Linda M Collins

Dr. Linda M. Collins is a distinguished professor at the NYU School of Global Public Health, where she focuses on the development and application of the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST), a groundbreaking framework designed to optimize and evaluate interventions across various fields, including public health, education, and criminal justice. With a strong foundation in engineering, behavioral science, and multivariate statistics, Dr. Collins aims to enhance intervention effectiveness, affordability, scalability, and efficiency through MOST. Her collaborative research spans critical areas such as HIV prevention, smoking cessation, and weight loss interventions. Dr. Collins has received funding from prominent institutions like the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Science Foundation, and her work has been published in numerous prestigious journals. An active contributor to the academic community, she has delivered over 100 invited presentations globally and has received several honors, including a Fulbright Specialist grant and the President’s Award from the Society for Prevention Research. Dr. Collins earned her B.A. from the University of Connecticut and her Ph.D. from the University of Southern California, previously holding faculty positions at USC and Penn State before joining NYU.