| Curtis L. Meinert | |
| Birth Name: | Curtis Lynea Meinert |
| Birth Date: | June 30, 1934 |
| Birth Place: | Brown County, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Fields: | Clinical trials, epidemiology, biostatistics |
| Workplaces: | University of Maryland, College Park Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
| Alma Mater: | University of Minnesota |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Richard B. McHugh |
| Children: | 3 |
Curtis Lynea Meinert (June 30, 1934 – June 13, 2023) was an American clinical trialist. He was a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Meinert was born on June 30, 1934, on a farm outside Sleepy Eye, Minnesota.[1] His parents were Mabel Eleanor Christensen and Arthur August Edward Meinert. He was raised in rural Minnesota. He completed a B.A. in psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1956. He earned a doctor of philosophy in statistics at University of Minnesota in 1964.[2] [3] His dissertation was titled Quantitation of the isotope displacement of immunoassay of insulin.[4] His advisor was Richard B. McHugh.[5]
Meinert was the head of a clinical trial coordinating center at University of Maryland. Meinert researched randomized clinical trials for AIDS, cardiovascular diseases, and asthma. He was a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics and the inaugural director of the Center for Clinical Trials at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.[6]
In 1979, Meinert was elected a fellow of the American College of Epidemiology. In 1995, he was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was a 2001 Fellow of the American Heart Association. In 2006, he was elected a fellow of the Society for Clinical Trials. In 2005, Johns Hopkins University established the professorship, Curtis L. Meinert Professor of Clinical Trials.[7]
Meinert married Susan J. Matson on June 22, 1957. They had three daughters. He died on June 13, 2023, at the age of 88.