Pitt PharmD student Walter Nieves-Canabal, and PhD students Morgan Butrovich and Samantha Bailey were selected among many applicants to complete summer internships at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Nieves-Canabal co-led an FDA initiative aimed at enhancing industry understanding of critical safety calculations and performed in-depth analysis of extensive datasets. His bachelor's degree in industrial microbiology from the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez Campus prepared him for this exciting opportunity.
Morgan Butrovich evaluated the inter- and intra-patient variability of dosimetry parameters in radiopharmaceutical agents for the purposes of optimizing enrollment in bioequivalence studies.
Samantha Bailey led a research project that evaluated the labels of FDA-approved drugs from 2019-2023 to understand dose adjustment recommendations for patients with co-occurring intrinsic and extrinsic factors, such as renal impairment and drug-drug interactions. This work highlights the impact of these combined factors on pharmacokinetics and will help guide future dose adjustment recommendations in complex patient populations.
