Leslie McClure, Ph.D.
Dean
College for Public Health and Social Justice
Professor
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Education
- Ph.D., Biostatistics, University of Michigan
- M.S., Preventative Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Iowa
Research Interests
Clinical Trials, Environmental Exposures, Health Equity, Geospatial Data Methods, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke
Publications and Media Placements
1. Algur, Y; Rummo, PE; McAlexander, TP; De Silva, SSA; Lovasi, GS; Judd, SE; Ryan,
V; Malla, G; Koyama, AK; Lee, DC; Thorpe, LE; McClure, LA (2023). 鈥淎ssessing the association between food environment and dietary inflammation
by community type: a cross-sectional REGARDS study.鈥� International Journal of Health
Geographics
2. Chen, C; Yang, K; Nan, H; Unverzagt, F; McClure, LA; Irvin, MR; Judd, S; Cushman, M; Kamin Mukaz, D; Klaunig, JE; D鈥橝lton, ME; Kahe,
K (2023). 鈥淎ssociation of telomere length and change with cognitive decline were modified
by sex and race: the REGARDS Study.鈥� American Journal of Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease and
Other Dementias (in press).
3. Arce Renter铆a, M; McClure, LA; Callas, PW; LaBode-Richman, VM; Kroll, DS; Manly, JJ; Zakai, NA; Unverzagt, F; Cushman,
M (2023). 鈥淟ipoprotein(a) and risk of cognitive impairment in Black and White Americans:
The Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke cohort.鈥� Research and
Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 7:e102170. PMCID: PMC10491800
4. Liu, L; May, NS; Sato, PY; Srivastava, P; McClure, LA (2023). 鈥淎ssociation between cardiovascular risk and coronavirus disease 2019: findings
from 2021 National Health Interview Survey.鈥� Annals of Epidemiology 82: 1-7. PMCID:
PMC10033151
5. Tabb, LP; Diez Roux, AV; Barber, S; Judd, SE; Lovasi, G; Lawson, A; McClure, LA (2022). 鈥淪patially varying racial inequities in cardiovascular health and the contributions
of individual- and neighborhood-level characteristics across the United States: The
Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study.鈥� Spatial
and Spatiotemporal Epidemiology 40:100473. PMCID: PMC8867394
6. Long, DL; Guo, B; McClure, LA; Jaeger, BC; Tison, S; Howard, G; Judd, SE; Howard, VJ; Plante, TB; Zakai, NA; Koh,
I; Cheung, KL; Cushman, M. (2021) 鈥淏iomarkers as MEDiators of racial disparities in
Risk factors (BioMedioR): rationale, study design and statistical considerations.鈥�
Annals of Epidemiology 66:24-29. PMCID: PMC8920757.
7. McClure, LA; Lee, NL; Sand, K; Vivanti, G; Fein, D; Stahmer, A; Robins, DL (2021). 鈥淐onnecting
the Dots: A Cluster-Randomized Clinical Trial Integrating Standardized Autism Spectrum
Disorders Screening, High-Quality Treatment, and Long-Term Outcomes.鈥� Trials 22(1):
319. PMCID: PMC8091523
8. Tabb, LP; Ortiz, A; Judd, SE; Cushman, M; McClure, LA (2020). 鈥淓xploring the spatial patterning in racial differences in cardiovascular
health between blacks and whites across the United States: The Reasons for Geographic
and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study.鈥� Journal of the American Heart Association
9(9). PMCID: PMC7428583
Honors and Awards
- 2022 - Inaugural Barry P. Katz Lectureship in Biostatistics and Health Data Science
- 2021 - Kathryn Chaloner Lecture in Statistics and their Application, National Math Alliance
- 2020 - Janet L. Norwood Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Statistical Sciences
- 2020 - Golden Apple Teaching Award, Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health
- 2017鈥�2018 - John R. Raymond Mentor Award, Medical University of South Carolina
Professional Organizations and Associations
- American Statistical Association, Fellow
- East North American Region of the International Biometrics Society, President (2023)
- Society for Clinical Trials, Fellow
- American Public Health Association, member