Linda Collins, PhD
CDIS Colloquium Series
Co-Sponsored by CDIS, Richard Weber, and
the Center for Clinical and Translational Science
“Intervention Optimization in Dissemination and Implementation Science”
Thursday, February 27, 2020
11:00am — 12:30pm
College of Nursing Event Center
845 S. Damen Ave, 3rd Floor
Linda M. Collins, PhD
Distinguished Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Director, The Methodology Center
Pennsylvania State University
Linda M. Collins, PhD, is Distinguished Professor of Human Development & Family Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. She is also Director of The Methodology Center, an interdisciplinary research center devoted to the advancement and dissemination of quantitative methods for applications in drug abuse prevention and treatment, as well as other areas in the behavioral sciences. Dr. Collins’s research interests include the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST), an engineering-inspired methodological framework for optimizing and evaluating behavioral, biobehavioral, and biomedical interventions. The objective of MOST is to improve intervention effectiveness, efficiency, economy, and scalability. Dr. Collins is currently collaborating on research applying MOST to develop optimized behavioral interventions in the areas of smoking cessation, weight loss, prevention of excessive drinking and risky sex in college students, and HIV services. Her research has been funded by NSF, NIDA, NCI, NIDDK, and NIAAA.
Dr. Collins is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, the Society of Behavioral Medicine, and the Society for Prevention Research. She is a past president of the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology and the Society for Prevention Research. Dr. Collins has delivered more than 140 invited presentations and workshops on MOST around the world.