Kevin G. Lynch
Associate Professor of Biostatistics in Psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Psychiatry
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
3535 Market Street, #5099
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-746-7707
Publications
Education:
B.Sc. (Mathematics)
University College, Galway, Ireland , 1988.
M.Sc. (Mathematics and Statistics)
University College, Galway, Ireland , 1989.
M.A. (Statistics)
Yale University , 1990.
Ph.D (Statistics)
Yale University , 1997.
Permanent linkB.Sc. (Mathematics)
University College, Galway, Ireland , 1988.
M.Sc. (Mathematics and Statistics)
University College, Galway, Ireland , 1989.
M.A. (Statistics)
Yale University , 1990.
Ph.D (Statistics)
Yale University , 1997.
Description of Research Expertise
biostatisticsSelected Publications
Kranzler HR, Stone A, Schichman S, Griffin LM, Pfeifer J, Lynch KG, and Oslin DW: Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor and Interleukin 1- β RNA Levels as Predictors of Antidepressant Treatment Response in Major Depression. Psychopharmacology Bulletin 55(1): 8-25, 2025.Teferi M, Patel M, Casalvera A, Lynch KG, Makhoul W, Deng Z-D, Oathes DJ, Sheline Y, and Balderston NL: Intermittent Theta-Burst Stimulation to the Right Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex May Increase Potentiated Startle in Healthy Individuals Neuropsychopharmacology. Neuropsychopharmacology 49: 1619-1629, 2024.
William J. Artman, Ashkan Ertefaie, Kevin G. Lynch, James R. McKay, Brent A. Johnson : A Marginal Structural Model for Partial Compliance in SMARTs. Annals of Applied Statistics 18(2): 905-921, 2024.
Shi Z, Li X, Todaro DR, Cao W, Lynch KG, Detre JA, Loughead J, Langleben DD, and Wiers CE: Medial prefrontal neuroplasticity during extended-release naltrexone treatment of opioid use disorder – a longitudinal structural magnetic resonance imaging study. Translational Psychiatry 14: 360, 2024.
Patel M, Teferi M, Casalvera A, Lynch KG, Nitchie F, Makhoul W, Sheline Y, Oathes DJ, and Balderston NL: Interleaved TMS/fMRI shows that threat decreases dlPFC-mediated top-down regulation of emotion processing. NPP-Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience 2: 6, 2024.
Nitchie F, Casalvera A, Teferi M, Patel M, Lynch KG, Makhoul W, Sheline Y, and Balderston NL: The maintenance of complex visual scenes in working memory may require activation of working memory manipulation circuits in the dlPFC: a preliminary report. Mental Health Science 2(3): e61, 2024.
Sheline YI, Makhoul W, Batzdorf A, Nitchie F, Lynch KG, Cash R, and Balderston NL: Accelerated Intermittent Theta-Burst Stimulation and Treatment-Refractory Bipolar Depression. A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry 81(9): 936-941, 2024.
Casalvera A, Goodwin M, Lynch KG, Teferi M, Patel M, Grillon C, Ernst M, and Balderston NL : Threat of shock increases distractor susceptibility during the short-term maintenance of visual information. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 19(1): nsae036, 2024.
Blanchard BE, Lynch KG, Malte CA, Hawkins EJ, DePhilippis D, Oslin DO, McKay JR, and Saxon AJ: Towards Shortening the Brief Addiction Monitor - Revised (BAM-R). Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reviews 8: 100183, 2023.
Bhattacharya I, Ertefaie A, Lynch KG, McKay JR, Johnson BA: Nonparametric Bayesian Q-learning for optimization of dynamic treatment regimes in the presence of partial compliance. Statistical Methods in Medical Research 32(9): 1649-1663, 2023.