Education

• 1976: PhD, Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
• 1974: MA, Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
• 1969: Ontario High School Teaching Certificate,
• 1967: B.A., Philosophy, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
• 1967: BPh, St. Paul's University, Ottawa, Canada

Academic Appointments

• 2010–Present: Senior Scientist, Rotman Research Institute
• 2001–2008: Reva James Leeds Chair in Neuroscience and Research Leadership, Baycrest
• 2008–2009: Vice President of Research, Baycrest, Toronto, Canada
• 2006–2008: Vice President of Research and Academic Education, Baycrest, Toronto, Canada
• 2005–Present: Associate Scientist, Discipline of Imaging in the Program of Neuroscience, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
• 2005: Visiting Professor, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
• 1999: Visiting Professor, School of Behavioural Science, Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
• 1998–2004: Vice-President of Research, Baycrest, Toronto, Canada (Resigned - Spring 2004)
• 1997–Present: Professor, Graduate Dept. of Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
• 1994: President, International Neuropsychological Society
• 1993–2005: Status-only appointment, Research Program in Aging, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada
• 1991–1996: Vice-President of Research, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Toronto, Canada
• 1989–Present: Faculty, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto
• 1989–Present: University Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Science; Department of Medicine (Neurology), Faculty of Medicine; Centre for Studies of Aging, University of Toronto
• 1989–2008: Founding Director (1989-2008), Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest
• 1988: Director, Department of Psychology, Ottawa General Hospital, Ottawa, Canada
• 1986–1989: Chairperson (re-elected 1987), Section 23 - Clinical Neuropsychology, Canadian Psychological Association, Canada
• 1986–1988: Research Director, Neurodiagnostic Memory Disorder Clinic, Ottawa General Hospital, Ottawa, Canada
• 1985–1986: Chairperson, Research Committee, Ontario Mental Health Foundation, Canada
• 1980–1988: Coordinator, Neuropsychology Service, Ottawa General Hospital, Ottawa, Canada
• 1979–1986: Visiting Professor, Department of Neurology, University of California at Los Angeles, Westwood, USA
• 1979–1982: Vice-President, Ottawa Neuroscience Society, Ottawa, Canada
• 1978–1989: Clinical Neuropsychologist, Ottawa General Hospital, Ottawa, Canada
• 1978–1983: Professor, School of Medicine (Neurology), Faculty of Health Sciences; School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences (cross-appointment), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
• 1977–1978: Research Associate, Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston VA Medical Center, Boston, USA
• 1976–1978: Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Medicine, Psychology Research, Boston University, Aphasia Research Center and Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center, Boston, USA

Professional Affiliations

• 1997–Present: American Association for the Advancement of Science
• 1996–Present: Cognitive Neuroscience Society
• 1994–Present: Society for Neuroscience
• 1990–Present: American Heart Association
• 1990–Present: American Psychological Society
• 1980–Present: Canadian Neurological Society
• 1979–Present: Canadian Psychological Association
• 1975–Present: International Neuropsychological Society
• 1974–2010: American Psychological Association
• 1989–2004: Founding and Inaugural Member, Memory Disorders Research Society
• 1984–2003: Academy of Aphasia

