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Sherif Karama

ResearcherPsychiatryMcGill University

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Sherif Karama

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.
5 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2022.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2010.

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Research

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Hippocampus Learning Methylphenidate Psychostimulants Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Latest papers

Comprehensive large-scale analyses reveal association between brain structure and cognitive ability during adolescence.
Communications biology · 2026 · senior author
Association between Brain Structure and Cognitive Ability during Adolescence: Insights from a Comprehensive Large-Scale Analysis of 9 to 15 Year-Olds.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025 · senior author
Making use of N-of-1 trials to treat ADHD in people with psychosis: a hypothetical case.
Journal of psychiatry & neuroscience : JPN · 2024

All 58 publications

Latest funding

Are psychostimulants affecting children's hippocampal development and function? A longitudinal evaluation.
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$673,200
Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Folic Acid Supplementation: Gene-environment Interactions and Neurodevelopmental and Metabolic Outcomes in Children
CIHR · 2015 · Co-investigator
Impacts of early adversity and genotype on development of fronto-striatal attentional circuitry
CIHR · 2015 · Nominated PI
$300,000

All 6 grants and awards

58 publications.

Comprehensive large-scale analyses reveal association between brain structure and cognitive ability during adolescence.

Yan J, Iturria-Medina Y, Bezgin G, Toussaint PJ, Xie K, He L, Chen J, Hilger K, Genç E, Evans AC, Karama S

Communications biology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s42003-026-09831-4 PMID: 41820538

Association between Brain Structure and Cognitive Ability during Adolescence: Insights from a Comprehensive Large-Scale Analysis of 9 to 15 Year-Olds.

Yan J, Iturria-Medina Y, Bezgin G, Toussaint PJ, Xie K, He L, Chen J, Hilger K, Genç E, Evans A, Karama S

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1101/2024.06.18.599653 PMID: 40909731

Making use of N-of-1 trials to treat ADHD in people with psychosis: a hypothetical case.

Dalton K, Joober R, Karama S, Palaniyappan L

Journal of psychiatry & neuroscience : JPN2024

DOI: 10.1503/jpn.240010 PMID: 38569724

Maternal smoking during pregnancy and cortical structure in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Fotopoulos NH, Chaumette B, Devenyi GA, Karama S, Chakravarty M, Labbe A, Grizenko N, Schmitz N, Fageera W, Joober R

Psychiatry research2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2024.115791 PMID: 38367455

Individualized prediction of future cognition based on developmental changes in cortical anatomy.

Khundrakpam B, Booij L, Jeon S, Karama S, Tohka J, Evans AC

Neuroimage. Reports2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.ynirp.2022.100127 PMID: 40567557

Randomness and nondeterminism: from genes to free will with implications for psychiatry.

Joober R, Karama S

Journal of psychiatry & neuroscience : JPN2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1503/jpn.210141 PMID: 34415691

Maturational trajectories of pericortical contrast in typical brain development.

Drakulich S, Thiffault AC, Olafson E, Parent O, Labbe A, Albaugh MD, Khundrakpam B, Ducharme S, Evans A, Chakravarty MM, Karama S

NeuroImage2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.117974 PMID: 33766753

Genome-wide analysis of gene dosage in 24,092 individuals estimates that 10,000 genes modulate cognitive ability.

Huguet G, Schramm C, Douard E, Tamer P, Main A, Monin P, England J, Jizi K, Renne T, Poirier M, Nowak S, Martin CO, Younis N, Knoth IS, Jean-Louis M, Saci Z, Auger M, Tihy F, Mathonnet G, Maftei C, Léveillé F, Porteous D, Davies G, Redmond P, Harris SE, Hill WD, Lemyre E, Schumann G, Bourgeron T, Pausova Z, Paus T, Karama S, Lippe S, Deary IJ, Almasy L, Labbe A, Glahn D, Greenwood CMT, Jacquemont S

Molecular psychiatry2021

DOI: 10.1038/s41380-020-00985-z PMID: 33414497

Using a simulation centre to evaluate preliminary acceptability and impact of an artificial intelligence-powered clinical decision support system for depression treatment on the physician-patient interaction.

Benrimoh D, Tanguay-Sela M, Perlman K, Israel S, Mehltretter J, Armstrong C, Fratila R, Parikh SV, Karp JF, Heller K, Vahia IV, Blumberger DM, Karama S, Vigod SN, Myhr G, Martins R, Rollins C, Popescu C, Lundrigan E, Snook E, Wakid M, Williams J, Soufi G, Perez T, Tunteng JF, Rosenfeld K, Miresco M, Turecki G, Gomez Cardona L, Linnaranta O, Margolese HC

BJPsych open2021

DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2020.127 PMID: 33403948

Cumulative exposure to ADHD medication is inversely related to hippocampus subregional volume in children.

Fotopoulos NH, Devenyi GA, Guay S, Sengupta SM, Chakravarty MM, Grizenko N, Karama S, Joober R

NeuroImage. Clinical2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102695 PMID: 34015673

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Sherif Karama

Research

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Comprehensive large-scale analyses reveal association between brain structure and cognitive ability during adolescence.

Association between Brain Structure and Cognitive Ability during Adolescence: Insights from a Comprehensive Large-Scale Analysis of 9 to 15 Year-Olds.

Making use of N-of-1 trials to treat ADHD in people with psychosis: a hypothetical case.

Maternal smoking during pregnancy and cortical structure in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Individualized prediction of future cognition based on developmental changes in cortical anatomy.

Randomness and nondeterminism: from genes to free will with implications for psychiatry.

Maturational trajectories of pericortical contrast in typical brain development.

Genome-wide analysis of gene dosage in 24,092 individuals estimates that 10,000 genes modulate cognitive ability.

Using a simulation centre to evaluate preliminary acceptability and impact of an artificial intelligence-powered clinical decision support system for depression treatment on the physician-patient interaction.

Cumulative exposure to ADHD medication is inversely related to hippocampus subregional volume in children.

Are psychostimulants affecting children's hippocampal development and function? A longitudinal evaluation.

Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Folic Acid Supplementation: Gene-environment Interactions and Neurodevelopmental and Metabolic Outcomes in Children

Impacts of early adversity and genotype on development of fronto-striatal attentional circuitry

Antidépresseurs de seconde génération et risque d'accident vasculaire cérébral ischémique et hémorragique

Pharmaco-behavioural study of genetic & environmental risk factors in children with ADHD:using brain imaging phenotypes to further dissect etiological pathways

Neuroanatomical Correlates of Behavioral Traits in Normally Developing Children Using the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)

Frequent collaborators

Simon Ducharme

Tuong-Vi Nguyen

Ridha Joober

Natalie Grizenko

Aurelie Labbe

Ridha Joober

Yasser Iturria Medina

Alan Evans

Tomas Paus

Zdenka Pausova

Norbert Schmitz

Sarojini Sengupta

Pierre Bellec

Pierre Bellec

Linda Booij

Karl Looper

Liliana Gomez Cardona

Outi Linnaranta

Linda Booij

Lena Palaniyappan

Linda Booij

David Benrimoh

Lena Palaniyappan

Mimi Israel

Alain Dagher

Mallar Chakravarty

Sarah Lippé

Jorge Armony

Alexander Thiel

Gustavo Turecki