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PSMG Presentations: 2003 to Present

October, 2003 to September, 2005

date Topic Presenters
10/14/03 Two-Part Growth Modeling of Adolescent Substance Usein the Raising Healthy Children Project   Act II: Updated Results from Mplus 3.0  Eric C. Brown, Kevin Haggerty, Rico Catalano
10/21/03 Structural Ecosystems Therapy For HIV Medication Adherence DA15004 aka SETA Daniel Feaster, Victoria Mitrani, Myron Burns, Allan Rodriguez, Carleen Robinson, Desh Asthana, Lila Smith, Jose Szapocznik

10/28/03

Mediators, Moderators, and More David P. MacKinnon
11/18/03 Biomarkers to predict Alzheimer's Disease (Latent Class Modeling) Jim Mortimer& Youigui Wu
12/02/03 Discrete-time Recurrent Event History Analysis Katherine Masyn
12/09/03 Discrete-time Recurrent Event History (part 2) Analysis Katherine Masyn
12/16/03 Stressful Life Events and Depressive Symptoms in Couples the Year Following Job Loss George W. Howe, Amy Gentzler
01/06/04 Mediators of stress effects on depression George Howe
01/13/04 Prevention Methodology Application C Hendricks Brown
02/10/04 1. Advances In Latent Variable Modeling Of Heterogeneous Phenotypes 

2.Hybrid Latent Variable Models
for Diagnostic Criteria 

Bengt Muthen
03/02/04 Residual Diagnostics for
Growth Mixture Model
Chen-Pin Wang, Hendricks Brown, Karen Bandeen-Roche 
03/16/04 Advanced Applications of General Growth Mixture Modeling  Daniel J. Feaster, Craig Henderson, Hanno Petras, Paul Greenbaum, Lee Van Horn
04/27/04 Mediators and Moderators in Prevention Research David P. MacKinnon, Hendricks Brown, Booil Jo, Michael Sobel, & Shep Kellam 
05/04/04 Modeling preponderance of zeros in longitudinal data Bengt Muthen & Frauke Kreuter
05/11/04 Latent Growth Mixture Modeling with Intervention Trials: An Example from a Randomized Controlled Trial of Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment C. Henderson, P. Greenbaum, G. Dakof, C. Rowe, & H. Liddle
05/18/04 The Course of Aggression and Juvenile Court Violence: A Gender Comparison of Antecedents and Consequences  H. Petras, D. Furr-Holden, N. Ialongo & S. Kellam
07/13/04 Censored, Censored-Inflated, and 2-Part (Latent Class) Growth Analysis Latent Class Factor Analysis  Bengt Muthen, Tihomir Asparouhov
07/27/04 Transformations for Growth Models to Improve Fit and Handle Upper and Lower Boundaries  C Hendricks Brown
08/17/04 Mediation in logistic and probit regression David P. MacKinnon
08/24/04 SPR presentation C Hendricks Brown
08/31/04 Causes and correlates of desistance from crime Dr Kim Henry
09/07/04 SPR presentation C Hendricks Brown
10/12/04 Design and analysis of a group randomized preventive intervention trial Lee Van Horn, David Murray
10/19/04 Population Based Suicide Prevention C Hendricks Brown
10/26/04 Georgia Gatekeeper Project C Hendricks Brown, Peter Wyman
11/02/04 Interaction of Latent Variables Andreas Klein
03/01/05 Substance use trajectories across early adolescence: Linking intervention family, and peer processes Arin Connell & Tom Dishion
03/15/05 Improving Therapist Fidelity During EBP Implementation John Landsveck, Greg Aarons & Mike Hurlburt
04/19/05 Treating Youths with PTSD and Conduct Problems Dana Smith
05/17/05 < SPR presentation Preview>

1)  Evaluation of longitudinal mediating mechanisms of a drug prevention program for adolescent athletes

2)  Nonlinear SEM, Model Types and Estimation

3) Model Choices in Intention-to-Treat Analysis:
Randomized Trials with Non-attendance and Non-response

1)  JeeWon Cheong,  David MacKinnon,  Jason Williams, Dr. Matthew

2)  Klein, A & Muthen, B.O.

