Faculty profile

Kevin Whittingstall

ResearcherObstétrique et gynécologieUniversité de Sherbrooke

This profile is built from public research funding records (CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC) and PubMed. We have not imported them from a Université de Sherbrooke directory, so their courses may be missing. Find their university profile.

Kevin Whittingstall

Researcher

Obstétrique et gynécologie

Health Sciences

Université de Sherbrooke

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Supervision signals

Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
14 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 6 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (3 CIHR, 3 NSERC), most recently in 2026.

These signals come from public records, including CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions. Ask the professor or the graduate program whether they are taking new students.

Academic metrics

Publications

Citations

h-index

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

Counts cover the works listed on the university profile; citation counts come from Dimensions.

Profiles and links

Search on Google Scholar

Find them onX · LinkedIn · Bluesky · YouTube

Signals and details

Research

Biobank Brain Cannabis Family Genomics Neurobehavior Neurodevelopment Neuroimaging

Latest papers

A vascular component to the selective vulnerability of the medial temporal lobe to tau pathology.
Brain communications · 2026 · senior author
Automatic Detection of Mild Intracranial Stenosis using Time-of-Flight Magnetic Resonance Angiography.
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2026 · senior author
Distinct Grey Matter Alterations in Untreated Mild to Moderate Chronic Low Back Pain: A Longitudinal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.
European journal of pain (London, England) · 2026

All 66 publications

Latest funding

The hypothalamus in aging and Alzheimer's disease
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$1,315,800
Cannabis Exposure from Pregnancy to Early Childhood: A Family-Triad Brain Health Program CAN-B+FAM
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$2,399,873
Neurovascular Coupling in the Human Brain
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$41,000

All 11 grants and awards

66 publications.

A vascular component to the selective vulnerability of the medial temporal lobe to tau pathology.

Doyon V, Janelle F, Sean M, Vanderweyen D, Côté S, Huck J, Tétreault P, Lepage JF, Gutierrez J, Bocti C, Fülöp T, Pichet-Binette A, Whittingstall K

Brain communications2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcag301 PMID: 42677148

Automatic Detection of Mild Intracranial Stenosis using Time-of-Flight Magnetic Resonance Angiography.

Nguyen CN, Huck J, Vanderweyen DC, Côté S, Rundek T, Elkind MSV, Gutierrez J, Tétreault P, Whittingstall K

AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a9597 PMID: 42613152

Distinct Grey Matter Alterations in Untreated Mild to Moderate Chronic Low Back Pain: A Longitudinal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.

Sean M, Cote S, Coulombe-Lévêque A, Huck J, Martel M, Liu ZM, Léonard G, Whittingstall K, Tétreault P

European journal of pain (London, England)2026

DOI: 10.1002/ejp.70272 PMID: 41949061

Maternal hyperglycemia during pregnancy is associated specifically with larger hypothalamic volumes at 12 years of age.

Marchildon C, Arguin M, Doyon M, Côté S, Michaud A, Huck J, Gingras V, Perron P, Hivert MF, Bouchard L, Whittingstall K

Journal of developmental origins of health and disease2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1017/s204017442510041x PMID: 41742771

Brain Structural Changes and Cognitive-Clinical Profiles in Late-Onset Unexplained Epilepsy.

Kek-Laflamme A, Schaper FLWVJ, Whittingstall K, Pennell PB, Young GS, Marshall GA, Larivière S, Sarkis RA

Neurology2026

DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000214575 PMID: 41512209

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

Brain glucose and ketone metabolism in first-episode psychosis: Neuroimaging and brain metabolism before and after antipsychotic treatment: The protocol for the CAST-ATP study.

Zemmour K, Samson GO, Fortier M, Parent E, Leus A, Grignon S, Carrier JD, Whittingstall K, Danielsen AA, Köhler-Forsberg O, Hansen AK, Agarwal SM, Andreazza AC, Ebdrup BH, Hahn M, Cunnane S

PloS one2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0325489 PMID: 40587437

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

[New Educational Tool for 3D Simulation of Auditory Hallucinations, Co-Created with Voice Hearers: Pilot Study with Psychiatry Residents].

Zemmour K, Pelletier L, Rousseau S, Tracy S, Lejeune C, Berry A, Audry S, Whittingstall K, Grignon S, Gauthier PA

Sante mentale au Quebec2024

PMID: 39208224

Neurotransmitter levels in the basal ganglia are associated with intracortical circuit activity of the primary motor cortex in healthy humans.

