Director, The Methodology Center

Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies

Professor, Department of Statistics

The Methodology Center

The Pennsylvania State University

204 E. Calder Way, Suite 400

State College, PA 16801

LMcollins@psu.edu

814-865-3253

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Education

Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1983 (Quantitative Psychology)

B.A., University of Connecticut, 1977 (Psychology)

Recent Teaching

Fall 2011 Quantitative Methods for Intervention Science. (HDFS 597C) Penn State Department of Human Development and Family Studies.

Spring 2011, Spring 2007, Spring 2009: Latent Class Analysis for Cross-Sectional and Repeated Measures Data. Penn State Department of Human Development and Family Studies.

Selected Recent Publications

Books and Monographs

Collins, L. M., & Lanza, S. T., (2010). Latent class and latent transition analysis: With applications in the social, behavioral, and health sciences. New York: Wiley.

Special Issues of Journals

Murphy, S. A., Collins, L. M., & Rush, A. J. (2007). Special issue of Drug and Alcohol Dependence: Customizing treatment to the patient: Adaptive treatment strategies. Elsevier.

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Dziak, J., Nahum-Shani, I. R., Collins, L. M. (2012). Multilevel factorial experiments for developing behavioral interventions: Power, sample size, and resource considerations. Psychological Methods. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/a0026972 NIHMSID: NIHMS348800

Thomas, D. M., Navarro-Barrientos, J. E., Rivera, D. E., Heymsfield, S. B., Bredlau, C., Redman, L. M., Martin, C. K., Lederman, S. A., Collins, L. M., & Butte, N. F. (2012). Dynamic energy-balance model predicting gestational weight gain. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 95, 115-122. PMCID: PMC3238455

Baker, T. B., Mermelstein, R. J., Collins, L. M., Piper, M. E., Jorenby, D. E., Smith, S. S., Schlam, T. R. Cook, J. W., & Fiore, M. C. (2011). New methods for tobacco dependence treatment research. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 41, 192-207. PMCID: PMC3073306

Collins, L. M., Baker, T. B., Mermelstein, R. J., Piper, M. E., Jorenby, D. E., Smith, S. S., Schlam, T. R., Cook, J. W., & Fiore, M. C. (2011). The Multiphase Optimization Strategy for engineering effective tobacco use interventions. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 41, 208-226. PMCID: PMC3053423

Caldwell, L. L., Smith, E. A., Collins, L. M., Graham, J. W., Lai, M., Wegner, L., Vergnani, T., Matthews, C., & Jacobs, J. (2012). Translational research in South Africa: Evaluating implementation quality using a factorial design. Child and Youth Care Forum. Advance online publication. doi:10.1007/s10566-011-9164-4

Zafra-Cabeza, A., Rivera, D. E., Collins, L. M., Ridao, M. A., & Camacho, E. F. (2011). A risk-based model predictive control approach to adaptive interventions in behavioral health. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 19, 891-901. PMCID: PMC3107527

Navarro-Barrientos, J.-E., Rivera, D. E., & Collins, L. M. (2011). A dynamical model for describing behavioural interventions for weight loss and body composition change. Mathematical and Computer Modelling of Dynamical Systems, 17, 183-203. PMCID: PMC3111923

Valentine, J. C., Flay, B. R., Biglan, A., Boruch, R. F., Castro, F.G., Collins, L. M., Kellam, S., Moscicki, E. K., & Schinke, S. (2011). Replication in Prevention Science. Prevention Science, 12, 103-117.

Tan, X., Dierker, L., Rose, J., Li, R., & Tobacco Etiology Research Network. (2011). How spacing of data collection may impact estimates of substance use. Substance Use and Misuse, 46, 758-768. PMCID: PMC3107528

Cleveland, M. J., Collins, L. M., Lanza, S. T., Greenberg, M. T., & Feinberg, M. E. (2010). Does individual risk moderate the effect of contextual-level protective factors? A latent class analysis of substance use. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 38(3), 213-228. PMCID: PMC2898733

Lanza, S. T., & Collins, L. M. (2010). Modeling multidimensional sexual risk behavior using latent class analysis. In L. Passero, & C. Sgariglia (Eds.), Sexual Risk Behaviors (pp. 119-124). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers Inc.

Bray, B. C., Lanza, S. T., & Collins, L. M. (2010). Modeling relations among discrete developmental processes: A general approach to associative latent transition analysis. Structural Equation Modeling, 17, 541-569. PMCID: PMC3094019

Collins, L. M., Chakraborty, B., Murphy, S. A., & Strecher, V. J. (2009). Comparison of a phased experimental approach and a single randomized clinical trial for developing multicomponent behavioral interventions. Clinical Trials, 6(1), 5-15. PMCID: PMC2711350

Patrick, M. E., Collins, L. M., Smith, E., Caldwell, L., Flisher, A., & Wegner, L. (2009). A prospective longitudinal model of substance use onset among South African adolescents. Substance Use & Misuse, 44(5), 647-662. PMCID: PMC2796627

Collins, L. M., Dziak, J. J., & Li, R. (2009). Design of experiments with multiple independent variables: A resource management perspective on complete and reduced factorial designs. Psychological Methods, 14(3), 202-224. PMCID: PMC2796056

Chakraborty, B., Collins, L.M., Strecher, V.J., & Murphy, S.A. (2009). Developing multicomponent interventions using fractional factorial designs. Statistics in Medicine, 28(21), 2687-2708. PMCID: PMC2746448

