Fiona S. McEwen

Fiona S. McEwen is a researcher at King's College London, where she serves as Survey and Interventions Director for the XCEPT project, a programme examining the drivers of violent and peaceful behaviour in conflict-affected states including Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and South Sudan through longitudinal cohort studies and intervention research. McEwen completed a BSc in Neuroscience and a BVM&S in Veterinary Medicine and Surgery at the University of Edinburgh, followed by an MSc and PhD in Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry at the Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, where doctoral work focused on imitation and social development in twins with and without autism spectrum disorder. After postdoctoral positions at King's College London and Queen Mary University of London, McEwen led and coordinated several large studies on mental health in children and adolescents, including the TS 2000 Study of cognitive and behavioural outcomes in tuberous sclerosis complex and the BIOPATH cohort study of risk and resilience in Syrian refugee children in Lebanon. Additional research interests include the relationship between childhood cruelty to animals, child maltreatment, and family violence, an area on which McEwen produced a briefing for parliamentarians through a placement at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology.