POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Seepra Rath is a Postdoctoral Associate at the Center for Dermal Research at Rutgers University. Prior to joining Dr. Michniak-Kohn's lab, she was a MITACS Accelerate Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto, Canada, where her work focused on model-based population pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. She earned her PhD from Rhodes University in South Africa after completing her BPharm and MPharm (Pharmaceutics) degrees in India. Her PhD research involved investigation of cost-effective and time-efficient alternatives to clinical endpoint studies, such as in vitro release testing (IVRT) and tape stripping, to establish equivalence between topically applied creams and correlate in vitro and in vivo results, potentially supporting a biowaiver for these products. While working as a Postdoctoral Associate at the Biopharmaceutics Research Institute at Rhodes University, she conducted clinical studies using vasoconstrictor assays (VCA) to evaluate the bioavailability and bioequivalence (BA/BE) of topical corticosteroid products. Her current research focuses on the development and characterization of topical semisolid formulations.