Dr. Klesges is Professor of Surgery in the Division of Public Health Sciences at Washington University School of Medicine where she is a member of the Siteman Cancer Center, Institute for Public Health, and Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences. She is Emerita Founding Dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Memphis and recently served as Senior Advisor for Implementation Science and Public Health with the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Klesges earned her PhD in behavioral epidemiology from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and has been a principal or co-investigator on over 50 funded projects spanning research in obesity prevention, cancer prevention and control, sickle cell disease transitions in care, and translational research methods. Her work is widely published in journals of epidemiology, social science, medicine, and public health. Dr. Klesges is a Fellow and Past-President of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, and a Fellow in the American College of Epidemiology. She is a member of the Health Care Industry Council of the Eighth District Federal Reserve Bank, and has previously served in advisory roles with Karolinska Institutet, Canadian Institutes for Health Research, National Academy of Medicine, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as well as numerous health-related state, regional, and local boards and committees. Her current work focuses on implementation research related to sickle cell disease treatment, cancer prevention, and health behavior promotion.
Involvement at AcademyHealth:
- Committee Member: 2018 Annual Research Meeting
- Methods and Data Council Member