Senior Lecturer
Dr A Padmassini
Dr A Padmassini is a Clinical Neuropsychologist and a Clinical Psychologist who graduated from the University of Queensland, Australia. She currently works as a Senior Lecturer (for Master in Clinical Psychology program) at the Department of Psychology in HELP University. She also supervises clinical psychology trainees and postgraduate thesis students.
Dr A Padmassini also leads the Centre for Clinical Neuropsychology at HELP University. The Centre is the first of its kind in Malaysia. The Neuropsychology Clinic is one of the services that is provided by the Centre. Other services include disseminating information regarding brain health/healthy aging to the public and conducting research.
As a clinician, she has worked in Australia with individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds and age groups in various clinical settings such as the Rehabilitation Unit (Logan Hospital), Department of Neurosciences (Princess Alexandra Hospital), Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Clinic, and Grevillea Older Adult Mental Health Unit (Princess Alexandra Hospital). She was also associated with the University of Queensland’s Centre for Clinical Research, where she had the opportunity to work with individuals who were diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. As a psychologist with dual specialization, she actively integrates both fields to enable individuals to achieve their goals in life.