role: Consultant Clinical Psychologist, CAMHS NHS Western Isles
institution: Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
Dr Shields has a longstanding interest in neurodevelopmental conditions and acquired brain injury having worked in both specialities and completed the Post Graduate Diploma in Paediatric Clinical Neuropsychology. Dr Shields, with Dr Brown, led the pioneering FASD pilot diagnostic clinic based in NHS Ayrshire and Arran. Dr Shields was a member of the working group for the SIGN Guideline for Autism (145) the SIGN Guideline (156) Children & Young People exposed pre-natally to alcohol.