Dierker, L. C., Stolar, M., Richardson, E., Tiffany, S., Flay, B., Collins, L., Nichter, M., Nichter, M., Bailey, S., Clayton, R., & the Tobacco Etiology Research Network (TERN). (2008).Tobacco, alcohol and marijuana use among first year U.S. college students: A time series analysis. Substance Use and Misuse, 43, 680-699. PMCID: PMC2706584

Strecher, V. J., McClure, J. B., Alexander, G. W., Chakraborty, B., Nair, V. N., Konkel, J. M., Greene, S. M., Collins, L. M., Carlier, C. C., Wiese, C. J., Little, R. J., Pomerleau, C. S., & Pomerleau, O. F. (2008). Web-based smoking cessation programs: Results of a randomized trial. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 34, 373-381. PMCID: PMC2697448

Lanza, S. T., & Collins, L. M. (2008). A new SAS procedure for latent transition analysis: Transitions in dating and sexual risk behavior. Developmental Psychology, 44(2), 446-456. PMCID: PMC2846549

Rivera, D. E., Pew, M. D., & Collins, L. M. (2007). Using engineering control principles to inform the design of adaptive interventions. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 88, S31-S40. PMCID: PMC2062527

Collins, L. M., Murphy, S. A., & Strecher, V. (2007). The Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) and the Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART): New methods for more potent e-health interventions. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 32, S112-S118. PMCID: PMC2062525

Maldonado-Molina, M. M., Collins, L. M., Lanza, S. T., Prado, G., Ramirez, R., & Canino, G. (2007). Patterns of substance use onset among Hispanics in Puerto Rico and the United States. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 2432-2437. PMCID: PMC3001340

Lanza, S. T., & Collins, L. M., Lemmon, D., & Schafer, J. L. (2007). PROC LCA: A SAS procedure for latent class analysis. Structural Equation Modeling, 14, 671-694. PMCID: PMC2785099

Presentations

Collins, L. M., & Lanza, S. T. (2012, February). Latent class analysis. Workshop presented for Methods Work, Pittsburgh, PA. Also presented October, 2011 for Methods Work, Washington, DC and August, 2011 for Methods Work, Atlanta, GA.

Collins, L. M. (2011, December). The Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) for engineering better behavioral interventions. Invited talk presented at the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center, Dartmouth University.

Collins, L. M. (2011, June). Prevention in the 21st Century: Adapting engineering optimization strategies to create leaner, meaner, better interventions. Presidential address presented at the Society for Prevention Research Annual Meetings, Washington, DC.

Trail, J., Timms, K., Piper, M. E., Rivera, D., & Collins, L. M. (2011, June). Functional data analysis of smoking cessation data. Poster presented at the Society for Prevention Research Annual Meetings, Washington, DC.

Trail, J. B., Timms, K., Piper, M., Collins, L. M., & Rivera, D. E. (2011, May). Dynamic mediation analysis of intensive longitudinal data. Poster presented at the Modern Modeling Methods Conference, Storrs, CT.

Collins, L. M. (2011, April). Drawing on ideas from engineering and computer science to build better behavioral interventions. Symposiumpresented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, Washington, DC.

Collins, L. M. (2011, April). Efficient designs for examining the effects of individual intervention components. In From discovery to public health impact: New approaches to developing, testing, and optimizing behavioral interventions. Pre-conference workshop presented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, Washington, DC.

Collins, L. M. (2011, April). Introduction to the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST) for building more effective behavioral interventions. Seminar presented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, Washington, DC.

Collins, L. M., Dziak, J. J., & Nahum-Shani, I. (2011, April). Factorial experimental designs in multilevel situations. In L. M. Collins (Chair), Drawing on ideas from engineering and computer science to build better behavioral interventions. Symposium presented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, Washington, DC.

Collins, L. M. (2011, February) Blending psychology and engineering to build better behavioral interventions. Presented at the Psychology: Transforming Science and Practice (50th Anniversary Celebration for URI Department of Psychology), University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI.

Collins, L. M. (2011, January) The multiphase optimization strategy (MOST) for engineering better behavioral interventions. Presented at the the Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL.

Collins, L. M. (2010, December) Efficient experimental designs for examining the effects of individual intervention components. Presented at the Translating Ideas into Interventions: The Process of Developing Behavioral Interventions, Bethesda, MD.

Collins, L.M. (2010, October). The Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) for building behavioral interventions. Presented at Online Social Networks and Smoking Cessation: Strategic Research Opportunities, Washington, DC.

Collins, L.M. (2010, August). Behavioral interventions should first test individual components and then evolve to integrated interventions (debate format). Presented at Controversies in Clinical Trials, a preconference symposium held at the International Congress of Behavioral Medicine, Washington, DC.

Collins, L.M. (2010, June). Building better behavioral interventions: The Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST). Presented at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY.

Collins, L.M. (2010, June). The Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) for building optimized behavioral interventions. Presented at Behavioral Intervention Optimization: Capitalizing on Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology, Bethesda, MD.

Collins, L.M. (2010, April). Engineering better behavioral interventions. Presented at the Department of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC.

Collins, L.M. (2010, March). Building better behavioral interventions: Engineering-inspired approaches. Presented at the Center for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI.

Collins, L.M. (2010, February). Building better multicomponent interventions for prevention and treatment of disease. Presented at the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Penn State, University Park, PA.