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.
With members of Cancer Prevention and Control at Siteman, he blogs on issues relating to cancer prevention and screening.