School of Health & Wellbeing

Dr Fiona Sim

  • Lecturer (MVLS Education Hub)
  • Lecturer (School of Health & Wellbeing)

email: Fiona.Sim@glasgow.ac.uk

Caledonia House RHSC, Dalnair Street, Yorkhill, G3 8sj

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Biography

Dr Fiona Sim is a lecturer within the MVLS Graduate School and is the Programme Director of the online distance learning (ODL) Masters in Infant Mental Health.

Dr Fiona Sim graduated BSc (Honours) in Psychology from the University of Glasgow in 2008 and graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Health Sciences from the University of Aberdeen in 2018. She gained RET Fellowship on completion of the PG Certificate in Academic Practice (with Distinction) in 2024.

Publications

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Number of items: 17.

2025

Connell, Hayley ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9107-2520, Langan-Martin, Julie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0589-3464 and Sim, Fiona (2025) The Hidden Curriculum of Isolation. [Website]

Sim, Fiona (2025) Update on Infant Mental Health MSc Programme. Scottish Infant Mental Health Development Community (SIMH-DC) Network Day, Stirling, UK, 12 November 2025.

Langan-Martin, Julie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0589-3464, Connell, Hayley ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9107-2520, Sim, Fiona, Crow, Jenny ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7990-2757, Grieve, Eleanor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4115-2882 and Geue, Claudia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2243-0733 (2025) Creating Connection at a Distance: Evaluating Online Community Engagement in Postgraduate Masters Education. CROPSNet Online Seminar, London, UK, 12 Sep 2025. (Unpublished)

Sim, Fiona, Dalgarno, Lindsay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9994-5861, McIntosh, Emma ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6340-3083, Haig, Caroline ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2857-0246, Duklas, Patrycja, McConnachie, Alex ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7262-7000, Gillberg, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8848-1934, Minnis, Helen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945 and Thompson, Lucy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7461-3262 (2025) Families with neurodevelopmental diagnoses are not ‘Hard to Reach’: findings from a feasibility trial comparing parenting programmes for parents of children with ADHD. PLoS ONE, (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0323959) (PMID:40961127) (PMCID:PMC12443243)

Sim, Fiona (2025) ODL MSc Programme Development. Collaborative Research for Online Postgraduate Studies Network (CROPSNet) Online Seminar #2, 20 March 2025.

2024

Gajwani, R. et al. (2024) The BRIDGE project: a feasibility randomised controlled trial of brief, intensive assessment and integrated formulation for young people (age 14-24) with features of borderline personality disorder (Protocol). [Protocols]

2023

Sim, Fiona (2023) Workforce Upskilling in Infant Mental Health. Scottish Infant Mental Health Development Community (SIMH-DC) Network Day, Stirling, UK, 7 November 2023.

2019

Sim, Fiona, Thompson, Lucy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7461-3262, Marryat, Louise ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6093-4679, Law, James and Wilson, Philip (2019) Preschool developmental concerns and adjustment in the early school years: evidence from a Scottish birth cohort. Child: Care, Health and Development, 45(5), pp. 719-736. (doi: 10.1111/cch.12695) (PMID:31209912)

Sim, Fiona, Thompson, Lucy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7461-3262, Marryat, Louise ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6093-4679, Ramparsad, Nitish and Wilson, Philip (2019) Predictive validity of preschool screening tools for language and behavioural difficulties: a PRISMA systematic review. PLoS ONE, 14(2), e0211409. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211409) (PMID:30716083) (PMCID:PMC6361441)

2015

Sim, Fiona, Haig, Caroline ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2857-0246, O'Dowd, John, Thompson, Lucy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7461-3262, Law, James, McConnachie, Alex ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7262-7000, Gillberg, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8848-1934 and Wilson, Philip (2015) Development of a triage tool for neurodevelopmental risk in children aged 30 months. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 45, pp. 69-82. (doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2015.07.017) (PMID:26226112)

2014

Sim, Fiona, Pritchett, Rachel, Hepburn, Mary and Minnis, Helen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945 (2014) Invisible children: attempting to engage the most vulnerable families. [Reply to Daily stressors and negative life events in children at elevated risk of developing schizophrenia, BJP May 2014 204:354-360]. British Journal of Psychiatry, 204,

Marryat, Louise ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6093-4679, Thompson, Lucy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7461-3262, McGranachan, Margaret, Barry, Sarah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3039-8729, Sim, Fiona, White, Jane and Wilson, Philip (2014) Parenting Support Framework Evaluation Final Report, 2014, Project Report. Project Report. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow.

