Ayyappa Chaturvedula PhD.
Director of Clinical Pharmacology at Arcus Biosciences
Dr. Chaturvedula is currently working as Director, Clinical Pharmacology at Arcus Biosciences. He also holds a position as an Associate Professor of Pharmacotherapy to teach in fully online Pharmacometrics certificate program at the UNT health science center at Fort Worth. He received bachelor’s in pharmacy from the University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UCPSC), Kakatiya University, India and PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Mercer University, Atlanta, GA. He received advanced training in pharmacometrics as a visiting scientist in the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of California San Francisco, in association with the Center for Drug Development Science (CDDS) under the mentorship of Dr. Howard Lee. He was awarded with the 2020 Tanabe Young Investigator award by the American College of Clinical Pharmacology (ACCP). He is currently a member and fellow of American College of Clinical Pharmacology and a member of American Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics and International Society of Pharmacometrics. He co-chaired multiple symposia at the annual meetings of ACCP and ACOP. He was recipient of extramural funding sources such as NIH, BMGF and pharmaceutical industry. His research interests are in the application of pharmacometrics in both drug development and clinical practice. He is passionate about mentoring students working in the field of pharmacometrics.