Research Assistant
Since joining Swanson Lab in March 2009, Addie has been focused on investigating the clinical significance of mathematical models in the treatment and management of glioblastomas and opportunities for personalized treatment. This line of inquiry has lead to an increased focus on the clinical phenomenon of pseudoprogression (PsP) and the opportunity to leverage mathematical modeling as a clinical tool with which to predict which patients are more likely to exhibit PsP using data from routinely available pre-treatment magnetic resonance images. Additionally, Addie conducts research on cancer care delivery in resource constrained settings in the US and Uganda in conjunction with the Department of Anthropology, Medical Anthropology and Global Health.
Published Abstracts
A. E. Boone, R. Rockne, M. M. Mrugala, J. K. Rockhill, E. C. Alvord, Jr, K. R. Swanson. Opportunities for Personalized Treatment and Management of Malignant Gliomas:The Clinical Significance of Mathematical Models. Society for Neuro-Oncology, New Orleans, LA 2009; Neuro-Oncology 11(5):648, 2009
Boone A, Rockne R, Mrugala MM, Rockhill JK, Alvord EC Jr, Swanson KR. The Clinical Significance of Mathematical Models in the Treatment and Management of Gliomas: A Case Study in Translating Applied Mathematics Research into Clinically Relevant Solutions. International Conference on Mathematical Biology and Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver July 2009.
A. E. Boone, R. Rockne, M. M. Mrugala, K. R. Swanson. Pre-treatment glioblastoma proliferation and invasion kinetics: A mechanism to predict pseudo progression. Society for Neuro-Oncology, Montreal, Canada 2010; Neuro-Oncology 12(4):iv118 , 2010
A. E. Boone, M. M. Mrugala, J. K. Rockhill, K. Krohn, R. Rockne, K. R. Swanson. Towards the Virtual Clinic: From Patient Specific Modeling to the Future of Glioma Treatment. Second Annual Physical Sciences – Oncology Centers Network Investigator’s Meeting, La Jolla, CA 2011.
Poster Presentations
International Conference on Mathematical Biology and Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver July 2009.
Joint Meeting of Society for Neuro Oncology and American Association of Neurosurgeons/ Congress of Neurosurgeons Section on Tumors, Hilton New Orleans Riverside, New Orleans, LA, October 2009
Annual Meeting of Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, September 2010
Annual Scientific Meeting of Society for Neuro Oncology, Le Centre Sheraton, Montreal, Quebec, November 2010
Second Annual Physical Sciences -Oncology Centers (PS-OC) Network Investigator’s Meeting, Hyatt, La Jolla at Aventine, April 2011
Resident Physician-Advanced Rural-Global Medicine & Surgery JPS Health Network