Jessica Santana
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Biography
Jessica is currently pursuing her PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Yale. She
received her B.Sc in Biomedical Sciences from the Universidade Estadual
de Santa Cruz (UESC), Brazil, with further research experience from
McGill University, Canada, and Harvard School of Public Health, USA
through the Science Without Borders Scholarship Program. Upon graduating
from UESC, she received her fully funded master’s degree in Biomedical
Sciences with a focus on cancer development and immune responses from
Radboud Universiteit, Netherlands. She concluded her program at the
Department of Immunobiology at Yale University. She worked as a
Postgraduate Research Associate at the Department of Radiology and
Biomedical Imaging, where she optimized animal models of liver cancer
for molecular characterization of the tumor microenvironment to
loco-regional therapies from an imaging perspective.
received her B.Sc in Biomedical Sciences from the Universidade Estadual
de Santa Cruz (UESC), Brazil, with further research experience from
McGill University, Canada, and Harvard School of Public Health, USA
through the Science Without Borders Scholarship Program. Upon graduating
from UESC, she received her fully funded master’s degree in Biomedical
Sciences with a focus on cancer development and immune responses from
Radboud Universiteit, Netherlands. She concluded her program at the
Department of Immunobiology at Yale University. She worked as a
Postgraduate Research Associate at the Department of Radiology and
Biomedical Imaging, where she optimized animal models of liver cancer
for molecular characterization of the tumor microenvironment to
loco-regional therapies from an imaging perspective.
Appointments
Departments & Organizations
Education & Training
- MSc
- Radboud Universiteit, Biomedical Sciences (2019)
- BSc
- Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Biomedical Sciences (2016)
Research
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Frequent collaborators of Jessica Santana's published research.
Julius Chapiro, MD/PhD
David C. Madoff, MD
Anne Marie Boustani, MD
Daniel Coman, PhD
MingDe Lin, PhD
Todd Schlachter, MD
Publications
2022
Experimental VX2 Rabbit Liver Tumor Model in Carbon Tetrachloride–Induced Cirrhosis of the Liver
Santana J, Shewarega A, Nam D, Kahl V, Madoff D, Zhang X, Chapiro J. Experimental VX2 Rabbit Liver Tumor Model in Carbon Tetrachloride–Induced Cirrhosis of the Liver. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2022, 34: 404-408.e1. PMID: 36473611, PMCID: PMC11037556, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.11.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsLiver cirrhosisMale New Zealand white rabbitsRabbit liver tumor modelCirrhotic liver backgroundReproducible tumor growthVX2 liver cancerLeft hepatic lobeNew Zealand white rabbitsDuration of treatmentLiver tumor modelCross-sectional imagingVX2 rabbit liver tumor modelZealand white rabbitsHepatic lobeHistopathological evaluationMajor underlying factorHepatic tumorsIntragastric administrationHepatocellular carcinomaLiver tumorsLiver cancerCirrhosisUnmet needTumor growthVX2 tumorsMR Imaging–Based In Vivo Macrophage Imaging to Monitor Immune Response after Radiofrequency Ablation of the Liver
Santana J, Petukhova-Greenstein A, Gross M, Hyder F, Pekurovsky V, Gottwald L, Boustani A, Walsh J, Kucukkaya A, Malpani R, Madoff D, Goldberg S, Ahmed M, Joshi N, Coman D, Chapiro J. MR Imaging–Based In Vivo Macrophage Imaging to Monitor Immune Response after Radiofrequency Ablation of the Liver. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2022, 34: 395-403.e5. PMID: 36423815, PMCID: PMC11042914, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.11.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsImmune responseT1-weighted MRPrussian blue stainingRadiofrequency ablationRF ablationC57BL/6 wild-type miceMR imagingDose-escalation studyLocal immune responseMass cytometryWild-type miceRadiological-pathological correlationBlue stainingT1-weighted MR imagingHepatic radiofrequency ablationCD68 antibodyUntreated lobeVivo doseHepatic RF ablationVivo macrophagesMacrophagesMiceMR imaging scannerCoagulation areaCD68Impact of Chemoembolic Regimen on Immune Cell Recruitment and Immune Checkpoint Marker Expression following Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization in a VX2 Rabbit Liver Tumor Model
