Degree(s) and Year(s) Degree(s) Conferred: Ph.D., 2003; M.A.S., 2002; M.S., 1998
Graduate Academic Program(s) at Penn State: Human Development and Family Studies and Applied Statistics
Current Professional Title: Scientific Director, The Methodology Center and Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Health
Current Employer: Penn State
Briefly describe your professional career, including your employment history and notable accomplishments
I work primarily in two methodological areas. Much of my work seeks to advance finite mixture models, particularly latent class analysis. My primary collaborators on this project include Bethany Bray, John Dziak, and Megan Patrick. I also work to advance and apply new statistical models in order to reveal dynamic processes. Much of this work, done in collaboration with Runze Li, Michael Russell, and Sara Vasilenko, addresses new research questions about age- and time-varying effects related to health behavior.
Please list honors, awards, and professional achievements
- 2016: Invited presenter, NIH Medicine: Mind the Gap
- 2015-present: Society for Prevention Research Board of Directors
- 2014: Invited presenter, NIH BD2K Data Integration Meeting
- 2014: Society for Prevention Research Friend of ECPN Mentoring Award
- 2012-present: Associate Editor, Prevention Science