research area malignant melanoma and risk factors

JUDIT OLAH is University Professor at Department of Dermatology and Allergology, University of Szeged, Hungary where she is Head of the Division of Dermato-Oncology and Head of the Interdisciplinary Skin Tumour Board. Professor Olah was board certified in Dermatology and Venerology in 1990 and in Medical Oncology in 1998. She was awarded her PhD in 2003, and her DSc in 2016 specializing in the analysis of prognostic and risk factors of skin tumours and melanoma . As a leader clinician she currently oversees the treatment and follow-up of more than 4000 patients with melanoma in South Hungary. She is also active in gradual and post-gradual education. Several times she served as an invited speaker at national and international dermatologic and oncologic meetings. During her carrier she has authored 5 book chapters and 79 articles with a cumulative impact factor of 80.8 , Hirsch-index: 15. She has been a principal investigator in several clinical trials in melanoma and other skin tumour subjects within oncology. Currently Professor Olah is the President of the Oncological Section of the Hungarian Dermatological Society and she is a board member of the European Association of Dermatologic Oncology (EADO)