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
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Failed retrieving data.Latent transition analysis and how it can address prevention research questions
Failed retrieving data.New statistical methods for substance use prevention research
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Failed retrieving data.Some design, measurement, and analysis pitfalls in drug abuse prevention research and how to avoid them : Let your model be your guide
Failed retrieving data.Goodness-of-Fit Testing for Latent Class Models
Failed retrieving data.Latent Class Models for Stage-Sequential Dynamic Latent Variables
Failed retrieving data.Modeling Transitions in Latent Stage-Sequential Processes : A Substance Use Prevention Example
Failed retrieving data.The measurement of dynamic latent variables in longitudinal aging research : Quantifying adult development
Failed retrieving data.A note on the unbiased estimation of the intraclass correlation
Failed retrieving data.The Measurement of Dynamic Latent Variables in Longitudinal Aging Research : Quantifying Adult Development
Failed retrieving data.Using the Longitudinal Guttman Simplex as a Basis for Measuring Growth
Failed retrieving data.An Ordinal I Scaling Method for Questionnaire and Other Ordinal I Data
Failed retrieving data.Omega : A General Formulation of the Rand Index of Cluster Recovery Suitable for Non-disjoint Solutions
Failed retrieving data.The Longitudinal Guttman Simplex : A New Methodology for Measurement of Dynamic Constructs in Longitudinal Panel Studies
Failed retrieving data.Frequency and adequacy of breast cancer screening among elderly hispanic women
Failed retrieving data.Health behavior of elderly Hispanic women : Does cultural assimilation make a difference?
Failed retrieving data.Implementation effectiveness trial of a social influences smoking prevention program using schools and television
Failed retrieving data.Psychosocial Predictors of Young Adolescent Cigarette Smoking : A Sixteen‐Month, Three‐Wave Longitudinal Study
Failed retrieving data.BINCLUS : Nonhierarchical Clustering of Binary Data
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Failed retrieving data.High-school smoking prevention : Results of a three-year longitudinal study
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