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Elizabeth Lloyd-Richardson, PhD, is an assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown Medical School and The Miriam Hospital. She is a clinical psychologist, specializing in child and adolescent psychopathology, particularly as it relates to medical conditions and health behaviors. Her research focuses primarily on prevention and early intervention of health risk behaviors among adolescents and young adults, with a particular emphasis on smoking cessation and weight management treatments. In 1999, Lloyd-Richardson was awarded a Research Mentorship Award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Faculty Scholars Program for her research on tobacco-related issues pertaining to youth.
SELECTED RESEARCH PROJECTS: Tobacco Etiology Research Network, University Project (UPTERN) The UPTERN project intends to investigate the role of various individual-level and contextual-level variables on the smoking uptake and trajectories of students during their freshman year in college. UPTERN targets a sample of freshmen attending Purdue University, assessing a variety of health behaviors, including smoking, alcohol, sleep, and exercise habits. Using data obtained weekly via the internet, the aim is to describe the pattern of early cigarette use and smoking trajectories during a time of tremendous change in young adult lives. TTURC: NEFS Pilot Project II - Early Intervention in a Technical School and Colege Population (Paths to Health) This project is a treatment outcome study evaluating the combination of cognitive-behavioral/motivational group therapy plus nicotine replacement therapy for enhancing the achievement and maintenance of smoking cessation in a sample of young adults attending technical school. The goal of this study is to further delineate elements of an effective treatment protocol that is highly tailored to the needs of young adults who may be less motivated to quit smoking. Motivation and Patch Treatment for HIV-Positive Smokers Cigarette smoking poses health risks unique to the HIV-positive population, including increased risk of bacterial pneumonia, oral candidiasis, and perhaps even increased risk for progression to full-blown AIDS. Quitting smoking would help to improve these risk profiles. This project is evaluating two treatments for smoking cessation, one enhanced with an intervention designed to increase motivation to quit smoking. Results will have implications for importing cost effective cessation interventions into clinical care settings. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: Guertin, T., Lloyd-Richardson, E. E., Spirito, A., Donaldson, D., & Boergers, J. (2001). Self-mutilative behavior in adolescents who attempt suicide by overdose. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 40, 1062-1069. Kahler, C. W., Brown, R. A., Strong, D. R., Lloyd-Richardson, E. E., & Niaura, R. S. (in press). History of major depressive disorder among smokers in cessation treatment: Associations with dysfunctional attitudes and coping. Addictive Behaviors. King, T. K., Lloyd-Richardson, E. E., & Clark, M. M. (2001). Lifestyle obesity management: Behavioral strategies for enhancing weight loss and maintenance. In J. M. Rippe (Ed.), Lifestyle obesity management. Malden, MA: Blackwell Science, Inc. Lloyd-Richardson, E. E., Papandonatos, G. D., Kazura, A., Stanton, C., & Niaura, R. S. (2002). Differentiating stages of smoking intensity among adolescents: Stage-specific psychological, social, and contextual influences. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 70, 998-1009.
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Elizabeth Lloyd-Richardson, Ph.D. erichardson@lifespan.org |
