Eli Lebowitz, PhD
Associate Professor, Child Study CenterCards
About
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Associate Professor, Child Study Center
Director Program for Anxiety Disorders, Child Study Center
Biography
Professor Lebowitz studies and treats childhood and adolescent anxiety and is Director of the Program for Anxiety Disorders at the Yale Child Study Center. His research focuses on the development, neurobiology, and treatment of anxiety and related disorders, with special emphasis on cross-generational and familial influences in these disorders. Dr. Lebowitz is the lead investigator on multiple funded research projects, and is the author of numerous research papers and of books and chapters on childhood and adolescent anxiety. He is also the father of three great boys.
Appointments
Child Study Center
Associate Professor on TermPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Center for Brain & Mind Health
- Child Study Center
- Child Study Center - Scholastic Collaboration
- Family Accommodation in OCD and Related Disorders
- Predoctoral Internship and Postdoctoral Fellowship in Psychology
- Yale Medicine
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral Associate
- Yale University School of Medicine (2011)
- PhD
- Tel Aviv University, Clinical Psychology (2010)
- Intern
- Schneider Children's Medical Center (2008)
- MA
- Tel Aviv University (2004)
Research
Overview
My lab studies behavioral and neurobiological systems relevant to the etiology, course, and treatment of childhood anxiety disorders. We employ a range of methodolgies to identify and research key biomarkers in clinical populations. We focus on markers of childhood disorders and on biomarkers of relevant parental and maternal behaviors. Markers include neurobiological factors studied through brain imaging (fMRI) and blood and saliva based markers.
I developed SPACE, a parent-based treatment for childhood and adolescent anxiety and OCD and the lab conducts clinical research into the efficacy of SPACE as well working to disseminate the treatment to the lay and professional public.
We conduct funded explanatory clinical trials aimes at identifying effective treatments and the mechansims by which the work. We also investigate moderators of treatmet outcome or markers of patients most likel to benefit from particular treatmetns.
We employ technological innovation to address difficult to study questions that are not amenable to conventional diagnostic or assessment tools.
Students in the lab are engaged in all aspects of research including patient evaluation and care and ongoing research projects.
Investigation of mechansims and biomarkers of protective maternal behavior toward childhood fear and anxiety.
Explanatory clinical trial of a novel parent based treatmetn of childhood anxiety disorders.
Study of hypophyseal hormones in anxious children.
Study of behavioral avoidance using motion tracking technology.
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
Clinical Care
Overview
Eli Lebowitz, PhD, is a child and adolescent psychologist and director of the Yale Child Study Center’s Anxiety and Mood Disorders Program.
“Anxiety disorders are the most treatable problems in mental health,” Lebowitz says. “I enjoy helping children and families impacted by anxiety problems and discovering new ways to treat these problems.”
His research focuses on the development, neurobiology, and treatment of anxiety and related disorders, with special emphasis on cross-generational and familial influences in these disorders. Lebowitz is the lead investigator on multiple research projects, and is the author of numerous research papers and of books and chapters on childhood and adolescent anxiety.
He also developed a parent-based treatment program for children and adolescents with anxiety, OCD, and related problems called SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions). SPACE has been tested and found to be effective in randomized controlled clinical trials.
Lebowitz says being able to make new discoveries through clinical and neurobiological research and helping children and families is what makes him passionate about his work.
Clinical Specialties
Fact Sheets
Childhood Stress and Anxiety
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News
- July 02, 2024Source: NBC New York - CNBC
Can't understand your teenager's behavior? Psychologists have tips to offer
- April 12, 2024
Spring 2024 postgraduate associate travel award recipients announced
- February 09, 2024Source: The New York Times
Parents Are Highly Involved in Their Adult Children’s Lives, and Fine With It
- August 17, 2023Source: Sun Post
New childhood anxiety program focuses on parents