Jun 2009
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Summer Institute on Longitudinal Methods held at The Penn Stater Conference Center: Latent Class and Latent Transition Analysis (Presenters: Linda M. Collins, Ph.D. and Stephanie T. Lanza, Ph.D.)
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| Apr 2009 |
Donna Coffman receives R03 funded by NIDA for 2 years
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Apr 2009
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Runze Li named an Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) Fellow
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| Jan 2009 |
Third suite of one-credit graduate courses is offered with Latent Class Analysis for Cross-sectional and Repeated Measures Data (Instructors: Linda Collins and Stephanie Lanza), Emerging Methodologies for Identifying Subgroups (Instructor: Lisa Dierker), and Missing Data Methods and Designs (Instructor: John Graham)
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Jul 2008
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Runze Li named Full Professor (Statistics)
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Jun 2008
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Summer Institute on Longitudinal Methods held at The Penn Stater Conference Center: Statistical Mediation Analysis (Presenter: David MacKinnon)
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May 2008
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Stephanie Lanza receives Society for Prevention Research Early Career Award
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Mar 2008
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Special issue in Developmental Psychology, New Methods for New Questions in Developmental Psychology (edited by E. Michael Foster and Ariel Kalil) published
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Jan 2008
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Second suite of one-credit graduate courses is offered with Time Series Analysis (Instructors: Michael Rovine), Mediation Analysis in the Social Sciences (Instructor: Donna Coffman), and Complex Adaptive Systems (Instructor: Rhonda BeLue)
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| Sep 2007 |
Stephanie Lanza receives R03 funded by NIDA for two years (direct costs: $100,000)
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| Sep 2007 |
Runze Li and Lisa Dierker (Wesleyan University) receive R21 funded under NIH Roadmap Initiative for four years (direct costs: $1,000,000)
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| Sep 2007 |
Linda Collins and Daniel Rivera (Arizona State University) receive R21 funded under NIH Roadmap Initiative for four years (direct costs: $1,000,000)
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| Jun 2007 |
Summer Institute on Longitudinal Methods held at The Penn Stater Conference Center: Mixed Models for Longitudinal Continuous and Dichotomous Data (Presenter: Donald Hedeker) and Practical Tools for Causal Inference (Presenter: Joseph Schafer)
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| May 2007 |
Linda Collins named President-elect of the Society for Prevention Research |
| Apr 2007 |
Supplemental issue of Drug and Alcohol Dependence edited by Susan Murphy, Linda Collins and John Rush, entitled “Customizing Treatment to the Patient: Adaptive Treatment Strategies” is published
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| Jan 2007 |
Susan Murphy made editor of Annals of Statistics.
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| Jan 2007 |
Pilot test of one-credit graduate courses begins with Introduction to Latent Class and Latent Transition Analysis (Instructors: Linda Collins and Stephanie Lanza) and Introduction to Missing Data (Instructor: John Graham); Pilot test is a success and more courses are planned for Spring 2008
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| 2006 |
Models for Intensive Longitudinal Data, edited by Theodore Walls and Joseph Schafer, is published by Oxford University Press
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| 2006 |
Design and Modeling for Computer Experiments, by Kai-Tai Fang, Runze Li and Agus Sudjianto, is published by Chapman and Hall
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| Jun 2006 |
Summer Institute on Longitudinal Methods held at the Penn Stater Conference Center: Causal Analysis (Presenter: Christopher Winship)
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| 2005 |
Statistics and Computing: Developing Statistical Software in Fortran 95, by David Lemmon and Joseph Schafer, is published by Springer
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| Sep 2005 |
Michael Foster joins the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, but continues his involvement with The Methodology Center
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| Sep 2005 |
Second competitive renewal application for P50 Center grant funded by NIDA for five years (direct costs: $6,904,845)
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| Sep 2005 |
HDFS/Methodology Center graduate student Tammy Root receives three-year fellowship from NIDA (direct costs: $104,157)
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| Aug 2005 |
Competitive Renewal of R13 for Summer Institute on Longitudinal Methods funded by NIDA for five years (direct costs: $125,000)
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Jul 2005
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Runze Li named Associate Professor (Statistics)
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| Jul 2005 |
Prevention and Methodology Training grant funded by NIDA for five years; Principal Investigators: Mark Greenberg, Edward Smith (Prevention Research Center) and Linda Collins (The Methodology Center); Grant funds slots for 6-8 predoctoral fellows and 3 postdoctoral fellows to receive training that is a joint effort of the two Centers; Goal is to train scientists interested in the integration of prevention science and cutting-edge methodology
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| Jun 2005 |
Summer Institute on Longitudinal Methods held at The Penn Stater Conference Center: Survival Analysis (Presenter: Paul Allison)
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| Feb 2005 |
Second competitive renewal of P50 Center grant submitted to National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), entitled Center for Prevention and Treatment Methodology; Principal Investigators are Linda Collins (HDFS), Michael Foster (HPA), Stephanie Lanza (Methodology Center), Runze Li (Statistics), Susan Murphy (Statistics), and Joe Schafer (Statistics)
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| Sep 2004 |
Susan Murphy named H.E. Robbins Professor, Department of Statistics, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
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| Aug 2004 |
Linda Collins receives K05 senior scientist award funded by NIDA for five years (direct costs: $571,500)
