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Natalie Phillips

ResearcherPsychologyConcordia University

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Natalie Phillips

Researcher

Psychology

Health Sciences

Concordia University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
12 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 9 research grants (6 NSERC, 2 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2012.

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Research

Cognition Communication Dementia Risk Hearing Intervention Strategies Mild Behavioural Impairment Mobility Olfaction

Latest papers

Effects of executive function training on balance and auditory-cognitive dual-task performance in adults with and without hearing loss.
PloS one · 2026
Biological sex and bilingualism: Its impact on risk and resilience for dementia.
Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2026
Brain health PRO/Santé cerveau PRO: The development of a web-based program for dementia literacy and risk factor reduction.
The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2025

All 24 publications

Latest funding

Training to Improve Complex Listening and Mobility in Older Adults with Hearing Loss: Moving from Lab to Life
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$1,254,600
Determining mechanisms of sensory-cognitive links in aging and dementia to inform interventions and public health: A multi-disciplinary team approach
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$1,073,348
Training cognition to improve mobility and listening in older adults with hearing loss: Moving from lab to life
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$451,352

All 14 grants and awards

24 publications.

Effects of executive function training on balance and auditory-cognitive dual-task performance in adults with and without hearing loss.

Mohanathas N, Montanari L, Downey R, Li KZH, Pichora-Fuller MK, Bherer L, Lussier M, Phillips N, Wittich W, St-Onge N, Gagne JP, Campos JL

PloS one2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0331276 PMID: 42054294

Biological sex and bilingualism: Its impact on risk and resilience for dementia.

Calvo N, Phillips N, Bialystok E, Einstein G

Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2026

DOI: 10.1002/dad2.70255 PMID: 41573422

Brain health PRO/Santé cerveau PRO: The development of a web-based program for dementia literacy and risk factor reduction.

Belleville S, Anderson ND, Bherer L, Camicioli R, Carrier J, Chan S, Cuesta M, Dang-Vu TT, Dwosh E, Fiocco AJ, Ferland G, Gilbert B, Harris E, Itzhak I, Jarrett P, Kadri MA, Laurin D, Liu-Ambrose T, McGibbon CA, Middleton L, Miller L, Nygaard HB, Montero-Odasso M, Murphy K, Phillips N, Pichora-Fuller MK, Robillard JM, Smith EE, Speechley M, Trigui A, Wittich W, Chertkow H, Feldman HH, CTU expert group for the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA), CAN-THUMBS UP Study Group

The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100134 PMID: 40090784

Connected speech profiles in mild cognitive impairment reflect global cognition.

Pellerin S, Houzé B, Bedetti C, Phillips N, Brambati SM

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2025

DOI: 10.1177/13872877251329615 PMID: 40232260

Impact of a national dementia research consortium: The Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA)

Chertkow H, Phillips N, Rockwood K, Anderson N, Andrew MK, Bartha R, Beaudoin C, Bélanger N, Bellec P, Belleville S

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease20249 citations

DOI: 10.1177/13872877241290990

Hearing loss is associated with decreased default-mode network connectivity in individuals with mild cognitive impairment.

Grant N, Phillips N

Neuroimage. Reports2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ynirp.2023.100188 PMID: 40567819

Development and validation of risk of CPS decline (RCD): a new prediction tool for worsening cognitive performance among home care clients in Canada.

Guthrie DM, Williams N, O'Rourke HM, Orange JB, Phillips N, Pichora-Fuller MK, Savundranayagam MY, Sutradhar R

BMC geriatrics2023

DOI: 10.1186/s12877-023-04463-3 PMID: 38041046

Associations Between Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Audiometric Hearing: Findings From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.

Mick PT, Kabir R, Pichora-Fuller MK, Jones C, Moxham L, Phillips N, Urry E, Wittich W

Ear and hearing2023

DOI: 10.1097/aud.0000000000001370 PMID: 37122082

The association between information and communication technologies, loneliness and social connectedness: A scoping review.

Petersen B, Khalili-Mahani N, Murphy C, Sawchuk K, Phillips N, Li KZH, Hebblethwaite S

Frontiers in psychology2023

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1063146 PMID: 37034933

Visual and cognitive functioning among older adults with low vision before vision rehabilitation: A pilot study.

