Lisa Dierker is a Professor of Psychology at Wesleyan University. With expertise in the application of innovative statistical methods, she has spent her career developing collaborative relationships across multiple disciplines. She has also shown an extremely strong commitment to teaching undergraduate courses in the areas of statistics and research methods, and with funding from the National Science Foundation, has developed an original project-based curriculum (https://passiondrivenstatistics.com/) aimed at increasing the number of students exposed to applied statistics.  Her research has been supported through grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Donaghue Medical Research Foundation, the Davis Educational Foundation and the McManus Charitable Trust. Her published journal articles include more than 100 aimed at advancing the fields of addiction, health, and data science education.