Biography summary
Dr Westrupp is a clinical psychologist, who has focused her research efforts on understanding the biological, social and environmental factors that influence children’s long-term developmental outcomes. She has expertise in clinical and population-level longitudinal research and cohort studies, and randomised control trials of parenting interventions across the hospital and community settings.
Research interests
Dr Westrupp's research focusses on child development and parenting.
Affiliations
Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne
Honorary Research Fellow, Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University
Teaching interests
Clinical psychology; psychological assessment; counselling; case management.
Units taught
HPY723 - Psychological Assessment in Practice
HPY710 - Case Management and Professional Issues
Professional activities
Dr Westrupp is a National Convener of the Prevention Sciences Network for the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY); and co-leads the Intervention Sciences Theme of the Deakin Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development (SEED).
Awards
Dr Elizabeth Westrupp's PhD thesis was nominated for the University of Melbourne Chancellor’s Prize for Excellence. In 2017, she was nominated for the international Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research, by Purdue University, Boston.
Publications
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Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Improving parent and child emotion regulation in early childhood to reduce population rates of child mental illness
A/Prof Elizabeth Westrupp, Prof Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Jamie Thomas, Prof Maia Angelova Turkedjieva, Dr Sophie Havighurst, A/Prof Subhadra Evans, Dr Lisa Olive, A/Prof Melissa O'Shea, Mrs Maria Bates, Dr Christane Kehoe
NHMRC - Ideas Grant
- 2024: $139,680
- 2023: $345,686
Industry and Other Funding
Implementation of an evidence-based family program to improve child education outcomes in disadvantaged school communities
Prof John Toumbourou, Dr Bosco Rowland, Ms Heidi Renner, Dr Michelle Benstead, Dr Keri Little, A/Prof Elizabeth Westrupp, Dr Elizabeth Clancy
Ian Potter Foundation Grant - Research
- 2021: $40,000
- 2020: $50,000
- 2019: $60,000
Sax Institute Review of Family School Partnerships.
Prof John Toumbourou, Dr Elizabeth Clancy, Dr David Skvarc, A/Prof Elizabeth Westrupp, Dr Keri Little, Dr Michelle Benstead
The Sax Institute
- 2019: $25,000
BCYF Research Strategy.
Prof John Toumbourou, A/Prof Elizabeth Westrupp, Dr Michelle Benstead
Barwon Child, Youth & Family
- 2022: $30,000
Supporting recovery from the mental health impacts of the COVID - 19 pandemic on rural communities.
Prof John Toumbourou, Dr Camille Deane, Prof Gery Karantzas, Prof Antonina Mikocka-Walus, A/Prof Elizabeth Westrupp, A/Prof Emma Sciberras
The Sax Institute
- 2023: $7,800
- 2022: $5,200
Supporting recovery from the mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on young women with mental illness.
Prof John Toumbourou, Dr Camille Deane, Prof Gery Karantzas, Prof Antonina Mikocka-Walus, A/Prof Elizabeth Westrupp, A/Prof Emma Sciberras
The Sax Institute
- 2023: $13,000
Supervisions
George Karambelas
Thesis entitled: A Comparison between Caregivers of Individuals with Schizophrenia Spectrum and Bipolar Disorders
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology