Samuel Oliver

Profile

Sam Oliver is a PhD student at the Zienkiewicz Institute for Modelling, Data, and AI. He is in the mathematics department and focuses his research on modelling the growth of cancer tumours. Using mathematics, he aims to predict how patient-specific characteristics such as BMI can impact the success of chemotherapeutic treatment in a heterogeneous environment. Sam is passionate about modelling biological processes and using the results to make inferences about real-world problems and their potential solutions.

Area of Expertise

  • Model Development
  • Parameter Optimisation
  • Sensitivity Analysis
  • Cancer Biology
  • Computational Simulations

 


Projects

  • Mathematical Modelling of Cancer – Adipocyte Interactions in Ovarian Cancer

    Mathematical Modelling of Cancer – Adipocyte Interactions in Ovarian Cancer

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    Project Overview Ovarian cancer has the highest mortality rate of all gynaecological cancers, with 5-year survival rates of less than 50%. A primary reason for this is the location of the adipocyte-rich omentum, which has been demonstrated to play an important role in generating a pro-metastatic tumour microenvironment within the peritoneal cavity. This project aims…

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