Dr. Kashuba's research interests focus on the clinical pharmacology of antiretroviral agents used in the treatment of HIV infection. Specifically, she is investigating the role of antiretroviral therapy in preventing the transmission of HIV, determining optimal dosing and drug combinations for the treatment of HIV infection, understanding and predicting drug-drug and drug-cytokine interactions and adverse effects, and role of sex and ethnicity in drug disposition.

UNC CFAR Clinical Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Lab
SOP Cellular Metabolism and Transport Core
UNC General Clinical Research Center Analytical Core Laboratory

After obtaining her BScPhm degree at the University of Toronto, Dr. Kashuba completed a general practice residency at Women's College Hospital, and practiced as a critical care pharmacist at Mount Sinai Hospital, in Toronto, Ontario. After receiving her PharmD from the State University of New York at Buffalo, she completed postdoctoral pharmacology training at the Clinical Pharmacology Research Center at Bassett Healthcare in Cooperstown, NY, and joined the UNC-Chapel Hill faculty in 1997. She is currently an associate professor of pharmacy, director of the UNC Center for AIDS Research Clinical Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Core, and director of the Analytical Chemistry Laboratory for the Verne S. Caviness General Clinical Research Center. She is a diplomat of the American Board of Clinical Pharmacology.