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@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ Authors@R: c(
       person("Bill", "Denney", email="wdenney@humanpredictions.com", 
       role="ctb", 
       comment=c(ORCID="0000-0002-5759-428X")),
+      person("Michael", "Tomashevskiy", email = "michael.tomashevskiy@certara.com",
+      role = c("ctb")),
       person("Kris", "Jamsen",
       role = c("ctb")),
       person("Certara USA, Inc.", role = c("cph","fnd"))
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+# tidyvpc 1.5.2
+* Changes to the computational workflow for npde [#59](https://github.com/certara/tidyvpc/pull/59)
+* Added varcorr argument to predcorrect method [#60](https://github.com/certara/tidyvpc/pull/60)
+* CRAN fix [#62](https://github.com/certara/tidyvpc/pull/62)
+
 # tidyvpc 1.5.1
 * Patch release that ensures unit tests do not fail when env var `_R_CHECK_DEPENDS_ONLY_=true` in R CMD check. As a result, the cluster dependency has been moved from Suggests to Imports.