Faculty and Staff Profile

Lior Rennert

Educational Background

Ph.D. Biostatistics
University of Pennsylvania 2018

MS Statistics
University of Chicago 2011

BS Mathematics
Pennsylvania State University 2009

Courses Taught

HLTH 8310: Quantitative Methods in Health Research I
HLTH 8320: Quantitative Methods in Health Research II
HLTH 8900: Special topics: Transforming Data Sets into Research Articles

Profile

Dr. Lior Rennert is Associate Dean for Health Sciences in the College of Behavioral, Social, and Health Sciences, Associate Professor of Biostatistics in the Department of Public Health Sciences, and Founding Director of the Clemson Center for Public Health Modeling and Response. He received his PhD degree in Biostatistics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Pearlman School of Medicine, MS degree in Statistics from the University of Chicago, and BS in Mathematics from The Pennsylvania State University. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Rennert led Clemson’s Public Health Strategy team to provide data analytics and help guide university policy. His current work focuses on the development of data-driven approaches to guide health-related decision making. His research has led to over 70 high-impact publications in the top scientific, medical, and health journals. Over the past 2 years, he has procured approximately $30 million in funding as principal investigator from the National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. His projects aim to develop a statewide network for real-time opioid and infectious disease outbreak detection, forecasting, and coordinating emergency health response. In these efforts, Dr. Rennert has helped build statewide and national collaborations between state health departments, health systems, community partners, and academic institutions in order to integrate Center research into practice and ultimately improve health outcomes across the state of South Carolina and the nation.

Research Interests

Infectious diseases, modeling, opioids, public policy, mindfulness, neurodegenerative diseases, statistical methodology

Research Publications

First/Senior Author Publications:

1. Gezer F, Howard KA, Litwin AH, Martin N, Rennert L† (2024). Identification of factors associated with opioid- and HCV-related hospitalizations at the zip code level: Ecological and modelling study. Lancet Public Health; 9(6): e354-e364. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00076-8

2. Ma Z and Rennert L† (2024). An epidemiological modeling framework to inform institutional-level response to infectious disease outbreaks: a Covid-19 case study. Nature Scientific Reports; 14, 7221 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57488-y

3. Rennert L,† Howard, KA, Kickham CM, Gezer F, Coleman A, Roth PJ, Boswell Kristie, Gimbel R, Litwin AH (2024). Implementation of a Mobile Health Clinic Framework for Hepatitis C Virus Screening and Treatment: A Descriptive Study. Lancet Regional Health Americas; 29:100648. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2023.100648

4. Howard, KA, Massimo, L., Griffin, SF, Gagnon RJ, Zhang L, Rennert L† (2023). Systematic examination of methodological inconsistency in operationalizing cognitive reserve and its impact on identifying predictors of late-life cognition. BMC Geriatr 23, 547 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04263-9

5. Rennert L†, Ma Z, McMahan C, Dean D (2023). Covid-19 vaccine effectiveness against general SARS-CoV-2 infection from the omicron variant: A retrospective cohort study. PLOS Global Public Health; 3(1): e0001111. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001111

6. Rennert L†, Howard KA,* Walker KB, Furmanek DL, Blackhurst VA, Cancellaro VA, Litwin AH (2023). Evaluation of Policies Limiting Opioid Exposure on Opioid Prescribing and Patient Pain in Opioid-Naïve Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery in a Large American Health System. Journal of Patient Safety; 19(2): 71-78. DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000001088

7. Rennert L†, Ma Z, McMahan C, Dean D (2022). Effectiveness and protection duration of COVID-19 vaccines and previous infection against any SARS-CoV-2 infection. Nature Communications; 13, 3946. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31469-z

8. Martin B,* Witrick B, Sivaraj B, Tyler L, Devane M, Gimbel R, Rennert L (2022). Equivalent outcomes at lower costs for totally implantable venous access device (TIVAD) placement by interventional radiologists compared with surgeons. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology; 33(10):1184-1190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvir.2022.07.004

9. Rennert L, Xie SX (2022). Cox regression model under dependent truncation. Biometrics; 78(2):460-473. https://doi.org/10.1111/biom.13451

