Patricia Ribeiro Pereira, PhD

Academic 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 & Select 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