Prof Pasco Fearon
Chair in Developmental Psychopathology
Clinical, Edu & Hlth Psychology
Div of Psychology & Lang Sciences
- Joined UCL
- 1st Sep 2007
Research summary
My research focuses on the mechanisms of socio-emotional development and the processes involved in risk for psychopathology. I am particularly interested in the intersection between social and biological processes in children's development, and accordingly I use a range of diverse methods, including observational techniques for measuring family processes (attachment, parenting), quantitative and molecular genetics for examining genes and gene-environment interactions, and biological measurements for capturing peripheral physiology (e.g. cortisol, heart rate) and brain function (EEG, fMRI). As my primary interest is in development, much of my work involves longitudinal cohort studies, and multivariate longitudinal data analysis.
Teaching summary
Taught Courses
- Joint Course Director for the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
Education
- University of Wales, Bangor
- Doctorate, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology | 2004
- University College London
- Doctorate, Doctor of Philosophy | 1999
- University of Cambridge
- Other higher degree, Master of Arts | 1996
- University of Cambridge
- First Degree, Bachelor of Arts | 1993