Ernest T. Hawk, M.D., M.P.H., is vice president and division head for Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Prior to his appointment at M. D. Anderson in December 2007, Hawk held several positions at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md., since 1996. Hawk most recently served as director of the Office of Centers, Training and Resources. His other NCI posts included chief and medical officer in the Gastrointestinal and Other Cancers Research Group, medical officer in the Chemoprevention Branch and chair of the Translational Research Working Group.

Hawk has been involved in chemoprevention research focused on nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and COX-2 inhibitors, and he has earned numerous awards, including the NCI Research Award for Distinguished Achievement in Cancer Prevention.

A native of Detroit, Michigan, Hawk earned his bachelor’s and medical degrees at Wayne State University and his master of public health degree at Johns Hopkins University. He completed an internal medicine internship and residency at Emory University, a medical oncology clinical fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco and a cancer prevention fellowship at NCI.

Hawk currently serves as senior editor for Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention and deputy editor for Cancer Prevention Research.