Elizabeth A Claydon, PhD

Associate Professor

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Public Health

Department:

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Classification:

Faculty

• PhD, West Virginia University, 2018
• MS, Yale School of Public Health, 2015
• MPH, Yale School of Public Health, 2011
• BA, Vanderbilt University, 2009

Claydon, E.A., Ward, R.M., Davidov, D.M., DeFazio, C.C., Smith, K.M.Z, & Zullig, K.J. (2022). The relationship between sexual assault, intimate partner violence, and eating disorder symptomatology among college students. Violence and Victims, 37 (1), 63-76. https://doi.org/10.1891/VV-D-21-00019

Claydon, E.A., Zullig, K.J., & Step, M.M. (2021). Leveraging Health Behavior and Communication Theories to Support Adolescent and Young Adults: Conceptualizing Social Media Wellness in Relation to Disordered Eating. Health Behavior Research, 4 (2 Special Issue). https://doi.org/10.4148/2572-1836.1103  

Smith, B. T., Brumage, M. R., Zullig, K. J., Claydon, E. A., Smith, M. L., & Kristjansson, A. L. (2021). Adverse childhood experiences among females in substance use treatment and their children: A pilot study. Preventive medicine reports, 24, 101571. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101571

Claydon, E.A., DeFazio, C., Zullig, K.J., Lilly, C.L. (2020). Life Satisfaction Among a Clinical Eating Disorder Population. Journal of Eating Disorders, 8 (53). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-020-00326-z

Claydon, E.A. & Zullig, K.J. (2020). Eating disorders and academic performance among college students. Journal of American College Health. 68 (3), 320-325  https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2018.1549556

Claydon, E.A., Zullig, K.J., Lilly, C.L., Cottrell, L., Davidov, D.M., Zerwas, S.C. (2020). An Exploratory Study of a Questionnaire on the Intergenerational Transmission of Dieting Behavior within an Eating Disorder Population. Eating and Weight Disorders, 25. 1171-1181. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-019-00745-1

Claydon, E.A., Zullig, K.J., Lilly, C.L., Zerwas, S.C., Davidov, D.M., Cottrell, L., & White, M.A. (2019). An Exploratory Study on the Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity & Dieting Proneness. Eating and Weight Disorders. 24(1), 97–105. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-018-0478-1

Claydon, E.A., Davidov, D.M., Zullig, K.J., Lilly, C.L., Zerwas, S.C., Cottrell, L. (2018). Waking up every day in a body that is not yours: A qualitative research inquiry on the intersection between eating disorders and pregnancy. BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, 18(463), 1-13.

Claydon, E., Zerwas, S., Callinan, L., Smith, M.V. (2016). Parental reflective functioning among mothers with ED symptomatology. Eating Behaviors, 23, 141-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2016.09.002

Claydon, E., Austin, A., Smith, M.V. (2016). Linking obesity prevention and mental health promotion in community based participatory research with low-income, minority women. Community Mental Health Journal, 52(4), 395-398. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-015-9915-z

Zerwas, S.C. & Claydon, E. Eating Disorders Across the Lifespan: From Menstruation to Menopause. (pp. 237-261) In Barnes, D.L., ed. (2014). Women’s reproductive mental health across the lifespan. New York: Springer Publishing.

WVU School of Public Health Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, April 2022

WVU School of Public Health Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, April 2019

WVU School of Public Health Social & Behavioral Sciences Departmental Award, May 2018

WVU Health Sciences Center (HSC) Rising Star, April 2018

WVU Foundation Distinguished Doctoral Scholarship, December 2017

Velma Miller Women’s Studies Graduate Scholar Award, West Virginia University, May 2017

Provost Scholarship 2016-2017 Academic Year, West Virginia University

Provost Summer Fellowship, Summer 2016, West Virginia University

Muliebrity Prize for promoting gender equity, Vanderbilt University, 2009

Elizabeth Claydon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences, where she teaches a variety of undergraduate and graduate level courses. She received a dual BA in Child Development and Medicine, Health, and Society from Vanderbilt, which started her interest in public health. She then pursued an MPH and Master of Science at Yale, focusing her research on obesity and eating disorder prevention. Dr. Claydon received her Doctorate in Social and Behavioral Sciences from West Virginia University in May 2018. Her dissertation work focused on preventing the intergenerational transmission of eating disorders and dieting behavior, in both community and clinical populations. Dr. Claydon’s research also involved a qualitative piece on the intersection between pregnancy and eating disorders. She is continuing this research agenda by educating health care professionals about eating disorders and weight stigma. Dr. Claydon is also starting to research the intersection between intimate partner violence and eating disorders. For service, Dr. Claydon acts as the Faculty Advisor for the Gamma Mu Chapter of the Delta Omega Honorary Public Health Society and is a member of the West Virginia University Council for Women’s Concerns.