Dr Elizabeth Westrupp

    Senior Lecturer | Deakin University

    Dr Elizabeth Westrupp is a clinical psychologist (child and adolescent specialisation), a senior lecturer in the School of Psychology at Deakin University, Australia, and leads Intervention Sciences in the Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development (SEED). Her research focus is on child development and parenting, and she is currently leading the COVID-19 Pandemic Adjustment Survey, a longitudinal study of 2,000 Australian parents of children aged 0-18 years, investigating the impact of the pandemic on family functioning, parenting, and parent/child mental health outcomes over 14 waves of data collection (13 months, 2020-21). Dr Westrupp has expertise in clinical and population-level longitudinal research and cohort studies, and randomised control trials of parenting interventions. Dr Westrupp is particularly interested in developing evidence-based approaches for supporting children and parents in early childhood through community partnerships and the innovative use of technology.