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Walter C. Willett, Dr.P.H., M.D.

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Walter C. Willett, M.D., Dr. P.H., is Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Willett studied food science at Michigan State University, and graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School before obtaining a Masters and Doctorate in Public Health from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Willett has focused much of his work over the last 40 years on the development and evaluation of methods, using both questionnaire and biochemical approaches, to study the effects of diet on the occurrence of major diseases. He has applied these methods starting in 1980 in the Nurses' Health Studies I and II and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. Together, these cohorts that include nearly 300,000 men and women with repeated dietary assessments, are providing the most detailed information on the long-term health consequences of food choices.

Dr. Willett has published over 2,000 original research papers and reviews, primarily on lifestyle risk factors for heart disease, cancer, and other conditions and has written the textbook, Nutritional Epidemiology, published by Oxford University Press, now in its third edition. He also has written four books for the general public. Dr. Willett is the most cited nutritionist internationally. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and the recipient of many national and international awards for his research.

Mentoring
The Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk Factors among the Poor of Ethiopia
International, 01/12/07 - 03/16/07

Research
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  1. U01CA176726 (ELIASSEN, A. HEATHER ;WILLETT, WALTER C.) Jun 1, 2013 - Aug 31, 2023
    NIH
    Life Course Cancer Epidemiology Cohort in Women
    Role: Principal Investigator
  2. UM1CA176726 (WILLETT, WALTER C.) Jun 1, 2013 - Aug 31, 2018
    NIH
    Life Course Cancer Epidemiology Cohort in Women
    Role: Principal Investigator
  3. U01CA167552 (MUCCI, LORELEI ;WILLETT, WALTER C.) Aug 21, 2012 - Jul 31, 2027
    NIH
    Cancer Epidemiology Cohort in Male Health Professionals
    Role: Principal Investigator
  4. UM1CA167552 (WILLETT, WALTER C.) Aug 21, 2012 - Aug 15, 2017
    NIH
    Cancer Epidemiology Cohort in Male Health Professionals
    Role: Principal Investigator
  5. R01CA124857 (WILLETT, WALTER C.) Sep 1, 2007 - Jul 31, 2012
    NIH
    Cysteine, Related Gene Variants and Breast Cancer Risk
    Role: Principal Investigator

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Funded by the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences through its Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program, grant number UL1TR002541.