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March 12, 2025

Dr. Marissa Lawson has received the 2025 Athena Award

Congratulations to Marissa Lawson, MD, on her selection as the 2025 recipient of the Athena Endowed Award for Excellence in Breast Cancer Research! The Athena Award was established to recognize an early career researcher making the greatest contribution during the past year toward advancing research to improve the prevention, detection, diagnosis and/or treatment of breast…

February 3, 2025

Dr. Pegah Khoshpouri presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

By Pegah Khoshpouri, MD, Diagnostic Radiology Resident I presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) in San Antonio, Texas, last year in December 2023. The title of our study is “The biological basis of breast MRI background parenchymal enhancement in women with high breast cancer risk.” Our study suggests that increased background parenchymal…

October 23, 2024

Dr. Habib Rahbar named Imaging Co-Chair of the ECOG-ACRIN Breast Committee

Habib Rahbar, MD, FSBI, UW Radiology professor and vice chair of clinical operations, will take on a new role as Imaging Co-Chair of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group Breast Committee. In this leadership role, Dr. Rahbar will be tasked with working with the Breast Committee Chair Angie DiMichele, who oversees the entire committee and the…

UW Radiology highlights Breast Cancer Awareness Month

For nearly 50 years, October has been recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Our UW Radiology breast imaging faculty have been busy with educational outreach on breast cancer and the importance of early detection and access to timely, high quality care, as evidenced below. News Professor and Vice Chair of Clinical Operations Habib Rahbar, MD,…

October 8, 2024

Doctors Partridge and Kazerouni receive Precision Oncology Ignition Grant