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Sali Farhan

ResearcherNeurology and NeurosurgeryMcGill University

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Sali Farhan

Researcher

Neurology and Neurosurgery

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.
8 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2024.

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Research

Gene Therapy Genetic Engineering Marmoset Neurology

Latest papers

Parent-of-origin effects in Alzheimer's liability dissociate neurocognitive and cardiovascular traits in at-risk individuals.
Cell reports. Medicine · 2026
Single nuclear RNA sequencing shows altered microglial and astrocytic functions in post-mortem Parkinson's disease tissue.
BMC genomic data · 2026
Homocysteine, neurodegenerative biomarkers, and APOE ε4 in neurodegenerative diseases.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025

All 9 publications

Latest funding

Leveraging cohort-scale single-cell RNA sequencing analysis of stem cell-derived dopaminergic neurons to identify genetic determinants of Parkinson's disease using an interpretable machine learning classification framework.
CIHR · 2024 · Supervisor
$120,000
Resolving roadblocks to clinical trial readiness for rare brain disease gene therapy
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$1,137,500
Advancing our understanding of essential tremor genetics and biology
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$868,276

All 5 grants and awards

9 publications.

Parent-of-origin effects in Alzheimer's liability dissociate neurocognitive and cardiovascular traits in at-risk individuals.

Savignac C, St-Onge F, Villeneuve S, Badhwar A, Gagliano Taliun SA, Farhan S, Geddes M, Iturria Medina Y, Poirier J, Spreng RN, Bzdok D, PREVENT-AD Research Group

Cell reports. Medicine2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2026.102943 PMID: 42520805

Single nuclear RNA sequencing shows altered microglial and astrocytic functions in post-mortem Parkinson's disease tissue.

Roy I, Fiorini M, Thomas RA, Ambriz GJ, Farhan S, Piscopo VEC, Durcan TM

BMC genomic data2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12863-026-01462-2 PMID: 42401827

Homocysteine, neurodegenerative biomarkers, and APOE ε4 in neurodegenerative diseases.

Lin WZ, Yu D, Xiong LY, Zebarth J, Wang R, Fischer CE, Rajji TK, Tang-Wai DF, Tartaglia C, Saposnik G, Swartz RH, Grimes DA, Lang AE, Hegele RA, Farhan S, Ramirez J, Symons S, Goubran M, Binns MA, Lou W, Dixon RA, Orange JB, Roberts AC, Troyer AK, Zetterberg H, Herrmann N, Rabin JS, MacIntosh BJ, Masellis M, Lanctôt KL, Black SE, Swardfager W, ONDRI Investigators

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2025

DOI: 10.1002/alz.14376 PMID: 39559926

Recent advances in the genetics of familial and sporadic ALS.

Al-Chalabi A, Andrews J, Farhan S

International review of neurobiology2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/bs.irn.2024.04.007 PMID: 38802182

Association of plasma biomarkers with cognition, cognitive decline, and daily function across and within neurodegenerative diseases: Results from the Ontario Neurodegenerative Disease Research Initiative

Sanchez E, Wilkinson T, Coughlan G, Mirza S, Baril A, Ramirez J, Binns MA, Black SE, Borrie M, Dilliott AA

Alzheimer's and Dementia202464 citations

DOI: 10.1002/alz.13560

Association of Dual-Task Gait Cost and White Matter Hyperintensity Burden Poststroke: Results From the ONDRI

Pieruccini-Faria F, Cornish B, Binns M, Fraser J, Haddad SMH, Sunderland K, Ramirez J, Beaton D, Kwan D, Dilliott AA

Journal of Neurologic Rehabilitation20239 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/15459683231177606 PMID: W4379197089

APOE alleles are associated with sex-specific structural differences in brain regions affected in Alzheimer's disease and related dementia.

Savignac C, Villeneuve S, Badhwar A, Saltoun K, Shafighi K, Zajner C, Sharma V, Gagliano Taliun SA, Farhan S, Poirier J, Bzdok D

PLoS biology2022

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001863 PMID: 36512526

Genome-wide identification of the genetic basis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Zhang S, Cooper-Knock J, Weimer AK, Shi M, Moll T, Marshall JNG, Harvey C, Nezhad HG, Franklin J, Souza CDS, Ning K, Wang C, Li J, Dilliott AA, Farhan S, Elhaik E, Pasniceanu I, Livesey MR, Eitan C, Hornstein E, Kenna KP, Project MinE ALS Sequencing Consortium, Veldink JH, Ferraiuolo L, Shaw PJ, Snyder MP

Neuron2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.12.019 PMID: 35045337

Matrin3: Disorder and ALS Pathogenesis.

Salem A, Wilson CJ, Rutledge BS, Dilliott A, Farhan S, Choy WY, Duennwald ML

Frontiers in molecular biosciences2021

DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.794646 PMID: 35083279

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Sali Farhan

Research

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Latest funding

Parent-of-origin effects in Alzheimer's liability dissociate neurocognitive and cardiovascular traits in at-risk individuals.

Single nuclear RNA sequencing shows altered microglial and astrocytic functions in post-mortem Parkinson's disease tissue.

Homocysteine, neurodegenerative biomarkers, and APOE &#x3b5;4 in neurodegenerative diseases.

Recent advances in the genetics of familial and sporadic ALS.

Association of plasma biomarkers with cognition, cognitive decline, and daily function across and within neurodegenerative diseases: Results from the Ontario Neurodegenerative Disease Research Initiative

Association of Dual-Task Gait Cost and White Matter Hyperintensity Burden Poststroke: Results From the ONDRI

APOE alleles are associated with sex-specific structural differences in brain regions affected in Alzheimer's disease and related dementia.

Genome-wide identification of the genetic basis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Matrin3: Disorder and ALS Pathogenesis.

Leveraging cohort-scale single-cell RNA sequencing analysis of stem cell-derived dopaminergic neurons to identify genetic determinants of Parkinson's disease using an interpretable machine learning classification framework.

Resolving roadblocks to clinical trial readiness for rare brain disease gene therapy

Advancing our understanding of essential tremor genetics and biology

Advancing our understanding of essential tremor genetics and biology

Leveraging large-scale sequencing to identify and validate genetic influences of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and essential tremor.

Frequent collaborators

Gustavo Saposnik

Amanpreet Badhwar

Dar Dowlatshahi

Amanpreet Badhwar

Wendy Lou

Demetrios Sahlas

Judes Poirier

Mario Masellis

Sylvia Villeneuve

Ekaterina Rogaeva

Danilo Bzdok

Danilo Bzdok

Andrew Frank

Malcolm Binns

Sanjeev Kumar

Melissa Holmes

Robert Hegele

Dennis Bulman

Maged Goubran

Manuel Montero Odasso

Walter Swardfager

Maiya Geddes

Nathan Herrmann

Elizabeth Finger

Connie Marras

Yasser Iturria Medina

Robert Bartha

Michael Borrie

Homocysteine, neurodegenerative biomarkers, and APOE ε4 in neurodegenerative diseases.