Painting of Ellen Gritz

Siegel, Wilma Bulkin · 2009

Artist Wilma Siegel describes the subject: "Ellen R. Gritz, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist who is the chair of the Department of Behavioral Science at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Her work in cancer prevention, especially among addressing and reducing cigarette smoking in women, is world-renowned. We bonded at the meeting upon her award of the Alma Dea Morani Renaissance Woman Award. She and I had much in common in the passion of team work and preventive medicine. She also shares my passion for art, as well as other cultural interests in opera, dance, and the natural world, especially the marine environment. " Portrait of Ellen Gritz by Wilma Bulkin Siegel.