Matt Lyons, Ph.D.

Matt Lyons, Ph.D.

Matt Lyons, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor in the WellStar College of Health and Human Services at Kennesaw State University. Dr. Lyons is an implementation scientist whose work engages communities to address the social determinants and biological mediators of health, with a particular focus on the relationships between poverty, discrimination, and health outcomes among vulnerable populations. He employs community-based participatory and mixed-methods research designs, and his methodological toolset includes longitudinal data analysis, multilevel modeling, social and geospatial epidemiology, survey design, structured interviewing, focus groups, and ethnography.