Melanie Nicol, PharmD, PhD

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology (ECP)
Melanie Nichol

Contact

Office Phone
Office Address

Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology
2001 6th St SE MTRF 4-210
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Lab Address

MTRF 4-421
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Titles

Associate Professor, Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology (ECP)
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology (ECP)

Education

North Carolina Collaborative Clinical Pharmacology NIH Postdoctoral Training Program, UNC-Duke, Chapel Hill, NC

PharmD, Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy

PhD, Pharmaceutical Sciences, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC

Licensures and Certifications

American Board of Clinical Pharmacology

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Biography

Expertise

HIV and Opportunistic Infections
HIV/AIDS
Clinical Pharmacology
Women's Health
Drug Metabolism and Transport

Awards & Recognition

Deborah E. Powell Center for Women's Health Research Scholar

Professional Associations

Society of Infectious Disease Pharmacists
American Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
American College of Clinical Pharmacy

Research Summary

Our research efforts are focused on identifying factors that influence the efficacy of antivirals (and other anti-infectives) in tissue compartments. We are working to describe the penetration of drugs used to treat HIV and related infections into tissue compartments such as the genitals, brain, and lymph tissue. There is a paucity of data on the factors that modulate drug efficacy in tissue compartments yet drug distribution to these tissues is critically important for HIV prophylaxis, suppression of viral shedding, and eradication of viral reservoirs. Our translational lab uses a variety of research approaches with projects spanning in vitro, ex vivo, and clinical studies. We have active studies in both Minnesota as well as Kampala, Uganda.

Teaching

Teaching Areas

Antivirals; Pharmacotherapy of Infectious Disease

Courses

PHAR 6768: Infectious Disease

 

Publications