Associate Professor Joint Appointment: Ophthalmology & Biostatistics Wilmer Clinical Trials and Biometry 550 North Broadway, 9th Floor Baltimore, MD 21205 Phone: 410-502-6894 Fax: 410-955-0958 or  410-955-8943 E-mail: mdiener@jhsph.edu

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.

Alternate Address:

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

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