Professor Tom McMillan

MAppSci, PhD, FBPsS
Chair in Clinical Neuropsychology
Research Director: Doctorate of Clinical Psychology
MSc Clinical Neuropsychology
E-mail t.m.mcmillan@clinmed.gla.ac.uk
Tel 0141 211 3938

Professor McMillan trained as a clinical psychologist in Glasgow.  He then worked clinically and in research at the Institute of Psychiatry in London for 10 years before moving to St Georges Hospital where he was the Head of Clinical Neuropsychology for Regional Neurosciences, working mainly in the Wolfson Neurorehabilitation Centre in Wimbledon.  Prior to returning to Glasgow in 1999, he was the Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Surrey.  He was the founder of the professional sub-division of clinical neuropsychology in the British Psychological Society.

He is Director of the Institute for Education in Mental Health, Programme Director and Research Director of the Doctorate in Clinical Neuropsychology and Research Director for the MSc in Neuropsychology.  Clinically, he has a senior position in Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board with responsibility for developing and advising on the implementation of rehabilitation services for people with acquired brain injury and clinically, in assessment of often complex out of area referrals.  Associated with this combination of academic and research experience are National roles as adviser on neuropsychological matters to the Ministry of Defence, the National Head Injuries Association and development of SIGN guidelines for head injury.

Research focuses on outcome of head injury and the implications for service use and development, across the lifespan, from very mild to extremely severe head injury and from specific impairments to general outcome in terms of recovery, disability and death.  Related to this is interest in the interface between psychological attribution, symptom complaint and disability and the development of psychological disorders such as PTSD after a brain injury.  Most recent research investigates relationships between molecular biological factors and outcome after head injury.