Academic and Professional Leadership
Professor Peter Wilson possesses three decades of academic experience and has held a number of senior leadership positions in psychology at university level. The most recent was as National Head of the School of Psychology in the Faculty of Health Sciences and Founder of the Development and Disability over the Lifespan program in the Healthy Brain and Mind Research Centre (HBMRC) at the Australian Catholic University.
Background and Research
Peter obtained a PhD in Developmental Psychology in 1998 from La Trobe University and has been a registered Psychologist with AHPRA in Australia since 1995.
He has assisted in the development of two world-renowned programs of research; motor and cognitive development of children (Developmental Coordination Disorder-DCD), and innovations in virtual rehabilitation. He has collaborated with researchers, medical professionals, scientists and artists to create innovative approaches to rehabilitation and motor and cognitive training and is the past President of the International Society for Research on DCD.
