Research Team

Dr Claire Williams (BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD) is an Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at Swansea University and the Research Impact Lead for the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Science. She is also an Honorary Senior Research Fellow with Elysium Neurological, co-founder and committee member of the South Wales Acquired Brain Injury Forum, and a Steering Group Member for the UK Acquired Brain Injury Forum’s Time for Change – Wales Taskforce.

Claire is an applied researcher focused on generating real-world impact beyond academia. Her principal research interests include neurobehavioural disability, emotional processing and regulation, the interface between brain injury and the criminal justice system, and outcome measurement in rehabilitation.


Professor Nick Alderman BA (Hons) MAppSci PhD CPsychol CSci FBPsS – Clinical Director, Neurobehavioural Rehabilitation Services at Elysium Neurological, part of Elysium Healthcare. He previously held senior posts at St Andrew’s Healthcare, the Brain Injury Trust, Partnerships in Care and Priory Healthcare. He is also Honorary Professor at Swansea University. Principal interests include neurobehavioural rehabilitation, challenging behaviour, dysexecutive syndrome and outcome measurement.


Professor Rodger Llewellyn Wood BA, DCP, PhD, DSc, C Psych, FBPsS is a Professor Emeritus of Clinical Neuropsychology at Swansea University and Honorary Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist at ABM University Health Board. He has worked in brain injury rehabilitation since 1978, at the Kemsley Unit, Northampton, Casa Colina Hospital, California, and the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust, UK.