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Liz Handley, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and Director of Research at the University of Rochester. Her work focuses on understanding how family adversity, particularly child maltreatment and parental psychopathology, impacts development across the lifespan. She employs longitudinal designs and advanced quantitative methods to study biological embedding of stress and resilience mechanisms. Her research also addresses intergenerational effects of adversity on mental and physical health, with a focus on epigenetic and neuroendocrine pathways. Dr. Handley is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in evidence-based treatments for children, adolescents, and families. Her work emphasizes translational research to inform intervention strategies for high-risk populations.
Research interests include developmental psychopathology, stress biomarkers (e.g., cortisol, DHEA), and the role of temperament, social support, and identity in moderating adverse outcomes. She investigates how maltreatment timing, chronicity, and type predict later psychopathology, substance use, and health disparities. Dr. Handley's studies often use person-centered analytic approaches to identify subgroups with distinct trajectories of risk and resilience.
Her recent articles explore topics such as latent class analysis of maltreatment patterns, biological pathways linking childhood abuse to obesity, and the interplay between parental history of adversity and offspring stress systems. While no formal awards are listed, her extensive publication record reflects significant contributions to understanding the developmental consequences of adversity. Advising and grant details are not explicitly mentioned, but her research is supported by methodologies that bridge clinical practice and neuroscience.
