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Yasser Iturria Medina

ResearcherNeurology and NeurosurgeryMcGill University

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Yasser Iturria Medina

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.
56 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 18 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 10 research grants (8 CIHR, 2 NSERC), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Crc Exergaming Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial Rare Disease Registry-Based Trial Rehabilitation Spinal Muscular Atrophy Wearable Technology

Latest papers

Lesion-Level Subtypes of White Matter Hyperintensity Evolution Beyond Spatial Location.
Neurology · 2026 · senior author
Hemispheric lateralization of Tau associations with visual and verbal memory in Alzheimer's disease.
European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2026
Parent-of-origin effects in Alzheimer's liability dissociate neurocognitive and cardiovascular traits in at-risk individuals.
Cell reports. Medicine · 2026

All 92 publications

Latest funding

Mapping Whole-Brain Cell-Cell Interactions in Neurodegeneration
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
Canada Research Chair - Tier 2
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$500,000
MRI-based in vivo histology of disease progression in early stage PD
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$293,100

All 18 grants and awards

92 publications.

Lesion-Level Subtypes of White Matter Hyperintensity Evolution Beyond Spatial Location.

Gonzalez-Gomez R, Tagliazuchi E, Campo CG, Medel V, Bennett DA, Iturria-Medina Y

Neurology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000218472 PMID: 42659615

Hemispheric lateralization of Tau associations with visual and verbal memory in Alzheimer's disease.

Arias JF, Aumont E, Therriault J, Trudel L, Margherita-Poltronetti N, Thomas E, Bezgin G, Servaes S, Wang YT, Rahmouni N, Macedo A, Quispialaya K, Hosseini SA, Hall B, Kunach P, Jia WL, Chan T, Zheng Y, Woo MS, Mathotaarachchi SS, Vitali P, Pascoal T, Iturria-Medina Y, Montembeault M, Rosa-Neto P

European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00259-026-07898-z PMID: 42243535

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

Contrastive Machine Learning to Quantify Hypertensive Multiorgan Damage and Identify New Disease Phenotypes: A Multinational Multimodal Study.

Alkhodari M, Lapidaire W, Kart T, Xiong Z, Krasner S, Fletcher AJ, Bibi S, Savage N, Suriano K, Baumeister TR, Ohuma EO, Namburete AIL, Lamata P, Iturria-Medina Y, Chappell LC, Aye CYL, Thilaganathan B, Fraser A, Mackillop L, McManus RJ, Ntusi NAB, Khandoker AH, Hadjileontiadis LJ, Lewandowski AJ, Banerjee A, Leeson P

Circulation2026

DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.125.077394 PMID: 42323953

Quantitative susceptibility mapping in neurodegenerative diseases: An umbrella review of iron-related biomarkers and mechanisms.

Ghaderi S, Mohammadi S, Iturria-Medina Y

Magnetic resonance imaging2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2026.110765 PMID: 42546822

Using CA1 rather than the whole hippocampus to capture tau-PET Braak stage II.

Aumont E, Trudel L, Hall BJ, Chan T, Hosseini SA, Macedo AC, Therriault J, Arias JF, Lebrun A, Oliva-Lopez D, Rahmouni N, Bezgin G, Stevenson J, Servaes S, Fonov V, Hsiao C, Hopewell R, Vitali P, Klostranec J, Montembeault M, Iturria-Medina Y, Baker SL, Gauthier S, Rosa-Neto P

European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00259-026-08074-z PMID: 42448890

Beyond gray matter: unveiling the critical role of white matter in Alzheimer's disease.

Gao K, Bao J, Song Y, Lin CP, Iturria-Medina Y, Biswal BB, Wang P

Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2026.111816 PMID: 42373039

Associations of stable psychological traits with multi-omic subtypes of Alzheimer's dementia.

Zammit AR, Yu L, Poole VN, Tasaki S, Vialle R, Arfanakis K, Schneider JA, Petyuk VA, De Jager PL, Kaddurah-Daouk R, Iturria-Medina Y, Bennett DA

Translational psychiatry2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41398-026-04195-z PMID: 42324246

Multimodal axes reveal individualized amyloid- β , tau, and neurodegeneration coupling in aging and Alzheimer's disease.

