Dr. Elizabeth Lampe is a T32 postdoctoral research fellow in the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health at Dartmouth College. She received her PhD in clinical psychology from Drexel University under the mentorship of Dr. Stephanie Manasse. Elizabeth completed her pre-doctoral internship in clinical psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Elizabeth’s research uses ambulatory assessment technology, traditional and data-driven statistical modeling, and theoretical frameworks of both disordered eating and health-behavior promotion to identify novel treatment targets for eating disorders (e.g., exercise, sleep, substance use), with the ultimate goal of developing novel digital treatment approaches to provide support in the moment of need. Elizabeth’s primary line of research has focused on exercise, which has conventionally been conceptualized as an entirely maladaptive behavior in ED populations (i.e., intended to exert control over body shape/weight, designed to compensate for binge-eating episodes, and/or becoming compulsive or addictive). However, outside EDs, exercise is generally associated with positive physical and mental health outcomes. Elizabeth’s work evaluates a novel, dimensional theory of exercise in EDs which allows for the presence of adaptive exercise engagement (i.e., exercise engagement that is neither compulsive nor compensatory and contributes to both physical and psychological health) even within the context of an ED.

As a postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Lampe will work under the mentorship of Dr. Nicholas Jacobson to gain broader understanding of substance use and associated theoretical frameworks and learn theories and methods for developing and implementing digital momentary intervention systems. Elizabeth spends her free time knitting, cooking, and dancing at the Lebanon Ballet School.

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