Elizabeth Westrupp

Associate Professor Liz Westrupp works in the School of Psychology at Deakin University and is a registered child clinical psychologist. She co-leads the Intervention Sciences Theme of the Deakin SEED Lifespan strategic research centre (https://seed.deakin.edu.au/). Her research focusses on (a) understanding how families and wider social environments influence children’s development and mental health outcomes, and (b) providing parents with effective evidence-based support to improve children’s mental health and development in the long-term.

Associate Professor Westrupp has expertise in clinical and population-level longitudinal research, and randomised control trials of community based parenting programs. She currently leads:

* Daily Growth: A trial of a new smartphone app for parents of children 2-4 years, aiming to support parent and child emotion regulation, and prevent child mental health problems: (a) tailoring parenting resources to specific parenting situations; (b) including Indigenous-led, culturally-derived content; and (c) using machine learning to personalise the delivery of 3 types of parenting support. Funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council.

* The Child and Parent Emotion Study (CAPES), a longitudinal study looking at how emotions affect parenting and children’s socio-emotional wellbeing. See capestudy.com for more information.

* The COVID-19 Pandemic Adjustment Survey, a longitudinal study of more than 2,000 Australian parents examining the impacts of the pandemic (see pandemicstudy.com).