2013

Minnis, H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945, Macmillan, S., Pritchett, R., Young, D., Wallace, B., Butcher, J., Sim, F., Baynham, K., Davidson, C. and Gillberg, C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8848-1934 (2013) Prevalence of reactive attachment disorder in a deprived population. British Journal of Psychiatry, 202(5), pp. 342-346. (doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.114074)

Marryat, Louise ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6093-4679, Thompson, Lucy, Barry, Sarah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3039-8729, McGranachan, Margaret, Sim, Fiona, White, Jane, Ekevell, Elsa, Jones, Kim and Wilson, Phil (2013) Evaluation of the Parenting Support Framework in Glasgow City: Year 1 Report. Project Report. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow.

Sim, F., O'Dowd, J., Thompson, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7461-3262, Law, J., Macmillan, S.C., Affleck, M., Gillberg, C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8848-1934 and Wilson, P. (2013) Language and social/emotional problems identified at a universal developmental assessment at 30 months. BMC Pediatrics, 13(206), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-13-206)

2012

Latimer, K., Wilson, P., Kemp, J., Thompson, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7461-3262, Sim, F., Gillberg, C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8848-1934, Puckering, C. and Minnis, H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945 (2012) Disruptive behaviour disorders: a systematic review of environmental antenatal and early years risk factors. Child: Care, Health and Development, 38(5), pp. 611-628. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2012.01366.x)

Wilson, P., Rush, R., Hussey, S., Puckering, C., Sim, F., Allely, C.S., Doku, P., McConnachie, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7262-7000 and Gillberg, C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8848-1934 (2012) How evidence-based is an 'evidence-based parenting program'? A PRISMA systematic review and meta-analysis of Triple P. BMC Medicine, 10(1), p. 130. (doi: 10.1186/1741-7015-10-130)

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Number of items: 17.

Articles

Sim, Fiona, Dalgarno, Lindsay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9994-5861, McIntosh, Emma ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6340-3083, Haig, Caroline ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2857-0246, Duklas, Patrycja, McConnachie, Alex ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7262-7000, Gillberg, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8848-1934, Minnis, Helen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945 and Thompson, Lucy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7461-3262 (2025) Families with neurodevelopmental diagnoses are not ‘Hard to Reach’: findings from a feasibility trial comparing parenting programmes for parents of children with ADHD. PLoS ONE, (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0323959) (PMID:40961127) (PMCID:PMC12443243)

Sim, Fiona, Thompson, Lucy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7461-3262, Marryat, Louise ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6093-4679, Law, James and Wilson, Philip (2019) Preschool developmental concerns and adjustment in the early school years: evidence from a Scottish birth cohort. Child: Care, Health and Development, 45(5), pp. 719-736. (doi: 10.1111/cch.12695) (PMID:31209912)

Sim, Fiona, Thompson, Lucy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7461-3262, Marryat, Louise ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6093-4679, Ramparsad, Nitish and Wilson, Philip (2019) Predictive validity of preschool screening tools for language and behavioural difficulties: a PRISMA systematic review. PLoS ONE, 14(2), e0211409. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211409) (PMID:30716083) (PMCID:PMC6361441)

Sim, Fiona, Haig, Caroline ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2857-0246, O'Dowd, John, Thompson, Lucy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7461-3262, Law, James, McConnachie, Alex ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7262-7000, Gillberg, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8848-1934 and Wilson, Philip (2015) Development of a triage tool for neurodevelopmental risk in children aged 30 months. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 45, pp. 69-82. (doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2015.07.017) (PMID:26226112)

Sim, Fiona, Pritchett, Rachel, Hepburn, Mary and Minnis, Helen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945 (2014) Invisible children: attempting to engage the most vulnerable families. [Reply to Daily stressors and negative life events in children at elevated risk of developing schizophrenia, BJP May 2014 204:354-360]. British Journal of Psychiatry, 204,

