Russell Butler, Bishop's University

Research

bioinformatics biometrics biosignal data fusion data mining health monitoring image processing machine learning

Latest papers

Control vs. salience: a new axis of circadian brain-body organization.
Npj biological timing and sleep · 2026 · senior author
Evidence of widespread brain inhibition following conventional but not individualised non-motor repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: A multimodal study.
Brain research · 2026
Long term monitoring shows phase lagged behaviorally driven locomotor autonomic coupling.
Scientific reports · 2025 · senior author

All 9 publications

Latest funding

Modeling cardiac/cerebrovascular variability from wearable biometrics
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$120,000
Modeling cardiac/cerebrovascular variability from wearable biometrics
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$12,500

All 2 grants and awards

9 publications.

01

Control vs. salience: a new axis of circadian brain-body organization.

Demers O, Ghaffari S, Li C, Butler R

Npj biological timing and sleep2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s44323-025-00065-x PMID: 41775974

02

Evidence of widespread brain inhibition following conventional but not individualised non-motor repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: A multimodal study.

Houde F, Butler R, Martel M, Descoteaux M, Whittingstall K, Leonard G

Brain research2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2025.150044 PMID: 41232790

03

Long term monitoring shows phase lagged behaviorally driven locomotor autonomic coupling.

Ghaffari S, Demers O, Goudarzi M, Zakari A, Li C, Butler R

Scientific reports2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-16996-1 PMID: 41006392

04

Anatomical measurements and field modeling to assess transcranial magnetic stimulation motor and non-motor effects.

Houde F, Butler R, St-Onge E, Martel M, Thivierge V, Descoteaux M, Whittingstall K, Leonard G

Neurophysiologie clinique = Clinical neurophysiology2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2024.103011 PMID: 39244826

05

The regional effect of serum hormone levels on cerebral blood flow in healthy nonpregnant women.

Cote S, Butler R, Michaud V, Lavallee E, Croteau E, Mendrek A, Lepage JF, Whittingstall K

Human brain mapping2021

DOI: 10.1002/hbm.25646 PMID: 34480503

06

Cerebral stiffness changes during visual stimulation: Differential physiological mechanisms characterized by opposing mechanical effects.

Forouhandehpour R, Bernier M, Gilbert G, Butler R, Whittingstall K, Van Houten E

Neuroimage. Reports2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.ynirp.2021.100014 PMID: 40567862

07

White matter information flow mapping from diffusion MRI and EEG.

Deslauriers-Gauthier S, Lina JM, Butler R, Whittingstall K, Gilbert G, Bernier PM, Deriche R, Descoteaux M

NeuroImage2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116017 PMID: 31319180

08

Cortical distance, not cancellation, dominates inter-subject EEG gamma rhythm amplitude.

Butler R, Bernier PM, Mierzwinski GW, Descoteaux M, Gilbert G, Whittingstall K

NeuroImage2019First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.03.010 PMID: 30858117

09

Application of polymer sensitive MRI sequence to localization of EEG electrodes.

Butler R, Gilbert G, Descoteaux M, Bernier PM, Whittingstall K

Journal of neuroscience methods2017First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2016.12.013 PMID: 28017737

Modeling cardiac/cerebrovascular variability from wearable biometrics

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Butler, Russell

Keywords: biosignal; biometrics; machine learning; data fusion; magnetic resonance imaging; bioinformatics; health monitoring; data mining; image processing; signal processing

$120,000

Modeling cardiac/cerebrovascular variability from wearable biometrics

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Butler, Russell

$12,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Computer Science
Obstétrique et gynécologie
Informatique
No Department/Division
École de réadaptation
Génie mécanique
Pédiatrie / Médecine nucléaire et radiobiologie
Other

Co-authors at Bishop's University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Kevin Whittingstall

Obstétrique et gynécologie

7 shared papers, latest 2026

Maxime Descoteaux

Informatique

5 shared papers, latest 2026

Pierre-Michel Bernier

No Department/Division

3 shared papers, latest 2019

Guillaume Léonard

École de réadaptation

2 shared papers, latest 2026

Jean-Francois Lepage

Pédiatrie / Médecine nucléaire et radiobiologie

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Elijah Van Houten

Génie mécanique

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Adrianna Mendrek

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2021

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: bioinformatics Dear Professor Butler, 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 "Control vs. salience: a new axis of circadian brain-body organization." (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 NSERC-funded project "Modeling cardiac/cerebrovascular variability from wearable biometrics" (2020), 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]