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Expert has in-depth international expertise gained across three continents in the evaluation of occupational, functional and cognitive capacity following brain injury and other illnesses (e.g. neurological, psychiatric) related to neuropsycholgical functioning (including discreet events such as stroke, progressive events such as dementia or neurotoxicity and developmental disorders related to childhood illness and/or injury).

He has also conducted work into the effects of naturally occurring substances, hormones and drugs on mental and functional capacity - including clinical drug trials for the pharmaceutical and related industries.

Expert has consulted to clinical, industrial, commercial, media and legal organizations in North America, Europe and Australia. Techniques available include cognitive assessment (paper and pencil or computerized testing), EEG and brain imaging (fMRI), and questionnaires.

Expert's primary training was in Medicine, subsequent to which he obtained a First Class Honors degree in Psychology, Mathematics and Philosophy and completed his doctorate in Neuropsychology at the University of Oxford.

He was ranked as the highest student admitted to the Neuroscience programme at Oxford University and awarded a Senior Scholarship (having additionally been awarded full scholarships by the Universities of Cambridge and London). He subsequently received advanced training in clinical and experimental neuropsychology in the USA and Canada: he was a Clinical Research Fellow at the Rotman Institute of Baycrest Centre/University of Toronto, where he held a Royal Society/NATO International Fellowship in Neuropsychology. He additionally received advanced training in neuropsychology via the Universities of Pittsburgh, Ottawa and Boston.

Expert is a Fellow of the Royal Medical Society, an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, a Chartered Psychologist and Chartered Scientist (United Kingdom), a Full Member of the Division of Neuropsychology of the British Psychological Society, a Registered Psychologist (Australia & New Zealand), a Registered Clinical Neuropsychologist (Western Australia) and a Full Member of the College of Clinical Neuropsychology of the Australian Psychological Society (only current registered clinical supervisor in WA).

He was elected to the National Executive Committee of the British Neuropsychological Society, and to the National Executive Committee of the College of Clinical Neuropsychology of the Australian Psychological Society (only neuropsychologist from WA ever to be elected to this committee). He has been nominated as Coordinator for Clinical Neuropsychology in the Health Department of Western Australia (Neurosciences and Sense Clinical Network) and as the Head of the Section of Clinical Neuropsychology (WA), Australian Psychological Society.

He was awarded a Professorial Chair in Neuropsychology in London.

Expert presents regularly on (undisclosed) radio show on matters related to his clinical practice in neuropsychology.

Expert has published and lectured widely, including the authoring of numerous publications that are directly related to his clinical practice. He has written or edited 5 books to date, published over 150 scientific publications and given over 250 oral presentations. He has published over 90 articles listed in the ISI Web of Science, with a current scientific H index (ISI) of 18.

His latest book was published by Oxford University Press.

Expert has been formally trained in workcover guidelines for the evaluation of permanent impairment.

Clinical drug trials for the pharmaceutical and related industries.Medicolegal work for a range of plaintiff and defendant clients (e.g. insurance companies).Investigating the impact on cognitive functioning of foods produced by a major cereal manufacturer.Other examples are available on request.Neuropsychological assessment and related types of assessment/expertise in clinical neuroscience.