10. Kunkel D, Stuenkel M,* Sivaraj L,* Colenda C, Pekarek L, and Rennert L† (2022). Predictive value of clinical symptoms for COVID-19 diagnosis in young adults. Journal of American College Health. DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2022.2068963

11. Rennert L† and McMahan C. Risk of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in a university student population (2022). Clinical Infectious Diseases; 74(4):719-722, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab454

12. Rennert L†, Kalbaugh CA, McMahan C, Shi L, Colenda C (2021). The impact of phased university reopenings on mitigating the spread of COVID-19: A modeling study. BMC Public Health; 21, 1520. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11525-x

13. Rennert L†, McMahan C, Kalbaugh C, Yang Y,* Lumsden B,* Dean D, Pekarek L, Colenda CC (2021). Surveillance-Based Informative Testing for Detection and Containment of SARS-CoV-2 Outbreaks on a Public University Campus: an observational and modelling study. The Lancet Child & Adol. Health; 5(6):428-436. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(21)00060-2

14. Rennert L†, Heo M, Litwin AH, de Gruttola V (2021). Accounting for confounding by time, early intervention adoption, and time-varying effect modification in the design and analysis of stepped-wedge designs: application to a proposed study design to reduce opioid-related mortality. BMC Medical Research Methodology; 21(1):1-14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-021-01229-6

15. Rennert L†, Kalbaugh CA, Shi L, McMahan C (2020). Modelling the impact of pre-semester testing on COVID-19 outbreaks in university campuses. BMJ Open; 10:e042578. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042578

16. EC Francis*, Charron E, Li M, Chen L, Mayo R, Butler LS, and Rennert L (2020). Third trimester maternal vitamin D and early childhood socioemotional development. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.12736

17. Rennert L†, Zhang L, Lumsden B,* Harwood K, Tyler L, Ashby M, Hanna JW, Gimbel RW (2020). Factors influencing lung cancer screening completion following participation in shared decision-making: A retrospective study in a US academic health system. Cancer Treatment and Research Communications; 24;100198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctarc.2020.100198.

18. Charron E, Mayo RM, Heavener-Sullivan SF, Eichelberger KY, Dickes L, Troung KD, and Rennert L (2020). “It’s a very nuanced discussion with every woman”: Health care providers’ communication practices during contraceptive counseling for patients with substance use disorders. Contraception. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2020.09.002.

19. Hudson, J. A., Charron, E.,* Maple, B., Krom, M., Heavner-Sullivan, S. F., Mayo, R. M., Dickes, L. A., and Rennert L (2020). Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative Is Associated with Lower Rates of Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia. Breastfeeding Medicine, 15(3), 176--182.

20. Rennert L and Xie SX (2019). Bias induced by ignoring double truncation inherent in autopsy-confirmed survival studies of neurodegenerative diseases. Statistics in Medicine, 38(19): 3599-3613. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.8185


21. Rennert L and Xie SX (2018). Cox regression model with doubly truncated data. Biometrics, 74(2):725-733. https://doi.org/10.1111/biom.12809.
-Winner of W. Edwards Deming Student Scholar Award in Applied Statistics (2017)

22. Rennert L, Denis C, Peer K, Lynch KG, Gelernter J, Kranzler HR. (2014). DSM-5 gambling Disorder: Prevalence and Characteristics in a Predominantly Substance-Dependent Sample. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 22(1):50-56.

† Corresponding Author


Co-authored Publications

23. Napolitano JM, Srikanth S, Noorai RE, Wilson S, Williams KE, Rosales-Garcia RA, Krueger B, Emerson C, Parker S, Pruitt J, Dango R, Iyer L, Shafi A, Jayawardena I, Parkinson CL, McMahan C, Rennert L†, Peng CA†, Dean D†. (2024) SARS-CoV-2 variant introduction following spring break travel and transmission mitigation strategies. PLoS ONE 19(5): e0301225. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301225

24. Jing X, Min H, Gong Y, Biondich P, Robinson D, Law TD, Nohr CG, Faxvaag A, Rennert L, Hubig NC, Gimbel RW (2024). Literature Analysis on Ontologies Applied in Clinical Decision Support Systems. Stud Health Technol Inform; 25(310):1347-1348. doi: 10.3233/SHTI231188

