Anne Talkington, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow
Immunology Training Grant awardee
Dr. Anne Talkington’s research is focused on studying the mechanisms of interaction between tumor and immune cells, with the goal of understanding how these interactions correspond to treatment resistance in cancer. She uses a combination of mathematical modeling and data-based methods to associate tumor-immune interaction networks with the characteristics of a patient's tumor. She aims to understand interactions in the tumor microenvironment that could be better targeted to improve responsiveness to therapy, and thus, patient outcome.
Prior to joining UVA, Anne completed her PhD in Computational Biology at UNC Chapel Hill, where she used a combination of physiologically-based pharmacokinetic modeling and experimental techniques to study adverse responses to PEGylated therapeutics as a result of anti-PEG antibodies. She previously worked on differential equation models for immunotherapies as an undergraduate at Duke University.
Outside of lab, Anne loves the performing arts, and has spent most of her life training and performing in most styles of dance and musical theater!