Michelle McKerral, Ph.D., Neuropsychologist

Full Professor and Director, Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal;
Researcher, CRIR – Institut universitaire sur la réadaptation en déficience physique de Montréal (IURDPM), Lindsay pavilion, CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal

Phone: 514 343-6503

Email: michelle.mckerral@umontreal.ca

Education

B.Sc., Psychology, Université de Montréal, 1992
M.Ps., Clinical Psychology, Université de Montréal, 1996
Ph.D., Neuropsychology (Research and Intervention), Université de Montréal, 1998

Research interests

Functional study of the impact of traumatic brain injury using electrophysiological, brain imaging and neuropsychological methods

Laboratory

R³ LAB Brain Injury Research Laboratory

Selected publications

Cisneros, E., de Guise, E., Belleville, S., & McKerral, M. (In press 2021 (Online ahead of print)). A controlled clinical efficacy trial of multimodal cognitive rehabilitation on episodic memory functioning in older adults with traumatic brain injury. Annals of physical and rehabilitation medicine, 64(5), 101563. Advance online publication. [doi]

Guerrette, M. C., & McKerral, M. (2021). Validation of the Mayo-Portland Adaptability Inventory-4 (MPAI-4) and reference norms in a French-Canadian population with traumatic brain injury receiving rehabilitation. Disability and rehabilitation, 1–7. [doi]

Cisneros, E., Beauséjour, V., de Guise, E., Belleville, S., & McKerral, M.(In press 2021 (Online ahead of print)). The impact of multimodal cognitive rehabilitation on executive functions in older adults with traumatic brain injury. Annals of physical and rehabilitation medicine, 64(5), 101559. [doi]

Bass, A., Aubertin-Leheudre, M., Vincent, C., Karelis, A. D., Morin, S. N., McKerral, M., Duclos, C., & Gagnon, D. H. (2020). Effects of an Overground Walking Program With a Robotic Exoskeleton on Long-Term Manual Wheelchair Users With a Chronic Spinal Cord Injury: Protocol for a Self-Controlled Interventional Study. JMIR research protocols, 9(9), e19251. [doi]

Cisneros, E., Moreno, A., Léveillé, G., Charette, G., Guerrette, M. C., & McKerral, M. (2019). The Client’s Intervention Priorities (CIP)©: A person-centered tool to support goal setting during interdisciplinary neurorehabilitation. Cogent Psychology, 6(1), 1603614. [doi] OPEN ACCESS

Research orientation

Axis 1: Sensory, Motor and Cognitive Functions and Activities

Research topic

Theme 2: Physical and Cognitive Activities

Research Site

CRIR - Institut universitaire sur la réadaptation en déficience physique de Montréal (IURDPM), CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal