DISCOVER YOUR
RISK FOR
Cancer
Diabetes
Heart Disease
Stroke
Osteoporosis
Colditz’s prevention work led to
a website that helps people
assess their risk of developing
cancer, diabetes and other
diseases, and suggests ways
to lead a longer, healthier life. Visit →
www.yourdiseaserisk.wustl.edu
Graham Colditz, MD, DrPH, a disease
prevention expert at the Siteman
Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish
Hospital and Washington University
School of Medicine, was recently
recognized for the 30 years he’s spent
fighting cancer before it starts.
The American Association for Cancer
Research (AACR) and the American
Cancer Society gave Colditz the
Award for Research Excellence in
Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention
at the AACR annual meeting in
Chicago on April 3.
The award salutes
Colditz’s work to identify lifestyle
and environmental factors that
affect people’s health and develop and teach cancer
prevention strategies
at the individual
and community
levels. This includes
showing that
regular exercise in
girls as young as 12 can reduce their
risk of breast cancer and initiating
the collection of blood samples
and health histories of women
who get mammograms to help
determine why certain women get
breast cancer and why they respond
differently to treatment.
In December 2011, the American
Cancer Society awarded Colditz
its highest award, a Medal of Honor,
for cancer control research.