Heather Whitney

Heather M. Whitney is a Research Assistant Professor of Radiology at the University of Chicago. She was previously a professor of physics for 12 years at a small liberal arts college, serving as advisor for the Society of Physics Students chapter for three years. She earned a BS in Physics and Performing & Visual Arts from King College and MS in Physics, MS in Medical Physics, and PhD in Physics from Vanderbilt University. She is interested in investigating the effects of the physical basis of medical imaging on computer-aided diagnosis (CADx), the repeatability and robustness of CADx, and harmonization of radiomic features. She also conducts research into the bias and diversity of medical imaging datasets and imaging data interoperability within MIDRC, the Medical Imaging and Data Resource Center.