Barbara Wilson

Prof. Barbara Ann Wilson OBE (born 1941) is the founder of the Oliver Zangwill Centre for Neuropsychological Rehabilitation in Ely, Cambridgeshire. for "medical rehabilitation". She was a clinical psychologist, and is now retired. She was shortlisted for a Lifetime Achievement Award in the NHS70 Parliamentary Awards in 2018 for her dedication to brain injury rehabilitation.

Career Wilson spent her early career working with children with developmental delay, and brain injury, which influenced her career direction. She says: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. Wilson is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, the Academy of Social Sciences and the British Psychological Society (BPS) and past president of the British Neuropsychological Society and the International Neuropsychological Society. The BPS Barbara Wilson Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest UK professional award for clinical neuropsychologists, is named after her. Case Studies in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation (1999) Essentials of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation (Wilson and Betteridge 2019) Life After Brain Injury: Survivors' Stories (Wilson et al. 2013) Memory Rehabilitation: Integrating Theory and Practice (2009) Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: The International Handbook (Wilson et al., eds, 2017) Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: Theory, Models, Therapy and Outcome (Wilson et al. 2009)

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.