Dr. Elizabeth Skowron is a Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies and Faculty Co-Fund with the Child Maltreatment Solutions Network at Penn State University, where she conducts basic, translational, and intervention research on child maltreatment prevention. Together with her students and collaborators, she studies the psychosocial and physiological bases of at-risk parenting that potentiate risk for child maltreatment and response to intervention. She conducts clinical trials to examine the effectiveness of family-based interventions like Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) for strengthening caregiving skills, and child behavior outcomes in families involved with the child welfare system. Dr. Skowron is also a licensed psychologist and certified PCIT trainer. She earned her Ph.D. at the State University of New York, Albany, and completed her pre-doctoral internship at the Palo Alto VA Medical Center and postdoctoral fellowship in child clinical psychology at the University of California, San Francisco. She has served on and chaired NIH grant review panels, and her work has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and National Institute on Drug Abuse.
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Education
Postdoctoral Fellow & Research Associate, San Francisco General Hospital
Postdoctoral Fellow in Child Clinical Psychology, University of California, San Francisco Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute
Psychology Intern, Palo Alto VA Medical Center, Palo Alto, California. APA-approved Internship Training Program.
Ph.D., University at Albany, State University of New York, Counseling Psychology
M.S., University at Albany, State University of New York, Rehabilitation Counseling
B.A., The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, Psychology
Research Interests
Psychosocial and Physiological Bases of At-Risk Parenting | Child Maltreatment and Response to Intervention | Family-based Interventions | Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) for strengthening caregiving skills | child behavior outcomes in families involved with the child welfare system
