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Lauren Wallner, PhD, MPH

She/Her

Associate Professor
Medicine

Dr. Lauren Wallner, PhD, MPH is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of Michigan, and co-Leader of the Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program at Rogel Cancer Center. She is a core faculty member in the Cancer Surveillance and Outcomes Research Team (CanSORT). As a cancer care delivery researcher, Dr. Wallner’s research program focuses on improving the quality, delivery and equity of cancer care. Her research spans the cancer continuum and includes multiple cancer sites. She has led a number of observational studies focused onunderstanding the determinants, outcomes and utilization of health services associated with cancer, as well as interventional studies evaluating and implementing multilevel interventions to improve cancer care. Her work has been continually funded by the National Institutes for Health, the American Cancer Society, and industry partners. She is also passionate about training the next generation of cancer care delivery researchers.

 

University Affiliation(s)

IHPI | Rogel Cancer Center

Community and Professional Affiliation(s)

American Cancer Society

Research Area(s)

Breast cancer | Clinical care | Prostate cancer

Grants

  • Principal investigator of: Treatment of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Risk of Prostate Cancer Mortality: Kaiser Permanente Multi-Region Study
  • Principal investigator of: Building a Gene Expression and Phenotype Algorithm for Triaging Patients Presenting with Asymptomatic Microscopic Hematuria
  • Principal investigator of: Treatment of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Risk of Prostate Cancer Mortality: Kaiser Permanente Multi-Region Study
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