Cornelia Ulrich

Cornelia "Neli" Ulrich (born 31 October 1967 in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt, Germany) is Executive Director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI), Jon M. and Karen Huntsman Presidential Professor in Cancer Research, and former Division Chief of Cancer Population Sciences in the Department of Population Health Sciences at the University of Utah.

Ulrich has published more than 500 publications (h-Index 101). Ulrich is a former Fulbright Scholar, DAAD Scholar, and an elected member to the European Academy of Cancer Sciences; she serves on numerous national and international advisory boards, committees, and editorial boards including several of the National Institutes of Health, National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), and was chair of the Scientific Council of IARC until May 2015.

She is a cancer epidemiologist whose research focuses on lifestyle and biologic factors in cancer prevention and cancer prognosis. Dr. Ulrich leads an interdisciplinary team of scientists on research related to the prevention, epidemiology, prognosis, and survivorship of cancer (ColoCare Study U01) and multiple R01-type grants. Key topics include the usage of inflammation inhibitors (e.g., aspirin) in cancer prevention and prognosis to prevent cancer, personalized medicine by using pharmacogenetics, and the role of energy balance and physical activity. Ulrich serves on advisory boards of multiple NCI-designated cancer centers.  She has received numerous honors, including the Utah Governor’s Medal for Science and Technology. Provided by Wikipedia