Denise Galloway

{{Short description|American microbiologist}}

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| fields = {{hlist|Microbiology|pathology}}

| workplaces = {{ubl|Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center|University of Washington School of Medicine}}

| alma_mater = City University of New York

| known_for = HPV and cancer research

| awards = {{ubl|2019 AAA&S|2022 AACR Fellow}}

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Denise A. Galloway is the associate director of the Human Biology Division and scientific director of the Pathogen-Associated Malignancies Integrated Research Center at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and a professor of microbiology and pathology at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Her research focuses on human papillomavirus and its role in the development of cancer.

Education

Galloway attended Hunter College High School in New York.{{cite web |title=Denise Galloway helped pave the way for the HPV vaccine |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2019/11/07/denise-galloway-helped-pave-the-way-for-the-hpv.html |website=Puget Sound Business Journal |accessdate=9 September 2020 |language=en-us}} Galloway received her Ph.D. in molecular biology from the City University of New York{{which|reason=Which specific college in CUNY?|date=October 2023}} in 1975, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in 1978.{{cite web |title=Denise Galloway {{!}} University of Washington - Department of Global Health |url=https://globalhealth.washington.edu/faculty/denise-galloway |website=globalhealth.washington.edu |accessdate=9 September 2020}}

Career

Currently, she is the associate director of the Human Biology Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the Paul Stephanus Memorial Endowed Chair of microbiology and pathology at the University of Washington School of Medicine.{{cite web |title=Galloway, Denise |url=https://ipvsoc.org/member/denise-galloway/ |website=IPVS |accessdate=9 September 2020}}{{cite web |title=Spotlight on Denise Galloway |url=https://www.fredhutch.org/en/faculty-lab-directory/galloway-denise/galloway-spotlight.html |website=Fred Hutch |accessdate=9 September 2020 |language=en}}

Her research was involved in the development of HPV vaccination as a cancer prevention measure. Her research continues to work on how these types of viruses cause and interact with other types of cancers.{{Cite web |title=Dr. Denise A. Galloway |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/denise-galloway }}

She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2019.{{cite web |title=Denise A. Galloway |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/denise-galloway |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences |accessdate=9 September 2020 |language=en}} She became a Fellow of the American Association for Cancer Research in 2022.{{Cite web |title=Denise A. Galloway, PhD |url=https://www.aacr.org/professionals/membership/aacr-academy/fellows/denise-a-galloway/ |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) |language=en}}

Personal life

Galloway has two daughters.

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