Division of Neuropsychology: 2024 Summit

Dr Annmarie Burns

Dr Annmarie Burns is a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist working for Brainkind. She has over twenty years of experience working for the NHS in community neurorehabilitation with people with a wide range of neurological conditions (including, ABI, stroke, MS and MND).  Since 2021 she has worked in the Social Change and Policy Team at Brainkind; delivering and developing services for people with brain injury going through the Criminal Justice System and researching the prevalence of brain injury in people with lived experience of domestic abuse.  Annmarie is chair of the Member Services Unit for the Division of Neuropsychology.

Dr Sallie Baxendale

Dr Sallie Baxendale is Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology at the UCL, Queen Square, Institute of Neurology. She has over three decades experience working on the epilepsy surgery programs in London and Oxford and is the current Chair of the International League Against Epilepsy Diagnostic Methods Commission. She serves on the Board of Governors for the INS and  was awarded the Arthur Benton Prize for her outstanding scientific contributions to the field of neuropsychology in 2018 and received the Distinguished Contribution Award from the British Psychological Society in 2023. She is the Course Director of the ILAE Academy Biennial Neuropsychology Summer School for advanced training in the neuropsychology of epilepsy.

T. Rune Nielsen, Ph.D. 

T. Rune Nielsen, Ph.D. works as a clinical neuropsychologist and associate professor at the Danish Dementia Research Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, and Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. His main research interests concern cross-cultural neuropsychology, and dementia diagnostics, treatment, and care among minority ethnic groups in Europe and populations in low- and middle-income countries. He is a cofounding member of the European Consortium on Cross-Cultural Neuropsychology (ECCroN) and has been PI on several national and international studies on development and validation of cross-cultural neuropsychological assessment methods and psychosocial interventions for minority ethnic groups in Europe. He is the author of more than 80 per-reviewed scientific papers, book chapters, and scientific reports, and has given several talks and workshops at international meetings and conferences. 

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Alasdair FitzGerald

Alasdair FitzGerald is a consultant in neurological rehabilitation, with specialist interest in brain injury rehabilitation with NHS Lothian. In addition to clinical roles, he is the Clinical Lead with management responsibilities at Astley Ainslie Hospital, Edinburgh and is a board member with Headway Edinburgh and with SABIN (Scottish Acquired Brain Injury managed clinical Network). Academic roles include postgraduate medical training in rehabilitation medicine; lecturing roles in Edinburgh University; and research interests in anoxic brain injury; stimulant use in brain injury and endocrine deficits in brain injury.

Dr Mark Oliver

Dr Mark Oliver is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and behaviour analyst working at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust. He has a special interest in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and has presented at national and international conferences on adapting ACT for adults with intellectual disabilities. He has published on ACT in peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters.

Mark is the lead researcher on the development of the Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire-Accessible (PFQ-Ax), a reliable and validated assessment tool for people with intellectual disabilities and other populations who would benefit from an adapted and accessible measure.

Mark has delivered ACT training to audiences as diverse as intellectual disability self-advocacy groups, parents and carers, members of the public, educational psychologists and doctoral level graduates and trainees. He is a board member of the UK and Republic of Ireland Chapter of the Association for Contextual Behavioural Science.

Dr Alistair Teager

Alistair is a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist at Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences (MCCN) in the United Kingdom. He is the neuropsychology lead for acute neurorehabilitation and spinal cord injury at MCCN. Alistair and his team were heavily involved in providing inpatient psychological support for those brought to Salford Royal following the Manchester Arena Attack, and he spent some time working for the World Health Organisation in Ukraine helping set up a national rehabilitation centre. 

Recently, Alistair has been working with Decently, a digital health technology company, to evaluate the Melo^TM platform, which is being developed to digitise the assessment and understanding of challenging to manage behaviour. Alistair’s other research interests include inclusive practice, emergency preparedness, and major trauma.

Alistair completed his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology at Liverpool, before doing a Master’s degree in Performance Psychology at Edinburgh. He then went on to do the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Manchester, and the Postgraduate Diploma in Neuropsychology at Glasgow. Alistair has completed the British Psychological Society’s Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology and is on the Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists. Outside of work, Alistair likes rugby, mountain biking, open water swimming, late 90s dance music, and talking about his dog. 

Twitter: @ajteager

Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alistair_Teager

Professor Jonathan Evans

Jon Evans is Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology and Programme Director for the Clinical Neuropsychology training programme at the University of Glasgow. Jon is the current Past-President of the International Neuropsychological Society. Jon has published more than 200 papers, books and book chapters in the field of cognitive neuropsychology, neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation. He has received several awards from the British Psychological Society including the May Davidson Award (for clinical psychologists who have made an outstanding contribution to the development of clinical psychology within 10 years of qualification); the Barbara Wilson Lifetime Achievement Award (for outstanding contribution to clinical neuropsychology in the UK) and the M.B Shapiro award (a late career award for clinical psychologists who have achieved eminence in their field); Fellowship of the British Psychological Society.

