
Contact Information:
UPCI Hillman Research Pavillion
5117 Centre Avenue, G28
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: 412-623-3248
rap2@pitt.edu
Additional Information:
BS in Chemistry, Northern Illinois University, 1992
Program Track: Drug Disposition and Response
Primary Advisor: Raman Venkataramanan
Current Research:
My research focuses on characterizing the pre-clinical pharmacokinetic and drug metabolism parameters associated with the anti-neoplastic agent benzaldehyde dimethane sulfonate (BEN). This compound has shown efficacy against renal cell carcinoma both in vitro and in xenograft mice and has been selected for use as an anti-neoplastic agent in future phase I clinical trials.