 Michael Boivin, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor, Neurology
Member, Core Faculty, International Neurological and
Psychiatric Epidemiology Program (INPEP)
Academic Appointments
- 2006-present: Associate Professor, Michigan State University,
Neurology
and Psychiatry
- 2006-present:
Core faculty, Michigan State
University, International Neurological and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Program
- 2006-present:
Core Faculty, Michigan State University, African Studies
Center
- 2006-present: Consulting Faculty, Michigan State
University, Faculty Women and International Development
- Center for the Study of Women and Gender
in
Global Perspective
- 1993-present: Adjunct Research
Investigator, Department of Psychiatry, University
of Michigan
- 1996-2006: Professor, Indiana
Wesleyan University, Psychology
- 1990-1996:
Professor, Spring Arbor University,
Psychology
- 1984-1990: Associate Professor,
Spring Arbor University,
Psychology
- 1980-1984: Assistant
Professor, Spring Arbor University,
Psychology
Postgraduate Training
-
1987-1988 Sabbatical support from Spring Arbor University for
Research and Training in Neuropsychology Assessment and PET-scan
Neuroimaging, Neuropsychology Section, as a visiting Associate
Professor to the Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan
Education
- 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
Expertise and Research Interests
A Fulbright senior research scholar to Democratic Republic of Congo
(formerly Zaire) in 1990-1991 and to Uganda and Kenya (2003-2004), as
well as a West African Research Association (WARA) Fellow to Senegal
in 1997, Dr. Boivin is presently serving a three-year terms with the
peer review committed for the Fulbright Senior Scholar program for East
Africa. He is also currently an Adjunct Research Investigator with the
Neuropsychology Program at the University of Michigan, and in addition
to his doctoral work in the experimental analysis of behavior; he has
an MPH from the University of Michigan in Public Health Policy and Administration.
At Michigan, Dr. Michael Boivin has co-authored dozens of studies and
abstracts pertaining to neurodegenerative disease, brain imaging, and
neuropsychology.
More recently, however, his focus has been on health factors influencing
the neuropsychological and cognitive ability development of children
in a variety of international settings, especially severe malaria and
HIV in sub-Sahara Africa. As part of his responsibilities with the MSU
International Neurological and Psychiatric Epidemiology Program (INPEP),
Dr. Boivin is presently involved in projects evaluating the neuropsychological
effects of cerebral malaria in Malawi and Uganda, and a pediatric HIV
project as a consultant to a project based in the Johns Hopkins University
School of Public Health HIV project in Rakai District, Uganda.
In addition to his neuropsychology research in the international public
health context, Dr. Boivin is also PI on a three-year study entitled "Breast
cancer disease and treatment: modeling the relationships among spiritual
and emotional well-being, quality of life, neuropsychological function,
and immunological resilience." The study is funded by a Templeton
Advanced Research Program Area 1 grant administered through the Metanexus
Institute.
Recent Funding Received
- Computerized Cognitive Rehabilitation in Children after Severe Malaria.
This study will evaluate the neuropsychological benefits of computerized cognitive rehabilitation therapy (CCRT) for Ugandan school children surviving severe malaria. 04/01/2011-03/31/2016 - Role: PI
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Toxicodietary and genetic determinants of susceptibility to neurodegeneration.
This study will evaluate cassava toxins and the occurrence of a motor system disease, known as konzo, in the DR Congo with field assays to evaluate the pathogenic mechanisms of cassava neurotoxicity on human motor and cognitive abilities. 04/01/2011-03/31/2016 - Role: Co-I
- Neuropsychological Benefits of Cognitive Training in Ugandan HIV Children.
This study will evaluate the neuropsychological benefits of computerized cognitive rehabilitation therapy (CCRT) for Ugandan school children with HIV. 04/01/2010 - 03/31/2013 - Role: PI
- Cognitive and psychosocial benefits of caregiver training in Ugandan HIV children.
The study evaluates the neurocognitive and psychosocial benefits of a one-year training program for the caregivers of HIV children and orphans in Uganda. 4/01/2008-3/30/2011 - Role: PI
- Pathogenesis of cognitive/neurologic deficits in central nervous system malaria (Uganda).
This study investigates the association of immunologic factors with neurocognitive sequelae in Ugandan children with severe malaria. 5/01/2008-4/30/2013 - Role: Co-I
- Anemia in pregnancy in Benin and impact on cognitive function in childhood
This project’s goal is to study the impact of anemia during pregnancy on childhood development in Benin, while building capacity in epidemiology in Benin. 03/01/2010 – 02/28/2012 - Role: Consultant
Recent Selected Publications
- 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, 24(5), 667–673. DOI: 10.1037/a0019312.
