Alan C. Evans, Ph.D.

Professor, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University

SFARI Investigator Website

Alan C. Evans’s laboratory (ACELab) was established in 1984, when he moved to the Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill University. The laboratory has made pioneering contributions to multimodal brain imaging with positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), image processing and large-scale brain database analysis as well as cutting edge 3-D computer imaging techniques. Evans continues to foster a research and training environment to use these methods to address long-standing questions about brain development and neurodegenerative diseases.

Funded Projects

Electroencephalography and eye-tracking measures as scalable biomarker-based predictors of ASD in high-risk infants

Awarded: 2019
Award Type: Director

SFARI Funded Publications

Mutations associated with neuropsychiatric conditions delineate functional brain connectivity dimensions contributing to autism and schizophrenia. Moreau C., Urchs S., Kuldeep K., Orban P., Schramm C., Dumas G., Labbe A., Huguet G., Douard E., Quirion P.-O., Lin A., Kushan L., Grot S., Luck D., Mendrek A., Potvin S., Stip E., Bourgeron T., Evans A. C., Bearden C., Bellec P., Jacquemont S.

Walking, gross motor development and brain functional connectivity in infants and toddlers. Marrus N., Eggebrecht A.T., Todorov A., Elison J., Wolff J.J., Cole L., Gao W., Pandey J., Shen M.D., Swanson M.R., Emerson R.W., Klohr C.L., Adams C.M., Estes A.M., Zwaigenbaum L., Botteron K., McKinstry R.C., Constantino J., Evans A. C., Hazlett H., Dager S., Paterson S.J., Schultz R., Styner M.A., Gerig G., IBIS Network, Schlaggar B., Piven J., Pruett J.R., Jr.

Increased extra-axial cerebrospinal fluid in high-risk infants who later develop autism. Shen M.D., Kim S.H., McKinstry R.C., Gu H., Hazlett H., Nordahl C.W., Emerson R.W., Shaw D., Elison J., Swanson M.R., Fonov V.S., Gerig G., Dager S., Botteron K., Paterson S., Schultz R., Evans A. C., Estes A.M., Zwaigenbaum L., Styner M.A., Amaral D., Piven J., Infant Brain Imaging Study Network.