Message from the Dean: New Director of Statistical Core and Faculty Announcement
I am very pleased to announce John Myers, PhD, MSPH, will join DUSON’s faculty as the new Director of the Research Design and Statistics Core in the school’s Center for Nursing Research, effective September 1, 2020. He will be a member of the Health Systems and Analytics Division.
Dr. Myers earned his PhD (Biostatistics-Decision Science) and MSPH (Biostatistics-Decision Science) from the University of Louisville and completed a Post-doctoral Fellowship in Biostatistics at Yale University. He comes to Duke from the University of Louisville where he is the Director of Quantitative Sciences in the Department of Pediatrics, Child and Adolescent Health Research Design and Support unit (CAHRDS), a unit that facilitates and provides biostatistical support for nearly 200 researchers within the department.
Importantly, he has worked alongside nursing faculty and students for nearly a decade and his collaborative experience spans a wide range of clinical research areas, including fire safety and burns, women’s health, postpartum depression, diabetes, smoking cessation, childhood obesity, mental health issues, asthma, infectious diseases, cardiology, oncology, health services research and substance abuse.
In his career, Dr. Myers has published nearly 140 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals, been a member of research teams awarded nearly $37M in funding and serves on numerous review panels for the NIH and the CDC.
Dr. Myers’ nearly 15 years of experience working with clinical researchers and leading data analytics teams and his expertise directing advanced biostatistical and econometric support for projects performed by clinical researchers make him an ideal candidate to lead our Statistical Core.
We look forward to welcoming Dr. Myers to DUSON this fall. In the intervening time please feel free to reach out to him at john.myers@louisville.edu.
Marion E. Broome, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dean and Vice-Chancellor for Nursing Affairs, School of Nursing, Duke University
Associate Vice-President for Academic Nursing, Duke University Health System