25. Gormely M, Zhang W, Self S, Ewing JA, Heo M, Roth P, Pericot-Valverde I, Rennert L, Akiyama MJ, Norton BL, Litwin AH (2023). Influence of polysubstance use on the health-related quality of life among people who inject drugs undergoing opioid agonist treatment following treatment for hepatitis C virus, Journal of Substance Use, DOI: 10.1080/14659891.2023.2254391

26. Hossfeld C, Rennert L, Baxter SLK, Griffin SF, Parisi M (2023). The Association between Food Security Status and the Home Food Environment among a Sample of Rural South Carolina Residents. Nutrients. 2023; 15(18):3918. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15183918

27. Babatunde A*, Rennert L, Walker KB, Furmanek DL, Blackhurst VA, Cancellaro VA, Litwin AH, Howard KA (2023). Association between initial opioid prescription and patient pain with continued opioid use among opioid-naïve patients undergoing elective surgery in a large American health system. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health Special Issue (Evidence-Based Evaluation of Opioid Prescribing Practices); 20(10), 5766 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20105766

28. Sarasua SM, DeLuca JM, Rogers C, Phelan K, Rennert L, Powder KE, Weisensee K, Boccuto L (2023). Head Size in Phelan-McDermid Syndrome: A Literature Review and Pooled Analysis of 198 Patients Identifies Candidate Genes on 22q13. Genes; 14(3):540. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14030540

29. Dietz CJ, Sherill WW, Ankomah S, Rennert L, Parisi M, Stancil M (2023). Impact of a community-based diabetes self-management support program on adult self-care behaviors. Health Education Research; 38(1):1-12, https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyac034

30. Jing X, Min H, Gong Y, Biondich P, Robinson D, Law T, Nohr C, Faxvaag A, Rennert L, Hubig N, Gimbel R (2022). A systematic review of ontologies applied in clinical decision support system rules. JMIR Medical Informatics. DOI: 10.2196/43053.

31. Dietz CJ,* Sherrill WW, Stancil M, Rennert L, Parisi M, McFall D (2022). Health Extension for Diabetes: Impact of a Community-Based Diabetes Self-Management Support Program on Older Adults’ Activation. Diabetes Spectrum. 36(1):59-68. https://doi.org/10.2337/ds21-0054

32. Jing X, Akash I, Hubig NC, Min H, Cimino JJ, Sitting D, Rennert L, Robinson D, Biondich P, Wright A, Nohr C, Law TD, Faxvaag A, Gimbel RW (2022). A systematic approach to configuring MetaMap for optimal performance. Methods of Information in Medicine. DOI: 10.1055/a-1862-0421

33. McMahan CS, Lewis D, Deaver JA, Dean D, Rennert L, Kalbaugh CA, Shi L, Kriebel D, Graves D, Popat SC, Karanfil T, Freedman DL (2022). ACS EST Water. Predicting COVID-19 Infected Individuals in a Defined Population from Wastewater RNA Data. DOI: 10.1021/acsestwater.2c00105

34. King KL, Wilson S, Napolitano JM, Sell KJ, Rennert L, Parkinson CL, Dean D (2022). SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern Alpha and Delta show increased viral load in saliva. PLoS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267750

35. Pericot-Valverde I, Heo M, Niu J, Rennert L, Norton BL, Akiyama MJ, Arsten J, Litwin AH (2022). Relationship between depressive symptoms and adherence to direct-acting antivirals: Implications for Hepatitis C treatment among people who inject drugs on medications for opioid use disorder. Drug and Alcohol Dependence; 234:109403. https://doi-org.libproxy.clemson.edu/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109403

36. Rolke LJ, Griffin SF, Hamilton J, Mayo R, Williams JE, Rennert L, Sease KK (2022). Parent/Guardian Experiences with the Healthcare System and Community Supports for Pediatric Asthma Management. Journal of Patient Experience. doi:10.1177/23743735221089458

37. Plumb EV, Ham RE, Napolitano JM, King KL, Swann TJ, Kalbaugh C, Rennert L, Dean D (2022). Implementation of a Rural Community Diagnostic Testing Strategy for SARS-CoV-2 in Upstate South Carolina. Frontiers in Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.858421

