Assistant Professor
Research interests: I try to understand how drugs move through the body and why people respond differently to them.
Outside the lab: I love spending time with my family, watching Star Wars (yes, even the prequels!), and enjoying a great burger.
Adriana Rocha, PhD
Research Specialists
Research interests: Development of bioanalytical methods using LC-MS-MS for application in clinical pharmacokinetics studies and endogenous markers of CYP and transporter activity.
Outside the lab: I enjoy science fiction books, cooking, and crocheting.
Maria Paula M Pereira, PhD
Research Specialists
Research interests: Improvement in development of bioanalytical methods of drugs and metabolites for Clinical Pharmacokinetics studies.
Outside the lab: I loved puzzles, world history and dancing
Cecília Rocha, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Research interests: In vitro assays for evaluating cytokines and expression of transporters and proteins in neuroinflammatory diseases.
Outside the lab: I love spending time with my family, friends, watching movies and series, and hearing podcasts. But what makes me relax is doing my nails watching Masterchef.
Tiago Paz, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Research interests: pharmacometric analyses, primarily focusing on population pharmacokinetic modeling and perform statistical analyses using R.
Outside the lab: soccer, beach tennis and cinema.
Alef Gomes
Graduate Student
Research interests: Clinical studies to assess transporter activity and drug-metabolizing enzymes to evaluate their impact on drug pharmacokinetics under various physiological conditions and diseases.
Outside the lab: I enjoy watching and playing soccer, as well as going to the cinema.
Ana Flávia Mendes
Graduate Student
Research interests: Studying how the microbiota of patients with infection diseases can effect in the pharmacokinetic of the drugs used in the treatment.
Outside the lab: I love reading, cooking and running while discovering new places. A new hobby is always welcome for me.
Ana Cláudia Rabelo
Graduate Student
Research interests: My focus lies in clinical research and education, exploring how infectious diseases modulate membrane transporters activity in pregnant women.
Outside the lab: I am passionate about traveling, listening to music, reading, practicing acroyoga and running.
Julia Colombari
Graduate Student
Research interests: effect of microbiota in the pharmacokinetics of the antibiotic isoniazid (drug used in the treatment of tuberculosis) in patients with tuberculosis and with coinfection tuberculosis-HIV.
Outside the lab: I love reading, watching movies, practicing Muay Thai and spend time with my family, cat and friends.
Letícia Petrolli
Graduate Student
Research interests: Population Pharmacokinetics, Clinical Studies, Pharmacogenomics and Toxicokinetics.
Outside the lab: I enjoy cooking, traveling, listening to brazilian music and rock, I appreciate The Lord of the Rings, Agatha Christie and Gabriel García Márquez’s books, and I’m a Formula 1 fan.
Matheus Thomaz
Graduate Student
Research interests: PopPK modelling and implementing machine learning algorithms to optimize drug treatment.
Outside the lab: I like lifting heavy circles with power metal or psytrance blasting in my ears, playing videogames and watching anime.
Rodrigo Ratochinski
Graduate Student
Research interests: Population pharmacokinetic (PopPK) modelling and simulations for clinical data from patients with tuberculosis.
Outside the lab: I like to play and create video games, watch animes and go to the cinema
Kathley Azevedo
Undergraduate Student
Research interests: I work in bioinformatics and the application of computational tools in the analysis of clinical data.
Outside the lab: I love spending time with my family, cooking for them, staying active with weightlifting and yoga, and binge-watching movies with popcorn and chocolate.
Natalia Armbruster
Undergraduate Student
Research interests: The aim of my project is to explain how inflammation caused by pyelonephritis in pregnant women can impact the activity of the organic anion transporter.
Outside the lab: I love hanging out with my friends, being part of my university percussion group, and attending to dance classes.