Rebecca Gould

Rebecca Gould is a Professor of Psychological Therapies in the Division of Psychiatry at University College London and an Honorary Clinical Psychologist in Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. Her main research interests are in developing and evaluating psychological interventions, particularly "third-wave" psychological therapies such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and mindfulness-based interventions, for people living with and affected by physical and mental health conditions. She was Chief Investigator on a recent clinical trial examining the clinical and cost-effectiveness of ACT for improving quality of life in comparison to multidisciplinary usual care for people living with motor neuron disease. She was also involved in the development of an online ACT intervention for caregivers of people living with dementia, which is currently being evaluated in a clinical trial. She is currently leading on a clinical trial of ACT for older people with treatment-resistant generalised anxiety disorder, as well as the development of an ACT intervention for people living with Parkinson's disease and anxiety.

Dr Stephanie Adams

Dr Stephanie Adams is a concussion education specialist whose professional interests include helping people understand the science and guidelines around concussion prevention, detection and management. Her work spans psychology, physical activity for health, and brain health / dementia prevention. Stephanie is an Honorary Fellow in Sport & Brain Health at the University of Edinburgh, Head of Sport Science for Scottish Brain Sciences, Director and Founder of Concuss-Ed, and a concussion education consultant to Sportscotland. She is known for her leadership contributions to several national and global concussion education initiatives, including the 'Sport and Exercise for Brain Health MOOC' hosted on the FutureLearn platform. Stephanie is a retired rugby and equestrian athlete, and brings experience from several teaching and leadership roles across university, business, school and sport settings. She sits on the Scottish Government Concussion Advisory Group, which is responsible for the Scottish Sports Concussion Guidance. 

Dr Blanca Poveda

Dr Blanca Poveda is a qualified Clinical Neuropsychologist working for NHS Lothian as a Principal Clinical Neuropsychologist for the South East of Scotland Major Trauma Service and the Department of Clinical Neurosciences and as a Clinical Research Fellow for NHS Research Scotland (NRS) and Chief Scientist Officer (CSO) with a special interest in the area of disorders of consciousness and post acute confusion and recovery (Post-traumatic Amnesia) following a traumatic brain injury. 

Dr Warren Dunger

Dr Warren Dunger is a Clinical Neuropsychologist working in Neurorehabilitation and the Neuropsychology Lead on the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Programme at the University of Southampton. He has been teaching neuropsychology for nearly a decade using innovative methods to enhance engagement and make this topic more accessible to those outside this field. He is currently undertaking research on test administration errors, trainee clinical psychologists experiences of neuropsychology placements, and validating a new observation tool for assessing competencies in neuropsychological test administration.

Dr Mariëtte Henning-Pugh

Dr Mariëtte Henning-Pugh is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Senior Teaching Fellow and the Equity Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Lead on the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Programme at the University of Southampton. She has a specialist interest in Clinical Neuropsychology, and particularly in working with children and young people who are from marginalised backgrounds or who have experiences of care and trauma, and their families. She contributes to the Neuropsychology module of the programme, including on accessibility of Neuropsychology to aspiring clinical psychologists & trainees and on integrating EDI in to teaching, clinical practice, research and into the curriculum.

Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe

Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe is a Regents Professor and H. L. Eastlick Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology at Washington State University. Dr. Schmitter-Edgecombe’s laboratory has pioneered novel, ecologically valid methods to assess activities of daily living in real-world environments as well as innovative preventative interventions and compensatory technologies that can support brain health and maintenance of functional independence. She has authored or co-authored more than 200 publications; and is a co-editor of the second edition of the book “Neuropsychology of Everyday Functioning”.

Dr Jackie Hamilton

Dr Hamilton works as a consultant clinical neuropsychologist in the department of clinical neuropsychology at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, NHS Grampian. In addition to having clinical and strategic responsibility for the stroke neuropsychology service within NHS Grampian she is also involved in the neuropsychological assessment and treatment of individuals with a broad range of neurological conditions, in both acute and rehabilitation settings. Dr Hamilton has provided advice and consultation to the Scottish Executive on stroke and other neurological conditions and is the current Psychology representative on the National Advisory Committee for Stroke. She has been instrumental in driving forward the psychological care in stroke services agenda and was one of the key authors of ‘Improving Psychological Services in Stroke Services: A National Model for Scotland’ (SSPF, 2020). Dr Hamilton has also published research relevant to neuropsychological practice and has ongoing involvement in a number of stroke audit and research projects.

