Lily Anna Brown, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Without Compensation Employee, Michael J. Crescenz Philadelphia VA Medical Center
Director, Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety
3535 Market Street Suite 600 N
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3535 Market Street Suite 600 N
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2157463346
Email:
lilybr@upenn.edu
lilybr@upenn.edu
Publications
Education:
B.S. (Psychology)
Drexel University, 2008.
M.A. (Clinical Psychology)
University of California, Los Angeles, 2011.
Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology and Learning and Behavior Psychology)
University of California, Los Angeles, 2016.
Permanent linkB.S. (Psychology)
Drexel University, 2008.
M.A. (Clinical Psychology)
University of California, Los Angeles, 2011.
Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology and Learning and Behavior Psychology)
University of California, Los Angeles, 2016.
Description of Research Expertise
Anxiety Disorders, Suicide, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Cognitive Behavioral TherapySelected Publications
Lea, F., Sun, T., Yap, Y., Brown, L.A., Wiley, J.F.: Temporal bidirectional dynamics of momentary stress and affect: Dynamic structural equation modelling of ecological momentary assessments. Journal of Affective Disorders 396: 120810, Mar 2026.Lin, T., Godorecci, K., Zhang, C., Mackey, B., Mattoni, M., Garner, L., Brown, L.A., Guzick, A.G., & Tyler, J.: Beating OCD and Learning Digitally (BOLD): An Open Trial of a Therapist-Supported, Self-Guided Exposure and Response Prevention App for Adults with OCD Cognitive and Behavioral Practice Page: E-pub ahead of print, Mar 2026.
Qiu, L., Seilheimer, R.L., Campos, G., Chang, A., Barbosa, D.A.N., Horn, A., Williams, N.R., Brown, L.A., Ganguly, T.M., Cristancho, M.A., Pesaran, B., Oathes, D.J., Miller, K.J., Scangos, K.W., Wang, Z., Magnotti, J.F., Beauchamp, M.S., Nho, Y.H. & Halpern, C.H. : Human orbitofrontal neural activity is linked to obsessive-compulsive behavioral dynamics. Cell 189(3): 739-47, Feb 2026.
Hart, J., Carter, D., Hinton, C., Grilli, J., Brown, L.A., Brier, N., Lu, N., Whitman, C., Harhay, M.O., Sims, M., Alvarez, C., Miller-Matero, L.R. & O’Hayer, V.: Supporting Evidence-based Responses to Emotional Needs in Emphysema (SERENE): protocol for a randomized, open-label mechanistic trial comparing Coping Skills Training and disease-specific education for depressive symptoms conducted in United States health systems. Trials Page: E-pub ahead of print, Feb 2026.
Egger, E.; Kancherla, P.*; Zhu, Y.; Budhwani, H.; Denis, C.; Voytek, C.; Brown, L.A.: I want to live: a qualitative investigation of barriers and facilitators to ART adherence & mental health maintenance in people with HIV. Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care. Page: E-pub ahead of print, Jan 2026.
Brown, L.A., Zhu, Y., Kautz, M. & Weitz., E. : Explaining the link between PTSD and suicide: A meta-analysis to introduce The CEASE Framework. Psychological Reports Page: E-pub ahead of print, Jan 2026.
Brown, Lily A.: Optimizing CBT for PTSD. Hogrefe Publishing 2026.
Bryan, C.J., Khazem, L.R., Baker, J.C., Brown, L.A., Taylor, D.J., … & Rudd, M.D.: Results of the Military Suicide Prevention Intervention Research (MSPIRE) Randomized Clinical Trial. Paper presented at the IASR/AFSP International Summit on Suicide Research, Boston, MA, United States. 2025, October.
Wallenberger, Y. H., Kautz, M. M., Egger, E. E., Stamatien, L. E., Trouern-Trend, J. J., Timberlake, K. B., Mccarty, M. M., Hagaman, A., Brown, L. A. : Army-Suicide Prevention Research on Implementation in the National Guard (Army-SPRING): Co-Designed Formative Development and Implementation Plan. Poster abstract accepted for presentation at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA. 2025, November.
Tran, J.T., Brown, L.A., Webster, J., Burgese, T., & Bauermeister, J.A. : Implementation Outcomes of a Suicide Reduction Intervention for Sexual and Gender Minority Emerging Adults. Poster presented at 2025 American Academy of Health Behavior Meeting: San Diego, CA. 2025, March.