Avantika Prakash Gupta

Avantika Gupta is a PhD student in the Department of Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy. Her research focuses on understanding drug metabolism in the context of xenotransplantation, particularly evaluating metabolic differences between human and genetically modified pig livers. She integrates in vitro experiments and physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling to predict systemic drug exposure and inform optimized dosing strategies for liver transplant patients receiving pig organs. Avantika brings over four years of prior experience in pharmaceutical R&D, specializing in analytical method development and formulation sciences. She has received research funding from the American College of Clinical Pharmacology (ACCP) for her work on model-informed drug dosing in xenotransplantation. Her broader expertise spans pharmacokinetic studies, population PK modeling, bioanalytical assay development using LC-MS, and drug metabolism enzyme characterization. She is actively involved in professional organizations including AAPS, ASCPT, and ACCP, and has held leadership roles within the Pitt graduate student community, including serving as President of the Ankur Indian Graduate Student Association.