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.