I am a Consultant Neuropsychologist and Head of Psychological Health Service at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Trust. I have been employed within Neurosciences in Bristol since 2005. Prior to my current appointment I worked as a Clinical Neuropsychologist at several tertiary neurosciences centres in the UK including Great Ormond Street Hospital, Guy’s Hospital, and Sheffield Children’s Hospital.

My current clinical role involves the assessment and management of young people with neurological disorders, including those who have suffered an acquired insult such as a traumatic brain injury. I am Clinical lead for NHS England in Paedaitric Neurosciences and Professional Standard Unit in the British Psychological Society (Division of Neuropsychology).

My academic qualifications are D.Clin.Psychol. (Leeds), PhD (Warwick) and MA (Cantab).  I am a Chartered Clinical Psychologist (C.Psychol) and a Practitioner Full Member of the Division of Neuropsychology of the British Psychological Society. I am also a Fellow of the British Psychological Society (FBPsS).

I have frequently published in scientific journals, and regularly present at international conferences on aspects of acquired brain injury in childhood. I contribute to a range of teaching programmes in neuropsychology including the BPS Division of Neuropsychology Programme, University College London, Royal Holloway and Bedford College, and the Universities of Bath, Cardiff and Plymouth. I was appointed inaugural Chair of the Faculty of Paediatric Neuropsychology in 2011. In 2006, I was appointed Chief Assessor in Neuropsychology for the British Psychological Society and in 2012, Chair of the Clinical Neuropsychology Qualifications Board.