Poulakis K, Ioannou K, Bezgin G, Chiotis K, Iturria-Medina Y

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences2026Senior author

DOI: 10.64898/2026.05.24.26353955 PMID: 42245035

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 biology2026

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

Mapping Whole-Brain Cell-Cell Interactions in Neurodegeneration

SupervisorCIHR2025DRA : Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Doctoral Program (CGRS D)

Principal investigators: Pak, Veronika

Keywords: Bioinformatics; Cell-Cell Communication; Dementia; Imaging Transcriptomics; Neurodegeneration; Neuroimaging

$120,000

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2024Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Iturria Medina, Yasser

Keywords: Crc

$500,000

MRI-based in vivo histology of disease progression in early stage PD

Nominated PICIHR2024Operating Grant: Joint Programme on Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND)

Principal investigators: Iturria Medina, Yasser

Keywords: Clinical Translation With In-Vivo Markers; Early Stage Pd Characterization; Machine Learning For Identifying Pd Subtrajectories; Mri-Based In Vivo Histology; Multilevel Mechanistic Brain Modeling In Pd; Pd Progression And Heterogeneity

$293,100

A multi-scale and multi-modal investigation of dopaminergic neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease: bridging cell-specific and in vivo neuroimaging signatures

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Zeighami, Yashar

Keywords: Machine Learning; Multi-Omics; Multimodal Neuroimaging; Parkinson'S Disease; Spatial Transcriptomics; Substantia Nigra

$963,900

Exergaming registry-based trial promoting physical activity in children and adolescents with spinal muscular atrophy

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: Clinical Trials Projects - Indirect Costs

Principal investigators: Oskoui, Maryam; Smith, Maureen M; Evans, Alan C; Iturria Medina, Yasser; Levac, Danielle E; Potter, Elizabeth K

Keywords: Exergaming; Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial; Rare Disease; Registry-Based Trial; Rehabilitation; Spinal Muscular Atrophy; Wearable Technology

$444,274

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

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Karama, Sherif; Grizenko, Natalie; Joober, Ridha

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

$673,200

Exergaming registry-based trial promoting physical activity in children and adolescents with spinal muscular atrophy

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: Clinical Trials Projects

Principal investigators: Oskoui, Maryam; Smith, Maureen M; Evans, Alan C; Iturria Medina, Yasser; Levac, Danielle E; Potter, Elizabeth K

Keywords: Exergaming; Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial; Rare Disease; Registry-Based Trial; Rehabilitation; Spinal Muscular Atrophy; Wearable Technology

$1,777,095

Characterizing Genetic, Neurotransmitter receptors and Macroscopic Brain Interactions via Multi-scale Analytical Modeling

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Iturria Medina, Yasser

$12,500

Unifying Molecular Omics, Multi-Modal Neuroimaging and Artificial Intelligence for Biologically-defined Patient Stratification in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Nominated PICIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Iturria Medina, Yasser; Kalra, Sanjay

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Identifying Disease Stages And Variants; Molecular Omics And Multi-Modal Brain Imaging; Open-Access Data And Software; Personalized Medicine In Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Als); Precision In Daily Clinical Practice

$698,064

Characterizing Genetic, Neurotransmitter receptors and Macroscopic Brain Interactions via Multi-scale Analytical Modeling

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Iturria Medina, Yasser

$148,000

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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Yasser Iturria Medina

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Lesion-Level Subtypes of White Matter Hyperintensity Evolution Beyond Spatial Location.

Hemispheric lateralization of Tau associations with visual and verbal memory in Alzheimer's disease.

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

Contrastive Machine Learning to Quantify Hypertensive Multiorgan Damage and Identify New Disease Phenotypes: A Multinational Multimodal Study.

Quantitative susceptibility mapping in neurodegenerative diseases: An umbrella review of iron-related biomarkers and mechanisms.

Using CA1 rather than the whole hippocampus to capture tau-PET Braak stage II.

Beyond gray matter: unveiling the critical role of white matter in Alzheimer's disease.

Associations of stable psychological traits with multi-omic subtypes of Alzheimer's dementia.

Multimodal axes reveal individualized amyloid- &#x3b2; , tau, and neurodegeneration coupling in aging and Alzheimer's disease.

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

Characterizing Genetic, Neurotransmitter receptors and Macroscopic Brain Interactions via Multi-scale Analytical Modeling

Characterizing Genetic, Neurotransmitter receptors and Macroscopic Brain Interactions via Multi-scale Analytical Modeling

Frequent collaborators

Pedro Rosa-Neto

Serge Gauthier

Yashar Zeighami

Serge Gauthier

Maxime Montembeault

Mahsa Dadar

Danilo Bzdok

Sylvia Villeneuve

Sherif Karama

Danilo Bzdok

Simon Ducharme

Robert Laforce

Alan Evans

Bratislav Misic

Mario Masellis

Alain Dagher

Brian Rowe

John Breitner

Sanjay Kalra

Judes Poirier

Elizabeth Finger

Jean-Baptiste Poline

Maiya Geddes

Etienne Vachon-Presseau

Jason Karamchandani

Yue Li

Sali Farhan

Jason Karamchandani

Amanpreet Badhwar

Julie Ottoy

Amanpreet Badhwar

Martin Lepage

Ridha Joober

Xiaoqian Chai

Véronique Bohbot

Multimodal axes reveal individualized amyloid- β , tau, and neurodegeneration coupling in aging and Alzheimer's disease.