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
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.Tran, J.T., Webster, J., Wolfe, J.R., Ben Nathan, J., Mayinja, L., Kautz, M., Oquendo, M.A., Brown, G.K., Mandell, D., Mowery, D., Bauermeister, J.A., & Brown, L.: Experiences of Peer Mentoring Sexual and Gender Diverse Emerging Adults who are at risk for Suicide: A Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Formative Research 9(e67814), 2025.
Tran, J. T., Brown, L. A., Webster, J., Wolfe, J., Listeroud, L., Ben Nathan, J., Arcomano, A., Patel, E., Deshpande, A., Pancoe, S., & Bauermeister, J. A. : Adaptation of a digital health intervention to reducing suicide among LGBTQ+ youth. Poster presented at the 45th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine: Philadelphia, PA. 2024, March.
Clayton, S. & Brown, L.A.: Climate Change and Mental Health. Journal of the American Medical Association 2024.
Brown, L.A., White, L.K., Makhoul, W., Teferi, M., Sheline, Y. & Balderston, N.: Role of the intraparietal sulcus (IPS) in anxiety and cognition: Opportunities for intervention for Anxiety-related disorders International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology 23(4): 100385, Oct-Dec 2023.
Brier, N., & Brown, L.A.: The Impact of Exposure Therapy on Cancer-Related Future Cognitions in Severe Health Anxiety Cognitive and Behavioral Practice Page: E-pub Ahead of Print, Sep 2023.
Tse, C.S., Hunt, M.G., Brown, L.A., & Lewis, J.D.: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases-Related Disability: Risk Factors, Outcomes, and Interventions. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Page: E-pub Ahead of Print, Aug 2023.
Tse, C.S., Weng, C., Kwon, M., Wolk, C.B., Brown, L.A., Malani, K., Shah, S.A., Fine, S.: Increased Risks for Suicide, Self-harm, Substance Use, and Psychiatric Disorders in Adults with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Nationwide Study in the United States from 2007-2017. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Page: E-pub Ahead of Print, Apr 2023.
Brown, L. A., Zhu, Y., Coon, H., Young-McCaughann, S., Fina, B. A., Dondanville, K. A., Hernandez, M. A., Litz, B. T., Mintz J., Maurer D. M., Kelly, K. M., Peterson, A. L., Bryan, C. J., Williamson, D. E., for the STRONG STAR Consortium: Phenotypic predictors of suicide subtypes from pre- to postdeployment in active duty military personnel. Journal of Psychiatric Research 160: 163-70, Apr 2023.
Brown, L. A., Zhu, Y., Hamlett, G. E., Moore, T. M., DiDomenico, G. E., Elina, V., Greenberg, D. M., Gur, R. C., Gur, R. E., & Barzilay, R. : COVID-19 worries and insomnia: A follow-up study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20(5): 4568, Mar 2023.