Top Researchers
Top Neuroscience Researchers at Concordia University for 2026
Concordia University’s recent neuroscience research spans from sleep and cognition to brain imaging, sensory processing, and clinical assessment. Across the last year, the institution’s output shows a strong mix of experimental work and patient-focused studies, offering a useful snapshot of how the field is evolving on campus.
Below, you’ll find a closer look at the researchers shaping that activity, along with the themes that appear most often in their recent publications. Together, these projects highlight how neuroscience at Concordia connects laboratory methods with questions that matter in everyday health and behavior.
Featured Researchers
Thien Thanh Dang‐Vu
Thien Thanh Dang‐Vu’s recent work at Concordia University centers on sleep, cognition, and neurodegeneration, with a strong emphasis on sleep architecture and oscillations.
Activity over the last year: 15 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Sleep spindles and slow oscillations predict cognition and biomarkers of neurodegeneration in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (Jan 2025)
- Effect of chronic benzodiazepine and benzodiazepine receptor agonist use on sleep architecture and brain oscillations in older adults with chronic insomnia (Jun 2025)
- Mirtazapine for chronic insomnia in older adults: a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial—the MIRAGE study (Mar 2025)
Emily B. J. Coffey
Emily B. J. Coffey focuses on cognitive neuroscience questions around misophonia, sleep spindles, and early sound encoding.
Activity over the last year: 8 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
Christopher J. Steele
Christopher J. Steele’s recent publications connect cerebellar structure, structural connectivity, and imaging-based analyses of sensorimotor and cognitive networks.
Activity over the last year: 7 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Patterns of Cerebellar–Cortical Structural Covariance Mirror Anatomical Connectivity of Sensorimotor and Cognitive Networks (Jan 2025)
- Volumetric Changes in Cerebellar Transverse Zones: Age and Sex Effects in Health and Neurological Disorders (Apr 2025)
- Multiscale gradients of corticopontine structural connectivity (May 2025)
Claudine Gauthier
Claudine Gauthier’s work spans brain perfusion, cerebrovascular reactivity, and large cohort studies related to aging and Alzheimer’s disease.
Activity over the last year: 8 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Mapping cerebral blood perfusion and its links to multi-scale brain organization across the human lifespan (Jul 2025)
- The PREVENT‐AD cohort: Accelerating Alzheimer's disease research and treatment in Canada and beyond (Sep 2025)
- Sex-specific effects of intensity and dose of physical activity on BOLD-fMRI cerebrovascular reactivity and cerebral pulsatility (Mar 2025)
Christophe Grova
Christophe Grova is publishing on personalized biomarkers, temporal lobe epilepsy, and sleep-related network patterns using imaging and electrophysiology approaches.
Activity over the last year: 7 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Personalized biomarkers of multiscale functional alterations in temporal lobe epilepsy (Nov 2025)
- Visual Features in Stereo‐Electroencephalography to Predict Surgical Outcome: A Multicenter Study (Jun 2025)
- Spectral and network investigation reveals distinct power and connectivity patterns between phasic and tonic REM sleep (May 2025)
Natalie A. Phillips
Natalie A. Phillips’ recent research links olfaction, episodic memory, mild cognitive impairment, and neuropsychology battery development.
Activity over the last year: 7 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- The predictive role of olfactory identification on episodic memory and mild cognitive impairment: Results from the CIMA-Q cohort (Sep 2025)
- The Comprehensive Assessment of Neurodegeneration and Dementia (COMPASS-ND) Study Neuropsychology Battery of the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA): Battery Development and Description (Nov 2025)
- Navigating Cognitive Screening and Service Delivery for Sensory Impairment in Occupational Therapy (Jul 2025)
Virginia B. Penhune
Virginia B. Penhune’s recent studies explore music, auditory-motor coupling, and cerebellar-cortical network organization.
Activity over the last year: 7 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- The pleasurable urge to move to music is unchanged in people with musical anhedonia (Jan 2025)
- Human Auditory–Motor Networks Show Frequency‐Specific Phase‐Based Coupling in Resting‐State MEG (Jan 2025)
- Patterns of Cerebellar–Cortical Structural Covariance Mirror Anatomical Connectivity of Sensorimotor and Cognitive Networks (Jan 2025)
Mickael L. D. Deroche
Mickael L. D. Deroche’s recent publications examine literacy outcomes in children with cochlear implants, pitch perception, and speech-related signal processing.
Activity over the last year: 6 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- The neural characteristics influencing literacy outcome in children with cochlear implants (Jan 2025)
- Use of a difference in fundamental frequency and spatial location beyond intelligibility purposes (Nov 2025)
- Psychophysical evidence of the harmonic cancellation process and its relationship to pitch sensitivity and voice segregation (Nov 2025)
What Concordia University's Neuroscience Community Is Working On
The most common subfield across the featured researchers is Cognitive Neuroscience, and that concentration is matched by recurring work in imaging, psychiatry, psychology, and neurology. Taken together, the recent publications suggest an active community focused on how brain networks support sleep, memory, perception, language, and clinical decision-making. Several researchers are also using cohort studies, neuroimaging, and electrophysiology to bridge basic mechanisms with aging, dementia, epilepsy, and sensory impairment.- Cognitive Neuroscience - seen across 8 of the featured researchers
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging - seen across 3 of the featured researchers
- Psychiatry and Mental health - seen across 3 of the featured researchers
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Neurology - seen across 1 of the featured researchers
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