Dr. Christoph Lee

Biography

Christoph Lee joined the Department of Radiology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a professor and Vice Chair of Research in 2025. He previously held the position of founding director of the Northwest Screening Cancer Outcomes Research Enterprise (NW-SCORE) at the University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. His research focuses on the evaluation of emerging cancer screening technologies, working on grant-funded efforts in artificial intelligence, cancer epidemiology, health disparities, and population health. Dr. Lee is a principal investigator for multiple R01 grants from the National Institutes of Health, particularly the National Cancer Institute. He has served as a consultant for the National Cancer Institute, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the World Health Organization on disease prevention and control topics. Dr. Lee has published five textbooks on various aspects of medical science and has authored over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. His editorial experience includes serving as a senior editor for four medical journals, and he is currently the Deputy Editor for the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Dr. Lee obtained his undergraduate degree cum laude from Princeton University, a medical degree from Yale University, and completed his radiology residency at Stanford University. He also completed a two-year breast imaging fellowship and a health policy fellowship at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program at UCLA, where he earned his master's degree in health services research. Additionally, he received an MBA in healthcare management from Johns Hopkins University and was elected to the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society.

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