Marie Diener-West, Ph.D.

Dr. Diener-West has been a member of the Wilmer faculty since 1986. She received her doctoral training at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Diener-West is currently Associate Professor of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health with a joint appointment in Ophthalmology. She is Study Statistician and Deputy Director of the Coordinating Center for the Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study and is a member of the faculty for the Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Trials. Her teaching responsibilities have included courses on introductory biostatistics, inferential statistics, and mathematical methods.

Current Address

Department of Biostatistics
Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health
615 North Wolfe Street, Room E3012
Baltimore, Maryland 21205

OR

Wilmer Clinical Trials and Biometry
550 North Broadway, 9th Floor
Baltimore, Maryland 21205

PHONE: (410)502-6894
FAX: (410)955-0958 OR (410)955-8943
FAX: (410)955-0569
e-mail: mdiener@jhsph.edu OR mdiener@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu

Education

Loyola University of Chicago, B.S., Biology and Mathematics, 1977
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, Ph.D., Biostatistics, 1984

Appointments

Teaching and Research Assistant, Departments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, 1978-1981
Senior Statistician, Radiation Therapy and Oncology Group, American College of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA 1983-1986
Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, 1986-1994
Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1986- 1994
Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, 1994-Pres

Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1994- Pres
Member, Data Monitoring Board, Radiation Therapy and Oncology Group, 1993-Pres
Member, Data Monitoring Committee, Veterans Administration Hearing Aid Trial, 1995-Pres
Member, Clinical Research Committee, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 1997-Pres
Editorial Board, American Journal of Ophthalmology, 1998-Pres

Honors

Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1991 and 1997
Advising, Mentoring and Teaching Recognition Award, 1993 - 1996
Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health, 1995 - Pres
Best Biology Student Award, 1977