| Description | Sound recording of a BPS Oral History Project interview with Professor Barbara A.Wilson (1941-) OBE, CPsychol, FBPsS, FMedSci, AcSS, Oliver Zangwill Centre for Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, Ely.
The interview was conducted by Dr Peter Appleton in October 2012.
Running order/Topics:
Topics covered:
Running order:
Early experience predisposing to a career in psychology
Early days in psychology:
Early working career:
Working life:
Role of professional bodies in her professional life:
Mentors, other people, books, or literature which had the most influence on her career.
Memories of conferences, views of her contemporaries
Personal and family life related to, or had an impact, on her role as a psychologist.
Thoughts about her field of psychology and predictions for the future of the field.
Ends.
Total Running Time: c 62 mins |
| RunTime | Total Running time: c 62 minutes |
| AdminHistory | Date of Birth: 23 October 1941
University & Professional Qualifications:
BA (Hons) Psychology 1st 1975 University of Reading
MPhil Clinical Psychology 1977 University of London (Institute of Psychiatry)
PhD Psychology (Cognitive Rehabilitation after Brain Damage) 1984 University of London (Institute of Psychiatry)
Professional Career:
1977-1979 Lecturer in Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry and Honorary Clinical Psychologist, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Croydon
1979-1983 Senior Clinical Psychologist, Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre, Oxford
1982-1985 Part-time Lecturer, University of Reading
1983-1985 Principal Clinical Psychologist, Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre, Oxford
1985-1986 Principal Clinical Neuropsychologist, Charing Cross Hospital, London
1987-1990 Senior Lecturer (later Reader), Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton.
Senior Scientist with Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge CB2 2EF Special (Professorial) Appointment from April 1994 (Vistor Status October 1st 2007 to present)
Founder and Director of Research, Oliver Zangwill Centre for Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, Princess of Wales Hospital, Ely, Cambridgeshire (Visitor Status October 1st 2007 to present)
Visiting Professor of Rehabilitation, Southampton University Medical School.
Currently: Honorary Professor of Psychology University of Hong Kong.
HONOURS AND DISTINCTIONS
1985/86 The May Davidson Award
Annual award from the British Psychological Society (Division of Clinical Psychology) for a major contribution to Clinical Psychology within 10 years of qualification
1987 Fellow of the British Psychological Society
1996-1998 Chair of British Neuropsychological Society
1998 Awarded an OBE in New Year's Honours List for Services to Medical Rehabilitation
1998-1999 Vice-Chair of United Kingdom Acquired Brain Injury Forum
2000 Awarded The British Psychological Society Award for Distinguished Contributions to Professional Psychology
2001 Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
2002 Academician of the Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences
2003 Awarded The Encephalitis Support Group "Professional of the year award"
2004 Awarded The British Psychological Society's annual book of the year award for "Case Studies in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation".
2005 Doctor of Science, honoris causa, (ScD) University of East Anglia
2006 The Robert L Moody Prize for Distinguished Contributions in Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Research
2006 Chair of Special Interest Group in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
(affiliated to The World Federation Of NeuroRehabilitation)
2006/2007 President of The International Neuropsychological Society
2007to present President of the Encephalitis Society
2007 New Rehabilitation Centre in Quito Ecuador named after me (The
Barbara A Wilson Centre for Neuropsychological Rehabilitation)
2007to2010 Vice President of the Academy for Multidisciplinary Neurotraumatology
2007 Lifetime achievement award British Psychological Society
2008 Lifetime achievement award International Neuropsychological Society
2009/2010 Vice President of the Academy of Multidisciplinary Neurotrama
2010 First Barbara Wilson prize awarded by the Division of Neuropsychology (this is an annual prize for distinguished contributions to neuropsychology)
2010/2011 Member of the scientific advisory committee of the Academy of
Multidisciplinary Neurotrama
2011 Awarded the Ramon Y Cahal award for distinguished contributions to
neuropsychiatry (from the International Neuropsychiatric Association).
2011 Second Barbara Wilson prize awarded
2012 to present Chair of all the Special Interest Groups for the World Federation Of
NeuroRehabilitation
2012 Honorary Professor University of Hong Kong
Memberships and involvement with BPS:
COMMITTEES, ADVISORY BOARDS AND WORKING PARTIES
Member of the following Committees
i) Encephalitis Society (president)
ii) Academy of Multidisciplinary Neurotraumatology (Vice President)
iii) World Federation of NeuroRehabilitation (governing committee)
iv) Special Interest Group of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation section of WFNR (chair)
Previously
i) British Neuropsychological Society
Founding Member, Chair of Steering Group and Committee Member 1991-1993, Chair 1996-1998, committee member 2003-2006
ii) International Neuropsychological Society 1991-1993 (Governing Board) and president 2006/2007
iii) Society for Research in Rehabilitation 1984-87 (Governing Board)
iv) On two BPS Working Parties: One on services to adults with physical disabilities and one on services to adults with acquired brain damage
v) Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust
vi) NHS Management Trust (Physical and Complex Disability Priorities Working Group of the Central Research and Development Committee)
vii) Department of Health, National Traumatic Brain Injury Study (Advisory Committee)
viii) Royal College of Physicians Working Party on Updating report on Traumatic Brain Injury
ix) British Psychological Society Committee on Training in Clinical Neuropsychology
x) British Society for Rehabilitation Medicine's working party on guidelines for rehabilitation
xi) Vice President of the United Kingdom Brain Injury Forum (1999 2000)
xii) British Psychological Society Clinical Test Standards Sub-committee
xiii) BPS Honours Committee
xiv) Fellowships committee of the British Psychological Society
xv) British Psychological Society Division of Clinical Neuropsychology
xvi) NHS Assessors List for Clinical Neuropsychology and Neurological Rehabilitation
xvii) Section 7 committee of the Academy of Medical Sciences |