May 1, 2012
Society for Prevention Research (SPR)
Washington DC, May 29 – June 1, 2012
Methodology Center researchers will have a strong presence at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research (SPR). We will present symposiums, a special interest group, paper talks, and posters about our research. Specifically featured: our work on adaptive behavioral interventions, optimization of behavioral interventions, extensions of latent class analysis, the analysis of ecological momentary assessment data, and causal inference 
Special interest group: Building optimized prevention interventions
- Linda Collins, convener
Special interest group: Prevention efficiency and research group (PEPR)
- D. Max Crowley, convener
Symposium: Innovative systems science methods for the design and evaluation of adaptive behavioral interventions
- Linda Collins, chair
- Jessica Trail, speaker
- Kevin Timms, speaker
- Yuwen (Shirley) Dong, speaker
- Lisa Dierker, discussant
Symposium: Uncovering the dynamics of smoking cessation processes: New approaches to analysis of ecological momentary assessment data
- Sara Vasilenko, chair & speaker
- Esra Kurum, speaker
- Mariya Shiyko, speaker
- Lisa Dierker, discussant
Symposium: New approaches to differential effects: Moving beyond traditional moderation using mixture models
- Stephanie Lanza, chair & speaker
- Michael Cleveland, speaker
- Brittany Rhoades, speaker
- David MacKinnon, discussant
Symposium: Alcohol and drug prevention for student-athletes: An application of the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST) in a multilevel setting
- David Wyrick, chair
- Linda Collins, speaker
- John Dziak, speaker
- Kelly Rulison, speaker
- Augusto Diana, discussant
Symposium: Economic evaluation within prevention science: New frontiers
- D. Max Crowley, chair & speaker
- Damon Jones, speaker
- Max Guyll, speaker
- Margaret Kuklinski, discussant
Paper presentation: Do mothers’ eating behaviors cause daughters’ dieting? Drawing causal inferences from the Girls’ Needs study
- Donna Coffman, speaker
Paper presentation: Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of real-world prevention efforts: Approaches for estimating the value of evidence-based programming
- D. Max Crowley, speaker
Methodology Center scientists will present eight posters throughout the conference as well.