Traci M Kennedy, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology

Areas of Expertise

  • Children & Adolescents
  • Substance Use Disorders
Traci M Kennedy, PhD

Expertise & Interests

Research Interests

Mobile-health interventions for youth; Impulsivity-related risk for alcohol use; ADHD

Selected Publications

  1. Kennedy TM, Lee CM, Molina BSG, & Pedersen SL (2025). From assessment to intervention: Leveraging ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to develop a personalized mobile-health (mHealth) ecological momentary intervention (EMI) for young adults with ADHD and high-risk alcohol use. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (online first). https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.24-00449
  2. Molina BSG, Kennedy TM, Howard AL, Swanson JM, Arnold LE, Mitchell JT, Stehli A, Kennedy EH, Epstein JN, Hechtman L, Hinshaw SP & Vitiello B. (2023). Association between stimulant treatment and substance use through adolescence into early adulthood. JAMA Psychiatry, 80, 933-941. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.2157
  3. Pedersen SL, Kennedy TM, Holmes J, & Molina BSG (2022). Momentary associations between stress and alcohol craving int he naturalistic environment: differential associations for Black and White young adults. Addiction, 117, 1284-1294. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15740
  4. Kennedy TM, Molina BSG & Pedersen SL. (2022). Change in adolescents perceived ADHD symptoms across 17 days of ecological momentary assessment. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 53, 397-412. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2022.2096043
  5. Sibley MH, Arnold LE, Swanson JM, Hechtman LT, Kennedy TM, Owens E, Molina BSG, Jensen PS, Hinshaw SP, Roy A, Chronis-Tuscano A, Newcorn JH & Rohde LA, for the MTA Cooperative Group (2022). Variable patterns of remission from ADHD in the multimodal treatment study of ADHD. American Journal of Psychiatry, 179, 142-151. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2021.21010032

Education & Credentials

Education & Training

Education
PhD, Clinical Psychology, University of Michigan,
Internship
Clinical Psychology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Fellowship
Clinical Psychology, The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
Postdoctoral
Developmental Alcohol Research, University of Pittsburgh
Postdoctoral
Clinical Psychology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Professional Affiliations

  • Member, American Psychological Association
  • Member, Research Society on Alcohol
  • Member, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies

Selected Honors & Awards

  • Loan Repayment Program Award for Clinical Researchers, National Institutes of Health
  • Fellowship in ADHD, Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation
  • Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation