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Patrícia M. Ribeiro Pereira, PhD

Assistant Professor of Radiology

Research Centers:
Precision Radiotheranostics Translation Center
Lab:
Pereira Lab
Patrícia M. Ribeiro Pereira, PhD, is an assistant professor of radiology and a principal investigator in the Precision Radiotheranostics Translation Center. Pereira’s research program in the Disease Imaging and Therapy Lab is focused on exploring tumor-targeted multimodal imaging techniques and the regulation of membrane receptors in tumors and their microenvironment. Her work addressing drug resistance at both basic and clinical levels is supported by the National Institutes of Health, Siteman Cancer Center and philanthropic organizations.

Research Interests

Multimodal imaging, antibody engineering, radiotheranostics, cancer biology

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Education History

Fellowship

Research Associate, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Doctorate

University of Aveiro

Graduate

University of Aveiro

Undergraduate

University of Aveiro

Associations

American Association for Cancer Research
American Gastroenterological Association
Ambassador, European Association for Cancer Research
Editor, Molecules
Society of Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Society of Radiopharmaceutical Sciences
Chair, Social Media & Webinars Subcommittee, Women in Molecular Imaging Network Leadership Committee
World Molecular Imaging Society

Awards

2024 Women in Molecular Imaging Network Rising Star Award, World Molecular Imaging Society
2023 Hal O’Brien Rising Star Award, High Country Nuclear Medicine Conference
2022 Young Investigator Award, Cancer Research Foundation
2021 Women in Molecular Imaging Network Scholar Award, World Molecular Imaging Congress
2019–2021 Alan and Sandra Gerry Metastasis and Tumor Ecosystems Center (GMTEC) Scholars Fellowship
2017–2020 Tow Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
2020 Alavi–Mandell Award, Journal of Nuclear Medicine
2020 Ones To Watch, Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
2019 Young Investigator Award, International Gastric Cancer Conference
2016 Fellowship, European Association for Cancer Research
2013-2016 Graduate Student Fellowship, Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
2011 Fellowship, International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience

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