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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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,