Barbara A. Wilson | |
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Nationality | British |
Occupation | Psychologist |
Known for | Founded the Oliver Zangwill Centre for Neuropsychological Rehabilitation |
Prof. Barbara Ann Wilson OBE (born 1941) [1] is the founder of the Oliver Zangwill Centre for Neuropsychological Rehabilitation in Ely, Cambridgeshire. [2] She was appointed an OBE for her work in brain injury rehabilitation over 40 years [2] for "medical rehabilitation". [3] She was a clinical psychologist, and is now (2019) retired. She was shortlisted for a Lifetime Achievement Award in the NHS70 Parliamentary Awards in 2018 for her dedication to brain injury rehabilitation. [4]
Wilson spent her early career working with children with developmental delay, and brain injury, which influenced her career direction. She says:
"I worked for two years with children who had severe developmental learning difficulties, and then I moved to Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre in Oxford. On my first day there I knew that brain injury rehabilitation was my field and I would stay there for the rest of my career." [5]
She had a brain rehabilitation centre named after her in 2007. A centre in Quito Ecuador was named the "Centro de Rehabilitacion Neurologico Integral: Dra Barbara Wilson" and it was opened in honour of her work. [5]
Barbara A. Wilson qualified as a clinical psychologist in 1977. [2] She worked at the Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre in Oxford, [5] then at Charing Cross Hospital and the Medical Research Council's Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge. [3] She established the Oliver Zangwill Centre for Neuropsychological Rehabilitation at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Ely in 1996. [2] She is the founder and editor of the journal Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. [6] Wilson is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, the Academy of Social Sciences and the British Psychological Society (BPS) [7] and past president of the British Neuropsychological Society and the International Neuropsychological Society. [8] The BPS Barbara Wilson Lifetime Achievement Award , the highest UK professional award for clinical neuropsychologists, is named after her. [7] Wilson was appointed an OBE in the New Year's Honours List in 1998 for services to medical rehabilitation. [3] She ran the London marathon, in 2008, in close to six hours and ran for a charity fund. [5]
Wilson has written and edited several books, chapters and papers including:
Wilson has published more than 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 26 books, as well as eight neuropsychological tests.
Her awards include:
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