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Guido Simonelli

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ProfessorDépartement de neurosciencesUniversité de Montréal

Guido Simonelli

Professor

Département de neurosciences

Université de Montréal

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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11 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (2 FRQS, 1 NSERC), most recently in 2025.
Supervisor on 3 trainee awards (3 CIHR), most recently in 2026.

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Latest papers

The impact of sleep on resident clinical reasoning: a scoping review.
Diagnosis (Berlin, Germany) · 2026
The relationship between sleep, fatigue and performance during sub-Arctic operations: data from a winter military field exercise in Finland.
BMJ military health · 2026 · senior author
Circulating Biomarkers of Military-Specific Performance Resilience: A Systematic Review.
Current psychiatry reports · 2026 · senior author

All 17 publications

Latest funding

Climate & Mental Health: Uncovering mechanisms between heat and mental health
CIHR · 2026 · Supervisor
$6,000
Le Sommeil des Athlètes d'Élite : Enjeu Clé pour la Performance?
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$6,000
Optimization of neurophysiological recovery strategies under extreme environmental stress conditions
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$215,000

All 10 grants and awards

17 publications.

The impact of sleep on resident clinical reasoning: a scoping review.

Capaldi VF, Aidara Y, Flores B, Dupont J, Kim E, Simonelli G, Durning S, Jung E

Diagnosis (Berlin, Germany)2026

DOI: 10.1515/dx-2026-0024 PMID: 42608988

The relationship between sleep, fatigue and performance during sub-Arctic operations: data from a winter military field exercise in Finland.

Varesco G, Ojanen T, Vaara JP, Martin A, van Cutsem J, Haman F, Pattyn N, Simonelli G

BMJ military health2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/military-2026-003283 PMID: 42431682

Circulating Biomarkers of Military-Specific Performance Resilience: A Systematic Review.

Van Cutsem J, van den Berg NH, Flores B, Aïdara Y, Martin A, Musat A, Pattyn N, Simonelli G

Current psychiatry reports2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s11920-025-01652-2 PMID: 41714467

Sleep duration and quality trajectories during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic: a Canadian nationally representative study

Anthony Levasseur, Mathieu Pelletier‐Dumas, Éric Lacourse, Jean‐Marc Lina, Guido Simonelli, Roxane de la Sablonnière

BMC Public Health20252 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-22617-3 PMID: 40336043

Air quality and particulate assessment in wood-heated military tents during arctic field training: implications for health and environmental safety

Nicholas van den Berg, Darine Ameyed, Yanis Ouali, Anthony Levasseur, Jani P. Vaara, Tommi Ojanen, François Haman, Xavier Neyt, Guido Simonelli, Nathalie Pattyn

BMJ Military Health20251 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1136/military-2025-003166 PMID: 41365556

Beyond the lab coat: methodological challenges in space life sciences.

Van Puyvelde M, van den Berg NH, Stas L, Savieri P, Corlùy H, Van Cutsem J, Neyt X, Simonelli G, Pattyn N

Frontiers in physiology2025

DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2025.1663701 PMID: 41113619

Stable interindividual differences in modafinil's effect on vigilance during sleep deprivation.

Van Cutsem J, Van Puyvelde M, Van den Berg NH, Dessy E, Detaille F, Van Rompay A, Mairesse O, Drogou C, Sauvet F, Neyt X, Pattyn N, Simonelli G

Frontiers in pharmacology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2025.1607444 PMID: 41079714

Impact of psychosocial determinants on sleep quality decreased during the COVID-19 lockdown: Evidence from an urban panel study.

Abulafia C, Paternó Manavella MA, Rodríguez Espínola S, Brangold M, Simonelli G, Salvia A, Vigo DE

Sleep health2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.sleh.2025.06.009 PMID: 40750505

Household and housing determinants of sleep duration during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from the COHESION Study

Stephan Gabet, Anthony Levasseur, Benoît Thierry, Rania Wasfi, Yan Kestens, Grégory Moullec, Guido Simonelli

Sleep Health20244 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.sleh.2024.05.008 PMID: 39003102

Negative health outcomes in long sleepers: The societal sleep restriction hypothesis.

Balkin TJ, Simonelli G, Riedy S

Sleep medicine reviews2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2024.101968 PMID: 38936221

Climate & Mental Health: Uncovering mechanisms between heat and mental health

SupervisorCIHR2026Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA)

Principal investigators: Dogbevi, Ely Yao

Keywords: Amerique; Centre Urbain; Changement Climatique; Température

$6,000

Le Sommeil des Athlètes d'Élite : Enjeu Clé pour la Performance?

