Elizabeth Ruder
School Head, Wegmans School for Health and Nutrition
Elizabeth Ruder
School Head, Wegmans School for Health and Nutrition
Education
BS, Cornell University; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University; MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Bio
Dr. Ruder is an Associate Professor in the Wegmans School of Health and Nutrition at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Dr. Ruder was trained in the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program and has rich experience in both cancer prevention and training of health professionals, including as Director of Didactic Program in Dietetics at the University of Pittsburgh (2012-2015) and as an adjunct faculty member Master's Degree Program in Cancer Biology, Prevention and Control offered by the University of District of Columbia/Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Ruder's work in cancer prevention has been published in journals including Cancer Causes and Control, Carcinogenesis, and The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.