Research Groups

• 2002–2009: Christina Gojmerac, PhD, The role of prefrontal cortex in emotion related processing and action
• 2004–2009: Katherine Krpan, PhD, Targeting maladaptive coping in the rehabilitation of executive function following mild stroke and traumatic brain injury
• 2007–2009: Antonino Vallesi, Postdoc Fellow, Fractionation of different attentional processes within prefrontal cortex in young and elderly adults: fMRI and ERP investigation; possible applications in monitoring recovery of stroke patients
• 2004–2007: Thomas Schweizer, Postdoc Fellow, Neuroanatomical and functional specificity of the cerebellum; Frontal-cerebellar connectivity and involvement in attentional processing; Effects of focal attentional rehabilitation following frontal and cerebellar stroke
• 2000–2005: Darlene Floden, PhD, Cognitive and affective bases of impulsivity following frontal lobe damage
• 2001–2005: Chris Bassel, PhD, Dissociation of selective attention
• 2004–2005: Shayna Rosenbaum, Postdoc Fellow, Integration of emotional and cognitive processing in the frontal lobes
• 2003–2005: Le-anh Ngo, MSc, Enhancement of Cognitive Processing Capacity in Healthy Young Adults Through Brief and Intensive Cognitive Stimulation: Implications for Neurorehabilitation (Secondary)
• 2003–2004: Peter Soros, Postdoc Fellow
• 2003–2004: Katherine Krpan, MSc, Executive function and coping at 1-year post traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• 2002: Christina Gojmerac, MA, Perception of emotional facial expressions elicit approach and withdrawal behaviour
• 1998–2002: Heather Palmer, Postdoc Fellow
• 1999: Darlene Floden, MA, Age differences in rate of forgetting
• 1999: Deirdre Dawson, PhD, The determinants and correlates of outcome following traumatic brain injury: A prospective study
• 1996–1999: Kelly Murphy, Postdoc Fellow
• 1998–1999: B Christensen, Postdoc Fellow
• 1997: Prathiba Shammi, PhD, Humor in brain-damaged patients and neurologically intact young and old people
• 1993–1996: Brian Levine, Postdoc Fellow
• 1991–1994: C Szostak, Postdoc Fellow
• 1994: Ross Hetherington, PhD, The influence of temporal structure on attention
• 1994: C Gow, PhD, Source amnesia in patients with frontal lobe damage (brain)
• 1992: M Desrochers, MA (Secondary )
• 1992: P Groff, MA, An analysis of the Tower of Toronto for procedural and cognitive components (Secondary )
• 1990–1992: G Eskes, Postdoc Fellow
• 1990–1992: J Foster, Postdoc Fellow
• 1992: Prathiba Shammi, MA, Variability of performance in aging
• 1990: CL Della Malva, PhD, Sequencing in frontal lobe patients
• 1989: A Carruthers, B Med Sci
• 1988: I Peterkin, B Med Sci
• 1987: G Lafleche, PhD, A comparative study of memory retrieval and scanning speed in Parkinson's disease and senile dementia of the Alzheimer type: Implications for the concept of fronto-subcoritcal syndrome
• 1982: M Delisle, MA, Event-related potentials associated with feedback in a concept formation task

Reviewership

Committee

• 2008–2009: Task Force on Relations with Industry and the Private Sector (TRIPS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto (Member)
• 2004–2009: Toronto Academic Health Sciences Network (TAHSN) (Member)
• 2005–2009: External Advisory Board, Brain Rehabilitation Research Center, Veterans Administration, Rehabilitation Research, and Development Center of Excellence, Gainsville, Florida (Member)
• 2004–2009: Science Advisory Council, NeuroScience Canada (Member)
• 2001–2009: Foundation IPSEN Jury, Jean-Louis Signoret Prize (Member)
• 2006–2008: DSM-V Consensus Group, Apathy Subsection (Member)
• 2007: Killam Research Fellowship, Canada Council for the Arts (Reviewer)
• 2007: Canada Research Chairs Review Committee (Reviewer)
• 2007: Review Panel of the International Neuropsychological Society Executive Director and Office (Member)
• 2006–2007: Search Committee for the Director of the University of Toronto Centre for Neurosciences (UTCN) (Member)
• 2003–2007: Advisory Board, National Institutes of Health NCMRR/NICHD TBI Clinical Trials Network (Member)
• 2002–2007: International Neuropsychological Society Awards Committee (Chair)
• 2000–2007: Faculty Advisory Board for the University of Toronto Medical Journal (Member)
• 2006: University of Toronto Centre for Neurosciences, (Stuss & Lewis, University of Toronto Academic Incentive Fund, 2006) (Developer)
• 2006: Academy Professorships, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (Reviewer)
• 2006: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), Stroke Progress Review Group (Member)
• 2005–2006: Vascular Cognitive Impairment: Harmonization Criteria Workship Panel, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) (Member)
• 2002–2006: External Advisory committee,Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Dublin, Ireland (Member)
• 2005: External Advisory Board, NIH grant on “Frontotemporal Dementia: Genes, Images, and Emotions”, UCSF, San Francisco, CA (Member)
• 2005: Canada Foundation for Innovation, Career Awards Committee (Member)
• 2005: Faculty of Medicine Research Awards Committee (Member)
• 2004–2005: NIH/NINDS Traumatic Brain Injury Cognitive Rehabilitation Panel, Bethesda, Maryland (Member)
• 2004–2005: NIH/NINDS Genetics of Vascular Cognitive Impairment Workshop Panel, Bethesda, Maryland (Member)
• 2004–2005: Advisory Board, National Institutes of Health NIA Executive Functions (Member)
• 2003–2005: Committee for Vascular Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease (joint panel, CIHR, AD of Canada, and Heart and Stroke of Canada) (Chair)
• 2004: Michael Smith Prize in Health Research, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Member)
• 2003–2004: Search Committee for the Chair of the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto (Member)
• 2003–2004: University of Toronto Research Advisory Board (Member)
• 1997–2004: Council of Health Research Canada (Member)
• 1996–2004: American Psychological Association Division 40 Award Panel (Member)
• 1991–2004: University Hosptial Research Co-ordinating Committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto (Member)
• 2000–2003: Advisory Board, Institute of Healthy Aging, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Member)
• 1999–2003: Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation Rehabilitation Committee
• 2000–2002: Search Committee for the Chair of the Department of Psychology, University of Toronto (Member)
• 1998–2002: Board of Trustees, Lurija Institute, Allensbach, Germany (Member)
• 2001: International Neuropsychological Society Nominations Committee (Member)
• 1999–2001: School of Graduate Studies Committee on Neuroscience, University of Toronto (representative of Faculty of Medicine) (Member)

