Graham Colditz
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Graham Andrew Colditz is a chronic disease epidemiologist and inaugural Niess-Gain Professor at Washington University School of Medicine where he is Associate Director for Prevention and Control at the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center. He directs the Master of Population Health Science at Washington University School of Medicine. http://www.mphs.wustl.edu
, Australia, where he served as President of the Australian Medical Students Association in 1977. He obtained his M.P.H. and Doctorate in Public Health from Harvard University
School of Public Health.
Placing great importance on applying the scientific evidence amassed through research, Dr. Colditz has taken the lead on a number of large health communication projects, including the development of the long-running, popular health risk assessment, Your Disease Risk
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Education
He received his B.Sc. and medical degree from the University of QueenslandUniversity of Queensland
The University of Queensland, also known as UQ, is a public university located in state of Queensland, Australia. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest and largest university in Queensland and the fifth oldest in the nation...
, Australia, where he served as President of the Australian Medical Students Association in 1977. He obtained his M.P.H. and Doctorate in Public Health from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
School of Public Health.
Placing great importance on applying the scientific evidence amassed through research, Dr. Colditz has taken the lead on a number of large health communication projects, including the development of the long-running, popular health risk assessment, Your Disease Risk
Your Disease Risk
Your Disease Risk is a publicly available health risk assessment tool on the Internet. Launched in early 2000 and continually updated, the site offers risk assessments for twelve different cancers and four other important chronic diseases: heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and osteoporosis.The site...
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- Dr.P.H, 1986, Harvard School of Public HealthHarvard School of Public HealthThe Harvard School of Public Health is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University, located in the Longwood Area of the Boston, Massachusetts neighborhood of Mission Hill, which is next to Harvard Medical School. HSPH is considered a significant school focusing on health in the...
- M.P.H, 1982, Harvard School of Public Health
- M.D, 1998, University of QueenslandUniversity of QueenslandThe University of Queensland, also known as UQ, is a public university located in state of Queensland, Australia. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest and largest university in Queensland and the fifth oldest in the nation...
School of Medicine - M.B., B.S., 1979, University of Queensland School of Medicine
Awards and honors
- 1975 National Heart Foundation (Australia) Scholarship
- 1976 National Heart Foundation (Australia) Scholarship
- 1977 Asthma Foundation of Queensland Medical Scholarship
- 1977 Australian Medical Students' Association—Eli Lilly Research Fellowship
- 1981-82 Fulbright Postgraduate Student Award
- 1981-83 Frank KnoxFrank Knox-External links:...
Memorial Fellowship, Harvard University - 1991-96 American Cancer SocietyAmerican Cancer SocietyThe American Cancer Society is the "nationwide community-based voluntary health organization" dedicated, in their own words, "to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and...
, Faculty Research Award - 1997 Raine Visiting Professor, Department of Public Health, University of Western AustraliaUniversity of Western AustraliaThe University of Western Australia was established by an Act of the Western Australian Parliament in February 1911, and began teaching students for the first time in 1913. It is the oldest university in the state of Western Australia and the only university in the state to be a member of the...
- 1998 Visiting Scientist, Cancer Foundation of Western Australia
- 1999 Leonard S. Schuman Lecture, University of MichiganUniversity of MichiganThe University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
- 2002 Rotan Lecture, MD Anderson Cancer Center
- 2003 AACRAmerican Association for Cancer ResearchThe American Association for Cancer Research is the world's oldest and largest professional association to advancing cancer research. Based in Philadelphia, AACR focuses on all aspects of cancer research including basic, clinical and translational research into the etiology, prevention, diagnosis,...
-DeWitt S. Goodman Memorial Lectureship - 2004 ASPOAspöAspö is a small village on the Aspö Island in Väståboland, Finland. Until 2009 it belonged to the municipality of Korpo. Its Finnish-language name is Haapasaari, although this name is seldom used. The village is known for its white limestone church that has a red brick roof. The current church was...
Distinguished Achievement Award - 2005 Cassel Distinguished Lecturer, University of North CarolinaUniversity of North CarolinaChartered in 1789, the University of North Carolina was one of the first public universities in the United States and the only one to graduate students in the eighteenth century...
, Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center - 2006 Institute of MedicineInstitute of MedicineThe Institute of Medicine is a not-for-profit, non-governmental American organization founded in 1970, under the congressional charter of the National Academy of Sciences...
, Member - 2007 Academy of Science, St. Louis, Fellow
- 2008 Kaner Memorial Lecture, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth CollegeDartmouth CollegeDartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
- 2009 Harvard School of Public Health, Alumni Award of Merit