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Lizbeth 'Libby' Benson, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Lizbeth 'Libby' Benson, PhD, is a tenure track Research Assistant Professor in the Data Science for Dynamic Intervention Decision Making Center (d3c) at the University of Michigan's Survey Research Center (SRC) and Institute for Social Research (ISR). Before moving to Michigan, Libby completed a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the TSET Health Promotion Research Center within the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and NCI-designated Stephenson Cancer Center. She received her PhD from the Pennsylvania State University in the department of Human Development and Family Studies, served as a Research Coordinator for 3 years at the University of Pennsylvania Positive Psychology Center, and completed her BA in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Libby’s research program is focused on intensive longitudinal methods for examining temporal dynamics of affective, social, and health behavior experiences using ecological momentary assessment and sensor-based data collected from individuals in their daily lives. Her research also focuses on methods for adapting and personalizing mobile health (mHealth) interventions including micro-randomized trial (MRT) experimental designs for optimizing just-in-time adaptive interventions (JITAIs), and personalized feedback (text, graphs) as a potential engagement strategy in mHealth interventions. Her goals are to understand how behavioral processes unfold across multiple time-scales and contexts, and how this information can be used to refine mHealth behavior change interventions that are personalized to meet the unique needs of individual people. My research spans domains including smoking cessation, physical activity, and the transition to parenthood.
For more details on Libby's published research, please click on the CV page on this website or her Google Scholar page.
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