- 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
- Boivin, M.J. & Giordani, B. (2009). Neuropsychological assessment of African children: Evidence for a universal basis to cognitive ability. In J. Y. Chiao (ed.) Cultural neuroscience: Cultural influences on Brain Function. Progress in Brain Research Series: 78, 113-135. New York: Elsevier Publications
- Boivin, M.J., Green, S.D., Davies, A.G., Giordani, B., Mokili, J., & Cutting, W.A. (1995). A preliminary evaluation of the cognitive and motor effects of pediatric HIV infection in Zairian children. Health Psychology, 14, 13-21
- Bagenda, D., Nassali, A., Kalyesubula, I., Sherman, B., Drotar, D., Boivin, M.J., & Olness, K. (2006). Health, neurologic, and cognitive status of HIV-infected, long-surviving, and antiretroviral-naive Ugandan children. Pediatrics 117: 729-740
- Robertson, K., Liner, J., Hakim, J., Sankalé, J-L., Grant, I., Letendre, S., Clifford, D., Diop, A.G., Jaye, A., Kanmogne, G., Njamnshi, A., Langford, T.D., Weyessa, T.G., Wood, C., Banda, M., Hosseinipour, M., Sacktor, N., Nakasujja, N., Bangirana, P. Paul, R., Joska, J., Wong, J., Boivin, M., Holding, P., Kammerer, B., Van Rie, A., Ive, P., Nath, A., Lawler, K., Adebamowo, C., Royal III, W., & Joseph, J. on behalf of the NeuroAIDS in Africa Conference Participants. (2010). NeuroAIDS in Africa. Journal of Neurovirology, 16(3):189-202
- Robertson, K., Kopnisky, K, Mielke, J., Appiah, K., Hall, C., Price, R., Kumwenda, J., Kanyama, C., Amod, F., Marra, C., Taylor, T., Lalloo, U., Jelsma, J., Holding, P., Boivin, M., Birbeck, G., Nakasujja, N., Sanne, I., Parsons, T.D., Parente, A., Tucke, K., (2005). Assessment of NeuroAIDS in Africa Conference Participants (2005) Assessment of neuroAIDS in Africa. Journal of Neurovirology, 11 Suppl 1, 7-16
- Bangirana, P., Giordani, B., Opoka, R.O., John, C.C., & Boivin, M.J. (2009). Immediate neuropsychological and behavioral benefits of computerized cognitive rehabilitation in Ugandan pediatric cerebral malaria survivors. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 30(4), 310-318. PMID #19668094
- Bangirana, P., Idro, R., John, C. C., & Boivin, M. J. (2006). Rehabilitation for cognitive impairments following cerebral malaria in African children: strategies and limitations. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 11, 1341-1349
- Boivin, M.J., Gladstone, M.J., Vokhiwa, M., Birbeck, G.L., Magen, J.G., Page, C., Semrud-Clikeman, M., Kauye, F., Taylor, T.E. (2010). Developmental outcomes in Malawian children with retinopathy-confirmed cerebral malaria. Tropical Medicine & International Health, doi:10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02704
- Boivin, M.J. (2002). The effects of early cerebral malaria on the cognitive ability of Senegalese children. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 23, 353-364.
Boivin, M.J., Bangirana, P., Buarugaba, J., Opika-Opoka, R., Idro, R., Jurek, A.M., & John, C.C. (2007). Cognitive sequelae of cerebral malaria in children: a prospective study. Pediatrics, 119(2):e360-366. PMID #17224457
- John, C.C., Bangirana, P., Buarugaba, J., Opika-Opoka, R., Idro, R., Jurek, A.M., & Boivin, M.J. (2008). Cerebral malaria in children is associated with long-term cognitive impairment. Pediatrics 122, pp. e92-e99. PMID #18541616
- John C.C., Panoskaltsis-Mortari, A., Opoka, R.O., Park, G.S., Orchard, P.J., Jurek, A.M., Idro, R., Byarugaba, J., & Boivin, M.J. (2008). Cerebrospinal fluid cytokine levels and cognitive impairment in cerebral malaria. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 78(2), 2008, pp. 198-205. PMID #18256412
- Bangirana, P., Nakasujja, N., Giordani, B., Opoka, R.O., John, C. J., & Boivin, M. J. (2009). Psychometric properties of the Luganda version of the Child Behaviour Checklist in Ugandan children. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 3:38 doi:10.1186/1753-2000-3-38
Recent Honors and Awards Information
- 2005, Health Prize winner in 1st annual Science and Religion Contest, Science & Theology News, Essay on research project entitled "Responding as whole persons in the face of life-threatening disease: Emotional and spiritual well-being, quality of life, neuropsychological function, and immunological resilience."
- 2003-2004, Fulbright African Regional Research Award, Council for the International Exchange of Scholars and U.S. Dept. of State, Makerere University Kampala, Uganda, Recipient for the study of the neuropsychological effects of early cerebral malaria in children.
- 2001-1998, Fellow, John Templeton Oxford Seminar on Science and Christianity, John Templeton Foundation and the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities, Oxford University, Wycliffe Hall.
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