Berz AM, Santana JG, Iseke S, Gross M, Pekurovsky V, Laage Gaupp F, Savic LJ, Borde T, Gottwald LA, Boustani AM, Gebauer B, Lin M, Zhang X, Schlachter T, Madoff DC, Chapiro J. Impact of Chemoembolic Regimen on Immune Cell Recruitment and Immune Checkpoint Marker Expression following Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization in a VX2 Rabbit Liver Tumor Model. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2022, 33: 764-774.e4. PMID: 35346859, PMCID: PMC9344951, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.03.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsTranscatheter arterial chemoembolizationCytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4Rabbit liver tumor modelConventional TACEImmune checkpoint marker expressionLiver tumor modelVX2 rabbit liver tumor modelArterial chemoembolizationBicarbonate infusionImmune responseDifferentiation 3T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4Conventional transcatheter arterial chemoembolizationTumor modelCell death protein 1Marker expressionIntratumoral T cellsImmune checkpoint markersT cell infiltrationDeath protein 1Antigen-presenting cellsImmune cell recruitmentNew Zealand white rabbitsZealand white rabbitsAPC infiltration
2021
Quantitative Automated Segmentation of Lipiodol Deposits on Cone-Beam CT Imaging Acquired during Transarterial Chemoembolization for Liver Tumors: A Deep Learning Approach
Malpani R, Petty CW, Yang J, Bhatt N, Zeevi T, Chockalingam V, Raju R, Petukhova-Greenstein A, Santana JG, Schlachter TR, Madoff DC, Chapiro J, Duncan J, Lin M. Quantitative Automated Segmentation of Lipiodol Deposits on Cone-Beam CT Imaging Acquired during Transarterial Chemoembolization for Liver Tumors: A Deep Learning Approach. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2021, 33: 324-332.e2. PMID: 34923098, PMCID: PMC8972393, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2021.12.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricComparison of metabolic and immunologic responses to transarterial chemoembolization with different chemoembolic regimens in a rabbit VX2 liver tumor model
Doemel LA, Santana JG, Savic LJ, Gaupp FML, Borde T, Petukhova-Greenstein A, Kucukkaya AS, Schobert IT, Hamm CA, Gebauer B, Walsh JJ, Rexha I, Hyder F, Lin M, Madoff DC, Schlachter T, Chapiro J, Coman D. Comparison of metabolic and immunologic responses to transarterial chemoembolization with different chemoembolic regimens in a rabbit VX2 liver tumor model. European Radiology 2021, 32: 2437-2447. PMID: 34718844, PMCID: PMC9359419, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-021-08337-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsDrug-eluting embolicsImmune cell infiltrationAntigen-presenting cellsBicarbonate infusionConventional TACEDEE-TACETransarterial chemotherapyCell infiltrationImmune cellsPeritumoral infiltrationT lymphocytesIntratumoral immune cell infiltrationTumor modelRabbit VX2 liver tumor modelImmunological tumor microenvironmentVX2 liver tumor modelIntra-arterial therapyIntra-arterial treatmentRabbit VX2 tumor modelLiver tumor modelTumor-bearing rabbitsVX2 tumor modelMann-Whitney U testIntratumoral presenceTransarterial chemoembolization
2020
Molecular MRI of the Immuno-Metabolic Interplay in a Rabbit Liver Tumor Model: A Biomarker for Resistance Mechanisms in Tumor-targeted Therapy?
Savic LJ, Doemel LA, Schobert IT, Montgomery RR, Joshi N, Walsh JJ, Santana J, Pekurovsky V, Zhang X, Lin M, Adam L, Boustani A, Duncan J, Leng L, Bucala RJ, Goldberg SN, Hyder F, Coman D, Chapiro J. Molecular MRI of the Immuno-Metabolic Interplay in a Rabbit Liver Tumor Model: A Biomarker for Resistance Mechanisms in Tumor-targeted Therapy? Radiology 2020, 296: 575-583. PMID: 32633675, PMCID: PMC7434651, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2020200373.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsImmuno-oncologic therapiesConventional transarterial chemoembolizationTransarterial chemoembolizationIntratumoral immune cell infiltrationMR spectroscopyRabbit liver tumor modelPrussian blue iron stainingAntigen-presenting immune cellsIntra-arterial infusionImmune cell infiltrationNew Zealand white rabbitsLiver tumor modelImmune cell exclusionLiver cancer modelContrast material administrationT2-weighted MRIZealand white rabbitsT2-weighted imagingResistance mechanismsImmunosuppressive tumorHLA-DRCell infiltrationImmune cellsImmunohistochemistry stainingRing enhancement
Academic Achievements and Community Involvement
honor Women in Molecular Imaging Network (WIMIN) Scholar Award
International AwardWorld Molecular Imaging Conference (WMIC)Details09/26/2023Czech Republic