| Education: | PhD, Radiological Sciences, Department of Radiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 2006
BA, Nuclear Medicine, University of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX, 2001 |
| Awards: | Young Investigator Travel Award to Joint Molecular Imaging Congress, Providence RI, Sept 2007, scored in top 1%
Academic Excellence Award - 3rd Annual Conference on Ovarian Cancer Research, Vancouver BC, May 2006
Sister Mary Fitzpatrick Award - Highest Ranking Graduate in Nuclear Medicine Program
Amy Freeman Lee Award - for Community Service
Alpha Chi Honors Society
Dean's List 1998-2001
Graduated Magna Cum Laude |
| Address: | Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford
Clark Center
318 Campus Drive, E150
Stanford, CA 94305 |
| Phone: | (650) 724-3624 |
| Fax: | (650) 724-4948 |
| E-mail: | czavalet@stanford.edu |
| Research Interests: | Using Raman Spectroscopy in conjunction with either SERS nanoparticles or nanotubes to image small animal models non-invasively. Also implementing this techniqe to develop clinical Raman endoscopic probes for early cancer detection.
The use of radionuclide encapsulated nanoparticles for the delivery and the non-invasive visualization of therapeutics to cancer cells in-vivo
The development of radionuclide-labeled liposomes/nanoparticles for the targeted radiotherapy of cancer
Non-invasively montioring the development of cancer xenograft models in nude rats by utilizing microPET
Evaluating biodistribution patterns of IP or IV administered liposomes/nanoparticles tagged with radionuclides in xenograft models of nude rats using microSPECT/CT |
| Recent Publications: |
- Zavaleta C, Keren S, Cheng Z., de la Zerda A., Gheysens O., and Gambhir SS. Noninvasive molecular imaging of small living
subjects using Raman spectroscopy. PNAS.2008; 105(15): 5844-9.
- Zavaleta C, Phillips W, Bao A, McManus L, McMahan CA, Goins B. Imaging of 186Re-liposome therapy in ovarian cancer xenograft modelof peritoneal carcinomatosis . J Drug Targeting.2008; 16(): 626-37.
- Zavaleta, C., de la Zerda, A., Liu, Z., Keren, S., Cheng, Z., Schipper, M., Chen, X., Dai, H. & Gambhir, S.S.
. Noninvasive Raman spectroscopy in living mice for evaluation of tumor targeting with carbon nanotubes.. Nano Letters.2008; 8(): 2800-5.
- de la Zerda A, Zavaleta C, Keren S, Vaithilingam S, Bodapati S, Liu Z, Levi J, Smith BR, Ma T, Oralkan O, Cheng Z, Chen X, Dai H, Khuri-Yakub BT, Gambhir SS. Carbon Nanotubes as Photoacoustic Molecular Imaging Agents in Living Mice. Nature Nanotechnology.2008; 3(9): 557-62.
- de la Zerda A, Zavaleta C, Keren S, Vaithilingam S, Bodapati S, Liu Z, Levi J, Smith BR, Ma TJ,
Oralkan O, Cheng Z, Chen X, Dai H, Khuri-Yakub BT, Gambhir SS.
. Carbon Nanotubes as Photoacoustic Molecular Imaging Agents in Living Mice. Nature Nanotech.2008; (Accepted ): .
- Zavaleta C, Phillips W, Bradley Y, McManus L, Jerabek P, Goins B. Characterization of an Intraperitoneal Ovarian Cancer Xenograft Model in Nude Rats using Non-invasive MicroPET Imaging. Int J Gyn Cancer.2007; 17(2): 407-17.
- Zavaleta C, Phillips W, Soundararajan A, Goins B. Use of Avidin/99mTc-Blue Biotin Liposome System for Enhanced Peritoneal Drug Delivery in an Intraperitoneal Ovarian Cancer Xenograft Model in Nude Rats. Int J Pharm.2007; 337(1-2): 316-28.
- Bao A, Phillips W, Goins B, Zheng X, Sabour S, Natarajan M, Wooley F, Zavaleta C, Otto R. Potential Use of Drug Carried-Liposomes For Cancer Therapy via Direct Intratumoral Injection. Int J Pharm.2006; 316(1-2): 162-9.
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