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Return to Education Overview Return to News Section UW Radiation Oncology Celebrates International Day of Medical Physics & Madame Curie Day – 2025 Today we honor Marie Curie, whose pioneering discoveries in radioactivity transformed science and laid the foundation for modern radiation oncology. As the first person to win two
Return to Education Overview Return to News Section Afua Yorke, is a University of Washington physics residency alumnus and current UW Department of Radiation Oncology faculty member. Dr. Yorke has been invited by the United Nations to be part of this year’s 69th Commission on the Status of Women for
Return to DEI Overview Return to News Section Jessica Fagerstrom is part of a national program called IF/THEN that is hoping to get more girls interested in STEM! A recent project was to 3D print orange statues of the women in the group, each holding a prop about her career. There