Dr. Yves Joanette
PhD, Vice-rector, research, Université de Montréal, Director of Consortium in Digital Health, Université de Montréal, Researcher, Center of Research, Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, Professor, School of Speech-Pathology and Audiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Accredited professor at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Université de Montréal, Accredited professor at the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal
After a PhD in neurosciences (1980; UofM), Dr. Joanette completed a post-doctoral training in neuropsychology and behavioral neurology in Marseilles (CHU Timone and EHESS). He thereafter became a CIHR Scholar (1982-1987) and Scientist (1987-92). He chaired the Speech Pathology and Audiology department from 1992-97 after which he became Scientific Director of the CRIUGM (1997-2009). He is currently full professor at the faculty of medicine of the University of Montreal and a CRIUGM researcher since 1982.
Dr. Joanette’s research interests include behavioral and fMRI studies of aging and the impact of a right hemisphere lesion on communicative abilities (semantic processing of words, narrative discourse, pragmatic abilities), and its clinical implications (evaluation and rehabilitation); heterogeneity of cognitive impairments in mild cognitive impairments and dementia; collaborations on other topics: neglect, wayfinding, recovery of aphasia, pragmatic abilities in autism and schizophrenia.