC, Solanes A, Soeiro-de-Souza MG, Sponheim SR, Stein DJ, Stein F, Temmingh HS, Teutenberg L, Thomopoulos SI, Urosevic S, Van Rheenen TE, Vieta E, Westlye LT, Wolf DH, Wu MJ, Yatham LN, Zunta-Soares GB, Cannon DM, Thompson PM, Andreassen OA, Ching CRK, McDonald C, ENIGMA Bipolar Disorder Working Group

Molecular psychiatry20262 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41380-025-03432-z PMID: 41540091

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 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.120704

A systematic exploration of digital biomarkers for the detection of depressive episodes in bipolar disorder.

Halabi R, Mulsant BH, Tolend M, Blumberger DM, DeShaw A, Hintze A, Gonzalez-Torres C, Husain MI, Kim HK, O'Donovan C, Alda M, Ortiz A

Npj mental health research20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s44184-026-00195-5 PMID: 41724810

Novel Abstract Screening Algorithm Using Delphi-Inspired Large Language Model Consensus for Systematic Reviews in Psychiatry: Nouvel algorithme de sélection des résumés utilisant un consensus issu d'un grand modèle de langage inspiré de la méthode Delphi pour les revues systématiques en psychiatrie.

Tolend M, Halabi R, Ghaouari K, Lau YCY, Alda M, Hintze A, Mulsant BH, Ortiz A

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/07067437261445767 PMID: 42059529

Functional Outcomes in Bipolar Disorder: Cross-Cohort Analyses from the Global Bipolar Cohort

*Anastasia K. Yocum, *Janice M. Fullerton, Melanie M. Ashton, Browyn J. Overs, Claudia Diaz‐Byrd, Lucía Albarracín-García, Martin Alda, Nina Alexander, Sílvia Alonso-Lana, Cara M. Altimus, Kürşat Altınbaş, Ole A. Andreassen, Anastasia Antoniou, V. Aubin, Enrique Baca-García, Bernhard T. Baune, Raoul Belzeaux, Sergio Benavente-López, Susanne A. Bengesser, Michael Berk, Alexandra J.M. Beunders, Joanna Biernacka, Hilary P. Blumberg, Katharina Brosch, Katherine E. Burdick, Tiffany J. Callahan, Marta Cano, Narcı́s Cardoner, Bernardo Carpiniello, Chiao-Erh Chang, et al. (212 authors)

Research Square20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9390347/v1

Lithium effects on renal functioning: an expert opinion and management algorithm.

Strandhave C, Hansen HAS, Alda M, Bauer M, Berk M, Buspavanich P, Brandt L, Carvalho AF, Duffy A, Forlenza O, Laursen MF, Frye M, Gitlin M, Gomes FA, Gonzalez-Pinto A, Grof P, Hajek T, Hovgesen SV, Kessing LV, Kupka R, Lewitzka U, Licht RW, Machado-Vieira R, Malhi GS, Manchia M, Post RM, Murru A, Nierenberg AA, Regeer E, Reininghaus E, Ritter P, Rybakowski J, Singh B, Sani G, Simhandl C, Strawbridge R, Suppes T, Tohen M, Tondo L, Vieta E, Young AH, Nielsen RE

International journal of bipolar disorders20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s40345-026-00423-z PMID: 42034872

DNA methylation signatures associated with bipolar disorder in peripheral blood improve prediction models

Markos Tesfaye, Anne-Kristin Stavrum, Kira Daniela Höffler, Kevin S. O’Connell, Friederike Sophie David, Melanie E. Garrett, Sonia Hesam-Shariati, Bronwyn J. Overs, Claudia Pisanu, Luana Spano, Oliver J. Watkeys, Antoine Weihs, Rafaella Ardau, Allison E. Ashley-Koch, Lavinia Athanasiu, Jean C. Beckham, Kyle J. Bourassa, Caterina Chillotti, Srdjan Djurovic, Ole K. Drange, Josef Frank, Anouar Khayachi, Nathan A. Kimbrel, Lourdes Martorell, Susanne L. Meinert, Ingrid Melle, Gunnar Morken, Pasquale Paribello, Marco Pinna, Gloria Roberts, et al. (77 authors)

JuSER Publikationsportal2026Open Access

DOI: 10.34734/fzj-2026-03331

The role of metabolic health in neurostructural and cognitive alterations in bipolar disorders.

Selitser M, McWhinney SR, Wu L, Fraiha-Pegado J, Dietze L, Corkum E, Selitser L, Nunes A, Alda M, Franke K, Hajek T

Psychological medicine2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1017/s0033291726104905 PMID: 42312342

Prescription Trends for Bipolar Disorder With and Without Comorbid Substance Use and Anxiety Disorders: A Global Bipolar Cohort Collaborative Study.

Yocum AK, Alda M, Aouizerate B, Aubin V, Bellivier F, Belzeaux R, Berk M, Biernacka JM, Budde M, Burdick KE, Chang YH, Coombes BJ, Courtet P, Dalkner N, Diaz-Byrd C, Dubertret C, Etain B, Fico G, Fullerton JM, Godin O, Gordon-Smith K, Haffen E, Januel D, Keramatian K, Leboyer M, Lefrere A, Llorca PM, Majd M, Mitchell PB, Mwangi B, Olie E, Overs BJ, Petite J, Polosan M, Rey R, Roberts G, Roux P, Samalin L, Schwan R, Serretti A, Soares JC, Sperry SH, Strawbridge R, Stross T, Vieta E, Walter M, Williams LJ, Wu MJ, Yatham LN, Young AH, Yrondi A, Zunta-Soares GB, Frye MA, McInnis MG, Singh B

Bipolar disorders2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1111/bdi.70167 PMID: 42578538

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Martin Alda

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Mapping the genetic landscape across 14 psychiatric disorders.

Psychotropic medications and their interactions with subcortical brain volume in bipolar disorder: An ENIGMA mega-analysis.

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

A systematic exploration of digital biomarkers for the detection of depressive episodes in bipolar disorder.

Functional Outcomes in Bipolar Disorder: Cross-Cohort Analyses from the Global Bipolar Cohort

Lithium effects on renal functioning: an expert opinion and management algorithm.

DNA methylation signatures associated with bipolar disorder in peripheral blood improve prediction models

The role of metabolic health in neurostructural and cognitive alterations in bipolar disorders.

Prescription Trends for Bipolar Disorder With and Without Comorbid Substance Use and Anxiety Disorders: A Global Bipolar Cohort Collaborative Study.

Frequent collaborators

Gustavo Turecki

Guy Rouleau

Tomas Hajek

Anne Duffy

Rudolf Uher

Abraham Nunes

Glenda MacQueen

Abigail Ortiz

Manuel Mattheisen

L. Young

John Vincent

Trevor Young

Flavio Kapczinski

Pablo Cervantes

Barbara Pavlova

Thomas Trappenberg

Lakshmi Yatham

Anouar KHAYACHI

Cynthia Calkin

James Kennedy

Benoit Mulsant

John Strauss

Christian Marshall

Boris Chaumette

Russel Schachar

Elisa Brietzke

Johanne Renaud

Gustavo Vazquez

Maggie Hahn

Harmehr Sekhon

Cindy Greenwood

Fabrice Jollant

Gwyneth Zai

John Kennedy