Biography:Barbara Wilson (psychologist)

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Short description: British psychologist
Barbara A. Wilson
NationalityBritish
OccupationPsychologist
Known forFounded 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]

Career

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]

Life

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]

Publications

Wilson has written and edited several books, chapters and papers including:

  • The Assessment, Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Everyday Memory Problems: Selected Papers of Barbara A. Wilson (2013)[9]
  • Case Studies in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation (1999)[10]
  • Essentials of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation (Wilson and Betteridge 2019)[11]
  • Life After Brain Injury: Survivors' Stories (Wilson et al. 2013)[12]
  • Memory Rehabilitation: Integrating Theory and Practice (2009)[13]
  • Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: The International Handbook (Wilson et al., eds, 2017)[14]
  • Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: Theory, Models, Therapy and Outcome (Wilson et al. 2009)[15]

Awards

Wilson has published more than 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 26 books, as well as eight neuropsychological tests.

Her awards include:

  • (1998) OBE for services to rehabilitation;
  • Four lifetime achievement awards, one from the British Psychological Society, one from the International Neuropsychological Society, one from the National Academy of Neuropsychology and one from the Encephalitis Society;
  • (2011) Ramon Y Cahal award, the International Neuropsychiatric Association;
  • (2014) honorary degree from The University of Cordoba, Argentina;
  • (2014) M.B. Shapiro award, The Division of Clinical Psychology (The British Psychological Society) for Distinguished Contributions to Clinical Psychology.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Wilson, Barbara A., 1941-". https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83152908.html. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "The Oliver Zangwill Centre | Specialist Rehabilitation after Brain Injury | The Princess of Wales Hospital, Ely, Cambridgeshire". http://www.ozc.nhs.uk/ozc-team-member.asp?$=16&o=. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Barbara A Wilson | Pearson Assessment". https://www.pearsonclinical.co.uk/Psychology/ChildCognitionNeuropsychologyandLanguage/ChildMemory/RivermeadBehaviouralMemoryTestforChildren(RBMT-C)/Authors/BarbaraAWilson.aspx. 
  4. ↑ "Professor Barbara Wilson, Oliver Zangwill Centre: national finalist in NHS 70 Birthday Awards". https://www.cambscommunityservices.nhs.uk/what-we-do/children-young-people-health-services-cambridgeshire/specialist-services/childrens-speech-and-language-therapy/at-school/pathways/ccs-news/2018/05/18/professor-barbara-wilson-founder-of-the-oliver-zangwill-centre-national-finalist-in-nhs-70-birthday-awards. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "One on one......with Barbara Wilson | The Psychologist". https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-25/edition-2/one-onewith-barbara-wilson. 
  6. ↑ "Neuropsychological Rehabilitation". https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/pnrh20. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Professor Barbara Wilson" (in en). https://www.encephalitis.info/barbara-wilson. 
  8. ↑ "Barbara A. Wilson" (in en-US). https://www.guilford.com/author/Barbara-A-Wilson. 
  9. ↑ Wilson, Barbara A. (2013-11-07) (in en). The Assessment, Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Everyday Memory Problems: Selected papers of Barbara A. Wilson. Psychology Press. ISBN 9781317974475. https://books.google.com/books?id=ecwJAgAAQBAJ&q=Barbara+A.+Wilson. 
  10. ↑ Wilson, Barbara A. (1999) (in en). Case Studies in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195065985. https://books.google.com/books?id=Bnna163BCisC&q=barbara+a+wilson. 
  11. ↑ Wilson, Barbara A.; Betteridge, Shai (2019-09-02) (in en). Essentials of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. Guilford Publications. ISBN 9781462540747. https://books.google.com/books?id=8sulDwAAQBAJ&q=Essentials+of+Neuropsychological+Rehabilitation. 
  12. ↑ Wilson, Barbara A.; Winegardner, Jill; Ashworth, Fiona (2013-09-05) (in en). Life After Brain Injury: Survivors' Stories. Psychology Press. ISBN 9781135941628. https://books.google.com/books?id=7Q2wAAAAQBAJ&q=Barbara+A.+Wilson. 
  13. ↑ Wilson, Barbara A. (2009-05-21) (in en). Memory Rehabilitation: Integrating Theory and Practice. Guilford Press. ISBN 9781606233832. https://books.google.com/books?id=9U_fgRjUTPQC&q=barbara+a+wilson. 
  14. ↑ Wilson, Barbara A.; Winegardner, Jill; Heugten, Caroline M. van; Ownsworth, Tamara (2017-06-20) (in en). Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: The International Handbook. Psychology Press. ISBN 9781317244325. https://books.google.com/books?id=4-AqDwAAQBAJ&q=neuropsychological+rehabilitation+wilson. 
  15. ↑ Wilson, Barbara A.; Gracey, Fergus; Evans, Jonathan J.; Bateman, Andrew (2009-06-11) (in en). Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: Theory, Models, Therapy and Outcome. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781139478205. https://books.google.com/books?id=NSkPnYq25r4C&q=Barbara+A.+Wilson. 



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