David Berrigan
David Berrigan, PhD, MPH, has been a Biologist in the Office of the Associate Director
of the Applied Research Program since 2003. He previously served as a Cancer Prevention
Fellow with funding from the Division of Cancer Prevention from 1999-2003. Before coming
to NCI, he was a postdoctoral fellow and lecturer at the University of Washington and at
La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, with funding from the National Science Foundation and
the USDA.
Dr. Berrigan received his PhD in Biology from the University of Utah in 1993, a BA from
Reed College in 1983, MS from UC Davis in 1987, and MPH from UC Berkeley in 2000. His
recent research has examined energy balance, carcinogenesis, physical activity and
acculturation using a mix of animal models, population data, and methodological studies
aimed at improving survey data and incorporating GIS tools and data-layers into survey
data sets. He has authored or coauthored papers in Science, Carcinogenesis, JNCI, American
Naturalist, PNAS, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, and some 30 other journals.
He has been on the editorial board of the journal Functional Ecology, a reviewer for
NIH, NSF NSERC, and other funding agencies, and a peer reviewer for many journals. He was
on the program committee for the 2007 Active Living Research Conference, and received NIH
Merit Awards in 2004 and 2005. Dr. Berrigan is strongly committed to research aimed at
health for all via environments and institutions that foster healthy behaviors, preventive
services, and health care regardless of demographic or economic circumstances.
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