Aubin G, Phillips N, Jaiswal A, Johnson AP, Joubert S, Bachir V, Kehayia E, Wittich W

Frontiers in psychology2023

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1058951 PMID: 37034930

Training to Improve Complex Listening and Mobility in Older Adults with Hearing Loss: Moving from Lab to Life

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Li, Karen Zown-Hua; Campos, Jennifer L

Keywords: Aging; Cognitive Training; Driving; Executive Functions; Exercise Training; Hearing Loss; Mobility; Multitasking; Near-Infrared Spectroscopy; Walking

$1,254,600

Determining mechanisms of sensory-cognitive links in aging and dementia to inform interventions and public health: A multi-disciplinary team approach

Nominated PICIHR2024Team Grant: CCNA Phase III: Research Teams

Principal investigators: Phillips, Natalie A; Badhwar, Amanpreet; Campos, Jennifer L; Drogemoller, Britt I; Ekström, Ingrid; Haji Gholam Saryazdi, Raheleh; Ismail, Zahinoor; Li, Karen Zown-Hua; Mick, Paul; Orange, Joseph B; Pichora-Fuller, Margaret K; Savundranayagam, Marie Y; Wittich, Walter

Keywords: Cognition; Communication; Dementia Risk; Hearing; Intervention Strategies; Mild Behavioural Impairment; Mobility; Olfaction; Sensory Loss; Vision

$1,073,348

Training cognition to improve mobility and listening in older adults with hearing loss: Moving from lab to life

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Li, Karen Zown-Hua

Keywords: Age-Related Hearing Loss; Auditory Working Memory; Cognitive Training; Dual-Task Performance; Electroencephalography (Eeg); Everyday Activity; Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (Fnirs); Gait Analysis; Mobility; Virtual Reality

$451,352

Speech processing under effortful listening conditions in a first and second language in younger and older bilinguals

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Phillips, Natalie

$329,000

Polysomnography Equipment to Study the Mechanisms and Functions of Brain Oscillations during Human Sleep

Co-investigatorNSERC2014Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: DangVu, ThienThanh

$31,580

Can Audiovisual Speech Facilitate Language Comprehension in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia?

SupervisorCIHR2012Doctoral Research Award - Priority Announcement: Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Hebert, Max J

Keywords: Audiovisual Speech Enhancement; Cognitive Aging; Dementia; Erp Analysis; Speech Perception And Recognition; Working Memory

$105,000

The impact of hearing impairment on mobility in older adults: Moving from lab to life

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Li, Karen Zown-Hua

Keywords: 3d Motion Analysis; Balance; Cognitive-Motor Dual-Task Performance; Dual-Task Training; Dynamic Posturography; Gait; Healthy Aging; Presbycusis; Speech Processing; Virtual Reality Simulation

$307,978

Executive control of language in young and older bilinguals

Principal investigatorNSERC2010Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Phillips, Natalie

$336,000

Executive control of language in young and older bilinguals

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Phillips, Natalie

$20,000

Perceptual and cognitive mechanisms of audio-visual speech perception in older and younger adults

Nominated PICIHR2009Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Phillips, Natalie A

Keywords: Aging; Audition; Auditory-Visual Speech Perception; Cognition; Language; Sensory Function

$269,745

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Natalie Phillips

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Effects of executive function training on balance and auditory-cognitive dual-task performance in adults with and without hearing loss.

Biological sex and bilingualism: Its impact on risk and resilience for dementia.

Brain health PRO/Sant&#xe9; cerveau PRO: The development of a web-based program for dementia literacy and risk factor reduction.

Connected speech profiles in mild cognitive impairment reflect global cognition.

Impact of a national dementia research consortium: The Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA)

Hearing loss is associated with decreased default-mode network connectivity in individuals with mild cognitive impairment.

Development and validation of risk of CPS decline (RCD): a new prediction tool for worsening cognitive performance among home care clients in Canada.

Associations Between Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Audiometric Hearing: Findings From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.

The association between information and communication technologies, loneliness and social connectedness: A scoping review.

Visual and cognitive functioning among older adults with low vision before vision rehabilitation: A pilot study.

Training to Improve Complex Listening and Mobility in Older Adults with Hearing Loss: Moving from Lab to Life

Determining mechanisms of sensory-cognitive links in aging and dementia to inform interventions and public health: A multi-disciplinary team approach

Training cognition to improve mobility and listening in older adults with hearing loss: Moving from lab to life

Speech processing under effortful listening conditions in a first and second language in younger and older bilinguals

Polysomnography Equipment to Study the Mechanisms and Functions of Brain Oscillations during Human Sleep

Can Audiovisual Speech Facilitate Language Comprehension in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia?

The impact of hearing impairment on mobility in older adults: Moving from lab to life

Executive control of language in young and older bilinguals

Executive control of language in young and older bilinguals

Perceptual and cognitive mechanisms of audio-visual speech perception in older and younger adults

Frequent collaborators

Natalie Phillips

Natalie Phillips

Howard Chertkow

Walter Wittich

Louis Bherer

Howard Chertkow

Howard Chertkow

Louis Bherer

Louis Bherer

Manuel Montero Odasso

Andrew Lim

Mark Speechley

Laura Middleton

Sylvie Belleville

Kenneth Rockwood

Howard Bergman

Simon Duchesne

Gillian Einstein

Walter Wittich

Sylvie Belleville

Gillian Einstein

Zahinoor Ismail

Lindsay Wallace

Carol Greenwood

Brain health PRO/Santé cerveau PRO: The development of a web-based program for dementia literacy and risk factor reduction.