Dr. Aaron Devanathan is a newly-hired Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics. He received his PharmD from the University of Pittsburgh in 2016. He then completed his PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at UNC Hospitals. He earned a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and completed the UNC-Duke Collaborative Clinical Pharmacology T32 Postdoctoral Training Program through the UNC Eshleman School of Pharmacy before accepting a faculty position with us!
The main research focus of the Devanathan laboratory includes the clinical pharmacology of antiretrovirals and their disposition into cells, body fluids, and tissues to understand how inflammatory processes associated with comorbidities affect their pharmacology. Furthermore, his lab will examine how modulators of the immune system affect antiretroviral pharmacology due to inflammatory responses. To achieve these goals, his lab utilizes novel quantitative analytical techniques, sophisticated multiomics methods, and pharmacometrics analyses. This multipronged approach will help us holistically understand these areas and help vulnerable populations in Pittsburgh and beyond.