Remahi S, Mabika M, Côté S, Iorio-Morin C, Near J, Hui SCN, Edden RAE, Théoret H, Whittingstall K, Lepage JF

Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2023.110892 PMID: 37952692

The hypothalamus in aging and Alzheimer's disease

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Fernandes, Karl J

Keywords: Aging; Alzheimer'S Disease; Endothelial Cells; Fmri; Human; Hypothalamus; Preclinical Mouse Models; Rnaseq; Single Cell; Tanycytes

$1,315,800

Cannabis Exposure from Pregnancy to Early Childhood: A Family-Triad Brain Health Program CAN-B+FAM

Principal investigatorCIHR2026TG: The CDN Cannabis/Brain Health Cons.-Scaling Novel Measurement Methods

Principal investigators: Ouellet, Annie; Auray-Blais, Christiane; Boucoiran, Isabelle; Brodeur, Magaly; Brunet, Marie A; Carpentier, André C; Jacques, Pierre-Étienne; Lane, Julie; Lariviere, Sara; Lemelin, Jean-Pascal; Lodygensky, Gregory A; Nazif-Munoz, Jose I; Pascuzzo, Katherine; Sarret, Philippe; Therriault, Danyka; Whittingstall, Kevin S

Keywords: Biobank; Brain; Cannabis; Family; Genomics; Neurobehavior; Neurodevelopment; Neuroimaging; Pregnancy; Psychosocial Functionning

$2,399,873

Neurovascular Coupling in the Human Brain

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Whittingstall, Kevin

Keywords: brain; mri; eeg; vasculature; blood flow

$41,000

RE-MOVE: Restoring movement, removing barriers

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Iorio-Morin, Christian

$4,000,000

Early life determinants of childhood adiposity, appetite regulation, and obesogenic dietary behaviours.

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bouchard, Luigi; Gingras, Véronique

Keywords: Childhood Obesity; Developmental Origins Of Health And Diseases (Dohad); Dietary Behaviours; Food Intake Regulation; Functional Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri); Gestational Diabetes Mellitus; Gut-Brain Axis; Microbiome; Nutrition; Satiety Peptides

$1,354,050

Non-invasive measures of Neurovascular Coupling in humans

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Whittingstall, Kevin

$246,000

Cannabidiol as a potential therapeutic target for mild traumatic brain injury recovery in female rats

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Cat Grant: Cannabis Research in Urgent Priority Areas-Cannabis and Mental Health

Principal investigators: De Beaumont, Louis; Gendron, Louis; Lepage, Martin

Keywords: Cannabidiol; Concussion; Luteal Phase; Mild Traumatic Brain Injury; Progesterone Levels; Rat Model

Focused ultrasound stimulation for brain research

Co-investigatorNSERC2017Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Lepage, JeanFrancois

$150,000

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2015Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Whittingstall, Kevin S

Keywords: Crc

$500,000

Multimodal Integration of functional and structural imaging of the human brain

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Whittingstall, Kevin

$150,000

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

Something wrong or missing on this profile? Suggest a correction

Kevin Whittingstall

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

A vascular component to the selective vulnerability of the medial temporal lobe to tau pathology.

Automatic Detection of Mild Intracranial Stenosis using Time-of-Flight Magnetic Resonance Angiography.

Distinct Grey Matter Alterations in Untreated Mild to Moderate Chronic Low Back Pain: A Longitudinal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.

Maternal hyperglycemia during pregnancy is associated specifically with larger hypothalamic volumes at 12 years of age.

Brain Structural Changes and Cognitive-Clinical Profiles in Late-Onset Unexplained Epilepsy.

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

Brain glucose and ketone metabolism in first-episode psychosis: Neuroimaging and brain metabolism before and after antipsychotic treatment: The protocol for the CAST-ATP study.

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

[New Educational Tool for 3D Simulation of Auditory Hallucinations, Co-Created with Voice Hearers: Pilot Study with Psychiatry Residents].

Neurotransmitter levels in the basal ganglia are associated with intracortical circuit activity of the primary motor cortex in healthy humans.

The hypothalamus in aging and Alzheimer's disease

Cannabis Exposure from Pregnancy to Early Childhood: A Family-Triad Brain Health Program CAN-B+FAM

Neurovascular Coupling in the Human Brain

RE-MOVE: Restoring movement, removing barriers

Early life determinants of childhood adiposity, appetite regulation, and obesogenic dietary behaviours.

Non-invasive measures of Neurovascular Coupling in humans

Cannabidiol as a potential therapeutic target for mild traumatic brain injury recovery in female rats

Focused ultrasound stimulation for brain research

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Multimodal Integration of functional and structural imaging of the human brain

Frequent collaborators

Martin Lepage

Jean-Francois Lepage

Philippe Sarret

Guillaume Leonard

Benoît Paquette

Christian Iorio-Morin

Adrianna Mendrek

Jamie Near

Jean-Daniel Carrier

Margaret Hahn

Jean-Patrice Baillargeon

Elijah Van Houten

Simon Duchesne

Marie-France Hivert

Luigi Bouchard

Shirley Fecteau

Luigi Bouchard

Tamàs Fulop

Catherine Mercier