Senior Research Scientist
Brain Injury and Behavioral Outcomes Laboratory
Anthony H. Lequerica, PhD is a Senior Research Scientist and Neuropsychologist in Traumatic Brain Injury Research at Kessler Foundation and Associate Research Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at New Jersey Medical School/Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. He has extensive post-graduate training in quantitative methods with a strong interest in measurement and psychometrics. He has written over 35 peer-reviewed publications and has given presentations and lectures at conferences at the local, national, and international level. Dr. Lequerica has received grant funding from the New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research for studies examining sleep after TBI. He is a member of the American Psychological Association (Divisions 22, 40, and 45), the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, and the Hispanic Neuropsychological Society. His current research interests are sleep/wake disorders after acquired brain injury and issues of cultural diversity that impact rehabilitation outcomes with a strong motivation to improve neuropsychological testing and cognitive rehabilitation interventions for Spanish-speakers and other underserved populations.
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Lequerica AH, Botticello A, OʼNeill J, Lengenfelder J, Krch D, Chiaravalloti ND, Sander AM, Bushnik T, Ketchum JM, Hammond FM, Dams-OʼConnor K, Felix E, Johnson-Greene D. (2018) relationship between hispanic nativity, residential environment, and productive activity among individuals with traumatic brain injury: a TBI model systems study. J Head Trauma Rehabil. doi: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000398. PubMed PMID: 29863616.
Sander AM, Lequerica AH, Ketchum JM, Hammond FM, Gary KW, Pappadis MR, Felix ER, Johnson-Greene D, Bushnik T. (2018) race/ethnicity and retention in traumatic brain injury outcomes research: a traumatic brain injury model systems national database study. J Head Trauma Rehabil.33(4):219-227. doi: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000395. PubMed PMID: 29863614.
Lequerica AH, Lucca C, Chiaravalloti ND, Ward I, Corrigan JD. (2018) feasibility and preliminary validation of an online version of the Ohio State University traumatic brain injury identification method. Arch Phys Med Rehabil.1811-1817. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2018.03.023. PubMed PMID: 29709522.
Kim SH, Strutt AM, Olabarrieta-Landa L, Lequerica AH, Rivera D, De Los Reyes Aragon CJ, Utria O, Arango-Lasprilla JC. (2018) item analysis of the Spanish version of the boston naming test with a spanish speaking adult population from Colombia. Clin Neuropsychol. 1-17. doi: 10.1080/13854046.2018.1441908. PubMed PMID: 29473441.
Krch D, Lequerica AH. (2017) the factor structure of the disability rating scale in individuals with traumatic brain injury. Disabil Rehabil. 1-6. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2017.1378388. PubMed PMID: 28942681.