Linda Hynan, Ph.D. Adjunct Professor Professor School Medical School Department Psychiatry Graduate Programs Clinical Psychology Biography Download Curriculum Vitae Dr. Hynan is a Professor in the Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health and Department of Psychiatry. She received her MS in Applied Measurement/Statistics and PhD in Quantitative Psychology from the University of Illinois - Urbana. She joined UT Southwestern in 1999 and participates in various research projects and clinical trials such as Alzheimer's Disease, Exercise and Aging, Acute Liver Failure, Instrument Development (Quality of Life in SMA, Cognitive Measures, Pruritus, etc.), Vaginal Prolapse, Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) and Dermatology. She has co-authored more than 330 peer-reviewed publications and chapters in addition to abstracts and presentations at regional, national, and international meetings. Dr. Hynan has served on 39 PhD dissertation committees (excluding seven in progress), 20 PsyD project committees, and nine master’s theses in the areas of Clinical Psychology, Statistics, Mathematics, and Gerontology. She is the course director and one of the instructors for Conceptual Biostatistics for the Clinical Investigator I as well as one of the instructors for Biostatistics for Clinical Sciences II and Critical Readings in Biostatistics (a senior elective for MS-4 students). She has served on the Administrative Council of the University Senate (President in 2015-16) and as the University Representative on the UT System Faculty Advisory Committee (2015-17). In 2019, she received the Fellow Award from the Southwestern Psychological Association. Dr. Hynan is a past president of the Southwestern Psychological Association and has had leadership roles in the North Texas Chapter of the American Statistical Association and the American Statistical Association. She has been a member/invited reviewer for NIH Study Sections; she is currently the biostatistician or biostatistical mentor for thirteen grants and has served on more than seventy grants from national, state, and foundations during her 24 years at UTSW. She has served on editorial boards and as an ad hoc reviewer of manuscripts submitted to Academic Journals. Education Undergraduate Delaware State University (1979), Mathematics Graduate School Univ of Illinois @ Urbana-Cham (1982), Statistics Graduate School Univ of Illinois @ Urbana-Cham (1993), Quantitative Psychology Research Interest Biostatistics Design of Clinical Trials Models of Judgment and Decision Making Multivariate Statistics/Longitudinal Data Analysis Psychometrics Publications Featured Publications Challenging the Hemodynamic Hypothesis in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Is Exercise Capacity Limited by Elevated Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure? Sarma S, MacNamara JP, Balmain BN, Hearon CM, Wakeham DJ, Tomlinson AR, Hynan LS, Babb TG, Levine BD, Circulation 2023 Jan 147 5 378-387 Shared Features or Co-occurrence? Evaluating Symptoms of Developmental Coordination Disorder in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Miller HL, Sherrod GM, Mauk JE, Fears NE, Hynan LS, Tamplain PM, J Autism Dev Disord 2021 Jan Changes in Alpha-fetoprotein and Gc-Globulin in Relation to Outcomes in Non-Acetaminophen Acute Liver Failure. Singh S, Hynan LS, Rule JA, Lee WM, Liver Int. 2019 Aug Increased prevalence of potential right-to-left shunting in children with sickle cell anaemia and stroke. Dowling MM, Quinn CT, Ramaciotti C, Kanter J, Osunkwo I, Inusa B, Iyer R, Kwiatkowski JL, Johnson C, Rhodes M, Owen W, Strouse JJ, Panepinto JA, Neumayr L, Sarnaik S, Plumb PA, Dlamini N, Kirkham F, Hynan LS Br. J. Haematol. 2016 Oct Teleneuropsychology: Evidence for Video Teleconference-Based Neuropsychological Assessment. Munro Cullum C, Hynan LS, Grosch M, Parikh M, Weiner MF J Int Neuropsychol Soc 2014 Oct 1-6 Intravenous N-acetylcysteine improves transplant-free survival in early stage non-acetaminophen acute liver failure. Lee WM, Hynan LS, Rossaro L, Fontana RJ, Stravitz RT, Larson AM, Davern TJ, Murray NG, McCashland T, Reisch JS, Robuck PR Gastroenterology 2009 Sep 137 3 856-64, 864.e1 A Randomized, placebo controlled trial of creatinine in children with spinal muscular atrophy Wong BL, Hynan LS, Iannaccone ST, AmSMART Group Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease 2007 8(3) 101-110 Aβ42 Gene Vaccination prevents Aβ42 deposition in brain of double transgenic mice Qu B-X, Xiang Q, Li L, Johnston SA, Hynan LS, Rosenberg RN Journal of the Neurological Science 2007 260(1-2) 204-213 ABeta42 Gene Vaccination prevents ABeta42 deposition in brain of double transgenic mice Qu B-X, Xiang Q, Li L, Johnston SA, Hynan LS, Rosenberg RN Journal of the Neurological Science 2007 260(1-2) 204-213 Acute Liver Failure in Children: The First 348 Patients in the Pediatric Acute Liver Failure Study Group Squires Jr. RH, Shneider BL, Bucuvalas J, Alonso E, Sokol RJ, Narkewicz MR, Dhawan A, Rosenthal P, Rodriguez-Baez N, Murray KF, Horslen S, Martin MG, Lopez MJ, Soriano H, McGuire BM, Jonas MM, Yazigi N, Shepherd RW, Schwarz K, Lobritto S, Thomas DW, Lavine JE, Karpen S, Ng V, Kelly D, Simonds N, Hynan LS The Journal of Pediatrics 2006 148(5) 652-658 Results 1-10 of 24 1 2 3 Next Last Honors & Awards FellowSouthwestern Psychological Association (2019) Chapter RepresentativeNorth TX Chapter of the Am Statistical Assoc (2009) Past-PresidentSouthwestern Psychological Association (2009) Program ChairSociety of Applied Multivariate Research (2009) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Statistical Association Association of Psycholgical Science (Charter Member)
