Dr. Elizabeth Thompson

Biography

Elizabeth C. Thompson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cognitive Psychological Sciences and the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University. Her research focuses on understanding risk factors associated with psychosis-spectrum disorders in adolescents, as well as developing interventions aimed at improving early psychosis screening and treatment. She has a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and completed her clinical internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She leads a pilot project exploring the sleep characteristics of teens with psychosis-spectrum symptoms and co-directs the Stride Clinic, an early psychosis assessment service. Thompson is committed to conducting clinically meaningful research that translates into improved early intervention for psychosis, working on various funded projects examining the interrelation of sleep, stress, and psychosis-spectrum symptoms in adolescents. Her teaching responsibilities include clinical psychology courses that prepare students for careers in psychology, emphasizing practical applications of psychological assessment and intervention strategies.

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