Dr Luke Williams

Dr Luke Williams is Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Lead for Neuropsychology in NHS Ayrshire & Arran. His areas of special interest are in stroke and motor neurone disease. A key aspect of his work has been developing and implementing systems that support non-psychology staff to provide psychologically informed practice to manage distress, adjustment and cognitive impairment secondary to neurological events or conditions. He sits on the National Advisory Committee Stroke rehabilitation sub-group and is currently chair of the Scottish Stroke Psychology Forum.

Amanda Mobley

Amanda is a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist, Head of Neuropsychology at the Leicester Neuropsychology service, Lead for Paediatric Neuropsychology at Leeds Children’s Hospital and in private practice through The Brain Place. She works across the lifespan with adults and children with acquired brain injuries, progressive neurological conditions and complex epilepsy. Amanda is interested on the impact of neurological conditions on family as a whole and in the application of systemic working and principles to people with neurological conditions and brain injury. She has undertaken further training in Tree of Life approaches and Emotion Focused Couples Therapy and is also interested in the role of trauma for people with neurological conditions and is qualified in EMDR. Having worked in a range of geographical regions she has a keen interest in cultural diversity and inclusivity within neuropsychology. She is on the Policy Unit of the Division of Neuropsychology and has supported national policy work such as the All Party Parliamentary Group for Parkinson’s Disease.

Dr Niels Detert

Dr Niels Detert is a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist and lead for adult neuropsychology at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford with special interests in Mindfulness and in Functional Neurological Disorders (FND). He has worked in particular with Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy to improve the management of stress and mental health problems in people with neurological and functional neurological disorders. He is chair of the  FND workstream of the Division of Neuropsychology policy unit. He is the chair of the UKFND Network, an FND liaison group of representatives of UK professional and voluntary sector bodies and stakeholders. 

Dr Phil Yates

Dr Phil Yates is a Strategic Lead, Head of Psychology Practice & Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist for Devon Partnership NHS Trust. His clinical role is as Neuropsychology Lead in inpatient neuro-rehabilitation services, based in Exeter. He has worked in the Division of Neuropsychology Executive since 2010 as CPD and Conference Lead, and was the first Chair of the DoN Membership Services Unit. He was Deputy Chair of the DoN from 2019-2022. Since 2022, Phil has chaired the DoN workstream on Commissioning Neuropsychological Services, working with UK Neuropsychology Service Leads and the Neurological Alliance to produce guidelines to inform service commissioning. 

Dr Sarah Rudebeck

Dr. Sarah Rudebeck is a Senior Clinical Psychologist specializing in Neurorehabilitation. She currently works in Paediatrics at King's College Hospital. Before entering clinical training, Sarah completed a PhD in memory disorders and amnesia at Oxford University. She is particularly interested in developing novel rehabilitation tools for individuals with cognitive challenges.

Dr. Berkan Sesen 

Dr. Berkan Sesen is a former academic, specializing in AI and clinical decision support. Berkan spent the last 15 years working in medicine, and finance, building products and businesses powered by AI. Earlier this year, Berkan co-founded tinie.ai with his partner, Sarah with a focus on democratizing access to AI for populations that stand to benefit the most. Berkan holds a DPhil in AI and Clinical Decision Support from Oxford University. For more details, visit: https://sesen.ai.

Dr Camille Julien

Camille is a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist and Head of Neuropsychology at Homerton Health Care Foundation NHS Trust in East London. She is passionate about widening access to neurorehabilitation and is interested in the cognitive, behavioural and psychosocial consequences of living with acquired brain injury. She co-chairs the Division of Neuropsychology guideline development group for ‘Working with Behaviours that Challenge following Acquired Brain Injury’

Caitlin Black

Caitlin Black has just finished her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Edinburgh, having completed her specialist placement at the South East of Scotland Major Trauma Centre. Her doctoral thesis explored healthcare professionals' experiences of working with individuals in a disorder of consciousness in acute and post-acute settings in Scotland. 

Caitlin completed her Master’s degree in Applied Neuropsychology at the University of Bristol after completing a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology at Sheffield Hallam University. Prior to training she held Assistant Psychologist posts at Great Ormond Street Hospital and Cambridge University Hospital Trust, both in Neuropsychology.  Her clinical interests are traumatic brain injury and critical care Psychology.

Dr Amy Mulroue

Dr Amy Mulroue is a Clinical Psychologist working in NHS Lothian Neurorehabilitation Services, with a special interest in stroke neuropsychology. She is passionate about promoting the importance of psychological care within stroke services and was an author of ‘Improving Psychological Care in Stroke Services: A National Model for Scotland’ (SSPF, 2020). She represents the Scottish Stroke Psychology Forum (SSPF) on the Scottish Government Cross Party Working Group for Stroke. Prior to Clinical Psychology, Amy completed a Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience at The University of Edinburgh, and has ongoing involvement in stroke related teaching, research, and audit projects.