Welcome to
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Professor Jonathan Foster
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Synapse Neuropsychology
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About Our Practice
We have over 25 years of experience in clinical neuropsychology.
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These webpages offer you further information about our services, which are based in Perth, Australia and near London, UK.
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In addition to these webpages, further details concerning Professor Foster's extensive professional and academic track record as a scientist-practitioner in clinical neuropsychology can be found here:
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drjonathanfosteratgmaildotcom
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Professor Jonathan Foster FRMS DPhil (Oxon) First Class (Hons) DipNeuropsych CPsychol (UK) CSci (UK) AFBPsS MAPS FCCN Affiliate AACN (USA)
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Professor Jonathan Foster has over 25 years of experience in clinical neuropsychology, with an international track record of training and expertise obtained in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and Canada.
Professor Foster is registered as a Health Practitioner, Clinical Neuropsychologist and Clinical Supervisor in Clinical Neuropsychology (Psychology Board of Australia /Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency). Reflecting his international standing, Professor Foster has been elected to the National Executive Committee of the British Neuropsychological Society (1997-2000; National Hospital For Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK) and to the National Executive Committee of the College of Clinical Neuropsychologists of the Australian Psychological Society (2005-2008; Melbourne, Australia). He is a Fellow of the College of Clinical Neuropsychologists of the Australian Psychological Society and a Member of the Division of Neuropsychology of the British Psychological Society, a Fellow of the Royal Medical Society (UK), an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and an Associate Member of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (USA).
Professor Foster has been awarded University Chairs in Clinical Neuropsychology in both the United Kingdom (London) and Australia (Perth). He has received competitive funding for his work from a variety of international sources (e.g. NHMRC, ARC - Australia; NIH - USA; MRC - Canada; Wellcome Trust, MRC, Royal Society - UK) and has received a range of personal awards and prizes across his career to date (e.g. Royal Society; Brain; British and Australian Psychological Societies; Wellcome Trust, Nuffield Foundation and other Research Councils).
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Professor Foster’s initial tertiary education was in Medicine (matriculation 1982), subsequent to which he obtained a First Class Honours degree in Psychology, Mathematics and Philosophy and completed his doctorate in Neuropsychology (1986-89) at the University of Oxford where he was awarded a Senior Scholarship (having additionally been awarded full scholarships by the Universities of Cambridge and London).
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Professor Foster 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 (1990-92), where he held a Royal Society/NATO International Fellowship in Neuropsychology. He additionally received advanced training in clinical neuropsychology via the Universities of Pittsburgh, Ottawa and Boston.
Professor Foster has published and lectured widely, including the authoring of numerous publications that are directly related to his clinical practice. He has written or edited 6 books to date, published over 200 scientific articles (Google Scholar) and given over 250 oral presentations. He has published over 100 articles listed in the ISI Web of Science, with a current scientific H index (ISI) of over 30.
A recent book, focusing on how your memory works and entitled Memory: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press), has now been translated into eight languages:-
Professor Foster has been formally trained through the American College of Disability Medicine in the AMA Guides to Permanent Impairment and in the WA Work Cover Guides for the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment.
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He has served on hospital ethics committees and consulted to clinical, industrial, commercial, media and legal organisations in North America, Europe and Australia in his career to date. In addition, Professor Foster presents regularly in the media on matters related to his expertise in clinical neuroscience.
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