Michael J.L. Sullivan, Ph.D.

Academic background

• B.A., Psychologie (honneurs), Université McGill, 1981
• M.A., Psychologie clinique, Université Concordia, 1983
• Ph.D., Psychologie clinique, Université Concordia, 1988

Research focus

Area 1: Sensory, motor and cognitive functions and activities

Thematic research unit

Thematic Unit 1. Functional mechanisms

Research interests

• Psychologie de la douleur et des incapacités des personnes atteintes de lésions musculosquelettiques; rôle des facteurs psychologiques dans le développement des incapacités chroniques des personnes atteintes de lésions musculosquelettiques
• Programme de gestion de l'activité progressive (PGAP)
• Programme de prévention de la douleur et de l'incapacité prolongée (PDIP)

Publications

• Paré, C., Thibault, P., Côté, P., Pimentel, S., Shen, A., Yakobov, E. Sullivan, M.J.L. (2019). The relation between level of catastrophizing and mental health comorbidity in individuals with whiplash injuries. Clinical Journal of Pain, 35(11), 880-886. [doi]
• Elphinston, R.A., Thibault, P., Carriere, J.S., Rainville, P. Sullivan, M.J.L. (2018). Cross-sectional and prospective correlates of recovery expectancies in the rehabilitation of whiplash injury. Clinical Journal of Pain, 34(4), 306-312. [doi]
• Mankovsky-Arnold, T., Wideman, T.H., Thibault, P., Larivière, C., Rainville, P. Sullivan, M.J.L. (2017). Sensitivity to movement-evoked pain and multi-site pain are associated with work-disability following whiplash injury: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 27(3), 413-421. [doi]
• Sullivan, M.J.L., Adams, H., Thibault, P., Moore, E., Carriere, J.S. Larivière, C. (2017). Return to work helps maintain treatment gains in the rehabilitation of whiplash injury. Pain, 158(5), 980-987. [doi]
• Carriere, J.S., Thibault, P. Sullivan, M.J.L. (2015). The mediating role of recovery expectancies on the relation between depression and return-to-work. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 25(2), 348-356. [doi]
• – Autres publications