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Catherine Mercier, erg., Ph.D.

Regular researcher

  • Full professor, Faculté de médecine, Département de réadaptation, Programme d'ergothérapie / Université Laval
  • FRQ-S Research Fellow
  • Research Chair on Cerebral Palsy at Université Laval
  • Scientific Director of the CIRRIS


(418) 529 9141 ext 6701
catherine.mercier@rea.ulaval.ca

Occupational Therapist, her research focuses on sensorymotor functions and pain in a variety of clinical populations in rehabilitation (cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, stroke, amputation, chronic pain, etc.). Her laboratory works on the development of rehabilitation interventions and on the underestanding of underlying neurophysiological mechanisms to help technologies such as non-invalise brain stimulation, electrophysiology, virtual reality and robotics.

Keywords

neurorehabilitation, pain, sensorimotor integration, upper limb, brain stimulation, virtual reality, robotics

University education

  • Études post-doctorales en neurosciences, Institut des sciences cognitives (CNRS), France, 2005

  • Doctorat en sciences biomédicales (option réadaptation), Université de Montréal, Canada, 2003

  • Maîtrise en sciences biomédicales (option réadaptation), Université de Montréal, Canada, 2000

  • Baccalauréat en ergothérapie, Université de Montréal, Canada, 1997

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