New host Aaron Wagner interviews people in and around the Methodology Center's 16th annual Summer Institute on Innovative Methods (September 8 - 9, 2011). Center Director, Linda Collins, presented a two-day workshop on the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST), a framework for optimizing and evaluating behavioral interventions. During the workshop, Aaron sat down with some of the participants to discuss MOST, the Summer Institute, and applying new methods in their research. Arthur Blank, Mildred Moldonado-Molina, Kelvin Choi, and Linda Collins are interviewed. Podcast Timeline: 00:00 - introduction 01:04 - MOST overview: Linda Collins, Director of The Methodology Center, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State 03:27 - participant interview: Arthur Blank, Associate Professor of Clinical Family & Social Medicine, Co-Director, Division of Research, Department of Family and Social Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine 07:07 - participant and former trainee interview: Mildred Maldonado-Molina, Associate Professor of Health Outcome and Policy, University of Florida College of Medicine 12:30 - participant interview: Kelvin Choi, Research Associate at The University of Minnesota School of Public Health 16:22 - post-workshop reflections: Linda Collins 2011 Summer Institute.mp3