Madison A. Niermeyer
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Madison A. Niermeyer, ABRP, PhD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital

Rehabilitation Psychology Clinic
85 N Medical Drive
Salt Lake City , UT 84132
801-581-2267
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  • Madison Niermeyer, Ph.D. ABPP-RP, is a clinical psychologist in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation where she provides outpatient behavioral health services at the Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital. Dr. Niermeyer also provides psychosocial evaluations for spinal cord stimulator trials as well as other neuro-modulation procedures. Her special interests include treatment of psychological challenges in the context of stroke, traumatic-brain injury, and other conditions that affect the central nervous system. Her research has focused broadly on understanding intersections between cognitive and emotional health. She is the Associate Training Director of the Rehabilitaiton Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.

    Dr. Niermeyer is accepting new patients by referral only from providers in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Rehabilitation Psychology

  • Madison Niermeyer, Ph.D. ABPP-RP, is a clinical psychologist in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation where she provides outpatient behavioral health services at the Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital. Dr. Niermeyer also provides psychosocial evaluations for spinal cord stimulator trials as well as other neuro-modulation procedures. Her special interests include treatment of psychological challenges in the context of stroke, traumatic-brain injury, and other conditions that affect the central nervous system. Her research has focused broadly on understanding intersections between cognitive and emotional health. She is the Associate Training Director of the Rehabilitaiton Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.

    Dr. Niermeyer is accepting new patients by referral only from providers in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation -Assistant Professor (Clinical)
    Board Certification
    American Board of Rehabilitation Psychology

    Education history

    Undergraduate English - Willamette University B.A.
    Undergraduate Psychology - Willamette University B.A.
    Graduate Training Clinical Psychology - University of Utah M.S.
    Graduate Training Clinical Psychology - University of Utah Ph.D.
    Graduate Training Neuropsychology - Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Predoctoral Clinical Internship
    Postdoctoral Fellowship Rehabilitation Psychology - University of Utah School of Medicine Postdoctoral Fellow

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Suchy Y, Brothers S, Mullen CM, Niermeyer M (2020). Chronic versus recent expressive suppression burdens are differentially associated with cognitive performance among older adults. Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, 42(8), 834-848. (Read full publication)
    2. Suchy Y., Mullen C.M., Brothers S., Niermeyer M.A (2020). Interpreting executive and lower-order error scores on the timed subtests of the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS) battery: Error analysis across the adult lifespan. Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, 42(10), 982-997. (Read full publication)
    3. Niermeyer MA, Ziemnik RE, Franchow EI, Barron CA, Suchy (2019). Greater naturally occurring expressive suppression is associated with poorer executive functioning and motor-sequence learning among older adults. Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, 41(2), 118-132. (Read full publication)
    4. Suchy Y, Holmes LG, Strassberg DS, Gillespie AA, Nilssen AR, Niermeyer MA, Huntbach B (2019). The Impacts of Sexual Arousal and Its Suppression on Executive Functioning. Journal of sex research, 56(1), 114-126. (Read full publication)
    5. Kurniadi NE, Suchy Y, Niermeyer M (2021). Branching Condition of the Color-Word Interference Test Enhances Prediction of Meta-Tasking in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 27(10), 1004-1014. (Read full publication)
    6. Niermeyer M, Gaudet C, Malloy P, Piryatinsky I, Salloway S, Klinge P, Lee (2020). Frontal Behavior Syndromes in Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus as a Function of Alzheimer's Disease Biomarker Status. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 26(9), 883-893. (Read full publication)
    7. Suchy Y, Niermeyer MA, Franchow EI, Ziemnik R (2019). Naturally Occurring Expressive Suppression is Associated with Lapses in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 25(7), 718-728. (Read full publication)
    8. Suchy Y, Niermeyer MA, Franchow EI, Ziemnik (2019). Deleterious Impact of Expressive Suppression on Test Performance Persists at One-Year Follow-Up in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 25(1), 29-38. (Read full publication)
    9. Niermeyer MA, Suchy (2020). Walking, talking, and suppressing: Executive functioning mediates the relationship between higher expressive suppression and slower dual-task walking among older adults. The Clinical neuropsychologist, 34(4), 775-796. (Read full publication)
    10. Niermeyer MA, Suchy (2020). The vulnerability of executive functioning: The additive effects of recent non-restorative sleep, pain interference, and use of expressive suppression on test performance. The Clinical neuropsychologist, 34(4), 700-719. (Read full publication)
    11. Suchy Y, Ziemnik RE, Niermeyer MA, Brothers S (2020). Executive functioning interacts with complexity of daily life in predicting daily medication management among older adults. The Clinical neuropsychologist, 34(4), 797-825. (Read full publication)
    12. Niermeyer M, Ball D, Green M, Jensen B, Pace L, Shingleton R, Fawver B, Trapp S (2021). Interoceptive attention regulation in Ehlers-Danlos syndromes: associations between pain and psychiatric symptom severity. Translational behavioral medicine, 11(10), 1923-1930. (Read full publication)
    13. Niermeyer M, Einerson J, Terrill A (2022). Perceptions of function and recovery among persons with stroke and care partners. Rehabilitation psychology, 67(2), 215-225. (Read full publication)
    14. Gold D, Wisialowski C, Piryatinsky I, Malloy P, Correia S, Salloway S, Klinge P, Gaudet CE, Niermeyer M, Lee (2023). Longitudinal post-shunt outcomes in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus with and without comorbid Alzheimer's disease. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 29(8), 751-762. (Read full publication)
    15. Suchy Y, DesRuisseaux LA, Gereau Mora M, Brothers SL, Niermeyer M (2024). Conceptualization of the term "ecological validity" in neuropsychological research on executive function assessment: a systematic review and call to action. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 30(5), 499-522. (Read full publication)
    16. Suchy Y, Mora MG, DesRuisseaux LA, Niermeyer MA, Brothers S (2024). Pitfalls in research on ecological validity of novel executive function tests: A systematic review and a call to action. Psychological assessment, 36(4), 243-261. (Read full publication)
    17. Derbidge, C., Mullen, C., Christensen, T., Niermeyer, M.A., Trimm, K., De Wolf, L., & Skiby, J (2025). Interdisciplinary process improvement for behavior management of acute brain injury. . Rehabilitation nursing,