Capt. Edward M. Dieser, P.E. is the Deputy Assistant Director, U.S. Public Health Services Commissioned Corps.
Capt. Dieser began his Commissioned Corps career in 2005 as a Lt. Cmdr. with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in the Emergency Preparedness and Response Office. His next assignment with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention included service as CDC’s Environmental Manager, Environmental Protection and Radiation Safety Team Lead, and Environmental Management System Developer. His most recent role was the Deputy Associate Director for Emergency Management, National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Prior to joining the Commissioned Corps, Dieser’s career included seven years as a consultant and eight years as a Medical Service Corps Officer with the U.S. Army rising to the rank of captain. He served in three positions, including the Chief of the Environmental Engineering Division at the Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine in Landstuhl, Germany. He commanded the 172nd Medical Detachment (Preventive Medicine) at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, and Fort Ord, California. He was also the Interim Commander and Executive Officer for Company C, 232nd Medical Battalion at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Dieser continued his service in the U.S. Army Reserve until 2003 as a major.
Dieser’s career includes a ship-board humanitarian deployment to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Marshall Islands, multiple deployments to Saudi Arabia and Bosnia, consulting in Kuwait and Korea, health response operations in Liberia, as well as various disaster response missions across the U.S.
Dieser's awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, Ebola Campaign Medal, and Presidential Unit Citation. He is also the recipient of the 2012 Rear Adm. Jerrold Michael and the 2010 Engineer Responder of the Year Awards.
Dieser is a graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill with a master’s degree in Environmental Engineering and the University of Notre Dame with a bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering. He is a life member of the Society of American Military Engineers, the Interagency Institute of Federal Healthcare Executives, and is a licensed professional engineer (North Carolina).