Editorial Board

• 2007–Present: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
• 2005–Present: Journal of Neuropsychology
• 2002–Present: Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology
• 2000–Present: Neuropsychologia
• 1999–Present: Neurocase
• 1987–Present: Brain and Cognition
• 1994–2005: Journal of the Internation Neuropsychological Society
• 1993–2004: Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition (formally Aging and Cognition)
• 1993–2002: Assessment

Distinctions and Awards

• 2009: Fellow, American Psychological Association, Division 20, Adult Development and Aging
• 2008: Michener Institute Honorary Diploma, The Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences, Toronto
• 2007: F.J. McGuigan Lecture Award, American Psychological Foundation and American Psychological Association, San Francisco
• 2005: Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
• 2005: Fellow, The Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
• 2004: Alumni Association Faculty Award, University of Toronto
• 2004: Fellow, The Royal Society of Canada
• 2004: University Professor, University of Toronto.
• 2002: Fellow, American Psychological Association, Division 3, Experimental Psychology
• 2001: The Order of Ontario
• 2001: Arthur Benton Lecture on Neuropsychology Award, American Psychological Foundation and APA Division 40, American Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco
• 2001: Reva James Leeds Chair in Neuroscience and Research Leadership, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care
• 1994: President, International Neuropsychological Society.
• 1992: Fellow, Canadian Psychological Association
• 1990: Fellow, Stroke Council of the American Heart Association
• 1990: Fellow, American Psychological Association, Division 6, Comparative and Physiological Psychology
• 1990: Fellow, American Psychological Society
• 1984: Fellow, American Psychological Association, Division 40, Clinical Neuropsychology
• 1983: Ontario Mental Health Scholarship
• 1978: Ontario Mental Health Foundation Sundry Award
• 1977: Fellow, National Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship
• 1976: Fellow, Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship

Research Projects

External

• 2009–2014: Diffuse brain damage effects on distributed systems: multimodal brain imaging and rehabilitation
  Collaborators: Dr. B Levine, C Alain, SE Black, S Graham, P Gryfe, AR McIntosh, P O'Connor, DT Stuss, G Turner, J Ween

  Sponsors: CIHR, $853,770

• 2009–2011: Refinement of a point-of-care, electronic testing tool for the longitudinal stroke assessments
  Collaborators: Dr. JE Ween, SE Black, R. Aviv, DT Stuss

  Sponsors: Heart and Stroke Foundation, $160,000

• 2008–2013: In vivo brain mapping in the dementias: A longitudinal brain-behaviour study with a focus on cerebrovascular disease
  Collaborators: Dr. SE Black, C Caldwell, F Gao, N Herrmann, A Kiss, K Lanctot, N Lobaugh, M Masellis, W McIlroy, E Rogaeva, B Stefanovic, D Stuss, R Swartz

  Sponsors: CIHR, $1,411,055

• 2008–2010: Fractionated frontal and executive functions as a function of deep white matter stroke
  Collaborators: Dr. JE Ween, MP Alexander, DT Stuss

  Sponsors: CIHR, $70,222

• 2007–2010: Validation of the NINDS VCI neuropsychological protocols
  Collaborators: Dr. DL Nyenhuis, C Beam, SE Black, FQ Gao, PB Gorelick, S Graham, N Lobaugh, LL Pedelty, DJ Sahlas, GT Stebbins, DT Stuss
  Institutions: National Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke

