Gaven K. Smart

Researcher

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-09

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1 h-index 3 pubs 8 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Gaven K. Smart, a graduate student at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, focuses research on the development and characterization of multicellular tumor spheroids. Their work investigates methods for scaffold-free spheroid creation and the spatial analysis of metabolic radial profiles within these structures. Smart has also explored the quantification of treatment responses, specifically in the context of macrophage-targeted therapies combined with immune checkpoint inhibitors following conventional chemotherapy. This research is further detailed through abstract presentations on spheroid structural and metabolic characterization. Smart has collaborated with Shelby N. Bess, Timothy J. Muldoon, and Matthew J. Igoe on multiple publications.

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  • h-index: 1
  • Publications: 3
  • Citations: 8

Selected Publications

  • Quantifying treatment response to a macrophage-targeted therapy in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors after exposure to conventional chemotherapy (2025)
  • Scaffold-free development of multicellular tumor spheroids with spatial characterization of structure and metabolic radial profiles (2024)
    7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Abstract 5549: Multicellular spheroid structural and metabolic characterization through radial line profiling (2024)

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