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University of Warwick

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5.05/4/2026

Always supportive and understanding.

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About Fiona

Professor Fiona MacCallum is a Professor of Psychology and Head of the Department of Psychology at the University of Warwick. She holds the qualifications of BSc, MSc, and PhD. Her research focuses on children's social and emotional development, parent-child relationships and their influence on psychological development. She compares parenting and child development in diverse family forms, such as adoptive families, families created through assisted reproduction including embryo donation, and father-absent families. Additional interests include the development of body image and factors affecting it; she is a partner on the AHRC project on “The changing requirements of beauty”. Professor MacCallum investigates direct-to-consumer genetic testing and the changing landscape of family relationships as part of the Lifespan Health and Wellbeing Group. She contributes to clinical and developmental psychology through teaching modules like PS911-15 Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology and PS348-15 Issues in Families and Development.