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
Publications
- Treatment decisions and employment of breast cancer patients: Results of a population-based survey
- Recurrence Risk Perception and Quality of Life after Treatment for Breast Cancer
- Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Prostatitis in African American Men: The Flint Men's Health Study, Moderated presentation
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