Lauren M Bylsma, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology
Contact Details
100 N. Bellefield Avenue
Pittsburgh
PA
15213
Education & Training
PhD
Clinical Psychology, University of South Florida
Clinical Psychology, VA Puget Sound, Seattle Division
Innovative Methods in Pathogenesis and Child Treatment Training, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Current Appointments
Co-Director, Center for Advanced Psychotherapy
Assistant Director, Hope Team (www.hopeteam.pitt.edu)
Professional Affiliations
Member, Society for Affective Science
Member, Anxiety and Depression Association of America
Member, Society for Research in Psychopathology
Member, Society for Ambulatory Assessment
Member, Society for Psychophysiological Research
Member, Association of Psychologists in Academic Health Centers
Selected Honors & Awards
Elected Fellow, Society for Psychophysiological Research
Outstanding Mid-Career Psychologist Contribution Award, Association for Psychologists in Academic Health Centers
Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychophysiology, Society for Psychophysiological Research
NARSAD Young Investigator Award, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
Research Interests
Depression risk & developmental neuroscience; Emotional reactivity & regulation, reward process; Multimodal assessment of emotion, transdiagnostic
Selected Research Publications & Products- Bylsma LM, DeMarree KG, McMahon TP*, Park J*, Biehler KM,* & Naragon-Gainey K. (2024). Resting vagally-mediated heart rate variability in the laboratory is associated with momentary negative affect and emotion regulation in daily life. Psychophysiology, 61(12), e14668.
- Hu X, Sgherza T, Northrup J, Fresco DM, Naragon-Gainey K & Bylsma LM. (2024). From the Lab to Life: Evaluating the Validity of Physiological Measurements from Wearable Devices in Laboratory and Ambulatory Settings. Manuscript in Press. Behavior Research Methods.
- Evans SC, Hamilton JL, Boyd SI, Karlovich AR, Ladouceur CD, Silk JS & Bylsma LM.(2023). Daily associations between sleep and affect in youth at risk for psychopathology: The moderating role of externalizing symptoms. Manuscript in press at Child and Adolescent Psychopathology.
- Bylsma LM, Tan PZ, Silk JS, Forbes EE, McMakin DL, Dahl RE, Ryan ND & Ladouceur CD. (2022). The late positive potential during affective picture processing: Associations with daily life emotional functioning among adolescents with anxiety disorders. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 182: 70-80.
- Bylsma LM. (2021). Emotion context insensitivity in depression: Toward an integrated and contextualized approach. Psychophysiology, 58(2), e13715.
Clinical Interests
Mood & anxiety disorders; adolescents/young adults; Clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR-p); Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
Selected Clinical Publications & Products- Horton, L. E., Mayanil, T., & Bylsma, L. M. (2025). Clinical and Programmatic Considerations for Enhancing Developmentally Informed Care in Psychosis Risk Programs for Youths. Psychiatric Services, appi-ps.
- Swartz HA, Bylsma LM, Fournier J, Spotts C, Cohn JF, Girard JM & Morency L-P. (2023). Randomized trial of brief interpersonal psychotherapy and brief cognitive behavioral therapy for depression delivered both in-person and by telehealth. Manuscript in press at Journal of Affective Disorders. Shared First-Authorship
- Gupta T, Antezana L, Porter C, Mayanil T, Bylsma LM, Maslar M & Horton LE. (2023). Skills Program for Awareness, Connectedness, and Empowerment: A conceptual framework of a skills group for individuals with a psychosis-risk syndrome. In Press, Frontiers in Psychiatry Schizophrenia.
- Vail AK, Girard JM, Bylsma LM, Cohn JF, Fournier J, Swartz HA & Morency L.-P. (2022). Toward causal understanding of therapist-client relationships: A study of language modality and social entrainment. Proceedings of the 24th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction. Bengaluru, India. Https://doi.org/10.1145/3536221.3556616
- Bylsma LM, Gracanin A & Vingerhoets A J. (2021). A clinical practice review of crying research. Psychotherapy, 58(1), 133.
Education Interests
Research mentoring; Clinical supervision; Mentoring residents & medical students
Selected Education Publications & Products- Bylsma LM. (2018) Social Anxiety Disorder: Assessment and Management. CMEtoGO Psychiatry, 7(4). American Physician Institute. https://www.masterpsych.com/psychiatry-cme-to-go/
- Rottenberg J & Bylsma LM. (2014) Emotional functioning in depression. In Gotlib, I.H. & Hammen, C.L. (eds.). Handbook of Depression: Guildford Press.
- Bylsma LM & Panaite V. (2012) Depression. In Oxford Bibliographies Online: Psychology. ScholarOne Books.
- Bylsma LM & Rottenberg J. (2011) Uncovering the dynamics of emotion regulation and dysfunction in daily life with ecological momentary assessment. In Vingerhoets, A.J.J.M, Nyklicek, I. & Zeelenberg, M. (eds.),Emotion Regulation and Well-being (pp. 225-244). Springer, New York, NY.
