Rate My Professor Linda Campbell

Linda Campbell is an Associate Professor and Clinical Associate Professor in the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Newcastle. She earned her PhD from the University of London, Master of Clinical Psychology from the University of Newcastle, and Graduate Certificate in the Practice of Tertiary Teaching from the University of Newcastle. Her academic career includes early positions as Research Assistant at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London (2000-2004), followed by roles at the University of Newcastle starting in 2004: Research Assistant, Research Project Manager in the School of Medicine and Public Health, NHMRC Training Fellowship and Post-doctoral Fellowship at Hunter Medical Research Institute (2006-2011), Site Coordinator (2009-2011), and lecturer in the School of Psychology since 2008, advancing to her current position. Campbell is registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.

Her research focuses on the psychological development of children and young people, particularly the impact of parenting on child development, growing up with disabilities, and biopsychosocial influences on social functioning and mental health in vulnerable children. She investigates behavioral phenotypes in neurodevelopmental disorders such as 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, Williams syndrome, and autism spectrum disorders, using methodologies like eye-tracking for social-cognitive abilities. Additional interests include developmental profiles of children born to mothers with asthma, father-toddler play, and parental mental health in contexts like psychosis and postnatal depression. Key fields of research are child and adolescent development (70%), clinical psychology (20%), and behavioural genetics (10%). Notable publications include "Psychiatric Disorders From Childhood to Adulthood in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: Results From the International Consortium on Brain and Behavior in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome" (2014, American Journal of Psychiatry), "Brain and Behaviour in Children with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome" (2006, Brain), "3D Analysis of Facial Morphology" (2004, American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A), and the chapter "Parenting Challenges for Persons with a Serious Mental Illness" (2020). She has secured funding such as an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship and NHMRC project grants. In teaching, she coordinates courses like Preprofessional Psychology I and Introduction to Psychology, and lectures in developmental, clinical, and cognitive psychology topics.