Dr. Mayer is an academic epidemiologist and biostatistician trained in medicine, psychiatry and statistics. He divides his time between Baltimore and Phoenix. He has done expert witnessing for 30 years.

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Dr. Mayer is a consultant in epidemiology and biostatistics that focuses on methods and models. One of the few MD/PhD biostatistician-epidemiologists. He is a professor of biostatistics, epidemiology, public health and medicine. He trained as a physician, a medical epidemiologist and then as a statistician and biostatistician. Prides himself on being able to communicate complex ideas in simple language. He splits his professional time between Baltimore and Phoenix. His primary interests are the evaluation and validation of statistical and epidemiological data and models in a clinical, regulatory, or legal arena. Focuses on problems where the medical issues are complex, the methods and models are varied and the data are limited or contradictory. Problems often include analysis of the methodology applied, analysis of the inferences made from a given set of statistical methods and complex chart reviews across specialties and across patients. Has worked on problems in drug and device development and regulation, product liability, occupational and environmental exposures, medical malpractice, and data and model interpretation in numerous specialties including toxicology, cardiology, Ob/Gyne, and surgery. Has given about twenty depositions in a variety of cases ranging from major federal litigation to state personal injury and malpractice suits.

Current Positions :

Professor of Statistics, Arizona State University, 1995- 
Professor of Public Health and Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and School of Medicine, 1991-
Professor of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Arizona, 2000-
Chief, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Section, Integrated Fellowship in Cardiology, Phoenix, 1998-

Education:

Undergraduate: Arizona State University (1963-64) and Ohio State University: Psychology (Pre-med), BS, 1967, Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude, Distinction in Psychology

Professional: Ohio State University College of Medicine (pre-clinical), dual enrollment, 1966-68; London Institute of Psychiatry (Guy Hospital & British Health Service), 1968-1969; MB and qualified to practice, 1969; House Officer (Psychiatry) Associated Medical Schools, British Virgin Islands 69-70, MD and qualified to practice as a Public Health Physician (Psychiatry), British Health Service (WHO), 1971
Graduate: Ohio State University, Mathematics, MS, 1970; Mathematics and Statistics; PhD, 1971

Honorary: MA, Arts and Letters, University of Pennsylvania, 1981

Previous Positions:

Visiting Professor, Division of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2003-2004
Visiting Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 1996-97, 1989-1990
Director, Wharton Analysis Center, Wharton School; Associate Professor of Statistics, Public and Urban Policy, and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, 1979-83
Visiting Professor, Department of Statistics, Stanford University, 1982-83
Research Statistician and Lecturer with Rank of Associate Professor, Department of Statistics; Member, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies; Associate Master, Princeton Inn College; Instructor, Woodrow Wilson School of Public Affairs; Princeton University, 1974-79
Assistant Professor of Statistics (with secondary appointments in Political Science, Sociology, and Education) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1971-1974

Other Major Appointments:

Clinical Professor, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, 1997-2006
Chair, Division of Research, Medical Professionals of Arizona, Phoenix, 2003-2006
Director of Research, Maricopa Integrated Health System, 2003-2006
System Director, Research and Director of the Banner Health Research Institute, Banner Health System, Phoenix, 2001-2003
Director Good Samaritan Research Institute, 2001-2003
Consultant in Biostatistics, Good Samaritan Medical Center, 1993-2001
Thesis Advisor, Masters in Public Health, School of Public Health, University of Arizona, 1996-
Member, Committee on Statistics, Graduate College, Arizona State University, 1989-2004
Member, Program on Law and the Social Sciences, Arizona State University, 1983-2004
Member, Committee on Malpractice Reform, Arizona Supreme Court, 1989-1993
Erskine Fellow, Occupational Medicine, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1989-90
Visiting Scholar, Department of Statistics, Stanford University, Summer Semesters, 1984-1988
Instructor, Summer Program, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 1971-1980
Game and Fish Officer (Sworn), State of Arizona, 1983-1998

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Epidemiology Biostatistics Methodology Environmental Epidemiology Occupational Epidemiology Toxic Torts Product Liability Drug Development Drug Safety Drug Approval Process Irb's Academic Medicine Cadiology Transplant Epidemiology Infectious Disease Epidemiology Data Mining Exploratory Data Analysis Decision Analysis Bayesian Statistics Regression Analysis Multivariate Analysis Forensic Psychiatry Law Enforcement Police Procedure Mental Illness Suicidality Adverse Events Suicide By Cop Sex Crimes Drug Abuse Dementia Alzheimer's Disease Data Modeling Eeoc Discrimination Radiation Epidemiology

academic medicine, adverse events, alzheimer's disease, bayesian statistics, biostatistics, cadiology, data mining, data modeling, decision analysis, dementia, discrimination, drug abuse, drug approval process, drug development, drug safety, eeoc, environmental epidemiology, epidemiology, exploratory data analysis, forensic psychiatry, infectious disease epidemiology, irb's, law enforcement, mental illness, methodology, multivariate analysis, occupational epidemiology, police procedure, product liability, radiation epidemiology, regression analysis, sex crimes, suicidality, suicide by cop, toxic torts, transplant epidemiology