Department of Family Medicine
The University of Michigan Medical Center
Michigan
USA
Biography
Dr. Ruffin's finished his M.D. in Medical College of Virginia, 1980. His research involves cancer prevention via primary and secondary strategies, chemoprevention and cancer screening. He is unique in the fact that he is an academic family medicine physician who has held two consecutive five-year K24 mentor awards from NIH as well as having numerous other projects funded through the CDC and NCI. He is also a leader of a health disparity center in collaboration with investigators at The Ohio State University focused on Appalachian women’s health.
Research Interest
Cancer prevention and screening, Nutrition, Health promotion