 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
- Templeton Advanced Research Program (TARP): Breast
cancer disease and treatment: Modeling the relationships
among spiritual and emotional well-being, quality
of life, neuropsychological function, and immunological
resilience., $999,979, from 2006 to 2009
- Multilateral Initiatives on Malaria (MIMCOM): Multilateral
Initiatives on Malaria (MIMCOM) Internet Access Award.,
$20,000, 2005
- NIH Fogarty R21 award (Grant TW06794-01) (John,
Chandy: PI) Brain Injury Across the Lifespan in the
Developing World: Neurological and Neuropsychological
Sequelae of Cerebral Malaria, $267,000, from 2003
to 2006
Recent Selected Publications
- Boivin MJ (2006) Community development, health,
and neuropsychology of African Children. In Sarr
A, Makward E, Fofana T, Frederick C (eds), The
Histories, Languages, and Cultures of West Africa.
Lewisten NY: Edwin Mellen Press.
- Boivin MJ, Bangirana P, Opika-Opoka O, Idro R,
Jurek AM, John CC (2006) Cognitive sequelae of cerebral
malaria in children: a prospective study, Pediatrics,
in press.
- Bangirana P, Idro R, John CC, Boivin MJ (2006)
Rehabilitation for Cognitive impairments following
Cerebral Malaria in African Children: Strategies
and limitations, Tropical Medicine and International
Health, 11:1341-1349.
- John CC, Opoka O, Idro R, Boivin MJ (2006) Low
RANTES levels are associated with mortality in children
with cerebral malaria, Journal of Infectious Diseases,
194: 837-845.
- 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.
- Boivin
MJ (Oct 2002) Effects of early
cerebral malaria on cognitive ability in Senegalese children, Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
: Journal of Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics, 23(5): 353-64.
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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