He is author of Health Care Politics, Policy and Services: A Social Justice Analysis (selected for the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award in Public and Community Health), and co-author (with UW Associate Professor of Social Work Taryn Lindhorst) of The Safety-Net Health Care System: Health Care at the Margins. Prior to his academic career, Professor Almgren served as social work director at both public and not-for-profit safety-net hospitals, including the University of Washington Medical Center.