Graham Colditz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Graham Colditz

Ausralian epidemiologist

Date of Birth: 01-Nov-1954

Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Profession: epidemiologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Graham Andrew Colditz MD, DrPH (born 1 November 1954) 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.
During medical training he was excited by the potential for prevention of chronic diseases.
With encouragement from mentors he pursued training in the USA as it was routine for academics in Australia to obtain overseas training at that time.
He is internationally recognized for leadership in cancer prevention, and is often interviewed by media for input on this topic.
With members of Cancer Prevention and Control at Siteman, he blogs on issues relating to cancer prevention and screening.
According to Google Scholar statistics, Colditz is the author with the second highest h-index in the world after Michel Foucault.