SupervisorCIHR2025Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA)

Principal investigators: Aidara, Youssouf

Keywords: Athletes; D'Entrainement; Fonction Neuromusculaire; Performance; Pression Competititve; Sommeil

$6,000

Optimization of neurophysiological recovery strategies under extreme environmental stress conditions

Principal investigatorNSERC2025Mitacs Accelerate

Principal investigators: Simonelli, Guido

Keywords: Psychology; Biomedical engineering

$215,000

Sommeil, santé et performance lors d'entrainements militaires en milieu polaire ; Analyse des prédicteurs de la santé du sommeil sur la performance

SupervisorCIHR2023Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Michaud, Xavier

Keywords: Camp D'Entrainement; Changement D'Humeur; Environnement Hostile; Impact Sur La Santé; Militaire; Performance Cognitive; Performance Physique; Région Polaire; Résilience; Sommeil

$105,000

COHESION Study 2.0: COvid-19, HEalth and Social InteractiOn in Neighbourhoods

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant - PA: Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies Research

Principal investigators: Moullec, Gregory; Kestens, Yan

Keywords: Covid-19; Determinants Of Health; Housing; Longitudinal Study; Mental Health; Mobility; Population Health; Social Interactions

$100,000

Vigilance entrepreneuriale et qualité du sommeil des fondateurs de startup

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Guiliani, Florence

Keywords: Entrepreneuriat; Vigilance entrepreneuriale; Fondateurs de startup; Health entrepreneurship; Sommeil

$49,465

Innovative mobile health treatment modality to treat sleep difficulties in healthcare workers working on atypical work schedules

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021New Frontiers in Research Fund - Special Call

Principal investigators: Carrier, Julie

Keywords: Healthcare workers Shift work Shift Work Disorder Mental Health Interventions Sleep Insomnia Anxiety Mobile Health Treatment

$237,970

Chercheurs-boursiers

Principal investigatorFRQS2021Chercheurs-boursiers

Principal investigators: SIMONELLI, Guido

Keywords: SLEEP, SLEEP HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH, NEIGHBORHOOD ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, SLEEP DISRUPTION; Neurosciences, santé mentale et toxicomanies; Sommeil et troubles du sommeil; Déterminants sociaux de la santé

$124,987

Établissement de jeunes chercheurs

Principal investigatorFRQS2021Établissement de jeunes chercheurs

Principal investigators: SIMONELLI, Guido

Keywords: Non disponible

$60,000

Workshop to develop a national strategy on the integration of sleep and circadian rhythms into public health research and policies

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Gariépy, Geneviève

Keywords: Atypical Sleep Schedules; Cardiovascular Health; Circadian Rhythms; Cognitive Health; Insomnia; Mental Health; Metabolic Health; Sleep; Sleep Apnea; Sleep In Children

$15,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Guido Simonelli

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

The impact of sleep on resident clinical reasoning: a scoping review.

The relationship between sleep, fatigue and performance during sub-Arctic operations: data from a winter military field exercise in Finland.

Circulating Biomarkers of Military-Specific Performance Resilience: A Systematic Review.

Sleep duration and quality trajectories during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic: a Canadian nationally representative study

Air quality and particulate assessment in wood-heated military tents during arctic field training: implications for health and environmental safety

Beyond the lab coat: methodological challenges in space life sciences.

Stable interindividual differences in modafinil's effect on vigilance during sleep deprivation.

Impact of psychosocial determinants on sleep quality decreased during the COVID-19 lockdown: Evidence from an urban panel study.

Household and housing determinants of sleep duration during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from the COHESION Study

Negative health outcomes in long sleepers: The societal sleep restriction hypothesis.

Climate & Mental Health: Uncovering mechanisms between heat and mental health

Le Sommeil des Athlètes d'Élite : Enjeu Clé pour la Performance?

Optimization of neurophysiological recovery strategies under extreme environmental stress conditions

Sommeil, santé et performance lors d'entrainements militaires en milieu polaire ; Analyse des prédicteurs de la santé du sommeil sur la performance

COHESION Study 2.0: COvid-19, HEalth and Social InteractiOn in Neighbourhoods

Vigilance entrepreneuriale et qualité du sommeil des fondateurs de startup

Innovative mobile health treatment modality to treat sleep difficulties in healthcare workers working on atypical work schedules

Chercheurs-boursiers

Établissement de jeunes chercheurs

Workshop to develop a national strategy on the integration of sleep and circadian rhythms into public health research and policies

Frequent collaborators

Julie Carrier

Yan Kestens

Célyne Bastien

Charles Morin

Grégory Moullec

François Haman

Caroline Arbour

Roxane de la Sablonnière

Rebecca Robillard

Jean-Marc Lina

Roger Godbout

Catherine Duclos

Nadia Gosselin

Éric Lacourse