Minnis, H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945, Macmillan, S., Pritchett, R., Young, D., Wallace, B., Butcher, J., Sim, F., Baynham, K., Davidson, C. and Gillberg, C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8848-1934 (2013) Prevalence of reactive attachment disorder in a deprived population. British Journal of Psychiatry, 202(5), pp. 342-346. (doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.114074)

Sim, F., O'Dowd, J., Thompson, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7461-3262, Law, J., Macmillan, S.C., Affleck, M., Gillberg, C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8848-1934 and Wilson, P. (2013) Language and social/emotional problems identified at a universal developmental assessment at 30 months. BMC Pediatrics, 13(206), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-13-206)

Latimer, K., Wilson, P., Kemp, J., Thompson, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7461-3262, Sim, F., Gillberg, C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8848-1934, Puckering, C. and Minnis, H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945 (2012) Disruptive behaviour disorders: a systematic review of environmental antenatal and early years risk factors. Child: Care, Health and Development, 38(5), pp. 611-628. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2012.01366.x)

Wilson, P., Rush, R., Hussey, S., Puckering, C., Sim, F., Allely, C.S., Doku, P., McConnachie, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7262-7000 and Gillberg, C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8848-1934 (2012) How evidence-based is an 'evidence-based parenting program'? A PRISMA systematic review and meta-analysis of Triple P. BMC Medicine, 10(1), p. 130. (doi: 10.1186/1741-7015-10-130)

Research Reports or Papers

Marryat, Louise ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6093-4679, Thompson, Lucy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7461-3262, McGranachan, Margaret, Barry, Sarah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3039-8729, Sim, Fiona, White, Jane and Wilson, Philip (2014) Parenting Support Framework Evaluation Final Report, 2014, Project Report. Project Report. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow.

Marryat, Louise ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6093-4679, Thompson, Lucy, Barry, Sarah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3039-8729, McGranachan, Margaret, Sim, Fiona, White, Jane, Ekevell, Elsa, Jones, Kim and Wilson, Phil (2013) Evaluation of the Parenting Support Framework in Glasgow City: Year 1 Report. Project Report. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow.

Conference or Workshop Item

Sim, Fiona (2025) Update on Infant Mental Health MSc Programme. Scottish Infant Mental Health Development Community (SIMH-DC) Network Day, Stirling, UK, 12 November 2025.

Langan-Martin, Julie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0589-3464, Connell, Hayley ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9107-2520, Sim, Fiona, Crow, Jenny ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7990-2757, Grieve, Eleanor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4115-2882 and Geue, Claudia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2243-0733 (2025) Creating Connection at a Distance: Evaluating Online Community Engagement in Postgraduate Masters Education. CROPSNet Online Seminar, London, UK, 12 Sep 2025. (Unpublished)

Sim, Fiona (2025) ODL MSc Programme Development. Collaborative Research for Online Postgraduate Studies Network (CROPSNet) Online Seminar #2, 20 March 2025.

Sim, Fiona (2023) Workforce Upskilling in Infant Mental Health. Scottish Infant Mental Health Development Community (SIMH-DC) Network Day, Stirling, UK, 7 November 2023.

Protocols

Gajwani, R. et al. (2024) The BRIDGE project: a feasibility randomised controlled trial of brief, intensive assessment and integrated formulation for young people (age 14-24) with features of borderline personality disorder (Protocol). [Protocols]

Website

Connell, Hayley ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9107-2520, Langan-Martin, Julie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0589-3464 and Sim, Fiona (2025) The Hidden Curriculum of Isolation. [Website]

This list was generated on Wed Jan 28 19:15:34 2026 GMT.

Teaching

Dr Sim is the Programme Director of the online distance learning (ODL) Masters in Infant Mental Health. She leads the following courses;

MED5663 Foundations of Infant Mental Health and Development

MED5659 Exploring Infant Mental Health and Development

MED5661 Infant Observation

MED5658 Clinical Skills in Infant Mental Health

MED5669 Infant Mental Health Practice

Dr Sim is the course lead of the Understanding Infant Mental Health & Development Microcredential.

Dr Sim also teaches on the MSc Public Health curriculum.