Research Interests
The role of ATP-dependent transporters in the biodistribution of pharmacotherapeutics used during high risk pregnancy

Honors and Awards

• Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Award for Research Excellence – Best Oral Presentation, 2010
• Barbara Bowman Scholarship Award Winner, 2009
• Selected for NIH Summer Institute in Maternal-Fetal Pharmacology, 2009
• Truman Graves Blocker Jr. Scholars Award for outstanding academic performance, 2007
• Arthur V. Simmang Academic Scholarship Award, 2006 and 2007
• John Gibbons Medical Student Award, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 2007
• Students Performing At Maximum, UTMB Department of Anatomy, 2007
• Graduated with High Honors, University of Wisconsin 2005
• Dean's List, University of Wisconsin 2001-2005
• Honors in Research, University of Wisconsin College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
• Honors Biology Core Curriculum, University of Wisconsin, 2002-2004
• Wisconsin Emerging Scholars Honors in Calculus 2001-2002
• Wisconsin Academic All-Stars Award, 2001

Publications:

Hemauer SJ, Patrikeeva SL, Wang X, Abdelrahman DR, Hankins GD, Ahmed MS, Nanovskaya TN. Role of transporter-mediated efflux in the placental biodisposition of bupropion and its metabolite, OH-bupropion. Biochem Pharmacol. 2010 Oct 1;80(7):1080-6.

Sarah J Hemauer, Svetlana L Patrikeeva, Tatiana N Nanovskaya, Gary DV Hankins, Mahmoud S Ahmed. Role of human placental apical membrane transporters in the efflux of glyburide, rosiglitazone, and metformin. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2010 Apr;202(4):383.e1-7.

Sarah J Hemauer, Tatiana N. Nanovskaya, Sherif Z. Abdel-Rahman, Svetlana L. Patrikeeva, Gary D.V. Hankins, Mahmoud S. Ahmed. Modulation of human placental P-glycoprotein expression and activity by MDR1 gene polymorphisms. Biochemical Pharmacology. 2010 Mar 15;79(6):921-5.

Sarah J Hemauer, Svetlana L Patrikeeva, Tatiana N Nanovskaya, Gary D.V. Hankins, Mahmoud S Ahmed. Opiates inhibit paclitaxel uptake by P-glycoprotein in preparations of human placental inside-out vesicles. Biochem Pharmacol. 2009 Nov 1;78(9):1272-8.

Tatiana N. Nanovskaya, Svetlana Patrikeeva, Sarah Hemauer, Valentina Fokina, Donald Mattison, Gary D. Hankins, & Mahmoud S Ahmed. Effect of albumin on transplacental transfer and distribution of rosiglitazone and glyburide, Journal of Maternal Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. 2008 Mar;21(3):197-207.

Sarah J. Hemauer; Ru Yan; Svetlana L. Patrikeeva; Donald R. Mattison; Gary D. V. Hankins; Mahmoud S. Ahmed; Tatiana N. Nanovskaya. Transplacental transfer and metabolism of 17-α-hydroxyprogesterone caproate, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.2008, 199(2): 169.e1-169.e5

Miller JD, Smith CA, Hemauer SJ, Dempsey JA. The effects of inspiratory intrathoracic pressure production on the cardiovascular response to submaximal exercise in health and chronic heart failure. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2007 Jan;292(1):H580-92.

Miller JD, Hemauer SJ, Smith CA, Stickland MK, Dempsey JA. Expiratory threshold loading impairs cardiovascular function in health and chronic heart failure during submaximal exercise. J Appl Physiol. 2006 Jul;101(1):213-27.

Jandt JM, Curry C, Hemauer S, Jeanne RL. The accumulation of a chemical cue: nest-entrance trail in the German yellowjacket, Vespula germanica. Naturwissenschaften. 2005 May; 92(5):242-5.

Presentations:

Poster Presentations:
Sarah Hemauer; Svetlana Patrikeeva; Tatiana Nanovskaya, DDS, PhD; Gary Hankins, MD; Mahmoud Ahmed, PhD. Opiate transport by P-glycoprotein in preparations of human placental inside-out vesicles. Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 2011.

Sarah Hemauer, Ray Boone Martin, M.D., Larry Kupor, M.D., Deborah McCoy, M.D. Severe Hyperthermia Secondary to Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia. 2010 Medical Students Poster
Competition during the Texas Chapter of the ACP Annual Meeting.

Sarah J Hemauer, Svetlana L Patrikeeva, Gary D.V. Hankins, Mahmoud S Ahmed, Tatiana N Nanovskaya. Bupropion transport by placental P-glycoprotein and Breast Cancer Resistance Protein College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ, July 2010.

Sarah Hemauer, S. Patrikeeva, T. Nanovskaya, G. Hankins, M. Ahmed Transport activity of human placental P-glycoprotein. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Volume 199, Issue 6, Pages S91-S91. Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, San Diego, CA 2009.

Sarah Hemauer; Ru Yan; Svetlana Patrikeeva; Donald Mattison; Gary Hankins; Mahmoud Ahmed; Tatiana Nanovskaya. Metabolism of 17α -hydroxyprogesterone caproate by the dually perfused human placental lobule. Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Dallas, TX 2008.

Oral Presentations:
Sarah Hemauer; Svetlana Patrikeeva; Tatiana Nanovskaya, DDS, PhD; Gary Hankins, MD; Mahmoud Ahmed, PhD. Multiple ABC transporters of human placental brush border membranes contribute to the efflux of glyburide, rosiglitazone, and metformin. Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine 2010 meeting, Chicago, IL.

Sarah Hemauer. Placental distribution and metabolism of opiates used during pregnancy. Texas Laboratory Exchange, January 23, 2010, Galveston, TX.

Sarah J Hemauer. Expiratory flow limitation compromises cardiac function during exercise in health and chronic heart failure. University of Wisconsin-College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium
Svetlana Patrikeeva, Sarah Hemauer, Tatiana Nanovskaya, Gary Hankins, Mahmoud Ahmed. Transplacental transfer and distribution of rosiglitazone. Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, San Francisco CA, 2007

Sarah Hemauer, Svetlana Patrikeeva, Gary Hankins, Mahmoud Ahmed, Tatiana Nanovskaya. Human placental transfer of 17α-hydroxyprogesterone caproate. Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, San Francisco, CA 2007

Jordan D. Miller, Sarah J Hemauer, Curtis A. Smith, Jerome A. Dempsey. Effects of inspiratory intrathoracic pressure production on cardiovascular response to exercise in health and chronic heart failure. International Union of Physiological Sciences, San Diego, CA 2005.

Sarah J. Hemauer, Jordan D. Miller, Curtis A. Smith, Jerome A. Dempsey. Exaggerated expiratory pressure compromises cardiac function during exercise in health and chronic heart failure. International Union of Physiological Sciences, San Diego, CA, 2005.

Sarah J Hemauer, Jordan D. Miller, Curtis A. Smith, Jerome A. Dempsey. The effects of intrathoracic pressure production on submaximal exercise in health and chronic heart failure. University of Wisconsin Cardiovascular Research Center, 2004

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