3)  Booil Jo

07/12/05 Designs for implementation/ dissemination C Hendricks Brown
07/26/05 Person-specific model with autorcorrelation  Dan Feaster
09/06/05 GBG impact – summary of the methods + basic outcome findings Hendricks Brown, Hanno Petras, Bengt Muthen, Wei Wang, Peter Toyinbo
09/13/05 Overview of Nagin models and comments regarding Mplus Bengt Muthen
09/27/05 Nonignorably missing data  Bengt Muthen, Hendricks Brown

Year 2006

Date Topic Presenter
01/24/06 Basic Formulation of Causality I Booil Jo & C Hendricks Brown 
01/31/06 Basic Formulation of Causality II Booil Jo & C Hendricks Brown 
02/07/06 Examining Causality for Antidepressants and Suicide Robert Gibbons, Sue Marcus, Hendricks Brown
02/14/06 Identification of Causal Parameters in
Randomized Studies with Mediators
Michael Sobel
02/21/06 Average Causal Effects on Binary Outcomes: Measures, Collapsibility, Selection, and Estimation  by Propensity Score Subclassification Yi Huang & Karen Bandeen-Roche
02/28/06 Using Time Varying Principal
Stratification Models for
Nonexperimental Studies:
Application to Antidepressives and Suicide
Hendricks Brown
03/07/06 Causality in Mediation Modeling David Mackinnon & Booil Jo
03/14/06 The Concept of Counfounded Causal Relationships by Steyer Andreas Klein
04/04/06 How can Prevention Trials Test Theories Concerning the Etiology of Comorbid Conditions? George Howe  
04/11/06 Tentative: On disseminating a treatment foster care intervention with a randomized trial of California counties

Patti Chamberlain & Hendricks Brown  

04/18/06 Tentative: Results of training for the Ga Gatekeeper project Peter Wyman & Hendricks Brown 
04/25/06 Mplus 4 Bengt Muthen 
05/02/06

Judea Pearl

Booil Jo 
05/09/06 PMHP Trial Peter Wyman 
05/16/06 Behavioral Observation Multilevel Modeling Jeanne  Poduska et al
05/23/06 Multilevel Mediation David Mackinnon 
06/20/06 PSMG Self Study Moderator: George Howe
06/27/06 PSMG Self Study Moderator: George Howe
0711/06 Does stress lead to depression in different ways for different people? Studying mediators of gene-environment and personality-environment interaction. George Howe
07/25/06 Continuous Time Survival in Latent Variable Models Tihomir Asparouhov
08/22/06 Developmental course and prevention of Antisocial Personality Disorder Effects of a universal first-grade classroom intervention in young adulthood Hanno Petras
08/29/06

Updates on Mediation Analysis

David Mackinnon, Getachew Dagne, C H Brown, Wei Wang
09/05/06 SPR Abstracts C H Brown
09/12/06 Dynamic Panel Models For Reciprocal Effects:  A Person-Specific Cross-Lagged Panel Models & Simulation Results on a Person-Specific Simplex Model Dan Feaster
09/19/06 SPR Abstracts C H Brown
10/03/06 A Multilevel Investigation of the Built Environment and Overweight/Obesity in Adults Aged 50-75 Years Old Fuzhong Li
10/10/06 Methodology associated with assessing diabetes medication effects on cardiovascular diseases among type 2 diabetics Chen Pin
10/24/06 Binary Mediator Analysis Booil Jo
10/31/06 On the Estimation of Causal Parameters in Mediator Models for Observational Data Andreas Klein
11/21/06 Multilevel Features of Mplus 4.2 Bengt Muthen  
12/05/06 Multilevel Modeling Bengt Muthen
12/12/06 What do randomized studies of housing mobility demonstrate?: Causal Inference in the face of Interference Michael Sobel

