Ajay Goel
Ajay Goel, Ph.D., is a Professor and Director, Center for Gastrointestinal Research, and Director, Center for Translational Genomics and Oncology, at the Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, TX.
Dr. Goel has spent more than 20 years researching cancer and has been the lead author or contributor to over 250 scientific articles published in peer reviewed international journals and several book chapters. He is also a primary inventor on more than 20 international patents and is researching the prevention of gastrointestinal cancers using integrative and alternative approaches, including botanical compounds.
He has won more than a dozen awards and honors, including the Union of European Gastroenterology Federation’s Distinguished Researcher Award, multiple Poster of Distinction Awards from the American Gastroenterological Association, and Visiting Professorships from national and international academic institutions and academic bodies.
