BPS Barbara Wilson Lifetime Achievement Award

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The BPS Barbara Wilson Lifetime Achievement Award is the highest UK professional award for clinical neuropsychologists.

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It was created by the British Psychological Society's Division of Neuropsychology (DoN) in 2010 and is awarded on an annual basis. The award is named in honour of Professor Barbara A. Wilson, OBE, Ph.D, CPsychol, ScD, FBPsS, FMedSci, AcSS. Professor Wilson is one of the world's most eminent clinical neuropsychologists in medical neurorehabilitation. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Nominations are invited from DoN members and are considered by an independent awards panel.

The award is made for an outstanding contribution to neuropsychology in the UK. The contribution may be in relation to research, training or clinical service development, with a significant impact on the practice of clinical neuropsychology either nationally or internationally. The award is normally made to someone in the middle or later stage of their career as a clinical neuropsychologist. Winners are announced at the DoN Annual Conference.

Winners

List of Award Winners
YearAward WinnerInstitutions (at the time of the award)
2010–11Professor Michael Oddy The Disabilities Trust and University of Swansea
2011–12Professor Gus Baker Walton Centre and University of Liverpool
2012–13Professor Robin Morris King's College Hospital and Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience
2013–14Professor Faraneh Vargha-Khadem Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
2014–15Professor Tom McMillan University of Glasgow
2015–16Professor Roger Wood University of Swansea
2016–17Professor Peter Rankin Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
2017–18Professor Jonathan Evans University of Glasgow
2018–19Professor Huw Williams University of Exeter
2019-20Professor Julie Snowden University of Manchester
2020-21Professor Laura Goldstein Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience and South London & Maudsley NHS Trust

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References

  1. Barbara Wilson, President of the Encephalitis Society https://www.encephalitis.info/president Archived 2017-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Biography in Pearson http://www.pearsonclinical.co.uk/Psychology/AdultCognitionNeuropsychologyandLanguage/AdultMemory/RivermeadBehaviouralMemoryTestThirdEditionRBMT3/ForThisProduct/MeettheauthorBarbaraWilson.aspx
  3. University of Hong Kong http://www.socsc.hku.hk/scnpl/bwil/pdf/Biography.pdf
  4. Interview in the Psychologist https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-25/edition-2/one-onewith-barbara-wilson
  5. Oliver Zangwill Centre http://www.ozc.nhs.uk/ozc-news-item.asp?$=16&o=