38. Gormley MA, Akiyama MJ, Rennert L, Howard KA,* Norton BL, Pericot-Valverde I, Muench S, Heo M, Litwin AH (2022). Changes in health-related quality of life for HCV-infected people who inject drugs on opioid agonist treatment following sustained virologic response. Clinical Infectious Diseases; 74(9), https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab669

39. McMahan CM, Self S, Rennert L, Kalbaugh C, Kriebel D, Graves D, Colby C, Deaver JA, Popal SC, Karanfil T, Freedman DL (2021). COVID-19 wastewater epidemiology: a model to estimate infected populations. Lancet Planetary Health. 5(12):e874-e881. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00230-8

40. Zhang Z, Bai H, Blumenfeld J, Ramnauth AB, Barash I, Prince M, Tan AY, Michaeel A, Liu G, Chicos I, Rennert L, Giannakopoulous S, Labri K, Hughes S, Salvatore SP, Robinson BD, Kapur S, Rennert H (2021). Detection of PKD1 and PKD2 Somatic Variants in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Cyst Epithelial Cells by Whole-Genome Sequencing. J Am Soc Nephrol; 32(12):3114-3129. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2021050690.

41. Massimo L, Rennert L, Xie SC, Olm C, Bove J, Van Deerlin V, Irwin DJ, Grossman M, McMillan CT (2021). Common Genetic Variation Is Associated with Longitudinal Decline in Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Degeneration. Neurobiology of Aging. https://doi-org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2021.07.018

42. Zhang L, Hsieh MC, Rennert L, Neroda P, Wu XC, Hicks C, Wu J, Gimbel R (2021). Diagnosis-to-surgery interval and survival for different histologies of stage I-IIA lung cancer. Translational Lung Cancer Research. 10(7); https://dx.doi.org/10.21037/tlcr-21-168

43. Howard KA*, Rennert L, Pericot-Valverde I, Heo M, Norton BL, Akiyama MJ, Agyemang L, Litwin AH (2021). Utilizing patient perception of group treatment in exploring medication adherence, social support, and quality of life outcomes in people who inject drugs with Hepatitis C. Journal of Substance Abuse; vol 126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108459

44. Heo M, Pericot-Valverde I, Rennert L, Akiyama MJ, Norton BL, Gormley M, Agyemang L, Arnsten JH, Litwin AH (2021). Hepatitis C virus DAA treatment adherence patterns and SVR among people who inject drugs treated in opioid agonist therapy programs. Clinical Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab334

45. Charron E,* Rennert L, Mayo RM, Eichelberger KY, Dickes L, Truong KD (2021). Contraceptive initiation after delivery among women with and without opioid use disorders: A retrospective cohort study in a statewide Medicaid population 2005-2016. Drug and Alcohol Dependence; 220(1). doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108533.

46. Pericot-Valverde I, Rennert L, Heo M, Akiyama MJ, Norton BL, Agyemang L, Lumsden B, Litwin AH (2021). Rates of perfect self-reported adherence to direct-acting antiviral therapy and its correlates among people who inject drugs on medications for opioid use disorder: The PREVAIL study. Journal of Viral Hepatitis; 28(3):548-557. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13445

47. Schockling CA, North A, Sivaraj B, Lumsden B,* Stuenkel M, Pavuluri H, Miller K, Reddic J, Kalbaugh C, Rennert L, Heavner-Sullivan S, Zhang L, Delcan A (2020). The Association Between Vitamin D Deficiency and COVID-19 Severity in Prisma Health Patients. Southern Medical Journal. 113(12):694-695.

48. Zinzow H, Shi L, Rennert L, Chen L, Lopes S, Zhang L, Jones K, Jindal M, Stam C, Mclain M (2020). Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based relapse prevention for opioid use disorders. Contemporary Clinical Trials; 99:106182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2020.106182

49. Byrne KA, Roth PJ, Merchant K, Baginski B, Robinson K, Dumas K, Colie J, Ramsey B, Cull J, Cooper L, Churitch M, Rennert L, Heo M, Jones R (2020). Inpatient link to peer recovery coaching: Results from a pilot randomized control trial. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108234.

