Education
Harvard University.
Harvard University.
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 United States of America 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.
Colditz was born in Australia and educated at Newington College (1967-1972). He was active in cricket and rugby at Newington.
He received his Bachelor of Science and medical degree from the University of Queensland, Australia, where he served as President of the Australian Medical Students Association in 1977. He obtained his Master of Public Health and Doctorate in Public Health from Harvard University School of Public Health.
Placing great importance on applying the scientific evidence amassed through research, Doctor 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.
At Siteman he leads efforts to promote cancer prevention in the community Doctor.P.H, 1986, Harvard School of Public Health M.P.H, 1982, Harvard School of Public Health M.D, 1998, University of Queensland School of Medicine Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 1979, University of Queensland School of Medicine 1975 National Heart Foundation of Australia Scholarship.
1975 National Heart Foundation of Australia Scholarship 1976 National Heart Foundation of Australia Scholarship 1977 Asthma Foundation of Queensland Medical Scholarship 1977 Australian Medical Students" Association—Eli Lilly Research Fellowship 1981-1982 Fulbright Postgraduate Student Award 1981-1983 Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship, Harvard University 1991-1996 American Cancer Society, Faculty Research Award 1997 Raine Visiting Professor, Department of Public Health, University of Western Australia 1998 Visiting Scientist, Cancer Foundation of Western Australia 1999 Leonard S. Schuman Lecture, University of Michigan 2002 Rotan Lecture, Doctor of Medicine Anderson Cancer Center 2003 American Association for Cancer Research-DeWitt S. Goodman Memorial Lectureship 2004 American Society for Preventive Oncology, Distinguished Achievement Award 2005 Cassel Distinguished Lecturer, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center 2006 Institute of Medicine, Member 2007 Academy of Science, Saint Louis, Fellow 2008 Kaner Memorial Lecture, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth College 2009 Harvard School of Public Health, Alumni Award of Merit 2011 American Cancer Society Medal of Honor 2012 AACRACS award for excellence in cancer epidemiology and prevention 2014 American Society of Clinical Oncology-American Cancer Society Award 2014 LessCancer.org National Cancer Prevention Day Ronald B. Herberman Speaker.
With members of Cancer Prevention and Control at Siteman, he blogs on issues relating to cancer prevention and screening.
