UC Davis Health Professor and Chair of the Department of Radiology Elizabeth Morris has been selected as the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) 2024 Gold Medalist.
Morris’ research focuses on how to use newer techniques, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), for early breast cancer detection. In collaboration with her colleagues, she has written over 230 research papers, 40 chapters and five books about breast diseases with an emphasis on the use of MRI. She has received grants from the National Cancer Institute, U.S. Department of Defense, Susan G. Komen Foundation and Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
In announcing the award, SBI said Morris has a distinguished record as a radiology and breast imaging leader. After graduating summa cum laude from UC Davis with a degree in biochemistry, she received her medical degree from UC San Francisco and completed her residency at Weill Cornell Medical College. She also received a body and breast imaging fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where she remained on the faculty until December 2020 as the chief of the breast imaging service and holder of the Larry Norton Endowed Chair.
Morris is a fellow of SBI, the American College of Radiology and the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. She also is a past president of SBI.
Morris received the gold medal during the 2024 SBI Breast Imaging Symposium in April in Montreal, Canada.