  Sponsors: National Institutes of Health, $1,742,121 (USD)

• 2007–2008: Theory of mind in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia, Type A
  Collaborators: Dr. MF Freedman; DT Stuss, MA Binns, SE Black

  Sponsors: OMHF, $149,784

• 2003–2013: Heart and Stroke Foundation Centre for Stroke Recovery
  Collaborators: Dr. A Hakim (Ottawa); S Black (SWCHSC), DT Stuss (Baycrest)

  Sponsors: Heart and Stroke Foundation, $12,800,000

  Baycrest portion = $3,200,000

• 2006–2010: The fractionation and localization of attentional and language processing in the cerebellum
  Collaborators: Dr. Donald T Stuss; MP Alexander; TA Schweizer; MD Cusimano

  Sponsors: CIHR, $270,444

• 2005–2008: In vivo characterization of subcortical vascular cognitive impairment using advanced high field MR techniques
  Collaborators: Dr. SE Black; A Moody, G Stanisz, S Graham, N Lobaugh, D Sahlas, DT Stuss

  Sponsors: Heart and Stroke Foundation, $359,860

• 2003–2008: In vivo brain mapping in the dementias: A longitudinal brain-behaviour study with a focus on cerebrovascular disease
  Collaborators: Dr. SE Black; CB Caldwell, SJ Graham, WE McIlroy, D Sahlas, GJ Stanisz, DT Stuss, R Swartz, JP Szalai

  Sponsors: CIHR, $906,530

  Equipment: $11,000

• 2003–2008: Frontal lobes: Fractionation and localization of anterior attentional and emotional processing
  Collaborators: Dr. Donald T Stuss; MP Alexander, FIM Craik, MA Binns

  Sponsors: CIHR, $649,190

  Equipment: $15,098

• 2003–2008: CIHR Brain and aging group at the Rotman Research Institute
  Collaborators: Dr. Donald T Stuss; and Group

  Sponsors: CIHR, $2,000,000

  Equipment: $74,425
  
  

• 2002–2007: Brain recovery: Return of cognitive and social function
  Collaborators: Dr. Donald T Stuss; C Baum, A Dromerick

  Sponsors: McDonnell Foundation, $2,000,000 (USD)

  Baycrest portion = $1,000,000
  Support period was extended from 2005 to 2007, allowing us to use the used portion of the grant, equaling $400,000 per year for the extra 2 years

• 2003–2006: MRI Hyperintensities and executive deficits in Alzheimer's disease (AD): A quantitative neuroimaging-behavioral analysis
  Collaborators: Dr. SE Black; DT Stuss, S Graham, G Stanisz

  Sponsors: Alzheimer's Association (US), $240,000 (USD)

  2003 Initated Research Grant

• 2002–2005: Social cognition in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease
  Collaborators: Dr. M Freedman; SE Black, DT Stuss

  Sponsors: CIHR, $265,788

  Equipment: $4,523

• 2002–2005: A randomized controlled trial of the effects of donepezil on cognitive, behavioural, and functional outcome in traumatic brain injury
  Collaborators: Dr. R van Reekum; DT Stuss, DL Streiner, PL Verhoeff, M Rapport, et al.

  Sponsors: CIHR, $334,326

• 2003–2005: AD with and without subcortical ischemic vasculopathy: A quantitative brain imaging-behaviour study
  Collaborators: Dr. SE Black; DT Stuss, S Graham, G Stanisz

  Sponsors: Alzheimer's Society of Canada, $150,000

• 2001–2004: The investigation of psychological predictors of functional outcome: A prospective study
  Collaborators: Dr. DR Dawson; DT Stuss, G Winocur, M Schwartz

  Sponsors: Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation, $209,780

• 2002–2003: Extension of the original McDonnell grant

  Sponsors: McDonnell grant

• 1998–2003: Frontal lobes: Fractionalization, localization, and rehabilitation of attentional processes
  Collaborators: Dr. Donald T Stuss; T Shallice, MP Alexander, IH Robertson, FIM Craik, K Murphy

  Sponsors: Medical Research Council of Canada, $579,150

  Equipment: $17,000
  

• 1998–2003: A multidisciplinary approach to brain-behaviour relations in aging, dementia, and frontal damage
  Collaborators: Dr. Donald T Stuss; and Group

