Publications
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Huc, M., Jouzizadeh, M., Bush, K., Lui, K., McQuaid, R.J., Jaworska, N. (2026). Electrocortical correlates of facial expression processing: Assessing associations with stress, loneliness and exploring sex and hormone interactions. Journal of affective disorders, 121473. (Advance online publication).
Jarkas, D.A., Premji, S.S., Lalani, S., Nausheen, S., Babar, N., Ghani, F., Islam, N., Letourneau, N., Forcheh, N., Maternal-infant Global Health Team (MiGHT), McQuaid, R.J. (2026). Mental Health Symptom Clusters and Network Changes Over the Course of Pregnancy: Links to Biomarkers of Allostatic Load. Brain Behavior & Immunity (Advance online publication).
Huc, M., Nikolic, J., Power, L., McQuaid, R.J., Jaworska, N. (2026). Oxytocin, Sex Hormones and Brain Activity in Facial Expression Processing: A Sex-Based Systematic Review. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 184, 106610.
Villeneuve, A.H., Daneshmend, A., Jarkas, D.A., McQuaid, R.J. (2025). Hormonal Contraceptive Use and Type Matter: Distinct Cortisol Patterns and Cortisol-Mood Relations. Neuroscience, 585, 158–169. - Editor's Choice ‘Must Reads’ for 2025
Daneshmend, A.Z.B†., Sherratt, F†., Ethier-Gagnon, M., Jarkas, D., McQuaid, R.J. (2025). Types and timing of Childhood Trauma and their Relationships to Symptoms of Depression, Suicidal Ideation and Anxiety among Canadian University Students. Journal of Interpersonal Violence (In Press).
Jude, S.M.†, Konwar, C.†, McQuaid, R.J., Ghani, F., Islam, N., Lalani, S., Merrill, S.M., Fatima, F., MacIsaac, J.L., Ntohghansaw, F., Kobor, M.S., Premji, S.S. Maternal-infant Global Health Team (MiGHT; 2025). Distinct maternal DNA methylation associations with gestational age at early and mid-late pregnancy: Evaluation of biological, genetic and psychosocial contributors. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 25(1), 1062.
Prowse, R.K.M., Aubin, K., Gabrys, R., Abizaid, A., McQuaid, R.J., Patterson, Z., Villeneuve, P.J., Hellemans, K.G.C. (2025). Hazardous cannabis use among university students: Understanding differences in modes, patterns and motivations related to use. Canadian Journal of Addiction, 16(3):13-26.
Jarkas, D.A., Robillard, R., Malenfant, C.-R., Richards, C., Lanthier, M., Beaurepaire, C. Nicholson, A., Jaworska, N., Cassidy, C.M., Shlik, J., Kaminsky, Z., McQuaid, R.J. (2025). Exploring the dissociative subtype of PTSD: The role of early-life trauma, cortisol, and inflammatory profiles. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 175:107406.
Epp, T., Gardner, G., McQuaid, R.J., Atif, S., DeMoor, C., Hellemans, K. (2025). Mental Health, Substance Use, and Stigmatization: A Comparison of Canadian University Students Who Abstain from or Consume Alcohol. Current Research in Behavioral Sciences, 8:100172.
Kaminsky, Z., McQuaid, R.J., Hellemans, K., Patterson, Z.R., Saad, M., Gabrys, R.L., Kendzerska, K., Abizaid, A., Edwards, J., Quilty, L., Robillard, R. (2024). Machine Learning-Based Suicide Risk Prediction Model for Suicidal Trajectory on Social Media Following Suicidal Mentions: Independent Algorithm Validation. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 26:e49927.
Jarkas, D.A., Villeneuve, A.H., Daneshmend, A.Z.B., Villeneuve, P.J., McQuaid, R.J., (2024). Sex differences in the inflammation-depression link: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 121: 257-268.