Dr. Colditz is an internationally recognized leader in cancer prevention. As an epidemiologist and public health expert, he has a longstanding interest in the preventable causes of chronic disease, particularly among women. He focuses his research on early life and adolescent lifestyle, growth, and breast cancer risk. He is also interested in approaches to speed translation of research findings into prevention strategies that work. Dr. Colditz developed the award-winning Your Disease Risk website (www.yourdiseaserisk.wustl.edu) which communicates tailored prevention messages to the public. He has published over 1100 peer-reviewed publications, six books and six reports for the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences. His h-index is over 220.In October 2006, on the basis of professional achievement and commitment to public health, Dr. Colditz was elected to membership of the National Academy of Medicine, an independent body that advises the U.S. government on issues affecting public health. In 2011, he was awarded the American Cancer Society Medal of Honor for cancer control research. In 2012 he received the AACR-American Cancer Society Award for Research Excellence in Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention. He also received awards in 2014 for cancer prevention research from ASCO and from AACR. During 2016 he served on the Implementation Science Work Group of the Blue-Ribbon Panel to advise the National Cancer Moonshot. He received the 2018 Daniel P. Schuster Award for Distinguished Work in Clinical and Translational Science, Washington University School of Medicine. He was also elected as a Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Sciencehttp://publichealthsciences.wustl.edu/en/About-Us/Division-Chief