Wendy Ingman

Associate Professor Wendy Ingman is an Ext-Funded Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide's Adelaide Medical School, within the Surgical Specialities department. Her research focuses on breast health, including breast cancer, breastfeeding, and breast development. She leads the Breast Biology & Cancer Unit at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, translating discoveries into improved prevention, detection, and treatment strategies. Key projects explore mammographic density as a risk factor, menstrual cycle impacts on breast cancer, and lactation mastitis mechanisms. She advises national organizations like BreastScreen Australia and founded InforMD, a national breast cancer research alliance.

• Education: Not explicitly listed, but expertise implies advanced training in biomedical sciences.
• Affiliations: Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research, InforMD leadership.

Research interests emphasize breast biology's role in disease susceptibility, particularly immune system interactions and hormonal influences. She advocates for community education and has pioneered studies on anti-inflammatory interventions for dense breasts and menstrual cycle effects on gene expression assays. Her work bridges clinical and translational research, aiming to reduce breast cancer mortality through early detection and personalized medicine.

Publications span 2025–2010, focusing on biomarkers, imaging techniques, and inflammatory pathways. She actively supervises students at Honours, Masters, and PhD levels.