Faculty

Lauren M Bylsma, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology

Contact Details

3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
 
PA
 
15213
Email
Assistant
Lorraine Scott
les137@pitt.edu

Education & Training

PhD
University of South Florida Clinical Psychology
VA Puget Sound, Seattle DivisionClinical Psychology
University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineChild and Adolescent Psychiatry

Specialty Certifications

Licensed by the Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology

Professional Affiliations

Member, American Psychological Association
Member, Association for Psychological Science
Member, Society for Research in Psychopathology
Member, Society for Research in Child Development
Member, Society for Ambulatory Assessment
Member, Society for Psychophysiological Research

Selected Honors & Awards

Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychophysiology, Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR)
NARSAD Young Investigator Award, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
McGuigan Dissertation Award, American Psychological Foundation

Research Interests

Depression risk, developmental neuroscience; Emotional reactivity & regulation, reward process; Multimodal assessment of emotion, psychophysiology
Selected Research Publications & Products
  1. Bylsma, L.M., Yaroslavsky, I., Rottenberg, J. Kiss, E., Kapornai, K., Halas, K, Dochnal, R., Benak, I, Baji, I., Vetro, A. & Kovacs, M. (2016). Familiality of mood repair responses among youth with and without histories of depression. Cognition & Emotion, 30, 807-816. PMID: 25849259.
  2. Bylsma, L.M., Yaroslavsky, I., Jennings, J.R., Rottenberg, J., Baji, I., Benak, I, Dochnal, R., Halas, K, Kapornai, K., Kiss, E., Osyath, V., Varga, H., & Kovacs, M. (2015). Deficits in autonomic balance to a psychological and physical challenge in youth with a history of childhood onset depression. Biological Psychology, 110, 167-174. PMID: 26225465
  3. Bylsma, L. M., Clift, A., & Rottenberg, J. (2011). Emotional reactivity to life events in major and minor depression. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120, 155-167. PMID: 21319928.
  4. Bylsma, L. M., Salomon, K., Taylor-Clift, A., Morris, B. H., and Rottenberg, J. (2014). Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia Reactivity in Current and Remitted Major Depressive Disorder. Psychosomatic Medicine, 76, 66-73. PMID: 24367127.

Clinical Interests

Adult mood and anxiety disorders; Child and adolescent mood and anxiety disorders; Cognitive behavioral therapy
Selected Clinical Publications & Products
  1. Bylsma, L. M., Mauss, I. B., & Rottenberg, J. (2016). Is the Divide a Chasm? Bridging Affective Science with Clinical Practice. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 38, 42-47. PMID: 27524858.

Education Interests

Research mentoring; Clinical supervision: cognitive behavioral therapy; Research methodology training: psychophysiology

Lauren Bylsma Receives Early Career Award from Society for Psychophysiological Research 

Dr. Lauren Bylsma Receives SPR's Highest Honor

The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to announce that Lauren Bylsma, PhD, has received a Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychophysiology from the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR). Dr. Bylsma received this prestigious award at the Society’s annual meeting in Washington, DC (September 25–29, 2019), where she also delivered the Early Career Award Address, “A...

Findings by Dr. Cecile Ladouceur et al. Indicate that Error-Related Negativity (ERN) Amplitude in Pediatric Anxiety Disorders Remains Elevated Following Treatment

Ladouceur et al Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2018

Pediatric anxiety disorders begin in childhood or early adolescence and frequently lead to other psychiatric disorders in adulthood, including anxiety disorders and depression. Anxiety disorders are associated with an overactive action monitoring system, as indexed by a larger event-related potential named the error-related negativity (ERN). This leads researchers to hypothesize that it could represent a potential...