Matthew A Devall

Matthew A Devall is an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Virginia. His research focuses on colorectal cancer genetics, molecular oncology, and cancer risk, with a particular emphasis on gene-environment interactions and polygenic risk scores. His latest work includes a novel pathway-based PRS method demonstrating that the TGF-β pathway modifies the association between red meat intake and colorectal cancer risk, alongside transcriptomic analyses linking neighborhood deprivation to cancer susceptibility and studies on dietary fructose and colon DNA methylation in racial disparities. He has also investigated genetic loci interacting with body mass index and alcohol consumption. His recent award, "Accelerating the translational potential of colorectal cancer genome-wide association studies through analysis of normal enterocyte biology," underscores his commitment to translating genomic discoveries into clinical applications.