Approved Projects on the 3T Siemens Scanner as of May 2018.
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| Dr. David Mazer, Dr. Mark Peterson, Dr. Vinay Garg, Dr. Subodh Verma | ACE trial: A randomized controlled trial of axillary vs innominate arter cannulation for antegrade cerebral protection in aortic surgery | Neurology |
| Dr. Tom Schweizer | Athlete traumatic brain injury, concussion and fMRI | Neurology |
| Dr. Corinne Fischer | Brain-Eye Amyloid Memory (BEAM) Study: Validation of ocular measures as potential biomarkers for early detection of brain amyloid and neurodegeneration | Neurology |
| Dr. Daniel Selchen | CHORDS study: Ocrelizumab phase IIIB in RRMS who had a sub-optimal response to DMT | Neurology |
| Dr. Corinne Fischer | CREAD2 study: Crenezumab phase III in prodromal to mild Alzheimer's disease | Neurology |
| Dr. Corinne Fischer | The neural correlates of delusion in patients with Alzheimer’s disease | Neurology |
| Dr. Jiwon Oh | Quantitative Spinal Cord MRI as a Biomarker of Treatment Response in MS: A Prospective Study | Neurology |
| Dr. Tom Schweizer | Investigation driving performance and underlying neural networks of aging cohorts and individuals with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease | Neurology |
| Dr. Sakina Rizvi | A dimensional approach to evaluate reward processing in major depressive disorder before and after treatment with desveniafaxine | Neurology |
| Dr. Tom Schweizer | Understanding how disorders of the brain affect driving abilities: An fMRI driving-simulator study | Neurology |
| Dr. Jiwon Oh | Quantitative Spinal Cord MRI in MS Patients with Sexual Dysfunction | Neurology |
| Dr. Sidney Kennedy | Identification of reward-based markers for risk of depression following mild traumatic brain injury | Neurology |
| Dr. Corinne Fischer | The Ontario Neurodegenerative Disease Initiative (ONDRI) | Neurology |
| Dr. Jiwon Oh | Quantitative Spinal Cord MRI in Radiologically Isolated Syndrome: A Prospective Study | Neurology |
| Dr. Tom Schweizer , Dr. Michael Hutchinson | Sport for Life Project: a comprehensive investigation of psychosocial well-being, life satisfaction, and cognitive functioning | Neurology |
| Dr. Sakina Rizvi , Dr. Sidney Kennedy | Pain, Reward, Attention and Neurocircuitry: Biomarkers of Suicidality | Neurology |
| Dr. Margaret Hahn (CAMH), Dr. Gary Remington (CAMH), Dr. Tony Cohn, et al | Topiramate for weight gain in obesity and improvement in psychopathology | Neurology |
| Dr. Luis Fornazzari | Comparing brain reserve capacity in musicians and non-musician patients with Alzheimer's disease | Neurology |
| Dr. Jiwon Oh | Structural and functional correlates of disability in the spinal cord in progressive and relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis: a longitudinal study | Neurology |
| Dr. Tom Schweizer, Dr. Sunit Das | Tablet technology for fMRI brain activity and improved neurosurgical planning of brain tumours | Neurology |
| Dr. Stephen Strother (Baycrest) | Traveling human subject MRI study | Neurology |
| Dr. Iqwal Mangat | OCEAN trial: Optimal anticoagulation for enhanced risk patients post-catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation | Neurology |
| Dr. Daniel Selchen | Medday-Biotin study: Effect of MD1003 in progressive MS | Neurology |
| Dr. Vinod Chandran (UHN) | Identifying Biomarkers for Joint Damage in Early Psoriatic Arthritis | Musculoskeletal |
| Dr. Subodh Verma , Dr. Kim Connelly | EMPA-Heart Trial: Effects of Empagliflozin on Cardiac Structure, Function and Circulating Biomarkers in patients with Type 2 Diabetes | Cardiology |
| Dr. Michael Kutryk | ENACT-AMI: The Enhanced Angiogenic Cell Therapy In Acute Myocardial Infarction Trial | Cardiology |
| Dr. Kim Connelly | Saxagliptin and Cardiac Structure and Function | Cardiology |
| Dr. Kim Connelly | MAGMA study: Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonism clinical evaluation in atherosclerosis | Cardiology |
| Dr. Margaret Hahn (CAMH), Dr. General Leung | APN study: MR imaging of fat deposition in adolescents with first-time use of anti-psychotics | Body, Neurology, Cardiology |
| Dr. Margaret Hahn (CAMH), Dr. General Leung | Metformin in co-morbid diabetes or prediabetes and serious mental illness | Body, Neurology, Cardiology |
| Dr. David Jenkins | MRI Enhanced dietary portfolio, exercise and heart risk | Body, Neurology, Cardiology |
| LMC Diabetes & Endocrinology | Bird Rock Bio: An adaptive design study for assessment of RYI-018 after single dosing in health volunteers and repeat dosing in subjects with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease | Body |
| Dr. Darren Yuen , Dr. Anish Kirpalani | A pilot study to access the role of magnetic resonance imaging in assessing kidney transplant injury following kidney transplantation | Body |
| Dr. Darren Yuen , Dr. Anish Kirpalani | Functional Evaluation of Transplanted Kidneys in an Outpatient Setting with Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging and MR Elastography | Body |
| Dr. John Sievenpiper | Stop Sugar Now trial: Effect of replacing sugar-sweetened beverage with non-nutritive sweetened beverage or water on gut microbiome and metabolic outcomes to oppose sugars | Body |
| LMC Diabetes & Endocrinology, Toronto Liver Centre | Pfizer study: Phase IIA trial evaluating pf-05221304 in adults with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (multi-site) | Body |
