Biography

I am a researcher and chemist working in the newly established pharmacokinetics laboratory at the National Center for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NCTLD) in Tbilisi, Georgia. I hold a B.Sc. in Chemistry from San Diego State University (SDSU) and an M.Sc. in Chemistry from Tbilisi State University (TSU). I am currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Chemistry at Tbilisi State University (TSU). In addition, I am a clinical research fellow in the Emory-Georgia Tuberculosis Research Training Program, funded by the Fogarty International Center/NIH through Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

Expertise

TB Diagnostics
Public Health

Key Impacts

Linezolid pharmacokinetics among people with TB receiving the newly-introduced BPaL/BPaLM regimen in Georgia

We developed a fast LC/MS method for simultaneous BDQ, PA, and LZD analysis and utilized it to evaluate the PK parameters of DR-TB patients at two specific time points.

Source: Conference 2024