Roles
- Professor at the School of Speech-Pathology and Audiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal
- Researcher, and Lab Director, Research Center, Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal
- Deputy Vice-Principal Research, Université de Montréal
- Director of the Digital Health Consortium, Université de Montréal
- Co-Director, program Millénium Québécor, Université de Montréal
- Co-Director, Centre d’innovation de l’Université de Montréal
- Senior Administrator, Eastern Canada Pandemic Preparation Hub, Canadian Biomedical Research Fund
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4545 chemin Queen-Mary, Montréal
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Education
- 1971-1974 B.Sc. speech-language pathology/audiology – Université de Montréal
- 1974-1976 M.O.A. speech-language pathology/audiology – Université de Montréal
- 1976-1977 M.Sc. neurological sciences – Université de Montréal
- 1977-1980 Ph.D. neurological sciences – Université de Montréal
- 1980-1982 Post-doc traineeship, ÉHÉSS & Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille, France
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Research Interests
- Knowledge transfer and clinical tools creation
- fMRI and behavioural studies on aging and the impact of lesion to the right hemisphere to communication skills (word processing semantics, discourse and pragmatics) and it’s clinical implications (evaluation and management)
- Heterogeneity of cognitive manifestations in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia
- Mechanisms of aging and cognitive impairment in the elderly
- Neurofunctional reorganization that allows the maintenance of communication skills with age
- Effects of lesions to the right hemisphere of the brain on abilities as well as cognitive impairment in Alzheimer’s disease
- Other collaborations : neglect, spatial orientation, recovery from aphasia, pragmatic disorders in autism and schizophrenia
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Communication and aging 