Dr. Grubbs is a Professor in the School of Nutrition Sciences, and serves as director of the Chemoprevention Center of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He has significant expertise in the field of animal models development and testing of novel chemopreventive compounds. He has extensive basic science and translational research experience in the field of chemoprevention. He will assist in the development and implementation of clinical protocols.

Dr. Grubbs will also act as a mentor for the Career Development Program. He has experience in chemoprevention drug development, preclinical in vitro and in vivo chemoprevention models, surrogate endpoint biomarkers (cytomorphometrics, tumor suppressor genes, oncogenes, growth factors, HPV infection) and clinical trial implementation and completion.