Tomas Paus
- Professeur titulaire
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Faculté de médecine - Département de psychiatrie et d’addictologie
- Professeur titulaire
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Faculté de médecine - Département de neurosciences
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Profile
Biography
Dr. Paus is Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at the University of Montreal, and Scientist at the Research Centre of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine.
During the first 20 years of his scientific pursuits, he worked on functional and structural organization of the human brain using a variety of approaches including studies of patients with brain lesions, functional and structural neuroimaging, and brain stimulation.
In the last 20 years, his work integrates epidemiology, neuroscience and genetics – through a new discipline of population neuroscience - in the pursuit of knowledge relevant for brain health. This research draws on data acquired in a number of cohorts based in North and South America and Europe.
The work published by Dr. Paus and his colleagues has been well received by peers, being cited in over 71,000 publications. In 2013, Springer published his book “Population Neuroscience”. Dr. Paus received the Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award, Gold Medal of the Masaryk University, is an elected member of the International Neuropsychology Symposium and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He serves as Associate Editor of the Human Brain Mapping and Social Neuroscience, and is a member of several Scientific Advisory Boards in Europe and North America.
Awards and recognitions
- The Royal Society of Canada - 2023
For more information…
- 11-04-2022 La vulnérabilité aux troubles mentaux débute avant la naissance
- 17-04-2023 Tomas Paus: la santé cérébrale des jeunes sous la loupe
- 05-09-2023 La Société royale du Canada compte trois nouveaux membres de l’UdeM dans ses rangs
- 01-11-2023 Sonder le cerveau déséquilibré des adolescents
- 01-11-2023 Neuroscientists uncover important thinning mechanism that affects how the brain matures in adolescence
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Digital Ethology: Human Behaviour in Geospatial Context
An edited collection that looks deeply at how humans transform their environments and how these environments, in turn, shape humans.
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Princiles and Advances in Population Neuroscience
Principles and Advances in Population Neuroscience is aimed at enhancing our understanding of forces that shape the human brain and, as such, contribute to inter-individual variations in cognitive abilities, behavior and mental health throughout the lifespan. This book builds on a monograph "Population Neuroscience" (published by Springer in 2013; ISBN: 978-3-642-36450-1), a recent book on “Digital Ethology: Human Behavior in Geospatial Context” (published by MIT Press in 2024; ISBN: 97802625
Affiliations and responsabilities
Research affiliations
Research units
Membre
- Centre de recherche Azrieli du CHU Sainte-Justine
- IVADO — Institut de valorisation des données
- OPES — Observatoire pour l'Éducation et la Santé des enfants
Affiliated institutions
- Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine (CHU Sainte-Justine)
Teaching and supervision
Teaching
Courses taught (current session only)
Programs
Projects
Research projects
Combining Space, Time, and cell types to decode and explain the effect sizes of rare genomic variants on cognition and psychopathology
Groupe de recherche sur l'inadaptation psychosociale chez l'enfant (GRIP). ( GRIPSYENF )
Social environment and functioning of adolescents born pre-term
Canabis and brain maturation: A population-based study
The Oslo—Toronto Alliance in Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition-Next years
La variété des voies personnelles de la santé physique et mentale de l'enfance à l'âge adulte
Outreach
Publications and presentations
Disciplines
- Neurosciences
- Psychiatry
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Genetics
- Developmental Pediatrics
Areas of expertise
- Growth Factors (Neurosciences)
- Cognitive Development in Children
- Population Genetics
- Cell Signaling (Neurosciences)
- Genetic Mapping
- Life Cycles ( Childhood, Adolescence, Adulthood, etc.)
- Infant / Child Development
- Mental Health and Psychopathology in Children and Youth
- Computer Databases
- Gene-Environment Interactions
- Biological Behavior