Judith A Malmgren

Affiliate Assistant Professor, Epidemiology

12025 9th Avenue NW
Box

Seattle, WA 98177-

206-306-2613
jmalmgren@seanet.com

Research Interests

Dr. Malmgren's main research focus is on breast cancer. She has been conducting registry-based studies for the last 19 years that include leukemia incidence post-breast cancer treatment, triple-negative disease, metastatic breast cancer and characteristics of mammography detected breast cancer. Her expertise is in survival analysis and risk modeling. In addition, she conducts validation analysis using SEER data. Her research has included studies of leukemia incidence post breast cancer diagnosis using SEER/Medicare data and comparison of regional metastatic breast cancer survival over time. She is currently focused on metastatic breast cancer, exceptional survivors and evaluation of lead time bias related to breast cancer detection method.

Outside of breast cancer and clinical oncology research, she is involved in health care quality improvement studies including surgical comparative effectiveness studies and randomized clinical trial set up and analysis.

Education

PhD Epidemiology, University of Washington, 1995

MS Epidemiology, University of Washington, 1985

In the News

Almost 80% in King County have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine
KUOW, 07/07/2021

Vaccinated and ready to celebrate? Not so fast
KUOW, 05/04/2021

Younger people make up growing share of serious COVID-19 cases
NPR, 05/03/2021

Demographics shift: More hospitalized COVID-19 patients are young adults
NPR, 04/27/2021

Seattle Now: Down to the wire
KUOW, 04/12/2021

Mammograms beneficial in women 75 and up
Seattle Times, 08/05/2014

Mammograms Benefit Women 75 and Older
Radiology, 08/05/2014

Mammograms can save lives of women in their 40s: study
MSN.com, 02/22/2012