Linda Collins
Linda Collins
Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Professional overview
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Linda M. Collins is Professor of Global Public Health in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Biostatistics. She earned her B.A. in Psychology at the University of Connecticut and her Ph.D. in Quantitative Psychology at the University of Southern California.
Collins’ research interests are focused on the development, dissemination, and application of the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST), a framework for the optimization of behavioral, biobehavioral, and social-structural interventions. The objective of MOST is to improve intervention effectiveness, efficiency, economy, and scalability. She is currently collaborating on research applying MOST in the areas of smoking cessation, the prevention of excessive drinking and risky sex in college students, and HIV services.
Collins’ research has been funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the National Science Foundation, among others. She has given more than 150 presentations on MOST around the world, and her publications have appeared in journals in the fields of behavioral science, quantitative methodology, medicine, and engineering.
Collins has held tenured faculty positions at the University of Southern California and at Penn State University, where she was Distinguished Professor of Human Development and Family Studies and Director of The Methodology Center. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, the Society of Behavioral Medicine, and is a past president of the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology and the Society for Prevention Research.
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Education
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BA, Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CTPhD, Quantitative Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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Honors and awards
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Fulbright Specialist, National University of Ireland Galway (2018)Pauline Schmitt Russell Distinguished Career Award, Pennsylvania State University’s College of Health and Human Development (2017)Evan G. and Helen G. Pattishall Outstanding Research Achievement Award, Pennsylvania State University’s College of Health and Human Development (2011)President’s Award, Society for Prevention Research (2004)Faculty Scholar Medal for the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Pennsylvania State University (2000)Psychology Department Teacher of the Year, University of Southern California (1992)Psychology Department Mentorship Award, University of Southern California (1991)Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology Award for Distinguished Early Career Contributions to Multivariate Behavioral Research (1991)
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Areas of research and study
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Behavioral ScienceCost EffectivenessCost-effective Health Programs and PoliciesDissemination and Implementation of Evidence-based Programs
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Publications
Publications
Optimization of Multicomponent Behavioral and Biobehavioral Interventions for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS
Failed retrieving data.Utilizing MOST frameworks and SMART designs for intervention research
Failed retrieving data.Corrigendum to "Optimization of remotely delivered intensive lifestyle treatment for obesity using the Multiphase Optimization Strategy : Opt-IN study protocol" [Contemp. Clin. Trials 38 (2014) 251-259] DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2014.05.007
Failed retrieving data.A dynamical systems approach to understanding self-regulation in smoking cessation behavior change
Failed retrieving data.A Hybrid Model Predictive Control strategy for optimizing a smoking cessation intervention
Failed retrieving data.Continuous-time system identification of a smoking cessation intervention
Failed retrieving data.Europe Needs a Central, Transparent, and Evidence-Based Approval Process for Behavioural Prevention Interventions
Failed retrieving data.Evaluating individual intervention components : making decisions based on the results of a factorial screening experiment
Failed retrieving data.Factorial experiments : Efficient tools for evaluation of intervention components
Failed retrieving data.Functional data analysis for dynamical system identification of behavioral processes
Failed retrieving data.Moving beyond the treatment package approach to developing behavioral interventions : addressing questions that arose during an application of the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST)
Failed retrieving data.Optimization of behavioral dynamic treatment regimens based on the sequential, multiple assignment, randomized trial (SMART)
Failed retrieving data.Optimization of remotely delivered intensive lifestyle treatment for obesity using the Multiphase Optimization Strategy : Opt-IN study protocol
Failed retrieving data.Youths' Substance Use and Changes in Parental Knowledge-Related Behaviors During Middle School : A Person-Oriented Approach
Failed retrieving data.Control systems engineering for understanding and optimizing smoking cessation interventions
Failed retrieving data.Hybrid model predictive control for optimizing gestational weight gain behavioral interventions
Failed retrieving data.Parental Knowledge and Youth Risky Behavior : A Person Oriented Approach
Failed retrieving data.Recruiting and engaging smokers in treatment in a primary care setting : Developing a chronic care model implemented through a modified electronic health record
Failed retrieving data.Some methodological considerations in theory-based health behavior research
Failed retrieving data.A dynamical systems model for improving gestational weight gain behavioral interventions
Failed retrieving data.Dynamic energy-balance model predicting gestational weight gain
Failed retrieving data.Multilevel factorial experiments for developing behavioral interventions : Power, sample size, and resource considerations
Failed retrieving data.System identification modeling of a smoking cessation intervention
Failed retrieving data.Translational Research in South Africa : Evaluating Implementation Quality Using a Factorial Design
Failed retrieving data.A dynamical model for describing behavioural interventions for weight loss and body composition change
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