Dr. Nyante joined the Department of Radiology in 2014 after receiving her masters and doctoral degrees in Epidemiology from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Cancer Institute. She is an Associate Professor of Radiology. Dr. Sarah Nyante assumed the leadership of CMR in September 2024.
Dr. Nyante’s main research interests include breast tissue heterogeneity, the role of hormonal factors in breast cancer risk and prognosis, and the role of benign breast diseases in breast cancer risk. Past studies include analyses of change in mammographic density as a predictor of breast cancer prognosis among tamoxifen-treated patients; smoking and breast cancer risk; risk factors for rare breast cancer histologic types; and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on breast cancer screening, detection, and treatment. She also participates in research related to mammography performance and artificial intelligence in breast imaging with the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium.