MD, MPH
Nina C. and John T. Sessions Distinguished Professor of Medicine; Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease
UNC-Chapel Hill
Cancer Epidemiology
Gastrointestinal Oncology Program
Area of interest
My research has concerned risk factors and prevention of colorectal neoplasia. I have conducted hospital- and population-based studies of colorectal adenomas and cancers. I have also conducted chemoprevention studies. Recently, I have published research on colorectal cancer before age 50.
Awards and Honors
- Friedenwald Medal, American Gastroenterological Association
- Named visiting professor at: University of Washington, Northwestern University, Harvard Medical School, Yale University School of Medicine. University of Chicago, Massachusetts General Hospital, Vanderbilt
- President, American Gastroenterological Association Institute, 2008-9
- National Commission on Digestive Diseases 2008
- Masters Award for Sustained Achievement in Digestive Disease, May 2006
- Best Doctors: 2005-2009