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| Jul 2004 |
Stephanie Lanza named Scientific Director, The Methodology Center
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| Jul 2004 |
Runze Li receives NSF Career Award funding for five years
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| May 2004 |
Summer Institute on Longitudinal Methods held at The Penn Stater Conference Center: Analyzing Developmental Trajectories (Presenter: Daniel Nagin)
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| May 2004 |
Linda Collins receives Society for Prevention Research Presidential Award (co-recipient: John Graham)
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| May 2003 |
Summer Institute on Longitudinal Methods held at The Penn Stater Conference Center: Modeling Change and Event Occurrence (Presenters: John Willet and Judith Singer)
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| Nov 2002 |
Supplemental issue of Drug and Alcohol Dependence, edited by Linda Collins, Brian Flaherty, and Suzanne Colby, entitled “Measurement and Design Issues in Tobacco and Drug Use Research” is published
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| Sep 2002 |
Susan Murphy receives K02 Independent Scientist award funded by NIDA for five years from NIDA (direct costs: $605,408)
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| Aug 2002 |
Runze Li joins The Methodology Center as a component PI
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| Jun 2002 |
Summer Institute on Longitudinal Methods held at The Penn Stater Conference Center: Missing Data in Longitudinal Studies (Presenter: Joseph L. Schafer)
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| 2001 |
New Methods for the Analysis of Change, edited by Linda Collins and Aline Sayer, is published by the American Psychological Association
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| May 2001 |
Summer Institute on Longitudinal Methods held at The Penn Stater Conference Center: Longitudinal Modeling using Mplus (Presenters: Bengt O. Muthen and Linda K. Muthen)
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| Aug 2000 |
First competitive renewal of P50 Center grant funded by NIDA for five years (direct costs: $4,439,602)
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| May 2000 |
Summer Institute on Longitudinal Methods held at The Penn Stater Conference Center: Integrating Design and Analysis (Presenter: Richard Campbell) and Mixed Models (Presenter: Donald Hedeker)
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| Sep 1999 |
The Methodology Center starts weekly Brown Bag Series; Series continues today
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| Jul 1999 |
Linda Collins receives 2000 Faculty Scholar Medal for Outstanding Achievement
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| Jun 1999 |
First competitive renewal application of P50 Center grant entitled Center for Prevention Methodology, submitted to National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA); Principal Investigators are Linda Collins (HDFS), Zhen Lou (Statistics), Susan Murphy (Statistics), and Joe Schafer (Statistics)
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| Jun 1999 |
Joe Schafer receives Society for Prevention Early Career Award
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| May 1999 |
Summer Institute on Longitudinal Methods held at the Penn Stater Conference Center: Structural Equation Modeling (Presenters: John J. McArdle and Michael Neale)
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| 1998 |
Multivariate Behavioral Research Special Issue: Innovative Methods for Prevention Research, Vol. 33(4), edited by Linda Collins (Guest Editor) and Roger Millsap (Editor), is published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
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| Oct 1998 |
New Methods for the Analysis of Change Conference held at the Penn Stater Conference Center, funded by American Psychological Association
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| Aug 1998 |
R13 for Summer Institute on Longitudinal Methods funded by NIDA for five years (direct costs: $145,265)
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| May 1998 |
Summer Institute on Longitudinal Methods held at The Penn Stater Conference Center: Methods for Categorical Longitudinal Data (Presenters: Linda Collins and David Rindskopf)
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| Jan 1998 |
Susan Murphy joins University of Michigan, but continues her involvement with The Methodology Center
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| 1997 |
Analysis of Incomplete Multivariate Data by Joseph Schafer is published by Chapman and Hall
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| May 1997 |
Summer Institute on Longitudinal Methods held at the The Penn State Scanticon Conference Center, funded by the Program Innovation Fund in Continuing and Distance Education at Penn State
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| May 1996 |
Pilot Summer Institute on Longitudinal Methods held at The Penn Scanticon Conference Center
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| May 1996 |
P50 Center grant funded by NIDA for four years (direct costs: $2,702,982) after six-month delay due to federal government shutdown
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| Aug 1995 |
Center for Developmental and Health Research Methodology name changed to The Methodology Center
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| Feb 1995 |
First P50 center grant application, entitled Center for the Study of Prevention through Innovative Methodology submitted to National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA); Principal Investigators are Linda Collins (HDFS), John Graham (BBH), Susan Murphy (Statistics), Aline Sayer (HDFS), Joe Schafer (Statistics)
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| May 1994 |
Linda Collins named Director of the Center for Developmental and Health Research Methodology
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| Jan 1994 |
Linda M. Collins joins Penn State as Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
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| Sep 1993 |
Alexander von Eye joins Michigan State University
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| May 1993 |
Conference on Analysis of Categorical Data in Developmental Research held at Penn State, sponsored by The Methodology Center
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| May 1992 |
Conference on Analysis of Latent Variable and Developmental Research held at Penn State, sponsored by The Methodology Center
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| Sep 1991 |
John Nesselroade joins University of Virginia and Alex von Eye appointed Director of the Center
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| Aug 1989 |
Inception of Center for Developmental and Health Research Methodology in the College of Health and Human Development, under the directorship of John R. Nesselroade |
