Dr. Vikram Gota

Dr. Gota was awarded an MD in Pharmacology from Christian Medical College, Vellore. In 2005, he joined Lotus Labs Pvt. Ltd. in Bangalore as a clinical investigator for bioequivalence studies. In February 2006, Dr. Gota joined Tata Memorial Hospital to conduct clinical research in the INDO-Oxford (INDOX) Cancer Trials Network. During this time, he was trained and equipped in the design and conduct of Phase I clinical trials. He also obtained a postgraduate diploma in clinical trials from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London.

In 2008, he launched the Department of Clinical Pharmacology at ACTREC, Tata Memorial Center where he continues to lead innovative research efforts to improve outcomes for cancer patients in India. His research interests include early clinical development and pharmacokinetics driven optimization of drugs. He has worked as a clinical investigator in several first in human trials in oncology and his laboratory undertakes studies that explore exposure-effect relationships for efficacy and toxicity which enable the development of strategies for therapeutic monitoring of drugs used in cancer.