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Jyotsna Godavarthi, PhD

Jyotsna Godavarthi, PhD

Albert Schweitzer Fellow

Biography

Dr. Jyotsna Godavarthi earned her M.Pharm degree in Pharmacology in 2012 in India and subsequently worked as a Validation Executive at Hospira Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., a Pfizer company. She later pursued doctoral studies, completing her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2024 from Texas Southern University in Houston. Dr. Godavarthi then joined UTHealth as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at McGovern Medical School, where she is currently investigating the role of immune cells in aging and Alzheimer’s disease.

Education

PhD, Texas Southern University, 2024

M.Pharm, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, 2012

B.Pharm, Andhra University, 2010

Advisor

Vijayasree V Giridharan, M.Pharm, PhD

Research Description

Dr.Godavarthi’s current research focuses on understanding the role of Group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) in neurodegeneration through studies in mouse models. Her expertise spans transgenic mouse models, xenograft models, and in vitro cell culture techniques.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4548-9917

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