50. Gimbel, R. W., Rennert L., Crawford, P., Little, J. R., Truong, K. D., Williams, J. E., Griffin, S. F., Shi, L., Chen, L., Zhang, L., others (2020). Enhancing Patient Activation and Self-Management Activities in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Using the US Department of Defense Mobile Health Care Environment: Feasibility Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(5), e17968.

51. Francis, E., Li, M., Hinkle, S., Cao, Y., Chen, J., Wu, J., Zhu, Y., Cao, H., Kemper, K. A., Rennert L, Williams, J. E., Tsai, M., Chen, L., Zhang, C. (2020). Adipokines in Early and Mid-Pregnancy and Subsequent Risk of Gestational Diabetes: A longitudinal study in a multi-racial cohort. BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care;8:e001333. doi:10.1136/bmjdrc-2020-001333

52. Shi L, Welsh RS, Lopes S, Rennert L, Chen L, Jones K, Zhang L, Crenshaw B, Wilson M, Zinzow H (2019). A pilot study of mindful walking training on physical activity and health outcomes among adults with inadequate activity. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 44: 116-122.

53. Massimo L, Rennert L, Xie S, Irwin D, Grossman M, McMillan C (2019). Genetic Variations Hasten Decline in Young Onset Dementia. Nursing Outlook, 67(1):116-117.

54. Massimo L, Xie SX, Rennert L, Fick DM, Halpin A, Placek K, Williams A, Rascovsky K, Irwin DJ, Grossman M, McMillian CT. (2019). Occupational attainment influences longitudinal decline in behavioral variant Frontotemporal Degeneration. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 13(1):293-301.

55. Tan AY, Zhang T, Michaeel A, Blumenfeld J, Liu G, Zhang W, Zhang Z, Zhu Y, Rennert L, Martin C, Xiang J, Salvatore SP, Robinson BD, Kapur S, Donahue S, Bobb WO, Rennert H (2018). Somatic Mutations in Renal Cyst Epithelium in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 29(8): 2139-2156; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1681/ASN.2017080878

56. Robinson JL, Lee EB, Xie SX, Rennert L, Suh E, Bredenberg C, Caswell C, Van Deerlin VM, Yan N, Youself A, Hurtig H, Siderowf A, Grossman M, McMillan CT, Miller B, Duda JE, Irwin DJ, Wolk D, Elman L, McCluskey L, Chen-Plotkin A, Weintraub D, Arnold SE, Brettschneider J, Lee VM. (2018). Neurodegenerative disease concomitant proteinopathies are prevalent, age-related and APOE4-associated. Brain, 141(7):2181-2193

57. Yousef A, Robinson JL, Irwin DJ, Byrne MD, Kwong LK, Lee EB, Xu Y, Xie SX, Rennert L, Suh E, Van Deerlin VM, Grossman M, Lee VMY, Trojanowski JQ. (2017). Neuron loss and degeneration in the progression of TDP-43 in frontotemporal lobar degeneration. Acta Neuropatholagica Communications,5(68). doi:10.1186/s40478-017-0471-3.

58. Wimberly AS, Ivey M, Rennert L, McKay JR. (2017). Effect of continuing care for cocaine dependence on HIV sex-risk behaviors. AIDS and Behavior, 21(4):1082-1090.

59. Chahine LM, Xie SX, Simuni T, Tran B, Postruma R, Amara A, Oertel WH, Iranzo A, Scordia C, Fullard M, Linder C, Purri R, Darin A, Rennert L, Videnovic A, Del Riva P, Weintraub D. (2017). Longitudinal changes in cognition in early Parkinson’s disease patients with REM sleep behavior disorder. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 27:102-106.

60. Brennan L, Siderowf A, Rubright JD, Rick J, Dahodwala N, Duda JE, Hurtig H, Stern M, Xie SX, Rennert L, Karlawish J, Shea JA, Trojanowski JQ, Weintraub D. (2016). The Penn Parkinson’s Daily Activities Questionnaire-15: Psychometric properties of a brief assessment of cognitive instrumental activities of daily living in Parkinson’s disease. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 25:21-26.

