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.[1][2][3] Ulrich oversees HCI's academic consortium of nearly 200 cancer research teams. She leads efforts to advance the impact of HCI's research in laboratory, clinical and population science, with the goal of improving cancer prevention and treatment. Prior to joining HCI, she was the director and department head of preventive oncology at the National Center of Tumor Diseases [4](NCT) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg. During this time, she also held a Professorship at the DKFZ and University of Heidelberg. From 1993 until 2009, Ulrich was a Member of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Professor in Epidemiology at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Ulrich has published more than 350 publications (h-Index 68).[5] Ulrich is a former Fulbright Scholar, DAAD Scholar,[6] and an elected member[7] 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. Her research group focuses on lifestyle and biologic factors in cancer prevention and cancer prognosis, particularly colorectal cancer. Key topics include the usage of inflammation inhibitors (e.g., aspirin) in cancer prevention and prognosis.[8][9][10] to prevent cancer, personalized medicine by using pharmacogenetics, and the role of energy balance and physical activity.[11][12][13] Ulrich is also Principal Investigator of the HCI Total Cancer Care Protocol in the ORIEN network of cancer centers.
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[6]
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
^Schmidt, Martina E.; Wiskemann, Joachim; Armbrust, Petra; Schneeweiss, Andreas; Ulrich, Cornelia M.; Steindorf, Karen (2015-07-15). "Effects of resistance exercise on fatigue and quality of life in breast cancer patients undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy: A randomized controlled trial". International Journal of Cancer. 137 (2): 471–480. doi:10.1002/ijc.29383. ISSN1097-0215. PMID25484317. S2CID2495681.