The BPS Barbara Wilson Lifetime Achievement Award is the highest UK professional award for clinical
neuropsychologist
Neuropsychology is a branch of psychology concerned with how a person's cognition and behavior are related to the brain and the rest of the nervous system. Professionals in this branch of psychology focus on how injuries or illnesses of the brai ...
s.
It was created by the
British Psychological Society
The British Psychological Society (BPS) is a representative body for psychologists and psychology in the United Kingdom.
History
It was founded on 24 October 1901 at University College London (UCL) as ''The Psychological Society'', the org ...
's Division of Neuropsychology (DoN) in 2010 and is normally 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.
[Oliver Zangwill Centre http://www.ozc.nhs.uk/ozc-news-item.asp?$=16&o=] 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
See also
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List of psychology awards
References
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British academic awards
Neuropsychologists
British Psychological Society
Psychology awards
Lifetime achievement awards