Amanda Lowell, PhD

Amanda Lowell, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist, Assistant Professor in the Department of Healthcare Delivery & Population Sciences at UMass Chan Medical School–Baystate, and Assistant Professor Adjunct at the Yale Child Study Center. Dr. Lowell received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Central Florida. She subsequently completed her predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the Yale Child Study Center with a focus on infant and early childhood mental health, followed by a NIDA-funded T32 postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, where she trained in community-based participatory research, neuroimaging methods, prevention science, and addiction research.

Dr. Lowell's research focuses on the intersection of parental substance use disorders, early childhood mental health, and intergenerational trauma, with a particular emphasis on developing and implementing evidence-based interventions for parents in recovery. Her research is informed by practice, and applies the science of attachment to increasing access to evidence-based supports for parents in recovery. A central focus of her work is training cross-disciplinary providers across systems in evidence-based approaches to supporting families impacted by complex trauma and parental substance use. Ultimately, her research aims to understand whether and how building trust between families and the systems meant to serve them can increase access to and engagement in care.

To that end, she is the developer of several training curricula now in wide regional use, and is the Director of Training for Mothering from the Inside Out, an evidence-based parenting psychotherapy for mothers in recovery. Her work has been supported by NIDA, SAMHSA, NCTSN, and several foundation, philanthropic, and departmental grants. Dr. Lowell has presented her research at major national and international conferences, and her work has been published in numerous peer reviewed journals including Infant Mental Health Journal, Attachment & Human Development, and Current Addiction Reports.