Noha Abdelgawad

Noha is a PhD Student and joined the Pharmacometrics Group in October 2019. 

She holds a master’s degree in Pharmaceutics and a bachelor’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the Faculty of Pharmacy, Helwan University in Egypt. After graduating, she worked as a pharmacokineticist in bioequivalence centres for six years. 

Her research focuses on tuberculosis (TB) and the use of nonlinear mixed-effects modelling to describe the PK/PD of drugs used in TB patients. 

Research Projects:

 Noha is currently involved in a number of different projects including:

• Population pharmacokinetics of rifampicin, isoniazid and pyrazinamide in hospitalised tuberculosis patients

• Pharmacokinetics of rifampicin in children with tuberculous meningitis

• Drug detection as a measure of medication adherence over 8-weeks of intensive phase anti-tuberculosis therapy 

Research interests:

Main areas of interest include: 

• Nonlinear mixed-effects modelling to develop PK/PD models 

• Statistical analysis using R 

• Optimal designs 

• Bioequivalence