Publications

Below are selected articles. Please visit Dr. Kemp’s Google Scholar for full list.

Journal Articles

  • Kemp, A.M. & O’Brien, K.H. (in press). A comparative evaluation of two telehealth neurocognitive assessments for older adults with and without traumatic brain injury in a quasi-randomized trial. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation.
  • Kemp, A. M., Vruwink ,O., & and O’Brien, K. H. (2025). Finding a “NEW VOICE to tell my story” through the Unmasking Brain Injury project: A mixed-method analysis of wellness after brain injury. Disability and Rehabilitation. 10.1080/09638288.2025.2456605.
  • Kemp, A.M., Love, K., & O’Brien, K.H. (2024). Exploring Demographic and Cognitive Predictors of Self-Management in Fall Prevention in Older Adults with and Without TBI. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000001006
  • Kemp, A.M., & O’Brien, K.H. (2025). A mixed methods evaluation of implementation outcomes of a self-regulation strategy for health education: Perspectives of clinicians and older adults with and without traumatic brain injury. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00100
  • O’Brien, K. H., Messina, A., Pei, Y., Kemp, A. M., Gartell, R., Brown, G., Gore, R. K., Appleberry, C., & Wallace, T. (2024). Factors Influencing Speech-Language Pathology Referral and Utilization in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: An Exploratory Analysis. American journal of speech-language pathology, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00116
  • Gregory, S. K., & Kemp, A. M. (2024). Experiences of Acquired Brain Injury as Expressed Through Mask-Making: A Qualitative Analysis. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. doi.org/10.1044/2024_AJSLP-23-00381
  • Kemp, A.M., Norton, G., Neese, M., Pei, Y., & O’Brien, K.H. (2023) Theory-based exploration of psychosocial factors influencing concussion health seeking intentions in college students. Journal of American College Health. DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2023.2237582
  • Kemp, A.M., Neese, M., Norton G., O’Brien, K.H., (2023) Applying the common-sense self- regulation model to understand illness representations of mild traumatic brain injury in college students. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000892
  • Kemp, A. M., O’Brien, K. H., & Wallace, T. (2023). Reconceptualizing Recovery After Concussion: A Phenomenological Exploration of College Student Experiences. American journal of speech-language pathology32(2S), 867–882. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_AJSLP-22-00076

Abstracts

  • Kemp, A.M., Celian, C., Berry, A., Reed, H., Smaller, K., & Rafferty, M. (2025). Predicting Device Implementation Potential: Development and Validation of a Tool Based on the DART Framework. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 106(5), e8–e9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2025.03.032
  • Celian, C., Kemp, A.M., Patton, J., Rafferty, M. (2024). Development and validation of a survey tool for rehabilitation technology adoption—preliminary findings. Conference Papers from the 6th International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation, La Granja, Spain.
  • Kemp, A.M., & O’Brien, K.H. (2023). Assessing implementation outcome measures of self-regulation intervention for providers and older adults with and without traumatic brain injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 105(4), e104
  • Kemp, A.M., Vruwink, O., & O’Brien, K.H. (2023). Using storytelling to reflect on experiences with acquired brain injury: The Unmasking Project. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 105 (4), e107.
  • Kemp, A.M., Peterson, M., & O’Brien, K.H. (2023). An exploratory qualitative study of how younger and older adults define “healthy brains.” Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 105(4), e120-121.

Invited Presentations

  • Kemp, A.M. (2023, September 20). Improve the way older adults with brain injury learn: Health education and self-management. [Oral presentation]. Polytrauma/Traumatic Brain Injury Annual VISN22 Summit. Department of Veterans’ Affairs Polytrauma/Traumatic Brain Injury, Phoenix, AZ.

Presentations

  • Anderson, S.* & Kemp, A.M. (2025, Nov 19-20). Leveraging Machine Learning and Speech Analysis for Early Detection of Cognitive Decline in Clinical Practice. [Poster Presentation]. American Speech-Hearing-Language Association, Washington, D.C.
  • Kemp, A.M., & Butterly, S.* (2025, Nov 19-20). Narrative Differences in Adults with TBI: Effects of Using Art as a Visual Aid [Poster Presentation]. American Speech-Hearing-Language Association, Washington, D.C.
  • Kemp, A.M., Celian, C., & Rafferty, M. (2025, October 27-30). Feedback in Action: Designing Technology for Accelerated Translation in Rehabilitation Technologies (DART-RT) for upper and lower extremity rehabilitation robotics. [Oral Presentation]. American Congress of Rehabilitative Medicine Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
  • Findlen, U., Kemp, A.M., Girolamo, T., & Chow, J. (2024, December 5-7). Closing the Gaps Between  Research and Practice Through Implementation Science. [Oral Presentation]. American Speech-Hearing-Language Association, Seattle, WA.
  • Kemp, A.M., & O’Brien, K.H. (2024, December 5-7). Use of a Self-Regulation Strategy to Improve Older Adults’ Health Beliefs About Fall Prevention. [Oral Presentation]. American Speech-Hearing-Language Association, Seattle, WA.
  • Celian, C., Kemp, A.M., Patton, J., Rafferty, M. (2024, November 5-8). Development and validation of a survey tool for rehabilitation technology adoption—preliminary findings. [Oral Presentation]. International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation, La Granja, Spain.
  • Kemp, A.M., Celian, C., Berry, A., Reed., H., Smaller, K., & Rafferty, M. (2024, September 18-17). Predicting device implementation potential: development and validation of a tool based on the DART framework [Oral presentation]. Medical Rehabilitation Research Resource (MR3) Network’s 4th Annual Scientific Retreat, virtual conference.
  • Kemp, A.M., Cotner, B., Etingen, B., Kale, I., Krese, K., Kletzel, K., Rafferty, M., & Herrold, A. (2024, September 18-17). A transdisciplinary collaborative study of mTBI and chronic pain using iTBS and yoga. [Oral presentation]. Medical Rehabilitation Research Resource (MR3) Network’s 4th Annual Scientific Retreat, virtual conference.
  • *Denotes Student Project