Assistant Professor
University of Southern California
Prashant Dogra is an Assistant Professor in the Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Associate Director of the Center for Quantitative Drug and Disease Modeling at the USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. With a broad background in pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences, expertise in mathematical modeling, and data science, he has led collaborative translational research with clinicians, engineers, and scientists. His lab develops New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) that combine multiscale mechanistic modeling, quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP), and artificial intelligence (AI) to address challenges in drug and vaccine development. Supported by funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), his current projects include AI-guided rational nanoparticle design for improved safety and targeting, systems modeling for experimental cancer therapeutics and personalized oncology, and modeling-based strategies to optimize vaccination for enhanced immunogenicity. Dr. Dogra welcomes interdisciplinary collaborations and encourages students and trainees from diverse backgrounds with an interest in computational biology and medicine to reach out for opportunities in his lab.