61. Brennan L, Siderowf A, Rubright JD, Rick J, Dahodwala N, Duda JE, Hurtig H, Stern M, Xie SX, Rennert L, Karlawish J, Shea JA, Trojanowski JQ, Weintraub D. (2016). Development and initial testing of the Penn Parkinson’s Daily Activities Questionnaire. Movement Disorders, 31(1):126-134.

62. Suh E, Lee EB, Neal D, Wood EM, Toledo JB, Rennert L, Irwin DJ, McMillan CT, Krock B, Elman LB, McCluskey LF, Grossman M, Xie SX, Trojanowski JQ, Van Deerlin VM. (2015). Semi-automated quantification of C9orf72 expansion size reveals inverse correlation between hexanucleotide repeat number and disease duration in frontotemporal degeneration. Acta Neuropathologica, 130(3):363-372.

63. Brennan, L., Rubright, J., Rick, J., Dahodwala, N., Duda, J., Hurtig, H., Stern, M., Xie, S., Rennert L, Karlawish, J., others (2015). The Pennsylvania daily activities questionnaire: Development, reliability and validity of a new item bank for cognitive instrumental activities of daily living in Parkinson's disease: 1072. Movement Disorders, 30.

64. Van Horn DHA, Drapkin ML, Lynch KG, Rennert L, Goodman JD, Thomas T, Ivey M, McKay JR. (2015). Treatment choices and subsequent attendance by substance-dependent patients who disengage from intensive outpatient treatment. Addiction Research and Theory, 23(5):391-403.

65. Van Horn DHA, Rennert L, Lynch KG, McKay JR. (2014). Social network correlates of participation in telephone continuing care for alcohol dependence. American Journal of Addictions, 23(5):447-552.

66. Plebani JG, Lynch KG, Rennert L, Pettinati HM, O’Brien CP, Kampman KM. (2013). Results from a pilot clinical trial of varenicline for the treatment of alcohol dependence. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 133(2):754-758.

67. Kampman, K. M., Henninger, A., Rennert L, Plebani, J., Vernace, J., Pettinati, H. (2014). Success in cocaine treatment trials: Which drug use outcome is most associated with clinical improvement? Drug and Alcohol Dependence(140), e99.

68. McKay, J. R., Van Horn, D., Ivey, M., Drapkin, M. L., Rennert L, Lynch, K. G. (2013). Enhanced continuing care provided in parallel to intensive outpatient treatment does not improve outcomes for patients with cocaine dependence. Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs, 74(4), 642--651.

69. McKay JR, Van Horn D, Rennert L, Drapkin M, Ivey M, Koppenhaver J. (2013). Factors in sustained recovery from cocaine dependence. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 45(2):163-172.

70. McKay JR, Van Horn D, Ivey M, Drapkin M, Rennert L, Lynch KG. (2013). Enhanced continuing care provided in parallel to intensive outpatient treatment does not improve outcomes for patients with cocaine dependence. Journal on Studies of Alcohol and Drugs, 74(4):642-651.

71. McKay, J. R., Van Horn, D., Rennert L, Drapkin, M., Ivey, M., Koppenhaver, J., Morgan-Lopez, A. A., Saavedra, L. M., Hien, D. A., Campbell, A. N., others (2013). Meta-analysis of the effects of MI training on clinicians' behavior. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 45(2).

72. Peer K, Rennert L, Lynch KG, Farrer L, Gelernter J, Kranzler HR. (2013). Prevalence of DSM-IV and DSM-5 alcohol, cocaine, opioid, and cannabis use disorders in a largely substance dependent sample. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 127(1-3):215–219.

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Honors and Awards

Clemson University Junior Researcher of the Year (2021)

Clemson University College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences: Award of Excellence in Research - Emerging Scholar (2021)

Clemson University Data and Analytics Working Group Standout Project of the Year (2021)

Data Access, Transparency and Advocacy Group: COVID-19 Data Hero Award Nominee (2021)

Clemson University College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences: Award of Excellence in Graduate Student Advising and Mentoring (2020)

Annual Deming Conference on Applied Statistics: W. Edwards Deming Student Scholar Award (2017)

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