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Maren Karine Olsen

Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Division of Biostatistics
Duke Box 3827, Durham, NC 27710
11033 Hock Bldg, 2424 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705

Selected Grants


Improving needs among older adults: the ICUconnect 2 primary palliative care RCT

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Provider Remote ObsTetric-Related Employment Education (PROMOTE) and ObsTetric HEAlth Equity ResearCH Mentoring (TEACH) Equity

Clinical TrialCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Racial disparities in shared decision making for patients with acute respiratory failure

ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2027

Planning grant for clinical trial of implicit bias mitigation training for clinicians

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2027

Applying Reinforcement Learning to Create a Precision Medicine Weight Loss Intervention

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by University of Wisconsin - Madison · 2024 - 2027

Equity-Focused Communication Intervention for Family-Centered Rounds

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2027

(2/2) Log2Lose: Incenting Weight Loss and Dietary Self-Monitoring in Real Time to Improve Weight Management

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2020 - 2025

Optimizing a self-directed mobile mindfulness intervention for improving cardiorespiratory failure survivors' psychological distress

Clinical TrialBiostatistician Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2025

Pain Management Decision Making in Advanced Kidney Disease

ResearchSignificant Contributor · Awarded by Regents of the University of Michigan · 2023 - 2025

Reducing Disparities in the Quality of Palliative Care for Older African Americans Through Improved Advance Care Planning

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute · 2017 - 2025

Comparative Effectiveness of Generalist vs. Specialist Palliative Care for Inpatients

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Pennsylvania · 2023 - 2025

Diversifying and Strengthening Dementia Palliative Care Clinical Trials

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Massachusetts General Hospital · 2022 - 2025

PCplanner: Operationalizing needs-focused palliative care for older adults in ICUs

ResearchBiostatistician · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2025

Long-term Mental Health Outcomes of Bariatric Surgery

ResearchStatistician · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2022

IPA- Linda Sanders

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2020 - 2022

Optimizing a self-directed mobile copying skills training intervention for improving cardiorespiratory failure survivors

Clinical TrialBiostatistician · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2021

Needs and triggers: improving intensive care unit-based palliative care delivery

ResearchBiostatistician · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2021

IPA for Linda Sanders

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2016 - 2019

Improving decision making for patients with prolonged mechanical ventilation

ResearchStatistician · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2018

Yoga-based Symptom Management for Metastatic Breast Cancer

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2018

Matching Methods for Comparative Effectiveness Studies of Longitudinal Treatments

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality · 2015 - 2017

Mobile Mindfulness to Improve Psychological Distress after Critical Illness

Clinical TrialCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2017

Communication in Oncologist Patient Encounters: A Patient Intervention

ResearchBiostatistician Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2016

Measuring/Improving Quality of Life in Acute Lung Injury

ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2010

Trajectories of Serious Illness: Patients and Caregivers

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2010

Take Control of Your Blood Pressure (TCYB) Study

ResearchBiostatistician · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2010

Classifying Psychiatric, Medical, and Primary Insomnias

ResearchStatistician · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2009

Enhancing patient-oncologist communication

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2009

External Relationships


  • National Palliative Care Research Center
  • UC Denver

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