Mackenzie Cottrell, PharmD, MS, BCPS, AAHIVP
Co-Director, Clinical Pharmacology/Analytical Chemistry Core
Areas of Interest
Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic relationships in mucosal tissues for antiretrovirals being used in HIV prevention and cure interventions.
About
Mackenzie Cottrell is an Associate Professor in the Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. She completed an American Board of Clinical Pharmacology-accredited T32 clinical pharmacology fellowship and an American College of Clinical Pharmacy-accredited HIV pharmacology fellowship within the Kashuba Laboratory. Cottrell joined the UNC CFAR in 2015 as the Assistant Director of the CPAC Core and transitioned to Co-Director in 2019. Her research focuses on the pharmacology of antiretrovirals used for HIV prevention in mucosal tissues, on the discovery of new latency-reversing agents for HIV cure, and on developing long-acting formulations of antiretrovirals.
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