Statistical/Biostatistical Methods

• Benz, L. “Adjusting for Selection Bias due to Missing Eligibility Criteria in Emulated Target Trials” Presented at Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Seminar, Harvard University Department of Biostatistics. (February, 2024).
• Benz, L. “Understanding Missing Data when Emulating Target Trials in EHR-Based Observational Studies.” Presented at Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Seminar, Harvard University Department of Biostatistics. (September, 2023).
• Benz, L., Haneuse, S., and Levis, A. “A Simulation Study to Compare Causal Inference Methods for Point Exposures with Missing Confounders.” Oral presentation at Joint Statistical Meetings, Toronto, ON, Canada (August, 2023). (Slides)
• Benz, L. “A Simulation Study to Compare Causal Inference Methods for Point Exposures with Missing Confounders.” Presented at Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Seminar, Harvard University Department of Biostatistics. (March, 2023).
• Benz, L. “mixWAS: A Federated Algorithm for Testing Variant Level Associations Across Mixed Type Phenotypes.” Presented at Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Seminar, Harvard University Department of Biostatistics. (October, 2022).
• Benz, L. “mixWAS: A Federated Algorithm for Testing Variant Level Associations Across Mixed Type Phenotypes.” Presented at Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Seminar, Harvard University Department of Biostatistics. (January, 2022).
• Benz, L., “Launch and Demonstration of the NIST Homogeneity Assessor.” National Institutes of Standards and Technology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Colloqium, Gaithersburg, MD (August, 2018). (Slides)
• Benz, L., “Combining Results in Collaborative Studies When Reported Uncertainties are Unreliable.” National Institutes of Standards and Technology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Colloqium, Gaithersburg, MD (August, 2017). (Slides)

Sports Analytics

• Benz, L. “Panel Discussion: Sport Analytics for Life: Many Different Paths.” Invited Panelist. UConn Sports Analytics Symposium (April 2024).
• Benz, L. and Lopez, M. “Estimating the Change in Soccer’s Home Advantage During the COVID-19 Pandemic using Bivariate Poisson Regression.” Invited talk presented at INFORMS Annual Meeting. (October, 2021). (Slides)
• Benz, L. and Lopez, M. “Estimating the Change in Soccer’s Home Advantage During the COVID-19 Pandemic using Bivariate Poisson Regression.” Oral presentation at New England Symposium on Statistics in Sports. (October, 2021). (Slides)
• Benz, L. and Lopez, M. “Estimating the Change in Soccer’s Home Advantage During the COVID-19 Pandemic using Bivariate Poisson Regression.” Invited talk presented at Harvard Sports Analytics Lab Seminar. (April, 2021). (Slides)
• Benz, L., “An Examination of Timeout Value, Strategy, and Momentum in NCAA Division 1 Men’s Bas- ketball.” Plenary talk presented at Electronic Undergraduate Statistics Research Conference. (November, 2019). (Video)