Dr. Dong has been a member of the Wilmer faculty since 2000. She received her doctoral training in Statistics at the University of Chicago. Dr. Dong is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine and currently works as a statistician in the Wilmer Clinical Trials and Biometry division. Since coming to Wilmer, Dr. Dong has been Lead Statistician in the Submacular Surgery Trials. Dr. Dong is also a Study Statistician for the Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study Quality of Life Study.

Current Address

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

PHONE: (410)955-1478 OR (410)955-8318
FAX: (410)955-0569
e-mail: ldong@jhmi.edu

Education

University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui Province, China,
B.S., Mathematics, 1986
Institute of Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, M.S., Statistics, 1989.
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Ph.D., Statistics, 1995.

Appointments

Director of Biostatistical Unit, Rush Cancer Institute, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's
Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 1995-1996
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Rush University, Chicago, IL, 1995-1996
Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Rush University, Chicago, IL, 1995-1996

Senior Statistical Reviewer (Staff Fellow), Center for Drug Evaluation and
Research, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland, 1996-1999

Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 2000-Present
Lead statistician in the Submacular Surgical Trials sponsored by National Eye Institute,
National Institute of Health, 2000-Present