Email

aaron.thrift@bcm.edu

Positions

Section Chief of Epidemiology and Population Sciences

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Member

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Associate Professor

Medicine
Epidemiology and Population Sciences
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Addresses

Baylor College of Medicine (Office)

One Baylor Plaza, Room 621D
MS: BCM307
Houston, TX 77055-7303
United States
Phone: (713) 798-9107

Education

PhD from The University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

BS from Queensland University of Technology

Brisbane, Australia

BAppSc(Hons)

BS from University of Southern Queensland

Toowoomba, Australia

BSc

Honors & Awards

Dean’s Commendation, University of Southern Queensland,

2008

Faculty of Science Medal, University of Southern Queensland,

2008

Dean’s Merit Award, Queensland University of Technology,

2009

Head of School’s Award for Excellence in Mathematics, Queensland University of Technology

2009

School of Mathematical Sciences Staff Prize – Honours Year: Best results in

Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours) Degree, Queensland University of Technology,

2010

PhD Scholarship, The University of Queensland,

2010-2013

PhD Top-up Scholarship, PROBE-Net,

2010-2013

PhD Top-up Scholarship, Queensland Institute of Medical Research,

2011-2013

Travel Award, Queensland Institute of Medical Research,

2011

Travel Fellowship Award, The European Association for Cancer Research,

2012

Graduate School International Travel Award, The University of Queensland,

2012

Travel Grant (grants-in-aid), Cancer Council Queensland,

2012

Winner ‘Best of the Best Oral – Epidemiology’, Clinical Oncology Society of Australia,

2012

Professional Interests

• Barrett’s esophagus
• Esophageal adenocarcinoma
• Epidemiology and outcomes of digestive disorders
• Genetic epidemiology
• Risk prediction
• Screening and surveillance of GI cancers
• Liver cancer

Websites

Memberships

American Association for Cancer Research

Associate Member

Barrett’s and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Consortium

Member

Society for Epidemiologic Research

Member,

Statistical Society of Australia

Member

The Australian Society for Medical Research

Member

The European Association for Cancer Research

Member

American Gastroenterological Association