Stephanie Lanza
Director, The Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center
Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics
Education
Ph.D., Penn State, 2003 (Human Development and Family Studies)
M.A.S., Penn State, 2002 (Applied Statistics)
M.S., Penn State, 1998 (Human Development and Family Studies)
B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1992 (Mathematical Science)
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1992 (Psychology)
Departments
Biobehavioral Health
Social Data Analytics
Biobehavioral Health
Social Data Analytics
Professional Bio
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.