Andy Champion

Andy Champion serves as a part-time academic at the University of Gloucestershire since 2021, balancing two days weekly at the university with his full-time NHS role as a clinical psychologist specializing in neuropsychological rehabilitation. He is affiliated with the Department of Psychological Sciences, teaching undergraduate Psychology BSc modules and contributing to the MSc in Health Psychology program.

His educational qualifications include:

• Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Neuropsychology from the Institute of Psychiatry (2003)
• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Royal Holloway, University of London (2001)
• BSc (Hons) in Psychology from the University of Leeds (1995)

Champion's research focuses on practical neuropsychological rehabilitation implementation in clinical environments. Key investigations include evaluating group self-management interventions for acquired brain injury patients, developing novel outcome measures for multidisciplinary neurotherapy, enhancing staff communication with cognitively impaired patients, creating bedside cognitive assessments, and quantifying post-injury mental fatigue. His work bridges clinical practice with academic theory through NHS-university collaboration.

No scientific awards or fellowships were documented in the source material.

Champion contributes clinical expertise to academic teaching but no formal student supervision or research grants were specified. His professional activities span NHS clinical settings and university instruction without dedicated research laboratories, emphasizing real-world application of neuropsychological principles across stroke, elderly care, and neurology services.