* Co-first author

Statistical/Biostatistical Methods

Benz, L., Mukherjee, R., Wang, R., Arterburn, D., Fischer, H., Lee, C., Shortreed, SM, Haneuse, S., and Levis, AW. “Robust Causal Inference for EHR-based Studies of Point Exposures with Missingness in Eligibility Criteria.” Under Review, 2025. (Pre-print, Code)
Li, R*., Benz, L*., Duan, R*., Denny, J., Hakonarson, H., Mosley, J., Smoller, J., Wei, WQ., Ritchie, M., Lumley, T., Moore, J., and Chen, Y. “A One-Shot Lossless Algorithm for Cross-Cohort Learning in Mixed-Outcomes Analysis.” Patterns, 2025. ([Link](), Pre-print, Code)
Benz, L., Mukherjee, R., Wang, R., Arterburn, D., Fischer, H., Lee, C., Shortreed, SM., and Haneuse, S. “Adjusting for Selection Bias Due to Missing Eligibility Criteria in Emulated Target Trials.” American Journal of Epidemiology, 2024. (Link, Pre-print, Code)
Benz, L., Levis, A., and Haneuse, S. “Comparing Causal Inference Methods for Point Exposures with Missing Confounders: A Simulation Study.” Under Review, 2024. (Pre-Print, Code)

Clinical Applications

Haneuse, S., Benz, L., Smith, V., Arterburn, D., and Macejewski, M.L. “Long-term cardiovascular outcomes following bariatric surgery: Reconciling seemingly conflicting evidence.” Under Review, 2025. (Code)
Harrington, L., Benz, L., Haneuse, S., Johnson, E., Coleman, K., Courcolas, A., Li, R., Theis, MK., Liu, L., Cooper, J., Chin, P., Grinberg, G., Daigle, C., Chang, J., Um, S., Yenumula, P., Zelada, J., Smith, N., Arterburn, D. “Bariatric Surgery and the Long-Term Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in a Population-Based Cohort of Severely Obese Adults.” Obesity Surgery, 2024 (Link, Code)
Heffernan, A., Wu, Y., Benz, L., Verhaak, R., Kwan, B., and Claus, E. “Quality of life after surgery for lower grade gliomas.” Cancer, 2023. (Link)
Claus, E., Feliciano, J., Benz, L., Calvocoressi, L. “Social media partnerships with patient organizations for neuro-oncology patient recruitment.” Neuro-Oncology Practice, 2019. 7(2):143-151. (Link)
Benz, L.S., Wrensch, M.R., Schildkraut, J.M., Bondy, M.L., Warren, J.L., Wiemels, J.L. and Claus, E.B. “Quality of life after surgery for intracranial meningioma.” Cancer, 2017. 124(1): 161-166. (Link)

Benz, L.*, Bliss, T.*, and Lopez, M. “A comprehensive survey of the home advantage in American football.” Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, 2024. (Link, Pre-print, Code)
Benz, L. and Lopez, M. “Estimating the change in soccer’s home advantage during the Covid-19 pandemic using bivariate Poisson regression.” AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis, 2021. 107:205–232 (Link, Pre-print, Code)