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). “Assessing the association between food environment and dietary inflammation by community type: a cross-sectional REGARDS study.” International Journal of Health Geographics https://doi.org/10.1186/s12942-023-00345-4

2. Chen, C; Yang, K; Nan, H; Unverzagt, F; McClure, LA; Irvin, MR; Judd, S; Cushman, M; Kamin Mukaz, D; Klaunig, JE; D’Alton, ME; Kahe, K (2023). “Association of telomere length and change with cognitive decline were modified by sex and race: the REGARDS Study.” American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias (in press).

3. Arce Rentería, M; McClure, LA; Callas, PW; LaBode-Richman, VM; Kroll, DS; Manly, JJ; Zakai, NA; Unverzagt, F; Cushman, M (2023). “Lipoprotein(a) and risk of cognitive impairment in Black and White Americans: The Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke cohort.” Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 7:e102170. PMCID: PMC10491800

4. Liu, L; May, NS; Sato, PY; Srivastava, P; McClure, LA (2023). “Association between cardiovascular risk and coronavirus disease 2019: findings from 2021 National Health Interview Survey.” 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). “Spatially 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.” 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) “Biomarkers as MEDiators of racial disparities in Risk factors (BioMedioR): rationale, study design and statistical considerations.” Annals of Epidemiology 66:24-29. PMCID: PMC8920757.

7. McClure, LA; Lee, NL; Sand, K; Vivanti, G; Fein, D; Stahmer, A; Robins, DL (2021). “Connecting the Dots: A Cluster-Randomized Clinical Trial Integrating Standardized Autism Spectrum Disorders Screening, High-Quality Treatment, and Long-Term Outcomes.” Trials 22(1): 319. PMCID: PMC8091523

8. Tabb, LP; Ortiz, A; Judd, SE; Cushman, M; McClure, LA (2020). “Exploring 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.” 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
2017–2018 - 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