Artak Tovmasyan, PharmD, PhD

Assistant Professor
Drug Development, Pharmacokinetics

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Tovmasyan Laboratory

Artak Tovmasyan, PharmD, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Translational Neuroscience at Barrow Neurological Institute. He directs the pharmacokinetics core laboratory at the Ivy Brain Tumor Center.

Dr. Tovmasyan’s expertise includes pharmaceutical sciences and drug development, particularly in the field of neuro-oncology. He is a member of the American Association for Cancer Research, the Society for Neuro-Oncology, the Society for Redox Biology and Medicine, and the Society for Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines.

Dr. Tovmasyan earned his PharmD and PhD degrees from the Yerevan State Medical University School of Pharmacy in Armenia, where he also completed a residency in drug development. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Cancer Biology at Duke University Medical Center.

Dr. Tovmasyan’s work in the pharmacokinetics core laboratory involves evaluating drugs used in Phase 0 clinical trials for brain tumor patients. The results obtained in this state-of-the-art laboratory enable doctors to implement the most efficient brain tumor treatment regimens. The lab also provides services in the assessment and design of preclinical pharmacokinetics studies for experimental drugs, collection and processing of specimens, publishing guidance, and assistance with grant applications. Dr. Tovmasyan’s research interests also include medicinal chemistry in the design and development of agents that target the brain, particularly novel radio-modulators for brain tumor therapy.