Patricia Ribeiro Pereira, PhD

Medical School Department Chemistry
Research Program Tumor Immunology
Patricia Ribeiro Pereira

Researcher Background

Primary Academic Title

Assistant Professor of Radiology, Division of Radiological Sciences, WashU Medicine

Training

  • 2016 - 2020: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
  • 2020: Chief Research Fellow, Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Education

  • 2016: PhD, Medicinal Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

Research & Selected Publications

Research Interest

Enhancement of antibody- and non-antibody-based tumor therapies through the use of biomolecules as tumor-targeting agents and imaging to modulate tumor biology

Research Publications

MIB guides: [89Zr]Zr-DFO-trastuzumab and [64Cu]Cu-NOTA-Trastuzumab for Preclinical Cancer Imaging.
Authors:

Simó C, Vanover AC, Azevedo EC, Pereira PMR

Journal & Year:

Mol Imaging Biol • 2025

Positron Emission Tomography and Optical Imaging to Monitor Bioorthogonal Diels-Alder Click Chemistry of Trastuzumab with a Porphyrin.
Authors:

Gamelas SRD, Shmuel S, Simó C, one or more additional authors omitted Pereira PMR

Journal & Year:

Bioconjug Chem • 2025

Modulation of HER2 internalization enhances single-dose antibody-drug potency in HER2+ gastric cancer.
Authors:

Zidel A, Benton A, Brown E, one or more additional authors omitted Pereira PMR

Journal & Year:

Sci Rep • 2025

Imaging and targeting S1PR1 in HER2+ tumors.
Authors:

Shmuel S, Qiu L, Vanover A, one or more additional authors omitted Pereira PMR

Journal & Year:

Nucl Med Biol • 2025

[64Cu]Cu-NOTA-Trastuzumab and [89Zr]Zr-DFO-Trastuzumab in Xenografts with Varied HER2 Expression.
Authors:

Simó C, Shmuel S, Vanover A, Pereira PMR

Journal & Year:

Mol Pharm • 2024

Dura immunity configures leptomeningeal metastasis immunosuppression for cerebrospinal fluid barrier invasion.
Authors:

Zhao J, Zeng R, Li X, one or more additional authors omitted Pereira PMR, one or more additional authors omitted Chi Y

Journal & Year:

Nat Cancer • 2024

PDX Models in Theranostic Applications: Generation and Screening for B Cell Lymphoma of Human Origin.
Authors:

Shmuel S, Monette S, Ibrahim D, Pereira PMR

Journal & Year:

Mol Imaging Biol • 2024

PD-L1 has a heterogeneous and dynamic expression in gastric cancer with implications for immunoPET.
Authors:

Ibrahim D, Simó C, Brown EL, one or more additional authors omitted Pereira PMR

Journal & Year:

Front Immunol • 2024