Linda M. Collins is an American quantitative psychologist who is a professor of global public health at New York University.
[1] At New York University, she is a professor of global public health in the department of social and behavioral sciences.
[2] Dr. Collins is known for her work on the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST), which integrates concepts from engineering, behavioral science, multivariate statistics, health economics, and decision analysis.
[4] She has applied MOST in diverse areas, including HIV,[5] smoking cessation,[6] prevention of excessive alcohol use in college students,[7] and weight loss.
[9][10] Collins has published extensively in journals across behavioral sciences, quantitative methodology, medicine, and engineering.