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IPBIS Board Members
Dr Mathilde Chevignard is a Medical Doctor specialising in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She has been working in the field of childhood acquired brain injury for over 15 years, in a Rehabilitation Department devoted to Children and Adolescents with Acquired Neurological Injury, and in an Outreach team devoted to children, adolescents and young adults who sustained Acquired Brain Injury, in the Saint Maurice Hospital in the Paris area, France
Dr. Rajendra Prasad – more information to be added
Linda Ewing-Cobbs, Ph.D. is a Professor of Pediatrics and the Harriet and Joe Foster Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience in the Children’s Learning Institute and Department of Pediatrics at the McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA.
Sandra obtained her Physical Therapist B.Sc. in 1989 and her Medical Degree in 1996 at the University of Udine (IT). In 2002, she specialized in Neurology at the University of Milan (IT). Since 2001 she has been working at the Scientific Institute Eugenio Medea, Bosisio Parini, LC, Italy.
Leigh Schrieff is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cape Town, in South Africa. She is a registered neuropsychologist in South Africa. She researches and teaches in the area of paediatric neuropsychology, primarily in traumatic brain injury (her area of expertise and the focus of her PhD research) and more recently on the neuropsychology of HIV infection in children. She convenes the Honours in Psychology program in her department and alongside that supervises and teaches on the paediatric component of the Masters in Clinical Neuropsychology in her department. She has supervised a number of postgraduate students (from honours to doctoral level) to date in the above-mentioned fields. Besides research experience, she has a great deal of clinical experience in the field of paediatric neuropsychology more generally. Most of her publications to date have been in the area of paediatric traumatic brain injury. She has also presented her own and some of her students’ work, either alongside them or on their behalf, at various national and international conferences.
Miriam Beauchamp, PhD is Full Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Montreal and Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Centre where she leads the ABCs developmental neuropsychology laboratory. She holds the Canada Research Chair in Paediatric Traumatic Brain Injury. In 2017, she was recognized as Quebec’s most promising early career researcher (Prix du Québec – Relève scientifique). She was awarded early career awards from both the International Neuropsychological Society (2015) and the International Brain Injury Association (2019), and was inducted to the College of New Scholars of the Royal Society of Canada in November 2019. Her work has been featured in over 125 publications.
I am a practicing Clinical Psychologist specialising in paediatric neuropsychology and Senior Lecturer engaged in brain injury research and teaching. Since my PhD and clinical training I have worked in both inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services for young people with moderate to severe acquired brain injury. My research and clinical interests include cognitive rehabilitation, trajectories of development, multi-disciplinary team approaches to post-acute brain injury rehabilitation, and the practice of paediatric neuropsychology. I am particularly interested in support for learning in the educational context for children and young people with acquired brain injury.
Dr. Frederike van Markus-Doornbosch is a physiatrist specializing in pediatric rehabilitation medicine at Basalt Rehabilitation in The Hague, The Netherlands. She has been working with children and young adults with acquired brain injury for 15 years. In 2014 she initiated a new outpatient clinic for adolescents aged 14 to 25 years with specific attention for the long-term effects of pediatric brain injury and the transition to adulthood including vocational assessment, increasing social skills and physical activity.
Kimberly Davis, PhD, ABPP is an Assistant Professor in the Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), Department of Pediatrics, Division of Psychology and a Board Certified Neuropsychologist at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas. Dr. Davis is the Attending Neuropsychologist on the Texas Children’s Hospital Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit where she provides comprehensive assessment, consultation, and family education for children, adolescents, and young adults with recently acquired brain injury. She has also established clinical services and pre-doctoral/postdoctoral training curricula for inpatient neuropsychological consultation and outpatient pediatric cognitive rehabilitation. Beyond her work as a clinician-educator, Dr. Davis leads a number of intraprofessional collaborations aiming to enhance care for youth with acquired brain injury. In addition to her role as Board Member for the International Pediatric Brain Injury Society (IPBIS), she also serves as the Vice President of the Pediatric Rehabilitation Neuropsychology Collaborative (PRNC), sits on the board of the International Neuropsychological Society Brain Injury Special Interest Group, and contributes to workgroups through the International Pediatric Rehabilitation Collaborative (IPRC) and American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM). Dr. Davis’ research interests have centered on long-term outcomes of pediatric acquired brain injury, cognitive rehabilitation in pediatric brain conditions, and the role of neuropsychology in acute brain injury recovery.
Brenda Eagan-Johnson, EdD, CBIS-AP has worked in the field of pediatric brain injury for over two decades. She is the State Director for Pennsylvania’s BrainSTEPS Brain Injury School Consulting Program, which is a nationally recognized model. She also serves as a consultant for a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) funded study related to BrainSTEPS student outcomes. The Colorado Department of Education adopted the BrainSTEPS model in 2016. Spearheading development and creation of PA’s Return to Learn Concussion Management Team Model, she has trained over 3,000+ school-based teams in PA and CO.
IPBIS is currently seeking new member applicants to join our Board of Directors
IPBIS seeks diversity of professions and a range of experience working in the field of brain injury among children and young people for representation on our Board. Board members are expected to contribute constructively to board activities and will have previously participated in IPBIS events. We particularly welcome applications from people working in countries not currently represented on our Board. If you believe you can offer experience which would be valuable to IPBIS please complete the application form below and attach a copy of your current CV. Send the completed form to: hello @ ipbis.org marked ‘Board Application’.
When a vacancy occurs, IPBIS has a Nominations Committee which considers all applications on the criteria below:
- Experience in child brain injury/rehabilitation from clinical and/or research perspective
- Previous participation with IPBIS e.g. attended meetings
- Other experience which would be valuable to the board
- Commitment to evidence base
- Commitment to clinical best practice
- Capacity to contribute constructively to board activities
- Represents a country not on board
- Represents diversity of profession
All applications considered suitable will be submitted to the current board members for a voting process. You will be advised of the outcome of your application in due course.
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