Michael Boivin

Biography

 Education and Professional Positions:  M.P.H., University of Michigan, Public Health Policy and Administration 1994 Ph.D., Western Michigan University, Experimental Analysis of Behavior 1980 M.A., Western Michigan University, Experimental Analysis of Behavior 1978 B.A., Spring Arbor College, Psychology 1976 Selected Publications:  Boivin, M.J., Okitundu, D., Makila-Mabe, B., Sombo, M-T., Mumba, D., Tylleskar, T., Page, C., Tamfum-Muyembe, J-J., & Tshala-Katumbay, D. (2013). Neuropsychological effects of konzo: a neuromotor disorder associated with cassava. Pediatrics, in press. (IF = 5.44). Boivin, M.J., Bangirana, P., Nakasujja, N., Page, C., Shohet, C., Givon, D., Bass, J., Opoka, R.O., & Klein, P. (2013). A year-long caregiver training program to improve neurocognition in preschool Ugandan children affected by HIV. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, in press. (IF = 2.14). Bangirana P., Menk J., John C.C., Boivin M.J., & Hodges J.S. (2013). The association between cognition and academic performance in Ugandan children surviving malaria with neurological involvement. PLoS One, in press. (IF = 5.68) Postels, D.G., Chimalizeni, Y.F., Mallewa, M., Boivin, M.J., & Seydel, K.B. (2013). Pediatric cerebral malaria: a scourge of Africa. Future Neurology, 8(1), 67–85. (IF = 2.46) Tshala-Katumbay, D., Mumba, D., Okitundu, D., Kazadi, K., Banea, M., Tylleskar, T., Boivin, M.J., & Tamfum-Muyembe, J-J. (2013) Cassava food toxins, konzo disease and neurodegeneration in sub-Sahara Africans. Neurology, in press. (IF = 8.31). Joseph, J., Achim, C., Boivin, M., Brew, B., Clifford, D., Colosi, D., Ellis, R., Heaton, R., Gallo-Diop, G., Grant, I., Kanmogne, G., Kumar, K., Letendre, S., Marcotte, T., Nath, A., Pardo, C., Paul, R., Pulliam, L., Robertson, K., Royal, W., Sacktor, N., Sithinamsuwan, P., Smith, D., Valcour, V., Wigdahl, B., Wood, C., & Rausch, D., (2013). Global NeuroAIDS Roundtable. Journal of Neurovirology, in press. (IF = 2.31). Bergemann, T.L., Bangirana, P., Boivin, M.J., Connett, J.E., Giordani, B.J., & John, C.C. (2012). Statistical approaches to assess the effects of disease on neurocognitive function over time. Journal of Biometrics and Biostatistics, S7:016. doi:10.4172/2155-6180.S7-016. (IF = 1.50). Ruel, T.D., Boivin, M.J., Boal, H.E., Bangirana, P., Charlebois, E., Havlir, D.V., Rosenthal, P.J., Dorsey, G., Achan, J., Akello, C., Kamya, M.R., & Wong, J.K. (2012). Impairment of neurocognitive and motor function in HIV-infected Ugandan children with high CD4 Counts. Clinical Infectious Disease; doi: 10.1093/cid/cir1037. (IF = 8.19). Bangirana, P., Allebeck, P., Boivin, M.J., John, C.C., Page, C., Ehnvall, A., & Musisi, S. (2011). Cognitive rehabilitation in Ugandan children after severe malaria: effects on cognition, academic achievement and behaviour. BMC Neurology, 11:96. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2377/11/96.* (IF = 2.80). Bangirana, P., Musisi, S., Boivin, M.J., Ehnvall, A., John, C.C., Bergemann, T.L., & Allebeck, P. (2011). Malaria with neurological involvement in Ugandan children: effect on cognitive ability, academic achievement and behaviour. Malaria Journal 10:334; http://www.malariajournal.com/content/10/1/334.* (IF = 3.49). Boivin, M.J., Gladstone, M.J., Vokhiwa, M., Birbeck, G.L., Magen, J.G., Page, C., Semrud-Clikeman, M., Kauye, F., & Taylor, T.E. (2011). Developmental outcomes in Malawian children with retinopathy-confirmed cerebral malaria. Tropical Medicine & International Health, Mar;16(3):263-271. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02704.x. Epub 2010 Dec 8. * (IF=2.33) Blow, A., Swiecicki, P., Haan, P., Osuch, J., Symonds, L., Smith, S., Walsh, K., & Boivin, M. (2011). From an out of the blue diagnosis to acceptance/peace: the emotional journey of women experiencing a breast abnormality. Qualitative Health Research, 21. 10 (Oct 2011): 1316-1334.* (IF = 1.66) Boivin, M.J., Ruel, T.D., Boal, H.E., Bangirana, P., Cao, H., Eller, L-A., Charlebois, E., Havlir, D.V., Kamya, M.R., Achan, J., Akello, C., & Wong, J.K. (2010). HIV Subtype A is associated with poorer neuropsychological performance compared to subtype D in ART-naïve Ugandan children. AIDS. 24(8):1163-1170, May 15, 2010.* (IF = 5.84) Boivin, M.J., Busman, R.A., Parikh, S.M., Bangirana, P., Page, C.F., Opoka, R.O., & Giordani, B. (2010). A pilot study of the neuropsychological benefits of computerized cognitive rehabilitation in Ugandan children with HIV. Neuropsychology, Vol. 24(5), 667–673.* (IF = 2.99) Boivin, M.J., Ryan, K.A., , Aldridge, K.A., & Giordani, B. (2011). Transfer-of-learning effect with the Tactual Performance Test using familiar and unfamiliar shapes with American, Lao, and Senegalese Children. Developmental Neuropsychology, 36:1 (in press).* (IF = 1.96) Boivin, M.J., Bangirana, P., & Smith, R.C. (2010). The relationship between visual-spatial and auditory-verbal working memory span in Senegalese and Ugandan children. PLoS ONE, 5(1):e8914. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008914.* (IF = 5.68)

Research Interest

 Education and Professional Positions:  M.P.H., University of Michigan, Public Health Policy and Administration 1994 Ph.D., Western Michigan University, Experimental Analysis of Behavior 1980 M.A., Western Michigan University, Experimental Analysis of Behavior 1978 B.A., Spring Arbor College, Psychology 1976