Overview
I am a cancer biologist whose research laboratory focuses on solid tumor imaging. We utilize multi-modal, multi-scale imaging, combined with nuanced statistical and machine learning approaches, to measure important features of cancer. My goal os to develop and translate imaging approaches which improve clinical diagnostics and personalize care for cancer patients.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor in Radiology
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2022 - Present
Radiology,
Clinical Science Departments
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
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2023 - Present
Duke Cancer Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Intervertebral disc fluid content increases with treadmill exercise in a rat model
Conference Spine Journal · September 1, 2024 BACKGROUND CONTEXT: The discs are the largest avascular tissues in the body and as a result disc cells that are distant from the vertebral vasculature rely on indirect diffusion and convection of oxygen and glucose from the vertebrae to maintain metabolic ... Full text CiteEvaluating Tumor Hypoxia Radiosensitization Via Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Oxygen Imaging (EPROI).
Journal Article Mol Imaging Biol · June 2024 PURPOSE: Tumor hypoxia contributes to aggressive phenotypes and diminished therapeutic responses to radiation therapy (RT) with hypoxic tissue being 3-fold less radiosensitive than normoxic tissue. A major challenge in implementing hypoxic radiosensitizers ... Full text Link to item CiteMR histology reveals tissue features beneath heterogeneous MRI signal in genetically engineered mouse models of sarcoma.
Journal Article Front Oncol · 2024 PURPOSE: To identify significant relationships between quantitative cytometric tissue features and quantitative MR (qMRI) intratumorally in preclinical undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcomas (UPS). MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a prospective study of geneticall ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Single Cell and Spatial Analysis of Lethal Breast Cancers
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2024 - 2028Multi-scale characterization of radiation resistance in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
ResearchPostdoctoral Associate · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2021 - 2025View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Wayne State University ·
2017
Ph.D.