Diane K. Wagener

Expertise

Biostatistics
Epidemiologic Study Design and Data Analysis
Genetics, Proteomics, and Bioinformatics

Biography

Diane K. Wagener, PhD, has over 27 years of experience in academic and governmental institutions. She is the program manager of the Genomics and Statistical Genetics Program at RTI with expertise in designing and conducting epidemiologic studies and population-based surveys and analyzing data from a broad range of national data systems. These studies have involved the assessment of biological, behavioral, and environmental factors. Before joining RTI, she was the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services principal statistical advisor for the national health promotion and disease prevention initiative Healthy People. As director of the Division of Health Promotion Statistics at CDC and later in the Office of Public Health and Science of the Assistant Secretary of Health, Dr. Wagener coordinated the analyses of data from over 200 data systems to monitor national and state progress, inform policy decisions, and identify national data needs.

Education

The Gordon McKay Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University; PhD, Genetics, School of Medicine, Stanford University; BS, Applied Mathematics/Computer Science, College of Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Selected Publications

Molla, M.T., Madans, J.H., & Wagener, D.K. (2004). Differentials in adult mortality and activity limitation by years of education in the United States at the end of the 1990s. Population and Development Review, 30 (4):625.

Wagener, D.K., Sporer, A.K., Simmerling, M., Flome, J.L., An, C., & Curry, S.J. (2004). Human participants challenges in youth-focused research: Perspectives and practices of IRB administrators. Ethics & Behavior, 14 (4):335-349.

Khoury, M.J., Adams, M., Brown, V., Chen, A.T.L., Erickson, J.D., Hannon, W., Mei, J., Moore, C., Mueller, P., Oakley, G., Olney, R., Ou, C.Y., Reidy, J.A., Steinberg, K., Whitehead, N., Anda, R.F., Ballew, C., Croft, J.B., Giles, W.H., Janes, G., Kendrick, J., Lee, N.C., Eberhardt, M., McQuillan, G., Wagener, D., McNicholl, J., Rickles, F., & Schulte, P. (1996). From genes to public health: The applications of genetic technology in disease prevention. American Journal of Public Health, 86 (12):1717-1722.

Kuller, L.H., Becker, D.J., Cruickshanks, K.J., Dorman, J.S., Eberhardt, M.S., Drash, A.L., Laporte, R.E., Lipton, R., Moy, C., Oleary, L.A., Orchard, T.J., Rewers, M., Songer, T., Tajima, N., Trucco, M., & Wagener, D. (1990). Evolution of the Pittsburgh Studies of the Epidemiology of Insulin-Dependent Diabetes-Mellitus. Genetic Epidemiology, 7 (2):105-119.

Day, N., Wagener, D., Taylor, P., Scher, M., Coble, P., Robles, N., & Richardson, G. (1986). Prenatal Marijuana Use and Pregnancy Outcome. International Journal of Neuroscience, 31 (1-4):235.

Block, G., Laporte, R., Harris, E., Wagener, D., Orchard, T., Kuller, L., Becker, D., & Drash, A. (1985). Familial Clustering of Connective-Tissue Disease, Spondyloarthropathy, and Insulin-Dependent Diabetes-Mellitus - A Shared Immunogenetic Basis. American Journal of Epidemiology, 122 (3):539.

Cruickshanks, K.J., Dorman, J.S., Aarons, J., Tajima, N., Wagener, D., Laporte, R.E., Orchard, T.J., Cavender, D., & Becker, D. (1984). Pregnancy Outcome in Diabetics with Other Endocrine Disorders. Lancet, 1 (8377):629-630.

Maccluer, J., Spielman, R., & Wagener, D. (1982). Evaluation of Models of Genetic-Analysis. American Journal of Human Genetics, 34 (6):A7.

Dorman, J., Laporte, R., Wagener, D., Kuller, L., & Cruickshanks, K. (1982). Mortality of Insulin-Dependent Diabetics Diagnosed Between 1950 and 1964 - the Pittsburgh Experience. American Journal of Epidemiology, 116 (3):559.

Wagener, D., Kuller, L., Orchard, T., Laporte, R., Rabin, B., & Drash, A. (1982). Pittsburgh Diabetes-Mellitus Study .2. Secondary Attack Rates in Families with Insulin-Dependent Diabetes-Mellitus. American Journal of Epidemiology, 115 (6):868-878.

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