Awarded on the recommendation of British Psychological Society (BPS)’s National External Assessor, Helen McConachie, now Professor of Child Clinical Psychology (Newcastle University/ Northumberland and Tyne and Wear NHS Trust): Dawn Wimpory.. “has a national reputation as a specialist in the field of Autism. She is an asset to the Trust and to the University, and the profession needs to support talented clinical researchers such as Dr Wimpory.” (awarded retrospectively from 1996).