Ann Graham Zauber is an American epidemiologist and biostatistician at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, primarily interested in colorectal cancer. [1] Her research has demonstrated the effectiveness of colonoscopy and polyp removal at reducing the incidence of this kind of cancer. [2]
Zauber graduated from Hollins University in Virginia and earned her Ph.D. in biostatistics from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland. [3]
In 2012, Zauber was the lead author of a landmark, longitudinal study published in The New England Journal of Medicine demonstrating the long-term effictiveness of colonoscopic polypetcomy in reducing colorectal cancer deaths. [2]
In 2016, she became a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. [4] In 2018, she was awarded the Charles G. Moertel Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award by the World Endoscopy Organization. [5] In 2019, she received the Research Service Award from the American Gastroenterological Association. [6]
Her computer modeling of colorectal cancer has been used by the United States Preventive Services Task Force and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. [1]
