Rahil Patel

Experience

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  Apollo Hospitals

  Jun 2021 - Jul 2021

  Clinical Pharmacist Intern

  • Counseled patients on proper medication use, including dosing schedules (timing/frequency) and food-drug interactions.• Documented adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and analyzed potential drug-drug interactions in patient cases.

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  Intas Pharmaceuticals

  Apr 2022 - May 2022

  Intern

  • Supported API manufacturing for solid oral dosage forms, packaging operations, and QA/QC compliance as per regulatory standards.

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  SynZeal Research Pvt Ltd

  Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  Research Intern

  • Executed HPLC purification of Clozapine EP impurity A, and verified identity of purified compound using Mass-Spectrometry and NMR analysis with 3 clinical trainees to optimize purification method.• Utilized the Shimadzu Prep HPLC system to efficiently separate and purify complex mixtures of Amoxicillin Trihydrate through precise gradient elution technique.• Collaborated with the team in the custom synthesis of pharmacopeial and non-pharmacopeial reference standards, drug glucuronides, and drug metabolites. Show less

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  USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

  Aug 2023 - now

  Graduate Student Researcher

  • Maintenance and culture of suspension and adherent cell lines, including, HUH-7(hepatic carcinoma), LX-2 (hepatic stellate), HepG2, THP-1 monocytes and RAW264.7 macrophages.• Performed CRISPR/Cas9 mediated gene editing to generate TSPO gene knockout in RAW264.7 cell line and confirmed successful TSPO knockout through Western blot analysis.• Analyzed differential gene expression of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines via qPCR in TSPO knockout vs. wild-type groups.• Executed Seahorse XF and cell viability (MTT) assays to compare mitochondrial function and metabolic activity between wild-type and TSPO knockout RAW264.7 cells.Publication Work-• Contributed to TGF-β and IL-6 treatment assays to evaluate the changes in expression levels of fibrotic markers (ACTA2, COL1A1) in LX-2 cells• Investigated role of ATAD3A in TGF-β signaling pathways and supported ATAD3A knockdown suppressed hepatic stellate cell (HSC) activation via immunoblotting and immunofluorescence analysis Show less

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  USC Bookstores

  May 2024 - now

  Sales Associate