Patricia Randrianavony, PhD

A pharmacologist and aesthetician, Patricia is the director of the Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Générale, de Pharmacocinétique et de Cosmétologie (LPGPC), Faculty of Sciences, in University of Antananarivo, Madagascar. She is responsible for the pharmacology course at the Department of Animal Physiology, Pharmacology and Cosmetology (PPC) at the University of Antananarivo, where she earned a DEA and a PhD in pharmacology. She assists in program coordination, provides overall program support, and occasionally serves as advisor to SIT students whose ISPs involve laboratory investigation of medicinal plants used in traditional medicine. A recipient of the Prince Bernhard Scholarship for Nature Conservation in 1993, Patricia has worked with rural communities in Madagascar and Uganda on health and conservation issues. She served as an advisor to Mbarara University of Science and Technology in Uganda as it developed a pharmacology laboratory and rural healthcare program. 

Education

• PhD, Pharmacology, University of Antananarivo
• DEA, Pharmacology, University of Antananarivo