Faculty

Dr. Ashana Puri joined ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy in April 2019, after completing her PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Mercer University, GA. Prior to joining ETSU, she worked on a research internship and as an Associate Scientist in the Drug Product Development and Operations Department at Teva Pharmaceuticals, CMC Biologics, in West Chester, PA. Dr. Puri earned her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and Master of Pharmaceutics from Panjab University, India. During her doctoral program, she worked with many pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical companies including L’Oreal, Bayer U.S. LLC, I&D Therapeutics Unit, Millipore Sigma, NuFace, and GlaxoSmith Kline/Stiefel Laboratories.

Education

PhD, Pharmaceutics, 2018; Mercer University, GA, USA

M.Pharmacy, Pharmaceutics, 2013; Panjab University, India

B.Pharmacy, 2011; Panjab University, India

Research Interests

Dr. Puri’s research interests are largely directed toward “Development and evaluation of topical and transdermal drug delivery systems”. She has experience in developing patches, liquid and semi-solid formulations for topical/transdermal delivery of different drug candidates and cosmetic actives, evaluating the effects of chemical penetration enhancers on skin permeability of drugs, designing and conducting in vitro drug permeation and release studies using Franz diffusion cells, using physical enhancement techniques such as microneedles, iontophoresis, and laser ablation for permeation studies, performing in vitro microdialysis and conducting in vivo studies for testing topical formulations.

Publications

Puri, A., Bhattaccharjee, S.A., Zhang, W., Clark, M., Singh, O., Doncel, G.F., Banga, A.K. (2019). Development of a Transdermal Delivery System for Tenofovir Alafenamide, a Prodrug of Tenofovir with Potent Antiviral Activity Against HIV and HBV. Pharmaceutics, 11, 173; doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics11040173.

Nguyen, H., Puri, A., Bhattaccharjee, S.A., Banga, A. (2018). Qualitative and quantitative analysis of lateral diffusion of drugs in human skin. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 544 (1):62-74.

Fibrich, B.D., Kishore, N., Madikizela, B., Gao, X, Puri, A., Banga, A.K., and Lall, N. (2018). Mother nature’s remedies to reduce the appearance of wrinkles. South African Journal of Botany. 115:285.

Puri, A., Murnane, K.S., Blough, B.E., & Banga, A.K. (2017). Effects of chemical and physical enhancement techniques on transdermal delivery of 3-fluoroamphetamine hydrochloride. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 528(1):452-462.

Nguyen, H.X., Puri, A., & Banga, A.K. (2017). Methods to simulate rubbing of topical formulation for in vitro skin permeation studies. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 519(1):22-33.

Song,Y., Hemmady, K., Puri, A., Banga, A.K. (2017). Transdermal delivery of human growth hormone via laser-generated micropores. Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 8(2):450-460.

Puri, A., Sivaraman, A., Zhang, W., Clark, M. and Banga, A.K. (2017). Expanding the domain of drug delivery for HIV prevention: exploration of the transdermal route. Critical Reviews™ in Therapeutic Drug Carrier Systems, 2017; 34(6):551587.

Puri, A., Kaur, A., Raza, K., and Katare, O.P. (2017). Development and evaluation of topical microemulsion of dibenzoylmethane for treatment of UV induced photoaging. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 37:1-12.

Puri, A., Nguyen, H.X., & Banga, A.K. (2016). Microneedle-mediated intradermal delivery of epigallocatechin-3-gallate. International Journal of Cosmetic Science, 38(5):512-523.

Goindi, S., Arora, P., Kumar, N., Puri, A (2014). Development of Novel Ionic Liquid-Based Microemulsion Formulation for Dermal Delivery of 5-Fluorouracil. AAPS PharmSciTech, 15(4):810-821.

Personal motto or favorite quote

"And,when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”

- Paulo Coelho