Biography

Dr Marion Fossard is currently full professor in Speech and Language pathology at the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland). Her research interests focus on the interplay between language and cognition, both in healthy adults and in acquired language disorders of vascular and neurodegenerative origin. Her current research studies are conducted in the following areas :

• Discourse, referential adjustment and underlying cognitive skills (theory of mind, executive functions) in healthy and pathological aging.
• Flexional morphology, time reference and underlying cognitive skills (declarative and procedural memory, executive functions) in aphasia and neurodegenerative disorders.
• Development, validation and standardization of clinical tests to detect or diagnose language disorders associated with vascular or neurodegenerative origin

Keywords : Language, Cognition, Acquired Language Disorders, Memory, Reference, Discourse, Morphology

Enseignements

BA  (pilier logopédie) :

• Psychologie cognitive du langage
• Troubles acquis du Langage I
• Neuropsychologie

MA (logopédie et pilier pathologie du langage) :

• Troubles acquis du langage II
• Recherches en logopédie
• Séminaire interdisciplinaire en logopédie II

Formations et diplômes

• 2010 - present : Full Professor, Université de Neuchâtel, Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines, Institut des Sciences du langage et de la Communication, Chaire de logopédie II
• 2005 - 2010 : Adjunct Professor (professeur adjoint), Master Program in Speech-Language-Pathology, Faculty of Medecine – Department of Rehabilitation. Université Laval, Québec (Canada)
• 2003 - 2004 : Attachée Temporaire d’Enseignement et de Recherche (ATER), Université Toulouse Jean-Jaurès, département des Sciences du langage (France)
• 2002 - 2003 : Post-doctoral research Fellow (European Grant: Marie Curie Individual Fellowship Proposal n° MCFI-2002-00755), School of Life Sciences, Experimental Psychology Lab, Sussex University (UK)
• 2001 - 2002 : Attachée Temporaire d’Enseignement et de Recherche (ATER), Université Toulouse Jean-Jaurès, Département des Sciences du langage (France)
• 1997 - 2001 : Ph.D, Language Sciences (option: Neuropsycholinguistics), Université Toulouse Jean-Jaurès & INSERM Unit 455, CHU Purpan, (France)
• 1994 : Speech and Language Pathology Diploma (Diplôme de capacités d’orthophonie), Université Toulouse Paul-Sabatier (France)    

Publications