Elizabeth Diemer, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Contact information
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Department of Epidemiology
677 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02446
Department of Epidemiology
677 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02446
Education:
B.A. (Psychology)
Washington University in St. Louis, 2014.
S.M. (Epidemiology)
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 2017.
Ph.D. (Epidemiology)
Erasmus University Rotterdam, 2021.
Permanent linkB.A. (Psychology)
Washington University in St. Louis, 2014.
S.M. (Epidemiology)
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 2017.
Ph.D. (Epidemiology)
Erasmus University Rotterdam, 2021.
Selected Publications
Diemer EW, Tuhkanen J, Sammallahti S, Heinonen K, Neumann A, Robinson SL, Suderman M, Jin J, Page CM, Fore R, Rifas-Shiman SL, Oken E, Perron P, Bouchard L, Hivert MF, Raikkone K, Lahti J, Yeung EH, Guan W, Mumford SL, Magnus MC, Haberg S, Nystad W, Parr CL, London SJ, Felix JF, Tiemeier H. : Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of prenatal vitamin D insufficiency and cord blood DNA methylation. Epigenetics 19(1), December 2024.Diemer EW.: Interpreting Violations of Falsification Tests in the Context of Multiple Proposed Instrumental Variables. Epidemiology 35: 638-641, Sep 2024.
Diemer EW, Shi J, Hernan MA, & Swanson SA : Impact of coarsened exposures on falsification approaches for Mendelian randomization. Society for Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois. European Journal of Epidemiology May 2024.
Diemer EW, Shi J, Hernan MA, Swanson SA.: Use of the instrumental inequalities in simulated mendelian randomization analyses with coarsened exposures. Eur J Epidemiol 39(5): 491-499, May 2024.
Diemer EW, Shi J, Swanson SA.: Partial Identification of the Effects of Sustained Treatment Strategies. Epidemiology 35: 308-312, May 2024.
Diemer EW.: The importance of translating genetic partitioning into causal language. Int J Epidemiol 53, Feb 2024.
Shi J, Swanson SA, Diemer EW, Gerlovin H, Posner DC, Wilson PW, Gaziano JM, Cho K, Hernán MA, VA Million Veteran Program: Mendelian randomization, lipids and coronary artery disease: trade-offs between study designs and assumptions. medRxiv 2024.
Diemer EW, Havdahl A, Andreassen OA, Munafò MR, Njolstad PR, Tiemeier H, Zuccolo L, Swanson SA: Bounds on the average causal effect of prenatal alcohol exposure on ADHD - a Mendelian randomization study. Paediatric Perinatal Epidemiology May 2023.
Diemer EW, Zuccolo L, Swanson SA.: Partial Identification of the Average Causal Effect in Multiple Study Populations: The Challenge of Combining Mendelian Randomization Studies. Epidemiology 34: 20-28, Jan 2023.
Guo K, Diemer EW, Labrecque JA, Swanson SA.: Falsification of the instrumental variable conditions in Mendelian randomization studies in the UK Biobank. Eur J Epidemiol 38(9): 921-927, 2023.