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.

Life and education Ulrich graduated in 1987 from the Gustav-Stresemann-Gymnasium in Fellbach, Germany and studied Nutritional Sciences at the University of Hohenheim and the Oregon State University. She completed her master's degree in 1992 at Oregon State University. In 1998 she completed her PhD in epidemiology at the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. She is married and mother of two sons.

1987 Abitur Gustav-Stresemann-Gymnasium, Fellbach-Schmiden, Germany 1990 Vordiplom (comparable to bachelor's degree) University of Hohenheim, Germany, Major: Nutrition Science 1992 Master of Science (Nutrition; Minor: Public Health) Oregon State University, Corvallis Master's Thesis: "Relationship between total, axial, and peripheral bone mineral density, lifetime milk consumption, and lifetime physical activity, in elderly mothers and their premenopausal daughters."(Mentor: Constance Georgiou) 1998 Ph.D. (Epidemiology) also: Certificate, Doctoral Studies Program (Health Services Research) University of Washington, Seattle Dissertation: "Common polymorphisms in metabolizing enzymes – some implications for colon cancer etiology, prevention, and genetic testing." (Mentors: John D. Potter, Stephen Schwartz)

Honors and awards 1991/92: Fulbright Scholarship and Fulbright Professional Enhancement Grant 1992: Jewell-Fields-Rohlfing graduate scholarship, Oregon State University 1993–95: DAAD Stipendium, für PhD-Studien in Epidemiologie 1998: Outstanding Student Award, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington 1998: American Association for Cancer Research Bristol-Myers Squibb Young Investigator Awardhttps://sharedresources.fredhutch.org/profile/ulrich-cornelia 2009: Exzellenzprofessur, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ) 2011: Forschungs- und Entwicklungspreis 2011, Krebsverband Baden-Württemberg e.V. 2013: Felix Burda Award 2013, "Best Prevention Idea", Felix Burda Stiftung, Berlin 2014: Short-List Felix Burda Award 2014, "Wissenschaft und Science", Felix Burda Stiftung, Berlin 2014: Jon and Karen Huntsman Presidential Professor in Cancer Research 2018: National Academy of Medicine Annual Meeting Presentation 2019: Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program 2021: Distinguished Research Award, University of Utah 2021 Speaker, Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center Distinguished Lecture Series 2022 Grand Round Speaker, Moffitt Cancer Center 2022 Best Female Scientist Award, Research 2022 Excellence in Collaboration Award, Huntsman Cancer Institute 2023 Excellence in Collaboration Award, Huntsman Cancer Institute 2024 Simon M. Shubitz Lecture and Award, University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center 2024 Distinguished Professorship, University of Utah 2024 Governor’s Medal for Science and Technology (Academia/Research) 2024 Directors’ Circle, Cancer Center Informatics Society