Associate Professor
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Dr. Yellepeddi is Research Associate Professor in the Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah. Dr. Yellepeddi is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Utah.
Dr. Yellepeddi’s research interests include the development of age-appropriate pediatric formulations and model informed pediatric drug development. He is currently working on research projects involving the development of a nasal formulation for the treatment of pediatric migraine and oral formulation for the postnatal therapy of cerebral palsy. His future research projects include Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling in pediatrics and development of in vitro models simulating microenvironments of various pediatric organs in normal and disease conditions. In addition, he is interested in the pharmacokinetics of nanotechnology-based therapeutics for the treatment of various disease conditions.
Dr. Yellepeddi is a licensed pharmacist in the State of Utah and Diplomate of the American Board of Clinical Pharmacology and advises pharmacists and pharmacy students on clinical pharmacology and compounding sterile and nonsterile dosage forms. Dr. Yellepeddi is a former chair of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rocky Mountain Discussion Group and item-writer for the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP). His teaching interests include drug development for medical students, basic and clinical pharmacokinetics, and formulation and drug delivery for pediatrics and adults.