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Lily Anna Brown, Ph.D.

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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
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Director, Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, University of Pennsylvania
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Department: Psychiatry
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Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety
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13 Education:
21 9 B.S. 17 (Psychology) c
2a Drexel University, 2008.
21 9 M.A. 20 (Clinical Psychology) c
3e University of California, Los Angeles, 2011.
21 a Ph.D. 45 (Clinical Psychology and Learning and Behavior Psychology) c
3e University of California, Los Angeles, 2016.
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Description of Research Expertise

86 Anxiety Disorders, Suicide, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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Selected Publications

af Lea, F., Sun, T., Yap, Y., Brown, L.A., Wiley, J.F.: Temporal bidirectional dynamics of momentary stress and affect: Dynamic 90 structural equation modelling of ecological momentary assessments. Journal of Affective Disorders 396: 120810, Mar 2026.

199 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.

1cc 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.

223 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.

194 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.

113 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.

8a Brown, Lily A.: Optimizing CBT for PTSD. Hogrefe Publishing 2026.

ed 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. 3 8d Paper presented at the IASR/AFSP International Summit on Suicide Research, Boston, MA, United States. 2025, October.

20c 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.

160 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.

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