Dr. Patterson successfully defended her PhD thesis, “Understand and Optimizing Chemotherapy Combinations,” under the guidance of Dr. Adam Palmer, on May 31.
Dr. Patterson will be moving on to a position with the United States Patent and Trademark Office as a Patent Examiner. We wish you all the best, Sarah!
Publications
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Patterson SC, Pomeroy AE, and Palmer AC. “Ultrasensitive response explains the benefit of combination chemotherapy despite drug antagonism.” AACR Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, 2024 Mar 26. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-23-0642. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38530117.
Hwangbo H, Patterson SC, Dai A, Plana D, Palmer AC. “Additivity predicts the efficacy of most approved combination therapies for advanced cancer.” Nature Cancer, 2023 Dec;4(12):1693-1704. doi: 10.1038/s43018-023-00667-z. Epub 2023 Nov 16. PMID: 37974028.
Patterson SC, Palmer AC. “Predicting in vivo activity of combination therapies from in vitro drug pairs in diverse environments.” Cell Rep Med. 2022 Sep 20;3(9):100745. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100745. PMID: 36130481; PMCID: PMC9512690.
Dr. Patterson also has another paper currently in review with a peer-reviewed journal.
Another pic of Sarah at her PhD party. Click for larger view.
