Dr. Simon Beaulieu-Bonneau is an assistant professor in clinical neuropsychology at Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada, and researcher at the Cirris, a rehabilitation research center. His research program focuses on cognitive deficits and functional outcomes (e.g., return to work, driving) in adults with acquired brain injury, especially traumatic brain injury and stroke. His research interests also include the use of technology in neuropsychology (i.e., mobile technology, virtual reality, telehealth) and the management of fatigue and sleep in rehabilitation clinical populations. A licensed psychologist/neuropsychologist in the province of Québec, Canada, he is also involved in the training and supervision of doctoral students in clinical neuropsychology. He completed his PhD in clinical psychology in 2012 (Université Laval), including a predoctoral internship in clinical neuropsychology at Baycrest, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Occupational therapist by training, her research interests focus on the organizational and other determinants of the mobilization of knowledge in neurotraumatology to facilitate change and improvement in rehabilitation practice. Program and intervention evaluation and different service organization models are also issues of interest in her research program.

Laurence Trepanier obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Cognitive Neuroscience, with a specialization in neuropsychology, in 2023 from the University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Psychology—Research and Intervention (Ph.D. R/I), with a specialization in Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Montreal, under the supervision of Dr. Elaine de Guise, a neuropsychologist. She is also a student member of the Centre of Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal (CRIR). Her research primarily focuses on traumatic brain injury, a subject she is further exploring in her doctoral thesis, thereby deepening her knowledge in the clinical application of neuropsychology. She has co-authored articles published in peer-reviewed scientific journals such as Brain Injury and Frontiers in Psychiatry, and has presented her research at several congresses.

Michelle McKerral, Ph.D. is a Clinical Neuropsychologist and Full Professor in the Department of Psychology at Université de Montréal. She has been the Department’s Chair since 2018 and was previously Associate Dean of Undergraduate and Graduate Studies at the Faculty or Arts and Sciences from 2012 to 2017. Dr. McKerral was also Director of the Ph.D. Program in Clinical Neuropsychology from 2007 to 2011. She has been a researcher at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal (CRIR) since 2001, where she was a Scientific Site Director from 2012 to 2016. She is also affiliated to CerebrUM and CIRCA, two scientific groups at Université de Montréal that respectively promote research and training in cognitive and computational neuroscience and neuropsychology, and on the brain and learning. Dr. McKerral has been doing funded research work with individuals with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) for over 25 years in a multisite interdisciplinary social and vocational rehabilitation context, as well as within the community. Her main research objectives are: (1) to gain a better understanding of the complex determinants of recovery of cerebral function and global outcome after a TBI, including mild TBI; and (2) to obtain data on rehabilitation interventions for TBI to promote evidenced-based clinical practice for brain-injured individuals. More specifically, Dr. McKerral’s research focuses on enhancing TBI rehabilitation effectiveness (i.e., implementation of evidenced-based cognitive and interdisciplinary interventions and systematic outcome measurement), and monitoring recovery of cognitive function and social participation during rehabilitation and in the following years (i.e., use of mixed outcome measures: neuropsychological, brain imaging, outcomes reported by clinicians, patients, caregivers), in order to positively influence the short- and long-term outcomes of persons living with a TBI (e.g. social participation and return to work, quality of life).

Michelle McKerral, Ph.D. is a Clinical Neuropsychologist and Full Professor in the Department of Psychology at Université de Montréal. She has been the Department’s Chair since 2018 and was previously Associate Dean of Undergraduate and Graduate Studies at the Faculty or Arts and Sciences from 2012 to 2017. Dr. McKerral was also Director of the Ph.D. Program in Clinical Neuropsychology from 2007 to 2011. She has been a researcher at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal (CRIR) since 2001, where she was a Scientific Site Director from 2012 to 2016. She is also affiliated to CerebrUM and CIRCA, two scientific groups at Université de Montréal that respectively promote research and training in cognitive and computational neuroscience and neuropsychology, and on the brain and learning. Dr. McKerral has been doing funded research work with individuals with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) for over 25 years in a multisite interdisciplinary social and vocational rehabilitation context, as well as within the community. Her main research objectives are: (1) to gain a better understanding of the complex determinants of recovery of cerebral function and global outcome after a TBI, including mild TBI; and (2) to obtain data on rehabilitation interventions for TBI to promote evidenced-based clinical practice for brain-injured individuals. More specifically, Dr. McKerral’s research focuses on enhancing TBI rehabilitation effectiveness (i.e., implementation of evidenced-based cognitive and interdisciplinary interventions and systematic outcome measurement), and monitoring recovery of cognitive function and social participation during rehabilitation and in the following years (i.e., use of mixed outcome measures: neuropsychological, brain imaging, outcomes reported by clinicians, patients, caregivers), in order to positively influence the short- and long-term outcomes of persons living with a TBI (e.g. social participation and return to work, quality of life).