Brief presentation

Frederik Dornonville de la Cour is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, and the Elsass Foundation in Denmark, where he conducts research, teaches, and disseminates knowledge in neurorehabilitation.

His primary research interests include fatigue, neuropsychological rehabilitation, treatment mechanisms in neurorehabilitation, and the validation of patient-reported outcome measures. His work focuses on adults with acquired brain injury and cerebral palsy. His PhD research explored the rehabilitation of fatigue following acquired brain injury, and his current projects aim to develop and validate methods for monitoring and managing symptoms of fatigue in daily life.

Frederik also has clinical experience as a neuropsychologist at a community-based brain injury rehabilitation center, where he worked from 2018 to 2022. Since 2020, he has served as treasurer and board member of the Danish Neuropsychological Society.

Education and academic degrees

2022: PhD in Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark

2017: MSc in Psychology, University of Copenhagen

Positions

Since 2022: Postdoc at Department of Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen; Neurorehabilitation Research and Knowledge Centre, Rigshospitalet; Elsass Institute

2021 - 2022: Neuropsychologist at Cervello

2020 - 2021: PhD Fellow at Department of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark

2018 - 2021: Neuropsychologist at BOMI

2017 - 2018: Research Assistant at Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet

2015 - 2016: Research Assistant at Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen

Areas of interest

Jeg er interesseret i forholdet mellem hjerne og adfærd, tanker og følelser. Herunder hvordan sygdom og skade på hjernen og forstyrrelser i hjernens udvikling påvirker dette forhold, og hvordan funktionsniveauet kan genoptrænes, genoprettes eller udvikles og understøttes, når hjernen har taget skade eller dens funktioner er forstyrret.

Research interests

Min forskning drejer sig om neurorehabilitering, langvarige konsekvenser af hjerneskade og kognitive forstyrrelser med et særligt fokus på fatigue (træthed) som følgevirkning ved kronisk sygdom. Min forskning beskæftiger sig blandt andet med:

• Udredning, måling og kvantificering af psykiske egenskaber i relation til neurorehabilitering
• At identificere, definere og beskrive de "aktive ingredienser" i rehabiliteringsindsatser
• Evaluering af effekt i komplekse, sammensatte, tværfaglige og individuelt målrettede behandlingstiltag

Links

University of Copenhagen research profile