Year 2007

Date Topic presenter
01/09/07 The Neyman-Rubin model for causal inference and the usual error term models of statistics Paul Holland
01/16/07 Matching with Multiple Control Groups Elizabeth Stuart
01/23/07 Estimation of Causal Effects in Randomized Trials Using A Propensity Score Method Booil Jo
02/27/07 Methods for Evaluating Impact in Randomized Field Trials: Integrating the Perspectives of Person, Place, and Time. Hendricks  Brown &  Wei Wang
03/06/07 Methods for Evaluating Impact in Randomized Field Trials: Integrating the Perspectives of Person, Place, and Time. Hendricks  Brown &  Wei Wang
03/20/07 Accounting for heterogeneity in growth trajectories in longitudinal intervention studies Booil Jo
03/27/07 Using regression mixture models to find differential effects Lee Van Horn
04/03/07 Multilevel modeling of ITT and Post-Intervention Analysis in RFT Hendricks  Brown
04/10/07 Multilevel effect sizes in analyses of RFT Hendricks  Brown
04/24/07 Pushing the envelope: Improving behavioral interventions by analyzing post-treatment heterogeneity Tom Tenhave
05/01/07 Mediation in Randomized Trials: A Principal Stratification Perspective Booil Jo
05/08/07 Dealing with limited resources:  Efficient selection of individuals for long-term follow-up Elizabeth Stuart
05/22/07 Substantiation and Severity of Child Maltreatment Reports Over Time: A Two-Part Latent Growth Curve Model Svetlana Yampolskaya & Paul Greenbaum
06/12/07 SPR follow-up / Methods in analyzing random field trials Hendricks Brown
06/26/07 Causal inference in randomized trials in mediation Booil Jo
07/10/07 More on latent variables Bengt Muthen
07/17/07 – 08/31/07 SUMMER BREAK - NO MEETING No meeting
09/04/07 Preparing SPR 07 papers for publication Hendricks Brown
09/11/07 The application of the potential outcome framework to causal mediator analysis - Application, Interpretation, and Limitations Andreas Klein
10/02/07 Discuss SPR 08 C. Hendricks Brown
10/09/07 Discuss SPR  08 /  On antidepressants and risk of suicide C. Hendricks Brown & Robert Gibbons
10/16/07 Characterizing and Modeling the Interaction of Couples Under Stress George Howe, Hendricks Brown, Getachew Dagne
10/23/07 Making use of limited resources: Optimal selection of subjects for follow-up Elizabeth Stuart
11/06/07 Factors Associated with Substance Use in Hispanic Adolescents Barbara Lopez & Wei Wang
11/13/07 What's New in Mplus Version 5 Bengt Muthen
11/27/07 Methodology for Mental Health / Drug Abuse Prevention and Early Intervention C. Hendricks Brown

Year 2008

Date Topic Presenter
01/15/08 Reference Stratification and the Use of Coarse Principal Strata Booil Jo
01/22/08 GA Gatekeeper project C. Hendricks Brown, Peter Wyman & Jing Guo
01/29/08 Adaptive Designs Workgroup (Monthly presentation) C. Hendricks Brown, Bengt Muthen, Tom Tenhave, Getachew Dagne & Booil Jo
02/05/08 A group-randomized trial to test the effectiveness of an adapted alcohol use preventive intervention for urban youth: Outcomes and analysis plans. Kelli Komro, Mildred Maldonado-Molina, and Amy Tobler
02/19/08 The use of covariate information in causal inference Booil Jo, Liz Stuart
02/26/08 Adaptive Designs Workgroup (Monthly presentation) C. Hendricks Brown, Bengt Muthen, Tom Tenhave, Getachew Dagne & Booil Jo
03/04/08 Recent findings from the Community Youth Development Study David Hawkins & Ric Brown
03/25/08 Adaptive Designs Workgroup (Monthly presentation) C. Hendricks Brown, Bengt Muthen, Tom Tenhave, Getachew Dagne & Booil Jo
04/08/08 Follow -up meeting C. Hendricks Brown
04/22/08 What's New in Mplus Version 5.1 Bengt Muthen
04/29/08 Adaptive Designs Workgroup (Monthly presentation) C. Hendricks Brown, Bengt Muthen, Tom Tenhave, Getachew Dagne & Booil Jo
05/13/08 When good latent class analyses go bad: Treating class membership as an observed variable Shaunna Clark
05/27/08 Adaptive Designs Workgroup (Monthly presentation) C. Hendricks Brown, Bengt Muthen, Tom Tenhave, Getachew Dagne & Booil Jo
6/17/08 PSMG agenda C. Hendricks Brown
6/24/08 no meeting no meeting
7/01/08 no meeting no meeting
7/08/08 no meeting no meeting
7/15/08 no meeting no meeting
7/22/08 Parallel-Process Discrete-Time Survival Modeling Via Latent Transition Analysis Patrick Malone
7/29/08 TBA TBA
8/05/08 TBA TBA
8/12/08 TBA TBA
8/19/08 TBA TBA
8/26/08 TBA TBA
9/02/08 TBA TBA