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Summer
Institute
on Longitudinal Research
August 14-16, 2006The Center for Advancing Longitudinal Drug Abuse Research (CALDAR;
Yih-Ing Hser, Ph.D., Center Director), funded by NIDA (P30 DA016383),
hosted its first Summer Institute at UCLA on August 14-16, 2006. The
target audience for the three-day event was advanced students,
junior investigators, and experienced researchers interested in
expanding their skills in longitudinal research. The Institute
was designed to enhance participants' knowledge of longitudinal
research methodologies and statistical approaches, provide opportunities
for scientific collaboration, and highlight the relevance and application
of statistical techniques to a variety of research areas. The
event featured: plenary sessions with renowned investigators in
the areas of longitudinal analysis, drug abuse, mental health,
and health services research; intensive seminars on longitudinal
research methods; and a poster session.
Invited speakers included Peter Bentler, Ricky Bluthenthal,
Linda Collins, Wilson Compton, Michael Dennis, Donald Hedeker,
Stephanie Lanza, A. Thomas McLellan, Rudolf Moos, Bengt Muthén,
Daniel Nagin, and Constance Weisner.
August 14 - Conference
The theme for the conference was "Current
Findings and Future Directions in Longitudinal Research" and
focused on the areas of drug and alcohol abuse, HIV, mental health,
and criminal justice.
Wilson Compton, M.D., M.P.E., National Institute on Drug Abuse
"NIDA’s Blue Ribbon Task Force Report on Health
Services Research: Implications for Longitudinal Research"
PRESENTATION AND
Selected references
A. Thomas McLellan, Ph.D., Treatment Research
Institute and University of Pennsylvania
"What if
Addiction Were Treated, Evaluated and Reimbursed as a Chronic
Illness?"
PRESENTATION AND SELECTED REFERENCES
Michael Dennis, Ph.D., Chestnut Health Systems
"Managing Substance Use Disorders as a Chronic Condition"
Presentation AND
Selected references
Rudolf Moos. Ph.D. and Bernice Moos, B.S., Stanford University
and Center for Health Care Evaluation, Veterans Affairs Health
Care System
"Treatment and Self-Help in the 16-year Remission
of Alcohol Use Disorders"
Presentation AND
Selected references
Daniel Nagin, Ph.D., Heinz School, Carnegie Mellon University
"Causal Inference with Group-Based Trajectory
Models"
Presentation AND
Selected references
Linda M. Collins, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
"Analysis of Longitudinal Data: The Integration of Theoretical
Model, Temporal Design,
and Statistical Model"
Presentation AND
Selected references
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Bengt Muthén, Ph.D., University of
California, Los Angeles
"New Advances in Growth Modeling"
Presentation and Selected references
Constance Weisner, Dr.P.H., M.S.W., University of California,
San Francisco, and Kaiser Permanente
"Drug and Alcohol Treatment Patients with Mental Health
Problems: Implications for Longitudinal Services Research"
Presentation
and Selected references
Ricky Bluthenthal, Ph.D., RAND Corporation and California State
University, Dominguez Hills
"Longitudinal Studies on HIV Risk among Injection Drug
Users: The Case of Syringe Exchange Programs"
Presentation
and Selected references
August 15-16 - Intensive Research Seminar
Intensive instruction on a range of methodological
tools related to longitudinal research was provided. Institute
faculty conducted applied statistical training sessions utilizing
existing longitudinal data sets. Statistical methods included:
multilevel linear modeling, latent class and latent transition
analysis, structural equation modeling, and growth curve modeling.
Donald Hedeker, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
"Overview and Mixed Effects Models"
Presentation
and Selected references
Peter Bentler, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
"Cross-Lag Mean Structure Models vs. Latent Curve
Structural Equation Models of Change"
Presentation
and Selected references
Stephanie T. Lanza, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
"Latent Transition Analysis: Modeling Stage-Sequential
Development"
Presentation
and Selected references
Bengt Muthén, Ph.D., University
of California, Los Angeles
"New Longitudinal Analysis Techniques Using Mplus"
Presentation and Selected
references
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