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Lori McLeod
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Lori D. McLeod

Director of Psychometrics

Lori McLeod, PhD, has more than 10 years of experience in instrument development and has conducted many psychometric evaluations of both paper-and-pencil and computer-administered instruments. These investigations have included the assessment of scale reliability, validity, and responsiveness. Dr. McLeod previously directed the psychometric procedures related to a large-scale admissions test and contributed to research in computerized adaptive testing such as item response theory. She has published numerous manuscripts in Applied Psychological Measurement, Pharmacoeconomics, Journal of Educational Measurement, and Psychometrika. She also serves as the treasurer of the Psychometric Society. Recently, she has concentrated on developing health outcomes strategies as well as the psychometric evaluation of questionnaires designed to measure health-related quality of life. Dr. McLeod has experience in a wide variety of therapeutic areas including chronic pain, dermatology, oncology, psychiatry, respiratory, sleep disorders, urology, and sexual dysfunction.

Education

PhD, Quantitative Psychology, L.L. Thurstone Psychometric Laboratory, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; MA, Quantitative Psychology, L.L. Thurstone Psychometric Laboratory, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; BS (summa cum laude), Statistics, Mathematics Education, North Carolina State University.

Latest Publications

Psychometric evaluation of the Cushing’s Quality-of-Life Questionnaire — Patient: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
Nelson, L.M., Forsythe, A., McLeod, L., Pulgar, S., Maldonado, M., Coles, T., et al. (Jun 2013)
Payer and Decision Maker Use of Observational Studies for Health Care Reimbursement Decisions
Hogue, S., Scott, A., van Amerongen, D., Hollis, K., McLeod, L., & Brogan, A. (Apr 2013)
Patient-Reported Outcomes: Current Perspectives and Future Directions — Clinical Therapeutics
Coon, C.D., & Mcleod, L.D. (Apr 2013)
Improvements in Health-Related Quality of Life in Acromegaly with Pasireotide Lar and Octreotide Lar: Results from A Large, Randomized, Double-Blind Phase III Trial — Value in Health
Badia, X., Forsythe, A., Nelson, L.M., Coles, T.M., Mcleod, L.D., & Webb, S.M. (Nov 2012)
The development and initial assessment of the strategy and leadership systems capability evaluation survey — Health Care Manager
Coon, C.D., Bokowy, K.L., Horblyuk, R., Zisman, R.S., Mcleod, L.D., & Brown, M.T. (Oct 2012)
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