Colditz receives award from Susan G. Komen
WashU Medicine expert recognized for his ‘pivotal advances’ in population science
Graham A. Colditz, MD, DrPH, has been awarded the Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction in Population Science.
Graham A. Colditz, MD, DrPH, the Niess-Gain Professor of Surgery and director of the Public Health Sciences Division in the Department of Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been awarded the Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction in Population Science.
Given annually, the Brinker Awards are among the highest honors bestowed by Susan G. Komen, a nonprofit organization that funds breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment. Honorees are recognized for their contributions to basic science, clinical research and, for the first time in 2024, population science.
Colditz, who is also deputy director of the Institute for Public Health at WashU and associate director of prevention and control at Siteman Cancer Center, based at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine, accepted the inaugural award Dec. 11 during the San Antonio (Texas) Breast Cancer Symposium.
Susan G. Komen recognized him for his “pivotal advances in implementation science, health services research, epidemiology, and evidence-based interventions to enhance breast cancer outcomes.”
Read more on the Siteman website.
