Lindsay Douglas
PhD candidate - Giger Lab
I joined the GPMP in 2018 after earning a bachelor’s degree in physics with minors in biology, math, and computational science. I discovered medical physics late in my undergraduate career, so the first-year rotations through multiple labs in the GPMP played a large role in my decision to come to the University of Chicago. Now I am a member of the Giger lab, and my research involves machine learning for background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) in cancer risk assessment from breast DCE-MRI. More specifically, I have investigated techniques for lesion and breast segmentation and developed a novel method for automatic scoring of BPE from DCE-MRI. Over the last few years, I have been able to attend conferences, including AAPM, SPIE Medical Imaging, and RSNA, to present my work and learn even more about the different fields in medical physics. I am pursuing a career as a clinical diagnostic physicist, so an aspect that I appreciate about our program is the potential for collaboration with radiologists; their input has supported my interest in projects that may fulfill clinical needs. I enjoy participating in STEM outreach programs and organizing volunteer opportunities for our students and faculty to do together. Outside of work, I love to explore Chicago, bake, travel, attend concerts, and attempt to keep all my plants alive.