  Sponsors: Medical Research Council of Canada Group Grant, $1,333,790

  Equipment: $145,130
  

• 1998–2002: Rehabilitation of executive dysfunction following focal lesions, traumatic brain injury, and aging
  Collaborators: Dr. Donald T Stuss; MP Alexander, S Black, M Cusimano, FIM Craik, D Dawson, M Freedman, C Grady, B Jacoby, B Levine, R M

  Sponsors: James S. McDonnell Foundation, $600,000 (USD)

  #98-31

• 1998–2002: Rehabilitation of attentional problems following traumatic brain injury
  Collaborators: Dr. T Picton; IH Robertson, DT Stuss

  Sponsors: James S. McDonnell Foundation, $217,072 (USD)

Media Coverage

Interviewed on Global News, March 2010, for The 20th Annual Rotman Research Institute Conference: The Frontal Lobes, 2010

Quoted in The Globe and Mail, March 2010, in an article titled "Think you're better than average? Blame your brain", 2010

Quoted in The Western Star, April 2009, in an article titled "Popularity of brain-fitness games soar, but do they work?", 2009

Interview on TVO The Agenda with Steve Paikin, Series: Mysteries of the Mind, February 2009, The Interview: Dr. Donald Stuss. Your brain and you: Baycrest vice president of research Dr. Donald Stuss on which part of the brain is responsible for what. 2009

Quoted in The Calgary Herald, January 2009, in an article titled " 'Brain gyms' a new industry", 2009

Quoted in The Globe and Mail, December 2008, in an article titled "Brain injuries mark modern wars", 2008

Quoted in CTV News, December 2008, in an article titled "Troops with brain injuries face other possible problems", 2008

Quoted in The Toronto Star, November 2008, in an article titled "It's never too late to grow your brain." Atkinson Series: Boomer Tsunami.

2007 World media attention: Rosenbaum, R.S., Stuss, D.T., Levine, B., & Tulving, E. (2007). Theory of mind is independent of episodic memory. Science, 318, 1257.
a) Provincial: The Toronto Star, The Intelligencer (Belleville, ON), The Sault Star (Sault Ste. Marie, ON), The Whig-Standard (Kingston, ON), The Recorder and Times (Brockville, ON), The Guelph Mercury (Guelph, ON), The Record (Kitchener, ON), Metro (Toronto, ON), The Expositor (Brandtford, ON), The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON)
b) National: The Canadian Press, CTV.ca, CBC news, Yahoo Canada News, The Daily Gleaner (Fredericton, NB), Times & Transcript (Moncton, NB), Red Deer Advocate (Red Deer, AB), The Telegram (St. John's, NL), Le Journal de Quebec (Vanier, QC), Cape Breton Post (Sydney, NS) The Lethbridge Hearld (Lethbridge, AB), The Daily News (Halifax, NS)
c) International: United Press International, sciencedaily.com (USA), healthjockey.com (India), Yahoo India News, earthtimes.org, Associated Content, medicalnewstoday.com

Quoted in Reader's Digest, August 2007, on an article related to aging and ways to improve your brain's health, 2007

Quoted in Maclean's magazine, April 2007, on an article related to aging and ways to maintain mental agility and ability, 2007

World media attention: A cognitive rehabilitation study (CV numbers 140-144) that demonstrated 15- to 40-percent improvement in the memories of 49 participants after a 12-week training session, 2006
a) Provincial: Globe & Mail
b) National: Canada AM, CTV The National, CTV NewsNet, CTV.ca
c) International: People's Daily (China), China View

Quoted in Reader's Digest, September 2006, on an article related to humour appreciation and the brain, 2006

Quoted in Reader's Digest, August 2006, on an article related to aging and ways to maintain mental agility and ability, 2006

World media attention: Shammi, P., & Stuss, D.T. (2003). The effects of normal aging on humor appreciation. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 9, 855-863, 2003
a) Provincial: Globe & Mail, Toronto Star, Metro News, 570 News Kitchener
b) National: Canadian Press, Canwest News Service, CTV.ca, CBC Radio
c) International: UPI wire service, BBC online, 6 International newspapers, 21 t.v. and radio stations throughout the US

Did you hear the one about the frontal lobe? , The Globe and Mail, 2003

Age is no barrier to having a good laugh, Toronto Star, 2003

Seniors have difficulty grasping complex humour, CTV.ca Health, 2003

Frontal lobe damage can affect ability to 'Stay on the Job", The Medical Post, 2003

Brain and consciousness, Moscow Television, Obviously Impossible, 2002

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