Harriet C. Thoeny is Professor of Radiology at the University Hospital of Bern, Switzerland. Her main clinical and scientific interests include head and neck and urogenital radiology, with a main focus on functional MR imaging in the respective areas, with the aim of early and non-invasive disease detection preceding morphological changes. She is the author of several highly ranked publications in functional MRI, mainly in the field of diffusion-weighted MRI, and co-editor of a book on extracranial applications in diffusion-weighted MRI. She is trustee of the International Cancer Imaging Society (ICIS), a board member of ESUR and a member of the Research Committee of the European Society of Radiology.