#  Ting-Yu Shih 

Graduate Student

 

 

 



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 location\_on Room 415 58 Oxford St Cambridge, MA02138 

 email <tshih@seas.harvard.edu> 

 



 

 **Education:**

- M.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2012
- B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2009

 **Research Focus:**  
Cancer immunotherapy, Drug Delivery, Biomaterials

 **Publications:**

1. Bencherif SA\*, Sands RW\*, Ali O, Li WA, Lewin SA, Braschler T, **Shih T-Y**, Verbeke CS, Bhatta D, Dranoff G, Mooney DJ. Injectable cryogel-based whole cell cancer vaccines. Nature Communications, 6: 7556 (2015).
2. Nance EA, Zhang C, **Shih T-Y**, Xu Q, Schuster B, Hanes J. Brain penetrating nanoparticles improve paclitaxel efficacy in malignant glioma following local administration. ACS Nano. 28;8(10):10655-64 (2014).
3. Nance E\*, Timbie K\*, Miller GW, Song J, Louttit C, Klibanov AL, **Shih T-Y**, Swaminatha G, Tamargo RJ, Woodworth G, Hanes J, Price R. Noninvasive delivery of stealth, brain-penetrating nanoparticles across the blood-brain barrier using MRI-guided focused ultrasound. J Control Rel. 189:123-132 (2014).
4. Nance EA\*, Woodworth G\*, Sailor K, **Shih T-Y**, Swaminathan G, Xiang D, Eberhart C, Hanes J. A dense poly(ethylene glycol) coating improves penetration of large polymeric nanoparticles within brain tissue. Sci Transl Med. 4(149):149ra119 (2012).
5. **Shih T-Y**\*, Chen KF\*, Rothman R, Hsieh YH. US National estimation of emergency department utilization of patients given HIV/AIDS related illness’ as their primary diagnosis. HIV Medicine. 12(6):343-351 (2011).
6. **Shih T-Y**, Gaydos C, Rothman R, Hsieh YH. Poor Provider Adherence to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Treatment guidelines in U.S. emergency department visits with a diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 38(4):299-305 (2011).
7. Shadmehr R, Orban de Xivry JJ, Xu-Wilson M, **Shih T-Y**. Temporal discounting of reward and the cost of time in motor control. J Neurosci. 30(31):10507-10516 (2010).
8. Hsieh YH, **Shih T-Y**, Lin HW, Hsieh TC, Kuo MJ, Lin CW, Gaydos CA. High-risk sexual behaviours and genital chlamydial infections in high school students in southern Taiwan. Int J of STD and AIDS. 21(4):253-259 (2010).



 

 

 





 

 

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